Back in late September, at the height of the uprising across Burma, I posted an “unconfirmed report” about certain Light Infantry Divisions in Rangoon and Mandalay that had defied orders to fire on protestors. The Irrawaddy now has a long article on the command politics that led to the circulation of these rumours. Readers who are unfamiliar with the senior members of Burma’s State Peace and Development Council may also find this website is a useful resource for clarifying the faces behind the guns.
The Irrawaddy on tension within tatmadaw ranks
October 9th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
Tags: Burma · Burma uprising
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1 Another report of cracks in the tatmadaw // Oct 10, 2007 at 9:00 pm
[...] details in the article but it does go some way towards clarifying some of the information in these earlier New Mandala [...]
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