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Rebels deny hand in deadly Burma blasts ISN SECURITY WATCH (09/05/05) - Opponents of Burma's military regime on Sunday denied responsibility for a series of bomb blasts in the capital Yangon on Saturday that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 150 others. The ruling military government blamed three ethnic rebel groups and the country's pro-democracy government in exile, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), for the attacks. According to media reports, three timed devices exploded almost simultaneously near a center hosting a Thailand trade fair and two crowded shopping centers. Junta authorities blamed the Karen National Union (KNU), the Shan State Army-South (SSA), and the Karenni National Progressive Party for the attacks, saying that the rebels were acting "with the objective of disrupting stability and tranquility". Both the Karen and Shan rebel groups denied any involvement in the weekend blasts, instead blaming junta "infighting" for the country's worst attacks in decades. According to Reuters, the rebels blamed a power struggle within the junta and have indicated that the violence may be linked to the ouster of military intelligence chief and former prime minister Khin Nyunt last year. A week ago, two women were killed and more than ten others were injured in a blast in the city of Mandalay. Late last month, Burma's Karen rebels reportedly ambushed and killed at least eight people on the Dawei-Ye highway in the country's Tanintharyi district. Though no Thais were injured in the blast, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ordered the airlift evacuation of hundreds of Thai nationals participating in the trade fair in Rangoon. Burma's military, which has ruled the Southeast Asian country (also known as Myanmar) since 1962, has been trying to form truce deals with dozens of rebel groups. However, tensions increased following the purge of Nyunt, who had successfully brokered previous ceasefires with the rebels. (By Animesh Roul in New Delhi) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
