GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
October 16th, 2009
Tensions along the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh continue to escalate with tens of thousands of Muslim tribal Rohingya families living along the border now being subjected to what can only be described as a push-of-war. Caught between two growing military forces, the people have no one to turn to and no where to go.
From the Daily Times India:
Alleging that Myanmar border force Nasaka is pushing out the Rohingyas, Bangladesh says it has adopted the policy of pushing them back. But it finds that the same people are being sent back again.
Dhaka says Yangon is preparing for “an all-out armed conflict” and has moved three more battalions Thursday.
A convoy carrying cannons, artillery guns and other armaments from Comilla and Chittagong were moved to the border.
The trouble began with Myanmar erecting barbed wire fence despite Bangladesh”s objections and reinforcing troops to support that operation.
“Push-ins and push-backs are going on across the border with Myanmar amid tensions following mobilisation of a huge number of Myanmarese troops along the border for erecting barbed wire fence,” The Daily Star newspaper reported from Bandarban, a border area in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
I can understand Myanmar’s twisted rationale — The Rohingyas oppose the State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar’s Orwellian ruling body) — but why is Bangladesh playing such a game with innocents?
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