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| Southeast Asia |
| Rohingya rebels ambush Myanmar soldiers |
| 2018-01-07 |
| [Al Jazeera] Rohingya rebels attacked an army truck in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state and maimed five soldiers, state media said. A front man for the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) grabbed credit for the ambush on Friday. "A vehicle ... was attacked by 20 turbans from the mountain using homemade mines and small arms," the government said, adding about 10 rebels were involved. The military added "extremist Bengali turbans ARSA" carried out the ambush. A series of attacks on security installations last August ignited an exodus of more than 620,000 Rohingya villagers from Rakhine into neighbouring Bangladesh, after Myanmar soldiers launched a brutal crackdown. Fleeing Rohingya have reported many stories of mass killings, gang rape, and arson attacks by security forces. The United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... has called violence against civilians "ethnic cleansing", but Myanmar's government has rejected the description. A rebel front man confirmed his group had carried out the attack. "Yes, ARSA takes responsibility for the latest military movement," the unidentified fighter told Rooters news agency. Yangon-based Frontier Myanmar magazine reported six soldiers were hospitalised, one with critical wounds. Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a deal last month for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, but little is known of its details. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Continuing the very behaviors that lead to a mass exodus of Muslims in the first place. Brilliant! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-01-07 11:05 |