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I do not trust the Burmese Army or the AA. Also, the peoples love spreading rumor and fabricating rumor in Burma. The homes were burned down in the villages where the Burmese Army has temporary camping near the villages were fire broke out in some villages and the Rakhine villagers and the AA accused the Burmese Army for torching homes and responsibility for those fires in the villages.
The fire can be started by accident or torched by some villagers and pointing finger at the Burmese Army. I know about ethnic armed groups’ strategy. The AA was adopted late U Nu the Parliamentary Democracy Party (PDP) military strategy which including planting bombs in crowded locations and burning villages to destabilize in the state and created refugee as well as manufacturing rumors and spreading rumors to scare and hatred against the Army. Today, technology is helping rebel easier to spreading rumors and communication for them. They do not need to send foot soldier (runner) or use village to village for carry message for them.
I believed the main reason of the Burmese Government cutting off the Internet in Rakhine State was stopping false news, rumors and cutting off communication between the AA and its intelligence agents. The AA has received information about the Burmese Army movement and so the AA can attack the Burmese Navy boats and the Army trucks.
The AA assassination of accused informers and the village heads is the terrorist act and warn all Rakhine and other ethnics the AA will kill anyone who cooperates with the Burmese Army and Government.
The AA has done enormous damage to the Rakhine people and the Rakhine State. The peoples were forced to leave their villages because the AA has chosen guerrilla attack to the Army near the village and so the AA guerrilla soldiers can disappear after short fighting and hide among the villagers. The villager has no choice, but to help the AA guerrilla soldiers hide in the village. Otherwise, the village will be punished by the AA.
Also, I do not believe the Burmese Army has arrested and beaten to everyone in the village. The soldier will detain suspected young person and interrogate them that may be included torture method to get information and forced confession about attacking on the Army.
The best interest of the Rakhine state and Rakhine people, the AA must negotiate and sign the government’s nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA). The AA will never win with the Burmese Army. The longer the AA fight with the Burmese Army, it will create more hatred against the AA than support and the more lives will lose in the Rakhine State. I have no doubt the AA wants independence Rakhine State. The AA leaders need to accept reality and move on. Fighting will not resolve anything. The AA needs to stop further escalating war and damage to Rakhine State, and Rakhine people.
Jul 25, 2019 03:36 PM
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