B'desh steps up troops deployment on Myanmar border amid row
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Yap saudis are unconditional friends.If needed they will pay for the war
. In the past Bengalis worked in saudi army.
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Nothing is gonna happen. Neither Bangladesh is trigger happy, nor Myanmar has the guts as they are almost isolated from the rest of the world. At least Myanmar won't buy reasons and give the opportunist westerns to throw up military regime, then establish democracy and take control of their huge natural resources that they have discovered recently and giving it to China.
So, relax, Bangladesh forces are just doing their regular jobs and showing their responsibilities just like India and Pakistan move forces if any of them move forces in borders.
Yap saudis are unconditional friends.If needed they will pay for the war
thats good
The terrain in the photo is mountaineous, but the Burmese troops will be at the top of these hills. In case a fight breaks out, Burma will have more advantage than our BDR. BDR must have a contingency plan to tackle the situation, whereby the enemy troops are entrenched at higher elevation from where they can make a killing.
Our two brigade troops have camped in or near Ramu, about 50 km away from the border. Another Brigade is on its way, ths is what I have read somewhere.
I do not think, either party can move tanks in a terrain where the TOP soil is too soft to take the load of 30/40 ton in, say, 7sq.metre of area. Moreover, there are hills and mountains all over the border.
I hope that our intelligence has good knowledge about the supply route of Burmese troops. Arakan is completely detached by high mountains with only one direct road to connect with the other side of these Mts. Burmese troops will be trapped if this road becomes dangerous or its bridges are destroyed.
Why Burma is not heeding the BD request of moving the fence line to the internationally recognized 150m, I just do not know. Our BDR DG is very serious minded soldier, he will stop at nothing but the moving of the fence line.
Yes, surely we will, but they will also be firing from top of mountains.
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Troops all alert on Myanmar front
Sunday, October 11,2009
DHAKA: In the wake of the mobilisation of a huge number of Myanmarese troops along the border, Bangladesh is making all-out preparations to thwart any incursion attempt by them, highly placed sources in the government said.
Bangladesh has already sent three army brigades to its hilly border with Myanmar and has readied another brigade following the deliberate provocative moves the latter, sources said.
Intelligence officials said Bangladesh Armed Forces are taking special exercises to handle any eventualities if all diplomatic channels to resolve the conflict are exhausted.
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has imposed restriction on all kinds of leaves, a move which is taken only in 'abnormal' situation, BDR Director General (DG) Major General Mainul Islam said.
A Foreign Ministry official, however, said Bangladesh believes that all crises with its neighbours could be solved through diplomatic means. "But that does not mean that we will remain idle if the country's territorial sovereignty is at stake," he said.
The DG of the country's border forces said, "This is an abnormal situation. No country generally deploys its armed forces on the border. We don't like the erection of barbed-wire fences by the engineering corps of the Myanmar army.
He said his forces are always on war footing. "Our boys will just open fire in case of incursion into any part of the country," he told The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, Nasaka, the Myanmarese border guards, has gathered about 10,000 Rohingyas near its border with Bangladesh in a bid to push them into the Bangladesh territory as part of their latest provocative move, sources at the intelligence agencies said last night.
They have been kept at several bordering points opposite Naikhongchhari in Bandarban over the past few days, they said.
The recent Myanmarese military deployment has prompted Bangladesh to strengthen its military presence along the border.
Asked about what further measures he is going to take, Mainul said BDR will be reinforced with more Border Operations Outposts (BOP) on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
The reinforcement was required as the Myanmar military junta deployed huge troops with heavy weapons within five kilometres of the border.
According to different sources on the border, Myanmar has deployed nine military battalions. They were deployed last Friday along the border from Maungdaw to Paletwa. They are: Light Battalions 55 and 20, and Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) 234, 263, 344, 233, 289 and 538.
The LIB 538 based in Rathidaung has been shifted to the Paletwa border and posted at the triangular position facing Bangladesh and India borders, intelligence officials said.
Intelligence sources said Myanmar had recently acquired the technology of building tunnels, aircraft, naval ships and missiles with a range of between 500 and 1,000 kilometres.
Recently the Japanese government has intercepted the supply of magnetic measuring devices used to build long-range ballistic missile system; the shipment was made to Myanmar.
A raid made by the country's police suggests that North Korea has already transferred the Taep'o-dong-2 equipment to Myanmar. Weighed 79,189 kg, Taep'o-dong-2 is the longest of North Korean missiles--it is thought to have a range of 4,000 kilometres.
Myanmarese junta has already bought short and medium-range ballistic missiles (SRMBs) from China and North Korea, SRMB air defence system from Russia, low altitude surface-to-surface missiles from Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Our Bandarban correspondent Monirul Islam Monu reports: People living on the Bangladesh-Myanmar bordering areas have become panicky because of a war-like situation at the frontier.
Locals said Myanmar authorities have increased army deployment at the border under cover of setting up barbed-wire fences there.
Sources who have contacts with both sides of the border said the Myanmar army had set up equipments for high-powered artillery fire at Bolibazar area opposite Chakdhala border at Naikhhongchhari upazila.
Myanmar has also stationed 10 fighter planes at Sittowe (Akiab) Airport and anchored 12 warships in its two rivers as "backup".
Troops all alert on Myanmar front
Sunday, October 11,2009
DHAKA: In the wake of the mobilisation of a huge number of Myanmarese troops along the border, Bangladesh is making all-out preparations to thwart any incursion attempt by them, highly placed sources in the government said.
Bangladesh has already sent three army brigades to its hilly border with Myanmar and has readied another brigade following the deliberate provocative moves the latter, sources said.
Intelligence officials said Bangladesh Armed Forces are taking special exercises to handle any eventualities if all diplomatic channels to resolve the conflict are exhausted.
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has imposed restriction on all kinds of leaves, a move which is taken only in 'abnormal' situation, BDR Director General (DG) Major General Mainul Islam said.
A Foreign Ministry official, however, said Bangladesh believes that all crises with its neighbours could be solved through diplomatic means. "But that does not mean that we will remain idle if the country's territorial sovereignty is at stake," he said.
The DG of the country's border forces said, "This is an abnormal situation. No country generally deploys its armed forces on the border. We don't like the erection of barbed-wire fences by the engineering corps of the Myanmar army.
He said his forces are always on war footing. "Our boys will just open fire in case of incursion into any part of the country," he told The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, Nasaka, the Myanmarese border guards, has gathered about 10,000 Rohingyas near its border with Bangladesh in a bid to push them into the Bangladesh territory as part of their latest provocative move, sources at the intelligence agencies said last night.
They have been kept at several bordering points opposite Naikhongchhari in Bandarban over the past few days, they said.
The recent Myanmarese military deployment has prompted Bangladesh to strengthen its military presence along the border.
Asked about what further measures he is going to take, Mainul said BDR will be reinforced with more Border Operations Outposts (BOP) on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
The reinforcement was required as the Myanmar military junta deployed huge troops with heavy weapons within five kilometres of the border.
According to different sources on the border, Myanmar has deployed nine military battalions. They were deployed last Friday along the border from Maungdaw to Paletwa. They are: Light Battalions 55 and 20, and Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) 234, 263, 344, 233, 289 and 538.
The LIB 538 based in Rathidaung has been shifted to the Paletwa border and posted at the triangular position facing Bangladesh and India borders, intelligence officials said.
Intelligence sources said Myanmar had recently acquired the technology of building tunnels, aircraft, naval ships and missiles with a range of between 500 and 1,000 kilometres.
Recently the Japanese government has intercepted the supply of magnetic measuring devices used to build long-range ballistic missile system; the shipment was made to Myanmar.
A raid made by the country's police suggests that North Korea has already transferred the Taep'o-dong-2 equipment to Myanmar. Weighed 79,189 kg, Taep'o-dong-2 is the longest of North Korean missiles--it is thought to have a range of 4,000 kilometres.
Myanmarese junta has already bought short and medium-range ballistic missiles (SRMBs) from China and North Korea, SRMB air defence system from Russia, low altitude surface-to-surface missiles from Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Our Bandarban correspondent Monirul Islam Monu reports: People living on the Bangladesh-Myanmar bordering areas have become panicky because of a war-like situation at the frontier.
Locals said Myanmar authorities have increased army deployment at the border under cover of setting up barbed-wire fences there.
Sources who have contacts with both sides of the border said the Myanmar army had set up equipments for high-powered artillery fire at Bolibazar area opposite Chakdhala border at Naikhhongchhari upazila.
Myanmar has also stationed 10 fighter planes at Sittowe (Akiab) Airport and anchored 12 warships in its two rivers as "backup".
Myanmar not mobilising troops: FM :: Bangladesh :: bdnews24.com ::
Myanmar not mobilising troops: FM
Sun, Oct 11th, 2009 5:20 pm BdST
Dhaka, Oct 11 (bdnews24.com)Myanmar is not mobilising troops in the border as reported by some Bangladeshi media, foreign minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday.
She also said the military-ruled reclusive country is not violating international laws in erecting barbed-wire fence along Bangladesh border, as well.
"Myanmar is constructing fence in their territory conforming to international laws," Moni told reporters at the foreign ministry.
"As they are constructing (fence) in their areas, we have nothing to say (about it)," said the minister.
The minister's statement came days after the media reported heavy presence of troops along Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazaar district.
She also rejected the media reports that Myanmar was mobilising troops in the border.
"I had talks with our ambassador, an army officer, in Myanmar and he told me that it was a routine practice, not a military build-up," said Moni.
Foreign secretary Mohamed Miajrul Quayes, she said, called the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka and the envoy said the same.
The minister said her ministry had no information on whether Myanmar's border guards were trying to push Rohingya refugees across the border.
She will meet with her Myanmar counterpart in Colombo on Oct 15 on the sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue and discuss bilateral relations.
Myanmar not mobilising troops: FM
Sun, Oct 11th, 2009 5:20 pm BdST
Dhaka, Oct 11 (bdnews24.com)Myanmar is not mobilising troops in the border as reported by some Bangladeshi media, foreign minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday.
She also said the military-ruled reclusive country is not violating international laws in erecting barbed-wire fence along Bangladesh border, as well.
"Myanmar is constructing fence in their territory conforming to international laws," Moni told reporters at the foreign ministry.
"As they are constructing (fence) in their areas, we have nothing to say (about it)," said the minister.
The minister's statement came days after the media reported heavy presence of troops along Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazaar district.
She also rejected the media reports that Myanmar was mobilising troops in the border.
"I had talks with our ambassador, an army officer, in Myanmar and he told me that it was a routine practice, not a military build-up," said Moni.
Foreign secretary Mohamed Miajrul Quayes, she said, called the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka and the envoy said the same.
The minister said her ministry had no information on whether Myanmar's border guards were trying to push Rohingya refugees across the border.
She will meet with her Myanmar counterpart in Colombo on Oct 15 on the sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue and discuss bilateral relations.
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Myanmar builds troops on border, says Bangladesh
Sun, Oct 11 05:08 PM
Bangladesh said on Sunday it had sent army reinforcements to the border with Myanmar as Yangon was undertaking a military build-up along the 320-km (200-mile) frontier, partly overlooking the Naf river.
But talking to reporters in the afternoon, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni called the military movements on the Myanmar side a "routine practice, not a build up."
The minister said she would meet her Myanmar counterpart in Colombo on October 15 on the sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue and discuss bilateral issues. She did not elaborate.
Senior military officials had earlier said Bangladesh sent three army brigades to its southeastern hilly border after Myanmar deployed fresh regular army contingents along with Nasaka border troops, dug bunkers and added artillery.
"They look like going for a massive build-up," said Lieutenant-Colonel Azam of the Bangladesh Rifles (border guards) at Naikhyangchhari, a paramilitary frontier camp. The colonel gave only one name.
"But we hope the build up will not escalate into a shootout," he told a Reuters reporter at Cox's Bazar border district.
Border rumblings happen sporadically between the two countries and there are sometimes minor clashes, but they usually do not escalate beyond that.
Intelligence officials said Myanmar had already reopened a long-disused military airport at Sittowe (Akyab) near the border, and was renovating another.
A leading Bangladesh daily, Jugantar, printed photographs on Sunday showing aircraft at the Sittowe base and troops in armoured vehicles moving on the border.
Officials said on Sunday they were "closely monitoring" the situation on the Myanmar side of the border.
"We (are) seeing some abnormal movement of troops and armour on their side but are not sure what that is for," said Colonel Didarul Alam of the Bangladesh Army, in Chittagong port city.
Security sources say Myanmar is erecting barbed-wire fences along its border with Bangladesh, ostensibly to hold off an influx of Muslim refugees into Bangladesh.
But military and civil officials said that did not warrant rebuilding air bases or deploying thousands of regular troops.
Dipu Moni said the fence was being erected "in conformance with international laws".
There are more than 21,000 Muslim "Rohingya" refugees from western Myanmar in two Bangladeshi camps but many more have mingled with local residents since a major influx in 1992, local and U.N. officials say.
(Additional reporting by Nizam Ahmed; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Myanmar builds troops on border, says Bangladesh
Sun, Oct 11 05:08 PM
Bangladesh said on Sunday it had sent army reinforcements to the border with Myanmar as Yangon was undertaking a military build-up along the 320-km (200-mile) frontier, partly overlooking the Naf river.
But talking to reporters in the afternoon, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni called the military movements on the Myanmar side a "routine practice, not a build up."
The minister said she would meet her Myanmar counterpart in Colombo on October 15 on the sidelines of Asian Cooperation Dialogue and discuss bilateral issues. She did not elaborate.
Senior military officials had earlier said Bangladesh sent three army brigades to its southeastern hilly border after Myanmar deployed fresh regular army contingents along with Nasaka border troops, dug bunkers and added artillery.
"They look like going for a massive build-up," said Lieutenant-Colonel Azam of the Bangladesh Rifles (border guards) at Naikhyangchhari, a paramilitary frontier camp. The colonel gave only one name.
"But we hope the build up will not escalate into a shootout," he told a Reuters reporter at Cox's Bazar border district.
Border rumblings happen sporadically between the two countries and there are sometimes minor clashes, but they usually do not escalate beyond that.
Intelligence officials said Myanmar had already reopened a long-disused military airport at Sittowe (Akyab) near the border, and was renovating another.
A leading Bangladesh daily, Jugantar, printed photographs on Sunday showing aircraft at the Sittowe base and troops in armoured vehicles moving on the border.
Officials said on Sunday they were "closely monitoring" the situation on the Myanmar side of the border.
"We (are) seeing some abnormal movement of troops and armour on their side but are not sure what that is for," said Colonel Didarul Alam of the Bangladesh Army, in Chittagong port city.
Security sources say Myanmar is erecting barbed-wire fences along its border with Bangladesh, ostensibly to hold off an influx of Muslim refugees into Bangladesh.
But military and civil officials said that did not warrant rebuilding air bases or deploying thousands of regular troops.
Dipu Moni said the fence was being erected "in conformance with international laws".
There are more than 21,000 Muslim "Rohingya" refugees from western Myanmar in two Bangladeshi camps but many more have mingled with local residents since a major influx in 1992, local and U.N. officials say.
(Additional reporting by Nizam Ahmed; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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It seems that leon was right after all. The Myanmar threat should be taken seriously. Apparently Myanmar has come out of China's influence and is moving towards the Indian side. The Indian COAS is now visiting Myanmar and do not be surprised if they support them in a war.
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Chinese are backing the burmese and also claim to be on bangladesh's friend if a war does breakout it will be interesting to see who the chinese help more.Burma has 400,000 trained men it would be difficult for bangladesh to have any kind of victory the best they could do is hold a defensive posture.
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That is absolutely not true. Even burmese media is reporting troops movement.
She probably trying to defuse the situation.
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India will not support any country. India has provided some arms to Burma earlier including HAL Helicopters. India doesn't want any trouble will sit and watch the bollywood movie.
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