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Those words are so poetic and true to the core. Salute to your intellect.
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12 dead in clashes in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Agence France-Presse | Published: 10:30, Oct 12,2016 | Updated: 14:32, Oct 12,2016
Twelve people have died in Myanmar's Rakhine state in recent clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported Wednesday, in a growing challenge for the country's new democratically elected government.
Four soldiers and one attacker were killed on Tuesday when hundreds of men wielding pistols and swords attacked troops in Pyaungpit, a village near the town of Maungdaw.
Troops also discovered seven dead after fighting in the nearby village of Taung Paing Nyar.
‘After the incident, troops found seven dead bodies,’ the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
‘Swords and sticks were found with the bodies.’
The military has been scouring the region, not far from the border with Bangladesh, after nine police officers were killed on Sunday in coordinated attacks on three border posts.
Most people in the impoverished area are Muslim Rohingya, a stateless minority Buddhist whom nationalists vilify as illegal immigrants even though many trace their lineage in Buddhist-majority Myanmar back generations.
The recent unrest has raised the spectre of a repeat of 2012, when violence in Rakhine left more than 100 people dead and drove tens of thousands of Rohingya into displacement camps.
Hundreds of schools have been closed in Maungdaw and the surrounding area, a curfew is in force and teachers and government workers have been heading south to Rakhine's state capital Sittwe.
Escalating violence in the region poses a major challenge for the country's new democratic leadership.
For years the Rohingya have faced severe restrictions on their movements and access to basic services, with rights groups calling them one of the world's most persecuted peoples.
Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure to reach a solution for the Rohingya, whose plight has tarnished the country's major democratic gains.
She recently appointed a commission, headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan, to find ways to heal wounds in the bitterly divided and poor state.
Four suspects behind Sunday's border attacks -- including two who were captured on Tuesday --are being held by law enforcement, according to state media.
Authorities have released few details about the attackers or their motives, with some blaming the Rohingya and others pointing the finger at Bangladeshi groups.
The region has simmered with tension since the 2012 unrest left the state effectively divided along religious lines.
A total of 29 people have died in the recent clashes, according to state media, police and government sources, including troops, attackers and the border guards killed in Sunday's raids.
Rumours of killings and mass arrests around Maungdaw have spread like wildfire on social media, stoking fear. But details have proved difficult to confirm in the remote and tightly controlled area.
Local residents told AFP they were too scared to leave their houses as troops patrolled the streets.
Activists have said the search for the attackers is being used as a pretext for a crackdown on the Rohingya.
The UN's special advisor on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, urged troops and residents to exercise restraint at what he termed a ‘delicate juncture’ for the state.
He also called on civilians to ‘not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious groups’.
The European Union also called for an investigation to be carried out ‘in line with the rule of law’.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/683/12-dead-in-clashes-in-myanmars-rakhine-state
Agence France-Presse | Published: 10:30, Oct 12,2016 | Updated: 14:32, Oct 12,2016
Twelve people have died in Myanmar's Rakhine state in recent clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported Wednesday, in a growing challenge for the country's new democratically elected government.
Four soldiers and one attacker were killed on Tuesday when hundreds of men wielding pistols and swords attacked troops in Pyaungpit, a village near the town of Maungdaw.
Troops also discovered seven dead after fighting in the nearby village of Taung Paing Nyar.
‘After the incident, troops found seven dead bodies,’ the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
‘Swords and sticks were found with the bodies.’
The military has been scouring the region, not far from the border with Bangladesh, after nine police officers were killed on Sunday in coordinated attacks on three border posts.
Most people in the impoverished area are Muslim Rohingya, a stateless minority Buddhist whom nationalists vilify as illegal immigrants even though many trace their lineage in Buddhist-majority Myanmar back generations.
The recent unrest has raised the spectre of a repeat of 2012, when violence in Rakhine left more than 100 people dead and drove tens of thousands of Rohingya into displacement camps.
Hundreds of schools have been closed in Maungdaw and the surrounding area, a curfew is in force and teachers and government workers have been heading south to Rakhine's state capital Sittwe.
Escalating violence in the region poses a major challenge for the country's new democratic leadership.
For years the Rohingya have faced severe restrictions on their movements and access to basic services, with rights groups calling them one of the world's most persecuted peoples.
Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure to reach a solution for the Rohingya, whose plight has tarnished the country's major democratic gains.
She recently appointed a commission, headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan, to find ways to heal wounds in the bitterly divided and poor state.
Four suspects behind Sunday's border attacks -- including two who were captured on Tuesday --are being held by law enforcement, according to state media.
Authorities have released few details about the attackers or their motives, with some blaming the Rohingya and others pointing the finger at Bangladeshi groups.
The region has simmered with tension since the 2012 unrest left the state effectively divided along religious lines.
A total of 29 people have died in the recent clashes, according to state media, police and government sources, including troops, attackers and the border guards killed in Sunday's raids.
Rumours of killings and mass arrests around Maungdaw have spread like wildfire on social media, stoking fear. But details have proved difficult to confirm in the remote and tightly controlled area.
Local residents told AFP they were too scared to leave their houses as troops patrolled the streets.
Activists have said the search for the attackers is being used as a pretext for a crackdown on the Rohingya.
The UN's special advisor on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, urged troops and residents to exercise restraint at what he termed a ‘delicate juncture’ for the state.
He also called on civilians to ‘not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious groups’.
The European Union also called for an investigation to be carried out ‘in line with the rule of law’.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/683/12-dead-in-clashes-in-myanmars-rakhine-state
it depends upon how people perceive it
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People's action is a direct indication on how they perceive it. Riots are the proof. Voting patters are the proof. Need for Religious leaders to get involved in politics is the proof.
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@waz plz could u close this thread..!!? like this..
https://defence.pk/threads/12-dead-in-clashes-in-myanmars-restive-rakhine-state-media.455310/ bro it headed to religious issue..!!
https://defence.pk/threads/12-dead-in-clashes-in-myanmars-restive-rakhine-state-media.455310/ bro it headed to religious issue..!!
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Death toll rises in Myanmar’s drive against Rohingyas
Reuters | Published: 12:21, Oct 13,2016
Police forces prepare to patrol in Maungdaw township at Rakhine state, northeast Myanmar, October 12, 2016. — Reuters photo
Myanmar's security forces have now killed at least 26 people in response to attacks on police that have sparked a dramatic escalation in violence in a Muslim-majority region along its border with Bangladesh, according to reports in state media.
Armed men believed to be from the long-oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority launched a coordinated assault on three border police posts in the early hours Sunday, killing nine police, injuring five and making off with dozens of weapons and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
Military personnel and police reinforcements have poured into the Muslim-majority township of Maungdaw, northern Rakhine State, and have clashed with groups of up to 300 men, armed with pistols, swords and knives, according to official reports.
Human rights groups and advocates for the stateless Rohingya have voiced concern that the civilian population may be caught up in the authorities' violent response.
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said that her government was ‘exercising the rule of law’ in dealing with the attacks, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.
Authorities had not yet confirmed who was behind the attacks, Suu Kyi said on Wednesday.
The military's official newspaper, Myawady, said that another 10 alleged attackers were killed, and a rifle was seized, in a clash on Tuesday morning at Kyetyoepyin village, Maungdaw Township.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, the military accused armed attackers of setting fire to 25 houses after an aborted attack on border police quarters in Kyikanpyin village, the site of one of Sunday's attacks.
The killings bring the total death toll in northern Rakhine State since Sunday to 39, including 13 security personnel.
The 26 alleged attackers reported killed include several who a local resident told Reuters were shot while unarmed and fleeing soldiers.
Campaign group Fortify Rights said on Wednesday it had received reports of extrajudicial killings in the area and called on Myanmar's government to ‘protect civilians regardless of religion or ethnicity.’
Authorities have also detained four men, identified as local Muslims, who they allege were involved in the attacks.
The Rohingya bore the brunt of inter-communal clashes in Rakhine in 2012, in which more 100 people were killed. They make up most of the 125,000 people still living in displacement camps in Rakhine State and face severe restrictions on their movements.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/709/death-toll-rises-in-myanmars-drive-against-rohingyas
The Rohingya Muslims as well as Rakhine Buddhists want to expel the Burman invaders from Arakan.
Reuters | Published: 12:21, Oct 13,2016
Police forces prepare to patrol in Maungdaw township at Rakhine state, northeast Myanmar, October 12, 2016. — Reuters photo
Myanmar's security forces have now killed at least 26 people in response to attacks on police that have sparked a dramatic escalation in violence in a Muslim-majority region along its border with Bangladesh, according to reports in state media.
Armed men believed to be from the long-oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority launched a coordinated assault on three border police posts in the early hours Sunday, killing nine police, injuring five and making off with dozens of weapons and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
Military personnel and police reinforcements have poured into the Muslim-majority township of Maungdaw, northern Rakhine State, and have clashed with groups of up to 300 men, armed with pistols, swords and knives, according to official reports.
Human rights groups and advocates for the stateless Rohingya have voiced concern that the civilian population may be caught up in the authorities' violent response.
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said that her government was ‘exercising the rule of law’ in dealing with the attacks, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.
Authorities had not yet confirmed who was behind the attacks, Suu Kyi said on Wednesday.
The military's official newspaper, Myawady, said that another 10 alleged attackers were killed, and a rifle was seized, in a clash on Tuesday morning at Kyetyoepyin village, Maungdaw Township.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, the military accused armed attackers of setting fire to 25 houses after an aborted attack on border police quarters in Kyikanpyin village, the site of one of Sunday's attacks.
The killings bring the total death toll in northern Rakhine State since Sunday to 39, including 13 security personnel.
The 26 alleged attackers reported killed include several who a local resident told Reuters were shot while unarmed and fleeing soldiers.
Campaign group Fortify Rights said on Wednesday it had received reports of extrajudicial killings in the area and called on Myanmar's government to ‘protect civilians regardless of religion or ethnicity.’
Authorities have also detained four men, identified as local Muslims, who they allege were involved in the attacks.
The Rohingya bore the brunt of inter-communal clashes in Rakhine in 2012, in which more 100 people were killed. They make up most of the 125,000 people still living in displacement camps in Rakhine State and face severe restrictions on their movements.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/709/death-toll-rises-in-myanmars-drive-against-rohingyas
The Rohingya Muslims as well as Rakhine Buddhists want to expel the Burman invaders from Arakan.
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Flushout operation was immediately necessary by the BGB.
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http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/10/11/myanmar-mobilises-troops-near-bangladesh-boarder/
Myanmar has stepped up security in a Muslim-majority region near its border with Bangladesh, officials said yesterday, as authorities hunt for attackers who killed at least nine police officers
Officials believe that members of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority launched three separate attacks in the early hours of Sunday, in which dozens of weapons and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized from border police.
Nine policemen were killed, one was missing and 5 were wounded. Eight attackers were killed and two captured, police said. The Rohingya, who are mostly stateless and are subject to severe restrictions on their movements, make up the majority of the population in the northern part of Rakhine State.
Authorities in the township of Maungdaw on Sunday announced the extension of an existing order banning gatherings of five or more people and imposing a 7pm to 6am curfew.
State media said the military, known as the Tatmadaw had moved troops into the area by helicopter. Photographs on social media showed trucks full of infantry purportedly being deployed in the area. No detailed information has been released about the operation in the area near a border guard office at Kyiganbyin village, where as many as 90 assailants seized weapons and fled into the hills.
“The Tatmadaw, the police force and the Ministry of Border Affairs are working together to ensure security and restore law and order,” said Min Aung, a minister in the Rakhine State government, who declined to disclose the size of the force sent to the area.
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Bangladeshi members please dont do personal attack on myanmar members here to inflame situation. We know they are such painful neighbor of us.
Myanmar has stepped up security in a Muslim-majority region near its border with Bangladesh, officials said yesterday, as authorities hunt for attackers who killed at least nine police officers
Officials believe that members of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority launched three separate attacks in the early hours of Sunday, in which dozens of weapons and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized from border police.
Nine policemen were killed, one was missing and 5 were wounded. Eight attackers were killed and two captured, police said. The Rohingya, who are mostly stateless and are subject to severe restrictions on their movements, make up the majority of the population in the northern part of Rakhine State.
Authorities in the township of Maungdaw on Sunday announced the extension of an existing order banning gatherings of five or more people and imposing a 7pm to 6am curfew.
State media said the military, known as the Tatmadaw had moved troops into the area by helicopter. Photographs on social media showed trucks full of infantry purportedly being deployed in the area. No detailed information has been released about the operation in the area near a border guard office at Kyiganbyin village, where as many as 90 assailants seized weapons and fled into the hills.
“The Tatmadaw, the police force and the Ministry of Border Affairs are working together to ensure security and restore law and order,” said Min Aung, a minister in the Rakhine State government, who declined to disclose the size of the force sent to the area.
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Bangladeshi members please dont do personal attack on myanmar members here to inflame situation. We know they are such painful neighbor of us.
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Will India support or say few word for Bangladesh as how Bangladesh govt was saying for India after fake uri attacks
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Does BD really need Indian support against Burma?
In any issue with these **** BD will have greater diplomatic support across the globe.
But such things are irrelevant..... BD will stand alone and we are perfectly equipped to deal with anything this ragtag banana nation of fascist can throw at us.
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