Tuesday, December 28, 2010

defective grenades, bombs from Burmese army factories - probably good news -

http://www.voanews.com/burmese/news/soldier-talk/12_25_10_soldiers_talk040-112445674.html

unofficial summary -

bombs and grenades have uneven walls and defective gunpowder due to theft and corruption -

fell short of target, killing 400 "friendly" Wa forces around 2002 when Wa were forced to march in front.

This was before the border guard force disputes between Wa and Burma forces, starting abt 2008.

If you don't have Zawgyi font, you will get alphabet soup on VOA page, but you can click on MP3 player icon and hear in Burmese.

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Yuan Dynasty and death of Kublai Khan--from wiki

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