Posted on 04/15/2021 9:35:03 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
[They’ve emphasized the sensitivity of their reports so I’ve redacted this pretty significantly. But I think it’s important for people to understand what is going on. I’m getting a steady flow of reports like these from different locations describing relief work among defecting police/soldiers/government officials, refugees on the run, fighting in many areas, torture and human rights abuses by the military junta, involvement by the Chinese government and so on.
Note the testimony below describing Chinese/military exploitation of tribal areas. This is done without concern or recompense to the local people, who are often enslaved or have their homes destroyed in the process.]
Myanmar Civil War
It appears that Myanmar is spiraling into a full civil war. The Myanmar military is now attacking villagers in the Karen, Kachin, Chin, and Shan State areas. They are now using Russian made MIGs to bomb villages which has caused over 20,000 Karen civilians to become homeless. And we are getting larges storms, which are very unusual for this time of year. Many people in the jungles are sleeping in the rain and mud as they have lost their homes. Others are living in caves to escape the bombings.
[Picture of young child among food bowls looking up] Caption: This Karen Boy is eating food sent to the Karen area by XXXXXX. He is looking up at the Burmese Army’s Russian made MIGs flying overhead.
The Karen Armies threatened to enter Myanmar towns and cities in order to protect peaceful protestors, so the dictators immediately declared war on these armies and started bombing civilians in their areas, probably to try to keep these militaries in their own areas. Many Burmese dissidents have also run to these areas for safety, so the dictators had announced they want to “crush the border,” which is the Karen area.
At the XXXXXX there were rumors that the war was moving very near them. They are in Thailand, but only about 200 meters from the river that is the border with the Karen controlled area of Myanmar. In fact, the main Karen leadership is just over the river from XXXXXX. They were expecting to be attacked and bombed by the Burmese. So the kids and the staff XXXXXX were scared. XXXXXX went out to be with them, and shortly after she arrived she was given ten children from the Karen area and asked to keep them safe for the day, which she did. Then the Burmese attacked with a drone with a bomb, but the Karen shot it down. There was also a truck of 26 Burmese soldiers driving into the area to attack the Karen, but it crashed, flipped upside down, and 11 Burmese soldiers were killed. Others were injured. So there was no attack in the area. It felt like an answer to prayer for the innocent. A similar event happened in Kachin State, where a truck full of soldiers heading to attack the Christian Kachin people hit a power pole and many soldiers in the truck were killed.
[Photo of numerous wounded Burmese soldiers being treated. Photo of the flipped military truck.]
Caption: The above picture is the truck in Karen State that flipped, killing Burmese soldiers.
Helping the Karen War Victims
We have been secretly sending funds into Myanmar for the Karen IDPs. The banks in Myanmar are closed and most ATMs are out of cash. There are many people moving near to the Thai-Myanmar border. Recently the Burmese Army used planes to bomb the Karen people in Karen State. The reason for this first bombing was that the Karen Army attacked and overran a Burmese Army base that was in Karen State near Thailand. The Thai government had tried to send food and supplies to the Burmese Army at this base, but the Karen Army intercepted the supplies. The Thailand military dictators are very close with the Burmese military dictators. Three people have died and eight people were injured in this bombing. About 3,000 people had to run for their lives and they are now living in caves to shield themselves from the bombings.
[Photo of refugees living in a cave.]
The Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7 area had been the safest place in the KNU controlled region, as many regions are being attacked by the Burmese Army. Many people are becoming IDPs there, including some Burmese soldiers who have defected.
Our kids in XXXXXX are all in hiding now. There has been violence near them and there is a Burmese Army base just down the road from them. The caretaker of XXXXX has been targeted by the Burmese Army, so he left and is on the run. Some family members of XXXXX staff have just escaped KNU Brigade 5 area where there is heavy fighting. This married couple and their three young children walked for days through the jungle to escape. They also had to pass a Burmese Army base at night, while trying to keep the kids quiet. But thank God they have arrived. They were exhausted, but are safe. Our staff member’s mother is shown in the picture, but she is still in the KNU5 area with her husband.
[Photo of elderly woman fleeing the fighting.]
XXXXXX is still safe at the moment, but the war is getting closer to them, so XXXXXX is getting concerned for their safety. Please pray for XXXXXX and the staff and all the kids. It is getting extremely dangerous for XXXXXX and her contacts to deliver food to the Karen IDPs now. The IDPs are hiding in the jungle and cannot be reached by phone. So our contacts are using drones to find the IDPs in the jungle so food can be brought to them. Many of these IDP families in the jungle need to move every other day so that the Burmese soldiers don’t find them.
Below is the testimony of one family who was able to flee from the Burmese soldiers. They are living in the jungle on the Thai-Myanmar border. Somebody told us about this family. It was a bit hard to find them, but we did and we were able to give them food aid. “I am XXXXXX. It is a miracle that you found my family and me. Not many people know that we live here in secret. We are a Karen IDP family from KNU Brigade 5, and we arrived here about two month ago. We live here secretly, because we cross to the border place illegally.
“As a father I am responsible for my family. It was getting too dangerous for us in Myanmar. As a young boy, I cannot even remember how many times I had to flee with my parents and live in the jungle for long periods of time. I have never been able to get a good education, because of the war in my country. I got married 13 years ago and now we have four children. The first few years of our marriage we had peace in our village. I had work on a farm. But the last two years the situation turned bad in our area. China is building a dam and is doing that with the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army), so we villagers were attacked again. The Tatmadaw is clearing a lot of land for the Chinese companies.
“My family and I were forced out of our village about two years ago. We moved to another temporary place, but after a while, the Tatmadaw came again, threatening to kill us if we don't leave this place. So again we moved. Since then we have been moving from place to place and hiding. We have no house to live in and no work to do. We have nothing left. I didn't see any future for my family back home. And we were so tired of running and hiding and living in fear.
“Last December 2020, I decided to flee to the Burma-Thai border area and live here secretly, hoping to find a job as a day worker. My wife was 6 months pregnant. Sometimes I can get fish from the river and find bamboo shoots here in the jungle to eat. One other family who lives nearby gave us some rice. Now, our baby is born, just one week old. Because of exhaustion and poor health, my wife cannot breast feed the baby. I have no job and I cannot feed my family. I hope to find a job as day worker, but so far I cannot find anything.
“And today is a happy day for my family as you brought us so many blessings. Also, I was never interested in Jesus, but you prayed for me, and I have never experienced peace in my life and heart before. After you prayed I have peace. I am not a Christian, but I am interested to know more about Jesus. This Karen Bible you gave me is very helpful. I promise to read it. As I said before, I think it was impossible for people to find us, but I think it is a miracle from your God.”
[Photo of aid team bringing supplies. Photo of refugee family.]
The items we bought for the IDPs are: pots and pans, toothpaste, shampoo, body powder, body soap, laundry detergent, blankets, mosquito nets, mats, plates, bowls, spoons, big buckets to keep water for showers and cooking, baby formula, baby milk bottles, rice, noodles, canned fish, dried fish, chilies, onions, garlic, eggs, oil, and salt. Below: More food aid XXXXXX has sent to the Karen IDPs in Karen State, Myanmar. [Photo of food distribution.]
Assassins Attack our Coworker
One of XXXXX staff workers took money to our XXXXXX in March. The worker traveled over land to get there. She had been warned that assassins might be coming after her, and she was told what kind of cars to look out for. She was taking rest in XXXXXX when these three cars pulled up. She ran out the back door carrying her handgun and praying she wouldn’t have to use it. There was a car and a XXXXXX there, and the XXXXXX drove her away. But the three cars followed. The sniper took two shots at them during the chase, but missed. After one hour, the XXXXXX escaped the assassins. The worker then went into the Karen controlled area and then traveled into Thailand from there. She met with XXXXXX and said both the Burmese and Thai soldiers are watching people who are helping the Karen IDPs. She warned that the authorities know XXXXXX as XXXXXX and they watch her when she comes into the area.
The worker said that XXXXXX might get targeted for helping the Karen IDPs and that she should get a new truck, because everyone in the area knows her truck. And XXXXXX is sending money to help the IDPs and driving the truck to find IDPs in the jungle. But there is no reason to sell the truck. It’s also known that XXXXXX goes to XXXXXX, so a new truck would be found out anyway. But the staff said the people that sent assassins after us (XXXXXX and XXXXXX) nearly five years ago are the same people who informed the assassins about our coworker this time. Our coworker just had a bit of an emotional breakdown from everything that’s happened, so she will be taking a break. Please pray for all of us.
Myanmar Army Murders
The Burmese Army is murdering peaceful protestors, even as the supreme ruler, General Min Aung Hlaing, says that violence that upsets the country will not be tolerated. But it is only his army that is perpetrating violence. They are indiscriminately shooting people on the street, even if the person is just riding by on a motorcycle. They are entering people’s homes at night and destroying everything. They are arresting anyone they want, even if they are not protestors. They are throwing hand grenades into people’s houses indiscriminately.
March 27 was Armed Forces Day in Myanmar, and General Hlaing was joined by government representatives from China, Russia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand in order to celebrate the Burmese Army. And General Hlaing made a statement to his people referring to his soldiers attacks against innocent, peaceful protestors saying, “Aren’t you afraid yet?”
Here you see the heart of a true, tyrannical dictator. He’s willing to murder hundreds of his own countrymen in hopes that the rest will be afraid and go home and quit protesting and then the dictator has full power. But the people of Myanmar say they would rather die than live under dictatorship again, so the Generals are getting worried.
[Photo of Burmese general Min Aung Hlaing]
This next story is horrendous, but it shows how evil the Burmese soldiers can be. This report comes from Mizzima News. The Burmese Army is using live ammunition and are shooting at peaceful protestors. One innocent civilian was shot in the thigh. The soldiers dragged him through the street to a fire, and this man was burned alive on the street. The soldiers then decapitated and dismembered the body and threw the body parts into a ditch. Pray for godliness to come to Myanmar!
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My understanding.
The soros bought and paid for the prior gov’t
Soros sent his over to keep an eye on their asset.
The gov’t used the Domino voting machines to retain power.
The Chinese and those taking bribes are in deep sheep
Interesting, if unconfirmed report on conditions in Burma. Not many people realize the links between the Red Chinese and the Burmese military. China is making alliances with strongmen and oligarchs across the globe.
Influence in Burma provides China resources and a route to strike India from the east in the event of a war.
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