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Food for Myanmar Regime Soldiers Taken Away After Karen Rebels Block Delivery
The Irrawaddy ^ | April 7, 2021

Posted on 04/07/2021 4:58:58 AM PDT by Loyalist

Food reportedly bought from Thailand and bound for Tatmadaw (Myanmar’s military) troops in Karen State was taken away on Tuesday at midnight, after ethnic armed organization the Karen National Union (KNU) blocked its delivery.

Many in Myanmar believe that the food was sold by the Thai army to the Tatmadaw, prompting people to condemn the Thai military on social media after the food arrived on the banks of the Salween River on Saturday.

Following fresh clashes with the Tatmadaw in Karen State’s Papun District, the KNU’s Brigade 5 blocked transportation routes to Papun, preventing the military regime from delivering food to its troops based there.

On Saturday, 700 sacks of rice, oil and canned meat which are said to have been bought from Thailand, were unloaded on the Thai side of the Salween River opposite Karen State.

But the food was stranded there as the KNU refused to allow the food to be delivered to the Tatmadaw soldiers in Papun.

(Excerpt) Read more at irrawaddy.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burma; karen; myanmar
What did the Karens do?

Scold the soldiers for not wearing their masks and demand to speak to their manager?

1 posted on 04/07/2021 4:58:58 AM PDT by Loyalist
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To: Loyalist

Karen National Union....our worst nightmare :)


2 posted on 04/07/2021 5:05:21 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Loyalist

Karen State ?

LOL

Must be a blue state wealthy suburb.


3 posted on 04/07/2021 5:05:25 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Loyalist

Took their food away for going maskless.


4 posted on 04/07/2021 5:06:55 AM PDT by pas
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To: Loyalist

For those who do not know, the “Karens” of Burma (myanmar) are not the blonde twits of the U.S., but an indigenous people of Asia.


5 posted on 04/07/2021 5:07:37 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Loyalist

Nothing new here, just Karens acting like, well, Karens. Hopefully the military there deals with the problem, because no one here will.


6 posted on 04/07/2021 5:12:40 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Col Frank Slade

“Must be a blue state wealthy suburb.”

Either that, or a ‘planned community’ in Texas.


7 posted on 04/07/2021 5:13:16 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Terry L Smith

“For those who do not know, the “Karens” of Burma (myanmar) are not the blonde twits of the U.S., but an indigenous people of Asia.”

There are ‘Karens’ everywhere, so no surprise that there’s a bunch in Burma.


8 posted on 04/07/2021 5:14:20 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Terry L Smith
Hah. That's what they want you to think.

Here is the leader of the Karens of Burma. Look familiar?


9 posted on 04/07/2021 5:15:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Loyalist

We have at least 2 Karen States, “New York” and “California” among them, so we have to use those names to tell them apart.


10 posted on 04/07/2021 6:01:37 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: RoosterRedux

Poor joke.

Obviously you were never in Thailand.


11 posted on 04/08/2021 7:12:06 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: BobL

Obviously, you have no understanding of what ‘indigenous people’ means.


12 posted on 04/08/2021 7:15:43 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: BobL

Obviously, you have no understanding of what ‘indigenous people’ means.


13 posted on 04/08/2021 7:16:06 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith

Awww. Don’t cry.


14 posted on 04/08/2021 7:20:29 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Terry L Smith

“Obviously, you have no understanding of what ‘indigenous people’ means.”

I’ve dealt with enough Karens to not have to deal with any attempt at ‘justification’ for their behavior.


15 posted on 04/08/2021 8:03:31 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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