Shootout on the border The clash took place Shootout on the border31 March 2007 S.H.A.N Night patrols dispatched by the Burma Army and its Shan counterpart bumped into each ot 花蓮民宿her last evening resulting in an hour long scuffle, reported Thai and Shan sources this morning. The duel took place 3km 廬山住宿north of Gawmerng, an eastern extension of Loi Gawwan, the main base of the Shan State Army (SSA) South's Kengtung Force between 19:00 廬山飯店-20:00 local time. The SSA patrol managed to extricate itself without a scratch. No casualties on the Burma Army side is known. Both sides beefed u 廬山溫泉p their defenses following the fight. Fresh troops from the Mongkhark-based Light Infantry Battalion 328 were seen reinforcing the Maemaw base, between Gawmerng and 花蓮旅遊Gawhawm (another Shan base west of Gawmerng). Gawmerng is also facing a heavy weapons unit up north. Both the Thai Army and the Burma Army have been fortifying their bases al 花蓮民宿ong the Thai border in the wake of a series of incidents that has resulted in the closure of most border passes except for Ranong-Kawsawng (Kawthaung) and Maesai-Tachilek. A local resident repor 吉安民宿ted seeing 7 truckloads of troops moving up to the west from Tachilek on Wednesday (28 March) and another 9 this morning. "The clash with the SSA could therefore be accidental", said a source close to the m 花蓮住宿ilitary. Several Tachilek residents also witnessed Burmese troops moving up to Kuthengnayong (known by Shans as Loi Pupanya), opposite Maesai, the scene of heavy fighting between Thai and Burmese troops in 2001. The relations between t 花蓮民宿he two neighbors have soured since the killing of a Thai paramilitary ranger on 21 March. "Burma has yet to acknowledge, let alone apologize, the incident," said a Thai army source in Maehongson. http://www.shanland.org/war/2007/shootout-on-the-borde 期貨r  .
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