Analysis: Air assaults raise doubts about Myanmar's reformist rulers

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Unprecedented aerial attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels by Myanmar's military have raised doubts about whether the retired generals in a government hailed for its reforms have really changed their harsh old ways. Assurances by the quasi-civilian government that it wants a peace deal with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and that the military is exercising "maximum restraint" are starting to ring hollow as jets and helicopter gunships take to the air. The 18-month conflict is back under the spotlight, with U.N. ...




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[rocky71]

1.Burmese helicopters have been using Swedish air to ground missiles here. These were procured by India, and then handed over to the Burmese.

2. Burma and India have a convergence of interests in massacring the Kachins who are close kinsmen of the Nagas. Moreover, India has always complained that the Kachins have been providing sanctuary to various insurgent groups like ULFA, the Nagas, etc. That's not all. India has also protested that the Kachins act as guides to these groups trying to reach China.