Myanmar's forgotten coup morphing into civil war
Myanmar's forgotten coup morphing into civil war Thousands of civilians, including children, have fled to remote areas to escape the violence Demonstrators on motorcycles gesture during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay At first, the hotch-potch militia of Myanmar's forgotten youth scored unlikely success against Myanmar's powerful military junta, raiding convoys and killing several soldiers with rifles and homemade grenades. But the self-declared Chinland Defence Force, one of a handful new guerilla forces to rise from the ashes of this year's coup, were soon forced to flee int...
Source: telegraph.co.uk