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cities saw a 9.7%
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the Arakan Army staged one of their most brazen and belligerent
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In Buthidaung township, in the early morning, Arakan Army soldiers
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Thirteen BGP troops were killed in the a acks, with two of the police
stations completely overrun. The insurgents took a number of
prisoners who were later released as they withdrew. There are no
credible estimates of Arakan Army or state security force casualties in
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A ack helicopters have been used by state forces, including during a More on this topic
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four-hour re ght between 50 Arakan Army soldiers and a Tatmadaw
unit in Buthidaung Township on January 13. The size and relative
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sophistication of these ambushes came as a surprise to military and
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government leaders, who reacted with a show of unusual unity and
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Kyi (R) in a le photo. Photo: AFP/ Phyo Hein Kyaw
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state and border security ma ers”, and the December 21 ‘cease re’
called by Min Aung Hlaing to pause Tatmadaw operations from
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talks with northern Myanmar-based insurgent groups.
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The military has accused other northern ethnic armed organizations
of breaching the December 21 suspension and have tried to cast blame Myanmar sends more
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on the Arakan Army. The cease re process in the country’s north, troops to troubled
China will not relax northeast and west is e ectively dead, despite the Tatmadaw’s dubious Rakhine State
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Local commentator Maung Maung Soe told one of Myanmar’s online
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military in demanding recalcitrant rebels capitulate.
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said in a statement on the same day as the government’s high level
security meeting, that it has never had any contact with ARSA while
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vowing to continue its resistance against the government.
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A Myanmar soldier stands near Maungdaw, north of Rakhine state, September 27, 2017. Photo:
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The Arakan Army, which has gradually built up a signi cant armed
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Army leader Major General Tun Myat Naing said that Tatmadaw
reinforcements were arriving in the area, and that “(I)t is very likely
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Ethnic Rakhine public support for the Arakan Army has been rising in
recent years, and these latest a acks could lead to greater antipathy
towards the Myanmar state and military, further bedeviling Rakhine’s
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situation.
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Aye Maung had expressed public support for the Arakan Army, speech
that has seen scores of Rakhine political activists and even Buddhist
monks imprisoned for breaches of the colonial era 1908 Unlawful
Association Act.
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Signi cantly, the appeal of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe,
both jailed on O cial Secrets Act convictions, was upheld on January
11 in part on the fact that Wa Lone had phone numbers of Arakan Army
leaders in one of his old notebooks.
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The jailed journalist claims he never used the contacts. But this small More on this topic
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detail was included in the widely criticized verdict to uphold their
internationally condemned seven year sentences.
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The government’s counter-terrorist rhetoric against the Arakan Army
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A screenshot from an Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) propaganda video. Photo: Youtube
MORE The government has refrained from labeling other armed groups
under the 2014 law, potentially to avoid a moral equivalence of
Myanmar’s long- standing ethnic armed rebels with the reviled
Rohingya minority.
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anti-terror law, as authorities have already done for several years with
Rakhine civilians under unlawful associations.
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But it is unclear if the AA will be formally designated a terrorist
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The Tatmadaw’s anti-AA rhetoric is laden with messages of betrayal Myanmar sends more
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China will not relax respond to the potential for ARSA a acks, none of which have been Rakhine State
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o cially acknowledged by ARSA since an ambush in Maungdaw one
climb: analysts (Asia
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economy shrinks (Asia “When we paid a ention to the possible a acks of the ARSA, the AA
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launched well-organized a ack on the police outposts. It was a stab in
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the back…the AA took political advantage as to its a ack.”
Con ating the Arakan Army with ARSA will likely be detrimental to
Myanmar public perceptions of o en maligned Rakhine grievances
towards the central government, and fuel further resentment from
ethnic Rakhine communities, both inside Rakhine state and among
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con ict are aligning in a potentially new and dangerous phase to
Rakhine state’s protracted misery. With growing community support
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for the Arakan Army’s stru gle, and the almost inevitable dramatic and
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abusive overreaction of the Tatmadaw, war could engulf Myanmar’s
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prospects of his political allies ahead of crucial mid-term polls
set for later this year.
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on Duterte’s controversial rule and will determine the balance of power
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with the Catholic Church in the deeply conservative Christian nation
and broadsides directed at critics of his policies, Duterte’s approval
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