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	Tatmadaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tatmadaw's highest officials have great economic and social influence in Myanmar, as the government is currently a military junta.
		The Tatmadaw has been accused of crimes, especially on the minorities of Myanmar, as cited by Amnesty International.
		This page was last modified 06:17, 12 May 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tatmadaw (117 words)

	MODiNS [ Myanmar Online Information ]
		Tatmadaw was born in December 1941 as Burma Independence Army (BIA) during the period of the country's struggle for independence.
		Tatmadaw cooperates diligently with people for the advancement of national educational standard, and at the same time it is striving hard to produce fully competant Tatmadaw men by having them trained in all kinds of courses and exhibitions.
		For Tatmadaw officials to be able to accomplish their duties in accordance with all Tatmadaw rules, regulations and traditions, the Office of the chief of Military Law under the Ministry of Defence has made arrangements since December 1997 to open a Law Diploma Training Course and award "Post Graduate Law Diploma" to trainees.
	www.modins.net /myanmarinfo/ministry/defence.htm (2579 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yangon, Myanmar :: News & Views from Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tatmadaw had to crush insurgents whose strength was greater.With a view to safeguarding the national sovereignty, the Tatmadaw also shouldered the national duty at the risk of life when the nation encountered the foreign invasion in 1950s; and when the AFPFL government collapsed, the Tatmadaw was assigned duties as Caretaker Government in 1958.
		In 1962, the discord sown by the colonialists was at the peak and the Union was on the verge of disintegration.
		Thanks to the correct leadership of the Tatmadaw and cooperation of the people with correct national outlook, the nation is overcoming sanctions and pressure imposed by many nations and is now on the path towards stability, peace and development.
	www.mofa.gov.mm /news/24oct05.html (5381 words)

	Tatmadaw, the Burmese army
		The Tatmadaw has to take over not only the duties to ensure national peace and stability, but also the tasks for national development.
		Her eight-year-old brother was severely injured by a burning kettle when trying to flee during an earlier attack of the Tatmadaw.
		When they were attacked, they were heading for a refugee camp, because they were forced to move from their village to a military controlled area after the army had burnt their food supply.
	home.tiscali.nl /corastravels/burmamain/8a_tatmadaw/tatmadaw.html (324 words)

	Mu Dane Tatmadaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tatmadaw soldiers are barely educated, young, harshly disciplined, isolated, sometimes half-starved and taught to despise the ethnic nationalities as inferiors.
		The story is that the girl was cooking alone in the house and seeing nobody was there, the Tatmadaw soldiers grab the opportunity to rape her.
		It seems that the unwritten understanding in the Burmese Tatmadaw is that rape has been characterized as somewhat an honour and dignity to the armed forces as the most extensive development has been increased recognition of sexual violence.
	www.mizzima.com /mizzima/archives/nf/2003/nf-08jan03-kbzw01.htm (1718 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yangon, Myanmar :: News & Views from Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Our Tatmadaw has laid down and consistently upheld as the national policy the historic lessons of non-disintegration of the union, non-disintegration of national unity and perpetuation of sovereignty, which are Our Three Main National Causes.
		As working guidelines, our Tatmadaw has laid down The Twelve Objectives, comprising the four political objectives, the four economic objectives and the four social objectives, and is working toward the goal of building a new modern peaceful developed nation.
		As the Tatmadaw, the Government and the people make concerted efforts in nation-building and national defence with a strength born of unity, our country has been achieving progress despite all sorts of restrictions, sanctions and onslaughts.
	www.mofa.gov.mm /news/mar27_05_1.html (1615 words)

	School for Rape
		The Tatmadaw is pervaded by a brutal ethos that requires soldiers to accept violence and domination as quintessential characteristics of masculinity.
		The Tatmadaw is organized as a rigid hierarchy in which power is exerted through brutal force from the highest reaches of the institution down to the bottom.
		The Tatmadaw isolates soldiers through two means: by creating a culture within the army which is absolutely inhospitable to close relationships; and by removing contact with the world outside, where the possibility of friendship and compassion still exists.
	www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/docs/school_for_rape.html (16812 words)

	BURMA: Burma: Atrocities in Shan State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		All of those interviewed had suffered at the hands of the Tatmadaw (Burmese army) as they were ejected from their homes, forced into sites far away from their farms and seized for porter and forced labour duties.
		In addition during the relocation process the Tatmadaw often burns down dwellings, steals livestock and other food, and issues threats to shoot villagers on sight if they do not immediately vacate their homes and leave most of their possessions behind.
		Relocated villagers were placed in an impossible situation: they were not given the means to survive in their relocation centres, yet if they returned to their old villages to retrieve food they risked being shot dead by the military.
	www.ahrchk.net /hrsolid/mainfile.php/1998vol08no07/1571 (3823 words)

	Vol.6 No.2 April - Tatmadaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The occasion is celebrated annually as Armed Forces Day by the country’s present regime, which might also have derived a certain amount of satisfaction from other events this month which pointed to a more recent, if less illustrious, victory over the declared enemies of the country’s burgeoning military.
		It has since topped 300,000.According to the constitution, the role of the Tatmadaw is to defend the country and to protect its citizens.
		By the time of the historic 1988 uprising, the Tatmadaw’s methods had become more brutal, not only in the cities, but in the border areas and villages as well.
	www.irrawaddy.org /database/1998/vol6.2/tatmadaw.html (597 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Myammar: “They Came and Destroyed Our Village Again" - The Plight of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Burmese army, or Tatmadaw, has for many years carried out numerous and widespread summary executions, looting, torture, rape and other sexual violence, arbitrary arrests and torture, forced labor, recruitment of child soldiers, and the displacement and demolition of entire villages as part of military operations against ethnic minority armed opposition groups.
		Tatmadaw military operations against the KNU’s army, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), in the first months of 2005 caused numerous deaths and injuries to civilians in poor villages along the Thai border.
		However, the Tatmadaw continues its aggressive use of forced labor, especially on road-building projects, land confiscation, and arbitrary taxation in many areas.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6D83P5?OpenDocument (3170 words)

	Abuse Under Orders
		According to Tatmadaw deserters, one third or more of SPDC soldiers are children, morale among the rank and file is almost nonexistent, and half or more of the Army would desert if they thought they could survive the attempt.
		Many of the common soldiers in the Tatmadaw are not willing volunteers, they must fight a war in which they have no interest, and they are forced by their officers and non-commissioned officers to abuse villagers.
		The Tatmadaw has rules whereby soldiers are supposed to be able to pass any problems they have up to the officers through their NCO’s, but instead the officers use the NCO’s to keep any problems out of their hearing by threatening and abusing the rank and file soldiers.
	ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg2001/khrg0101.html (20155 words)

	Myanmar News
		Tatmadaw, which is always loyal to the nation and the people, is being transformed into a strong, efficient and modern one
		Today, during the time when the Tatmadaw has assumed the state responsibilities, the various armed groups, that appreciate the true cetana of the Tatmadaw, have come back to legal fold and joined hands with us in working for the development of their regions.
		Today, the Tatmadaw is working together with the people in building up of the nation so that the people will be able to go about their daily lives freely and safely as well as to advance their socio-economic lives.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-2003/myanmar-news-n030328.htm (2678 words)

	The journalism and films of John Pilger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With several million dependants, the Tatmadaw is by far the largest social institution in Burma.
		For political and social reasons, the Tatmadaw stood as a massive obstacle to democratisation.
		The military leadership has created an image of the Tatmadaw as the defender of national unity and integrity, the vanguard and repository of the nation and a class apart.
	pilger.carlton.com /burma/tatmadaw (443 words)

	Address_59th_Anniversary_Armed_Forces_Day
		Looking back at the history of the Tatmadaw, you will see that the fascists and imperialists used every means at their disposal to break up the Tatmadaw whenever it gained strength.
		Even the armed Tatmadaw was compelled to exercise patience and forbearance as the nation was under colonial rule.
		The Tatmadaw was compelled to assume the responsibilities of the State as the people were faced with a generally deteriorating and extremely critical situation.
	www.mewashingtondc.com /address_59th_anniversary_armed_f.htm (1005 words)

	ricebowl
		Such a disintegration is one of the possible results of the deepening economic crisis, combined with a large, poorly-paid and badly-disciplined army and the tendency of the regional commanders to turn their command areas into personal fiefdoms.
		One of the "Tatmadaw's" principal justifications of its continued rule is that it is preventing the disintegration of the Union.
		Until 1991 the Tatmadaw's main military strategy against the ethnic insurgents was to conduct seasonal campaigns against their various armies, then return to barracks during the rainy season.
	students.washington.edu /burma/ethnics/ricebowl.html (5950 words)

	FWB, July 1994
		In contrast, there is a huge body of evidence indicating that Tatmadaw troops operating in Karen areas are trained to loot and commanded to rape, in order to keep the villagers afraid of defying them or helping the rebels.
		Slavery: the Tatmadaw uses indigenous frontier people for other forms of labor as well, commanding them to build their outposts and barracks without pay, clear roads, work in government mines, and grow food and opium for army profit.
		Female porters are gang-raped by Tatmadaw troops, and village women are raped at random as a way of demonstrating the supreme power of the SLORC and as punishment for joining indigenous women's groups such as the Karen Women's Organization.
	carbon.cudenver.edu /fwc/Issue8/SLORC-3.html (1024 words)

	The Tatmadaw Mentality
		The “Tatmadaw” is a Burmese word for the army.
		History is repeating itself as the Tatmadaw endeavours to maintain its traits, when we read that Col. San Pwint the spokesman of Burmese Junta accusing Sao Harn Yawnghwe (Hso Harn Fah) and Dr Sein Win of fabricating the rape story.
		The Tatmadaw could have easily killed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, or orchestrate a fatal accident, if she had not won the Nobel Peace Prize.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2002/news-in-aug/30-aug02-15.htm (1110 words)

	Myanmar: Leaving Home - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Civilians who have been required to perform forced labour for the tatmadaw are especially at risk.(5) Civilians forced to contribute labour, particularly those seized for portering, are sometimes injured or even killed by the army if they fail to perform their duties to the satisfaction of the tatmadaw.
		Her husband was forced to porter for the tatmadaw in April 2004 and escaped to Thailand because he was afraid of stepping on a landmine.
		Such policies as the "self-reliance" program for the tatmadaw means in practice that troops in the field effectively live off the villagers, by taking them for forced labour, depriving them of their land, crops, and personal possessions.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engasa160232005 (9764 words)

	Myanmar News 2001
		The medical services unit is providing health care for the Tatmadaw members and their families wherever and whenever it is needed, thereby strengthening the defence power of the State and building favourable foundations for the future of the nation.
		The members of the Tatmadaw medical unit have carried out the order and assigned task dutifully with their interest and goodwill at risk to themselves from the time of independence struggle to date.
		The Tatmadaw medical researchers are conducting their work on a broader scale in cooperation with the ministries such as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
	www.myanmars.net /NEWVER/myanmar-news-2001/n010302.htm (3882 words)

	The New Light of Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the end, the Tatmadaw had to assume the responsibility of the State as the situation was getting worse and as the Tatmadaw could no longer step aside from the deterioration situation.
		At the same time, the Tatmadaw made concerted efforts to create a peaceful and prosperous life for the national people after laying down the four political objectives, the four economic objectives, and the four social objectives.
		With this end in view, the Tatmadaw government is taking pragmatic measures to create and develop human resources, concentrating on the basic and higher education.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /NLM-2005/Feb05/enlm/Feb18_h1.html (1381 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
		The document also indicates that the Tatmadaw has been closely studying US military strategy and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and is preparing an "Operation Other No War" plan (as the document's English-language translation calls it) to defend against a possible US invasion through a war of attrition.
		BSOs, which exercise operational oversight over all military operations in their designated areas, report directly to the War Office and are under the command of General Thura Shwe Mann, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		That said, the Tatmadaw's defense policies, which some strategic analysts contend are costing the impoverished country more than US$1 billion per year, seem self-defeating.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/HD28Ae03.html (1657 words)

	Vol.8 No.3 Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Twelve years after the nationwide uprising against military rule, the Tatmadaw is still widely despised for its role in crushing the pro-democracy movement, killing thousands of peaceful, unarmed demonstrators, including monks and students.
		Khin Maung Nyunt believes that many in the military would agree with him when he says, “The Tatmadaw’s duty is not to rule the country.” He adds, however, that fear and the soldier’s instinct for obeying authority prevent them from expressing their real feelings.
		One ethnic-Karen Tatmadaw sergeant from Pa-an explains, “When I was in school, we were taught about the good things of the Tatmadaw, Gen Aung San and how Burma got its independence.
	www.irrawaddy.org /database/2000/vol8.3/cover.html (4911 words)

	Landmine Monitor 2000 Report on Myanmar/Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This allows Tatmadaw units to know if an area was previously mined, but it does not give the exact locations of the mines.
		Active mine laying is occurring in Karen and Karenni states where the Karen National Liberation Army and the Karenni Army are attempting to maintain control or harass Tatmadaw troops, especially in the area to the northeast of Hpa-an, where mine laying by both the KNLA and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army is considered heavy.
		In a particularly ugly practice, Tatmadaw units operating in theaters of conflict near Myanmar's border with Thailand have repeatedly been accused of forcing the local population to walk in front of Tatmadaw soldiers in areas suspected of mine contamination.
	www.nonviolenceinternational.net /seasia/Mb/Lm2000.htm (4524 words)

	Welcome to mrtv3.net.mm
		He added that according to his explanations and documents and photos bear witness to the forced recruitment of minors, mass killings based on racial hatred forced relocation of villagers to border areas defence purposes, sexual violence against Myanmar national race women and distribution of counterfeit notes and narcotic drugs of the SSA (South).
		At present, the Tatmadaw is striving utmost to ensure peace and stability and the rule of law in the entire nation, develop the national economy and to develop human resources that are the three main requirements in the drive to build a peaceful, modern and developed nation.
		During the operation period, there occurred friendly fires between Tatmadaw columns, regiments and it is a usual occurrence in jungle fightings and operations.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /news/171press.html (3394 words)

	Myanmar: Lack of security in counter-insurgency areas
		The tatmadaw appeared to be killing civilians in order to frighten the local population or because they suspected civilians of supporting armed opposition groups.
		Extrajudicial executions by the tatmadaw of Shan civilians in southern Shan State continue to be reported on a regular basis since the forced relocation campaign began in 1996.
		The tatmadaw asked the village headman to inform landowners that their land would be taken, which he then did.
	www.amnestyusa.org /child_soldiers/document.do?id=155567C098F74D3C80256BF80038A771 (17526 words)

	Tatmadaw Railways - 2Bangkok.com Forum
		The pictures taken of soldiers (probably conscripts) sweating to lay track would probably be replaced by press-ganged locals as soon as the camera disappeared.
		Do all Tatmadaw sites use the same webcam for their graphics; maybe a quick whip-round amongst those rich generals on the golfcourse might buy them a nice middle-range Sony.
		I suppose we should remember that Tatmadaw doesn't call itself Tatmadaw any longer; that name having become too despoiled even by their depraved standards.
	www.angkor.com /2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?p=3453 (623 words)

	SPDC Press Conference ( The New Lights of Myanmar ) May 22, 2002
		Although the cannon fires stopped at 8.30 am, the firing of heavy weapons continued from the side of the Thai army camps, and these were disclosed at the previous press conference, he said.
		The journalists are hereby convinced that the programme to attack one's country or to invade one's territory does not suit the conducts of a good neighbourly country.
		The national race peace groups themselves are actively cooperating with the Tatmadaw in eradicating the narcotic drugs with greater momentum.
	www.burmatoday.net /archives/press_020521_border_fighting.htm (1092 words)

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