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Seven Burmese soldiers killed in jungle raid
Seven Burmese soldiers have been killed in an early morning raid by ethnic Shan State Army rebels near the northern Thai border.
The SSA said they found a large stash of drugs at the base where the troops had been posted.
The leader of the SSA rebel army, Yawd Serk, who has been battling Burmese government forces in the remote east of the country, vowed earlier this year to step up the group's fight against advancing soldiers.
Yawd Serk said SSA troops had been attacked because they were positioned along a border route used by Myanmar to transport drugs, and that the SSA was simply following its policy to suppress the drugs trade.
23/04/01 7:51:12 | ABC Radio Australia News
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