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...LATEST COVER STORY The Wa: Burma's Drug Cartel Ne Win: Death of a Strongman
...LATEST COVER STORY The Wa: Burma's Drug Cartel Ne Win: Death of a Strongman
...told them I was from law school and bill was from sb schosl. But they knew. one xchick wa from cabot house, grad of 2000, she was like, wI don’t remember you, and we rwere like, word, that’s cuz we UNDERGRADS FOOOL...
...soldiers were securing the area for a special visit by Thailand's Queen Sirikit. But along the Thai-Burmese border?where insurgents, smugglers and drug dealers hold sway?little can be taken for granted. Suddenly, the Thai troops were under fire. The enemy: a unit of the United Wa State Army, a tribal force from Burma. Allied with the government in Rangoon and notorious for its dominance of the narcotics trade, the tribal army frequently sends its drug caravans slithering through Thai territory. When the four-hour firefight was over, the Wa had retreated, but not before leaving one Thai...
...confrontation with the Wa was more than just another border skirmish. To the Thais, Queen Sirikit's inability to travel freely in her own kingdom was an affront to their national dignity. Already seething over the Wa's drug trafficking, the Thai army deployed troops and heavy artillery near the border. Burmese soldiers, meanwhile, massed in support of the Wa and for an offensive against other ethnic rebels?fighting that threatened to spill into Thailand. As Bangkok and Rangoon traded accusations, soldiers traded mortar fire. Villagers were evacuated as stray rounds rained down on Thai soil. No civilians were harmed...