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VBSW -- ACTIVISTS or TERRORISTS ?



VBSW -- ACTIVISTS or TERRORISTS ????

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SOURCE : Ambassador was the target, says Johnny
          BKK Post ( 10-12-1999) 

Hiding in a Burmese jungle base with authorities from 
two countries hunting him, the leader of a small band
of student rebels who seized Rangoon?fs embassy in 
Bangkok on Oct 1-2  said the ambassador was lucky 
to still be alive.
The man known as Johnny, whose capture of the 
embassy was the boldest move in years by Burma?fs 
outmanoeuvred pro-democracy movement, said this 
week at the remote hide-out he will keep fighting as 
long as he lives, Johnny said his group, who call 
themselves the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors 
and are called terrorists by Burma?fs military  
regime, had been prepared to kill Ambassador 
Hla Maung who by luck of timing had left the 
embassy just before the seizure.
The group was also prepared to kill four other 
Burmese citizens if they had to, he added.
?gI have to say the ambassador is very lucky,?h 
said Johnny, handing out one of Hla Maung?fs 
business cards. ?gI saw his car leave the embassy 
about five minutes before we entered, but it was 
too late to call off the operation.?h
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Mg Myanmar
A Myanmar citizen who loves Myanmar

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