BDD
Thai-Burma border
02-29-2008
There would be the largest military exercise in Thailand in mid 2008. According to Thai military weblog, that involvement of air force, navy, marine, and army from five countries. This training and military exercise is an each year event and is all over Thailand. Thailand would host USA, Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan's forces in this regional largest military exercise.
During its exercise of Cobra Gold in 2002,which was having near Thai-Burma border in Chiang Mai Province. By that time, Shan State Army (South) attacked and occupied SPDC and United Wa State Army (UWSA) joint military outposts and illicit drug factories opposite of Chiang Mai Province. During the SSA's attacks, the SPDC troops withdrew with heavy causalities. Later SPDC used four thousand troops, air support and heavy artillery units to reoccupy the area.
Regime's newspapers also accused that foreign forces were involved in this SSA attack in 2002.
