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 BURMA Burma Atrocities in Shan State |
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From the Asian Human Rights Commission, this discusses the Burmese Military's creation of a free fire zone against the Shan population, as well as the subsequent Shan refugee problem .
Contact: support@ahrchk.net. |
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Book Review: NAM - The Vietnam Experience |
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Includes a description of free fire zones from the book NAM - The Vietnam Experience, and provides a "grunt's" perspective of the brutality and confusion of war.
Contact: bilikelly@hotmail.com |
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Canada Asia Work. Group1-5 Burma |
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A discussion from 1994 regarding the declarations of certain areas of the Karen State as free fire zones by the Burmese military. The web site is the Online Burma/Myanmar Library and claims to have classified and annotated links to more than 5000 full text documents on Burma/Myanmar.
Contact: darnott@iprolink.ch |
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Crimes of War: The Book |
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Click on the "free fire zone" and read an article dedicated to free fire zones. It traces the concept's development during the Vietnam War, and opines on the illegality of a free fire zone. Has links to closely related concepts, including "indiscriminate attack" and "civilians, illegal targeting of."
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DOD Online Dictionary - Fire-Free Zones |
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Fire Support Coordinating Measures |
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This field manual defines free fire area, and also includes a technical diagram for how a free fire area is designated on a map.
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Fire-Free Zones in Thailand |
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A pdf report discussing the creation of free fire zones and the exodus of refugees to Thailand. The Thai government allegedly forces the refugees back into Burma.
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Free Fire Zone |
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A first hand account by an American gunship pilot in Vietnam.
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Human Rights Watch - Ethiopia |
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A report that discusses a free fire zone created in 1988 during the Ethiopian Civil War.
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Human Rights Watch - Iraq and Turkey |
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A briefing that discusses possible problems between Iraq and Turkey. The brief recommends that Turkey not create a free fire zone in Northern Iraq to drive out Kurds.
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