NowthesecondofourspecialreportsfromMyanmar. Thecountryisin a gripof a widespreadinsurgencyasresistancegroupsattempttooverthrowthemilitarywhichseizedpowertherethreeyearsago. Asmuchastwo-thirdsofMyanmarmaynowbeunderthecontroloftheresistance. Somepeoplehavetakenuparmsagainstthemilitarybutothersincludingdoctorsandteachersaresupportingtheinsurgencywithskillsoftheirown. AccesstothecountryisdifficultbutourcorrespondentQuentinSomervillehasmanagedtogetinsideandspent a monthwiththeyoungrevolutionariesattheirjunglehideoutsandonthefrontlines. Like a beaconinthenight a junglebasehasbecome a sanctuary. Thefinalstopon a journeytofreedomforyoungBurmesewhorefusedtoserveinthearmy. Theywerespiritedherefromcitiesbyanundergroundrailroadofagentsandsafehousestoescape a newconscriptionlawthatwouldseethemfightagainsttheinsurgency. Insteadthey'vejoineditsranks. Whydon't youwanttofightforthemilitarygovernment? Themilitaryisterrorizingpeople. Theybombusingplanesandtheyburnvillages. I willneverfightfortheirside. I willhelpandfightalongsidetherevolutionaryforces. Andtheyaren't theonlyonesfleeing. AcrossKarenistatehundredsofcampsforthedisplacedhavesprungup. Youngandoldtheyliveinfear. It's a hardscrabbleexistence. Heartbreakis a wayoflifehere. Sometwoand a halfmillionpeoplehavebeenforcedtosaygoodbyetotheirhomessincethemilitarycoup. They'velefttheirfarmsandricepaddiestoavoidthehundredsofarmyairstrikesthattargetoppositionheldterritory. A relentlessaircampaignhasciviliansrunningfortheirlives. Tensofthousandshavebeenkilledsincethecoup, manyofthemchildren. Thebombsfalldaily. ThestatecapitalWoikoisnow a ruin. WefollowCobraandhisbestbuddySamonpatrol. Theywerenationalkaratechampswho'vetakenuparms. Peacefulprotestsfailedsothey'vebeenin a stand-offwiththearmysinceNovember. ThisistheheartofWoiko. Lookatthestateofitthough. There's destructioneverywhere. Ifwejustlookoverhere, lookatthedestructioninthebuildings. Thisis, incendiarydronesweredroppedhere, artillery, airstrikes. Weknowthiswasthemilitaryjuntabecausetherebelsdon't havethatkindofweaponry. It's somethingelse. Silencebecausetherearenocivilianshere. Theyfledbecausethejuntadoesn't distinguishbetweenrebelfighters, betweenresistancefightersandcivilians. It's labelledthemallasterrorists. Infact, abouteightkilometresfromhere, justyesterday, a militaryairstrikekilled a familyofsix, includingtwochildren. Sowherevertheyattack, theyturntheseplacesintoghosttowns.
Thisis a struggleoftheyoungagainsttheold. A newgenerationbattling a militaryeliteandit's Myanmar's youththat's sacrificingmost. OngNyeisjust 23. Hetookshrapneltohisfemoralarteryinanattackon a militarybase. Hiscomradescomforthimasmuchastheycan.
Notallrevolutionariescarry a gun. DrUriwasinhislastyearofmedicalschoolandabandonedhisstudiestohelpinthissecrethospitaltreatingfightersandciviliansalike.
NowthesecondofourspecialreportsfromMyanmar. Thecountryisin a gripof a widespreadinsurgencyasresistancegroupsattempttooverthrowthemilitarywhichseizedpowertherethreeyearsago. Asmuchastwo-thirdsofMyanmarmaynowbeunderthecontroloftheresistance. Somepeoplehavetakenuparmsagainstthemilitarybutothersincludingdoctorsandteachersaresupportingtheinsurgencywithskillsoftheirown. AccesstothecountryisdifficultbutourcorrespondentQuentinSomervillehasmanagedtogetinsideandspent a monthwiththeyoungrevolutionariesattheirjunglehideoutsandonthefrontlines. Like a beaconinthenight a junglebasehasbecome a sanctuary. Thefinalstopon a journeytofreedomforyoungBurmesewhorefusedtoserveinthearmy. Theywerespiritedherefromcitiesbyanundergroundrailroadofagentsandsafehousestoescape a newconscriptionlawthatwouldseethemfightagainsttheinsurgency. Insteadthey'vejoineditsranks. Whydon't youwanttofightforthemilitarygovernment? Themilitaryisterrorizingpeople. Theybombusingplanesandtheyburnvillages. I willneverfightfortheirside. I willhelpandfightalongsidetherevolutionaryforces. Andtheyaren't theonlyonesfleeing. AcrossKarenistatehundredsofcampsforthedisplacedhavesprungup. Youngandoldtheyliveinfear. It's a hardscrabbleexistence. Heartbreakis a wayoflifehere. Sometwoand a halfmillionpeoplehavebeenforcedtosaygoodbyetotheirhomessincethemilitarycoup. They'velefttheirfarmsandricepaddiestoavoidthehundredsofarmyairstrikesthattargetoppositionheldterritory. A relentlessaircampaignhasciviliansrunningfortheirlives. Tensofthousandshavebeenkilledsincethecoup, manyofthemchildren. Thebombsfalldaily. ThestatecapitalWoikoisnow a ruin. WefollowCobraandhisbestbuddySamonpatrol. Theywerenationalkaratechampswho'vetakenuparms. Peacefulprotestsfailedsothey'vebeenin a stand-offwiththearmysinceNovember. ThisistheheartofWoiko. Lookatthestateofitthough. There's destructioneverywhere. Ifwejustlookoverhere, lookatthedestructioninthebuildings. Thisis, incendiarydronesweredroppedhere, artillery, airstrikes. Weknowthiswasthemilitaryjuntabecausetherebelsdon't havethatkindofweaponry. It's somethingelse. Silencebecausetherearenocivilianshere. Theyfledbecausethejuntadoesn't distinguishbetweenrebelfighters, betweenresistancefightersandcivilians. It's labelledthemallasterrorists. Infact, abouteightkilometresfromhere, justyesterday, a militaryairstrikekilled a familyofsix, includingtwochildren. Sowherevertheyattack, theyturntheseplacesintoghosttowns.
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