{"id":67049,"date":"2013-01-01T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/?p=58336"},"modified":"2013-05-24T07:54:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T07:54:03","slug":"photos-of-burma-air-force-jets-and-mi24-attack-helicopters-bombing-rocketing-and-strafing-the-kachin-in-kachin-state-northern-burma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2013\/01\/01\/photos-of-burma-air-force-jets-and-mi24-attack-helicopters-bombing-rocketing-and-strafing-the-kachin-in-kachin-state-northern-burma\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Burma Air Force jets and MI24 Attack Helicopters bombing, rocketing and strafing the Kachin, in Kachin State, Northern Burma."},"content":{"rendered":"

FBR Report: Photos of Burma Air Force jets and MI24 Attack Helicopters bombing,\u00a0rocketing and strafing the Kachin, in Kachin State, Northern Burma<\/h1>\n
Kachin State, Burma
\n29 December 2012<\/address>\n

Dear friends, here are photos just received this morning from our FBR teams\u00a0in Kachin State.\u00a0They show Burma Air Force jets and MI24 attack helicopters attacking the\u00a0Kachin in Kachin State, northern Burma.\u00a0At 08:00 hrs this morning, 29 December, Burma Air Force jets attacked Kachin\u00a0(Kachin Independence Army- KIA) positions at Lajaiyang 10 kilometers\u00a0southwest of the town of Laiza, Kachin State.<\/p>\n

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One of two Burma Airforce fighter jets attacking Kachin postions 28 December 28, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 28 December 2012 at 02:30 hrs, the Burma Army began a barrage of heavy\u00a0120mm mortars against Kachin positions in Lajayang. Later in the day the\u00a0Burma Army began shelling Nam Sang Yang, 13 kilometers northwest of Laiza.\u00a0These two towns, now destroyed by Burma Army attacks starting in 2011, are\u00a0located on the Bhamo- Myitkyina road and guard the access into Laiza, a\u00a0large town on the Kachin State, Burma – China border. \u00a0Laiza is the HQ of\u00a0the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).<\/p>\n

At 09:20 hrs, two fighter jets strafed the Kachin (KIA) positions in\u00a0Lajaiyang with machine guns, dropped bombs, and fired rockets. They strafed\u00a0the Kachin positions 11 times.<\/p>\n

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MI24 helicopter firing rockets at Kachin positions 28 December, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At \u00a009:45 hrs two MI24 helicopters came and shot rockets and machineguns,\u00a0the guns making two passes. The helicopters left and then came back with\u00a0three helicopters at 10:10 and they attacked again for 30 minutes.\u00a0During these attacks the Burma Air Force jets and MI24 attack helicopters\u00a0also bombed, rocketed and strafed Kachin positions at Nam Sang Yang.\u00a0During these attacks, the Burma Army dropped over 400 rounds of 120mm heavy\u00a0mortar shells in and around Lajaiyang. and \u00a0Nam Sam Yang.<\/p>\n

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Home burning after helicopter attack on 28 December 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The use of jet aircraft and attack helicopters to bomb, rocket and strafe\u00a0the Kachin is now at the highest intensity since the Burma military began\u00a0its attacks against the Kachin last year. \u00a0Over 100,000 Kachin are now displaced, towns and villages have been\u00a0destroyed and they are in need of security, food, shelter and clothing. Our\u00a0FBR relief teams in this area are working closely with other relief\u00a0organizations to help those in need and get the information out.<\/p>\n

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House destroyed by helicopter attack on 28 December 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Burma Army rocket shell fired on 28 December, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thank you for your prayers and support of them.<\/p>\n

God bless you,<\/p>\n

The Free Burma Rangers<\/p>\n

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