CNI News
29 October 2024
As the Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) has notified that it will wage battles against the Myanmar Tatmadaw in the upcountry, military and political analysts are asking questions about what could happen there.
27th October was the first anniversary of Operation-1027; their Spring Revolution forces progressed a lot under the leadership of the Three Brotherhood Alliance; they would never forget that gratitude, wrote Maung Saung Kha, leader of the BPLA, on his Facebook page on 27th October 2024.
" One thing I want to let the people know is that the BPLA will set foot in the upcountry and carry out military operations. I hope the people in the upcountry will welcome us." he said.
While seeing No.6 military training graduation of the BPLA
If battles were waged in the upcountry, worse consequences could emerge, director of the Thayninga Institute for Strategic Studies, told CNI News.
" If Operation-1027 was analyzed, the PDFs from the upcountry attacked from many places. If a big battle takes a long time, the PDFs will suffer the most. Which forces will they cooperate with? There's something to think about. Even for the time being, they are suffering the most. If they will wage battles anymore, they will face worse consequences." he said.
If the military operations were waged with wrong objectives anymore, the PDFs would act like damaging their regions kind of, pointed out political analysts.
The military operations would enter the Shan-Man military operation and Sagaing Region and the BPLA would mainly take part in the operations, and it was believed that they would receive manpower and weapons from the Three Brotherhood Alliance, U Than Soe Naing, a political commentator, told CNI News.
While seeing Maung Saung Kha, leader of the BPLA and Baw Kyaw Hae, Deputy C in C of the KNU
" As the BPLA cooperated with the MNDAA and the TNLA in the military operations, the BPLA troops will mainly enter and carry out the Shan-Man military operation and Sagaing Region. This is a really necessary situation to become. They had formed a military division in cooperation with the MNDAA to support the Shan-Man operation. And as the BPLA had cooperated with the TNLA, I believe the BPLA can receive manpower and weapons from the Three Brotherhood Alliance." he said.
If military operations were waged in the upcountry, the BPLA troops and PDFs could consider defending the Myanmar Tatmadaw's airstrikes and offensives rather than defending the lives and properties of the people from the upcountry, pointed out political analysts.
If the BPLA carried out military operations in the upcountry, human death and house damages could increase there; regional trade and agricultural industries could be damaged as well, pointed out military analysts.
While seeing the BPLA troops
Under the leadership of Maung Saung Kha, the BPLA was formed with the help and support from the AA and the KNU on 17th April 2021.
In cooperation with the KNU and the AA, the BPLA took military experiences from the battles in Karen and Rakhine States as well as those in northern Shan State in cooperation with the three northern allies (MNDAA,TNLA,AA).
At present, the BPLA has currently made allies with the AA, the KNU, the Karenni Army (KA), the MNDAA, the NUG, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the TNLA, the SAF, and the People's Revolution Union (Magway).The BPLA bases on the territories controlled by the KNU and the MNDAA and carries out military operations fighting against the Myanmar Tatmadaw.
