ocr: The SLURC has steadily obtainedmodern weapons and military technology from around the world, primarily from China, but also from France, Germany, Sweden : and former Yugoslavia. In the five years from 19881 tol 1993, the army expanded by 20%1 to 350,000 men. Since 1988, the army has waged dry-season campaigns against minority groups every: year except 1993. Ithas successfully put down most Monand Karen insurgent campaigns and has destroyed their bases in southeastern Burma. Its 1989 assault on Muslim minorities in the Aralcan region ofwestern Burma resultedin: 300,000 seeking refuge in Banglad ...
