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Ethnic allies of Myanmar resistance capture government base

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BANGKOK – Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base Tuesday in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's civilian government in February.

A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority’s main political group seeking greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central government, said the group’s armed wing attacked the base at 5 a.m.

and burned it down just after dawn. Casualty figures were not yet known, the KNU’s head of foreign affairs, Padoh Saw Taw Nee, said in a text message.

There was no immediate comment from Myanmar's military government. The KNU, which controls territory in eastern Myanmar near the border with Thailand, is a close ally of the resistance

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