thailand and Burma intensified their war of words yesterday about who was to blame for cross-border fighting at the weekend, some of the heaviest in the region in recent years.
Burma's junta accused the Thai third army of helping the Shan State Army (SSA), which is fighting for an autonomous homeland in northern Burma. The Thais accused Burmese forces and a group allied to them, the United Wa State army, of infiltrating Thailand to attack the SSA.