Shan State leader Yewd Serk during a graduation ceremony for officers' at the Shan State Army's Doi Tailang headquarters in Shan State along the Burma-Thai border January 27, 2006. Toting freshly oiled AK-47s, hundreds of ethnic Shan guerrillas paraded through the eastern Burma jungle on Saturday 27th January 2006 to mark a decade of independence from Golden Triangle drug lord Khun Sa.

Central photograph shows Col. Yewd Serk congratulating Col. Sai Yee on being elected to the Shan State Army - South's supreme political body, the Restoration Council of Shan States.

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Shan State Army leader Yewd Serk presents weapons and uniforms captured from Tatmadawsoldiers during a graduation ceremony for officers' at the Shan State Army's Doi Tailang headquarters in Shan State along the Burma-Thai border January 27, 2006.  Toting freshly oiled AK-47s, hundreds of ethnic Shan guerrillas paraded through the Shan States jungle on Saturday to mark a decade of independence from Golden Triangle drug lord Khun Sa.
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Shan State Army (SSA) soldiers attend a parade at the army's Doi Tailang headquarters in Shan State along the Burma-Thai border January 28, 2006. Toting freshly oiled AK-47s, hundreds of ethnic Shan guerrillas paraded through the eastern Burma jungle on Saturday to mark a decade of independence from Golden Triangle drug lord Khun Sa.

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