Burma Military's Tactics

Asia Sentinal reports:

Thailand-based analyst Aung Naing Oo, said Tuesday, “I think they are clearly trying to separate the monks and the people. This is one of the military's first clear tactics, and it's a very important one. From the military's standpoint, it's crucial to separate the people from the monks.

”The second step will be for them to send plain clothes agents around the monasteries to intimidate and divide the monks. This is a very important strategy, but I don't know how successful it will be. They cannot separate the people and the monks very easily.”

This brings to mind something the Burmese woman I spoke to in Bangkok had said, that the military would be targeting the protest movements leaders, separating them from the followers.