<p>On 13th March 2011 the dictatorship in Burma broke a 22 year long ceasefire agreement with the Shan State Army &ndash; North. 3,500 Burmese Army soldiers took part in a military offensive in north-central Shan State, an area with a population of 100,000. Sixty-five clashes were reported in the first three weeks of the dictatorship breaking the ceasefire. Civilians are being targeted in the military offensive, with mortar bombs fired at civilian villages.</p>