Myanmar junta's conscription plan lays bare toll of fighting rebels

Open this photo in gallery: Myanmar junta military soldiers parade during a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the country’s Union Day in Naypyidaw on Feb. 12.STR/Getty Images The Myanmar's military conscription plan reveals the heavy toll that months of incessant fighting against rebels have had on its troops and the struggles the generals are facing to replenish their ranks, analysts, diplomats and a defector said. The plan, which was announced this week, comes after the junta lost control of swathes of territory along a front line that stretches from the highlands bordering China to the coastline near Bangladesh,…