As Myanmar Thaws, Decades-Old Civil War Festers on 0 Randall Gross World NewsMarch 2012Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 7:19 am PST • Views: 1,351 seattlepi.com Decades-Old Civil War Ethnic Minorities Fragile Cease-fires Full-blown Rebellion Human Rights Groups Kachin State Military-backed Government Myanmar Government Troops Rebel Groups Refugee Crisis Western Nations Underdevelopment Iron-fisted Rule Do-or-die Mountaintop Defenses