Criminal
08-30-2007, 04:44 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/616772.stm
This is the amazing story about two brothers who at age ten became leaders of a guerilla movement to free the Karen people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/615000/images/_616772_leadersb300.jpg
At the time, the twins Johnny and Luther Htoo are reported to have armed themselves with hand grenades and guns and sneaked into a village controlled by the Burmese army and opened fire, killing several soldiers.
The boys claimed to have done it to show the KNU how to fight the Burmese and their reputation grew from there.
'Mystical powers'
God's Army is now some 200 strong and its supporters believe the two boys have mystical powers.
There is a history of support for cults like this along the border.
God's Army followers believe their leaders have special powers
God's Army has accused the Burmese army of raping and killing villagers along the Thai-Burma border.
Last December the group issued a statement justifying its decision to give shelter to five gunmen from another Burmese dissident group, the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors.
The gunmen had taken part in the storming of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok last October.
The embassy siege ended peacefully and the gunmen were flown to the area controlled by the God's Army.
This is the amazing story about two brothers who at age ten became leaders of a guerilla movement to free the Karen people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/615000/images/_616772_leadersb300.jpg
At the time, the twins Johnny and Luther Htoo are reported to have armed themselves with hand grenades and guns and sneaked into a village controlled by the Burmese army and opened fire, killing several soldiers.
The boys claimed to have done it to show the KNU how to fight the Burmese and their reputation grew from there.
'Mystical powers'
God's Army is now some 200 strong and its supporters believe the two boys have mystical powers.
There is a history of support for cults like this along the border.
God's Army followers believe their leaders have special powers
God's Army has accused the Burmese army of raping and killing villagers along the Thai-Burma border.
Last December the group issued a statement justifying its decision to give shelter to five gunmen from another Burmese dissident group, the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors.
The gunmen had taken part in the storming of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok last October.
The embassy siege ended peacefully and the gunmen were flown to the area controlled by the God's Army.