God's Army (revolutionary group)

God's Army
God's Army
ဘုရားသခင်၏ တပ်မတော်
Leaders	Johnny and Luther Htoo
Dates of operation	1997–2006
Active regions	Kayin State; Myanmar–Thailand border
Ideology	Karen interests; Christian extremism
Size	500 (peak)
Allies	Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (alleged)
Opponents	Union of Myanmar Tatmadaw;
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Karen conflict; 1999 Myanmar Embassy siege (disputed);

God's Army (Burmese: ဘုရားသခင်၏ တပ်မတော်) was a Christian armed revolutionary group that opposed the then-ruling military junta of Myanmar (Burma).^[2]^[3] The group was an offshoot of the Karen National Union. They were based along the Thailand-Burma border, and conducted a string of audacious guerrilla actions including allegedly being involved in the seizure of the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok in 1999. They have been described as a terrorist organisation.^[4]^[5]

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