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...Reported by Tamala M. Edwards with Bradley, Jay Branegan and Karen Tumulty with Gore and Eric Pooley/New York
...bark sharp reprimands at his followers. Johnny has long hair, effeminate features and a beguiling smile that doesn't fade even when he fires off rounds from his assault rifle. Together the legendary 12-year-old Htoo twins control "God's Army," a nominally Christian force of 200 youthful Karen tribesmen in the mountainous rain forest of Burma (now known as Myanmar). The army's tots-to-teens fighters revere their boy leaders as bulletproof messiahs...
...Karen Tumulty: "I was out with Gore today and he was still going full speed ahead. He did a whole series of radio interviews today. Picking up Dunkin' Donuts for campaign staffers, going to a diner. Shaking a lot of hands...
...audiences may have been the photographs of the organization's leaders, Luther and Johnny Htoo. The boys are fundamentalist Christians who believe they are immunized against bullets and land mines by mystical powers and have built a mostly teenaged army of some 200 among a Burmese ethnic group, the Karen, which has long been in conflict with the Burmese government. The impish insurgents allegedly built their following by sneaking into a village controlled by the Burmese military and killing several soldiers. "There's nothing new about child warriors in Southeast Asia," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "A number...
...biggest question marks are in the defensive zone, where Coach Karen Kay has yet to replace All-American defenseman Nicki Luongo (who is now a teammate of A.J. Mleczko '99 on the U.S. Select Team). Senior goaltender Alicia Roberts (1.80 goals-against average), who set a school-record for saves against Harvard in last year's national championship game, is now splitting time with freshman Jen Huggon...