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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2000
Page
14
Thai security forces stormed Ratchaburi province hospital and killed nine insurgents from God's Army who had taken hundreds hostage. Two police were seriously wounded. hundreds inside faced a daylong siege as authorities aimed to free civilians and prevent foreign intervention.
In Ratburi Thailand gunmen from God's Army led by 12 year old twins Luther and Johnny Htoo seized a hospital and hundreds of hostages to pressure the Thai government. The movement of Karen rebels blends Old Testament themes with a Lord of the Flies style cult of protection and ritual discipline.
In Ingushetia Russia ends food distribution to refugees from Naursky Shelkovsky Nadterechny Asinovsky and Sernovodsk districts now under federal control. About 180000 refugees face pressure to return to Chechnya though many distrust safety assurances. Camps report dwindling rations and rising hardship as authorities enforce the decree.
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