God's Guerillas or Evil Twins?

• Position: Johnny Htoo, Luther Htoo, terrorists - Brief Article

Johnny and Luther Htoo are not your average 12-year-olds.

The twin brothers live in the hills of Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia. They chain-smoke cigars. And they are terrorists.

The Htoos made headlines last month when 10 members of their band of Christian fundamentalist guerrillas, known as God's Army, seized a hospital in neighboring Thailand. The group held 800 patients and staff members hostage for 22 hours before Thai security forces stormed the hospital, killing all 10 gunmen.

For years, the twins have led a group of ethnic rebels fighting the military government of Myanmar. According to legend, the boys rallied their village in 1997 to avenge a government offensive in which soldiers raped women, killed men in...