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Dean Hartman closed his eyes mid conversation. Barely a pause and then his voice rang out, full of confidence and conviction, God, I ask you to change the hearts and lives of those men and help me to love them. He opened his?steely, battle-hardened eyes, and returned his attention to the interview. "Thank you for your question because it's helped me realize that I need to learn to love those men. The men in Hartman's prayer were the brutes who, on January 19?this year, tortured, raped and beat to death two female Kachin teachers in Myanmar. The atrocity has been blamed on rogue soldiers in the Myanmar army. The Kachin people are one of several ethnic groups who have been fighting the government in its various incarnations since independence was declared in 1948 ? a?conflict which?has been dubbed "the world's longest civil war. Hartman's voice, with its non-specific American accent and clipped military intonation,?remained calm as he described the horrors of the?crime scene, his unflinching expression showing no trace of the anger his words conveyed.?"Their fingers were all twisted and broken where they had raised their hands to protect themselves. he told VICE News. "Man, it makes me mad just talking about it. ?I'd kill them myself if it wasn't for God's love. If you've aligned yourself with evil then at the minimum I'm going to help those you hurt.?I might even stop you myself. Dean Hartman is a pseudonym. The secretive founder of the Free Burma Rangers ? a group which has been? described? as Doctors Without Borders with guns ??won't share his real name or let himself be photographed. "Every year the Burmese government tries to get us evicted from our base. he explained, preferring, like the ethnic armies, to use the country's old name ? to them, the moniker "Myanmar" is a tool of tyranny. "I need to keep a low profile because I don't want to cause problems for our hosts. When he was seven, Hartman's diminutive stature attracted the taunts and fists of boarding school bullies. He says he?quickly learned to "hit hard, hit first" and soon dispatched his tormentors into the care of the school nurse. By the age of 23, he was leading a battalion of 40 soldiers on missions in the Panamanian jungle. After a distinguished career in the US Special Forces, he left the army and enrolled in seminary school to become a Christian missionary. Now 54, Hartman has combined his two passions in the FBR, a group of Jesus-inspired warriors on a mission to help the victims of the Burmese civil war. "I'm the ruler of righteousness with God's authority. he said, eyes blazing. "If you've aligned yourself with evil then at the minimum I'm going to help those you hurt. he paused, becoming quieter. "I might even stop you myself. After leaving the army, Hartman's days were filled with theological lectures at seminary school. Until he got a phone call from his father, a well-known missionary in Thailand, who told him that the leader of the Wa people, an ethnic group native to northern Burma, had seen a picture of him in his green beret and asked for him to come and teach them survival and military skills. Hartman prayed and boarded a plane. The roots of the Free Burma Rangers unfurled that day. FBR medics work to save a wounded person. (Photo by Nathan Thompson) The conflict between the Burmese government and various Ethnic Armed Groups (EAGs) has burned and waned for over six decades. Hopes were high in 2013 when ceasefires were agreed across the board but lasting peace has proved elusive. "The top level of the army and government recognizes the legitimacy of the EAGs as political entities. said Ashley South, an expert in Burma and co-author of a recent report for the UN Refugee Agency. "They are not sympathetic but they are willing to negotiate. The? report paints a stark picture. "The implementation of a [ceasefire] has slowed significantly since mid-2014. it reads. "It remains to be seen whether and how a political settlement can be achieved. "? While the situation for many ethnic groups has improved since the negotiations, fighting is still common in the Kachin and northern Shan states, where an estimated 98, 000 people have been displaced by violence since June 2011. In his role as a medic for the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Eliya Samson treated everyone from bloody landmine victims to children infested with parasites. He met Hartman in 1997 while searching for his wife in an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp after their village had been torched. Samson and Hartman formed the Free Burma Rangers together. "Right now the KNLA and the Burmese army have a ceasefire. Samson said in?between spits of bright red betel nut and tobacco juice. "The government wants to beat us down and control us but we want a federal system ? part of Burma but autonomous. Hartman and Samson developed the FBR program together. Training lasts two months and covers everything from dentistry to swimming. "We give activists the skills to live and move in the jungle. explained Hartman. "We teach them to avoid contact with the Burmese army and head to the worst areas and provide humanitarian assistance. Today, FBR has 75 teams of five people working in the conflict zones in Myanmar. Each team of five consists of a team leader, medic, videographer, photographer and counsellor. The group is not without controversy, however. Questions have been raised over the fact that some Rangers carry guns ? though the organization does not arm them, weapons are not forbidden. And over the fine line the group often seems to tread between humanitarian work and providing military support ? offering training and logistical help to the ethnic armies. The FBR denies that it is its mission to fight the Burmese army, however, insisting that most of its members are unarmed. But it acknowledges that carrying weapons enables teams to defend internally displaced people or themselves if they come under attack. Hartman told VICE News: We don't encourage the teams to carry guns and we advise them to avoid the Burmese army, but we're not pacifists and we understand that our teams may need to defend themselves. Asked what the FBR's view was if its military support ? for example, training in orienteering ? was used to attack the enemy, he said: We just train them, what they do with the training is their issue. "? But that alliance also makes them a target. The? FBR website carries an "In Memoriam" section, dedicated to those who have died in the course of their work. Some of them were killed by the Myanmar army. One of their most important roles, however, is to document? human rights abuses visited upon the people in IDP camps. The inhabitants exist with no employment, education and basic healthcare and are vulnerable to exploitation, even slavery. "Forced labor is huge problem for people in Shan state. said Kya Bon La Hi, a leader in the Wa resistance army and Free Burma Ranger. "The government doesn't recognize our right to exist and when they burn a village the people there become like ghosts with no official existence; the army scoops them up and uses them as beasts of burden. FBR member?Thi Naing shows off his "Never Surrender"?finger tattoo. (Photo by Nathan Thompson) Thi Naing, a staff sergeant in the Arakan State Army, has been seconded to FBR. "I want my people to be free from fear and have self-determination. he said. "We have no human rights, the government openly abuses villagers and they are trying to build a gas pipeline through our land with no consultation or offer of compensation. Ethnic armies from around the world are now being drawn to FBR's flame. In the scorched Nuba Mountains of Sudan, FBR-trained teams serve the people in IDP camps. "We were invited by the Nubans to go to Sudan last year. said Hartman. "We gave them training, equipment and inspired them to fight for good in the world. Now the peshmerga army of Kurdistan wants a piece of the FBR program. Hartman recently returned from Kurdistan and happily showed pictures of his trip, naming the heavy artillery and pointing out the black flag of the Islamic State. He plans to return later in the year to do a full training session. It was dinner time at FBR headquarters. Some of the ethnic fighters had changed into traditional dress - bright red and blue woven shirts and sarongs. Hartman and FBR staff discussed the case of the brutalized girls with a human rights organization over speaker-phone. Behind them, a friend nursed a baby monkey rescued from forest poachers. Hartman's wife, Peg loaded the table with vats of chilli and salsa. Before eating, Hartman bowed his head and prayed. "God please bless us and let us enjoy the food and help our journalist friend to tell the truth. "? Follow Nathan A Thompson on Twitter: NathanWrites.
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Synopsis Free Burma Rangers is a documentary film exploring the extraordinary 20-year journey of missionaries Dave and Karen Eubank. The film follows Dave, Karen, and their three young children, as they venture into war zones where they are fighting to bring hope. Dave Eubank is a rare hero of the faith. He is a former U. S. Special Forces soldier turned missionary to conflict zones. The film is a real-life adventure movie. Viewers will follow the family into firefights, heroic rescues, and experience life-changing ministry. In the midst of this unprecedented journey, you will witness amazing lessons of faith from one of the most inspiring families in the world - Feb 24 & 25 only.
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The release of Burmas Aung San Suu Kyi, at the time arguably the worlds most famous political prisoner, in November 2010 seemed like a turning point for her isolated nation. The following year saw the military junta?which had ruled the country (also known as Myanmar) since taking power in a coup in 1962?hand over the reigns to a nominally civilian government. Crippling economic sanctions imposed by the U. S. and Europe were eased, allowing much needed capital to flow in. Political prisoners were released, and censorship of the media and the Internet was relaxed. Once described as “one of the most repressive [countries] in the world, ” Burma was on its way to becoming another autocratic also-ran, on par with Indonesia or Russia rather than North Korea. And yet. “The war goes on, ” Tha U Wa A Pa the leader of the Free Burma Rangers, tells me from deep within the Burmese jungle. Since 2011, attacks on ethnic minority groups, which opposed the junta for decades, have continued?and in some instances the situation has actually gotten worse. Over 100, 000 people have had to flee their homes due to Burmese military actions in Kachin state, while inter-ethnic violence against the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority in western Burma?allegedly encouraged or orchestrated by the military?has displaced more than 140, 000 people. “Since Thein Sein became president [in March 2011] human-rights abuses which violate international law have increased, ” said Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK, a London-based human-rights organization. Much of the outside worlds knowledge of those abuses comes from the Free Burma Rangers, perhaps the most remarkable human-rights group that youve likely never heard of. Founded in 1997 by an ex-U. soldier (Tha U Wa A Pa is a Karen pseudonym; I have withheld his real name, and the names of other rangers upon request for their protection) the FBR could be described as Médecins Sans Frontières with guns. Tha was born in Texas in 1960, but spent much of his early life in Thailand, where his parents, evangelical Christians, ran a school. As an adult, Tha returned to the U. and joined the army, serving in Central America before transferring to the Special Forces, which sent him back to Southeast Asia. In 1992, he retired from the army to attend Californias prestigious Fuller Theological Seminary, Rick Warrens alma mater. Like his parents, Tha U Wa A Pa was drawn to missionary work, and after graduation he returned to Thailand, not knowing that events taking place on the other side of the Thai-Burma border would change his life forever. In 1988, after decades of stagnant economic growth and political repression, pro-democracy demonstrations swept across Burma, leading to a violent crackdown in which thousands died. The demonstrations did initially seem to have been effective, however, with the government agreeing to democratic elections within the next two years. In May 1990, Burma had its first free elections in 30 years. Aung San Suu Kyis National League for Democracy won 392 of 489 parliamentary seats. But the government decided it wasnt so keen on democracy after all and began an extended crackdown on dissidents and civil society actors. After the government ruled the election?which it organized and oversaw?illegitimate, hundreds of pro-democracy activists were jailed and Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest. The regime then turned its attention to the various ethnic militias in open revolt against it, particularly the Karen National Union which at the time was effectively operating an autonomous state in Burmas south, with taxes, social security, and an army. In January 1995, Manerplaw, the Karen capital, fell to the Burmese army and tens of thousands of refugees began pouring into Thailand. Tha was loosely involved in the pro-democracy movement at the time; he met with Suu Kyi in Rangoon in 1996 to help set up a global ‘day of prayer for Burma, which continues until this day. But it wasnt until 1997 that he threw himself wholeheartedly into the Burmese cause. Further offensives by the Burmese Army in 1997 displaced over a million people and the number of refugees living in makeshift camps on the Thai-Burma border surpassed 100, 000 for the first time. Tha had begun working with Karen refugees in Thailand when one day he decided to head into Burma itself. There, he and a Karen associate worked as emergency medics until their supplies ran out. Tha returned to Thailand to restock on medicine, and the Free Burma Rangers were born. FBR activities fall into three broad categories: humanitarian relief, documentation, and training. Rangers provide emergency medical care, shelter, food, and clothing to people living in war zones and the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDP) trying to eke out an existence in the Burmese jungle. According to FBR records, the group has treated around 360, 000 patients since its founding, an average of one or two thousand per mission, and provided assistance to over 750, 000 people. (While there is no way to independently verify these numbers, analysts from Human Rights Watch say they believe the figures are trustworthy. Rangers also document atrocities and human-rights abuses by the Burmese Army, of which there are many. During several months of communicating with Tha and other FBR representatives, my inbox filled up with photos and firsthand accounts of alleged torture and executions, and stories of villagers who had seen their homes destroyed and their relatives killed or abducted for use as porters, carrying supplies for the army with little food or rest until they are released (or more often, die of exhaustion. In For Us Surrender is Out of the Question, Mac McClelland describes how Burmese army offences can be charted by the “trail of porters corpses left in their wake. ” In a February report on Burmese Army attacks in Kachin State, Rangers said they found the body of a man who had been strung up and scalded with boiling water before being summarily executed. The Rangers reporting appears to be solid. In January 2013, a video released by the group to the BBC, showing attack helicopters and jets attacking trenches held by the Kachin Independence Army, helped halt government offences in the area. The Rangers are not a neutral organization however, and the group is intrinsically linked with the “ethnic resistance armies” (what the government terms more simply “rebels”) such as the Karen National Liberation Army or the Kachin Independence Army. The ethnic armies protect the Rangers (many of whom are drawn from the same ethnic groups) and in return the FBR provides expertise and training. The group operates secret bases in Karen and Shan states where ethnic soldiers are trained in everything from emergency medical care and logistics, to land mine removal and battlefield communications. This partnership allows the FBR to operate in a country not exactly hospitable to international human-rights organizations?Médecins Sans Frontières was expelled from Burma in late February after almost two decades?but comes at a price. While the FBR does not provide guns to its members, neither does the group forbid them from arming themselves. Unlike most human-rights NGOs, the FBR website has an “in memoriam” section which catalogues rangers killed in action, some of whom were reportedly tortured to death by the Burmese Army. (UPDATE: The Rangers issued a response to this article after it was published: We do not arm our teams, nor is our mission to fight the Burma Army. Most of the Rangers are unarmed and many teams have no weapons at all. The teams can defend IDPs under attack or themselves if they have their own weapons and are attacked. But whether they have weapons or not they can not run away if the people can not run train them to be able to get away from the attacking Burma Army and help the people that are being attacked do the same. Our mission is of love and we pray for our enemies. That the work of the FBR has changed little since the groups inception is perhaps the most damning indictment of the Burmese governments purported reforms. It is in Thas nature to be optimistic, but even he is skeptical of the governments commitment to change while the military remains largely in control. Other rangers are more blunt. “The Burmese Army has not changed, ” one Karenni ranger said. “Ordinary people are suffering more than before. ” Ceasefires between the government and rebel groups do not help the situation, according to a Karen ranger who helped document the Burmese Armys resupplying of its bases in the region during a lull in hostilities, believed to be in preparation for future actions against the KNU. “While ceasefire have meant less abuses in some states, ethnic people are deeply concerned that there are more, not fewer Burmese Army soldiers in their areas, ” said Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK. “Groups who have been less compliant to the demands of the government, such as the Kachin, have faced renewed and increased conflict, and terrible human rights abuses. ” As the hope which accompanied Suu Kyis release fades into memory, its difficult to find much to be positive about in Burma. According to Farmaner, the reforms of 2011 have largely come to naught. Suu Kyi has been sidelined and, in the eyes of many Burmese human-rights campaigners, compromised by her reticence in standing up for the Rohingya in the face of Buddhist anti- Muslim violence. The worlds longest running civil war, as the FBR has documented, carries on. I ask Tha how he finds the motivation to continue: “We love the people of Burma, this is our heart. We enjoy the life in the field, this is our body. We feel this is Gods place for us, this is our soul. ” James Griffiths is a reporter based in Shanghai, China. You can follow him at @jgriffiths and. Release date: Monday, February 24th Genres: Documentary Director: Brent Gudgel, Chris Sinclair Actors: Dave Eubank, Karen Eubank, The Free Burma Rangers Free Burma Rangers is a documentary film exploring the remarkable 20-year journey of missionaries. The film follows Dave, Karen, and their three young children, as they venture into war zones where they are fighting to bring hope - Feb 24 & 25 only. Free burma rangers npr.

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Free burma rangers kachin brigades map. Your family is such an inspiration to those of us serving Jesus in other assignments in safer places. Thanks Eubank family for risking all for The Name of Jesus. We love you. Free burma rangers video. Over the past decade, I have written about 400 reviews and have never reviewed a “Christian film”, until now. Im defining “Christian film” as those films aimed at the evangelistic community, usually shown as “special events”, “one night only” in theaters, or shown at churches. Free Burma Rangers definitely fits here, but it transcends the limitations of the genre and deserves to be seen by a wider audience. The film documents the efforts of former Special Forces soldier David Eubank and his family to help people in war zones, initially in Burma, but now in many places around the globe. A Local Connection I became aware of the film due to a controversy over whether Eubank was eligible to be a member of a veterans group where I live. The debate piqued my curiosity about the film, and Im glad it did. Free Burma Rangers is amazing in its humanity and graphic honesty. The film illuminates areas of the human experience in which I considered myself something of an expert. I came away realizing there were tremendous gaps in my knowledge. The first part of the film deals with twenty years of the history of the civil war in Burma and how Eubank became involved. The second shows the Free Burma Rangers helping in the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul. Burma Civil War? Not heard of it? Neither had I, and Im a news junkie and, thanks to the Army, have spent time in Japan, Korea, and, right next door to Burma, in Thailand. Eubank, after completing ten years in the U. S. Army, received a call from his father, a missionary in Burma, telling him that people there could use his help. He decided to go, and thought if he could help a few people, he would be done and have fulfilled a good purpose. Shortly after starting the Rangers, Eubank arranged to video their efforts He was so shocked by what was happening there, twenty years later he is still helping and the small medical team he created has evolved into a humanitarian movement which trains, supplies and coordinates multipurpose relief teams. In recent years, the Free Burma Rangers have expanded operations to Iraq, Syria and Sudan. From the very beginning of his involvement, Eubank thought it was important to get the word out about what was going on. He sent messages to the Associated Press but realized that they couldnt convey the seriousness of what he was seeing. He trained one of the volunteers from Burma to record video. That video makes up critical parts of the film and allows us to see the early years of the organizations work, and Eubanks family. The story of his wife, son, and two daughters, living and growing up in war zones is reason enough to see this film. Over the years, Eubank organized and trained over 70 relief teams to help people in Burma. Then, he got a call from a larger international relief organization. Iraq and Mosul The relief organization told Eubank that they had food and supplies they wanted to get to people in Iraq. Their charter, however, prevented them from sending people into war zones. They wanted to know if the Free Burma Rangers could get this help into the people in Mosul, Iraq. Eubank, his wife and children, all help with the relief efforts The film documents the help that Eubanks team provided in Iraq. The combat photography, much of it focused on rescues of Iraqis under attack by ISIS forces, is some of the most graphic and heart rendering footage I have ever seen. Nothing is reenacted. Nothing is blurred out or pixelated. You see the toll war can take on civilians. You see the decisions that must be made, and situations soldiers find themselves in. “There is a little girl clinging to her dead mother against that wall. Do I run across this open space under enemy fire to save her? ” This dilemma is recorded, and the question answered in the film. The Film and More The film took five years to produce and as of this writing is still in post-production. It is scheduled to be completed and shown in theaters on February 24 and 25, 2020. You can order tickets and find screenings online. To find out more about the Free Burma Rangers and their work, check their accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can watch the trailer for the film below.
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