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[[File:Green army 3.jpg|thumb|Green Army members]] | [[File:Green army 3.jpg|thumb|Green Army members]] | ||
====Government Allies==== | ====Government Allies==== | ||
Amid the increasing crackdown, disputes over strategy, disposition of loot and extortion rackets erupted inside the Green Army. A faction named Green Army-North Command led by Hun San emerged that disputed Kan Kuw San's leadership. After a failed assasination attempt with a grenade on Kuw San, open hostilities commenced. Vicious fighting too place in Kyitaw, Ato and Goshen districts before Hun San's faction was forced to retreat with heavy losses. | |||
Government agents approached Green Army-North Command with an offer of amnesty and military support to destroy Kan Kuw San's faction, which was accepted. In this manner Hun San's group was coopted into becoming a proxy force for the Ministry of Interior. | |||
===Activities=== | ===Activities=== | ||
During the phase of armed struggle the Green Army engaged not only in combat and sabotage operations against government targets, it also conducted state building and economic activities of many varieties in the areas under its control. | |||
[[Category:Corumm]] | [[Category:Corumm]] | ||