GENERAL BUTT NAKED : LIBERIAN CANNIBAL WARLORD



 General Butt Naked was born Joshua Milton Blahyi on 30th September 1971 in Monrovia Liberia. He is a notorious figure from Liberia's brutal civil war. 

During Liberia's First Civil War (1989-1997), General Butt Naked earned infamy for his ruthless tactics and bizarre behavior. As the leader of the Butt Naked Brigade, a faction of the ULIMO (United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy) rebel group consisting of mainly child soldiers , he ordered his soldiers to fight naked, believing it made them invincible. Butt Naked's mode of operation was mainly Cannibalism, but it also included child sacrifice and numerous other attrocities

Blahyi's forces, often high on drugs and armed with AK-47s, committed numerous atrocities, including massacres, rapes, and forced conscription of child soldiers. The Butt Naked Brigade terrorized civilians, leaving a trail of destruction and death.

During the war, Blahyi became a warlord, leading a unit of several dozen combatants consisting mainly of child soldiers known as the Naked Base Commandos which operated primarily around the Monrovia area. The unit, including Blahyi himself, frequently wore no clothes except for their shoes and magic charms, earning Blahyi the nickname 'General Butt Naked'. Blahyi claimed that this practice made him and his soldiers "immune to bullets." he preferred sacrificing babies as he thought they offered the greatest protection. Occasionally his soldiers made bets on whether a pregnant woman was carrying a male or female baby and then sliced open her stomach to see.According to Blahyi, there were times when he sacrificed four or five children a day – one each time he went out to fight. After laying them down on a sacrificial table, he would slice them open from the back and pull out the still-beating heart.

In 1996, Blahyi claimed to have had a vision from God, leading him to renounce his violent ways and convert to Christianity. He later became an evangelical pastor, preaching forgiveness and reconciliation.

In 2008, Blahyi testified before Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, acknowledging his role in the war crimes and apologizing for his actions. His testimony was a significant step towards accountability and healing in Liberia. he claimed that his victims numbered up to 20,000

General Butt Naked's story serves as a cautionary tale about the devastating consequences of war, the exploitation of child soldiers, and the importance of accountability. His transformation from a notorious warlord to a pastor also highlights the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.


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