Sri Lanka's Tigers recruiting more children, UN says

[dArKeR]

REUTERS , COLOMBO
Sunday, Jun 27, 2004,Page 5

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have stepped up recruitment of child soldiers months after the release of hundreds of young recruits, UNICEF said yesterday.

UNICEF said they had about 160 reports of fresh recruits since the start of April, nearly one-third of which were in the eastern district of Batticaloa, the stronghold of a renegade rebel commander known by his nom de guerre, Karuna.

Karuna broke from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in early March and although the Tigers retook the area under his control a month later, Batticaloa has remained the center of sporadic clashes and assassinations thought to be related to the split.

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Good work in the world Junior! Terra down!

[jdj]

1. This is sickening. I just read "Blood from Stones" by Doug

Farah, in which he talks about Charles Taylor's "SBU"s , or 'small boy units'. I can't believe Pat Robertson defended that bastard. There is a special place in hell for people like this, and for their defenders.