Friday, December 26, 2008

Repeated opposition for LTTE's child recruitment drive

(By: Walter Jayawardhana)

While Pope Benedict has appealed in his Christmas homily to the world to end all forms of child abuse including child soldiering - the psychotic chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has sent an order simultaneously demanding all students who just sat for the General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) examination be conscripted for military training.

Despite the Pope's appeal Prabhakaran wants to conscript the 8000 girls and boys who sat for the GCE (O'level) exam to beef up his army as a last resort to save his tottering fascist regime and the self declared political capital , Kilinochchi now surrounded and being besieged by the Sri Lankan armed forces. Full Text