Sri Lankan government forces are recruiting child soldiers

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S Lanka 'recruits child fighters'
 
Amnesty International poster shows child soldier in rebel fatigues
Breakaway Tamil rebels are accused of using child soldiers
Sri Lankan government forces are recruiting child soldiers to fight against the Tamil Tiger rebels, the United Nations has said.
A senior UN official said the troops had been rounding up children to fight with the renegade Karuna rebel group.
Karuna is a breakaway faction of the Tamil Tigers, which have themselves been accused of using child soldiers.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6144200.stm

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