Desperate for recruits, the LTTE
has tried to close schools in areas under their
control and enlist students into their fighting
forces, the University Teachers for Human Rights
(UTHR) has said.The
Jaffna based organisation said that the Tigers
wanted children over 13-years old to take up arms
and halt the army's offensive aimed at capturing
the strategic main supply route between Vavuniya
and Kilinochchi. While much of this highway has
been taken in the year long Jayasikuru campaign,
there is yet some distance to cover.
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| President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga,
Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces,
listens attentively to the Army
Commander, Lt. Gen. Rohan Daluwatte, at
last Thursday's convocation at the
Kotelawala Defence Academy. The President
was the chief guest on this occasion.
(Pic by Chandrasiri Weerasinghe) |
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