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11-14-2006, 02:33 PM
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Elements in the Sri Lankan military are helping a breakaway rebel faction to abduct children as soldiers to fight Tamil Tiger rebels, the UN has said.
A senior UN official said there was "credible evidence" that troops had rounded up children to fight with the renegade rebel group led by Col Karuna.
His faction split from the Tamil Tigers, long accused of using children.
Sri Lankan security forces say they are "perturbed" by the "completely misleading" allegations.
A Karuna spokesman also denied the allegations, saying his group merely offered protection to children fleeing fighting with the rival Tamil Tigers.
Read more >> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6144200.stm)
Elements in the Sri Lankan military are helping a breakaway rebel faction to abduct children as soldiers to fight Tamil Tiger rebels, the UN has said.
A senior UN official said there was "credible evidence" that troops had rounded up children to fight with the renegade rebel group led by Col Karuna.
His faction split from the Tamil Tigers, long accused of using children.
Sri Lankan security forces say they are "perturbed" by the "completely misleading" allegations.
A Karuna spokesman also denied the allegations, saying his group merely offered protection to children fleeing fighting with the rival Tamil Tigers.
Read more >> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6144200.stm)