Children still being used as cannon fodder in Sri Lanka (OneWorld South Asia)
Yahoo December 31st, 2007The separatist Tamil Tiger rebels and a breakaway group known as the Tamil Makkal Viduthali Pulikal (TMVP)/Karuna faction continue to abduct children to fight as soldiers in the bloody conflict in Sri Lanka, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public last week.
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