Seems like Mahinda is the best recruiting agent for tigers.
May be this is under the Prabha-MR Pact too where tigers are strengthened & MR gets to swindle money hoodwinking people abt the war expenses !
Sri Lanka's inability to resolve the ethnic conflict poses dangers, a rights group has said, adding that Tamils firmly believe in the 'justice of the liberation struggle' even if they don't admire the Tamil Tigers.
'The prospect of a (political) settlement is now prisoner to the government's obsession with its Sinhalese extremist agenda as the only means of prolonging its hold on power,' it said.
'So strong is this link that it is prepared to risk economic collapse and social unrest in the south (of Sri Lanka) by people ridiculously unable to make ends meet.
'The LTTE sees this as its best hope and would use any means, including likely an open use of child soldiers, to prolong the war until the south plunges into chaos.'
The independent rights body added: 'The Sinhalese polity's inability to bring about an equitable settlement poses other dangers. Tamils everywhere, whether or not they support the LTTE, believe in the justice of the Tamil liberation struggle.
'The LTTE uses the resulting dilemma to conscript raw, unwilling youths and turn them around into determined fighters because although the people are disillusioned with the LTTE, they detest the government and see the two as separate issues.'
Referring to the relentless air bombing of Tamil areas held by the LTTE, it said: 'There is no doubt that the government is bombing and shelling people ...
'The object of this war is not to bring peace by giving dignity to the Tamils. It is prosecuted on the premise that every Tamil killed is a gain. It is a racist war that uses the LTTE as a pretext.'
It said: 'Even when people do not believe in the LTTE, they know and feel that the Tamil struggle is legitimate. This is enough for the LTTE to work on the young.'
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