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frankly_fedup2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 03:34 PM
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Martyrs' Week. Must fill out an application. November 21-27 only.
next year.

I read this article and could not believe it. It's like one of those agencies that hire temps, except these temps don't come back.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH09Ak03.html


(snip)While fighters are recruited all year round, enlistment shoots up during Martyrs' Week ( November 21-27) when the LTTE publicly honors its dead fighters, especially those killed in suicide operations. Through songs and speeches, Tamil boys and girls are called on to sacrifice their lives for the cause of the Tamil homeland and many, moved by the propaganda, enlist.

But those who are recruited from the general public are taken on as fighters. Some might aspire to be suicide bombers, which would qualify them for the top rungs of the LTTE's martyr hierarchy, but suicide bombers are not directly recruited from the public. (end)
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