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Children: The new face of terrorism
David H. Gray1 and Tom Owen Matchin III2
1Department of Government
and History, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
28301
2Diplomacy
Department , Norwich University Northfield VT 05663-0367
*Corresponding author.
E-mail:
dgray2@uncfsu.edu. Tel: +910-672-2120
Accepted 20 May 2008 |
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This study explores the use
of children as terrorists and the organizational structure
of one of the world’s most feared terrorist groups - Hamas.
Specifically, this paper will examine child terrorists
within the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) in Sri Lanka by first developing a base understanding
of what is considered a child terrorist, examining the
ongoing situation and conflict in Sri Lanka, the reasons
children are being used in Sri Lanka, how Sri Lanka child
soldiers are recruited, trained and indoctrinated, and
finally the policies and international law enacted to combat
the continued use of children in terrorist organizations.
Key words: Terrorism, children, Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE), counterterrorism, political violence.
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