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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11321313" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Sri_Lanka_Army_Logo.png/150px-Sri_Lanka_Army_Logo.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka is granting what amounts to amnesty to 60,000 army soldiers  who deserted during the island nation's 30-year civil war against Tamil  separatists.The deserters will be "de-listed," army spokesman Brig. Nihal Hapuarachchi said."These are soldiers who had deserted their ranks since 1982. Soldiers  who had not reported back to service are considered deserters and they  will now be de-listed from the army," he said. However, the military said it will continue to pursue several hundred  deserters who are believed to have been or are still involved in  criminal activity."We are now mainly focusing on this small number only. We want the  soldiers who were involved in criminal activity after deserting their  ranks to be arrested," Hapuarachchi said. Among the 60,000 are around 5,000 who, although de-listed, must  report to their bases for work because of unpaid financial loans. UPI </blockquote>

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