According to BBC News, Sri Lanka’s Defense Ministry has stepped its recruiting in an effort to end the fighting that has plagued the nation since 1983. The war has had a high cost for both sides, and estimates range from 70,000 killed to 215,000 or more. Recently, the government’s recruiting drive has leveraged cell phones:
Not long ago the Defence Ministry sent out a text message to mobile phones nationwide.
“Young Patriots,” it read. “Come join with our armed forces and be a part of a winning team.”
Cell phones continue to have a growing role in international conflicts. In Tim Stevens’ post “Al-Qaeda Cell(phones) in Jerusalem, Al-Qaeda agents used cell phones to video tape a helipad in conjunction with a plot to assassinate US President George W. Bush. Parallel to this trend, cell phone use has sky-rocketed worldwide. According to The Dark Visitor, now one-in-two people in China own a cell phone. It is a phenomenon occuring even in rural areas where traditional landlines have met infrastructure problems.
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