hindu,  Thu Mar 29 21:09:39 EDT 2007

    NEW DELHI: An estimated 3,000 civilians have been killed since hostilities between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) resumed in 2006, Amnesty International, quoting the United Nations, has said in a report.

The report, "Sri Lanka: time to play by the rules," said more than 2,15,000 persons were displaced internally since April 2006.

"Neither the Government security forces nor the LTTE appear to be taking adequate precautions to protect civilian lives. The 2002 ceasefire agreement is effectively in tatters, with analysts referring to the situation on the ground as an undeclared war."

Asserting that the human rights situation in the country deteriorated sharply throughout 2006, the report said: "Unlawful killings, recruitment of child soldiers, abductions, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations and war crimes had increased."
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This report is not in character of Hindu whose preoccupation always is to have angle against LTTE.

eric-in-colombo wrote:

This report is not in character of Hindu whose preoccupation always is to have angle against LTTE.

we all know that HINDU is anti- tigers news but it also INDIAN news giant who does not want to see too much foreign heads rolling around Srilankans affairs ? (Pakistan, Israel, China, Jappan, Norway, USA, UK and Ukraine have been mentioned in this connection) !
BIG Bro is LITTLE unhappy with Mahinda Bro ?


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eric-in-colombo wrote:

This report is not in character of Hindu whose preoccupation always is to have angle against LTTE.

Those tigers again. They must have bribed the editors of the Hindu as well then.

How the death toll rises.......

LTTE mortar attack kills 08 civilians and injures 15 - Batticaloa  
[March 29, 2007]
Indiscriminate LTTE mortar shell fire killed eight and injured over 15 other civilians in the Waripanachchena and Sanddiweli areas in the outskirts off Sittnadikudi- Batticaloa, on Thursday the 29th of March at 07.30 p.m.  

[March 29, 2007]  
Tension prevailed as indiscriminate LTTE fired mortar shells fell in close proximity of the fishery settlements in the Maligapiddi, Semmanthive and the Giant Tank area in Mannar district since 12.30p.m today(29).  

LTTE assassins kill two civilians- Jaffna    
[March 29, 2007]  

Two civilians identified as Vairamutthu Sivaganesharaj and Sarojini Sivaganesharaj was shot to death by alleged LTTE terrorists and their house said to be looted by the same elements, at Urumpirai in Jaffna, on Wednesday the 28th of March.



Last edited by Gamunu Watch on Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:29 am; edited 1 time in total

What the hell are these media people expecting from Guerilla warfare? This is serious business fighting world’s most ruthless and notorious terrorists. It is not a time to count how many are being killed, but to stem terrorist activity altogether by eliminating them . Why don’t we read on numbers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict-ridden countries? The SL soldiers and LTTE carders are committed to fighting and they very well know the cosiquences and what to expect.  I would only worry about those innocent people who are being perished from both sides.

Lion of Scarborough wrote:

What the hell are these media people expecting from Guerilla warfare? This is serious business fighting world’s most ruthless and notorious terrorists. It is not a time to count how many are being killed, but to stem terrorist activity altogether by eliminating them . Why don’t we read on numbers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict-ridden countries? The SL soldiers and LTTE carders are committed to fighting and they very well know the cosiquences and what to expect.  I would only worry about those innocent people who are being perished from both sides.

Yes, Its not time to count the dead and sell tears to grab $$s and Krones. Its time to work hard and determination to make an end to death toll by fully defeating the barbaric  terrorism....

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Say no to cohabitation with terrorism.

What about the killings by Gemunu watch it self? The aireal bombardments and shellings so called indirect fire, indiscriminate shelling. It's prudent to accept it as the Police chief Victor Perera just before the Human rights conference in Geniva. Is there any means to justify those souls killed anyway?

eric-in-colombo wrote:

This report is not in character of Hindu whose preoccupation always is to have angle against LTTE.

The government has an easy way of settle this.

They may allow international units to look into these and come up with credible support for the government.

But, do you think the Lankan government is smart enough to know this?

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1886235.htm