AP, Sat Mar 14 04:52:03 EDT 2009
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka on Saturday rejected U.N. allegations it may have committed war crimes and vowed there would be no cease-fire in its drive to capture a shrinking rebel enclave and end the island's 25-year-old civil war.
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The Academic
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sathya
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There is some thing missing in the statement by a so called Stateswomen. Are we to believe LTTE website (www.tamilnet.com) claims of 1542 civilian kills or Navi Pillay’s claim of 2800 civilians kills?
Go through the tamilnet you will find the following reports adding to 1542. But all know it’s track records. 22-01-2009 11 SLA attacks civilians in 'secure zone', several ki. 22-01-2009 66 66 civilians killed within 3 days - Mullai RDHS 23-01-2009 5 'Safety zone' shelled again, 5 civilians killed, 8 24-01-2009 12 12 civilians killed, 87 wounded, SLA continues art.. 25-01-2009 22 SLA shelling kills 22 civilians, wounds 60, target 26-01-2009 100 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, ar. 26-01-2009 300 More than 300 civilians feared killed, people blee 27-01-2009 2 2 Tamil civilians reported missing in Colombo 28-01-2009 46 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded surv 29-01-2009 44 Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded 01-02-2009 7 Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks contin 09-02-2009 Civilians killed by SLA gunfire after bomb blas 16-02-2009 Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian tar. 16-02-2009 260 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preven. 18-02-2009 50 Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores kil. 21-02-2009 13 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Fri. 22-02-2009 50 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 h 26-02-2009 2 2 Tamil civilians shot dead in Batticaloa distric 07-03-2009 208 Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 ho 10-03-2009 129 Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians wi. 11-03-2009 133 SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 chil 12-03-2009 82 SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside 'safe zone'. |
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perl
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sathya, is tamilnet a credible news source?
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