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Tigers blame army for civilian deaths
Friday, 29 February 2008 - 4:07 AM SL Time
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The Tamil Tigers say Sri Lanka`s military set off two roadside bombs in a rebel controlled area in Wednesday, killing eight civilians.
A spokesman for the military denied they`d carried out the attacks.
Fighting is continuing between the rebels and government forces in the past few days. Clashes on the island has intensified since the government pulled out of a ceasefire with the rebels earlier this year.
The Tamil Tigers say the attacks on civilians took place seven hours apart in two locations in the area they control in northern Sri Lanka. According to a statement on the rebels website both the bombs targeted people travelling in trailers being pulled by tractors.
The Tigers said eight civilians were killed and they blamed the Sri Lankan army.
But the military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, denied they were responsible he did admit though that so called, deep penetration units, are operating behind the rebels lines.
Last week the Tigers claimed an air strike killed eight civilians, three of them children and the air force said the target they hit was a base of the rebels naval wing.
Meanwhile the military say nine rebels were killed in fighting on the frontlines in the north on Wednesday.
It raises the number of Tigers killed by security forces since Tuesday to twenty four.
Defence ministry say, 1,660 rebels have been killed so far this year. The security forces estimate the Tigers` strength at the beginning of the year at 3,000 and revised it to 5,000 combatants this month.
The ministry says 94 soldiers and police have also been killed in 2008.
Casualty figures provided by both sides differ significantly and cannot be independently verified as journalists are not allowed in conflict areas.
Journalists and human rights workers have restricted access to the front line and there are no independent media operating from rebel-held areas.
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Vishnu
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 28 Feb 2008 22:21:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Strategy is to create race riots within the community so that Tamils in Killi will assault and kill Sinhalas living there. GOSL can ask for international sympathy thereafter. |
costa
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 28 Feb 2008 22:24:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Strategy is to create race riots within the community so that Tamils in Killi will assault and kill Sinhalas living there
there are so many sinhal and muslims living in Killi Lol,
tamils don't respect other people as the sinhala & muslims do.
tamils have the chance to live everywhere in the south, but sinhales and muslims don't get that chance.
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 28 Feb 2008 22:27:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Yep.. that will stop that from happening again..
Why can't they Liberate the civilians from the evil army ????
Punnakku from the north to fight punnakku from the south. I feel for the innocent people caught between these moronic liberators and the Army.
Gons
Edited By - gonnamba - 28 Feb 2008 22:28:14 GMT |
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 28 Feb 2008 22:27:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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tamils don't respect other people as the sinhala & muslims do
From this forum, it is obvious Sinhalese hate Tamils more than Tamils hate Sinhalese
tamils have the chance to live everywhere in the south, but sinhales and muslims don't get that chance
there are large areas in the Northeast where Tamils are not allowed to live. Have you ever heard of High Security Zones and Sinhala Colonies?
Tamils cant live in Valikaamam North, Weli Oya, Sampoor, Gal Oya and so many other areas |
Regi
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28 Feb 2008 22:27:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Why blame.
be blamed.
though,
they were responsible he did admit though that so called, deep penetration units, are operating behind the rebels lines
Edited By - Regi - 28 Feb 2008 22:29:57 GMT |
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 28 Feb 2008 22:30:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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From this forum, it is obvious Sinhalese hate Tamils more than Tamils hate Sinhalese
How do you come to that conclusion ? |
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28 Feb 2008 22:32:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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I feel for the innocent people caught between these moronic liberators and the Army
when civilians killed in Northeast, they are 'caught between'
when civilians killed in the South, they are 'targetted'
convenient, but misleading way to report incidents
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28 Feb 2008 22:36:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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How do you come to that conclusion ?
i cant say every Sinhalese hate Tamils,
this forum like many forums, ratio of Sinhalese : Tamil is 2 : 1
in Sri Lanka, ratio is 6 : 1
so most Sinhalese (66%) dont give a damn about ethnic issue and war
most of the Sinhalese who come to LNP are part of the top 33% extremist.
That is one conclusion
other is just some hatred of some unknown reason. |
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28 Feb 2008 22:40:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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there are large areas in the Northeast where Tamils are not allowed to live. Have you ever heard of High Security Zones and Sinhala Colonies?
Tamils cant live in Valikaamam North, Weli Oya, Sampoor, Gal Oya and so many other areas
can sinhales live in Killi ?
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