a major offensive to reclaim areas of the north and east
even amnesty intl understand that GOSL is just reclaiming what has been a part of sri lanka, now controlled by LTTE.
Under international law, the government should ensure that people know where these corridors are and how they can reach them.
if the LTTE allows GOSL to send some guides, GOSL would be very happy to mark out the routes. since amnesty could go into tiger territory freely, why dont they take the initiative to mark out the route themselves, they could even request a period of ceasefire say 1, 2, 3 years just to mark out the route.
The government announced on Monday 8 September, that it could no longer ensure the safety of aid workers in the area and requested that United Nations and humanitarian agencies staff move out to government-controlled territory.
Tigers intelligence centre has been located in between UN and other NGO offices and they use this centre to plan out attacks on SLA and areas in the south. So what else could GOSL do other than ask the UN and NGOs to vacate and then prevent this intelligence centres being operated, surely even UN could understand that GOSL need to protect its people and assets. |