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Sri Lanka military destroys Tiger suicide boat
Saturday, 31 January 2009 - 9:17 PM SL Time
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The Sri Lankan military claimed it destroyed a Tamil Tiger suicide boat Saturday, hours after the government ruled out a cease-fire in the northern war zone where hundreds of thousands of civilians are reportedly trapped. ``We are determined not to have a cease-fire, and we are determined to eradicate terrorism in Sri Lanka - ,`` Samarasinghe told reporters Friday.
He denied reports that more than 300 civilians were killed in recent fighting and accused the rebels of forcibly recruiting civilians, giving them two or three days of training and putting them on the front line as cannon fodder.
``We have not targeted civilians and we will not target civilians,`` he said.
Tamil Tiger spokesman Balasingham Nadesan said the government has stepped up artillery attacks on civilian areas, leaving at least 28 people dead Friday.
``Only a permanent cease-fire mooted by the international community and (ensuing) negotiations would resolve the conflict,`` he said on a pro-rebel Web site, TamilNet.
Human rights groups accuse the rebels of holding the civilians hostage and the military of launching heavy attacks in civilian-filled areas, including a government-declared ``safe zone.``
UNICEF said many children some just months old have been injured, killed or are living in poor conditions.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in the civil war, which grew out of complaints by Tamils, who have suffered decades of marginalization at the heads of successive governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority.
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agjbasna
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 1 Feb 2009 02:36:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Dear DMK leader,
Please accept the invitation by the President of Sri Lanka and go to Wanni and advice the LTTE leader to release the people under his clutches!
If you have any genuing sympathy for Tamil people, you have a good chance to do it. After all you are a very good friend of him and he should listen to you.
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magha
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 1 Feb 2009 07:22:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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He denied reports that more than 300 civilians were killed in recent fighting and accused the rebels of forcibly recruiting civilians, giving them two or three days of training and putting them on the front line as cannon fodder.
So the 300 hundred civilians , supposedly had been killed were those sent to the front with poor training to fight against SLDF!
Shame on LTTE and the Toilet cleaning Tamil diaspora financing LTTE. |
aruma
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 1 Feb 2009 19:15:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nadesan, the ex-cop of the SRI LANKA POLICE: ...and (ensuing) negotiations would resolve the conflict !
lol!
Has this man forgotten the recent past of the tiger butcher terrorism?
How many times have these so called peace talks with these butchers failed?
How many times have these terrorists, under the cover of 'PEACE TALKS' or 'CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTS' with our Sinhala traitors managed to replenish their arse-nals to attack Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other citizens of our Motherland, SRI LANKA?
How many millions worth of property have they destroyed under the guise of a dream eelam?
NADE, what else is left to negotiate with you?
You, the ltte terrorists, know only one language... the fire power!
We, the patriotic Sinhalese can 'talk' to you in the same language to eradicate terrorisme from the SRI LANKAN soil.
Soon you, the wanni butchers headed by velupille prabakarume, will understand our language...
That day is not very far.
Nade, keep on counting days!
Edited By - aruma - 1 Feb 2009 19:19:54 GMT |
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