Something puzzles me.... Just one more thing...
Posted on 08/14/2006 7:59:32 AM PDT by Valin
SCORES died yesterday in the worst violence in Sri Lanka since a truce was declared in 2002. Tamil Tiger rebels said 61 schoolgirls were killed and up to 150 injured in an airforce bombing of an orphanage in rebel-held territory in the north-east.
In a separate incident, a blast rocked the capital Colombo killing seven and injuring 17 after a Pakistani embassy convoy was hit by two Claymore mines. Pakistan's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohamed, narrowly escaped when the convoy was hit. The Government blamed rebels for the unprecedented attack on a diplomat. "We condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms," Media Minister Anura Yapa said. "The terrorists are getting desperate."
The Tamil Tigers said the attack on the orphanage took place in the rebel-controlled northern district of Mullaitivu. The military said there had been air raids, but denied any knowledge of the alleged incident. The rebels said the schoolchildren were taking part in a first aid seminar organised by Senchcholai, a well-known girls' home that cares for children who lost parents in the war. Tiger military spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan said the students were aged between 15 and 18. There was no independent confirmation of the incident.
The Government also denied rebel accusations that its forces killed at least 15 people in an attack on a church in the predominantly Tamil village of Allaipiddy. Military spokesman Major Upali Rajapakse said instead that guerillas fired on troops as they tried to enter the building to flush out Tamil rebels hiding among the civilians inside. The Government said the rebels had infiltrated the Jaffna peninsula and hit residential areas in attacks on the army.
A 2002 ceasefire was intended to halt more than two decades of bloodshed between the Government, dominated by Sri Lanka's 14 million Sinhalese, and the rebels, who have been fighting since 1983 for an independent homeland for the country's 3.2 million Tamils. But months of shootings and bombings have left the ceasefire, still officially in effect, in tatters. The blast in the capital Colombo hit just hours after a suspected Tamil Tiger front threatened to attack civilians if the military continued attacks on rebel territory. Aid workers say about 100,000 people have been displaced or trapped during three weeks of fighting. Dozens are confirmed dead, and many fear the eventual death toll will be far higher.
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A TEAM of young Victorian cricketers was confined to its Colombo hotel last night as a result of the bombing. Management for the squad of 13 emerging players was waiting on advice before deciding whether to cancel the tour. "At the moment the players are in good spirits, a little shocked by what's happened but not panicked," Cricket Victoria spokesman Eivion Bowen said from the Taj Sumudra Hotel. "Naturally our concerns are for the safety and welfare of our players and we'll be doing whatever is necessary to best protect and maintain their safety."
Something puzzles me.... Just one more thing...
Waiting for condemnation of the slaughter of
these children by the International Red Cross.
....tic, tic....
Suicide attack in Colombo
B. Muralidhar Reddy
http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/15/stories/2006081512460100.htm
Moslem victims:
Tamil Tigers 'kill 100 refugees'
Daily Telegraph, | 8/5/06
Posted on 08/05/2006 11:18:21 AM EDT by Valin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678293/posts
unknown perps:
Sri Lanka aid workers 'shot dead'
BBC News | 08/07/2006
Posted on 08/07/2006 7:16:54 AM EDT by Republicain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679059/posts
from 2002:
A Spreading Menace
FrontlineIndia | Rahul Bedi
Posted on 07/20/2002 11:51:23 AM EDT by swarthyguy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/719494/posts
Ping.
no oil. no UN.
:') And wouldn't that be a shame? ;')
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