Aerial attack in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi kills four and injures 18 civilians

(LTTEPS, 31 12 2008) - Aerial attack on Chellaihkadai Junction in Murasumoddai in Kilinochchi around 8.00am today morning killed four and injured fifteen civilians. Another attack at 12.30pm on the [...]

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Army enters Paranthan

(Daily Mirror, 01 01 2008) - The Army, yesterday evening, entered one of the most central intersections of the A-9 and the strategically important township of Paranthan after weeks of [...]

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War is a sacrifice for political gain-Mangala

(BBC, 31 12 2008) - Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said that the government is engaged in sacrificing the lives of security forcers for political gain.
In a statement issued this week, Mangala [...]

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Sri Lankan rebels open to peace talks

(AP, 31 12 2008) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger separatists are open to restarting peace talks with the government, despite the continuing military offensive aimed at crushing the group, a [...]

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Sri Lanka’s Information War

(by Brian Calvert , World Politics Review, 25 Dec 2008) - The information war, fought through images and language, is over narrative. The Tamil Tigers want to be seen as [...]

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4 civilians killed, 14 wounded in air strike, hospital reports blood shortage

(TamilNet, Wednesday, 31 December 2008) - Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked a civilian settlement near Murugananda school in Murasumoaddai on Paranthan - Mullaiththeevu Road killing two females of [...]

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Sri Lanka: Kissing Distance to Being Trapped

( Fr. Chandiravarman Sinnathurai, Tamil Nation, 30 December 2008) - The President of Sri Lanka has psyched up the Cingalam - the hegemonic power: Sinhala state, Sinhala people and Sinhala [...]

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Ideological Blindness: Western dogma ensures support for Sri Lanka against the Tamils

(Editorial, Tamil Guardian, 24 December 2008 ) - In short, they are never going to support the Tamils, but will always back the Sinhala state. Which is why, even today, [...]

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Ki’linochchi hospital attacked again

(TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 December 2008) - Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells have again hit Ki’linochchi hospital Tuesday evening between 3:50 and 4:00 p.m., initial reports from the town [...]

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SRI LANKA: The gruesome treatment of a woman, abduction of children and threats to lawyers appearing for alleged terrorists brought to the notice of UN General Secretary

(AHRC, Hong Kong, December 30, 2008) - The AHRC wrote today to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, calling for diplomatic engagement with all the [...]

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