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Sri Lanka
UN urges end to Sri Lanka fighting
2007-01-04
Everyone back in the peas processor.
The United Nations has urged the Sri Lankan military and Tamil Tiger separatists to stop fighting and protect civilian lives after it said 14 people were killed in air raids by government forces. Tuesday's raid in Mannar district in the northwest of the island was the latest flashpoint in the fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), despite a ceasefire declared in 2002. Six of the dead were children, and 30 people were wounded when the bombs fell on a Tamil fishing village, said the LTTE, which wants a separate homeland for minority Tamils in the north and east of the island.

The military has denied hitting civilians and said a well-identified Sea Tigers base had been bombed in the Mannar area after surveillance and radio intercepts. "Sri Lankans continue to suffer deeply due to this conflict, and today's loss of life is a source of deepest concern," Margareta Wahlstrom, the UN assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said in a statement on Tuesday. "It is imperative that both sides to the conflict take all measures to fulfil their obligations under international law to protect civilians in this conflict, we have too often seen them fall short."
Posted by:Fred

#3  "...and today's loss of life is a source of deepest concern,"

And it's in there, so you know they're serious.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-01-04 08:50  

#2  "UN urges..."

Hide the women and children!
Posted by: Hyper   2007-01-04 02:00  

#1  "How many divisions does the UN have?"
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2007-01-04 00:19  

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