Tag: politics
Aid workers demand help for thousands as air raids continue in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Government warplanes attacked Tamil Tiger targets in northern Sri Lanka Friday as aid workers demanded access to tens of thousands marooned by a week of fierce fighting that left 500 dead. Government troops used a brief respite in heavy battles to consolidate defensive lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula […]
Tigers name 51 children killed in air raid
COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels Friday gave the names of 51 school children killed in an airforce bombing of what they said was an orphanage in guerrilla-held territory. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said 51 out of 55 people killed in Monday’s air raid were children. […]
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