Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sri Lanka War News Updates -- March 7, 2009

Image from The BBC

Many Dead In Sri Lanka, Says UN -- BBC

The UN says that it estimates that thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded in the conflict in the north-east of Sri Lanka.

The UN's US-based Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says civilians continue to lose their lives within the war zone.

It says that they are also being killed in the no-fire area which has been hit by artillery attacks.

The government says the UN's figures are "irresponsible and sensationalist".

But UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly deplored the mounting civilian death toll - which he said included children - and appealed to both the army and Tamil Tiger rebels to suspend hostilities to allow time for civilians to safely leave the conflict zone.

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More News On The Sri Lanka War

Sri Lanka's Tamil militant group surrenders weapons -- China View
Sri Lanka says its forces kill 32 Tamil rebels -- AP
Fighting in Sri Lanka kills 32 rebels: ministry -- AFP
Fighting in Sri Lanka kills more than 100 rebels: ministry -- Hindustan Times
Sri Lankan Tamil conflict unlikely to spread into India: US -- Press Trust Of India
Sri Lanka says int'l aids to war displaced civilians must go through gov't -- China View
LTTE has only 400 cadres, says Sri Lanka military -- Colombo Page
Another submarine found; infiltration foiled nearly 43 LTTE bodies recovered -- Asian Tribune
A massive operations to apprehend the remaining tiger cadres cornered in to 45 sq. k,m. area -- Sri Lanka Broadcasting

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