Report: Surrendering Tamils Were Massacred By Sri Lanka Army Commanders

Sri Lankan forces in the final days of the decades-long civil war. Close to 300,000 people were displaced by the conflict which officially came to an end on 18 May 2009 © Contributor/IRIN

Sri Lankan Army Commanders 'Assassinated Surrendering Tamils' -- The Telegraph

Sri Lankan army commanders were ordered by the country's leaders to assassinate surrendering Tamils in the final phase of the long and brutal civil war, according to a senior former military officer.

The claims are contained in a sworn deposition, seen by The Daily Telegraph, made by a career officer who rose to the rank of major general before he fled the country in fear of his life to seek asylum in the United States.

He is the highest ranking person to assert that atrocities against Tamil rebels and civilians were sanctioned at the highest echelons of the government. The source had the highest security clearance and close contact with some of the army's most powerful figures.

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My Comment: Many in Sri Lanka are voicing optimism that reconciliation and change is still possible after decades of civil war .... not surprisingly .... many Tamil leaders are now voicing the exact opposite.