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*WHERE ARE THE NGO S WHERE ARE THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS?????????CANT YOU SEE THIS..........*
_Sri Lanka grieves over deaths of schoolchildren in terror bomb blasts
_Tuesday, February 5, 2008, *19:30* GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
*Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka has been shocked by the news of nine
schoolchildren brutally massacred in the suicide bomb blast on Sunday in
the heart of Colombo city. *
*Seven schoolboys from D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo, and two
12-year-old schoolgirls from Holy Family Convent in Dehiwala and
Raddolugama Maha Vidyalaya were killed when a female LTTE suicide bomber
blew herself up at the Fort Railway Station on the day before the
country's 60th Independence Day celebration. *
*Among the dead were six members of D.S. Senanayake College's baseball
team. The coach was also killed in the explosion that killed 13 in all
and injured over 90 others. Funerals for four of the boys are scheduled
for tomorrow, while the other three are scheduled the day after. *
*Meanwhile, the Education Ministry has decided to close all schools in
the Colombo zone until next Monday. *
Among the seven students of D. S. Senananayake College, Colombo killed
in the *LTTE attack* at the Fort Railway Station on Sunday was
Rajarathnem Radeeswaran of Dematagoda, a Tamil student in the Ordinary
Level class.
According to the Tamil community in the area, Radeeswaran was popular
among the youth in addition to being a talented baseball player. He had
to pay with his life, to an organisation claiming to be the very
guardians of the community he represented, residents said.
Seven students and their baseball coach, were among the dead in Sunday's
blast, which claimed 14 lives.
The baseball players and their coach were returning to Colombo after
participating in a club match in Kandy the previous day, sources said.
According to the sources, six students who participated in the match
returned the previous day while others stayed back to visit historic
sights in and around Kandy. The other victims are Kolitha Kumara
Mahamudalige, 19, of Hokandara-A/L 2007, Vimukthi Thewarapperuma, 18, of
Kalutara North-A/L maths, Supun Hallala, 16, of Angoda-A/L Commerce,
Dinuth Priyasanka of Agalawatta, 17, After O/L, Thiwanka Thisera, 17, of
Dehiwela-A/L Arts.
Eranda Chaturanga, 21, of Colombo 7-After A/L and Nalinda Arumadura, 26,
of Gandara-Baseball
_Sri Lanka stages mass funerals after Freedom Day bloodshed_
1 day ago
COLOMBO (AFP) âEUR" Sri Lanka staged mass funerals for bomb blast
victims after independence day festivities were marred by a string of
attacks blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels.
Schools in Colombo were shut as a Buddhist service was held for seven
students and their baseball coach killed in a suicide bombing at a train
terminal here on Sunday on the eve of Freedom Day.
After funeral rites, the coffins were taken to the victims' homes for
burial.
In the northeastern Weli Oya region, a funeral was held for three people
killed on Freedom Day in a bomb attack on a civilian bus that left 14
people dead and 15 injured.
Five people killed on Saturday in a bus bomb attack were buried in a
mass grave in Kandy district on Monday.
President Mahinda Rajapakse insists security forces are winning the war
against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and that the
guerrillas have been confined to the northern region of the palm-fringed
tropical island.
But there has been an explosion of violence blamed on the rebels in
recent weeks, with a series of bloody attacks.
Villagers have been hacked to death inside government-controlled
territory, and another roadside bomb attack killed a soldier in the
south on Monday.
London-based Amnesty International said Tuesday it was alarmed over the
worsening security situation as it could lead to a "further spiralling
of civilian casualties."
"Both the Sri Lanka government and the LTTE are failing to comply with
their obligations under international humanitarian law and are killing
civilians on an increasingly regular basis," the rights group said.
"With no perpetrators brought to justice, a climate of impunity is
becoming entrenched: unless these patterns are reversed the future
appears bleak," warned Tim Parritt, deputy programme director for the
Asia-Pacific region.
The government has delayed by three days a military hardware and state
enterprise exhibition after the attacks, which came as Sri Lanka
celebrated 60 years of independence from Britain.
Sri Lanka meanwhile complained to neighbouring India over the
disappearance of seven of its sailors following a sea battle with
suspected rebels on Monday near the common maritime border.
It was not known whether the boat had sunk or the sailors had been taken
prisoner.
Colombo alleged that 400 to 500 Indian trawlers were poaching in Sri
Lankan waters and that Tiger operatives had taken cover among them to
launch an attack on Sri Lankan naval patrols.
The Sri Lankan patrols could not return fire for fear of injuring the
Indian fishermen, Colombo said.
The Tiger naval attack followed ground confrontations between troops and
rebels in the same area, in which at least five guerrillas were killed
and four wounded, the defence ministry said.
War planes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger office on Tuesday but there
were no immediate re****ts of casualties or damage, the ministry said.
In an independence day address to the nation on Monday, Rajapakse said
Colombo was winning its war with the Tigers, saying "terrorism is
receiving an unprecedented defeat."
The Sri Lankan government last month officially pulled out of a defunct
truce with the rebels, who have fought for more than three decades for
an independent ethnic homeland in the Sinhalese-majority island.
According to the defence ministry, the rebels have lost at least 913
fighters since the beginning of the year, compared with just 37
government soldiers killed.
Scores of civilians have also died during the same period, according to
both sides. No independent verification of the tolls is possible as the
media and human rights groups are barred from the embattled regions.
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For genuine Situation Re****t visit:
http://www.nationalsecurity.lk
http://www.defence.lk/
http://www.army.lk/index1.php
http://www.nmatnet.com/
http://www.sinhalaya.info/index-EN.php
Worth to look following to see how brutal Tamil Tiger Terrorists are
Child Soldiers of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka
http://www.spur.asn.au/childwar.htm
Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka
http://www.spur.asn.au/ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm
LTTE TAMIL TIGER ATROCITIES
http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatrp.htm
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<p><strong><span
style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; font-family: 'Rockwell Extra
Bold','serif';">WHERE
ARE THE NGO S WHERE ARE THE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS?????????CANT YOU
SEE THIS..........</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span><u><span
style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sri
Lanka grieves over deaths of schoolchildren in terror bomb blasts <br>
</span></u><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 0, 68); font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif';">Tuesday,
February 5, 2008, <b>19:30</b> GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri
Lanka.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif';">Feb
05, Colombo: Sri Lanka has been shocked by the news of nine
schoolchildren brutally massacred in the suicide bomb blast on Sunday
in the heart of Colombo city. </span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif';">Seven
schoolboys from D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo, and two 12-year-old
schoolgirls from Holy Family Convent in Dehiwala and Raddolugama Maha
Vidyalaya were killed when a female LTTE suicide bomber blew herself up
at the Fort Railway Station on the day before the country's 60th
Independence Day celebration. </span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif';">Among
the dead were six members of D.S. Senanayake College's baseball team.
The coach was also killed in the explosion that killed 13 in all and
injured over 90 others. Funerals for four of the boys are scheduled for
tomorrow, while the other three are scheduled the day after.
</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif';">Meanwhile,
the Education Ministry has decided to close all schools in the Colombo
zone until next Monday. </span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Among the seven
students of D. S. Senananayake College, Colombo killed in the
<strong><span
style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">LTTE
attack</span></strong>
at the Fort Railway Station on Sunday was Rajarathnem Radeeswaran of
Dematagoda, a Tamil student in the Ordinary Level class. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">According to the
Tamil community in the area, Radeeswaran was popular among the youth in
addition to being a talented baseball player. He had to pay with his
life, to an organisation claiming to be the very guardians of the
community he represented, residents said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Seven students and
their baseball coach, were among the dead in Sunday's blast, which
claimed 14 lives. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The baseball
players and their coach were returning to Colombo after participating
in a club match in Kandy the previous day, sources said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">According to the
sources, six students who participated in the match returned the
previous day while others stayed back to visit historic sights in and
around Kandy. The other victims are Kolitha Kumara Mahamudalige, 19, of
Hokandara-A/L 2007, Vimukthi Thewarapperuma, 18, of Kalutara North-A/L
maths, Supun Hallala, 16, of Angoda-A/L Commerce, Dinuth Priyasanka of
Agalawatta, 17, After O/L, Thiwanka Thisera, 17, of Dehiwela-A/L Arts.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Eranda Chaturanga,
21, of Colombo 7-After A/L and Nalinda Arumadura, 26, of
Gandara-Baseball </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></p>
<h1><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sri Lanka
stages mass funerals after Freedom Day bloodshed</span></u></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1 day ago</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">COLOMBO (AFP)
—
Sri Lanka staged mass funerals for bomb blast victims after
independence day festivities were marred by a string of attacks blamed
on Tamil Tiger rebels.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Schools in Colombo
were shut as a Buddhist service was held for seven students and their
baseball coach killed in a suicide bombing at a train terminal here on
Sunday on the eve of Freedom Day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">After funeral
rites, the coffins were taken to the victims' homes for burial.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In the northeastern
Weli Oya region, a funeral was held for three people killed on Freedom
Day in a bomb attack on a civilian bus that left 14 people dead and 15
injured.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Five people killed
on Saturday in a bus bomb attack were buried in a mass grave in Kandy
district on Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">President Mahinda
Rajapakse insists security forces are winning the war against the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and that the guerrillas have
been confined to the northern region of the palm-fringed tropical
island.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">But there has been
an explosion of violence blamed on the rebels in recent weeks, with a
series of bloody attacks. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Villagers have been
hacked to death inside government-controlled territory, and another
roadside bomb attack killed a soldier in the south on Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">London-based
Amnesty International said Tuesday it was alarmed over the worsening
security situation as it could lead to a "further spiralling of
civilian casualties."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Both the Sri Lanka
government and the LTTE are failing to comply with their obligations
under international humanitarian law and are killing civilians on an
increasingly regular basis," the rights group said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"With no
perpetrators brought to justice, a climate of impunity is becoming
entrenched: unless these patterns are reversed the future appears
bleak," warned Tim Parritt, deputy programme director for the
Asia-Pacific region.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The government has
delayed by three days a military hardware and state enterprise
exhibition after the attacks, which came as Sri Lanka celebrated 60
years of independence from Britain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sri Lanka meanwhile
complained to neighbouring India over the disappearance of seven of its
sailors following a sea battle with suspected rebels on Monday near the
common maritime border.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">It was not known
whether the boat had sunk or the sailors had been taken
prisoner.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Colombo alleged
that 400 to 500 Indian trawlers were poaching in Sri Lankan waters and
that Tiger operatives had taken cover among them to launch an attack on
Sri Lankan naval patrols.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Sri Lankan
patrols could not return fire for fear of injuring the Indian
fishermen, Colombo said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Tiger naval
attack followed ground confrontations between troops and rebels in the
same area, in which at least five guerrillas were killed and four
wounded, the defence ministry said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">War planes bombed a
suspected Tamil Tiger office on Tuesday but there were no immediate
re****ts of casualties or damage, the ministry said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In an independence
day address to the nation on Monday, Rajapakse said Colombo was winning
its war with the Tigers, saying "terrorism is receiving an
unprecedented defeat." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Sri Lankan
government last month officially pulled out of a defunct truce with the
rebels, who have fought for more than three decades for an independent
ethnic homeland in the Sinhalese-majority island.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">According to the
defence ministry, the rebels have lost at least 913 fighters since the
beginning of the year, compared with just 37 government soldiers
killed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Scores of civilians
have also died during the same period, according to both sides. No
independent verification of the tolls is possible as the media and
human rights groups are barred from the embattled regions.</span></p>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
For genuine Situation Re****t visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nationalsecurity.lk">http://www.nationalsecurity.lk</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.defence.lk/">http://www.defence.lk/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.army.lk/index1.php">http://www.army.lk/index1.php</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nmatnet.com/">http://www.nmatnet.com/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sinhalaya.info/index-EN.php">http://www.sinhalaya.info/index-EN.php</a>
Worth to look following to see how brutal Tamil Tiger Terrorists are
Child Soldiers of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.spur.asn.au/childwar.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/childwar.htm</a>
Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.spur.asn.au/ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm</a>
LTTE TAMIL TIGER ATROCITIES
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatrp.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatrp.htm</a>
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