The Sri Lankan government sure took lessons from the Israelis though:
"The Sri Lankan military shelled a hospital and a village inside a government-declared "safe zone" for displaced families yesterday, killing at least 30 civilians.... "
"Sri Lanka allegedly kills 30 civilians
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan military shelled a hospital and a village inside a government-declared "safe zone" for displaced families yesterday, killing at least 30 civilians, health officials said.
The assault was the deadliest attack on civilians in two years and underscored the rising concern for the hundreds of thousands of war refugees reportedly trapped in the conflict zone as the military closes in on the ethnic Tamil rebels' last stronghold in the northeast.
Health officials said at least 67 civilians were killed in shelling since Tuesday. The military denied launching the attack on the "safe zone" and accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels of carrying out the assault themselves....
Oh, THAT'S RICH!!! Yeah, BLAME the VICTIMS!!!
Why are GOVERNMENTS so god-damn SLEAZY!!!??
Besides, they AIN'T ISRAELIS so there is no history of such thing!
Independent accounts of the fighting are not available because journalists are barred from the war zone.
Oh, JUST LIKE ISRAEL bans reporters from Gaza!
Meanwhile, the military captured a building the rebels had used as the main operations center in their fight against the advancing army, complete with detailed maps of troop deployments throughout the region, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
So is that just propaganda or what? They have those people penned in!!!
--more--""Tamils protest Sri Lankan turmoil
WASHINGTON - Roughly 200 protesters from the ethnic Tamil minority held signs outside the Indian embassy and the US State Department yesterday to call attention to the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, where tens of thousands of children are in danger of being hurt or killed in fighting between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil rebels.
And this is STILL a BRIEF!!!
"The government is now comfortable that they can wipe out the Tamils," said Siva Sivalogan, an engineering consultant from Dedham, Mass., who traveled to Washington, D.C., yesterday with more than a dozen other Tamils from the Boston area. "Nobody from the outside is complaining much, so they feel they can do what they want. They don't give any room for even moderate dissent."
As I suspected.
Tamil rebels have been battling for more than a quarter-century for a separate state for the Tamil minority.
I'm for INDEPENDENCE on as LOCAL a LEVEL as POSSIBLE, thus they deserve my vocal support for their goal of independence.
A cease-fire brokered in 2002 ended last year, when the Sri Lankan government withdrew amid continued fighting. The Sri Lankan government says its attacks on rebel-held territory are meant to eradicate terrorism.
And they don't bomb innocents like the Israelis, either!
But members of the Tamil minority say the government is using extreme measures to stamp out opposition.
Sounds about right for any government.
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Isn't it odd how the MSM left out the South Korean and anti-Abortion protests ("thousands of marchers"), readers, but they cover this one?
I'm really getting sick of the selectivity of the shit Globe, let me tell ya!
