Sri Lanka: UN issues much-delayed report on conflict

dipsydoodle

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Mon Apr-25-11 06:30 PM
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Sri Lanka: UN issues much-delayed report on conflict

Source: BBC News

The UN has said widespread shelling by the Sri Lankan government killed most of the tens of thousands of civilians who died in the final months of the 25-year-long war, in 2009.

The report also accuses Tamil Tigers separatists of using civilians as human shields.

The UN is calling for an independent investigation into what it says could constitute war crimes.

Sri Lanka had asked the UN not to publish its findings.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13190576

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marasinghe

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Mon Apr-25-11 06:57 PM
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1. thanks for posting this. the dead & destroyed should never be forgotten.

originally from over there, myself; from the majority ethnic group.
the entire conflict - from start to finish -
makes me ashamed of the way many of my people acted.

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