Sri Lanka denied reports that at least 1,200 Tamil civilians were killed in artillery shelling in the north and accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of mounting a propaganda campaign to win international sympathy. link »
T he United Nations estimates about 50,000 people are trapped in the conflict zone and 250,000 displaced people are in need of food and medical supplies in the north. link »
“The Tamil people are dismayed that the United Nations and the international community have failed in their obligations to protect” civilians, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the LTTE’s head of international relations, said in a statement yesterday, carried by TamilNet. “We only ask for an impartial relief effort similar to those extended to other conflict zones by the UN.” link »
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