Sunday, April 01, 2007

Sri Lanka Update: April 1, 2007.

Study conducted on Tsunami affected women in Sri Lanka, Maldives and India reveals that they face a heightened risks of violence, impoverishment and lack of privacy.
Onkar Pandey, Post-tsunami violence against women on rise: report, Reuters, March 31, 2007.

Ban Ki-moon has appealed to Lankan authorities and Tamil Tigers to break this vicious cycle of attack and retaliation, which only leads to more bloodshed and victims.
UN chief `disturbed` by escalating violence in Sri Lanka, Zee News, April 01, 2007.

The intrusion of the Tiger Air Wing light aircraft was made possible because the Indian built air defence radar was not operational.
Iqbal Athas, Air Tiger thunderbolt jolts nation, Sunday Times, April 01, 2007.
Air Chief Marshal has declared that the Air Defence system provided by India was an outdated equipment and no corrective action has been taken by Indian High Commission in Colombo in spite of complaints.
Defence chief drops bombshell on India, Sunday Times, April 01, 2007.

International diplomatic community has remained silent to LTTE claims of being the only terrorist group in the entire world with their own air strike capability.

The security situation was overblown by the international media. Prestigious global television channels, reported that the Colombo international airport was bombed causing further panic.
Elmo Leonard, Countering air strikes: improve trade, joint ventures and goodwill overseas, Sunday Observer, April 1, 2007.

Sri Lankan and Indian intelligence services believe that the LTTE is developing a mini submarine.
Walter Jayawardhana, LTTE develops mini submarine, The Nation, April 1, 2007.

UN and the International Red Cross claim that Sri Lanka is fast rivalling Darfur in Conflict Escalation.
Dan McDougall, Human cost of Sri Lanka's jungle battles, Guardian, April 1, 2007.

Lankan court has blocked access for an internationally supervised team probing grave human rights abuses in Sri Lanka as the island faces mounting criticism for extra-judicial killings.

Former Ontario prime minister Bob Rae insists that ethnic conflict will never end unless Colombo recognises 'the legitimate collective and individual rights of the Tamils'.
For peace, Sri Lanka has to change: Canadian leader, RxPG News, March 31, 2007.

Also See:
Taking the Tamil community for a ride, Sunday Observer, April 1, 2007.

Many deaths in Sri Lanka fighting, BBC, March 30, 2007.

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