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"Daily
life in Jaffna is conditioned by the distant drone of aircraft engines and the run to the
bunkers behind almost every house. There were no warnings, no air-dropped leaflets
announcing operations. Why should there be? After all, no one is watching." - The British Refugee Council Publication, Sri Lanka Monitor (July 1993) |
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"Last
week the army bombed and shelled Jaffna, the largest town in northern Sri Lanka, for four
days. In further incessant attacks, almost 300 bombs were dropped on Velvettiturai,
birthplace of Velupillai Prabakaran, the Tiger leader, and the second most densely
populated town in northern Sri Lanka. In the attacks, 500 houses and two large schools
were reduced to rubble and more than 100 other buildings, including two historic Hindu
temples were damaged beyond repair." - The Independent. London. (13 February 1991) |
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The military
claims that it only bombs known Tamil Tiger targets but admits it uses aircraft - Sia
Marchetti single engine training planes, adapted to carry two bombs underneath, Chinese
Y-8s and Y-12s and British Avros, small cargo planes from which home made bombs are pushed
out of the back - which do not permit accuracy. - The London Independent 13 February 1991 |
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It is with
dismay, horror and sadness I read of the bombing over the Jaffna peninsula... such
indiscriminate killings and hostilities cannot be tolerated by people who care for peace
in our world. Do stop the suffering and bloodshed. The world community is shocked at the
barbarity. - Jean Augustine MP & Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada, in a letter to President Kumaratunga (1995) |
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Bombers also
hit a crowded market place in another town south of the Jaffna peninsula, with a 90
percent refugee population killing 22 people and seriously wounding 13. A refugee camp in
a girls school, six miles outside Jaffna, was almost totally destroyed... - The Independent, London. (13 February 1991) |
