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Sri Lankan Air Force Bombs Ponnampalam Hospital, 60 Feared killed
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by Japanagent | February 7, 2009 at 05:52 am
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SLAF bombs Ponnampalam hospital, 60 feared killed [TamilNet, Saturday, 07 February 2009, 13:12 GMT] Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers on Friday bombed and fully destroyed Ponnampalam Memorial hospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK), killing scores and wounding many, according to initial reports received from PTK. The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched indiscriminate artillery barrage on the hospital, totally disabling the rescue of the surviving patients, the sources added. Initial reports said 40 patients warded there were killed, but latest reports put the casualty figure at 60. The bombardment comes after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urging the warring parties not to attack medical facilities both within and outside the safety zone following the claim by SL Defence Secretary Gotabhaya that all hospitals outside safety zone were legitimate targets. Ponnampalam memorial hospital is a modern non-governmental medical facility which started functioning in 1996. It was named after Dr Ponnampalam who was well known for his dedicated services in Jaffna district during the war years. "Fixed establishments and mobile medical units of the Medical Service may in no circumstances be attacked, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the Parties to the conflict," states the First Geneva Convention. Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that the civilian hospitals organized to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the Parties to the conflict. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is a signatory to the First, Second and Third Geneva Conventions and it ratified the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, by accession to it, on 23.02.1959.
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at 11:05 on February 7th, 2009
Srilankan government is very clever. Very clever compare to all other governments who are fighting so called terrorism... The have put the following systems in place for genocide.
First of all they evicted all the NGO’s except Red Cross in the north of the island where the genocide is taking place. Even the UN had to move out and now have limited access. Secondly no media access except army takes the journalist to captured empty places under supervision. The reason a minister says “It is security. We don’t want the foreign journalist to be injured”. Thirdly even if some one finds the facts and report the human suffering in the conflict areas, if they are local journalist, then they are traitors. If they are foreign journalist, then they are supporting the LTTE. The punishment can vary from harassment at the best and death at the worst. Any other opinion apart from the government is seen as unacceptable, and punishable. Fourthly no food, medicine and all other essential items are not reaching the conflict areas, but the government says there is no problem. Fifthly in a very congested area bombing and artillery attacks taking place daily and hourly basis. Hospitals are hit, and So many people are killed and injured. Injured are bleed to death in many cases. The fear is that already over 2,000 deaths and 5,000 injured. How will save the trapped 250,000 civilian from certain death?at 07:10 on February 8th, 2009
Unfortunately Rosh Babu, you are not too clever in trying to fool the world...
FIRSTLY, all the NGOs that were active in those parts were just disguised as NGOs to help the Tigers and the Tigers only. There's plenty of proof of this and this is why they were all evicted from those parts. The ICRC and the UN has quite a lot of authority to carry out their missions and even yet, both these organisations have been forced to work for the Tigers at times as proven since lately.
SECONDLY and THIRDLY, it is very true that journalists have died caught in the middle of gun-fire in the past. The army has learned from these experiences which is why they do not allow media into the warzone. In fact, they recently admitted that the army just does not possess the capability nor the training to go into battle with the media by their side.
FOURTHLY, two thirds of the medicine and food items sent to the uncleared areas are snatched by the Tigers and only a third is given to the starving and deserving innocent civilians. The ambulances sent by the government accompanied by the UN and ICRC are sent back by the Tigers without letting go of any of the injured civilians since they want to keep them back as human shields.
FINALLY!, The army has not bombed ANY hospital and these false claims have been proven wrong over and over again with the help of surveillance videos of un-armed RC air-force air-craft. The only reason innocent civilians suffer is because the Tigers admit their injured from the war-front into these government hospitals without giving the regular civilians any priority. If anything, this is a reason to bomb these so called 'hospitals' where Tigers harbour their injured and treat them back to the front lines.
How will we save the trapped 250,000 from certain death? Easy... eliminate every single LTTE terrorist once and for all from the face of this Earth.
at 08:48 on February 9th, 2009
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/ltte-continues-targeting-tamil-civilians-suicide-bomb-attack
at 09:06 on February 9th, 2009
Sri Lankan Army bombed the fled Tamil civilians and blamed on LTTE, Sri Lankan government banned independent journalist so no one can verify from out side.
at 09:17 on February 9th, 2009
The world doesn't need independent journalists to verify who blew up who... the rest of the IDPs that survived the blast will do that... Thank you very much for your absolutely useless input though.
at 09:20 on February 9th, 2009
Those escaped IDP civilians are being used for the Sri Lankan government's Propaganda.
at 09:34 on February 9th, 2009
Yes, indeed they are. So...? The only thing is, this propaganda is based on truth and it serves a purpose.
Its actually a little tiring to deal with your stupidity. Its probably best you shut up because everytime you say something, I'm going to counter that, and its going to make you look like an utter fool.