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    Posted May 15, 2009 by
    mithura |
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    Mulaitivu, Sri Lanka
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    Red Cross: Stories of suffering and survival

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    Sri Lankan War: Shelling Civilians

    By mithura  |  Posted May 15, 2009  |  Mulaitivu, Sri Lanka
     

    These pictures show the real story behind reported "Shelling of Civilians" by the Army in Sri Lanka's civil war. These scenes were staged and released to the internantional media by the LTTE (a proscribed Terrorist organization) to discredit the armed forces. The first picture shown here was release on international media including the BBC, sighting as evidence of violation of international human rights law by the Sri Lankan government against its own Tamil people. judge for yourself the reality (see the girl holding the camera on the right of the 2nd picture, she's having a laugh)

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