Sri Lanka’s killing fields.
Written by David WhiteIf Jon Snow asks, you probably should:
“The United Nations believes at least 40,000 civilians were massacred in this process. Our evidence of how it was done comes in the form of mobile phone footage, Tamil and government film footage, and mobile phone “trophy footage” in which soldiers filmed themselves abusing and executing Tamils who had either surrendered or been captured.”
Channel 4, tonight, 11.05 pm.
Discussion (5 Comments)
Moved by what you watched on TV? Then you can take action – demand the UN Secretary General makes the report he commissioned on war crimes in Sri Lanka public. In doing so it will build pressure for a full international investigation into what happened.
Go to;
http://amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/dear-un-secretary-general-tell-us-what-you-know-sri-lanka
I sincerely hope they do take action, and after they do, they can then turn their attention to a country that has perpetrated much greater atrocities on much larger populations without any of its leaders having to answer for the massive loss of life they both planned and executed.
Half of that country still thinks they have God on their side whenever they slaughter the civilian populations of foreign countries that they can’t spell and the other half can’t even find.
Ask a Presidential aspirant from Alaska what she thinks of a Tamil Tiger, and she tell ya how she’d make short work of the critter in no time flat through her scope on her helicopter.
Well put Stan.
We would do well to remember the lesson that Sabra-Shatila taught us (or not), if we want to talk of justice.
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/articles/middle-east/1505-28-years-after-the-massacre-at-sabra-shatila
just watched this and I now feel like jumping off a bridge. harrowing stuff – I really hope it convinces the bigmen to open a proper war crimes inquiry…not holding my breath though.
thank you jon snow and channel 4 news