Sri Lanka Tigers say air strike kills 43 girls

[oberliner]

Sri Lanka Tigers say air strike kills 43 girls

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels accused the government of bombing an orphanage in rebel territory on Monday and killing 43 schoolgirls soon after a suspected Tiger front group threatened attacks in the country's south.

The government -- which on Sunday called on Tiger fighters to simply surrender -- accused the rebels of shelling civilian areas in the northern Jaffna peninsula, saying it feared fatalities as the worst fighting since a 2002 ceasefire raged on.

A military source confirmed air strikes had been launched on rebel territory but had no details of targets hit or casualties. With contact with the conflict-hit areas limited, the rebel report could not be immediately confirmed.

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[dweller]

1. .

:cry:

:cry:

[theHandpuppet]

2. More victims of a forgotten war

Will mankind EVER learn how to live in peace?

RIP, little ones. :(

[TheMadMonk]

3. Not until we have a reliable test for sociopathy, AND...

the social will to absolutely forbid them from entering into any leadership position whatsoever.

[Kailassa]

4. But what if leadership positions cause sociopathy?

I would like to see a society in which people with a net "worth"
of over half the mean average for that society were banned from
leadership positions.

[Kailassa]

5. But surely there was a rocket launcher beside the orphanage

and a stash of explosives in the basement?

Methinks the government needs to hire some
good PR reps before it kills too many more
children.

There should be a few freed up tomorrow.