Obama condemns Sri Lanka fighting urges aid

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to halt "indiscriminate" shelling of civilians trapped with the remnants of the country's Tamil Tiger rebels and to let humanitarian aid in.
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The U.N. Security Council and U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid into the conflict zone, where tens of thousands are trapped.


President Obama criticized the Tamil Tigers for using civilians as "human shields."

In a statement at the White House, Obama urged Sri Lankan government troops to halt the "indiscriminate" shelling of civilians trapped with the remnants of the country's Tamil Tiger rebels and demanded the rebels stop using civilians as "human shields." Security Council members issued a statement demanding "that all parties respect their obligations under international humanitarian law."

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[tamilmahan]

Welcome to Tamils Against Genocide

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[sathynaturelover]

thanks to display . PLEASE see all world people and find the srilankan face .

[3dbrother]

Who is obama...Is he a LTTE supporter....Or a tamil...

[saminea1]

the Government of Sri Lanka is a terrorist organization.

Only one supporting government genocide are the paid agents of the Sinhalese death sqads.

Are you one of them?

[du9nn]

Bravo!

1) Allow journaists to travel to Diego Garcia

2) Return Diego Garcia to the natives of the Island that the US and the UK govt. forcibly evicted

3) Stop indiscriminate bombings in Afghanistn/Iraq, killing innocent victims.

4) Admit that you received funds from LTTE front organizations in the US.