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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:38 AM
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Sri Lanka fury at 'aid coalition'
Source: BBC

The Sri Lankan government has attacked what it calls a "vicious coalition" of aid and humanitarian agencies for their actions over the country's civil war.

The defence ministry said those "pretending to be humanitarian and aid agencies" were prolonging the conflict "to secure their income".

Rights and aid groups have continued to criticise both the government and Tamil Tiger rebels over civilian casualties.

A new Human Rights Watch report again condemns "indiscriminate shelling".



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7961088.stm



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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:51 AM
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1. Boy, talk about projection.
All those vicious anti-Sri-Lanka humanitarian aid agencies.
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 12:47 PM
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2. Uh yeah, right. Their "income"?
They must be just rolling in it, that's why they don't need to fundraise, right?
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