His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse,
President of Sri Lanka,
Temple Trees,
Colombo-03
Your Excellency,
I am much perturbed over the midnight strike on Oddusuddan by the Sri Lankan Air Force and also the decision to intensify the same causes me grave anxiety and concern. The aerial attack during the daytime itself is bad enough, although the civilians have the advantage of making an attempt to run away and save their lives. Inspite of this advantage available there had been many instances of civilians dying and getting seriously injured.
Aerial attack in the night is sure to cause immense hardships and innumerable casualties among the civilians who will virtually get trapped without any possibility of running away in the dark, to save themselves. Families with children will be the worst affected. I very strongly appeal to you to inform all concerned parties to avoid operations in the night and also to give sufficient timely warning of the operations during the day time. The Government has a sacred duty to safeguard the lives of all its citizens. Why should these innocent civilians be denied of Government’s protection. The noice made by the Air Force fighter jets is deafening and when they fly over the people women and children scream and run for their lives. I myself had such frightening experience when I was in Jaffna.
People in Vanni should be liberated from the LTTE. I myself had made several requests to have the people in the LTTE controlled areas, liberated. The people there cannot bear the atrocities of the LTTE any more. They can’t afford to lose their children in their hundreds at the battle front any more. They are prepared to welcome a friendly army that will liberate them without causing loss of life and destruction to property. In fact I had made a similar request once to the Secretary General of the United Nations His Excellency Ban Ki-moon.
I do not want a single civilian life lost due to army action. Please ensure that this policy is maintained throughout. We can’t forget how we in Colombo felt when the LTTE attacked the Katunayake Airport.
The people in Vanni live in permanent fear and tension. Aerial attacks in the night will cause them more agony. Therefore please take immediate action to prevent aerial attacks during the nights
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
Copies to:- Defence Secretary
S.L.A.F Commander
Jaffna Commander
S.L.A.F. Wing Commander
President of Sri Lanka,
Temple Trees,
Colombo-03
Your Excellency,
AIR RAIDS IN THE NIGHT IN VANNI
I am much perturbed over the midnight strike on Oddusuddan by the Sri Lankan Air Force and also the decision to intensify the same causes me grave anxiety and concern. The aerial attack during the daytime itself is bad enough, although the civilians have the advantage of making an attempt to run away and save their lives. Inspite of this advantage available there had been many instances of civilians dying and getting seriously injured.
Aerial attack in the night is sure to cause immense hardships and innumerable casualties among the civilians who will virtually get trapped without any possibility of running away in the dark, to save themselves. Families with children will be the worst affected. I very strongly appeal to you to inform all concerned parties to avoid operations in the night and also to give sufficient timely warning of the operations during the day time. The Government has a sacred duty to safeguard the lives of all its citizens. Why should these innocent civilians be denied of Government’s protection. The noice made by the Air Force fighter jets is deafening and when they fly over the people women and children scream and run for their lives. I myself had such frightening experience when I was in Jaffna.
People in Vanni should be liberated from the LTTE. I myself had made several requests to have the people in the LTTE controlled areas, liberated. The people there cannot bear the atrocities of the LTTE any more. They can’t afford to lose their children in their hundreds at the battle front any more. They are prepared to welcome a friendly army that will liberate them without causing loss of life and destruction to property. In fact I had made a similar request once to the Secretary General of the United Nations His Excellency Ban Ki-moon.
I do not want a single civilian life lost due to army action. Please ensure that this policy is maintained throughout. We can’t forget how we in Colombo felt when the LTTE attacked the Katunayake Airport.
The people in Vanni live in permanent fear and tension. Aerial attacks in the night will cause them more agony. Therefore please take immediate action to prevent aerial attacks during the nights
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
Copies to:- Defence Secretary
S.L.A.F Commander
Jaffna Commander
S.L.A.F. Wing Commander
