Many have already perished from starvation and preventable disease. We cannot ignore these genocidal conditions, and if the aim of the SL Government is to protect the lives of the civilians, then this ship will reach its destination and lives will be saved.
M.I.A. (a.k.a. Maya Arulpragasam) • Who’s put herself in the middle of a conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the U.K.-based Act Now organization, which is trying to send aid to the country which is supposed to be for civilians caught in the conflict between Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers, but the Sri Lankan military fears may be headed for Tamil forces. She’s ruffled these feathers before. • source
Residents brought them to the hospital in a civilian car, they put them all in the trunk because their bodies were mangled. We identified them a little after separating their bodies in the morgue.
Hospital administrator Adham Hakim • on a series of civilian casualties from fighting in the Gaza Strip; Israel has come under fire for the high number of civilian deaths since the fighting campaign started. • source