Catholic Bishops of North slam civilian attacks by GoSL armed forces
Breaking away from their diplomatic silence the Catholic Bishops of Jaffna and Mannar came down strong in condemning the GoSL armed forces as a terrorist organization.
Speaking at a meeting to handover houses to people in Vetrilaikerni in Jaffna, the Jaffna Bishop, Thomas Soundaranayagam, lashed out at the GoSL armed forces and said that the GoSL forces are attacking innocent civilians. He went on to say that the GoSL forces have murdered several civilians, and these forces are attacking even the people who are forced to take refuge in churches as a result of the atrocities by the GoSL forces. He said that the GoSL forces are in fact a murderous terrorist organization. 
Mannar Bishop, Rayappu Joseph, who wrote to the Vatican in great detail about the attack on the civilians in Pesalai has also come down hard on the GoSL forces. In the letter he directly accused the GoSL forces for attacking the civilians in the church and also shooting dead five fishermen through their mouth. He said that people are unable to find refuge even in their churches which are the people’s traditional refuge
22 June 2006
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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