Bart
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Did anyone catch this on TV last night, the atrocities and war crimes just a few years back in Sri Lanka?
Hundreds of thousands of civillians were moved into 'no kill zones' and then shelled remotely by artilliary weapons.
On top of that, the government deliberately cut food and medical supplies.
IIRC, the amount of food required for that numbers of people (hundreds of thousands) was around 60 tonnes a day, instead they had something along the lines of 120 tonnes over 2 months.
To finish it all off, when they sent in the army to rescue people (a cover up), it was easier/cheaper to kill injured people rather than help them.
Its quite easy to read stuff like this in the news and not really give it much thought, but seeing people carry their children in body bags while still being attacked, young people being bound, gagged and executed and glorified was about as bad as it gets. 
very interesting watch.
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Jambo
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I have heard of the incident and it is horrific.
Ive not watched the film or seen the docu though.
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Welly Wanger
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Not seen no but i can imagine the images.
I have visited The Killing fields in Cambodia and the S21 torture camp which was a few miles down the road. Walking around these places and seeing the pictures you wonder how some people could act like this to others especially their own. Rather than waste a bullet they grabbed hold of kids by the legs and smashed the kids around tree trunk, still see shards of bone and clothing round the tree trunks. Anyone with half a brain was killed because Pol Pott wanted everyone to work in the rice fields and make him rich . Princess Dianna helped out there to bring to light the problems they had with the land mines years after.
Kids last week hit a shell left over from the Vietnam war in their class room with a hammer when the teacher went out of the room....... **BOOM** Lucky Buddah said it wasnt there time to go that day
These are the rules what the tortured had to obbey too.
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Baskey
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Yea I caught it, the footage of them just shooting people in the face at point blank range was probely the most graphic thing iv seen on TV.
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Jambo
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What channel was it on?
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Aaron
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Madness. I didnt watch this, but i think i'd like to (as sick as that sounds)
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Bart
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I think it was channel 4.
Its actually very interesting, showing lots of eviedence of the people involved, right to the top.
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Jambo
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Watching now, i was thinking of Loas/Cambodia.
This is quite horrific
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Aaron
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You got a link?
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Ben G
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sounds interesting. sky anytime is shit so won't have it but c4 od must do.
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sc0ott
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I can confirm 4od has it.
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by Aaron
You got a link?
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields/4od
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Jambo
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Had to come off lunch missed the last 5mins. Interesting vid.
Big men with guns killing 12yr old boys. Proper hero's.
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