While rejecting the United States’ claims that the Sri Lanka Army shelling had killed hundreds of families at St Antony's Ground, Iranapallai in the North, the army today said that this could be part of a much larger campaign that they intend launching in the near future.
The Embassy of the United States of America in its official twitter account stated that “St.Anthany's Ground-site of Jan 2009 killing of hundreds of families by army shelling.”
Army Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya in a statement said:
“The allegation therein that the Sri Lanka Army shelling had killed hundreds of families at St Antony's Ground, Iranapallai is completely baseless. According to people who live in that area the LTTE had used this ground as a place to handover dead bodies of their cadre who succumbed to injuries received during fighting. If this place was not safe the LTTE would never have used it for that purpose. They also confirm that there never was an incident of shelling on this ground when civilians were present.
It is surprising to see a baseless allegation of this nature being released by the US Embassy without any credible verification. Although the reason for this release is best known to them, this could be part of a much larger campaign that they intend launching in the near future.
It could also be an attempt to give credence to otherwise baseless allegations that have been propagated by some governments and separatist elements with the support of some international media organizations.”
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