Oscar’s Grade 6 Blog

Citation: BBC News. 29 April 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6604645.stm (29 April 2007).

What is the issue?
The issue is that the Tiger Rebels in Sri Lanka have started using aircrafts to attack cities, military and government. This make is it easier to the rebels to attack faster, harder and deeper. While it makes it a greater challenge for the military to shot the attacker or arrest them. The latest attack was held at 05:52 GMT on the 29 0f April. The attacks hit fuel facilities. The government forces fired anti-aircraft guns and cut the power supply to Colombo (Sri Lanka’s Capital) and the airport.

Who is involved?
The whole population of Sri Lanka and its visitors because of the new resources the threat has become greater. The main people it involved though are the population of Colombo as they are the main target and the government officials. The Tiger Rebels have made themselves more wanted by military and have felt more attacks by military too.

Who is affected and how?

• The population of Sri Lanka because the treat has grow now with the rebels new resources.
• The Government Officials and Military because they have to focus on this issue to solve the conflict with the rebels as fast as possible top not but the population in unnecessary risks.

What would you do if you were directly involved?
If I was directly involved I would try to schedule a meeting for the rebels and government to meet and try to solve this issue. I would also see if I (and the government) could make a deal with the rebels. We would give them food supply and they would stop using there aircrafts. I would in all ways try to decrease the number of attacks done by the rebels and encourage them to stop using force.

Map of Sri Lanka.

Picture of the Air Strike.

Links:
Original Article
SS Meets IT

//oscar

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