Tamils for Obama: Sri Lanka Launches Gas Attacks on Tamil Civilians, and Tamils Prepare for More

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 15, 2009

War Without Witness and many other credible sources have given descriptions and evidence of attacks with chemical weapons by the Sri Lankan military. These attacks have been against Tamil civilians in the “safe zone” as well as combatants.

War Without Witness made the report on April 5, 2009 on its website. War Without Witness reports that the chemical substances found in the wounds are Triethanolamine (C6H15NO3) and Phosgene (CCl2O) . A link to the website is available below.

The Sri Lankan army delivers the poison gas by artillery shells and rockets, according to the report from War Without Witness. The gases it uses are “blistering agents” similar to mustard gas rather than nerve gases like those used by Saddam Hussein against the Kurds or used in the Tokyo subway attacks.

Tamils for Obama contacted Dr. Sujanthy Rajaram and asked her to prepare a list of precautions and procedures to be followed by likely victims of gas attacks. Her recommendations are specifically directed at mustard gases, the kind of poison used by the Sri Lankan army. The Tamil group has urged diaspora Tamils to share the list with friends and relatives in the war zone. A summary of Dr. Rajaram’s procedures is below.

War Without Witness Interviewed several victims. Some of the symptoms observed by the victims included high vomiting, mustard-colored blisters, closed throats, breathing difficulty, and extreme pain.

There will probably be more chemical attacks before this war is over. Tamils for Obama asked Dr. Sujanthy Rajaram to suggest what the Tamil civilians should do in case of chemical attack on them. Here are some suggestions that she put forward for civilians living in the “safe zone.” Her recommendations follow.

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