US urges Sri Lanka to allow inspections
The United States asked the Sri Lankan government to open to foreign inspection areas of the country where government forces are alleged to have shelled displaced Tamils early this year in the final weeks of a 25-year secessionist rebellion.
Speaking of a new State Department report on the finale of the war, spokesman Ian Kelly said it illustrates “some real concerns, obviously,” about Sri Lanka’s actions as the war wound down.
