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There are allegations that chemical weapons were used by the Sri Lankan military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the Sri Lankan Civil War. No strong evidence for indicating the use of such weapons during the war have been found thus far.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chemical Weapons in Sri Lanka )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 50 )〕 ==Allegations against the Sri Lankan military== The LTTE has accused the Sri Lankan military of obtaining and using chemical weapons against its combatants and Tamil civilians. In 2001 the LTTE claimed that the government had obtained banned chemical weapons, and warned of "dangerous consequences" should they be deployed on the battlefield. The accusation was made in relation to the government's purchase of RPO-A Shmel Thermobaric rocket launchers, which are not banned or classified as chemical weapons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LTTE warns against use of 'chemical weapons' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sri Lanka's denial fails to pacify Tamil leaders )〕 The pro-LTTE politician〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gunmen kill Sri Lankan politician )〕 Joseph Pararajasingham also referred to these as banned chemical weapons solely intended to annihilate the Tamil people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Controversial weapon meant for genocide alleges MP )〕 In 2009 a senior LTTE commander claimed to have witnessed and escaped extensive chemical attacks against LTTE combatants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Colombo uses chemical weapons: LTTE )〕 A 2009 United States diplomatic cable leak however indicates that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka reported that their medical teams treating the wounded during the final stages of the war came across no evidence of chemical weapons use by government forces as alleged by Tamil groups.〔 The UN Secretary General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka reported allegations that chemical agents were used against civlians, but stated that it could not reach a conclusion regarding their credibility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka )〕 In 2010 the wife of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda has claimed that he went missing after he started researching the Sri Lankan military's use of chemical weapons in war and started publicizing his findings to diplomats outside Sri Lanka. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Prageeth missing due to 'chemical weapon probe' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The dangers of reporting on human rights in Sri Lanka )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Paradise Lost )〕 The 2014 documentary This Land Belongs to the Army aired interviews with soldiers who claimed that chemical weapons were used on LTTE combatants and civilians and described their operation and impact. It also broadcast images which claimed to show victims of these attacks suffering from chemical burns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Video of Sri Lankan soldier describing use of chemical weapons - India's News X )〕 In January 2014, the Roman Catholic Bishops in the former war zone called for an international inquiry as to whether government forces used cluster munitions and chemical weapons in densely populated areas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Catholic bishops tell US: probe Sri Lanka's alleged use of cluster munitions in civil war )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allegations of chemical weapons use in the Sri Lankan civil war」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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