Logistics Tangle Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka

NPR | By Jason Beaubien

Published January 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Workers load relief supplies into trucks in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

Corrected: February 2, 2005 at 3:04 PM EST

This story misquoted TRO volunteer Suren Sornalingham. Sornalingham said trucks had been seized and items taken, but did NOT attribute those actions to the Tamil Tigers.

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