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M.I.A Calls For Oprah Winfrey's Help

To raise awareness of civilian bombings in Sri Lanka...

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M.I.A has called upon Oprah Winfrey's help to raise awareness of the bombing of civilian camps in the singer's birth country of Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka government admitted last week that its air force have bombed a safe haven set up for refugees escaping from the bloody conflict between the army and Tamil Tigers.

Posting on her Myspace, 31-year-old M.I.A said she met Oprah at Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People bash in New York and said she got on well.

She writes: “(Oprah) SQUEEEEZED MY HAND SO HARD , I WAS CONVINCED SHE CARED. MICHELLE OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH AND THERE WAS MAD SECRET SERVICE IN THE AIR SO I DIDNT GET TO THROW A PAPER PLANE AT HER SAYING " STOP THE BOMBING OF THE TAMILS IN SRI LANKA"

“I MET MANY MORE PEOPLE , SOME KNEW ME , SOME DIDNT ....... I WASNT SURE ABOUT MY INFLUENCE BUT........IF I DO HAVE ANY INFLUENCE, I WISH I COULD GET THE MEDIA TO SPOTLIGHT THIS:”

The singer then posted a link to a report about the dire conditions refugees are being forced to live in, before continuing:

“OPRAH CAN YOU DO SOMETHING BOUT THESE CAMPS PLEEEEEEEEEEASE?”
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  • What a load of tosh!!.. I suggest M.I.A read up on more balanced accounts from the Island instead of regurgitating propaganda from a banned separatist outfit that practices the most abhorrent forms of violence against its own ethnic group!!.. Suggested reading for M.I.A….. -- Tamil refugee camp horror stories ‘wrong’ -- By David Perry Published: 08/05/2009 Horror stories in Britain about conditions in Sri Lanka camps housing hundreds of thousands of Tamil refugees are wrong, a

    ~ by Truth 5/8/2009

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  • u go M.I.A....u do have influence n it has the Sinhalese n all the anti-tamil, war propogating, heartless losers on the run...i luv ur music, u, and ur attitude..keep comin out strong n dont pay attention 2 haters..Tamils will get peace and hopefully a seperate state soon but in the mean time, the Sri Lankan government should be held accountable to the mass killings of innocent tamil civilians. I myself, am a sinhalese girl and never have i been so ashamed to call myself sinhalese.IN SOLIDARITY

    ~ by SINhalagirl 5/8/2009

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  • MIA is so sexy

    ~ by bmathew 5/20/2009

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