21.   The Red Cross pointed out that international rules on human rights barred indiscriminate attacks and stressed that civilians were not to be used for military ends.

22.   The Tigers said heavy fighting was raging and accused government forces of indiscriminate aerial attacks against civilians in Kilinochchi.

23.   Other international agencies are also victims of indiscriminate attacks from groups which have no clear-cut affiliations.

24.   Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and opposition parties as well as the Athens press union unanimously condemned the indiscriminate attack.

25.   Several other leaders have also left over massacres of civilians and indiscriminate attacks.

26.   The New York-based group complained that use of the bomb against populated areas would violate international norms on indiscriminate attacks.

27.   The meeting followed escalating world pressure on the Russian authorities to cease their indiscriminate attacks on Chechen civilians and try to negotiate a peaceful end the conflict.