Today was a day of closure in the LTTE's violent saga. However, some interesting developments can be expected within the next day or two from the Eastern Province as Ram and Umaram and their teams are traced down.
The two leaders moved their families to the north soon after their split with Karuna in 2004. Their fate may be revealed in due course as more bodies are recovered from the battlefield.
As reported by the media, LTTE's former police and 'political wing' chief and chief spokesman Nadesan, his family, Pulidevan and his family and Ramesh and his family have all died and their bodies discovered by the Special Forces.
There were rumours that the two leaders had gone down on their knees and begged the Special Forces at which point they assumed the Special Forces to smile and let them go.
Rumours are that Prabhakaran's entire family was dead. These rumours indicate that even Prabha's daughter, Duharga was there at the scene. Until otherwise indicated by the government, at this moment in particular, their bodies are nowhere to be found.
Other leaders like Lawrence, Karikalan, Ilanthirayan, Papa, Sempian etc are also dead. Their bodies might also be discovered in due course.
The chief of the LTTE's Mine-laying unit and a chief innovator of the Jhonny Mine and other deadly IEDs has died having lost both his legs in a mysterious blast. The LTTE's chief of smuggling with India and the deputy of the international procurement units (not Castro) have also died.
Meanwhile the last batch of the 80,500 civilians rescued after the final operation on the 15th were dispatched to Vavuniya today. With this the total number of civilians rescued is a staggering 350,000.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
All quiet on the battlefront
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Look at the return of we can never defeat the LTTE militeraly doomsday eelamist theorists.
We should always do opposite to what these terrorists tell us because they are always trying to lead us down a wrong path.
When they said ceasfire we went to war and we won. When they said federal we said unitary and keep our mother land united.
Now they say small army and big police. That means we need to have big army and small police. Everyone knows police can be corrupt but not army. LTTE only grew because our police was useless. When army got into action LTTE was wiped out. So better we keep army big and forget about police.
Thanks to terrorists for giving away your plans so we can be prepared. Miss Information terrorist will probably say the same.
http://www.lttepeacesecretariat.com/
http://www.eelam.com/
both sites no more!!!
along with Vihilu pulli, the cyber eelam also got decimated!!!
hak hak hak
The post of the day:From Puligal,.
Laptop Kumara Ramawickrama said..
Everyone must die one day. Veteran Balraj died due to heart attack. One day VP also have to die. Now he is 55. We can assume VP also died like Balraj. Planet rotates..
heart attack on the forehead???
hak hak hak...
Tamil Tigers admit leader is dead.
The statement was signed by the defeated group's head of international relations, Selvarasa Pathmanathan.
It says that the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) had declared a week of mourning for their dead leader, starting on 25 May..
.BBC Link.
Peelamists passed the "Denial" stage ..now "Anger" stage will commence...
hak hak hak...
Mr Pathmanathan said Prabhakaran had died on 17 May but did not give details of the circumstances..
???????
I have notice an quite interesting dialog emerging here on energy, a vital area that needs to be looked at very carefully in the agenda of the post-war development of SL.
Integrating renewable energy sources is a very much studied topic world over these days. There are many unresolved issues when it comes to situations where the proportion of renewable sources is substantial. As many power engineers understand frequency (50Hz +- 1%) and voltage (230 V +- 6% ?) control under inherently intermittent and random generation by renewables is very challenging and needs a lot of research (One may want to look at how some EU countries specially Spain is doing with wind and solar power). Furthermore solar energy is available only during daytime and utilities would be forced to maintain conventional generating capacity to provide energy during dark hours unless they maintain huge energy storage facilities, very very costly currently. So my feeling is that it is extremely difficult to judge the best way to integrate a substantial proportion of renewables offhand. As such, we need a lot of research to be done before developing a plan to integrate renewables.
This suggests that we need to get relevant people to commence good research programs on these areas. CEB (Perhaps day are limited!) never had a research arm as far as I know. But I think that they have a big project management arm to handle foreign funded projects!
By no means I am underestimating the potential contribution of renewables in energy sector of the country. But we need to study them thoroughly and even develop new technology required to accommodate renewables efficiently.
With regard to the discussion on the size of our SLDF:
This is a big optimization problem with a large number of variables and parameters in mathematical terms. I guess we need very high level research to reach optimum figures!
Hence,I think we need to keep on throwing ideas in forums like this. But there should be a group of experts in relevant institution to grasp those ideas, convert them into practical problems and solve them scientifically without letting solutions to emerge out of whims and fancies of individuals.
This is just a suggestion and carries no intention to criticize any blogger in the community
New article up.
Superb talk by Basil.. i naver thought Basil is capable of issuing comments like this. Full Article
Basil tells international community to be our partners, not monitors
By Vindya Amaranayake
The international community is welcome to provide Sri Lanka with assistance, but it should be according to the wishes of the people of this country, including the people of the North, Senior Presidential Advisor and MP Basil Rakapaksa said in a message to the international community.
“If they want to be our friends, then they should be genuine friends. We do not want ‘monitors,’ we need partners. Be our partners in this task to help our people,” Rajapaksa said.
He expressed the government’s gratitude towards the countries that have already pledged support and added, “We will have discussions with them. And, if it is purely money, meant for the development of the people and the country, we will accept it. Otherwise, we will not. We have learnt our lesson. We will not forget it. For the last 30 years, this country suffered. Our position is, we do not want Trojan Horses. We will not accept that.”
Highlighting that ‘international community’ does not signify just a handful of nations, he emphasised that many nations across the globe helped Sri Lanka defeat terrorism. He also said although one or two individuals in a country criticise the Sri Lankan Government, it does not mean the people of that country are not sympathetic towards Lanka’s fight against terrorism.
Rajapaksa stressed the point that it was the people of this country, and not the members of the international community, who had to endure the bitter civil war for nearly three decades and therefore, they know the pain of that suffering more than anyone else.
“The international community must understand that it is we, the people of this country, who had to endure this problem. There is nobody else, who understands the repercussions and the sufferings than us. The suffering was not confined to the individual communities of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims or the Burghers. Every single person in this country suffered. Not those who are outside the country.”
Watch Derana Now. GR on Derana360
let me reitterate again....
LTTE attempting to elect Jan Jananayam to represent LTTE interests in EU as an MEP (member of European Parliament)
now I understand that GoSL have a bad relationship with the EU... and may be their infulence will be minimum... put this in to perspective... and think why EU and USA put us in this situation and think how these goons infiltrated them
and her campaign effort is heavily supported by student groups!!!!!
put this in to context and understand the diplomatic war we have to face... LTTE is finished... no doubt... but the threat will be there and we must act now!!!
U know Who! said...
Sara,
[Mate, you seem to be a very junior engineer trying to learn A, B, C of power generation and transmission. You also sounded like working for CEB in renewable source section.
My advice to you “DO NOT TRY TO REINVENT THE WHEEL” . There are thousands of excellent engineering brains working on energy issues and solutions. I am one of them. My last advice to you is – keep learning!
May 24, 2009 1:13 PM]
I never worked in the Renewable Section of the CEB. It is news to me that energy can be renewed. I thought that only things like houses, cars and of course HOPES can be renewed. Like the RENEWED HOPES of those pigs who are waiting for the Fat Pig to come alive and create Eelam for them to live happily ever after.
They do not understand that Eelam (a Government of Pigs For the Pigs and By the Pigs) can neither be created nor destroyed. No, I am not a pig. I say Eelam cannot be destroyed because it cannot be created. Are you stupid? How can you destroy something that has neither been created nor will ever be created?
They say things like energy can be converted from one form to another. For example, The Fat Pig has been converted to a whole lot of bacon and one single sausage (and not a very long sausage at that). But you cannot convert all that rotting bacon and the single sausage (if they can locate it) back to a Fat Pig again. It is called a non reversible process. So the pigs waiting for his resurrection from the dead are in for a beeeeg disappointment.
Yes I am trying to learn Power Generation. Especially how a Fat Pig used to generate Power using stupid pigs (even piglets) as fuel. That is a fine renewable energy source for you because pigs breed like pigs (no that doesn't sound right, is it rats?). Anyway there will never be a shortage of stupid pigs in the world.
The Fat Pig also tried to do Power Transmission like in his annual Mahaveer Speech, where he usually squeals that the formation of Eelam is just around the corner. Finally, he found out the hard way that what was just around the corner was not Eelam but one of our Army Kollas from Giranduru Kotte hoding a rifle.
And UKW, Don't hold your breath this year for the Transmission of Power through the Mahaveer speech. Our Army Kolla from Giranduru Kotte pulled the plug off that too. And it is not going to be replugged as long as those Kollas are there.
OK I will try not to Reinvent the WHEEL if you promise not to try to invent WHEELAM (WILD HOG EELAM).
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels admit for the first time their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in last week's final battle... BBC
GUYZ i think PODDU allagena wage inne eka kiyana kota tikak wenas wage ekai mama ehema kiwwe mea dawas wala digata harahata bomba allanaa mama hithanne hodata wamarawanawa athi uta kiyala meka mata hithuna deyak witharai ok
Source:-
The LTTE have admitted for the first time that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead.
A spokesman for the group also told the BBC that it would now use non-violent methods to fight for Tamils’ rights.
Sri Lanka’s army last week released pictures it said showed Prabhakaran’s body after its final offensive.
The statement from the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) said he was killed “fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan government” last Sunday.
The statement was signed by the defeated group’s head of international relations, Selvarasa Pathmanathan.
It said that the LTTE had declared a week of mourning for their dead leader, starting on 25 May.
In a telephone interview with the BBC, Mr Pathmanathan said Prabhakaran had died on 17 May but did not give details of the circumstances.
“We have already announced that we have given up violence and agreed to enter a democratic process to achieve the rights for the Tamil (self) determination of our people,” he said.
SARA,
[My advice to you “DO NOT TRY TO REINVENT THE WHEEL” . There are thousands of excellent engineering brains working on energy issues and solutions. I am one of them. My last advice to you is – keep learning!]
Fear not, above is some sane advice from a very mentally sick pro-Eelamist naysayer. Please brace yourself to get some advice from his Eelam guru Monkeypala Master also. Luckily for our nation, we have left the LTTE-Eelam-Terrorists and Naysayers in a single stroke. Please never ever hesitate to bring your out of the box ideas forward. That is how our leaders and soldiers took us this far and the country is hungry for next cool idea after ditching mentally sick naysayers.
KP ADMITS THE DEATH OF THE FAT PIG
Hey, U know Who,
You know who has read my last blog? KP himself. My undeniable logic has convinced him that the Fat Pig is dead.
He called me right away and told me that he will announce it to the media.
As I said before, KP, though a pig, is a smart pig. Not like some pigs who are still dreaming of W.H. EELAM. He is so smart that he knows that I am smart too and will not say something unless I know what I am talking about.
KP has also promised that the pigs will behave properly hereafter but will try to win Eelam peacefully!! ha! ha! Pigs? peaceful? don't make me laugh.
He still wants a place for pigs to be born, live and die in full freedom as pigs. We have already given you that 3rd part, where you can die. But for the other two all you need is some nice mud and a whole lot of shit.
I don't think that even KP's word is going to convince the pigs like you know who. They are soooooooooo stupid.
Source for he above is ADADERANA
Sam Perera said,
"Please never ever hesitate to bring your out of the box ideas forward. That is how our leaders and soldiers took us this far and the country is hungry for next cool idea after ditching mentally sick naysayers."
Aye aye cap'n!!!!
SARA,
where can read this blog of yours that KP read?
Thanks
Sri Lankan Americans Hold Peace Rally in Washington
"We are Sri Lankans" was held in the shadow of The White House.
The rally was attended by Sri Lankan Americans cutting across ethnic and religious persuasions. They hailed from several parts of the country including Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=7729
LTTE leadership safe: Tiger intelligence official
[TamilNet, Friday, 22 May 2009, 09:49 GMT]
Head of International Secretariat of the Intelligence wing of the LTTE, Mr. Arivazhakan, who contacted TamilNet Friday categorically denied the reports that the LTTE leader Mr. Velupillai Pirapaharan has been killed. Mr. Arivazhakan urged the global Tamil community not to trust the "engineered rumours," being spread by the Government of Sri Lanka and its military establishment.
"Our beloved leader is alive," he said and added that the LTTE leadership will make contact with its people at a suitable time in future.
"These rumours have been set afloat to confuse the global Tamil community which has been voicing support for the liberation of Tamil Eelam," he further said.
Mr. Arivazhakan, who verified his identity through a senior reporter in Sri Lanka, did not reveal his location due to security reasons.
compare thse two articles buhahahhahahha wt a duality hooooooo diasspora ppl hahahha KP ubalawa anduwa niyameta
SARA, WTS UR BLOG hw can u confirmed that is 100% KP so then u may know wr he is hahhahaha
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KP says:
[It said that the LTTE had declared a week of mourning for their dead leader, starting on 25 May.]
We all should join in the mourning. After all we are decent human beings - not pigs.
I swear that for one week I will not eat pork and and manage with mutton curry and string hoppers. I swear too that I will not kill any pigs.
Where I live there are no pigs to kill and no pork to eat any way.
Ananda said:
[Sara,
You said ONE of the most important things mentioned so far in this debate on energy options: What is the cost?
But, the Cost/KW installed is not the correct criterion to use to decide on the correct energy option. That is a measure only of the capital cost of equipment. Instead, all of the following factors must be considered in comparing energy options:
1. Capital cost
2. Fuel costs (zero for wind/solar)
3. Operating & maintenance costs
4. Financing Costs including Inflation
5. Price of competing energy sources
6. Operating period
7. Equipment Salvage, Disposal and End-of-life Replacement costs]
The IAEA report gives these too, which I did not mention before. It also uses NBV Net Back Value, which is the same thing that you are talking of. Some call it the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCE).
I fully agree with what you have said.
anyway one more thing we have to consider is the rapid variations in PV & wind power during the day as someone had mentioned already. This means that we cannot allow it to be more than a certain maximumm % of the total generation or have to install expensive storage systems.
I would be grateful to have from you the latest cost parameters if you have them.
lll
The Real Story
Certain leaders of the LTTE contacted the army and wanted to surrender. Namingly Nadesan, pulidevcan and Ilango, As a gesture of their surrender they released POW's and came with white flags. But this was just a diversionery tactic.
The LTTE began a massive operation after that with 500 black tigers when the army was expecting prabha to surrender like Nadesan etc... Initialy the LTTE took over the 3 bunkers of the 53rd division for around 3 hours and and stole an ambulance. Then the army counter attacked using thermobaric weapons reducing around 300 tigers into ashes. Around 40 SLA gave their lives to the motherland. After this they found a body which resembled the body of prabha in the ambulance and out of euphoria told the president who was in jordan and he declared victory. On his arrival on sunday however the DNA test came out nagative and bascially the govt was shitting in their pants and thats why the victory speech wasnt made on sunday.
Hence the army started to look for prabhas body like mad dogs and found prabha hiding in the kadolana with his youngest son Balachandran. According to reports Prabha was in shock that no black tigers were around. Also after the failed attempt all the top LTTE leaders surrendered to the army and prabha was brought to colombo.
Prabha was borught to col, interogated and executed under the orders of GR. Even the president had no idea until he was killed, because GR felt that HE would feel sympathetic towards Prabha.. After he was executed prabha was air droped to pudumathalan to be found by soldiers. Wife and Daughter surrendered as well after the failure of the attack and they were executed along with the other leaders and the younger son. The executions were done by SF and commando teams.
BBC have admitted for the first time that their leader Sir Vezapizza Prabond is dead.
A statement issued by the BBC said their "incomparable leader" had "attained martyrdom" and declared a week of mourning.
Bugger! Sir Vezapizza Prabond was killed in her majesty's service. Her majesty will have tea with his successor, Sir KP "Gun" Runnerbond next week.
Cheers!
Hope her majesty's tea is laced wiht Arsenic.
with.
"The international community must, and I mean must, get into these camps," he said. "They have to say to Sri Lanka: 'It takes two to tango. If you want reconstruction and aid money, you will open the camps.' "
Who said this? Can you guess? Bottle of old arrack for the winner!
Me hutthige puthata thiyena puke amaruwa
WOW...
look who is talking!!!!
Brown backs Pakistan's military offensive.
But he acknowledged that the fighting came at a "high price" in terms of innocent civilians being "tragically displaced".Real hypocrits.
now we should scream,
Genocide!!!
Genocide!!!
Genocide!!!
being done in Pakistan by the UK
Spearhead said...
[SARA,
where can read this blog of yours that KP read?
Thanks
May 24, 2009 11:01 PM]
Saw the whole thing on BBC. Sorry for the delay in replying but probably you have seen it already.
We must never allow LTTE to come back as a political party in any shape or form. They would never change their stripes.
Also we should charge these TNA MPs if possible under terrorism charges according to the laws of the country.
Also we should increase penalties for people who engage in Terrorism and treason.
Moshe,
"A proposal by Israel to send a comprehensive investigation team to Sri Lanka to inquire into what they termed as alleged human rights violations by the Government of Sri Lanka has been defeated by countries which are friendly with Sri Lanka at the 62nd General Assembly of the World Health Organisations."
http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/25/news03.asp
Ananda-USA said...
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
Poor Baby, Hilarious Clinton says "We are being out-communicated!"
ExpressBuzz.com, IANS, Washington
May 21, 2009
[Clinton is seeking $48.6 billion in State Department funding for 2010, a seven percent increase over 2009 funding levels. The State Department will work side-by-side with the Defence Department to promote US interests and security in the region, she said. ]
I thought that pigs are the most stupid animals in the world and here is Hilary immediately diproving my theory. She wants $ 48.6 billion just to talk about war!!!
If that was given to SF he would have finished off all the pigs in the world (there are supposed to be 2 billion) and still be left with a couple of billions to spare. And there would be hardly any talking. That would work out as about $ 25 per pig. Not bad when you consider the bacon and sauasages that he is going to sell on the side, which should more than offset the cost.
We can also offer Hilary a good sausage or two as Bill is not in active service.
loku Banda said,
"We should always do opposite to what these terrorists tell us because they are always trying to lead us down a wrong path."
You are right. To go for a powerful air fore is not within the means of SL at present. The Navy must be developed and technology along with it. This is a project which involves years of planning development.
In the meantime a 500 000 strong Army will be a strong deterrent for any nation which dares to step foot in SL again. Americans (don't forget) could not end things by bombing the hell out of Iraq. They had to commit ground troops.
There are nearly 100 000 kids who qualify for University yearly but only a fraction get places. Dfence University should offer them scholarships and a wage so that they can obtain qualification including defence and intelligence training. The brightest can be posted overseas.
Do the opposite of what 'Eelamists" say is apt.
Mottapala,
I think you are referring to commnets by the Eric (huththa) Solheim on the Boston Globe.
Heh Heh Heh.
Nahayen Andanawa
SARA,
"Got a brilliant idea. If killing of humans is GENOCIDE shouldn't the killing of Sus Domestica (Pigs) be called SUICIDE? - Something that pigs have been doing all along anyway?"
LOL
Britan is finding possibilities to offer Night status to Prabhakaran.....
Miliband is about to lose his current Foriegn secretary post but will be offered with better respected Home secretary or Chancelor post as he is the most favarable to next Labour party leader according to British papers
"'Appalling' propaganda"
Editorial (The Island)
http://www.island.lk/2009/05/25/editorial.html
onecountry said...
[ KP is going to release a video showing velu. His face will be covered for security reasons. ]
As long Photoshop survives, Eelam hopes can be kept burning!
BTW, Did you know that VP has been spotted in Graceland, Tenessee in on-the-job-training with Elvis Presley and Billy the Kid?
Yes, he has decided to go into acting as the Invisible Man, as his former job is just too bloody dangerous.
Folks,
Infamous Iqbal Athas (Karry balla) is at it again.
Do you folks know that one of the co-contributors to the most recent CNN article is Iqbal Athas?
This report tries to have everybody to believe that the UN Chief's reported revulsion is at the conditions of the welfare centers for the displaced. But he (Ban) was referring to the field where the last battle was fought.
This is what above mentioned CNN report says.
"United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday visited refugee camps housing such victims. "I have traveled around the world and visited similar places, but this is by far the most appalling scenes I have seen," he said."
It is appalling how this media whores bending the truth.
CNN article
click here.
"CNN's Iqbal Athas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and CNN's Sara Sidner contributed to this report."
The Island editorial
click here.
SARA said...
[ LTTE had declared a week of mourning for their dead leader ]
Yes, Yes, they were MOANING all along as a part of the "permanent victimhood" propaganda posture practiced by Eelamists, only..now it is MUCH LOUDER...some PAIN OF DASHED HOPES involved I hear!
You did say MOANING didn't you?
One of the most appalling steps taken by all GOSL is not to start private universities in the country.We fought for our status & priveledges being the best in the country to get the highest marks to enter the universities and being top of the lot and did not want the unfortunate lot who just missed the entrance clamouring back door entry if private universities introduced.This was one of the gravest mistakes we made as youngsters and the govts fell for that.We always looked sarcastically at India how cheap & easy to get their degrees due to mushroom of universities which have ambiguous entry criteria and can be manupilated at will;enough examples of students with means who did not get into SL universities finding places easily in India & Russia etc.See the results Europe & US are teeming with indians with so called degrees whereas our Health Minister going to UK to threatening the few who got there to return back to SL.Silliest step one could imagine;SL's future depend on the diaspora and their return earnings and their power in the West & US.Forget the politics open the eyes, open universities as many as possible private or otherwise,ensure Sri Lankan jobs first to SL graduates and the rest will automatically filter out into the west & US finding jobs;this is not brain drain but future vision to the country.
KP is going to be more dangerous than VP as he has found the most effective way to get back their promised land by using their vast finances and getting in to the political arena where VP never did to the disappointment of people like KP.
KP’s plan is to fund and get together with the Tamil politicians and contest the future elections thus acquiring the foothold they need in the island. Then they will use their money to infiltrate every Dpt buying and bribing their way to power and control thereby getting to achieve their goal.
Only way to prevent this to resettle the displaced Muslims and Sinhalese in those areas they lived once and call an election. Prior to this all patties that are patriotic must pass legislation to ban any communal or religious parties in the island thus preventing these Diaspora funded terrorists creeping back to the island.Nip it in the bud before it’s too late. There should be only the major two parties for at least for 3 decades until the quest for separate state politics are diminished.
The Truth
I don’t think VP was killed on the orders of GR when he was taken to Colombo
But by Pottu on the orders of KP and I hope you are not proposing a war crimes….
KP is the winner out of this choosing a political path to power by getting rid of VP who was an obstacle. We must keep this story as damage control or put some people to jeopardy.
Ananda,
re: we
no, it was a group of patriots i'm working with. none of them are here AFAIK. tried to bring them to the LP blog, mailing list but they refused.
re: disagreements.
1. 350k verses a higher number
2. tamil diaspora's economy >> SL's economy of $39bn
3. that finance formula
lol!!!!
Hemantha,
israel, just like mexico was used by another country (that didn't want to be seen doing it) to bring the resolution. in return they may have got something like dropping the case for white phosphorus.
it also has the DEFLECTION effect (so they think).
somewhat like the duplicates here. one avatar brings a "motion" and HIS OTHER avatar claps and calls it marvelous!!!
"Match Prabha’s DNA sample with his sister’s: TNA MP"
obviously they won't match!
first match TNA DNA to TN DNA. (TN - tamil madu).
"Release pregnant mothers and mothers with infants from welfare centres TULF leader requests govt."
dear ASS,
wasn't it a pregnant mother from vanni who started this phase of the war in 2006?????
ASS is talking from his ARSE.
Moshe Dyan said...
Hemantha,
israel, just like mexico was used by another country (that didn't want to be seen doing it) to bring the resolution.
Moshe,
I'm still suprised that Israel did it. there must be something else to it. Not sure.
Read the lies of the so-called journalist Marie Colvin of the Times:
The paragraphs below appear after a fabricated sequence events in which s/he has been in the ears of various World Leaders and their emissaries including Vijay Nambiar. Having told lies (that Vijay Nambiar is sure to deny) the so-called journo goes on to say this to cover tracks:
"The source said all in the group were killed. He is now in hiding, fearful for his life. Chandra Nehru has fled the country after being threatened, the MP says, by the president and his brother.
Over the past few days, Nambiar’s role as UN envoy has come into question. His brother, Satish, has been a paid consultant to the Sri Lankan army since 2002. Satish once wrote that General Sarath Fonseka, commander of the Sri Lankan armed forces, “displayed the qualities of a great military leader”. "
Then the Pièce de résistance:
"I am in a difficult position as a journalist reporting this story. I first went to Sri Lanka in 2001 to investigate reports that the government was blocking food and medical supplies to half a million Tamils. Journalists had been largely banned from the northern Tamil area for six years.
I found people living in squalor and doctors pleading for medicine. Leaders such as Nadesan and Puleedevan told me they had reduced their demands from independence to autonomy within Sri Lanka.
As I was being smuggled out of the area at night, we were ambushed by the Sri Lankan army. I was unhurt until I shouted, “Journalist, journalist.” Then they fired an RPG at me, severely wounding me. "
Haa Haaa Haaa.
Methinks that this journalist is Tamil and an LTTE member. Even a white woman (hilarious) would have more self-respect than to spin such a yarn!
Suren said...
One of the most appalling steps taken by all GOSL is not to start private universities in the country.We fought for our status & priveledges being the best in the country to get the highest marks to enter the universities and being top of the lot and did not want the unfortunate lot who just missed the entrance clamouring back door entry if private universities introduced.
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Totally agree. Not every one can study the level required by our Advance Level. In the west you have a concept of TAFE. Also there are universities where the main focus is oriented less towards theory and more towards industry. We need to go in that direction. We need all our population to have some kind of Tertiary Education. Then we should try to get them exposed to overseas job markets. Even a qualification from a substandard University is better than having none at all. Also some of the people who went to these universities come up with much better creative ideas than the ones who go to the best Universities.
nilabare & hemantha,
re: israel at the WHO session.
ok. nilambare is right. the real reason is not what i said b4.
what happened was, our man (silva) and some others were trying to screw israel over gaza (TOTALLY unnecesarily) and GOT IT IN RETURN!!
PLEASE read the statement made by the israeli dp rep to WHO.
linkthis is not good on SL. while we try to keep out unwarrented interference at the UN, why should we be part of the OPPOSITE in at the WHO????
this is what israel said. judge for yourselves.
"It's time to stop this annual political motivated exercise of dealing with one single situation on the account of many other more severe. The need to improve the health situation of the Palestinian people is proper and valid, but we should be at least as sensitive to the needs of many others.
Statement by Ron Adam, Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva,
to the 62nd World Health Assembly
on World Health Organization Resolution WHA62.2:
Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
"Unimaginable Human Catastrophe", this is the Red Cross description of the health situation in Sri Lanka these days. The statement was issued on Friday, last week. Now, we are actually approaching the end of the conflict, but the facts on the ground are beginning to unfold. There are 3,000 dead bodies lying on the ground in the war zone and a further 25,000 people critically injured. The international community pleads to protect and support the remaining thousand of starving civilians caught in the conflict zone. WHO's HAC announced that more than 115,000 people have fled LTTE-controlled areas between 20 April and 3 May while an estimated 15,000 -20,000 remain in the area, suffering from potential diseases and lack of clean water.
Distinguished delegates,
It was extremely urgent and important for the Executive Board under the chairmanship of Sri Lanka to bring the conflict in Gaza for a discussion and a resolution in the Board, albeit for the efforts by some to discourage the chairman from doing so. Now, when thousands are bring killed and tens of thousands are in grave health situation in Sri Lanka, there is no urgency of his part, or some Arab countries to discuss the situation in that region.
WHO Executive Board and the Assembly must decide: either to include on the agenda all urgent health situations or not to politicize this organ at all.
In January this year the EB adopted an unprecedented resolution which called for the withdrawal of armed forces from an area. Can you imagine that such a resolution could have been adopted today on the situation in Sri Lanka? NO. As the WHO should not have dealt with the situation in Gaza, or for that matter to discuss annually the "health situation of the Palestinians in the OPT", so it will not have a debate on the armed conflict in Sri Lanka and its affect on civilian population. These kind of debates take place in the General Assembly or the Security Council of the United Nations.
During 60 years of WHO there was never such an intervention of the organization in a conflict between two narratives, and that is the right approach.
Exactly as there was no discussion, nor a resolution on the health situation in Haiti, where tropical storm Fay and hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike swept across the tiny nation in August and September 2008 and left hundreds of people killed, thousands without shelter and more than 80 per cent of agricultural production lost and the drinking water supply severely affected.
Nor on the health situation in Ethiopia where the needs for food and drinking water rose relentlessly last year, from more than 2 million to 4.6 million in June, to nearly 6.5 million people in Ethiopia in October 2008 - mostly in the southern regions of the country.
Did any Member State had proposed to discuss the health situation in Djibouti, Kenya and Somalia, countries on which the United Nations said some 17 million people were in jeopardy in 2008, preserving the Horn of Africa’s reputation as the most urgent humanitarian crisis in the world?
And the same goes to situation of some 200,000 people who, according to Red Cross, were severely affected from virulent epidemic of dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro, of these 200 died, mostly in the favelas, "those impoverished districts devoid of any proper medical or social infrastructure", as the Red Cross puts it.
contd....
Did someone propose to discuss and decide on the health situation in Zimbabwe, where 7 million people - of the country’s approximately 11 million - were in need of food aid early in 2009, according to the World Food Programme, because of failed harvests? And in addition, since last August, a widespread cholera outbreak, under-resourced and under-staffed health systems, and inadequate access to safe drinking water and hygiene have been threatening the wellbeing of tens of thousands of Zimbabweans. As of mid May, the total number of people contracting cholera reached 97,800 and the death toll stood at 4,300. According to the Red Cross, shortages of medicines, equipment and staff at health facilities throughout the country have been compounding the health challenges.
And we will probably not discuss the health situation in Pakistan, where as of 15 May, according to WHO's HAC, the Provincial Relief reported 1,716,026 IDPs have been registered in 11 districts, more than 230,000 in 25 IDP camps and almost 1.5 millions outside camps.
Thousands of civilians and militants were killed in less than a month, according to the United Nations. WHO reported some 22 disease outbreaks of varying severity since August, including acute watery diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, measles, malaria, chicken pox and mumps. Fatalities related to waterborne diseases had also been recorded. WHO also reported that over 4,000 children under the age of five suffered from acute malnutrition. “This is a huge and rapidly unfolding emergency”, the High Commissioner of Refugees said recently.
This Assembly will probably not discuss or adopt a resolution on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where in the past nine months have seen renewed fighting in which hundreds have been killed and more than half a million people were displaced. Only since the beginning of the year, an estimated 100,000 people in the eastern province of South Kivu have been displaced by fear of armed groups.
Mr. Chairman,
We did not mention here the long lasting critical health situation in Darful, with countless numbers of people have been killed and wounded, or the evolving situation in Chad and of many other specific critical situations around the globe. But those poor, sick and dying people will not get the same attention of this august assembly. Why? Because the Arabs will not raise their plight here, hence the attention is allocated to Palestinians only.
Colleagues! The agenda of WHO is hijacked, as the agenda in other Agencies, as the agenda of the HR Council was. The EU is still looking for signatures in order to call for a special session on Sri Lanka, with no results. It's time to stop this annual political motivated exercise of dealing with one single situation on the account of many other more severe. You either deal with all conflicts or you don't deal with any. The need to improve the health situation of the Palestinian people is proper and valid, but we should be at least as sensitive to the needs of many others. Mr. Chairman, let me tell you very clearly and loudly - we have nothing to hide, all the information is open and we have answers to the questions on health matters on the ground. These answers are irrelevant and the initiators of this agenda item are not interesting to hear them.
contd....
Distinguished Colleagues, I don't call on you to vote for my country or against Palestine. I only say: think of WHO. This absurd exercise is not a given demand from god. It's time to stop. Vote against this resolution, which has nothing to do with health and everything to do with politics. As the debate here will have nothing to do with the facts in the reality. It is not a vote against a people. It is a vote against the principle of singling out one situation on the account of other. And if you can't do it this year, think about it toward the next year.
Mr. Chairman, Israel calls for a vote on this resolution, although we are aware of the results. Member States will vote not according to their conscience and care for the Organization and its more-than-ever busy agenda but due to irrelevant political calculations. I hope, for the Organization and for the UN at large that this annual fruitless politically motivated exercise will come to end some time in the future. Thank you Mr. Chairman."
So, 'patriots', no response to my earlier post, eh?
Wallowing in our 'victory' are we not?
this is not good on SL.
while we try to keep out unwarrented interference at the UN, why should we try to discuss GAZA at the WHO just bcos it favours us at the WHO?????
we should emphasize NO to unwarrented interference all the time to be consistant.
Suren
You are right, not allowing private universities to be established is a HUGE MISTAKE.
We need to have about 60000-80000 kids entering universities each year, but instead we only have abot 20000 new openings each in the public universities. And too many of the kids take social-studies, liberal arts, arts, socialogy.... etc kinda of majors. This is not the future.
The future is math, engineering, IT, science and business.
Right now we are not building the workforce of the future. It could cost us big time in the future.
correction
* but instead we only have about 20000 new openings each year in the public universities.*
JVP is the main obstacle
Defencewire
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Moshe, Brother
you said...
[1. 350k verses a higher number
2. tamil diaspora's economy >> SL's economy of $39bn
3. that finance formula ]
Items 1 & 3 I know we disagree, and still do apparently. Item 2, I don't recall getting into an irreconcilable debate at all.
In any case, these are FLIES on the BACK of the ELEPHANT aren't they? No Sweat at ALL!
But, if we disagree on whether Kiribath should be eaten with Lunu Miris (my choice), or something else like Sauteed Dry Fish Curry, that is VERY serious, and we'll have to go for psychiatric counseling right away! LoL!
So whatever happened to your 'golden future' you bastards? Why are you not down at the IDP camps looking after your brothers and sisters?
Ananda-USA, I disagree with 90% of what you say as utter BS, but you are a natural leader and a very very intelligent man. Why the f*ck are you not in the frontlines supporting your fellow IDP citizens?
I understand your desire to celeb rate. Hell, I opened a bottle of wine when that motherF8cker VP died, may his soul rot in hell.
But because I respect you so much, I am asking you - why are you not out there, in the forefront of supporting your IDP fellow citizens?
I can ask the same question of two SL bloggers I have come to respect a LOT: Moshe and Sam, what's happening? Are you guys f*cking dead?
Goldeneagle,
As I said before, let the Defence university take them and train them in appropriate trades and skills. Train them in defence of the nation as well. Let them work on R&D and pay them for it. This is how you would stimulate the economy, build technology appropriate for defence and other needs of a 21st century country and build the future Intelligence Community. Provide training to soldiers who are veterans of the recent War.
This should be their reward.
WRT JVP, you are absolutely correct. I've spoken to them. They are not likely to be a problem for the Defence Uni. One of their chief complaints is that the best teachers will go to the private Uni's.
Well, pay the teachers better. OTOH, invite expatriate experts to come on sabbatical or working holidays, work for free while having a holiday. Holding a 5 week course for example would not be hard while seeing the sights of Sri Lanka. Provide these guys with decent but cheap accomodation and they will be happy to hold workshops at Hambanthota and Pasikuda. They will provide their services for nothing while having a holiday and having a tax exemption in the country of residence.
Moshe,
You are right. I hope there is some diplomatic work being done behind the scenes with Israel.
Having said that, Sri Lanka must pursue what is in its best interest before all other nations whether they be Israel, China, NAM, Arabs, India, Pakistan or the West.
Ananda bro,
oh yes we did.
remember you brought in US income diaparity data, the gini index, etc.
i get your point.
it is irrelevant to say the least.
Mayil,
100% agree. and should be consitant whether it be UN or WHO or ILO.....
but there is a little bit of MR at play here. he wants to champion palestine's interests. may be a little bit toning down would be good.
saul,
few wrong ASSumptions you make.
1. our enemy was and is tamil elam, not just the LTTE
2. we are NOT much interested in hearts & minds. what we are really after is RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES.
3. SL ppl are helping the govt ENORMOUSLY in feeding 300,000++ ppl 3 times a day, every fcuking day.
as sri sri ravishanker said SL's IDPs are better off than MILLIONS of indians!!!!
Saul, Bro,
What's with the **Expletives Deleted** stuff? Can you repost your query...I can't find it... and I'll be happy to answer you.
I too feel concerned about lack of INFORMATION on what is being done to help the civilian IDPs more quickly, since the Victory on March 18, 2009. But, lack of INFORMATION does not mean they are not being helped; that news has just taken a back seat to other events such as the Victory itself, and fending off LTTE initiated moves in Western countries. For example, Ban Ki-Moon's "UN" comments have been completely distorted by the LTTE and are plastered all over the world to demonize the GOSL.
Regarding the IDPs, the GOSL has said they will be returned to their homes within 3 months. They need to be screened for LTTE cadre hiding among them as IDPs; those cadre have to be sent to rehabilitation...I wrote before why this is a MUST and must be handled in combination with PROBATION, CUSTODY and JOB TRAINING programs. 10,000 LTTE cadre have already been captured and/or identified among the IDPs.
When the IDPs are returned to their homes, they still have to be helped to make a living, and survive until their incomes are restored, and local food and other markets, essential to living, are restored.
The GOSL is moving to jump start their farming again, provide them seed, fertilizer etc, and arrange for collection of their produce and take them to markets in cities in the South. Such delivery-to-market assistance is routine in the tea growing highland areas, to collect tea leaves and take them to factories. Also, in the South, vegetables are collected by government and private companies from farmers and brought to market; so this is not a brandnew venture for the GOSL to institute. This is ONE of the ways being contemplated for helping IDPs resume their lives in their own homes.
Lots of money is pouring in from various countries, including Rs. 500 million from India, for helping the IDPs, both in the short term, and in the short term.
Partiots at DW look at things at different time scales, short, intermediate and long term, as their interest is piqued. That does not mean they are oblivious or indifferent to the needs of the IDPs.
If you care to contribute PERSONALLY to helping Sri Lanka Tamil IDPs, please go to http://www.futuresrilanka.com/ and make a contribution .
Many of us, including myself, have contributed, and are contributing, to this fund.
Moshe agree.
This is the problem with our SL guys. They try to be heroes for no reason and don't understand the BS they are talking about.
Isreal is right to get pissed off.
MayilRavana මයිල් රාවන said...
One of their chief complaints is that the best teachers will go to the private Uni's.
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Undergraduate degrees don't need the best lecturers. They become important at post graduate level. Undergraduate subjects are pretty basic (Not sure about medicine though).
When it comes to post graduate level, the professors would hire only the best of the best. They would never higher ordinary students. Otherwise their own research would be at jeopardy. Therefore it is very likely they would end taking students from the best uni such as Katubadha etc for post graduate work. So this thing about best professors going to well paid universities becomes irrelevant.
What ever happens no one can buy intelligence, therefore intelligent students get the right place what ever happens (Maybe this doesn't apply to arts students. That is why JVP must be worried about).
Ananda_USA does not want to talk about the IDPs' nor does he want to defend them, apparently.
Well, boys and girls, push has come to shove, and you 'patriots' who squealed aloud a few weeks/ days ago are now found wanting. For the moment.
SL CITIZENS, PLEASE TELL ME I AM WRONG.
You guys, you guys. The world is changing, and yet you want to remain the same.
MayilRavana said...
[ I hope there is some diplomatic work being done behind the scenes with Israel.]
Yes, indeed. This row must be patched up, and we have to stop using our friends problems as a foil against our enemies.
Israel is TOO GOOD A FRIEND OF SRI LANKA to ABUSE and LOSE by acting stupidly. I have no PERSONAL interest in saying this, only Sri Lanka's own INTEREST.
so TamilButt thinks they know better than KP or what ???
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29446
Saul said...
[ Ananda_USA does not want to talk about the IDPs' nor does he want to defend them, apparently. ]
If you are the real Saul I know, and not some Fake Saul, how did you come to this conclusion?
What did I say that drove you to this statement?
You have gone ballistic! What happened? Nobody is going to respond to you if you act this way.
WoW!
DW,
Is it possible that something or someone of strategic importance is buried in one of the semi-submersibles in Nanthikadal lagoon?
Ananda USA said:
If you are the real Saul I know, and not some Fake Saul, how did you come to this conclusion?
What did I say that drove you to this statement?
You have gone ballistic! What happened? Nobody is going to respond to you if you act this way..
Ananda -USA, first and foremost my apologies to you and other people on this blog. You have always been courteous, and I crossed a line.
But I crossed a line deliberately.
Here's why:
I want SL to win. I have been open about it. BuT after the GREAT victory of the SLA I am worried that the SL government is NOT doing enough for the IDPs and that makes me very worried.
If the SL government loses this war - i.e. that of international opinion - a lot of victories will have been in vain.
Therefore my urgency; I do NOT see the SL patriots here talking of how to support the IDPs. I believe that is the highest priority today.
So with my best wishes, I am trying to provoke a response. You are - as I said despite the fact that I disagree with you 90% of the time - a very very intelligent, but more important, UPRIGHT, person. Like S am and Moshe.
I see too much of what the SLA government should doo in the future, NOT enough of what it should do NOW.
Therefore, I am trying to reach out to you to help the IDPs. I could be wrong; I may be a fool. But I am NOT trolling.
Mayil Rawana,
Are you trying to take a free holiday while pretending doing BS workshops or Do you really wants to help SL kids with your knowledge and experience.
If your intentions are good, I will salute you!
Guys, I am just wondering if it is me or most other agree with me on this.
What is wrong with our reporter guy from Rupavahini - showing captured weapons of VP? This guy is using so much flowery language - I am ready to puke.
Why can't our people say something matter of fact. This reporter should not sell his version - but just report. This is a national disease. Same with most Sri Lankan diplomats. We waste so much time, stating the same in million different ways.
This 2008 article by a genuine SRI LANKAN tamil may have been posted before. But worth reading again. link
one spirit,
{Is it possible that something or someone of strategic importance is buried in one of the semi-submersibles in Nanthikadal lagoon?}
It is quite possible! Now tell us your bit also!!
I wish more of our silent non pro ltte tamil brothers and sisters would speak out like this
Saul,
OK..apology accepted. But, I think the MEANS you adopted to get OUR ATTENTION is wrong and counterproductive to you. You can still get the same attention courteously. That said, lets MOVE AWAY from this.
SUGGESTION:
Why don't you THINK OF SOME SOLUTIONS, and make some CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS on what WE at DW could do MORE to help IDPs. Also, come up with some ideas that the GOSL could implement, and if they are good, I will pass them onto the GOSL.
FURTHER INFO:
You may not know, BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH of Sri Lanka are RUNNING to Help the IDPs, in every way they can.
I spoke to two of my sister's in SL today; they said they are helping collect AID for IDPs at local Buddhist Temples. It is JUST LIKE THE post-TSUNAMI aid that was collected and delivered to LTTE-held areas by the people in the South.
For security reasons, these people cannot go inside the IDP camps, only people authorized by Govt can do so, for good reason. The GOSL is depleting govt hospitals of doctors in the south and are sending them to help the IDPs.
Two of my nephews, out of three brothers who are all young medical doctors, are working in IDP camps. BTW, the Muslim doctor who was assasinated by the LTTE was their boss; and they were VERY upset by that.
As Moshe said, Sadhu Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who visited the IDP camps after the rescue of the 130,000 refugees from Puthumathalan, but before the remaining 50,000 or so were rescued from the truncated NFZ, said "the IDP camps in SL are much better than those in INDIA"; and the Indian IDP camps are PERMANENT ones that have been operating for years!
So, whose information on IDPs are you LISTENING to? The real story on Bab Ki Moon's comments will soon be clarified by the UN itself...wait...have patience...understyand that this is a propaganda war against the GOSL.
FINALLY, I REPEAT:
Why don't you THINK OF SOME SOLUTIONS, and make some CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS on what WE at DW could do MORE to help IDPs. Also, come up with some ideas that the GOSL could implement, and if they are good, I will pass them onto the GOSL.
Saul,
As far as what I have done personally, I have donated cash and nonperishable food items to help IDPs. Not only that, the people in the town I live has donated lots of things to IDPs, not just once but several times. If you can go to SL today, I suggest you to visit hospitals in towns like Anuradhapura or Kurunegala. It is my first hand knowledge that many of the locals go to the hospitals every day with food and other supplies to IDPs. However, none of these are substitutes to settling my brothers and sisters in their homes. I know that the government is trying the best to clear the mines, bombs etc before IDPs get settled while filtering LTTE members from IDP centers. The other day, President talked about settling everybody in 180 days. I believe that 180 days is the most realistic time frame to settle our fellow citizens in their original villages. I also strongly encourage my fellow patriots living abroad to donate cash to "Northern Civilian Funds" without any delay. We need to help ourselves by helping to our brothers and sisters in distress. I hope that I provided you a satisfactory answer.
Ian,
The link does not work?
Patriots,
This is on the IDP's. Watched most of what is going on. I agree with GOSL, we need to screen and do it quickly, and before civilians go back clean up the land mines and also find buried weapons.
But in the mean time, we need to start setting up better structures as far as drainage, sanitation, medical facilities etc. We need to get going quickly before rains starts down the road and all the mosquito borne diseases come out.
This is the time government needs to talk to the IDP's tell them what went on etc. Ask them how things can be done till they go back to safe places etc.
I would not want the INGo's as they will start their mischief again.
But just sitting on our butts and talking about what needs to happen 10 years from now on will not help what needs to be done immediately.
We need some sense of measure as to how we are doing this. Like if the rate of illness are down, if the children are back to schooling, if the adults are given some understanding of what is expected of them as Sri Lanka citizens as much as what is responsibility of the Sri Lanka Government to the Sri Lanka citizens.
Keep in mind they were under LTTE for decades and and may not have any sense of how they relate to the rest of Sri Lanka. Now it is very easy to win the hearts and minds of these people as they are in few places - not scattered all over the vanni.
And finally, do not split hairs on wind energy, solar energy or what ever for the future. The situation is very fluid right now. Sri Lanka should grab it with both hands and not loose it.
Saul,
You are an Indian and we are mostly of Magadhi origin. I hope that you are astute enough to understand that a we have a very soft corner for things from Magadha. Any way, what I want to say is that in the days of Indira Ghandi, I was very surprised to see how she played hardball with Sri Lankans when all she needed to do was to follow the path of Emperor Ashoka.
SamThank you for your answer. I appreciate it. I know/ knew you were a fine fellow. :)
Ananda- USA, perhaps I over reacted, we will see. But the fact remains that VERY little of what SL is doing for the IDPs is becoming known to the world at large.
Now, you asked for my suggestions,. Here are my suggestions, based on my expertise (which is the media - BTW, I will not reveal my background but I can guarantee you that you know and have heard many times the name of the news media company I work for(
:)) :
1. First, get a PR/MEDIA policy in place. The world needs to know how SL is helping the IDPs, RIGHT NOW. The stories of the common person from the SL south, helping the IDPs, are GOLD.
Take these to the world media.
2. MR is a great man; I believe that. But tell him to appear in a few American interviews, in a 'freestyle manner'. The impact will be amazing.
3. Find stories of the SLA helping the common person - quickly, and disseminate these to the new media. These stories are also gold.
4. Put the bitterness to a side; if you cannot, try and make MEDIA driven gestures to the tamil diaspora - for example, an appeal (it is useless if it is not media supported) to the diaspora to help IDPs.
If the diaspora responds, great. If it does not, the world will remember.
If the world does not remember, SL government will make sure that the world does not forget!
5. Most of all GET A PR/ MEDIA POLICY IN PLACE.
You guys have won the war; now win the peace.
Sam,
Unfortunately, we in India do not remember our roots as well as you guys do.
That is all I will say.
On another note, I hope MI identified the Sea tiger boat builder who did the semi submersibles and are able to get more information on what they did - how they did - the whole picture.
We need to capture that information and use it in the SLN boat building and improve on it. SLN arrow program is outstanding - wish we could go in to building submersible for special operations.
lc anil amrasekara has spoken out.
what he says is true.
even one of vezapillai's parent was an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT from south india!!!!
some IDPs are not even SL citizens!!!we MUST immediately arrest illegal immigratioon from south india. this can FUTHER change the ethnic composition of SL.
Saul,
You seem to be very much concerned about IDP camps and displaced people living there. Do not forget that these people were with LTTE willingly or unwillingly for more than 06 months to date with much more poorer conditions. They were running continuously from place to place while ducking for shells and mortars from both sides. At least they are not running now, no shells or mortars to haunt them. They have secure place to live with food medicine and medical facilities. They must bear security procedures for next few months which will be for their own good.
As the time goes by conditions will improve and more facilities will be available.
Also do not forget there thousands of other people living in SL and India without a shelter, food and medicine conveniently available to them like in this IDP case. They are better off than most of other poor people who were silently gone through all the hardships due to the war.
Moshe
If what that article says is true, they they must be deported. We don't want illegal immigration from TN to colonise the North and later claimed as "Tamil Land".
The Muslims and Sinhalese who have been chased out from the North must be re-settled. That would be about 150,000 people.
Moshe,
You have a good valid point there. If we were helping anti Israel resolutions in the past it is completely legible that they are trying to screw us at this very opportune moment and I wholeheartedly agree with them too.
But having said that...
We are fighting for our survival. We do not have an ultimate savior world power like USA behind us to save our tiny ass. We have to survive with the help of every tiny country we can draw towards us. The pro Israel block (including USA), has already betrayed us and continue to trying to screw us. They stopped all the financial help given to us (including Japan) around two years back in order to screw our war effort and as a result we had to go to Iran, and seek high interest loans from banks to find money for our survival.
Now, let’s think for a moment.
Were we to take a pro-Israel stance or were to follow the middle path would not have made the pro-Israel block change their mind and stop screwing us. But it would have made Muslim countries polarizing against us. If that was the case our economy would have collapsed already. We would definitely loose UNHRC resolution today. It would have been suicidal.
So it looks like we were forced to take an anti Israel stance in some cases for our own survival. It is not very disciplined and I am not happy with it. But was the most correct thing to do considering the mess we were in. As a result Israel did not loose anything and we earned a chance to survive.
If we decided to do the opposite, still, Israel wouldn't have lost or gained anything and we would have lost everything.
GE,
fully agree.
it is clearly true and we had HIGH PROFILE violators too!!
this joke must stop.
tamil madu with a population density of 511 persons per sq km is overcrowded.
SL's pop density is around 320.
SL's NORTH pop density is around 110.
so it is VERY attractive for tamil nadu, etc. ppl to come to SL STILL.
according to govt sources there are AT LEAST 100,000 tamil illegal immigrants from tamil nadu are there in the country. they are not those who stayed back from 1976, but those came to SL within the last 10 years.
securiting our boarders should be the NUMBER ONE security priority.
hemantha,
that is what prompted SL.
1. but SL was NOT pressurised by ANYONE at the WHO. very unlikely that an outsider pressurised SL bcos in that case they are not there to vote anyway.
there are only 2 arab countries in it now. they too are VERY MILD on israel.
the 34 as at now. (membership of this changes by rotation among 190+ WHO members.)
afghanistan
bahamas
bangladesh
brazil
china
denmark
djibouti
el salvador
hungary
indonesia
latvia
malawi
mali
mauritania
mauritius
new zealand
niger
oman
paraguay
peru
republic of korea
republic of moldova
russian federation
samoa
sao tome and principe
singapore
slovenia
sri lanka
tunisia
turkey
uganda
united arab emirates
united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
united states of america
2. even countries like china, russia would prefer to keep politics away from WHO although they supported the move this time. nimal siripala de silva had the support of the majority to become the chairman. seems like he used this power to push through the other resolution.
3. nimal siripala de silva bragged too much about israel since landing in SL which is not required.
4. VERY UNFORTUNATE that the TYPE, TIMING of the resolution conflicts with another UN body's agenda affecting SL.
anyway, as you said if SL had to do it, there's no choice but do it. its OUR survival that matters MOST after all.
but like mayil, ananda & nilambare said, we should seek behind the scene cooperation from israel now.
this is twisting what he said.
namal said "a political solution SUCH as the 13th amendment, not THE 13th amendment itself!!
I saw this job advertisement in BBC. Please apply soon.
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Job title: Thalaivar the sun dog
Requirements:
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Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in a butchery.
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Applicant are required to take a 9 hour fasting to death in front of the parliment house London.
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"However, the LTTE’s Department for Diaspora Affairs (DDA) told TamilNet that it would not comment without explicit authorisation from the LTTE leadership."
- toiletnet.
so it is the LTTE’s Department for Diaspora Affairs (DDA)
instructed by KP the INTERPOL wanted terrorist carrying out terrorist attacks on sinhala students, shops, etc. in foreign countries.
DDA is a cross border terrorist organisation engaging in terrorism, credit card frauds, illegal immigration, robbery, street fights, prostitution, drug trafficing and weapons smuggling.
cc: mod
=================================350. R Maran | May 24th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
We may not agree with Prabhakaran. But his commitment for a separate homeland for Tamils is unquestionable.
It reminds me what Amirthalingam used to say in late 70s and early 80s.
“ Thambimaruku veram iruku, aanal vevekam illai” ( Our Tamils youths are very brave, but no brain).
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above is an excerpt from a posting at DBS's blog.
last part is a great confession. i wonder what peter & co, has to say about it?
"Malaysia backs Sri Lankan resolution
Malaysia has expressed support for a draft resolution introduced by Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, in pursuant of Malaysia's principled position with regard to non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman said the members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the HRC had also expressed support for the Sri Lankan draft resolution based on the same principle.
The draft resolution relating to the situation in Sri Lanka reaffirmed the principles and purposes of the United Nations (UN), including the principles of non-interference in matters which were essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of states, he said in a statement.
"This is precisely the case with Sri Lanka, and it has the sovereign rights to undertake appropriate means in dealing with the internal situation, without the interference of other countries or the UN," Anifah said, adding that this important principle had been endorsed by NAM as well as OIC. "
-Daily Mirror
People who bitch about Sri Lanka look what U.S. has done.
With these statistics and mounting casualties in Pakistan, we should be able to go on the offensive against US, UK and HR groups who are screaming and shouting about what happened in SL.
The United Nations estimates that it's the biggest movement of people in Pakistan since the country was formed in 1947. Officials say up to 1.8 million people have been forced from their homes.
Vezapillai Prabhakaran said...
[ This is on the IDP's. Watched most of what is going on. I agree with GOSL, we need to screen and do it quickly, and before civilians go back clean up the land mines and also find buried weapons.
But in the mean time, we need to start setting up better structures as far as drainage, sanitation, medical facilities etc. We need to get going quickly before rains starts down the road and all the mosquito borne diseases come out.
This is the time government needs to talk to the IDP's tell them what went on etc. Ask them how things can be done till they go back to safe places etc.
I would not want the INGo's as they will start their mischief again.
But just sitting on our butts and talking about what needs to happen 10 years from now on will not help what needs to be done immediately.
We need some sense of measure as to how we are doing this. Like if the rate of illness are down, if the children are back to schooling, if the adults are given some understanding of what is expected of them as Sri Lanka citizens as much as what is responsibility of the Sri Lanka Government to the Sri Lanka citizens.
Keep in mind they were under LTTE for decades and and may not have any sense of how they relate to the rest of Sri Lanka. Now it is very easy to win the hearts and minds of these people as they are in few places - not scattered all over the vanni. ]
Very well said, brother!
The IDPSs do need to understand thay their stay in the IDP camps IS IN THEIR INTEREST, and FOR THEIR PROTECTION, because:
1. Their tormentors, the LTTE need to be separated out
2. The land needs to be demined
3. The hidden arms need to be found
4. Military and police posts have to be re-establioshed to maintain law and order and ensure security
5. Basic government services such as post-offices, bus services, village councils, medical centers etc have to be setup
6. Food and other market centers have to be setup.
7. Food & other aid distribution centers have to be setup
8. Means for self-employment (e.g., farming) and/or small industries have to be set up; otherwise they will starve.
The ONLY PART of your post that I didn't agree with was about the discussions on energy self-sufficiency, education, communications etc for ensuring a prosperous self-sufficient future for Sri Lanka. These ideas take a LONG TIME to gell and gain acceptance, need to be sifted and discussed NOW.
IDPs: Govt. already acting on agreed areas of priority - President to Ban Ki-moonDefence.lk
May 25, 2009
The Government is already giving the highest priority to the issues raised by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with regard to the massive influx of Internally Displaced Persons held hostage by the LTTE, and matters that have arisen following the defeat of LTTE terrorism, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at their meeting at President's House, in Kandy today (May 23).
The Secretary General, who met the President after a visit to IDP relief villages in Vavuniya earlier today, said progress must come in three critical areas such as immediate humanitarian relief, followed by reintegration and reconstruction, leading to a sustainable and equitable political solution in Sri Lanka.
Responding to the Secretary General's observation that progress on all these areas must proceed in parallel, with the least delay, President Rajapaksa said these areas had already been recognized as those needing the highest priority, and that work was already in place to address them. He said there were still some aspects of security of the IDPs that had to be assured in view of the likely presence of LTTE infiltrators among the large numbers who had come to the Government areas. All action was being taken to ensure the safety of the IDPs, and to expedite their resettlement and reintegration into society.
President Rajapaksa said the Government was already working on a plan to resettle most of the IDPs within 180 days. He told the UNSG that all resettlement will be done under internationally accepted norms. This would require ensuring the safety of the IDPs, as well as their rehabilitation, and providing them with new skills for successful livelihood.
President Rajapaksa also said the Government was committed to a political solution, and for this purpose action would be taken based on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The UN Secretary General who appreciated the conditions the relief village at Chettikulam that he visited earlier today, said there was room for improvement, which would require the wider assistance of the International Community. He understood the immense pressures brought on the Government as a result of the sudden arrival of such large numbers of people seeking relief, who had been held hostage for a long period.
The UN Secretary General requested the Government to allow greater access to international relief agencies that will be able to help with their experience and expertise. President Rajapaksa said that as conditions improved, especially with regard to security, there would be no objections to such assistance, from organizations that were genuinely interested in the well being of the IDPs and the needs of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Mr. Ban Ki-moon assured President Rajapaksa that the UN would extend all assistance to Sri Lanka in facing up to this new challenge following the ending of hostilities in the country.
Over 10,000 ex-terrorists under Govt care
(By: Shanika SRIYANANDA)
Defence.lk
May 25, 2009
From the day the Wanni battle took a fierce turn over 10,000 LTTE terrorists surrendered to the military, according to top military officials.
The continuous defeats of the LTTE had made its cadres to abandon the outfit in large numbers. Over 7,237 terrorists who had surrendered to the military are now being rehabilitated at various rehabilitation centres. Among them are 1,601 females.
Another batch of 202 terrorists including 80 males are living in IDP camps. According to officials, they were identified by the military and separated from the refugees in the welfare camps. "They surrendered to the troops when the military offensives got tough. The 202 terrorists including females are well trained LTTE terrorists", they said. The officials said over 2,379 LTTE terrorists were identified by the military. Among them are terrorists who volunteered to surrender to the troops.
Over 2,065 males said that they surrendered to the troops at the Forward Defence Lines as they were disillusioned with their leadership. They had sensed the historic defeat and realised that the LTTE cadres had to fight to protect the life of the LTTE leader and not for Eelam. The terrorists who surrendered are provided with facilities and most of them have been sent to rehabilitation camps.
Over 271,967 refugees have sought protection under the Government. The majority of them who had been kept by the late LTTE leader as hostages fled the No Fire Zone in Puthumathalan despite the terrorists' tough warnings from April 20-22.
Having successfully concluded the world's biggest hostage rescue operation, the military saved the lives of over 180,000 people without firing a single round of bullets.
The IDPs are being facilitated in Government welfare centres in 29 locations, including Government schools.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka Army said that over 6,000 soldiers had sacrificed their lives and over 30,000 were injured.
According to sources, the LTTE suffered a loss of over 22,000 terrorists.
Ananda-USA said...
Vezapillai Prabhakaran said...
[ This is on the IDP's. Watched most of what is going on. I agree with GOSL, we need to screen and do it quickly, and before civilians go back clean up the land mines and also find buried weapons.
But in the mean time, we need to start setting up better structures as far as drainage, sanitation, medical facilities etc. We need to get going quickly before rains starts down the road and all the mosquito borne diseases come out.
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Can't we get one of the people who runs these camps to blog in to a site like this. Then we would be able to talk them and get a better understanding of what is going on.
What is the possibility of getting government to allow an individual to blog in to such well know site once a week or so on a know hour. So people are able to ask questions and get more information on what is happening. I think this would be a great way to make our departments efficient with ideas from all over the world.
One thing I never can understand is why they keep pregnant mothers, or mothers with 3 four young kids inside the camps.
Can't we release them to one of their relatives (and make the relative responsible for the person)? I mean what are the chances of one of them being a LTTE Terrorists? Even if they are, it is unlikely they would continue to do so now.
PATRIOTS,
It must be obvious to ALL PATRIOTS, the UNSEEMLY HURRY of the LTTE Diaspora, and those countries supporting them, to get the civilians resettled, is partly to
1. make sure resettlement before the necessary facilities and services are in place is a failure so that the IC and NGOs can make a case for inserting themselves into the country again, start setting up "administrations" of their own as independent sub-national groups subject to no law, and reporting to only foreign powers;
2. to prevent sufficient time for the hidden arms to be recovered by the SLA, so that the released civilians can get them and deliver them to the LTTE cadre;
3. to prevent a thorough screening and control of the IDPs for LTTE cadre;
4. to prevent the establishment of OMNIPRESENT military and police posts so that these activities can go unobserved;
5. to have foreign pro-LTTE "doctors" who can can continue to make false claims against GOSL personnel;
6. to create a foreign presence that can continue to "de-brief" the IDPs with false allegations, and sustain LTTE cadre as bona-fide' "civilians" to allow them to engineer manufactured "evidence" against the GOSL;
That is why, I am TOTALLY OPPOSED to the IC, INGOs and even local NGOs working within these camps.
The GOSL should take whatever funds IC and INGOs can provide, and employ staff, as temporary/permanent GOSL employees subject to the laws of Sri Lanka, to work within these camps.
The sponsors of this work, should only be taken on GUIDED TOURS of the camps accompanied by GOSL officers. Every visit, and every interview, must be accurately documented with Videos, OTHERWISE we will walk into a series of PROPAGANDA TRAPS being set for the GOSL ALL OVER AGAIN.
TamilNut
US Justice Dept. files "Motion to Dismiss" in IMF case
[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 May 2009, 11:45 GMT]
Responding to the law suit filed in the District Court of District of Columbia requesting to obtain a declaratory judgment to force the United States to oppose Sri Lanka’s pending IMF loan application, the lawyers representing the defendants, Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, and Meg Lundsager, Executive Director of the IMF, filed a motion in the Court to dismiss the case on the grounds that the plaintiff has no standing, the court lacks jurisdiction, there is no private right of action to enforce "policy goals," and under federal law both defendants are immune from legal prosecution, Bruce Fein, counsel for the plaintiff said.
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Hehe. Seem like the so called international law expert seem to have got his laws mixed up.
Can Tigers do anything right? The sole reps of the Tamils seem to be very stupid and also not so brave.
Pandula said...
[ ATTN: Ananda aiyya
can you let me in to your blog, passing the honey pot :)
my email is
l.kandappa@gmail.com
"l" as in lawrence ]
Done. Welcome!
I emailed you an invitation. Please login by double clicking on the long link. :)
ONE LTTE WING Admits VP is Dead, but is still TALKING ABOUT "Self-Determination" for Tamils through the "Democratic Process"
OTHER LTTE WING Denies VP is dead, but talks about a "Separate State" for Tamils.
BBC Video from First Group:
Video
An "INSIDE STORY" from the NFZ
"LTTE took desperate measures in final hours"
By Srinath Prasanna Jayasuriya
DailyMirror.lk
May 25, 2009
* LTTE forcibly recruited children * Parents who opposed were attacked
While the LTTE was being surrounded by the advancing troops during the last phase of the war, the rebels are reported to have adopted desperate measures to recruit new cadres to their fold.
Naval rating G.H. Chaminda Kumara -- who was in LTTE custody with five other security forces personnel since November 2006 until they were rescued by the armed forces said some mothers took poison after their children were snatched away by the LTTE. Chaminda said about 5,000 LTTE cadres were able to flee the fighting with groups of civilians.
“Even the LTTE cadres who were tasked to guard us threw away their guns, cyanide capsules and the uniform to join thousands of civilians fleeing the No Fire Zone (NFZ). They had realized that they had no alternative but to escape to government controlled area, if they were to save their lives. They felt there was no point in fighting and there was no reason to perish in the face of the unstoppable military juggernaut and it was best to run for safety,” he said.
“Once, the tigers abducted a 20-year-old girl residing in a tsunami welfare village in the NFZ. She was a former LTTE cadre and was evading the terrorists. During a struggle between the girl’s family members and the LTTE cadres who were attempting to abduct her, the girl’s brother attacked two terrorists with a sword and killed them. The other terrorists then grabbed him and hacked him to death before taken the girl away.
“We saw how parents wept when their children were abducted. We could not bear to see the way the terrorists treated them when they pleaded and attempted to prevent their children from being abducted. They beat the family members with gun butts and poles. Those who attacked the Tigers were murdered in cold blood. A large number of parents committed suicide by setting themselves on fire taking poison as they could not endure the pain of seeing their children being taken away by the LTTE,” Chamida said.
Narrating his experiences under LTTE custody he said the terrorist outfit true to its history of brutality meted inhuman punishment to cadres who attempted to flee the organization.“They were chained to iron posts and hit with wires and Palmyra poles until their skins peeled off. Many of the victims succumbed to those injuries. There are instances where the wounds got infected without medicine and the victim suffered a horrible death. The LTTE killers were so inhumane that they refused to give a glass of water to their dying comrades, probably out of fear,” he recalled.
Chaminda said when the armed forces shelled Vadduwal the area where the six prisoners-of-war (POW) had been detained; the LTTE cadres appeared terribly frightened and took the six captives to another unknown place.
“We were brought to Pallimune and Kahapalama after the government declared the area as a No Fire Zone. There were four LTTE prisons set up at houses in the newly demarcated NFZ. About 400 to 600 inmates captured by the LTTE had been imprisoned at these four houses.
An "INSIDE STORY" from the NFZ (Continued)
G.H. Chaminda Kumara was captured by Tigers in 2006 while he was serving in the ship ‘Green Ocean’ at Point Pedro. On November 9, 2006 sea tigers launched an attack on Green Ocean at Point Pedro when it was transporting some civilians from Trincomalee to KKS.
Navy Dovra P461 and P416 were among the fleet of naval craft that attacked the Sea Tigers and the navy was able to save the Green Ocean and the other navy personnel. Dovra craft were attacked by the Sea Tigers and four navy cadres fell to the sea and were captured by the Tigers. G.H. Chaminda Kumara Hewage, P.D.K Vijaya Kumara, K.H.K.A. Kumarasiri and Anil Priyantha were taken into Tiger custody.
Chaminda said four of them were blindfolded and brought to the Tiger’s Peace Secretariat at Kilinochchi and produced before Pulidevan. Anil Priyantha was admitted to the Kilinochchi hospital as he was severely injured. The three of us were questioned for hours and imprisoned in Kaunaipuram. There were 50 to 60 others in that prison on charges of murder and women abuse. The camp comprised an eight-roomed house and was well guarded.
He said they were given pittu and brinjal curry for breakfast. Rice and curry for lunch and rice or bread for dinner.
“We spent nearly two years in the camp and were able to see our family members with the intervention of the ICRC. There was information that humanitarian operations were successful. Our camp area was bombed and the Tiger leader Lieutenant Colonel Aravindan shifted the camp to Mullaitivu. There were about 70 prisoners in a single room about 10 feet by 10 feet in size. There were about 300-400 prisoners most of whom were those who attempted to flee from the Tigers.
He said some Tiger-defectors whom they spoke to said this was an un-winnable war and were caught when attempting to flee. They were subjected to untold suffering and torture.
When the tiger bastions were falling one by one the number of escapees increased beyond control. Hundreds of tigers were killed by the army.
“We gathered information from Tiger higher-ups. Some of them were optimistic while many others sounded pessimistic.
With the army approaching the NFZ, the detainees were remanded at Pudumattalan Tiger police station and were later shifted to an under ground jail about 200 meters from where the Jordanian ship “Para 3” was marooned.
The provision of food gradually deteriorated and meals were confined only to gruel for all three meals
government seemed to have just announced an election for the northern province.
Violence Spreads in Punjab: Army called in
ExpressBuzz.com
May 25, 2009
JALANDHAR / AMBALA: Several parts of Punjab continued to be on the boil Monday with trains burnt and key highways blocked as violence by followers of the Dera Sachh Khand, opposing the attack on sect leaders in the Austrian capital Vienna, spread and brought the state to a standstill.
Armed with sticks, swords, bricks and stones, sect followers came out in large numbers in Punjab's Doaba belt and tension spread in Jalandhar, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr towns.
Curfew was imposed by the district authorities in Hoshiarpur town, 150 km from Chandigarh, following violence by members of the sect, who are from the Dalit Sikh community and followers of Guru Ravidass, as news came in of a top leader dying of his injuries following a clash in a Vienna gurdwara Sunday.
Protests also spread to neighbouring Haryana where sect followers blocked with trees the Chandigarh-Delhi National Highway No. 1 near Kingfisher resort, and squatted on the road.
Angry crowds continued to hold several areas in Jalandhar district to ransom despite curfew being imposed in the entire district Sunday night.
Train bogies were torched at the Jalandhar Cantonment station, a key highway blocked and vehicles and shops set afire. No police personnel were present on the spot when the protesters torched railway property. Trains were also attacked in Phagwara town, 20 km from Jalandhar.
Sect leader Sant Rama Nand, 57, the second-in-command, died in a hospital in the Austrian capital Vienna, following an armed attack involving rival Sikh groups at a gurdwara the previous day. The attack also left at least 16 people injured.
The condition of the sect head Sant Niranjan Dass, 68, who was the second guest guru speaking at the Vienna gurdwara, was stable after undergoing emergency surgery, doctors there said.
The violence that had begun with news of the attack Sunday reignited with Sant Rama Nand's death.
Punjab Police and district authorities remained mute spectators at several points where the protesters resorted to violence. At the Amritsar bus stand, just a handful of policemen were present when youth damaged state transport and private buses and other vehicles.
There were reports that even vehicles of police officials were targeted by mobs in this city.
Other towns also remained tense after a night of violence. Most areas in the state came to a standstill as shops and other commercial establishments did not open Monday morning fearing violence from the sect protesters.
Protests and violence were also reported from Patiala, Ludhiana and Bathinda with government and private property being damaged.
Road and railway traffic was severely affected in Jalandhar district and adjoining areas. Protesters blocked National Highway (NH) No. 1 between Jalandhar and Phagwara at several places. Railway traffic on this busy route between Delhi and Jammu was also crippled.
Vehicles, shops and other property were damaged by the protesters by either setting them on fire or in stone-pelting. Burning tyres and road blocks could be seen at several places.
The Dera Sachh Khand sect has considerable following among Dalit Sikhs across Punjab, especially in the Doaba belt (between rivers Sutlej and Beas).
The ruling Akali Dal in Punjab has called for a shutdown across the state to protest the Vienna incident.
Government spokesperson Harcharan Bains said that the Punjab government was doing everything to keep the volatile situation under control.
This (violence) involves religious sentiments of the people. The government will take appropriate action as required, Bains told media in Chandigarh.
GUYS...
SRI LANKAN ACTRESS NIMMI HARASGAMA HAS GONE TO GENEVA TO FILE A CASE AGAINST GOTABHAYA AND PRESIDENT... ACCORDING TO REPORTS SHE WAS WARMLY WELCOME BY T.R.O
I HEARD THIS IN THE MORNING...IS THIS TRUE OR FALSE...???
Guys,
Can some one find more details about "Niro" the Hero...
http://www.ridmaya.com/sri_lanka_post_p_231717.html#231717
Can we collect more articles about our hero's and put it on Wiki please?,,,,,,,
Im sure there will be 1000's heros among our SLDF,,,,whatever published on news papers and etc....in one place, so ppl can go and read....easily,,,,,
Guys,
Can some one find more details about "Niro" the Hero...
http://www.ridmaya.com/sri_lanka_post_p_231717.html#231717
Can we collect more articles about our hero's and put it on Wiki please?,,,,,,,
Im sure there will be 1000's heros among our SLDF,,,,whatever published on news papers and etc....in one place, so ppl can go and read....easily,,,,,
KP just announced that all Tamil parties must together fight for Tamil ethnic solution by way of entering the political process and this will endorse an ethnically divided nation.
Moshe
You are right there are illegal migrations from TN as I myself witnessed it in early 60s in Jaffna when we had our business there and paid a heavy price for exposing it and the punishment was vetted out by the likes of Bradman Weerakoon who was the Private Sec to Dudley S.They deported my business friend while coming from Jaffna where the top jobs of the Immigration was held by the Jaffna Tamils. Most of the smugglers from VVT are from TN and in fact they took us to some place in TN in a fast boat and we couldn’t believe our eyes how we could enter another country without a passport and VP is from that lot from TN.
We saw at least 20 to 30 illegal immigrants landing in the evening when the tide was out. Top cop there was furious when we brought this to the notice of him similarly when we brought a similar incident when we saw infiltrations to Katharagama areas soon after Toppigala affair we were told by the top cops there to mind our own business or get back to UK.
Ananda Ayya,
Maybe its better to open a section in your blog for war hero stories.....dont you think?
One day when I have my own children I want to tell them the stories of our hero's.....True hero's...
No troy and bull crap....
Ananda Ayya,
Maybe its better to open a section in your blog for war hero stories.....dont you think?
One day when I have my own children I want to tell them the stories of our hero's.....True hero's...
No troy and bull crap....
Sky Sat TV is just showing in Ch 531-Miltary History where the real footage of the US troopers executing North Korean soldiers where they were tied behind their back and shot on the head. One of the troopers named Blanchard was narrating this on film with real footage where he refused to execute the last remaining North Koreans and they were handed over to the South Korean troops. This was a war crime but it was perhaps appropriate due to the situation there where they were in a dangerous mine field where their ability to control or secure these unfortunate prisoners. So US must understand the ground situations in SL without making a fuss over Sri Lankan affairs where that island had been fighting one of the worst terrorist outfits.
Phantom-X,
What I heard is that Nimmi Harasgama is dating that TRO A-hole Arjun Ethiriweerasigam. In any case, this is news to me.
Scum of Sri Lanka (Jaathiye Paaharaa Ballo)
Informative piece about Jehan, Paikiasothy, Kumar et al. --
YOUR BOSS IS DEAD
Dear wijayapala,
“How many Tamils do you think will get killed over the next 25 years, compared to those who were killed over the last 25?”
That’s a nonsensical comparison from the vantage of my argument, since those killed over the last 25 years include the 7000+ casualties of the last 6 months, which I argued against, not for, by supporting the ceasefire calls.
The number of innocent Tamils and Sinhalese who will be killed over the next 25 years will depend on how long it takes people to end communalism and tyranny in SL politics. The manner in which this war has ended will, I think, make this harder, not easier, to achieve.
“By shelling the SLA for however long you think appropriate to sit and wait for the LTTE to release the civilians.”
How would the LTTE have been able to keep shelling the SLA indefinitely, with the arms embargo the SLDF and international community had imposed?
Dear wijayapala,
(cont.)
“In any case I am more interested in hearing what the UTHR has to say about the East, rather than another ignorant western journalist.”
UTHR has sort of dropped the ball of late. From what I can see, it’s only released 3 bulletins in the last 2 years, despite a huge upsurge in human rights violations by both the LTTE and SLA in that period. HRW, on the other hand, has been doing a very good job at consistently and vociferously charting human rights abuses, and has not had much nice to say about the situation in the East. Can you name and cite any independent organisations that have praised what has happened in the East over the last few years? The Island and SPUR don’t count.
“Things shifted by the end of the CFA, though. The Tamils felt betrayed by the LTTE which had first promised peace but then started screaming about iruthi por. The people had already known that the LTTE could never win militarily and could only suck their children into an endless pit. That is why virtually no one stepped forward on behalf of the LTTE in recent years.”
There has certainly been growing disenchantment with the LTTE, but this has not translated into increasing esteem for the SLG. This is why the GOSL is current imprisoning hundreds of thousands of its supposed citizens in concentration camps, and not allowing any independent aid organisations into those camps to ask them how they feel about what’s going on.
For all your meandering, at the end of the day, you have lined yourself squarely behind a government that veils itself in secrecy. By supporting a government whose modus operandi is secrecy, you have essentially given it a carte blanche to do whatever it likes. I am sure that you are clever enough to know very well what it is doing with those priveleges. So when all the sorry stories of SLA war crimes surface in the months and years to come – and they have already started – that will be for your conscience to deal with.
“Then you clearly don't seem to know much about the east. The LTTE conscripted children by the thousands per year to feed the northern war. How does that compare with the number of children currently at large in the TMVP????”
Can you provide a credible source indicating that the LTTE conscripted children by the “thousands per year”? More importantly, can you show that they were recruiting at this rate in the period 2006-2009, since this was the period with which we are comparing GOSL-backed Karuna?
Funny thing is that now that the LTTE is gone, only SLA-backed Karuna keeps child soldiers. How are you enjoying that company? I hear they are having a field day recruiting children in the newly formed concentration camps, too. Is this your idea of liberation?
“You're absolutely right- the LTTE has done so much to improve things for the Tamils. I wish I had figured that out.”
Where did I ever imply that I believe that? It’s perfectly possible to argue that the LTTE and GOSL have both been equally inept at improving the lot for the average Tamil (and Sinhalese). And that is what I'm arguing. By criticising the SLG mercilessly, I needn’t rub shoulders with the LTTE.
Dear wijayapala,
(cont.)
“You have a very good point, but you haven't shown how things would be better with an intact LTTE in control of the north (and/or east), a situation which would require a large number of soldiers in any case. At least now we have an excuse to demobilize the SLA, slowly in stages of course.”
You believe that the “peace” that has been achieved through war will create an atmosphere conducive to democratisation of SL politics, de-militarisation etc. My own argument is not much different – had, for instance, an LTTE statelet/regional autonomous zone been established in the North/East (or, if you take the more minimalist position I’ve argued for in the last few posts, just a few square km of land in the NE…), and a situation of relative peace prevailed (like during the CFA period), then the Tamils in LTTE territory would be less willing to stand idly by while the Tigers trampled over them. The LTTE would lose its “excuse” for its brutal measures (and in the South, so would the GOSL). Of course, the fight wouldn’t be easy – on the contrary, it would be damn hard. But so was the war. And at least, in this case, the right people would be fighting, and for the right reasons.
“Killing Fonseka wouldn't end the war, because he's not in charge of the govt. You missed my point about democratic systems vs. non-democratic.”
He’s not in charge of the govt, but it would be hard to deny that if Fonseka, and, say, his closest circle of advisors, had been assassinated early in the piece, the war would not have taken a different turn. Or that killing military leaders at certain critical junctures can reduce enemy morale, and score decisive victories, even in democracies. I’m not saying that these things justify suicide bombings that kill civilians – but apparently you are.
“BTW, did the IC find anything "morally objectionable" to the attempted killing of Fonseka which did result in other people's deaths?? Or the killing of dozens of soldiers in December 2005 during the CFA?”
I can’t speak for the IC, but I can speak for myself. Yes, I found those actions appalling, and I feel very badly for all the people killed and their families.
I'm very happy for whatever remains of the LTTE to be tried in person or absentia for the many war crimes committed by that outfit over the years. Just as GOSL and SLA figures responsible for war crimes should be.
mathew lee of inner city press has gone mad. This guy is openly pro LTTE. Look at his recent articles at
inner city press
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Hi All Patriots
Thousand apologies if the following article is already pasted here...
http://national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com/2009/05/tigers-rise-and-fall-of-prabhakaran.html
A must read.....
Cheers All
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I'm reading this blog after a while.....Mage Ammo....Fatzilla/ Hogzilla and the piglets are dead and gone......however the Monkey Avatars are still lingering in this blog.....
Get a life you ghosts.....you can talk big in this blog....but we have screwed you lot to the high heavens and your Net-Chandikang cannot bring back the burnt Eeelam.............
Cheers....
P.S. But we feel your pain.....
Apino,
I is a reflexive action for the monkeys to dance. It will take a few years for the monkeys to stop the dance.
Gen.Sarath Fonseka told if enyone writing history they can use name "NONSTOP TSUNAMI" as a name for the mission we have done.
Looks like Col Ralph Nugera’s brigade was sniping VP and people mustn’t forget the contribution the burgher community is making to mother Lanka.Good on you Ralph!
Rivira gives a good account of the final battle. It says that Karuna identifed Fat pig by a wart on the right leg as I had surmised before. Also, as I said, the carcass was undressed for this purpose.
The poor guy had been hiding in the Kadolana grove like a terrifed rat throughout the night and had gone without any dinner too. (sob!)
Also Note the following:
1) SACRIFICE: Whatever other faults FP may have the, lack of wilingness to make sacrifices for the cause is not one of them. See how he sacrificed his favorite dinner of Mutton Curry & String Hoppers (MC & SH) that fateful night.
2) SELFLESSNESS: What a selfless leader FP is! He never failed to serve (MC & SH) to the suicide zombies. But when his time came he there was no one to do that for him.
Pav Aney! Mata Dukey baa.
Patriots,
Lots of talk about IDP but very little speak about War Heroes. Are we missing the point here?
DW was thoroughly focused on the war and all of us came here to read about that. Now that the war is over, there is hardly any talk about the "Unknown Soldier".
My suggestion is that Ananda-USA could concentrate on IDP & Renewable Energy; Sam Perera could become the spokesman for War Heros and Apino could continue to be the "pigslayer". Others could assume suitable roles.
We folks, standing on the kerbside, could applaud, encourage and enable not only our mavericks but War Heroes, too.
If someone could write about a War Hero and give some information about their situation and how to support them: where to make a donation directly to the War Hero or his/her family, then I could make a small donation every month when I get paid. I think others would join in - a little drop by many people could make the bucket full and overflow.
If there is a photo of the War Hero, then we could start creating an on-line memorial too.
Thanks!
පසුගිය දෙà·ƒැම්බර් මාසයේ à¶්රස්à¶à·€ාදීන්ට ලැබුන ආයුධ à¶ොගය නිà·ƒා ඇà¶ිà·€ුන à·„ානි නිà·ƒා සරà¶් à·†ොන්à·ƒේකාට මුà·„ුද භාර අය සමඟ මල පැන ඇà¶ි බව පෙනේ.
කෙà·ƒේ à·€ෙà¶à¶් ගෙදර ගිනි පිටට නොදීම වඩාà¶් à·ƒුබදායකය...
Can some one ask from him or give him the idea about making a data base of traitors who are living in abroad ?
Myth of 'Living Prabhakaran'
Paris, 26 May, (Asiantribune.com): While the top diaspora members fight over the future strategy of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Tamil professionals and commercial establishments in Europe have expressed disgust over 'utterly selfish motives' of the LTTE’s Department of Diaspora Affairs (DDA). They were referring to the DDA’s statement that the 'LTTE leadership is safe and it will re-emerge when the right time comes.'
"The DDA has kept on feeding us stories that Tigers would fight back and deal a fatal blow to the Sri Lankan army and collected thousands of EUROs for various emergency funds," stated Gopal Sivarasa, a trader in Tamil predominant La Chapelle in Paris. "Even last week we donated funds after the tiny beachhead of Mulaithivu was encircled by the Sri Lankan army. The DDA said that they wanted funds for missiles for the final assault which will kill 'thousands of soldiers.' Because we had hopes against hope, we donated as much as we could. I wonder where all that money is?" he lamented.
Another trader, who did not disclose his name, wanted the French police to investigate into the affairs of DDA which included extortion, intimidation and money laundering. "I am sure large part of the funds went into their pockets," he said furiously. "That is why the DDA says Prabhakaran is alive. The whole world including LTTE leaders such as Kumaran (Selvaraja) Pathmanathan knows the truth that Prabhakaran was killed on May 17."
It is apparent that the LTTE dispora leadership is split on future strategies. While Pathmanathan has acknowledged the death of Prabhakaran in an interview with BBC, the LTTE’s DDA wants to keep the myth alive to ensure future fund collections. The DDA got hold of LTTE mouthpiece Tamilnet, which carried a statement that "the Tamil national cause cannot afford to be deviated and exploited by others through questions such as whether the LTTE leader V. Pirapaharan is alive or not or whether the armed struggle has to be continued or not. The Tamil diaspora, the only section of the Eezham Tamil community that has the freedom and means to come out with authentic voice, has a historic responsibility in telling the world what they aspire for in no uncertain terms, and in seeing their righteous cause not hijacked by their enemies."
It is evident hat the DDA believes that Pathmanathan is 'hijacking' the organization and he is ‘the enemy’.
Pathmanathan, as the head of the LTTE’s Department of International Relations, on Sunday announced that the LTTE Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan attained 'martyrdom fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan state on 17 May.' However, the LTTE’s Department for Diaspora Affairs (DDA) told TamilNet that it would not comment without explicit authorisation from the LTTE leadership. In the meantime, the Intelligence Department of the Tigers reiterated on Sunday that the LTTE leadership is safe and it will re-emerge when the right time comes.
The DDA has funded the election campaigns of Tamil Nadu politicians such as V Gopalasamy alias Vaiko of MDMK and Pazha Nedumaran of Kamraj Congress. Hence they immediately expressed scepticism Sunday on the reports of Mr. Pirapaharan's demise, thus supporting the DDA.
"Whoever emerges victorious in this leadership struggle, we will not donate a cent hereafter," says Kumarappah Nathan of the phone-card shop at La Chapelle. "We have been fooled many times but we continued to contribute as long as Prabhakaran was alive and the LTTE held territory. Now any contribution is just like throwing water in the river".
Many Tamil diaspora members pointed out that evidence for Pirapaharan's demise was conclusive. "There is no doubt about Prabhakaran’s body and the Sri Lankan military displayed it as proof it had won a quarter-century civil war," Gopal said. "Now we have accepted that and we will send remittances to our poor relations in the north and no more donations for the LTTE".
Patriots,
This is an extract from a post written by Karu Jayasuriya at Transcurrents by DBSJ:
"In our haste to celebrate, let us not forget those who made the celebrations possible – the members of the armed forces who lost life and limb in this war against terror. Let us ensure that the families of those who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield are cared for; that those who sustained injuries and are disabled today are provided for; that those who died so that we could live are never forgotten."
For us, who have watched all celebrations and glorifications here in Sri Lanka, no one has show cased them.
How would it have been if General Sarath Fonseka and H.E, the President bestowed all those "Nambu Namas" on the valiant, brave and highly motivated combatants of the SLDF, without whom this victory would not have been possible? That would have been, more than a symbolic gesture and more fitting than kneeling on the tarmac of KIA.
Where they failed - earlier it was the three-wheeler General - we, mere mortals could/should make a fitting, ever lasting contribution to our war heroes? Could someone point me/us in the right direction?
Thank you very much!
Sam,
That Nimmi wesi, is a pet in colombo tamil circle. She start dating with a married tamil, called Ranjit Edward, another Asshole, who advocate against SL and a well known thief.
Keep in mind, SL is standing unshaken
for last 3000 years and it will be
Max_Headroom said...
[ where to make a donation directly to the War Hero or his/her family, then I could make a small donation every month when I get paid.]
Bravo, brother!
You can make contributions at
http://www.RanaViruFund.org
very conveniently, ONLINE.
They have several programs:
1. To provide Medical Equipment for Veterans Hospitals (like at Ragama), and Gel Socks for Amputees. You can contribute any amount ONLINE.
2. Sponsor Rana Viru kids education. You can signup to contribute at least $10/mth for 4 years or pay up front for the entire period. It is all explained at the site.
3. Donate hospital beds
Many at DW, including myself, already contribute to these causes. I contribute monthly to the Medical Equipment program, and sponsor multiple kids as well.
If you are interested in contributing to IDPs welfare, a convenient way to do that is through
http://www.futuresrilanka.com
This program sends food, especially milk for babies and kids, through Maliban Industries. I contribute to that too.
Chinthana4Lions said...
[ Maybe its better to open a section in your blog for war hero stories.....dont you think?]
Great Idea, Malli! I will do it today!
BTW, there is already a On_Patriotism section, but a more targeted "War Heroes" section would be better.
Dear Ananda-USA,
Thank you very much!
I was told that my pay check would be a little bit bigger this time as taxes have been lowered here in Sri Lanka, even when there was a full scale war.
I will definitely start giving, to make the rest of my life, a life dedicated to giving!
Those links are invaluable and I will keep them secure with me.
Theruwange Saranyi!
Max_Headroom,
Karu Jayasoriya must be truly deaf and blind to talk BS like this. All he needs to do is to look around to find how people take care of fallen heroes families. Perhaps, he should start his own charity for this cause. Ananda should be able to give him first hand information about setting up such a charity. He shall know that actions speak louder than words.
Moshe,
Whats up with Israel-SL relationship. It seems that there is a puppet master behind Israel, probably one or both "united" countries.
Dear Sam,
Thanks for the rebuttal but I skimmed through that post; saw a comment that was worth re-stating here but I did not read the whole thing.
In hindsight, Karu J. may be trying to score some browny points with Tamils, for a future election.
Anyway, you are correct "Ananda-USA" has good leads and he has given me some.
Anyway, henceforth, I will try my best to write to all of you about War Heroes.
Best Wishes!
The end of the longest running civil war will also result in lesser news from the battlefront for websites like DefenceWire.
Anyway good work DefenceWire, you kept us upto date with news from a different view point. Thanks a million.
The end of the longest running civil war will also result in lesser news from the battlefront for websites like DefenceWire.
Anyway good work DefenceWire, you kept us upto date with news from a different view point. Thanks a million.
The Dead Praba SketchMonty Python
(slightly adapted by MI.)
******************
The Pest Shoppe
A customer enters a pest shop.
Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The owner does not respond.)
C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this Praba what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue,...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead Praba when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage)
'Ello, Mister Polly Praba! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO Prabby!!!!!
Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!
(Takes Praba out of the cage and thumps his head on the counter. Throws it him in the air and watches him plummet to the floor.)
C: Now that's what I call a dead Praba.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That Praba is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
C: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
O: The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that Praba when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This Praba is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PRABA!!
(pause)
O: Well, I'd better replace it, then.
(he takes a quick peek behind the counter)
O: Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of Prabas.
C: I see. I see, I get the picture.
O: I got a slug.
(pause)
C: (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk?
O: Nnnnot really.
C: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?
O: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in West Ham, he'll replace the Praba for you.
C:West Ham, eh? Very well.
The customer leaves...********************
Just a little British humour to lighten up the day.{{+?+}}
sam,
it is unfortunate if SL and israel goes at each other. we should patch up behind the scenes, may be later.
i explained this in detail yesterday. please refer to my posts.
gen moshe dayan said, "our american friends offer us money, arms, and advice. we take the money, we take the arms, and we say no, thank you for the advice."
but being another small nation, sometimes you have to entertain the intersts of big friends. same goes for SL.
KP KaPothi!!!!
interpol has been instructed to look for the coward KP in every toilet pit.
Patriots,
It has been almost a week to date identifying VP’s dead body but no news about Pottu. How come SLA and defence news keep silence over where about of Pottu and say all tiger senior cadres are dead?
I smell a rat here. Either Pottu killed VP and vanished into Mulatiev jungles with Castro or SLA is keeping them alive for information etc.
I will not believe Pottu is dead until it is confirmed by SLA because he is a master of disguise and could deceive his own mother, if he wants. Without him mission is not accomplished!
MD,
Getting KP by Interpol is very remote. SLG should use its foreign missions to track him down with the help of MI and defence attaché’s in our diplomatic missions.
KP has mastered hide and seek in international arena for decades and has contacts and backings of some western top politicos.
A Strange Juncture of Destiny for LTTE Members who went against Karuna
“All the leaders except one known as Ram contacted me during the last couple of days. I took up the matter with the defence authorities. We are ready to grant them amnesty if they surrender right now,” he said.
Daily Mirror
peaceatlast,
agree. interpol is a useless thing, actually IF not supported by the host country of the criminal.
but MI, defence ataches are no better.
the malaysian govt authorities KNOW where he is. there are a few LOCAL legal issues we have to overcome even when he is wanted by interpol. this is the biggest chalenge.
best thing is to co-ordinate with malaysia and interpol to get him.
the problem is not so much he is a fugitive (as our media says) (of course he is a fugitive AFA SL law is concerned), but his ability to avoid criminal liability.
the un hr council motherfcukers are meeting today.
the following MFs are already demanding our blood (curse them).
Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Mauritius, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Uruguay.
the following have been good so far (bless them).
China, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Cuba, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa
contrary to govt claims, Syria, Thailand, Lebanon are NOT in the un hrc so their support doesn't matter today.
we need 14 more IF anything goes for a vote.
there are 16 asian & african countries. plus russia.
we are not in the un hrc. so it is upto our friends to defend us in absentia.
We should back Sri Lankan fight with terror
By Bernard Dineen
[Yorkshirepost.co.uk]
May 25, 2009
The Palace of Westminster has been under virtual siege for weeks from mobs of Tamils in Parliament Square. They have tried to break through police cordons in protests about the assault on the Tamil Tiger separatists by the Sri Lankan army.
This is just the latest example of foreign conflicts being inflicted on us in Britain. Most of the 250,000 Tamils who have entered Britain have no right to be here. If they were genuinely fleeing persecution, they could cross the straits into southern India, when they would be in Tail Nadu, their Tamil-speaking homeland. But the Indian Government is not stupid and has no intention of encouraging them. Once again, Britain is the soft touch. In many ways, we have only ourselves to blame by portraying the Tamil Tigers as gallant freedom-fighters instead of the terrorist thugs they really are.
The BBC has persistently encouraged this picture by its sympathetic portraying of the terrorists. Pictures of Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka are heartbreaking, but the blame for their misery lies squarely with the Tiger leadership, notably the ruthless dictator, Velupillai Prabhakaran. He has established a death cult, training suicide bombers, and child soldiers. One suicide bomber killed 90 and injured 1,500. The Tigers murdered the Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991 and blew up the Sri Lankan president. At times, they were more than a match for the Sri Lankan army, but the government held firm and has now defeated the terrorists, killing their leader. The Indian Government has imposed a naval blockade on the Tigers.
Whenever they were in retreat, there were anguished calls for a ceasefire from people like David Milliband. Instead, we should support the Sri Lankan government in its attempt to build a united country and defeat terrorism.
Moshe,
KP aka Kumaran Pathmanathan aka shanmugam Kumaran tharmalingam is wanted by interpole because of request by Chennai, India.
According to Interpol Sri Lanka have not requested to arrest KP or charged him with anything so far. This show how pathetic is our police people and their work!
Here's some info about TRO's connections with LTTE:
http://www.spur.asn.au/TRO_and_LTTE_Nexus.htm
Damn! I didn't know Nimmi Harasgama married a tamil who's active in TRO! so she's in Geneva now, screaming to get SL hanged?
Disappointing, I actually liked her acting in "August sun" (Ira Mediyama)
Spearhead,
Lets see what comes out of this Nimmi Hrasgama story. I am not inclined to accept things in rumor form.
cool, Sam.
Lemme know if you come across/hear anything more "authentic"
peaceatlast,
correct. unbelievable, isn't it????
that's why i said we should seek their co-operation.
but we have now.
interpol help sought to screww KP!!
MD,
There was a news item that UN fellow Vijay Nambiar has spoken to KP from KIA, Colombo in the morning of May 17th. We should have enough know how to trace the call back to KP and approximate location of KP. Then we should locate him and follow him into a public place with high security similar to an airport and inform police to arrest him while guarding.
If we can do that extradition of him is not difficult.
MD,
SLG must be proactive without waiting for others to act, if we want him quickly.
Little bit of CIA or Mossad type work is a necessity on this type of operations.
GR has rejected KP's offer to enter the "democratic mainstream".
well done gota.
he has said, "there are enough democratic Tamil political parties in the country to represent the Tamil minority".
100% true. why the hell we need the LTTE. even if LTTE enters the democratic mainstream, what can they get?? nothing.
what democracy when you have been ANNIHILATED!!!
democratic mainstream is for democratic, non-violent lawmakers who love the country, it is not a (ponna) "ambalam" for arse raped terrorists to rest.
MD,
/it is not a (ponna) "ambalam" for arse raped terrorists to rest./
ha ha ha good one bro!
peaceatlast,
but adolf aikman type "rescue" op. is out.
there is another side to it.
as expected, LTTE is now split into 3.
1. KP group
2. DDA group
3. another crap group
KP is the only remaining leader. so the bugger is claiming leadership. KP group accepted VP's death bcos that makes him the natural successor.
but other groups have other plans.
already the DDA has taken over the RICH die-arse-pora and KP is out of it. buggers will fight for the US$ 300 million.
now KP is trying to give up violence and enter democracy and other groups are not ready.
if we cleverly manipulate them, we can have fun. but preferably all of them should be handled without undue delay.
Patriots,
I want to pose a question to all.
INGO's keep stating that GOSL should give access to NGO's. Then few weeks ago same crowd was stating no independent reporters in the conflict zone etc.
So the issue is --> "Are Sri Lankans are not good enough to look after their own people? Are are not independent enough to report on our country's happenings?
But when you listen to HRC, HRW, AI all the westerners and their stooges are. Now to me this looks like the modern day imperialist. It is just like saying you brown skins do not know shit. But we the superior types have all the answers.
I think the GOSL should call a spade a spade. I am heartened MR and GR are setting the stage to get some respect on this.
We also need to tell the world very clearly why there is an issue as some INGO's clearly collaborated with the LTTE terrorist.
They may be wanting to get their people out before it is found out.
Anyways, SL name will be dragged through the mud many times in the future. We need to be steady and also need to take care of the IDP to the best of Sri Lanka's ability - do it in a way all Sri Lankans can be proud of being Sri Lankans.
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MD,
VP actually side lined KP sometime back. During last few weeks of ealam; KP got hold of Eric Soleheim and persuaded Eric to call VP and make amendments. Due to pressure from Eric VP appointed KP as international spokesperson as well as LTTE leader in absence of VP.
Hard core LTTE supporters now suspect KP for betrayal of their leadership in the 11th hour. They will try to eliminate KP for us. Faction fight is assured as lot of money involved. LTTE mafia in the west will not give up that easily. KP will be a marked man and he has to hide from his own followers now.
GOSL should get the UNSG Ban Ki-moon
to clarify if he really said what he said about the IDP camps.
UNSG says thing not very clearly - could be a language issue. But, GOSl being at the receiving end of it should ask him to clarify it.
Why because we are hearing two story lines, one states he UNSG said what he said when he saw the area of conflict. The other states he said etc etc when he saw the IDP camps.
Overall they are trying to screw SL with words. Same way that Gasbag Navi Pillay did it.
Peace @ Last said...
Patriots,
I smell a rat here. Either Pottu killed VP and vanished into Mulatiev jungles with Castro or SLA is keeping them alive for information etc.
I will not believe Pottu is dead until it is confirmed by SLA because he is a master of disguise and could deceive his own mother, if he wants. Without him mission is not accomplished!
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Mate, give it a rest.
If he has escaped, it is because our army wanted him to escape. Stop worrying. LTTE is irrelevant now. After few years time no one even know who LTTE was.
Thusitha,
Let us hope that you are correct but do not forget Pottu is the most wanted man to SLA after VP or even more than VP.
He is also capable of rekindling LTTE hopes out side Sri Lanka. His knowledge and experience about the organisation and its network is very dangerous for peace in our mother land.
That is why I said “mission is not accomplished without killing Pottu”.
Vezapillai Prabakaran said...
[ Patriots,
I want to pose a question to all.
INGO's keep stating that GOSL should give access to NGO's. Then few weeks ago same crowd was stating no independent reporters in the conflict zone etc.
So the issue is --> "Are Sri Lankans are not good enough to look after their own people? Are are not independent enough to report on our country's happenings?
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Brother, you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT: We are perfectly capable of doing everything that is needed to take care of BOTH the IDPs, and our NATIONAL SECURITY.
Rhe UN, ICRC etc want to be assured of two things:
1. the IDPs are getting the assistance they need
2. the GOSL is IN FACT handling it satisfactorily.
AND, that should be their ONLY ROLE in Sri Lanka.
They don't care a DAMN for our SECURITY NEEDS.
That is why I wrote a post yesterday, and another one about a month ago, recommending that the GOSL require ALL aid given by IC to be delivered to the GOSL, and that the GOSL employ temporary & permanent staff to undertake the work. No foreign employees need come to acquire a VESTED interest in keeping the pot boiling. After all, our people need good jobs too...much more than these foreigners.
To satisfy the "CONCERNS" 1 & 2, the GOSL should setup and assign a group of people the FULL TIME JOB of conducting GUIDED TOURS for these "Humanitarian Organizations" and "Sponsors". The GUIDED TOURS and INTERVIEWS with IDPs should be recorded accurately on Video, and no unescorted visits by them should be allowed.
The ONLY LEGITIMATE role of the IC reps is that of observing, not DOING any of the work, and certainly not cooking up false allegations on surreptious unescorted visits.
They are demanding "unimpeded access" as if they have any rights to do mischief as they please in this sovereign country.
Patriots, having been to Scarborough Toronto- I can tell you LTTE has lots business under normal peoples name.
The owners of these stores are either very stingy, or very upright people who do not care for money or people who do not own the stores.
I am saying that because they do not act the part. Need to admit this is all observations from afar - I do not know Tamil to converse with any of them and frankly I would be killed if I ask the questions I want to ask - being a normal Sri Lankan.
But now think what will happen when the owner/ I prefer to call the enforcer LTTE is not there to enforce the profit sharing plan.
Now who is going to take the legally registered owner to court saying I need my share of the business profit? Well Vesapillai is in hell with the rest of the mafia - so no way of threatening the Sri Lanka based elatives. A call to government of Sri Lanka will also get the enforcers in Sri Lanka out of the picture very quickly.
So the fun is about to start in Scarborough. I feel sorry for the Canadians. LTTE really took them for a "Parangiya kotte giya wage" ride. Also keep in mind ordinary Tamils were forced to part with their earnings. What happens once they start asking for their money back - million dollar question is where is their money. Money look the same no identifing mark.
shenali has done a good job listing racist political parties.
but few are wrong.
1. Akila Ilankai Thamil Congress
2. Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front
3. Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi
9. Democratic Tamil National Alliance
10. Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
11. Tamizh Democratic National Party
12. Tamil Eeelam Liberation Organization
13. Tamil United Liberation Front
15. People's Front of Liberation Tigers
16. Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
18. Nawa Sihala Urumaya
19. Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
20. All Ceylon Muslim Congress
21. Muslim National Alliance
22. Muslim Liberation Front
the following are NOT racist parties by definition. they should be assessed based on OTHER manifestations. then some of them may be proven racist parties.
4. Eelavar Democratic Front
5. Eelam People's Democratic Party
6. Eelam People's Revolutionary liberation Front
7. Eeelam National Democratic Liberation Front
8. Up-Country People's Front
14. Pathmanabha Eelam Revolutionary Liberation Front
17. Jathika Hela Urumaya
she has left out these racist parties.
1. ppl's liberation org of thamil ezham (PLOTE)
2. democratic tamil national alliance
3. all ceylon thamiz congress
4. muslim united liberation front
5. sri lanka muslim kachchi (one ponnaya contested the 1999 election)
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