Thursday, June 4, 2009

UN on Sri Lanka: A Comedy of Errors

These days, talking about Sri Lanka means talking about the Sri Lankan military, its elite politicians and diplomats and…oh yes…The UN. Are we trying to single-out the UN or the “West” here? Not really. The UN is singling its own self out. In fact, the UN looks more ridiculous now than it did when it allowed the Tutsis to be killed in 1994. If you want proof, read the news items in the world press about ‘leaked’ UN reports where the dead Tamil civilians increased from 6,000 to 20,000 almost overnight. In another report, 13,130 civilians had ‘disappeared’ after arriving in the camps.

The UN, certain “Western Governments” and the pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora are all saying, pretty much the same thing these days. They just cannot accept the fact that Sri Lanka, comprising of all ethnic groups, have prevailed over racist separatism. But this is a simplified way of looking at things.

The United Nations is primarily a tool to police developing countries—to keep them in line with the “West”. It seems that the morally righteous “West” is trying to make the rest of the world tag its line. There is no evidence to prove otherwise. The UN has a track record of selective interventions. The reasons for not intervening, for example in Rwanda, were because President Bill Clinton thought it inappropriate. So we know very clearly who is behind the current UN ‘actions’ against Sri Lanka.

An intervention by the UN in Rwanda was ‘inappropriate’ in 1994 because the UN, backed by the USA were humiliated in Somalia just before the Rwandan genocide started. The use of the word genocide was forbidden in the description of the violence in Rwanda. What in the world did the failed Somali excursion of the USA have to do with those poor Tutsis? Why were they punished by the same International Community who now screams genocide at the Sri Lankan state for wiping out the LTTE? The question on every Sri Lankan’s mind today is why did they all jump in to save the LTTE when they themselves opposed it and when the entire country of Sri Lanka and the rest of the free thinking world (even Communist China) wanted otherwise? What does China’s naval domination in south Asia, Iran’s generosity and Libya’s friendliness to Lanka have to do with Sri Lanka’s right to decide its national security?

The same groups running the UN from the "Western world" today allow a section of the Tamil Diaspora looters the free and undisturbed use of the word “Genocide” to describe the massacre of terrorists in Sri Lanka. How are these two things similar? Where were the Milibands, Kouchners and Clintons when Tutsi’s were massacred in the thousands for 3 months until the Interahamwe gave up on its own, tired? In fact, UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali refused to even visit Rwanda after the genocide. He was taken, almost by force to a Rwandan church to witness the horror with his own eyes. All he did even then was lie to the survivors that the UN wanted to help those dead Tutsis. Perhaps a Tutsi should have held Navi Pillai’s current position. Then that job would have made some sense.

Now that was a real genocide. Compared to that, what have the Sri Lankan Tamils faced? Large numbers of Tutsi’s were systematically removed from educational institutions in Rwanda. Even the most brilliant ones weren’t spared. In Sri Lanka, Tamil university students come to Colombo and help run the LTTE networks while surviving on government scholarships. Giving birth to a Tutsi child was a crime before and even after 1994. The birth of a Tutsi child was a closely guarded secret. The Tutsi mothers never saw the inside of the local hospital during that entire ordeal. In Sri Lanka, you walk to any hospital, even those in the south; you will see hundreds of ‘minorities’ obtaining free treatment.

No UN documents ‘leaked’ to the press about Rwanda back then. Why do they ‘leak’ now? How and why do these ‘leaks’ occur in the absence of evidence when actual facts about the Rwandan genocide could have been ‘leaked’ handsomely both before and after April 1994?

But the biggest question in our mind is that why do the Diaspora Tamils sitting comfortably abroad perpetuate such hatred when they themselves have nothing to lose or gain from continued violence in the name of separatism? The latest claim was for a Tamil Homeland. Why do Sri Lankan Tamils take this so seriously? Why do Tamils in South India, South Africa, Malaysia (including Prabhakaran’s father and Chelvanayaham), Singapore etc are demanding that the SRI LANKAN TAMILS MUST FIGHT FOR A TAMIL HOMELAND? Why don’t they do it themselves? WHY ONLY THE SRI LANKAN TAMILS, THE POOREST TAMILS ON EARTH, HAVE TO DIE IN THEIR THOUSANDS? Why can’t the Sri Lankan Tamils say NO. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! TO HELL WITH YOUR HATRED! IT HAS BROUGHT US ONLY MISERY AND SHAME. WE CHOOSE TO LIVE, PROSPER AND COEXIST WITH THE SINHALESE. WE HAVE FINALLY EARNED THAT RIGHT!!!

If you look very closely, you will realize that the Tamil Homeland concept seems to be driven by a group of greedy Tamil elites more than lower class Tamils. The latter plays the subservient role of trooper, suicide bomber and child soldier while the rest live in luxury abroad and perpetuate the hatred. But mark these words. The day moderate Tamils start raising their heads AGAIN isn’t far away. This is all thanks to whom? Who else but the Sinhalese of course! The days of the Tamil racist is numbered in Sri Lanka.

dA

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Moshe Dyan said...

thusitha,

i watched a documentary on hamas, hezbullah, etc. attacks and israel's counter attacks.

one jewish woman quite emotionally and innocently said, "we want peace but we have nowhere to run. they have the whole of middle east, but not us. we have only this. TF we will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to save this".

Jambudipa said...

thusita, moshe

/*
Very true. Unlike Tamils, we got only Sri Lanka to live in. If shit happens, only place we can run in to is the southern seas. So, it is duty of all Sri Lankans to protect it from people who try to divide and destroy it.
*/

when the country was threatened everyone rose up to the occasion. if and when it does in the future the same will happen as history shows.

but now we need to switch off from under siege mentality or we will be forever held hostage in a state of fear. living in fear is costly emotionality and in creative terms. if we fail, inventors will stop thinking, brain drain will increase, far worse Amaradeva will stop writing songs. this is no way to live the short time we have on earth.

Jambudipa said...

tiny amaradeva

Thusitha said...

Panhinda - பன்ஃகின்ட said...

when the country was threatened everyone rose up to the occasion. if and when it does in the future the same will happen as history shows.

--------------------
Every one rose for the occasion? I am not sure about that. If that was the case this war would have been finished ages ago. What happened was a miracle and miracles don't happen every day. Once UNP gets hold of the country, or some one less patriotic comes under UPFA, the whole thing would change. Therefore we need some consolidations in our positions before start relaxing our security needs.

I had no intention of creating under siege mentality. As I said earlier, we would only know whether we actually won this war after 30 forty years from now.

CASC said...

KDU website shut down. They definitely need some help in IT areas.

CASC said...

State Department issues a travel advisory for Sri Lanka last week

Blake wants another house in the Sri Lanka parliament according to senate testimony he gave last week.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=185555

Unknown said...

OBAMA'S WAR

The Cover story of July 2009 issue of the Indian magazine Frontline gives interesting insights in to the Afghan war.

Highlights:

1) Obama outperforms Bush in indiscriminate killing of civilians.

2) Use of mercenaries has increased 29% during the first quarter of 2009.

(No one, not even Navi Pillai or HRW accused GOSL of such crimes)

3) UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan) aids the tragedy by omission. (i.e.) downgrading civilian casualties.
(Hey, Navi Pillai where are you hiding?)

4) Obama has taken over the US Peace movement. They and the US corporate media are silent about these atrocities.

5) In May 2009 a B1-B dropped two 'precision' 2000 lb bombs killing 97-147 civilians. The effective radius of such a 'precision' bomb, where 50% of those will be killed, is 400 m. ('precision' ! heh! heh! sorry no laughing matter. The dead would be the lucky ones. The other 50% would not be so lucky I think.)

(400 m radius. Comparable to the small pocket where the last stand of the pigs took place. Pity we did not have a B1-B to drop a precision guided humanitarian bomb)

5) In April planes dropped 483 bombs, highest ever for a month This does not include those from helicopters, sp ops gunships, staffing runs, small missiles)

(Straffing runs? Why didn't our guys use that? Very cost effective I hear)

6) UNAMA and HRW give questionable figures on civilian casualties (and here is the surprise!) which are substantially lower than actual.

(Wait a minute now. UN? HRW? Aren't these the guys who gave 7000 and then 20,000 deaths for SL? If these guys are prone to under estimate as in the case of Afghanistan, what would be the actual civilian death toll be for SL? 200,000? heh! heh! sorry no laughing matter I know, I will try not to laugh again.)

7) 70% of the dead and injured are women and children.

(What!!! Whatever the faults of Taliban are they do not put their women and children in harm's way. So these are all real civilian casualties. Not like the SL case. mind you where women and children..... no need to waste breath about it. You know the pigs.)

8) Since taking office Obama and his NATO allies have killed at least 338-418 Afghan civilians. Under the Bush clock it was 278-343

(You are doing fine Obama!)

9) Last but not least there are the drones. It would be unfair to leave them out.

60 cross border drone attacks were made upon Pakistan from 2006 to April 2009. Only 10 hit the intended target killing 14 militants. 687 innocent Pakistani civilians were killed in the atatcks.

(I can neither laugh no cry)

(and there are

Goolge said...

Moshe Dayan,

agree on ethnic integration. It's the common sensical way to peace. The WHOLE of Sri Lanka belongs to all its peoples. We have to shatter the Tamil homeland myth once and for all.

But don't the 13th amendment and ethnic integration seem a bit mutually exclusive? Or am I missing the fine print here? I ask this because the government's stated objective is the 13th amendment.

Goolge said...

CASC,

US travel advisory is funny, don't you think? The probability of dying in the US due to violence must be much higher than in SL.

This is why Indian, South East Asian, Chinese, Japanese and Middle Eastern tourist markets are very important. And why people in this sector should develop language skills such as Hindi, Chinese (Mandarin?), Japanese, or Arabic.

Goolge said...

Ethnic Integration

I've been doing some thinking and have come up with the following 2 lists on the way to ethnic
integration in the NE. Some items are already in progress. Feedback is welcome.


Direct way

- Establish multi-ethnic settlements. GOSL could announce that multi-ethnic settlements are being set up in NE, then ask people to apply. Chose candidates by drawing lots. People who already have homes in NE will not be eligible to apply. If there is a danger that most of the applicants will be Tamil, state that each settlement will follow the national demographic.

- Encourage Sinhalese and Muslims driven out by the LTTE to return to their homes in the NE (security presence will help)

- Eliminate Thesavalamai - this is apartheid.


Indirect way

- Cantonments - this will spin off schools for the forces' kids, health care facilities etc. etc.
all multi-ethnic.

- Permanent economic zones in NE

- Welfare villages for soldiers in NE

- Encourage tourism from the South on a large scale. Expatriates too will be eager to do the North East tour.

- Encourage southern businesses to branch out to NE. Jinadasa thalaguli can add a Jaffna range :)

- Ensure all service personnel in NE learn Tamil and respect the Tamil culture. Possiblities for
interracial marriage then becomes higher.

CASC said...

Goolge,

Yes. The travel advisory is ridiculous. It looks like Blake has got a vendetta against Sri Lanka.


http://www.ichv.org/Statistics.htm

FACT: In 2006, there were 30,896 gun deaths in the U.S: 12,791 homicides (41% of total deaths), 16,883 suicides (55% of total deaths), 642 unintentional shootings (2% of total deaths), 360 from legal intervention (1.2% of total deaths) and 220 from undetermined intent (.8% of total deaths).

(Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2009.)

Goolge said...

Stumbled on this amazing article, written by a Westerner! Some of the content may be disturbing.

It is a snapshot of our colonial history. Shocking.

When Pigs Fly–and Scold: Brits Lecturing Sri Lanka!
By Gary Brecher

http://exiledonline.com/when-pigs-fly-and-scold-brits-lecturing-sri-lanka/

wijayapala said...

Thusitha,

"It is nothing wrong with that if you are Tamil. The rest it is a raw deal."

Ok, so in other words there IS something wrong with the idea.

In 1954 there was no support for Tamil Eelam or even federalism among the Tamils. Sinhala-Only in 1956 started the Tamil nationalist trend, and JR's "Jathika Thugs" completed it by 1983.

The best way to kill Tamil nationalism is to eliminate discrimination against Tamils in the central government.

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Sam Perera said...

wijayapala,

"The best way to kill Tamil nationalism is to eliminate discrimination against Tamils in the central government."

I am not asking a rhetorical question. For the sake of clarity, can you please identify specific items of discrimination against Tamils in the government? Are these discrimination part of the laws, rules and regulations?

Sam Perera said...

JHU to quit Government if ...

I believe that the 13th amendment issue needs to be subjected to a referendum. If majority of the people likes it, so be it. Otherwise, it is eye sore to see small parties destabilizing the government, may it be JHU of CWC or else.

Moshe Dyan said...

goolge,

on ethnic integration....

we think ALIKE!!!

re: thesawalamei...

i don't think it is discriminatory. now, i'm not trying to be a devil's advocate. but what it does it not STOP anyone buy private land. it only gives pre-emptive rights to 'close' buyers. and it is a PERSONAL law (applicable to ppl FROM jaffna) today not exactly a TERRITORIAL law.

but certainly agree with you that cancelling it will have the effect of promoting EI.

re: 13th amendment...

a big YES!

the problem lies in the "solution process" that brought the 13th amendment. it was an attempt to INDIANIZE SL. there are fundamental flows in this.

there was NEVER a NATION called india. it was ALWAYS a collection of MANY NATIONS. bharat, etc. were references to a land mass. many federations came together to form INDIA. (some refused). it is just like any other federal country (except russia).

in the case of SL, it is not so. there was ONE NATION in MOST part of history. so it is not a matter of 2 or more territories coming together to form SL.

of course the NAME SL is new but the country is as old as old can be.

13th amendment is TOTALLY irrelevant to SL. if regional EMPOWERMENT is the requirement, bring back the old electorate based election system. each electorate will be empowered. there can't be BETTER devolution than that!!!

Moshe Dyan said...

sam,

mate, i disagree with you.

13th amendment is undemocratic to start with. GOSL has no fcuking right to fully implement it. they should SCRAP it.

if they can't scrap it, the next best thing is to keep it as it is. NO MORE!

if the GOSL is GENUINELY keen about devolution, change the election system to the electorate based system. each electorate will be a power sharing unit. howz that??? pls think about it. there can NEVER NEVER NEVER be any MORE devolution than that!!


there is a limit we should entertain india.

Moshe Dyan said...

sara & casc,

lovely!

Moshe Dyan said...

this is the MOST BARBARIC, SAKKILI thing i have evr seen. a five year old girl holding a placard saying, "13 year old grils are gang raped"!!! does this child know what rape is???? does she know this is a DAMN HATEFUL lie??? they first used child soldiers, now they are raping their own children. BARBARIANS!

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wijayapala said...

"For the sake of clarity, can you please identify specific items of discrimination against Tamils in the government? Are these discrimination part of the laws, rules and regulations?"

I already showed you the statistics that only 8.4 percent of the Sri Lankan civil service can speak Tamil, compared to 26 percent of the Tamil-speaking population.

Before he got spastic, p-shantha pointed out that nearly 20 percent of the provincial councils' employees can speak Tamil. This shows that Tamil-speakers have a better chance of gaining employment under provincial governments rather than the central government and **thus strengthens the argument for more provincial autonomy**.

The problem is not unequal laws or regulations. It is the NON-IMPLEMENTATION of equal rights laws.

The only way to counter this argument is for the central government to reverse the inequality in its hiring practices. For this to happen, people like yourself first have to realize that there is a problem.

I also pointed out to p-shantha the national security dimension- that fewer Tamil-speakers in the govt = less capacity to gather intelligence in the N-E. Unfortunately, he was too "p-brained" to understand that.

Both JVP insurrections were relatively easy to suppress, despite the much larger numbers of JVP cadre and supporters compared to the LTTE, because the security forces spoke the same language as the JVP rebels.

wijayapala said...

"the problem lies in the "solution process" that brought the 13th amendment. it was an attempt to INDIANIZE SL.

13th amendment is TOTALLY irrelevant to SL. if regional EMPOWERMENT is the requirement, bring back the old electorate based election system.
"

For once I agree with Moshe- he is entirely correct that the 13th Amendment was an attempt to Indianize Sri Lanka. I also that it is irrelevant to SL.

Only after the imbalances in the central govt are corrected can the 13th Amendment be scrapped.

MayilRavana මයිල් රාවන said...

There is no point in having a conversation with Wijayapala because his arguments are always dishonest. Just make one comment at his posts and leave it at that.

For example, the claim that not hiring enough Tamil-speakers to the Government as discrimination (when he is challenged on demonstrating any discrimination under the law) is just shifting the goal-posts. Furthermore it is a half-truth. The whole truth as someone else has already pointed out in this blog, Tamil-speakers would rather get jobs in the private sector. If one looked at proportion of Tamil-speakers in private sector then I think the Sinhalas should hoot discrimination. But they don't.
The Government should not be blamed because people use their right of choice where they seek employment. This is not to say that the Government should not make the public service more attractive (that is not discrimination- it is mere stupidity- like in any other country).

In case Wijayapala comes up with yet another argument regarding the difference between employment rates in Provincial vs. Central Government, I would say "Booruwa, the poor people in the East will seek public jobs becasue there is nothing much else; in Colombo/Western Province, no self-respecting Tamil/Muslim speaker with connections to the private sector will seek a Government job." Don't compare apples and oranges. This is typical of school boy debaters.

nahayen andanne nAthuwa, wAdak karapan.

න්හ්යේන් අන්ඩන්නෙ නැතුව වැඩක් ක‍්රපන්

wijayapala said...

SARA,

"Within the last 30 years, the average Sri Lankan has paid 100 times more than what would be reasonably due for the mistakes of a few thugs whose main objectives was to loot."

Perhaps, but unfortunately the law of karma does not work in societies the same way that it works for individuals. A relatively small misdeed can totally destroy a polity if the conditions are in place.

"I do not think that such riots would be repeated again on the same scale."

Maybe, but we still have to be vigilant and ensure that there will be no further internal instability for countries like India to exploit.

//I agree that the majority community has no objections to the language policy. So how come it has not been implemented for all these years?//

"Come on now, we have been busy defending ourselves from the worst kind of terrorism the world has ever seen for the past 30 years. I do not think anyone had the time to look at such things."

Actually by addressing the language policy you could undermine support for this terrorism.

"Now that terrorism has been defeated, we are in a position to do so."

Not if there are people like p-shantha who don't even understand that there is a problem.

"The fighting and terrorism has stopped thanks to the determined efforts and sacrifices of our armed forces. Not because the Tamils decided to stop it. They were stopped by force."

That is partially but not entirely correct. The armed forces ended the war because only the LTTE was interested in fighting- *not the Tamils in SL themselves*.

LTTE supporters like Peter were babbling about an "Iraqi-style insurgency" when the LTTE got crushed. They got a rude surprise when the ordinary Tamils decided that they did not want to fight.

"The willingness to stop violence has to come from the hearts of the Tamils not by force."

So how can the Tamils' hearts be won?

"Economic development is the only way of marginalizing extremist elements."

Perhaps, but this development has to benefit *everyone.*

JR Jayawardene also thought that economic development would marginalize extremist elements. Unfortunately his policies benefited only the rich and excluded the poor.

"The Tamils surely seem to have this idea that the Sinhalese are stupid and thst Tamils are much more superior to them. The fact that some call us Moda Bandas even in this blog is evidence of this."

The only Tamils who refer to Sinhalese as "moda Bandas" are the LTTE supporters like Peter. Now it seems that Peter is hiding in shame because his LTTE has been smashed to pieces.

There are some Sinhalese who believe that only they are real Sri Lankans and that Tamils are "para demala" invaders. That does not mean ALL Sinhalese have this view.

wijayapala said...

"Tamil-speakers would rather get jobs in the private sector. If one looked at proportion of Tamil-speakers in private sector then I think the Sinhalas should hoot discrimination. But they don't.
The Government should not be blamed because people use their right of choice where they seek employment.
"

Before standardization in 1972 there were no laws discriminating against Sinhalese, yet the Tamils (mostly from Jaffna & Colombo) were overrepresented in university admissions and public employment. Some Tamils using Mayilrawana logic argued against standardization saying that Sinhalese preferred to be farmers or laborers than educated public servants.

I am not necessarily saying that the proportion of ethnic Tamils has to be increased, but instead the proportion of Tamil-speaking people. This would include Muslims and Sinhalese who learn Tamil. They would be in a position to better serve the people of the N-E and thus eliminate the call for separatism or autonomy.

priyashantha said...

Wnadurupala,

The language problem discussion has been dragging on because we don't know the real numbers. This time I didn't check the telephone directory but asked a Tamil government servant about it.

He said the percentage of Tamil speaking staff got to be 15% to 25% now in 2009. He said after 2006 EPC was formed and so many things happened in Colombo that increased Tamil speaking percentage. He said more than 1,000,000 Tamils have left the country and the Tamil only speaking population is very low than 26%.

He is right. OLC's report was from 2006. Its tables are from 2002. Have a look at it. I told you this.

He also said 90% of communication at a government or provincial office take place through forms. All forms are in Sinhala and Tamil these days.

He said in addition to Tamil speaking staff there are people helping in translating.

When you put all these a Tamil bugger is as good as a Sinhala bugger at a government office. The problem is lack of computers, blah blah, blah. Inefficiency.



He told me that only LTTE trouble makers telling these things. I told him that DBS Jeyaraj and his whore Sumana Wijayapala told me this. He told you two to go to an office in Colombo and see without talking bullshit from Canada.

Wandurupala, now you can see there is no grievence for Tamils regarding language.

If you want to say something say it without hiding it under grievances.

priyashantha said...

Wandurupala,

"Both JVP insurrections were relatively easy to suppress, despite the much larger numbers of JVP cadre and supporters compared to the LTTE, because the security forces spoke the same language as the JVP rebels."

How foolish you can be?

Your monkey brain cannot understand this.

Look at the weapons of JVP and LTTE. JVP didn't have international motherfuckkers telling Sri Lanka to stop it. JVP didn't have MPs arse eating them.

Security forces had enough Tamil spies. Language was not a problem because security force had enough Tamil speakers to deal with them. Have a look at the list of names of Sri Lankan spies killed by the LTTE during the ceasefire.

I don't expect a mandabuddika monkey to understand that.

priyashantha said...

Why could we not defeat LTTE for 25 years?
(By: A Retired Major General)


All members of the security forces, past and present, and all citizens of this country no doubt are happy and celebrating the defeat of the LTTE, the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world, that had been a scourge not only to our country but the world for the past three decades.

Some Western nations must be unhappy that the lever they utilized to destabilize our nation is no more available for them. Locally, the stooges of those powers with vested interests too are unhappy since their peace wagon has got bogged down and off road for ever and they are unable to enjoy the free rides anymore. I have observed many of the past Commanders of all three forces who failed to achieve victory when they were at the helm of power also were among them to achieve their goals through peace means

Many a writer, including some armchair Generals has written to the press and come live on TV to tell us how the current Commanders have won the war, but none has explained why past Commanders could not or would not win the war when the LTTE was much weaker and was not well-established. If they won, perhaps, we would have saved the lives of thousands of youth of both sides and billions of rupees of our National wealth. That included the personal properties of our citizens of the North and South, and the valuable infrastructure facilities. When the North and East was burning, the retired Generals, Admirals and Air Marshals were discussing at various forums how to solve the National problem through peace negotiations, rather than advising the Commanders how to win the war in which they were inextricably engaged in. To me, it looked awkward, discouraging and meaningless in that needy hour.

Let us see why those Commanders failed to forge an end through military means when they were in power. First and foremost was the unnecessary political interference which came in many forms. Some politicians with connections with the security of the country had vested interests and were working towards achieving their aims of making money through purchase of arms and equipment for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Some Security Force Commanders who did not have the backbone either kept quiet and said yes to whatever the deals approved by the politicians, with the connivance and support of the bureaucrats in the Ministries. They too amassed wealth here and abroad. The troops in the front lines had to bear the brunt of it by getting killed using sub-standard arms and equipment and flying in obsolete aircraft bought through questionable shady deals.

Some top brass were hauled before the High Courts after their retirement and were even arrested and kept in remand. Others who still had the political backing either escaped through their cunning manoeuvring of technical points or using their ill-earned wealth by bribing politicians of the era. Thousands of troops sacrificed their lives in the arid battle fields like Pooneryn and Mullaitivu or plunged into the sea in aircraft that did not have even anti-missile protection.

Next, political interference was the denial of required manpower, arms and equipment to the Operation Commanders, quoting that the government did not have sufficient funds.

priyashantha said...

Why could we not defeat LTTE for 25 years?
(By: A Retired Major General)

I have observed that when the senior service officers were getting professionally qualified and matured towards the end of the careers, their aim was to become the Head of the Service which is quite natural. The way they set about achieving it was not in keeping with the prime interests of the country. Invariably, many past Commanders of Services became "yes men" so that they approved anything the politicians wanted done irrespective of whether they were correct or not and injurious to the National interests.

Coming back to the political interference, at one stage, a politician planned the operations to win the elections. He insisted that an objective or an area be captured before the Provincial Council Elections. The Operational Commanders short of time, manpower and equipment either reluctantly agreed knowing that the operation would fail. The Service Commanders never intervened and advised the politicians not to pursue it, since they did not want to lose the command and the ambassadorial appointment they were dreaming of. Those Operation Commanders who did not want to sacrifice their principles as well as the troops who disagreed with the political big-wigs were sidelined and sent out of the service, sometimes ignominiously.

Old school, clanism and favouritism affected the operational efficiency of the Services. If a Service Commander's successor was from the same Regiment or same clan or the same school and of the same colour, well, he was the one to command the service and he was trained and groomed accordingly without taking into his consideration IQ or combat efficiency and professional competency. He was groomed in such a way that he naturally became an "yes man" as happened to our administrative bureaucracy, which is at the bottom of the administration mess today. This was what ailed the services which contributed to the failure of past Commanders, who almost ended up with Diplomatic appointments. Only a few obviously corrupted ones were denied this perk.

Commanders of this calibre never had the determination and the National aim of defeating the LTTE on top of their career agendas. Their aim was to command the Service and end up an Ambassador and to hell with the Nation.

The handing over of weapons and money to the LTTE by the highest political authority in the country was one of the biggest blunders that was unopposed and approved by the Army Commander and a Secretary of Defence who too were Three and Four Star Generals, both of whom knew that it was wrong and injurious and detrimental to the National security. The same duo approved even a worse blunder of handing over 600 policemen in the East to the LTTE, who drained them of their blood, butchered and buried them in mass graves. How could a Commander of this calibre and their front line Operational Commanders win the war when they supported the enemy which amounted to treason? Those top brass are basking in the glow of glory with medals and honours now. What a shame.

I believe the above facts would suffice to show readers why the war was not won for 25 years, under the corrupted. bias and inefficiency of politicians, and Service Commanders. I must congratulate and admire the present Service Commanders and the frontline Operation Commanders who were not malaised with the plagues enumerated above but received unstinted support and encouragement from the Commander-in-Chief of Services as well as his brother, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, that won the historic victory for Sri Lanka.

priyashantha said...

Why could we not defeat LTTE for 25 years?
(By: A Retired Major General)

This account is incomplete without a word of praise to General Sarath Fonseka, who is not a favourite of a group or a clan but a valiant soldier who achieved his aim through determination and perseverance. He is rewarded for choosing front line Commanders who joined the Army in the infancy of the LTTE and grew up getting battered and hardened along with the growing LTTE which grew almost to a conventional Army with air and sea wings. Giving credit to international situation and their attitude towards Sri Lanka for annihilation and defeat of the LTTE to me is belittling of valiant achievement of Sons of Sri Lanka.

Moshe Dyan said...
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Moshe Dyan said...

priyasantha,

there is no point in discussing anything with this wesapala. he is INCAPABLE of being honest. HE IS never TRUE TO HIMSELF/HERSELF.

this MF will say onething to support something IRRELEVANT; in most cases TAMIL ELAM. i identified this early and stopped discussing with him.

most of my friends are tamil and they have not genuinely faced any major difficulty in SL govt offices. some ppl exaggerate things and tell. that is their racism.

e.g. a grandma of a thangachchi tells me that galle buses used to go deliberately faster in tamil areas in col-3/4/6 to kill tamil ppl!!!!

can i argue with her and say it is BULLSHIT????? she is very innocent but dumb.

why none of the motherfcukers demanding to increase the number of govt servants speaking in tamil do ANYTHING to improve their sinhala?????



the funny thing is these MOTHERFCUKERS are losers. MOST tamils when given the opportunity learn sinhala and don't complain chingala, chingala. even in jaffna you can find many tamils talking in sinhala now!!! some are even learnning from army fellows!!

MOST muslims talk in sinhala, today, i was told.

soon the percentage of tamil only speakers will become IMMATERIAL. for scientific purposes, anything less than 5% is considered immaterial.

only some pathetic incest losers hide in a corner and shout chingala, chingala.

sinhale said...

Is it not really stupid to realize that a bunch of Tamil tiger terrorists did hood wink close to a millions of their brethren to lead luxurious lives in Sri Lanka and outside convincing these poor suckers to take a second mortgage on their houses or borrow from the credit cards at exorbitant interest rates promising a country of Elam while they purchased shopping centers, bowling alleys etc in Canada, U.S.A, England and the rest of the world. The relatives of the Tamil Tiger leadership and their kids were enjoying royalty life in North America and Europe while the poor Tamil refugees were working for a few dollars cleaning toilets and contributing in the thousands and mortgaging their life and family. What these poor suckers probably did not realize is that if the Tigers had really succeeded, they would have been perpetual slaves and prisoners of their hard-earned dreamland after all the blood sacrifices.

Looks like that is not the end of the story. Now you get another bunch of tiger nitwits promising a virtual country in cyberspace where the applicants will be supreme virtual residents. They will be able to reside in this virtual dream land and own virtual property with a virtual constitution but with real legislators who earn real salaries from real tax dollars collected from the real refugees cleaning real toilets for a few dollars a day to support the virtual country of Elam. I have some advice. While you are at it, don’t stop at just Elam in Sri Lanka, just claim the whole goddam greater Tamil Elam including Tamil Nadu, Malaysia, Singapore, Figi islands, part of Australia and you might as well include U.K, Canada and Norway as part of your greater economic zone. Who is going to stop you?

What is anticipated is that there will be a virtual government with a virtual constitution represented by real Tamil Tiger parliamentarians who will have real expenses (palaces, bullet proof luxury cars, private jets and of course prime real state property in North America because, just lets face it, real legislators cannot live on virtual luxuries) that needs to be collected from these sucker residents of a virtual country by real tax collectors from the previous tiger era. They know how to extract kappan dollars from reluctant virtual Elam citizens. If you have any doubts just revisit ‘A-9 the Kappan Highway’

This is a great way to collect real tax dollars by selling virtual real estate in cyber space. In fact it is the same thing as the virtual 17 virgins for real suicide bombers.

American shark sellers please note from the Tamil Tigers where the next bubble is going to be. Virtual cyberspace which is pretty damn expensive when you consider the cost of a web site, but it is in virtual memory so all you have to do is to provide your customer with a memory stick with all the cyber boundaries defining the cyber space your sucker citizen owns. Then there will be a whole shit load of expensive cyber lawyers like bruice fein to defend your cyber territory which could be start of the next cyber bubble.

There was the dot.com bubble. Then there was the inflated housing bubble. Next will be the Virtual Country in Exile real estate bubble that will extend far beyond our universe. Tigers will get credit for the ingenuity (hoodwinking) again just like their famous suicide jacket.

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Ananda-USA said...

Moshe Dayan said... about Wijayapala

[ i identified this early and stopped discussing with him. ]

Moshe, brother,

That is what I did too.

I refused to be his sounding board for interminable pseudo-academic discussions supporting the Eelam concept, and denigrating anything that the GOSL was trying to do. I did not want to provide him a platform for that. There were too many patriots who wanted to help achieve that end in a positive way, rather than criticize everything and reducing the community to impotence.

Some people...you know who they were...accused me of not being able to debate him. My reply to them was: to what PURPOSE? Like many of us here, I was not trying to score debating points; my purpose was to support the war effort to LIBERATE & UNIFY our country, and HELP create a nation in which all Sri Lankans can live together in peace and prosper.

You were right on target!

Moshe Dyan said...

Ananda,

"interminable pseudo-academic discussions supporting the Eelam concept"

what more can i say!!!

well, the end justifies the means.

cheers.

Moshe Dyan said...

2/3 of karuna cadres have joined the army, but pillayan's guys are not interested.

hope they have better things to do!! otherwise, houston, we have a problem.

Moshe Dyan said...

panhinda,

"but now we need to switch off from under siege mentality"

yes, we should never be under such spells.

to foster that type of a free environment where creativity is blossoming, we have to fortify our defences. only then we are free to be creative.

we have to be a bit more proactive. ALL s-h-i-t comes from tamil madu. TF it makes sense to have a special TN monitoring division.

in SL history, creative periods came in the space created by MASSIVE MILITARY victories.

e.g. devanampiya tissa, dutugemunu, parakramabahu, nissankamalla, parakramabahu-6

of course there are exceptions

e.g. sigiri kashyapa!!!

eternal vigilence is the price of freedom.

wijayapala said...

'Tamil unit' for Sri Lanka's army:

Six hundred cadres out of 900 have already joined the army. [The] rest of my cadres are currently staying in military camps. I hope all of them will join the army once their paperwork is completed," he told the BBC's Sinhala service.

wijayapala said...

Following the tradition of naming the regiments after SL heroes, I propose the name "Kurukkulattaraiyan" for the Tamil regiment.

Kurukkulattaraiyan was a Tamil warrior who fought and died alongside King Vijayabahu against the Cholas in the 11th century, but his name is not taught to schoolchildren for some reason. Naming the Tamil regiment after a historical person would help convey this unknown history.

Unknown said...

Wijayapala,

"Perhaps, but unfortunately the law of karma does not work in societies the same way that it works for individuals. A relatively small misdeed can totally destroy a polity if the conditions are in place."

I am not a believer of the Law of Kamma. What I feel is that the communal riots have been just an excuse for the extremist Tamils to vent their hatred on the Sinhalese and they did so without any sense of proportionality. However, this I think was the main reason why they were finally, defeated. The 'Silindu' factor took over.

"Maybe, but we still have to be vigilant and ensure that there will be no further internal instability for countries like India to exploit."

Yes, agree 100%.

"Actually by addressing the language policy you could undermine support for this terrorism."

I would love to see the Sinhalese speaking Tamil and vice versa. I have already started learning Tamil. I can now read and write in Tamil. Problem is understanding it. Please see my offer of 10 Rs 10,000 prizes to promote this.

"Not if there are people like p-shantha who don't even understand that there is a problem."

It is natural to have shades of different opinion in any group of people. One good thing about the Sinhalese is that if you have 10 Sinhalese they have 12 different opinions. This is our character. LTTE was able to do so much damage because the Tamils did not stand up to them even when they started killing their innocents (I do not mean opposers). The Tamils seem to lack this character and are like lemmings following the leader to death.You will never see this happening among the Sinhalese.

"That is partially but not entirely correct. The armed forces ended the war because only the LTTE was interested in fighting- *not the Tamils in SL themselves*."

"LTTE supporters like Peter ..... They got a rude surprise when the ordinary Tamils decided that they did not want to fight."

I hope you are honest when you say this. But I suspect that for 90% of the Tamils Praba is still a God or at least a great hero. Just look at the Diaspora. Don't ask me how I get that figure. It is just a gut feeling. If what you say is correct I am very happy.

"So how can the Tamils' hearts be won?"

Why is it that the onus is always put on the Sinhalese? Should it not be a two way process?

"Perhaps, but this development has to benefit *everyone.*"

It will never benefit everyone. There will always be some who get more than others. If you take the present economy a few Tamils are getting a share more than all others. So are the Muslims. I don't mind that as long as it is because they work harder. What is important is that it should not be based on race, religion etc..

"There are some Sinhalese who believe that only they are real Sri Lankans and that Tamils are "para demala" invaders. That does not mean ALL Sinhalese have this view."

Yes many have this conception and to a certain extent it is true. Historically, there have been many invasions from South India. Regarding modern times. Just look at the LTTE flag. The red part looks like the jaws of a dragon about to devour the part below. Even now I get very nervous whenever I see that flag. The Diaspora is still carrying flag around and talking of a Transnational State. How do you expect the people not to consider Tamils as non invaders when this is happening?

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priyashantha said...

Monkeypala aka Taraki aka Wijayapala,

You are the biggest idiot on planet.

On 14 January 2007 you wrote this.

Taraki

It is not fun when Generalissimo Dayan tries to play the role of Taraki and makes a puerile attempt at military analysis, regaling us with blubber about C4 and mobility. He does better when he writes about the lessons of history. His work on the rise and fall of the NEPC is probably the best analysis (although not perfect) of what happened and gives the idea what mistakes to avoid. The NEPC failed largely because the EPRLF was reduced to becoming an Indian flunky and shedded its democratic and progressive ideals. If anyone should understand the dangers of a provincial government acting with impunity and being beholden to an outside power, it is Dayan.

Thus I am stupefied how he advocates "giving" the East to Karuna, who lacks even the most basic pretensions of democratic ideals. Having written very cogently about the collapse of the original NEPC, how does he believe that Chief Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, Pres. Mahinda's very own Kurukkulattaraiyan will hold things together???????? Has Dayan learned nothing from India's experience with Kashmir or the NE??


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Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:19

http://www.theacademic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4883&view=previous&sid=03162d25d076ee1b39f8dccefa120dd3

Now you say the opposite.

See how this sakkiliya blames Dayan Jayatilaka in another blog and comes here to praise him.

Unknown said...

Sinhale,

Nice write up about the Trans NAtional virtual state.

I think what the Diaspora needs is a TOTAL RECALL.

But the leaders under the supreme leadership of KP are not in a dream land. They are right here an they are in their right senses doing what they do best - making money.

Ananda-USA said...

prishantha said..

[On 14 January 2007 you wrote this. ]

Bro,

I am simply amazed at your ability to recall/digup these statements from the remote past! Really amazing! No less amazing than Sam Perera's ability to keep track of Fake blog handles!

Ananda-USA said...

Tiger leader, deputy arrested

By Dinasena Rathugamage
Island.lk
June 30, 2009

An LTTE leader and his deputy were arrested by the anti-terrorist unit of the Vavuniya Police, while they were in the company of a young pregnant girl, according to reports from Vavuniya Police.

Identified as Keenan and Kannawan, they were arrested at Pesalai in Mannar. When Police arrested them they were in possession of two claymore mines, two T-56 weapons, five magazines and 142 rounds of ammunition.

One of them was a LTTE leader of Pammpaimadu and when he was arrested he was in the company of a 13-year-old girl who Police said was pregnant. The other LTTE cadre was in the company of an 18-year-old girl. Both girls in their statement to Police had said that they were abducted and forcibly kept by the two LTTE cadres.

All four have been detained by the Vavuniya anti-terrorist unit and are being interrogated.

Ananda-USA said...

Hooray! They are Rounding up the Hidden Traitors! Finally, we are beginning to enforce the laws of the land!

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Nine indicted with funding LTTE

Sandasen Marasinghe
Dailynews.lk
June 30, 2009

The Attorney General has filed indictment against nine persons for granting Rs. 35 million to the LTTE from the funds of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation in 2006.

The Attorney General filed indictment against Velupillai Sivanadiar, Murugesu Shanmugarajah, Kanthilingam Prem Raj, Kathirakesu Ganeshalingam, Sinnaiyah Shanthilingam, Eliyathambi Nadarajah, Krishna Kutti Sukumaran alias Udayan, Balasubramunium Sri Scandarajah, and Kamalias Prabakaran before the Colombo High Court.

They were charged with conspiring between October 10, 2005 to March 27, 2006 to grant Rs. 35 million to the LTTE through the seventh accused, an LTTE cadre.

They have conspired in Vavuniya and Colombo with another person Arumugam Senthinadan who is dead.

Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara issued notice on the suspects returnable on July 07, 2009.

Ananda-USA said...

Sri Lanka-China pact on power project

B. Muralidhar Reddy
Hindu.com
June 30, 2009

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and China on Monday signed an agreement on the second and third stages of the $891-million Norochcholai Coal Power 600 MW Project. Meanwhile, local media reported that the Jathika Hela Urmaya (JHU), a constituent of the ruling combine, had threatened to withdraw from the government if it implemented the 13th Amendment and gave police powers to provinces.

The Information Department said phase two and three of the Norochcholai project would be completed by 2013.

The 300-MW first stage commenced in 2006 and is to be completed next year. The Chinese government facilitated long-term loans at a low interest rate for implementation of the project.

Power and Energy Minister John Senevirathna said the government was keen on importing sophisticated coal power infrastructure to minimise environmental hazards and that the project would be 98.8 per cent environmentally efficient, reducing the risk of pollution to mere 1.2%.

Separately, in its latest travel warning, the U.S. warned American citizens travelling to or living in Sri Lanka about the potential for continued instability, including possible terrorist attacks.

“On May 19, 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced that it had achieved victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Despite the conclusion of hostilities, remnants of the insurgency group remain.

The government of Sri Lanka’s security posture remains heightened,” the travel advisory said.

It said American citizens of Sri Lankan-origin may be subject to additional scrutiny upon arrival and while in the country and in some cases foreigners of Sri Lankan origin may be detained without their embassy being notified.

“The activities of journalists, researchers, aid workers, and volunteers receive particular attention. The government of Sri Lanka encourages Sri Lankan citizens to report foreigners who are suspected of carrying out activities not consistent with the national interest and/or their visa category,” it said.

Responding to the warning, Colombo expressed disappointment and said it is was part of U.S. strategy to undermine the country.

“The advisory, issued by the U.S. State Department on Friday, demonstrates the sheer lack of understanding of the ground situation by the authors as the LTTE has been comprehensively defeated,” said Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona.

In another development, TamilNet reported: “A group calling itself ‘Tamil Front Protecting the Country’, allegedly linked to a paramilitary group operating with Colombo, issued Saturday a notice titled ‘Final Warning’ to Uthayan Tamil daily office in Jaffna warning that Uthayan staffers will be killed if they do not officially relinquish their posts with effect from 30 June 2009.

Thursday, all the local newspapers of Jaffna that defied publishing an anonymous and defiling notice against Liberation Tigers came under attack by an armed group in which thousands of copies of the local newspapers, Valampuri, Uthayan and Thinakkural were burnt.”

Sam Perera said...

Moshe,

My point is about political posturing and destabilization of the government. Let the interested and disinterested parties campaign for or against it. Then let the people of the country decide the fate of the 13th amendment through a referendum. That will settle the issue forever.

Moshe Dyan said...

sam,

mate, NO REFERENDUM!! NO under any circumstances.

suppose we hold a ref. what would happen?

certain areas will return a YES vote and others a NO vote. this clearly sends a messeage to the IC that SL is divided along racial lines.

i think it has to be taken up in parliament.

postponiong the general election is a big mistake of this govt. they should strike when the iron is HOT.

Sam Perera said...

Moshe,

If the majority says no to 13th, that is the democratic will of Sri Lankans. It is like electing a government or president. IC has no business in interfering with a presidential election whether a certain minority likes the winner or not. Similary, IC has no business with any amendment to the constitution whether a certain minority is not in favor for it. Nobody can force any option through our throats if the majority doesn't like it. Similarly, we all shall respect the choice of the majority regardless of our own preferences.

Moshe Dyan said...

a very large number of SL economic refugees have entered france, australia, uk, etc. in the last few months.

hope SLDFs don't allow tigers escape.

Moshe Dyan said...

sam,

that is true.

but we don't want any MANIFESTATION of racial-based divisions in the country.

more tamils and muslims will vote YES and more sinhalas will say NO. this is enough proof to interferers to say there is a clear ethnic problem in SL.

the problem is not that the IC cannot do much, but the UNNECESSARY troubles they will create for the GOSL.

Thusitha said...

Sri Lanka Fears Ghost Attack

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Good move by defence. Forget about the people who says this is not good for the sport. Imagine the shame if an attack happen. Right now we can't afford to have an attack as we are doing our best to get tourists back to the country

Thusitha said...

Vannaga man ship


Captain Ali to unload in Chennai


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Again kudos to our defence strategists. This is a good outcome without allowing the DiAsspora pricks to get their way. This will teach them a lesson in the future not to fuck with the SL government.

NOLTTE=Peace said...
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NOLTTE=Peace said...

Concurrently suffering from both the superiority and inferiority complexity , which is unique to Eelam Tamils, they are mooting on Transnational Government.

They tout Transnational Government for a bigger Tamil community of the world which is about 80 million.

Some people have named it has Eelam War 2.0.

I really do not name it as Eelam War 2.0, because the concept itself going to be an utter failure as it won't have any foundation to hold water. This would be just a babble that would be a reference point for lost prestige and would be nothing more.

However, the real Eelam 2.0 is working on the background. It comes in forms such as 'political solution' (where there is no 'PROBLEM DEFINITION' yet to provide a 'SOLUTION'), 13th Amendment, Devolution of Power, and Prevention of Birth of Another Prabhakaran etc etc.

They say you have to do this and that to prevent birth of another Prabhakaran, and you have to do this and that to make Tamils do not feel alienated etc. etc.

They all are on Eelam War 2.0 which is exactly resembling to Web 2.0 - a mixed bag of things.

The ultimate objective of Eelam War 2.0 is to get the 'FEDERAL SOLUTION', which is exactly what they asked before the LTTE.

The FEDERAL SOLUTION is put them into the Snake and Ladders Ladder that take them to the square just before the Eelam. The next-step is Eelam.

13th Amendment is just few squares behind the Eelam Square in this game. Both have a dangerous Ladder Power compared to mythical Transnational Government.

Yesterday I was at the 41st St Benz dealership with a friend, and saw a Sri Lankan Tamil was inspecting a brand-new SLR, which has a whopping base price tag of $269,000.00

My friend being a Tamil, identified the person who was inspecting the SLR has no job whatsoever, but has been a fund-collector for LTTE. The Gold Chain he was wearing could be used to herd a Bull without breaking it.

By looking at him, I saw a great future for Eelam Transnational Government!

It would need lot of bulls to support it for sure!

Unknown said...

POTTU AMMAN

According to KP in his latest interview, Pottu Amman also attained matyrdom on 17th May 2009

It looks like none of them were killed. They attained 'matyrdom'.

Unknown said...

13th Amendment

Vikramabahu (JPB No....)

Speaks about the 13 the amendment. Here is his closing line:

Thus both the goat and the pot were lost. With the advice of the three Maha Denamuththas - Champika, Wimal and Dinesh, Maha Rajano has done the same. Crush the Tamils first and then give 13 plus.

Unknown said...

THE POLITICAL SOLUTION

Many including Dayan Jayatilake seem recommend the 13th Amendment as it is "Made In India".

But should this be the criterion? Shoudn't the interests of SL bethe main deciding factor.

The jargon pushed around are things like:

1) Traditional Homeland.

2) Tamil political aspirations

3) Self Rules

etc.

If we are going to give them all that, why not go the whole hog and give Eelam itself, and avoid all the blood letting that is sure going to follow for their next step?

It looks like the next fight would not be with the Transnational Govt. but with our own so called intellectuals.

Once I attended a Thovila to drive away the Devil. The Devil was driven away alright but he took the Billa all the same.

Sam Perera said...

Moshe,

If a referendum rejects the 13th, then it is not a problem to the government at all. It can simply say that it is the democratic will of Sri Lankans, not the will of some 4 donkey group of international communists. I believe that a referendum will clearly close this issue.

CASC said...

KP's interview with India Today is very informative

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=7923

According to KP, Prabhakaran dead, daughter dead (supposedly died fighting), no news on wife and son (probably dead), Pottu Amman dead

Claims to be in communication with 'Col. Ram' operating from the forests

Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran is drafting the constitution of Tamil transnational government (Rudrakumaran is a U.S. citizen)

Ananda-USA said...

Please help to rebuild Sri Lanka

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July 1, 2009

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As most of the Sri Lankan as well as international aid agencies have focused on the dire situation of the Internally Displaced Persons languishing in the welfare centers of the North, the resources that support various welfare programs in the rest of the country have diminished.

Nearly one-fourth of Sri Lanka's population who still lives below poverty line, children orphaned by the tsunami or the ethnic conflict, teenagers who become mothers due to sexual abuse, families of soldiers killed, or missing in action, soldiers disabled by the war, abused women, and mentally ill rejected by the society are some of the unfortunates who need our support.

Foundation for Rebuilding Sri Lanka (FRSL) is a non-sectarian, and non-profit organization based in the United States. Our goal is to direct funds to various projects with the corporation of government institutions, ministries, banks and even security forces to get them completed in an efficient and a timely manner. We have outlined several projects that you can help to see the completion. Some are ongoing needs and others are just one time necessity. There are some immediate needs that we currently hope to address. Please visit frsl.org to see how you can help.

Please help us to bring hope to the lives of the less fortunate. Let us make your generous donation work where it is needed most.

Sam Perera said...

I wish that others think like this too.

Muslims don’t need separate politics - Hisbullah

One country with equal rights and responsibilities.

May Almighty Bless Great Sons of Mother Lanka like Hisbulla

Unknown said...

the pigs from london times are on a rampage . they are performing a systematic and methodical mud slinging together with the eelamist pigs . We need to counter this

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