Comments on: Anatomy of the LTTE military debacle at Aanandapuram

By: mercator

mercator — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:36:44 +0000

PFA (comment 111)
I agree fully with your point #1

#2 is more problematic – it’s already been found that LTTE has inserted suicide bombers and other ltte cadres within the groups of civilians. Do you seriously expect them to be allowed to walk off happily to wreak God knows what additional havoc in the rest of the country ? In time IDP’s will be released but not before they can be debriefed

#3 – the only para-military in the area now is LTTE. Once they are removed, steps can be taken to disassemble the others in the country who have maintained their status because of justified fear of LTTE attempts upon them. As for the Army, no one can tell a sovereigh government where it can and cannot post it’s troops

#4 – Please check the meaning of “slave”. As I am aware, slavery does not exist in SriLanka and has not since the British came by – I imagine it’s simply a word you use to inflame, like other words-of-the-week such as “genocide”, “ethnic-cleansing”, “concentration-camp”, “chemical-weapons” etc,

And to someone earlier who was laughing at the 7-11 clerk, well, I guess it’s no mean feat that a simple so-called “7-11 clerk” has outflanked and routed the so-called “military genius” and “invincible-sun-god” so convincingly !

By: mercator

mercator — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:22:00 +0000

At this time diaspora Tamils seem to be more interested in waving tiger flag and chanting for LTTE and VP, rather than worrying about civilians. “Concern for Civilians” is a convenient cover to setup pro-Tiger marches

Not a single voice in these protests have called upon both parties to desist. Instead, it’s been endless diatribes against SL Government and host country government

Something that a group of protestors said during a TV interview [i]“We are here mainly to get the ban on LTTE removed[/i]

Enough to convince me 100% that none of the diaspora Tamils in these protests give a @(!@*&# about SL Tamils

By: Dev

Dev — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:19:42 +0000

When a terrorist approaches you with a gun, do you watch until he fires at you – or do you shoot him first? When a “child soldier” forcibly recruited by the terrorists approach you with a gun, what do you do? Do you not shoot because he’s a child and be shot at and be killed – or do you shoot at him? These are the children that are killed in the confrontation. There are several children forcibly recruited and other civilians forcibly kept behind by the Tamil Tiger Terrorists as “cannon fodder” to save the cowardly terrorist leaders who are hiding behind these people against their will. This terrorist Prabhakaran has to be captured dead or alive and the Tiger Terrorist menace crushed once and for all. We Sri Lankans have had enough of their murderous rampages which has left more than 70,000 people dead in Sri Lanka. We Sri Lankans also have had enough of the West and their prejudiced and ill-informed media telling us how to conduct our war against terrorism. For once, Sri Lanka has a brave leader in Rajapaksa who has fearlessly taken on these terrorists who were once considered as invincible – and for once Sri Lanka is seeing the light of freedom at the end of the tunnel of terrorism.

By: PFA

PFA — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:31:50 +0000

At this time, the tamil community should focus to highlight the plight of the tamils in the N&E to the international community:

- Save their lives: In the Vanni, they are being forced into a small area and are being shelled, aerial-bombed and starved to death, in the name of killing LTTE. Every where else in the N&E, they are forced to co-exist with the sinhala military and tamil para-military.

- Save them from those internment camps: They are forced to live like animals, and are being separated from their families and tortured just for their beliefs.

- Articulate to get the sinhala military and tamil para-military out of N&E

- Then, articualte to international community a solution that will improve the livelihood of every one in that island so that no one will be treated as slaves by their fellow citizens or will need to live as slaves of donor countries, be a unified federal solution or separate countries.

By: satwa gunam

satwa gunam — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:01:18 +0000

Already tamil dispora is doing the needful. They have broken the statute of nehru in london. further they had damaged the high commission to show their curtain raiser for future plan of action.

By: Ilanko Kethish

Ilanko Kethish — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:54:17 +0000

As a Diaspora Tamil I have contributed at least $2500 per year to the cause for 16 years. I know hundreds of thousands of other Tamils did the same. I see my money had been used only to buy weapons when the LTTE agents told us that our kids will be educated and hospitals will be builit with our money. I hate the Sinhala government but I do not bite the story that they used white phosperous against us. This is a fabrication. What ever said and done Sinhala Army had run a professional war, but not us. Neither did the Sinhalas use chemical weapons agaisnt us nor did they rape our women (unlike the IPKF)

By: Robert Biley

Robert Biley — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:06:26 +0000

Time came many months ago for the Tamil diaspora to figure how to sustain the Tamil people in Sri Lanka post conflict. Forget about sour grapes, no more LTTe and no more Tamil Eelam but what about the maimed, orphaned, widowed people left behind. How is the Tamil diaspora going to help them out, through whom are they going to help them ? How to get the people from internment camps ? This is should be what drives the Tamil diaspora not what si happening to the LTTE leadership. They took the gun and are dying by the gun but the civilians did not.

By: Preman

Preman — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:26:54 +0000

Sri Lanka can solve this issue and eradicate terrorism if their intention is not to distory, tamils their language and culture.Acede to a Federal Solution.By the way Why could not Douglas Anna, Karuna Amman, Pillyan and Anandasangari could not achive anything by falling on bended knees to the govt of the day.They too represent tamils why not bring them into United Federal Sri Lanka!!!!

By: Thev

Thev — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:12:55 +0000

LTTE is a byproduct of all the pogroms and discrimination against the Tamils. Tamils still remember the 1983 and unfortunately, they don’t have such a short memory. Please wipe your crocodile tears and enjoy the short victory while you can, because your country is going to beat the Zimbabwe in every aspects very soon.

Mr. DBS,
Can you practice some democracy and post this comment?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:18:14 +0000

SRI LANKA HAS CRITICISED NORWAY VERY STRONGLY

The Government yesterday claimed that Sri Lanka would not consider Norway as a country capable of assisting Sri Lanka to resolve the ethnic issue through dialogue as it likes to portray itself before the international community because the much-hyped Norway’s ‘conflict resolution’ has become a flop.

Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana charged that Norway has given a free hand to LTTE supporters to carry out terrorist acts against Sri Lanka in that country and Sri Lankans have irretrievably lost confidence in the country.

Commenting on the attack on the Sri Lankan embassy in Oslo by LTTE supporters last Sunday, Minister Yapa asked what kind of assistance Sri Lanka could expect from a country that cannot provide ample security to the Sri Lankan embassy.

“It is a well known fact that Norway has a soft spot for the LTTE and is soft-peddling terrorist activities in its territory. The LTTE holds rallies, demonstrations and publicity campaigns against Sri Lanka in addition to fundraising for its war efforts. While letting LTTE supporters carry out all these unlawful activities in that country, Norway asks Sri Lanka to declare a ceasefire, apparently to give a breathing space to the terrorist outfit. What kind of conflict resolution is that?” Minister Yapa asked.

What Norway should do now is to compel the LTTE to release civilians and surrender to the security forces. If and when the LTTE lays down arms and surrender, then Sri Lanka can start from that point and Norway may have a part to play at that juncture, he said..

“What is the response of Norway to the current ‘pause in military activities’ maintained by the LTTE. Why can’t Norway pressurize its friend to let the civilians in its clutches go free. That is the kind of assistance Sri Lanka expects from Norway if that country has a genuine desire to help Sri Lanka to resolve the ethnic problem,” Mr. Yapa said.