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Dhanapala praises Canadian efforts
Thursday, 29 June 2006 - 4:52 AM SL Time
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Canada has done the right thing by banning the Tamil Tigers and must follow up by making sure there is no more fundraising, a former Sri Lankan peace negotiator said on monday.
`The financing must stop,` said Jayantha Dhanapala, the former secretary-general of the Sri Lankan peace process that negotiated with the LTTE.
On Monday morning, a suicide bomber in Colombo killed the deputy-chief of the Sri Lankan Army, Maj.-Gen. Parami Kulatunge.
In other violence overnight, four Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in an attack by a breakaway faction in Vakarai in the east and a soldier was shot dead by suspected Tigers in a separate incident in Trincomalee, further north.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged calm and said his government would `act with patience` ' a sign officials were moving carefully amid fears the island nation was sliding back into all-out war after a four-year lull.
According to human rights officials, 171 politically motivated killings were recorded in Sri Lanka`s north and east in May.
Authorities blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for monday`s attack on Kulatunge ' a charge the rebels deny.
An insurgent leader, Seevaratnam Puleedevan, insisted the Tigers were abiding by the 2002 ceasefire and were committed to peace, but the denial was viewed skeptically by many diplomats and analysts.
In Ottawa on monday, Dhanapala called the killing of Kulatunge an indication the LTTE is taking advantage of the ceasefire to come into the capital and launch suicide attacks that kill innocent civilians.
Despite the violence, he said he is optimistic there can be peace.
`I know that on one side of the conflict there is a genuine desire to solve it, to have a solution, but we need to have that reciprocated.`
Dhanapala said expatriate Sri Lankans can help bring an end to the violence.
`I think the expatriates have a profoundly significant role to play,` he said. `They have been providing much of the finance for the LTTE to buy arms and bullets which have gone to killing innocent men, women and children, which have gone into arming child soldiers in this horrendous conflict.`
He said he appreciated that contributing money to the LTTE is illegal under Canadian law. Canada listed the LTTE as a terrorist group in April.
`There are very able professionals among the expatriate community, not only in Canada but in other countries, who can contribute enormously to the development of Sri Lanka, particularly in areas where the predominant population are Tamils,` he said. Dhanapala said there are also lawyers and constitutional experts who could help Sri Lanka achieve what the President calls maximum devolution within a united Sri Lanka.
Dhanapala, who is a candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the United Nations, was in Ottawa on mpnday to meet with Foreign Affairs officials as part of his UN bid.
Identified by the U.S. publication Foreign Policy as a front-runner for the position, Dhanapala was a Sri Lankan diplomat for 30 years, serving in London, Beijing, Washington, New Delhi and Geneva. He speaks Sinhala, English, French and Chinese.
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varakuna
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29 Jun 2006 00:21:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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There are lot of terrorist group out side Sri lanka,when he
couldint do any thing here as peace advicer to president in
this small county,how can in world affairs?,this is not the first time he is trying to this post.last time also he
tryed to nominate his name as,but thr great Kadir then FM
erase every chances,and dont like to canvas for him,at that
time UNP blame the FM then Kadi |
vinks
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29 Jun 2006 20:06:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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EU/CANADA FREEZERS LTTE ACCOUNTS
Dear Expat LTTE funders,
I am sorry about above but it appears that your hard earned money will remain frozen for many decades. ( both EU and Canada)
You were fooled yet again by the LTTE who may have promised to return money in 3 years.
Some of you may have been forced to take loans, re-mortgages, beg and borrow or miss one meal to give your valuable money to fund the killing machines but now they are frozen while you have to pay off debts through your nose.
Still you can have a reason to cheer !
It is because you will know that with YOUR MONEY the LTTE can not-
- kill fellow tamils as they have done ( 5000 EPRLF/EPDP in ?89, 1500 Mahattaya a supporters in ?99, 1500 tamil speaking muslim cadres and now eastern tamils)
- Less likely to kill innocent tamil kids ( 6000) so that they can learn the alphabet unlike the lucky Praba?s kids
- That they are less likely to recruit kids to be sacrificed later ( 5368 since CFA)
- Less likely to kill all tamil political opponents ( 600 since CFA)
- Less likely to kill principals/hindu priests
- Less likely to deny all human rights to tamils under their control so that they will have some dignity.
- Less likely to give puppethood to all tamils who live in extream fear
- More likely not to create another senseless war to give more misery
- More likely to accept peace ending 25year suffering etc etc.
This is what happens when to take the side of terrorism !
No doubt you will agree with me.
So, Mr Danapala, you are perfectly right to highlight the contribution made by expat tamils to cause tamil carnage! |
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