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Report: Sri Lanka`s foreign minister to visit China to discuss arms purchase
Saturday, 8 July 2006 - 11:34 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka`s foreign minister will visit China next week to discuss a possible weapons purchase as the country slides toward a full-scale war with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, a news report said Saturday.
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera will leave for Beijing on Wednesday to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Li Zhaoxing, The Island newspaper said.
China has in the past been a major weapons supplier to Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment.
The Island newspaper had earlier reported that Sri Lanka was considering purchasing Chinese-made 30 mm guns to help its navy quell attacks by the Tamil Tigers` explosives-laden boats.
The rebels, who want to carve out a separate homeland for Sri Lanka`s 3.2 million ethnic Tamils, often attack Sri Lankan navy positions, saying they will not tolerate intrusion into what they call their territorial waters.
The rebels control one-seventh of Sri Lanka`s land mass in the northeast and say they have the right to use the adjoining sea.
The Tigers would be no match for the Sri Lankan army`s firepower in a conventional war, Retired Air Marshal Harry Goonetilleke told The Associated Press. The army is 150,000 to 200,000 strong, while there are only around 10,000 Tamil Tiger fighters, he said.
But the Tigers excel in guerrilla warfare and have the advantage of using suicide bombers, he said.
`You can hardly do anything against suicide bombers,` Goonetilleke said.
He said the rebels could be getting arms from Cambodia, Thailand and former Soviet republics like Ukraine. The Tigers receive large sums of money, mainly from Tamils living abroad, to make the arms purchases, he said.
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AnuD
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8 Jul 2006 16:41:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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LTTE has boats other than the dingies that are used in the coastal waters as suicide crafts.
What kind of deep sea boats they have. They should be homw made can carry small one man - submarines loaded with explosives.
There should be tunnels in Kilinochchi connecting bunkers.
I think, the foreign minister may be visitng like a delegation which include some military people.
Edited By - AnuD - 8 Jul 2006 16:45:08 GMT |
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8 Jul 2006 16:43:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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When India is wiping their face SL needs China to help them to finish the terrorists.
This time SL needs to be strong and protect the territorial intergrity from the terrorists. |
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8 Jul 2006 16:47:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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AnuD,
Former Air Marshall Mr Goonethileke is right that our army is not a match but its the suicide bombers that we find hard to thwart. If we can employ a spy role to get info to see where these killer girls are then most of the job is done.
In the recently shown video footage there are about 2500 suicide girls ready to blast.
This was shown in an Australian TV programme some weeks ago.
Edited By - Kamani - 8 Jul 2006 17:04:38 GMT |
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8 Jul 2006 16:51:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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50 Billion ruppees was gven as fuel subsidies which was enjoyed mainly by vehicle owners and western province electricity users! The poor got the least out of it!
This 50 billion ruppees would have made a huge difference if it was used for national defence! MAHINDA CHINTANA! |
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8 Jul 2006 16:55:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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I think, the foreign minister may be visitng like a delegation which include some military people.
Mr. Minister, please do not forget to include this man of prominence in your delegation, a great asset to fool anybody and any country in the world. He is the great
Mr.A' Sangaree aka Aannduwe Sangaree, Arasanga Sangaree and
Achilles Sangaree= not Aachchige Sangaree.
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8 Jul 2006 17:02:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kamani:
SLDFs should catch a few of these Suicide bombers and should reprogram them, after that they should talk in the TV and Radio addressing other suicide bombers in Kilinochchi and all the tamils.
SLDFs must have excellent intelligence service. At present, Intelligence is far important than the SLDFs. |
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8 Jul 2006 17:05:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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It is is going to be a big trade blunder and to fill the
UBS bank of switzerland acount. during Srimao Babdaranyake
era the most valuable Rubber sheet RSS no.1.2.3 exported to china,and import unworthy white rice,then china sold it
to world market and china made 3 times more profit, and gave to Srilanka a BMICH. whatever the arms the GOSL and the LTTE having is good enough to erase the Srilank(perl
island ) from the world map,then why needs more arms,or the peace comes through Mahinda Ciththaya wher we can dum this,in madampittiya? |
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8 Jul 2006 17:08:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ha ha Fairplay,
What about Anandusangaree? How did he manage to stay alive with all his criticism of LTTE?
At least let the Chinese solve our problems! |
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8 Jul 2006 17:18:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Varakuna,
CFA is still in the safety deposit though so that can be used in an emergency if everything goes wrong and the LTTE terrorists certainly can used that as an excuse to scream at the IC :) |
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8 Jul 2006 17:21:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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This is the evidence - how HEROIC LTTE are;
LTTE cadres open fire at Jaffna hospital entrance
Munza Mushtaq in Colombo, July 8, 2006, 10.46 a.m.. Members of the LTTE pistol gang shot at a PLOTE member and injured a civilian at the Jaffna Hospital entrance at around 8.15 am. today, the media centre for national security said.
Troops on duty were unable to retaliate as LTTE cadres intentionally used the Hospital entrance in order to provoke troops into retaliation and then to accuse troops of attacking a Hospital. Injured persons were rushed to the Jaffna Hospital.
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