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Britain approves humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka
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rasak
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25 May 2007 07:02:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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SL will be soon under the UN control..
another sorry WE TAMIL
wishing their white masters will take over the island since they couldnt after 30 years |
rasak
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25 May 2007 07:05:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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SL will be soon under the UN control..
UN reprimands LTTE over abduction of 1634 Tamil children
While urging the brutal terrorist outfit to immediately seize hostile activities, the UN has also called on the terror organisation to refrain from recruiting children for military purposes.
Foreign news agency reports state that the UNICEF has made this request from the LTTE terrorist outfit, based on recent reports on increased abductions from the un-cleared areas of Vanni. According to reports, it has been confirmed that the terror organisation has been continuously conscripting children into its ranks, amidst requests to abort the violent course.
The UN identifies 'Child Recruitment' as an in-humanitarian act; and violation of fundamental human rights. Based on reliable information, it states that the process of abducting children in the north and east, LTTE has step-up a fierce strategy intimidating family members including parents.
The UN has deprived this activity with revulsion. The UN officials states that 1634 child abductions for LTTE military training were recorded from the north and east areas. |
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25 May 2007 07:11:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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SL will be soon under the UN control..
These fools are dreaming. Was there any country EVER under UN control?
These fools are dreaming! |
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25 May 2007 07:12:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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another sorry WE TAMIL
wishing their white masters will take over the island since they couldnt after 30 years
Its WE SINHALESE like you trying hard to bring UN to SL!
Wishing is one thing and working hard for it is another thing!
If Your Mottarala keep abusing the media and civil freedom and blatantly violate the human rights, no need for the wishes of WE TAMILS or any other Tamils! |
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25 May 2007 07:16:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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The UN -------
They solved all the problems in Iraq but Blair had to pull back his kids!Now Iraq has total peace!But they say Sadam regime was better!
In Afganistan,the Talaiban is welcome back by Afgans!So they have peace aswell!
Hah hah hah ha......!
In Srilanka,Tamil themselves including LTTE will call MR to take care of them if UN is on SL soil for sometime!
Hah hah hah ha............!
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rasak
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25 May 2007 07:18:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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If Your Mottarala keep abusing the media and civil freedom and blatantly violate the human rights, no need for the wishes of WE TAMILS or any other Tamils!
so you agree, what we r saying all along, here r some prrrof for your comment
The accusation of terrorism is based in part on claims that the LTTE kills innocent civilians, recruits child soldiers, has been responsible for assassination of political figures and non-military officials, and uses suicide bombers.
Attacks on civilians
Main article: List of terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE
The LTTE has attacked non-military targets including commuter trains and buses, farming villages, temples and mosques resulting in large numbers of civilian deaths.
Some of the major attacks resulting in dozens of civilian deaths include the Kebithigollewa massacre, the Gonagala massacre (54 dead), the Anuradhapura massacre (146 dead), the Dehiwala train bombing (56 dead) 29 , the Palliyagodella massacre (166 dead) and the bombing of Sri Lanka's Central Bank (102 dead). The LTTE claims that its attacks on purely civilian targets are collateral damage.
Assassinations
Main article: Assassinations attributed to the LTTE
The LTTE has long been accused of carrying assassinations of political rivals and opponents. These include:
* Alfred Duraiyappah, mayor of Jaffna in the attack that brought them to prominence in 1975
* Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1991
* Ranjan Wijeratne, Sri Lankan cabinet minister and former general
* Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan cabinet minister
* Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka
* Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankan presidential candidate
* Major Gen. Parami Kulatunga, third-highest ranking officer in the Sri Lankan Army
* Nadaraja Raviraj,Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian (Based on the claim by former LTTE regional commander Colonel Karuna)
* Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka (failed attempt)
* Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka army chief of staff (failed attempt)
* Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Secretary of the defense ministry, Sri Lanka & also the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa (failed attempt)
Indian courts have issued an international warrant to arrest both Velupillai Prabhakaran30 and its intelligence chief Pottu Amman31 in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi32 killing. The LTTE at first denied any involvement, but later issued a statement in June of 2006 calling the event a 'monumental tragedy.'33 A presidential commission later concluded that the LTTE was not responsible for the death of Athulathmudali.34
The LTTE has also been accused of killing moderate Tamils and other Tamils with whom it disagrees, such as:
* Appapillai Amirthalingam, leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF)35
* Vettivelu Yogeswaran, TULF politician
* Sarojini Yogeswaran, mayor of Jaffna
* Pon Sivapalan, mayor of Jaffna
* Neelan Thiruchelvam, academic and TULF politician
* Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan Foreign minister
* Kethesh Loganathan, political activist & second chief of Sri Lanka Peace Secretariat
The LTTE has vehemently denied involvement in several of these incidents. Others argue these are tit-for-tat killings conducted by elements of both sides of the conflict. The LTTE argues the Sri Lankan government and government-aided paramilitaries have also targeted high profile supporters of the LTTE
The LTTE's supporters justify some of the targeted assassinations by arguing that the people assassinated were combatants or persons closely associated with Sri Lankan military intelligence. Specifically in relation to the TELO, the LTTE has said that it had to perform preemptive self-defence because the TELO was in effect functioning as a proxy for India. They also draw comparisons between the casualties caused by the LTTE's actions and the actions of European resistance forces against Nazi occupation during the Second World War. However, the LTTE's alleged victims have included unarmed Tamil politicians and civilians moderates who sought a peaceful solution to the Sri Lankan crisis.36
Child soldiers
Main article: Military use of children in Sri Lanka
The LTTE's use of children as front-line troops was proved when 25 front-line troops between the ages of 13 and 17 surrendered en-masse to the Sri Lankan Forces.37 38 39 Amid international pressure, LTTE announced in July 2003 that it would stop conscripting child soldiers, but both UNICEF40 41 and Human Rights Watch42 have accused it of reneging on its promises, and of conscripting Tamil children orphaned by the tsunami.43 Civilians have also complained that the LTTE is continuing to abduct children, including some in their early teens, for use as soldiers.44 . Moreover UNICEF states that the LTTE has recruited 315 child soldiers between April and December 2006. According to UNICEF , the total number of child soldiers recruited by the LTTE since 2001 stands at 5,794.45 46
The LTTE, however, strongly denies any responsibility for recruitment of child soldiers. It argues that instances of child recruitment occurred mostly in the east, under the purview of former LTTE regional commander Colonel Karuna. After leaving the LTTE and forming the TMVP, it is alleged Karuna continues to forcibly kidnap and induct child soldiers.47 Its official position is that earlier, some of its cadres erroneously recruited volunteers in their late teens. It says that its official policy is now that it will not accept child soldiers. It also says that some underage youth lie about their age and are therefore allowed to join, but are sent back home to their parents as soon as they are discovered to be underage.
Suicide bombing
The LTTE has frequently used suicide bombers as a tactic. They pioneered the use of concealed suicide bomb vests, which are now used by many other organisations worldwide. The tactic of deploying suicide bombers was used to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in 1991 using a prototype suicide vest, and Ranasinghe Premadasa, assassinated in 1993 .48 49
LTTE has carried out more suicide bombings than any other organization on Earth. According to Jane's Information Group, between 1980 to 2000 LTTE had carried out a total of 168 suicide attacks on civilians and military targets. The number of suicide attacks easily exceeded the combined total of Hezbollah and Hamas suicide attacks carried out during the same period.50
Ethnic cleansing
Main articles: Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna and List of terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE
See also: Gonagala massacre
The LTTE has been blamed for forcibly removing (or 'ethnically cleansing') Sinhalese and Muslim inhabitants from areas under its control, including the use of violence against those who refuse to leave. Most notably, the LTTE forcibly expelled the entire Muslim population of Jaffna with two hours notice in 1990 .51 The LTTE are also accused of organising massacres of Sinhala villagers who settled in the Northeast under the dry lands policy.52
The LTTE has apologized for the expulsion of Muslims and has blamed this event on the misconduct of one of its regional commanders. However these expulsions had taken place in Jaffna where the supreme leadership of the LTTE was based. It is therefore unlikely that these expulsions were planned at a local level. Furthermore no punitive action was taken against those who expelled the Muslims from Jaffna. The LTTE has taken the added step of encouraging Muslim civilians to return their homes and livelihoods and providing compensation. However very few Muslims have accepted this offer.
The LTTE feels the expulsion of Sinhalese civilian from the North East of Sri Lanka is a necessary step to safeguard the rights of the Tamil minority. The LTTE alleges that most of the North East lands were originally owned by Tamils, who were forcibly evicted to make way for government aided Sinhala colonization schemes. These schemes, they argue were created with the sole intent on making Tamil civilians a minority in their traditional homelands and hence a means to further deprive their rights under the present district based unitary political system.53 . However Muslims and Sinhalese formed over half of the population of the East province throughout recent history. Furthermore the existence of archaeological evidence shows that the Sinhalese have inhabited both the Eastern Province and the Northern Province for over two thousand years. In fact, most of the place names in the north and east of Sri Lanka are of Sinhalese origin. Scholars acknowledge the existence of a Tamil kingdom in Jaffna for about 300 years from around 1200 - 1500 CE, but there is no evidence of a Tamil kingdom in the Eastern province54 . Therefore the basis for the LTTE's claim of the Eastern province as a traditional homeland of the Tamils remains contentious.55 |
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25 May 2007 07:20:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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While urging the brutal terrorist outfit to immediately seize hostile activities
IC and United Nations, while urging LTTE, they also urging Democratically Elected Government of Sri Lanka to seize all barbaric human right violations.
This must be the only thing that LTTE is still surviving as entire world has see no different between GOSL and LTTE !
Sad isn't ??? |
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25 May 2007 07:25:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Democratically Elected Government of Sri Lanka to seize all barbaric human right violations
can you enlighten us, with some examples of the this brutal acts carried out by the present govt? |
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25 May 2007 07:30:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nice quote from another site
Out going PM Tony Blair told in Iraq that they stood up against terrorism and it is the right thing to do. But in Sri Lanka they want us to negociate! |
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