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Holmes factually correct - UN
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snake2
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 16 Aug 2007 11:11:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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Guys,
So basically the UN spokesperson confirmed that according to statistics sri lanka was the second worst in the world for humanitarian aid workers.
And that by John Holmes stating that he was getting his numbers right
There was no confirmation of any claim being made regarding the involvement of the Sri Lankan government or the Defence Forces in the killings.
So the UN is basically showing support to its employee by agreeing that he got his numbers right. And making sure that that is ALL they are doing by using the term 'Factually Right'.
...So if this is the case, why is BBC jumping up and down about it and making it a headline, when its really nothing more than someone saying 'oh the numbers are right'????
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Sweetlady
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 16 Aug 2007 11:14:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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I am trying to improve my Sinhala
which means you know the basic language and you should know what it says. However, have you learnt about the 8 perception!
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Aani
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 16 Aug 2007 11:17:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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8 perception
Still not. Please give me a concise account.
I thought I understood what that meant but it doesn't make sense. So I thought there are hidden meanings! |
freedom1
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 16 Aug 2007 11:19:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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If SLA cannot move their heavy equipment (like tanks), it makes sense to maintain an aerial bombardment
Great idea, are you buying or selling explosives ?
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 16 Aug 2007 11:22:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kottechutta,
I think comparing Iraq situation and Sri Lankan situation is VERY WRONG.
In Iraq USA is involved in the atrocity. So it is OK. UN has no authority to comment on that. As USA provide money to UN and appoints the secretary general (who automatically become a US assistant secretary of state as well, LOL).
Sri Lanka on the other hand is Dependant on money from UN , thus Holmes has every right to condemn what happens in Sri Lanka. Thus the SL government doing a very bad thing by condemning him. What it should do is bow to his comment and keep shut. |
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 16 Aug 2007 11:38:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sweetlady
Thanks. I admire your capacity to arbitrate. You must be making a good wife! |
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 16 Aug 2007 11:38:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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SenaM
Thanks. It makes sense. But lack of action from LTTE points to a 'hit and run' strategy. They have also not used SAM's and SLAF is flying around as they wish. Now even Mig helicopters. They are not high altitude stuff. |
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16 Aug 2007 11:44:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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And this would be the LTTE Chief in the government controlled Muttur? A Muttur that is predominantly inhabited by Muslims?
You are in the wrong 'time-frame'. (Really, I was prepared to give you more credit .. for intelligence).
We have to go back to the relevant 'time-period' .. when the LTTE was 'in-charge'. They were pushed back by SLA/SLN troops, advancing into this area, soon after the 'Mavilaru' incident. (There was some fighting going-on then in the Sampur area also .. but Sampur was captured later).
Fighting in Mutur was 'fierce' acording to what we were hearing then .. some areas (in Mutur) may have been captured, lost, and re- captured from the LTTE. That was not a 'fit-time' for NGO personnel to hang a-round, if they had been acting 'under orders' and ignoring the plight of the Muslims of the area. (You may recall, there were accounts also of large numbers of Muslims displaced from their homes by retreating LTTE cadres being 'herded' into 'collection centres' where young males were separated from their families, and summarily executed). Muslims in Mutur suffered terribly at the hands of the LTTE .. denial of aid to them (from ACF funds), would pale into in-significance compared to the horrific cruelties inflicted by LTTE, on the Muslims of Mutur.
The UN is 'bleeding' with concern for the 17 Tamil workers killed while in the employ of an NGO .. they have nothing to say about the hundreds of young Muslims massacred in Mutur by the LTTE, at about the same time.
Edited By - SenaM - 16 Aug 2007 11:48:39 GMT |
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16 Aug 2007 11:55:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Damayanthi
You must be making a good wife!
Many thanks for the wonderful compliment. Yes... I too think that I am good mother to my little daughters... as well as a good wife to my dearest hubby! Truly speaking I am partially sacrificing my life in another part of the world just for the sake of my two litte ones. If not I would have returned back home long ago!
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16 Aug 2007 11:58:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Who is the terrorist in Sri Lanka?
Every NGO, UN and IC are 'terrorists' except the Sri Lankan army, navy and the Air Force that bombed and killed 53 school girls.
17 Aidworkers were killed by SLA
10 Muslim workers were hacked to death in Ampara
28 detainees were slaughered in Bindunuweewa
17 TRO workers were abducted and disposed
2 UN Workers were abducted and rheir dead bodies were domped in Avisavalle.
2 MPs were killed in the HSZ
350,000 Tamils were chased from their homes
Tare but a few horrors. Who committed these crimes. Rajapakse does not want the world know who the murderers are. Not a single investigation has been carried out yet.
Any one dares to point out or write about them is a terrorist.
Edited By - nirupam - 16 Aug 2007 12:01:23 GMT |
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