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Eritrea providing direct military assistance to LTTE
Saturday, 1 September 2007 - 8:15 AM SL Time
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A United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (USSFRC) report has revealed that Eritrea was providing direct military assistance to LTTE.
Although a report released by the USSFRC did not specifically identify the military assistance given to the LTTE, it had confirmed the direct link between the LTTE and Eritrea.
This was based on the findings of a six member Senate Foreign Relations Committee majority staff conducting an investigation in 20 Latin American, Asian and the Middle East. The delegation had studied `counterterrorism strategy, policies and activities, giving special attention to foreign assistance.`
`Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Until a UN resolution in 1952 united both countries Eritrea was a sovereign nation with distinct nationality to that of the Ethiopian. Since then, the Ethiopians and Eritreans have been engaged in military offensive until the latter`s independence endorsed by the United Nations.`
`Sri Lanka was one of the countries year marked by the Bush White House last year for enhanced military assistance, and it is up to the diplomatic efforts of the Sri Lanka government to use her public diplomacy from the American ambassador to the officials of the State Department to justify the need for military assistance to combat the home grown terrorism that has threatened her territorial integrity, sovereignty and democracy.`
This is the first occasion that an influential and powerful senate committee such as foreign relations has arrived at a conclusion when discussing the Tamil Tiger activities in Sri Lanka and the threat that it posses to this South Asian island-nation`s territorial integrity, sovereignty and her near-six decade old democratic system in identifying a member nation of the United Nations providing military aid against another member of the same World Body which has a legitimate democratically elected government to facilitate a rebel group fighting for a separate state.
The then chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar, now the Ranking Member of the same committee after the Democratic majority in the Senate took over the control of all committees of the Senate in January 2007, made the findings of his staff available for Congressional record on 15 December 2006 with copies to the White House, State and Defense Departments.
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Saint
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1 Sep 2007 01:30:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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Eritrea providing direct military assistance to ltte
Damn, ltte's African connection disclosed.
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elephanthouse
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1 Sep 2007 09:38:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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Providing military assistance? These guys cannot even help themselves.
Would be tempted to go into Samanj?s direction, but it doesn?t necessarily need to be the Norvegian?s. Eritrea is in such desperate situation that they are certainly prepared to avoid the organisation or nation behind it =to make their hands dirty=.
All Quaida, arms dealers? Your guess is as good as mine, but, with BIG BROTHER WATCHING, we might soon discover who is behind it.
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nirupam
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2 Sep 2007 08:24:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Look how the racist Island distorts news to make fire out of mist.
Although a report released by the USSFRC did not specifically identify the military assistance given to the LTTE,
The news was based on USSFRC which the Island admits above that it DID not mention that Eritria provide military assistance to LTTE but made a headline out of nothing.
I am sure 100% the Sinhala extremists ill jump at the above headline and fill the thread with their venom. |
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