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I have a Tamil friend , he only take Tequila :)))) when we booze anything

because many thought the same way, lot of people are suffering and 2 generations of Tamils are living in a battle field for life.

little do people realise that unless the root cause is addressed terrorism can never be eradicated.

'What is the government stance on the statement made by East Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan over the killing of his secretary?,' asked UNP MP Palitha Range Bandara.

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday (Nov. 20th), he said that the government which accused the UNP of whitewashing the LTTE after stating that the outfit was not behind the killing of Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera, is silent over the Pillayan statement.

Questioning whether Pillayan s statement that the LTTE was not behind the killing of Raghu was made to defend the outfit, the UNP MP cast doubts over the distribution of leaflets in Batticaloa against Karuna over the incident.

Noting the media reported that the Karuna faction had 100 suicide bombers following a suicide attack by two of its bombers in October 2006, he questioned whether these persons have joined the government today.

Despite reports that the Karuna faction did not have child soldiers, the police reported that a 15-year old child soldier was missing subsequent to an attack on the faction s camp in Kaladi recently, he added.

As President Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrated his third year in office, 79 of his closest relatives hold top government positions, including as ministry secretaries, parliamentarians, presidential advisors, diplomats and chairmen of corporations, said leader of SLFP Mahajana Wing Mangala Samaraweera.

Mr. Samaraweera was speaking at a media briefing titled 'Three years for Chinthana: Country is lost' in Colombo today (Nov. 20th).

He said, 'Upon being elected President on November 19th, 2005 Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, on November 23rd, had got his salary increased four-fold, a proportion unseen from the time of President J.R. Jayawardene. This is mentioned on page 1,210 of the Hanzard.'

As President -- J.R. Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, D.B. Wijetunga and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga -- all received Rs. 25,000 as their salary.'

Commenting on the capture of Pooneryn, Mr. Samaraweera said, 'The government has been saying in the past couple of days that our security forces have captured Pooneryn area. On most occasions, it was painted as an achievement of the President himself. We must pay out tribute to the heroic soldiers who fought and laid down their lives to recapture Pooneryn area.'

'But, 15 years ago, we similarly celebrated the taking of Pooneryn. This is mentioned in Dinamina. It is an irony of fate that it was captured on 15th November 1993 when D.B. Wijetunga was president, with Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister.'

'That day too, we captured Pooneryn at the cost of a large number of lives in the security forces. Today as well, we have gained it by sacrificing members of the security forces of yet another generation. We may feel happy that Pooneryn has been captured from time to time, but we still cannot provide a solution to the national conflict.'

'This is an endless war. Newspapers do not publish these things. You will not be allowed to publish these either. I know that by last Tuesday, 235 injured soldiers were brought to Colombo National Hospital. It was reported that 85 were brought to Kalubowila, 90 to Jayawardenepura and more than 300 to Military Hospital. Also, the bodies of more than 200 brave sons of this country were brought to Jayaratne Funeral Directors. This government is preparing to sacrifice any number of lives to hide all these and cover up its inabilities.'