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Prabhakaran's speech reiterates the zero sum character of the game. There is nothing in that discourse that is negotiable. It leaves the state only two alternatives: Capitulation and withdrawal or fight on to reunify and reintegrate the whole territory of this small island.
In his speech Prabhakaran clearly indicates where he places his bets: Tamil Nadu, and through Tamil Nadu, India, and Tamils the world over. It is a pan-Tamilian appeal, with hints of a Greater Tamil Eelam as single psychological space, if not an immediately political one.
The Mahaveera speech 2008 coincides with the multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai. There is a pernicious theory which distinguishes between international terrorist networks of 'jihadis' and terrorist causes which are home grown and have territorial aspirations. This is nonsense. Every terrorist organization has some territorial referent, whether it is Kashmir or Palestine. As Prof Robert Pape's research (his data base contains every single terrorist act committed any where in the world going back decades) concludes, every terrorist cause, especially every terrorist cause that deploys suicide killers, sees itself as fighting for the liberation of some territory from some alien domination or presence in one or more geographic location, be it the Taliban, Al Qaeda (US troops on Islamic soil including in Saudi Arabia), Islamic Jihad or the Tamil Tigers.
It is not that no distinctions are observable or legitimate as between various armed movements, but these boil down to the distinction between those who resort the witting use of lethal violence against non-combatant targets and those who avoid such use. That is the distinction between terrorism and armed insurgency, guerrilla warfare, or armed liberation struggles. Terrorism is a method. It is deployed in the service of an array of cause and springs from an array of inspirational sources or distortions of such sources. |
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29 Nov 2008 16:19:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Terrorists are not necessarily those who only target civilians. Most terrorist organizations target armed forces at one time or another, while also going for no combat targets. Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the various 'jihadi' organizations in areas of Pakistan and Kashmir, attack variously the armed forces of the US and its allies, Pakistan and India-but this does not exempt them from the appellation of terrorist because they also kill the unarmed and the innocent.
Terrorists learn from each other just as medical researchers or athletes or musicians do. They learn from each others' example and behaviour, tactics and techniques. This is quite irrespective of the differences in their causes and ideologies. South Asia is one of the world's most volatile and dangerous regions, not least because of the presence of nuclear weapons. Ethnic, religious tribal and kinship ties move across state borders.
This draws states into the internal affairs of others. If the states of South Asia do not adopt a consistent policy towards terrorist movements if there is no united front of states against terrorist movements, all states and societies in the region will suffer, with deleterious consequences for far-flung areas of the globe including the most powerful and affluent.
Prabhakaran is one of the best known names in South Asian and global terrorism. The LTTE is a well-known terrorist 'brand'. The fate of the LTE will send a signal throughout the region and the world. Prabhakaran's speech demonstrates that he is unrepentant in his maximlaism, fanaticism and political fundamentalism. He displays once again and even more than before, the syndrome that most fanatics do: that of Hubris. Hubris, as we know from the ancient Greeks, attracts Nemesis. Prabhakaran and his Tigers have left us no choice if we are to save this island from being split apart on ethnic lines and descended upon by pan Tamil expansionism.
Nemesis is awaiting Prabhakaran in the form of the spearheads of the Sri Lankan armed forces, fighting in the mud and rain, but closing in. It must never be forgotten though, that Kilinochchi is the penultimate prize. This war can only end the way it did in Angola with the death of Jonas Savimbi and in Chechnya with the death of Djokar Dudayev and Shamil Basayev. It can only end in the jungles and townships of Mullaitivu where Prabhakaran retreated and recovered from the IPKF and then from the Sri Lankan army after Riviresa. Let none, no factor or force, internal or external, stop or delay Prabhakaran's rendezvous with Nemesis. |
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 29 Nov 2008 16:19:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Greetings Sri Lankans...How are we today...Pawan,Marks,nice to see you two occupied...:-) |
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29 Nov 2008 16:22:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Greetings to you to Upul, we are feeding the cattle as you can see .. LOL |
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Prabhakaran is one of the best known names in South Asian and global terrorism. The LTTE is a well-known terrorist 'brand'. The fate of the LTE will send a signal throughout the region and the world. Prabhakaran's speech demonstrates that he is unrepentant in his maximlaism, fanaticism and political fundamentalism
LTTE is so proud to be the #1 terrorists group in the world, and the same thing is backfiring on them now mercilessly. paaawam! |
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29 Nov 2008 16:29:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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Prabhakaran's rendezvous with Nemesis.
we are looking forward to it! LOL |
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Pawan98,
For Subramassa type individuals, it is extremely difficult to question white man s civilisation because these individuals were programmed for generations to be slaves.
Look at our farmers, they work in their own land, when they want more hands its cooperation (atthama), they know natural insecticide/pesticide , their health is unbeatable. I know no better dedicated, thoughtful worker than our farmers.
Can one say the same about the industrial agriculture 1st off all, the products are so saturated with insecticides etc, its almost poision. For the System its OK because the drugs for the sick are also produced by the ones who produce pesticides !
As kids we used to roll in the mud just for pleasure! During the dry season, it was Cricket.
Subramassa, never walk barefoot in any farmland in the industrial world, you are bound to loose both your legs.
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29 Nov 2008 16:34:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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we are feeding the cattle as you can see
Hope it is all Organic...lol... |
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