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Fonseka returns Sri Lanka and is driven away under tight security
Thursday, 5 November 2009 - 9:10 AM SL Time
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COLOMBO Sri Lanka`s top military officer returned home Thursday after he was allowed to complete a US visit without being questioned over alleged war crimes against Tamil civilians.
General Sarath Fonseka arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport and was immediately driven away under tight security, an airport official said.
`He arrived this morning in a commercial flight and was escorted out of the airport by his security convoy,` an official said.
The Foreign Ministry here said he ended his US visit without being quizzed by the Department of Homeland Security, which had asked to interview him about alleged war crimes during the final stages of fighting this year.
Fonseka, who holds US permanent residency, had travelled to Oklahoma to visit his two daughters.
Sri Lanka had feared the department would try to force Fonseka to provide evidence against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, who holds US citizenship, over alleged human rights violations.
The defence secretary is the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Sri Lankan troops in May killed the leaders of the Tamil Tigers, ending one of Asia`s longest-running and bloodiest insurgencies, which aimed to create a separate homeland for the island`s Tamil minority.
A US State Department report presented to Congress last month charged that both the government and Tamil Tigers committed serious human rights violations in the final months of the conflict.
Fonseka was mentioned in the US report, which was initially dismissed by Colombo as `unsubstantiated,` although the Sri Lankan government later promised to have the charges investigated. (AFP)
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Saradial
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 5 Nov 2009 03:26:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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| He fought hard to give the country freedom ... now he's freedom is taken away ..... some people are so ungrateful |
rswkv
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5 Nov 2009 08:06:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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| He is a true patriot. A big thanks to the stupids in USA for uniting our leaders.. |
saintclair
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 5 Nov 2009 14:30:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The bogus true patriot has escaped from life time prison . he can't now dream even to retire and live in USA. |
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 5 Nov 2009 15:19:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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The bogus true patriot has escaped from life time prison . he can't now dream even to retire and live in USA.
aney bang... umbalage True Patriot alu wela muhude paa wenewa!! |
Pannacotta
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5 Nov 2009 15:24:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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What you moronic Diaspora and your white trailer trash lackeys will never realise is that this is not the Sri Lanka you left in your banana boats all those years ago. This is the Sri Lanka that for once kept aside all its petty differences aside to destroy a common enemy. and the point of that spear was SF and GR, two brothers in arms who fought and bled together.. if you monkeys think that by trying to drive a wedge between them you can achieve your peelam goal... well, there was once a man called velu who also thought that and made biggest and the final mistake of his pathetic life.
You and your minions can try till you all turn black and blue...
Edited By - Pannacotta - 5 Nov 2009 15:29:06 GMT |
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5 Nov 2009 17:05:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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The bogus true patriot has escaped from life time prison . he can't now dream even to retire and live in USA.
Saintclair - 1st retarded Saint. What a shame. |
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 6 Nov 2009 03:31:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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aney bang... umbalage True Patriot alu wela muhude paa wenewa!!
Nehe bang....kalapuwa ayine unge True Patriotwa tyre bbq daala kaputanta daanayak dunna!!! |
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