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Tiger paws behind humanitarian pause?
Monday, 30 March 2009 - 11:11 AM SL Time
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The LTTE has lost the entire land area under its control save about one sq. km. Before the present phase of war began in 2006, the LTTE held over 15,000 sq. km in the North and the East. But, today it has taken refuge in the no-fire zone behind a human shield. In fact, the term no-fire zone has lost its meaning as the LTTE is using it to mount attacks on the army. It is a no-fire zone only for the troops.
If civilians were to flee the `no-fire zone` today, Prabhakaran and his lieutenants would be dead tomorrow. In other words, Prabhakaran will never allow civilians to leave that area, as he knows their release is tantamount to his death. It is against this backdrop that international pressure mounting on the government to agree to yet another `humanitarian pause` should be viewed.
Such a pause should come from the LTTE and not from the military which is not taking the war into the safe zone, as could be seen from the fact even the LTTE leader has found a safe haven there. If the LTTE did not hold civilians forcibly and use violence to prevent them from fleeing, to begin with, there would be no humanitarian crisis in the Vanni: All the civilians would be safe in welfare centres elsewhere.
Even if the government were to agree to a `humanitarian pause`, what difference would it make in the humanitarian situation with the LTTE determined to hold civilians as a shield? In such an eventuality, the LTTE would only make a virtue of necessity by releasing the sick and the aged in small numbers at a time, as it did during a recent humanitarian ceasefire so that the process of evacuation would drag on till kingdom come.
It is reported that an attempt is being made in some quarters to have an international task force in the conflict zone. Regrettably, some prominent members of the international community have turned a blind eye to reality. There are some vital questions that the proponents of such action should be made to answer. Is it with or without the LTTE`s consent that the proposed task force (TF) seeks to operate? As it is clear that the LTTE will not risk its safety by releasing civilians it is using as a human shield, how would the TF secure their release without the LTTE`s cooperation? If the TF were to act without the LTTE`s concurrence, there would be resistance from the LTTE and how would the TF respond to such a situation? Would it fall in line or would it stand up to the LTTE? What if the LTTE trained its guns on the TF in case of the latter wanting to do something detrimental to the former s interests? The LTTE, it may be recalled, even took on India in the late 1980s, when the IPKF trod on its corns.
The TF at issue could also turn out to be a Trojan horse in that the countries supportive of the LTTE are trying to gain a foothold here again to expand their operations and reverse the battlefield gains of the military by forcing another peace process on Sri Lanka. By no stretch of imagination could we believe that their intent is to evacuate civilians and expose the LTTE to the military.
Even if there were to be one million more `humanitarian pauses`, as for removing civilians to safety with the LTTE dependent on their presence in the safe zone for survival, the international community stands the same chance as a cat in hell!
The countries sympathetic to the LTTE cannot surely bear to see the outfit annihilated. They, instead of feigning concern for the civilians whom their pet Tigers have taken hostage, ought to stop dithering and openly stand by their beleaguered friends, Prabhakaran and his killers. That s what friends are there for!
It would be less ignoble for them to let their real intention be known to the Sri Lankan government and seek the latter`s assistance to remove their pets to safety.
Meanwhile, the other members of the international community genuinely desirous of making a breakthrough in the civilised world`s war on terror should assist Sri Lanka in crushing the so-called most ruthless terrorist group in the world so that other terrorists will get the message loud and clear.
There would have been no humanitarian issue in this country, if the LTTE had not taken civilians hostage. The real problem is that Prabhakaran and his fellow criminals are hiding behind women`s clotheslines and under cots, unable to face the army. If they took up President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s recent challenge, came out and fought it out like men, the humanitarian situation in the Vanni would improve overnight.
In the alternative, Prabhakaran must heed the Co-Chair`s call and surrender without causing any more bloodletting.
It is the LTTE activists masquerading as human rights activists in the West who are making Prabhakaran hold out by giving him hope of an international intervention in time to come.
If the international community could tell those terror backers in no uncertain terms that they will not succeed in their endeavour, the Tigers leaders trapped in Puthukudiyiruppu will have no alternative but to stop hoping against hope and bite their cyanide capsules.
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sanjaylk
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 30 Mar 2009 08:16:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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So much for the LTTE, the so called representatives of the Tamil people. Also it's clear the leadership is holding on to the capsules around their necks not willing to taste them, whilst the brain washed LTTE carders take it. Also I see a deafening silence by all those loud mouthed free loaders who left their Colombo houses as refugees.....maybe they are busy making plans of how to stay in other countries as refugees once the false propaganda has failed.
Edited By - sanjaylk - 30 Mar 2009 08:20:05 GMT |
Mojo
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 30 Mar 2009 13:49:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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| False propaganda? Don't make me laugh sajaylk, its like the pot calling the kettle black. Most of those refugees are now law abiding citizens of those countries. Why law abiding? Becauee they treat them with dignity and respect, something the sinhalese governments over the years have not been able to do. |
yohanW
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30 Mar 2009 15:16:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Pres.Mahindha's call for ltte to fight the SL army face to face - letting the civilians go, is only fair if the army too faces the ltte alone. At the moment its LTTE and tamil diaspora vs SL army, indian army , Raw, chinese weapons and logistical help, pakistani weapons and training and russian help... and not to forget usa. DOESNT SEEM FAIR DOES IT? and its 50000 army against 500 ltte (as per gosl's claim) |
thilani68
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30 Mar 2009 16:32:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Yes tigers are covered scared to be out by them self and very narrow minded terrorist group. they will do anything and everything for their benefits, prabakaran is the most self obsess man that whole world know by now. he is doing all this for his personal purpose. he is the man these Tamil people who think he is he has to let the Innocent civilians out of the premises and fight like hero. the thing is he never be the hero for anybody because he did more damage than any human been ever lived.he did more damage to Tamil people in srilanka more than any others.but this stupid people don't understand the fact lots of them are don't wants to end the war because those refugees make all these false stories going to be ignore fro the Canadian government and they have to go back to sri lanka that's the realty of this protesting in Canada. |
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