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Sri Lanka press slams `neo-imperial` war crime vote
Friday, 23 March 2012 - 10:13 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka`s media reacted angrily Friday to a US-led resolution demanding a war crimes probe and said the island had done well to go down fighting at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The state-run Daily News said the 24 nations which voted in favour of the resolution urging a credible investigation into alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka`s battle against Tamil rebels in 2009 were being destructive.
The countries that backed the resolution were making `a desperate attempt to disempower and undermine Sri Lanka and they are trying every trick in the bag to further this dark design,` the Daily News said.
It reported Thursday`s vote at the UNHRC under the headline: `Might overrules right.`
The privately-run, but pro-government Island newspaper commended the hawkish administration of President Mahinda Rajapakse for putting up a fight in Geneva.
`The cornered badger bravely fought the mastiffs of neo-imperialism, savage in the fray, and went down fighting yesterday,` the Island said. `It certainly was a defeat as good as victory.`
The paper also took a swipe at Sri Lanka`s traditional ally India which turned its back on Colombo during the council`s contested vote.
`India has been a loser in Geneva, though it helped the US win,` the Island said. `India failed to carry Asia, or at least South Asia with it. In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia.`
Tabling the resolution, the US said Colombo had been given three years to hold its own probe into allegations of war crimes, but `given the lack of action... it is appropriate` that the 47-member UNHRC pushed it to do so.
Rights groups say up to 40,000 civilians died in the final months of Colombo`s military campaign to crush the Tamil Tigers, who waged a bloody decades-long campaign for a separate homeland for minority Tamils.
Colombo has denied its troops were responsible for any non-combatant deaths, but UN-mandated experts have accused the Sri Lankan military of killing most of the civilian victims in their final offensive against the rebels in 2009.
The United Nations estimates some 100,000 people died during Sri Lanka`s ethnic conflict between 1972 and 2009.
International rights activists welcomed Thursday`s decision as a step in the right direction.
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deborak
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 23 Mar 2012 15:54:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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The privately-run, but pro-government Island newspaper commended the hawkish administration of President Mahinda Rajapakse for putting up a fight in Geneva.
A lesson to US resolution lickers....
The morons who openly supported the resolution is expecting something BIG to happen like regime change..
Also do the same morons wants to see our HEROS are accused of eradicating TERRORSIM????
Well, to the MORONS who are hell bent on saying USA is right etc.. it is not USA, Europe or any bloody joker could change the gov, but the people of Sri Lanka and that is through democracy! |
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23 Mar 2012 15:55:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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'India has been a loser in Geneva, though it helped the US win,' the Island said. 'India failed to carry Asia, or at least South Asia with it. In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia.'
India is Mother of South Asia?????.. My foot!
Edited By - deborak - 23 Mar 2012 15:57:08 GMT |
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 23 Mar 2012 16:04:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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Debo..
I saw how the peelamists and their ashucians enjoying.
hak hak hak
mun ethin kee gamanak nan ohoma uda pannada
but same result
ponseka hire..
Ranilaya manghn
sajith /karu bim mattan
JVP nannaththar
peelamists dreaming
dollar premees moda choon
while
we move forward
Nadda Wije?? |
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23 Mar 2012 16:09:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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If any one is accusing Sri Lanka for WAr crimes, Sri Lanka should ask them to provide evidence. After that,Sri Lanka should investigate. Otherwise, those talks are just accusations.
Sri Lanka should never investigate anything on it's own to satisfy those who scream.
Those screams are just accusations by those who lost the ploy. |
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23 Mar 2012 16:11:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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'India has been a loser in Geneva, though it helped the US win,' the Island said. 'India failed to carry Asia, or at least South Asia with it. In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia.'
India cannot control it's own states. Because of that, India cannot be accepted as Regional power. |
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23 Mar 2012 16:12:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Every time sri lankan economy hit rock bottom we should try to bring a US sponsered resolution in UN.
me wage ....am..... deela anda yata booruwa gahana padyanta , no point attacking but we have to forgive.
one more from the apalleya
When sri lankan people realise US is interested in sri lankan affairs they get more confidence, and economy will grow.
me wage ekek ge allapu gedara ekata sahena wada athi
hak hak hak
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 23 Mar 2012 16:18:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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we move forward
couldn't agree more!
While we move forward, we should boycott products from Indian and the US. Government should impose heavy import tax on products from those two countries.
India is Mother of South Asia?????.. My foot!
Exactly!! no more IIFA shows in Colombo.
Today IOC owns prime locations in Colombo. I hope that the Government can acquire those under the new act.
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23 Mar 2012 16:22:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia.'
LMAO !
So Sinhala lanka won against India in Asia but lost to US in the world ????
These Stinkies are just trying to reduce the impact of the World's HARD SLAP that fell on their cheeks !
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23 Mar 2012 16:27:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lanka should ask them to provide evidence. After that,Sri Lanka should investigate.
UN tries to come in and investigate. There shouldn't be any form of investigations.. government should stand firm on this as usual.
Edited By - Elampimp - 23 Mar 2012 16:28:34 GMT |
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23 Mar 2012 16:35:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Elampimp
Can you investigate possibilities to bring a human right resolution against India??
We should teach a lesson to India. In fact, SL has full support from South Asian countries. |
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