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News Image 77569 - How Credible are the Latest Official Claims Concerning Troop Reductions in Jaffna?
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 - 1:27 PM SL Time - Some news pictures are worth a million words
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Image courtesy Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone The extent of military presence in the North of Sri Lanka has understandably been the focus of much attention. This week s edition of the Economic and Political Weekly carries an interesting commentary on the topic, which suggests that there is 1 military personnel for approximately every 5 civilians in the Northern Province. If true, this is really extraordinary, especially because, as the commentary points out, this ratio even if halved to make it 1 security personnel for every 10 civilians would still render it higher than during the siege in Iraq, Northern Ireland at the height of the conflict, Kashmir and even the French occupation of Algeria. The focus of this piece however is Jaffna. Not long ago, the Defence Secretary, Government of Sri Lanka, claimed that there had been a substantial reduction in military presence in Jaffna, with just 15,600 personnel remaining there now.[1] He appeared to be echoing a Sri Lankan military spokesperson,
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Magnum357
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 11 Jul 2012 06:50:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Who takes official statements seriously in Sri Lanka??????? |
megashane
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11 Jul 2012 07:08:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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there is 1 military personnel for approximately every 5 civilians in the Northern Province
1 millitary personnel for 5 civillians is not enough to control these lunatics |
AnuD
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 11 Jul 2012 12:16:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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USA had a huge security operation just because of just one day. It was simply hell to muslims who lived there and who wanted to cross the boarder. IT is still not much different.
Sri Lanka had 30 years of mayhem.
Even after the war, more than once Tamils had tried to create mayhem.
So, it is stupid to ask troops reduction in the North. |
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