Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

For those still asking if I stand by the figure etc.

Until there is other evidence to say it is not so, or to confirm beyond doubt that it is so, I can only post what I here, and now what the media says.

await updates later. laugh some more GoSL terrorists your time is up.

As a democratic move, based on principles of non-violence and non-cooperation, the Eezham Tamils should boldly denounce the Sri Lankan identity being imposed on them by the Sinhala government and the world of authoritarians, reads a significant theme of the opinion mails received by TamilNet in response to its request last Friday. The move should begin from the diaspora for whom it is feasible now and it goes beyond any political or organizational affiliation. The diaspora ought to realize that what is more dangerous than the war camouflaged to be against the LTTE is the adamancy of India and international authoritarians not recognizing the national cause of Eezham Tamils .

First your donkeys shot at commercial flights TWICE, now even trying to hit a satellite? What kind of moron mistakes a satellite for a plane. Secondly given how small and high up it would seem, what kind of utter moron would even bother to try and shoot at it???

So please wait for the next great `Velu has escaped` story, only problem is going to be the punch line for your morons, since he isn`t even trying to run away :)

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By Jamila Najmuddin
The Defence establishment yesterday said that investigations into what was earlier believed to be a suspicious aircraft over the skies of Mullaitivu seen on Tuesday night is now believed to have been a low orbit satellite.

Some 13th century tribal outcasts were arguing with me last night, telling me that Tamils should trust their fate to Sinhala rule and `goodwill`, Ha this is all we can expect of goodwill from Sinhala rulers, while the individual Sinhalese maybe just fine, your rule cannot be trusted.

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Hospital bombed, 5 killed, 15 wounded

(TamilNet, Thursday, 22 January 2009, 08:56 GMT)

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the surgical site of the Mullaiththeevu hospital, functioning as a makeshift hospital at Va`l`lipunam school, were damaged in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery fire Wednesday night and Thursday around 12:20 p.m., after the Sri Lankan government declared that the area where the hospital is situated is a `secure zone`, medical authorities at the hospital said Thursday. Five civilians were killed within the hospital premises Thursday, according to Dr. T. Varatharajah, the Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS). The RDHS confirmed that the ICRC had verified that the Sri Lankan military had received the GPS coordinates of the hospital and said he was in constant touch with the ICRC, located just 1 km away from the hospital.

GAZA (Reuters) - A mannequin discovered by Palestinians on a Gaza beach may have been used by Israeli forces as a decoy to draw fire from gunmen, an Israeli military expert said.

The head-and-torso figure, dressed in an army shirt and rigged with electric wires, was described by some Palestinians as a `robot` that had helped Israeli commandos storm ashore and kill 10 Hamas guerrillas during Israel`s 22-day Gaza offensive.

But Itay Gil, who trains various Israeli commando units, said the rubber dummy could have been used to dupe Palestinian snipers into opening fire so they could be identified and killed.

Moshe the mental Midget..er I mean great General, said some nasty things to dear Su33:

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Moshe Dyan,

[sue,

i had a fruitful discuccion with the LR, not with you or your sl_t mothers_day.jsp' class=black>mother!!!]

You mindless rascal!!!

I have had better conversation even with hardcore eelam nutcases. But a so called `patriot` like yourself has to stoop soo below to bring my parents to this.

By Wilson Gnanadass
The fatality figures in Sri Lanka are perhaps telling a story, which would be that, the on-going north east war focuses progressively on internecine killings.
The death rate in Sri Lanka is steadily increasing to a gruesome toll and pathetically the majority of the murder cases are going uninvestigated.

Political and personal murders have taken place from time immemorial but majority of the murder cases going uninvestigated has never been heard of, in the past.

PICTURE ABOVE: Zoomed in section of the original photo below. What uniform is he wearing :):):)

ORIGINAL PHOTO:

http://tamilnet.com/img/publish/2009/01/16_01_09_LTTE_04.jpg

COMMENTS FROM DEFENCEBLOG BLIND/STUPID PEOPLE:

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NOLTTE=Peace said...
Yes, we all know that LTTE has 2 or three previously captured armed tanks.

But why is this photoshop job?

The SLA soldier in the photo seems to be totally unaware that an LTTE BMP-1 is just passing him with full of action! LOL!

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A US Airways plane with 155 people on board went into a chilly Hudson River, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeoff from New York`s LaGuardia Airport, according to officials and passengers.

Everyone on board was accounted for and alive, officials said. About 15 people were being treated at hospitals and others were being evaluated at triage centers.

Flight 1549, headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, was airborne less than three minutes, according to FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown.

Slumdog Millionaire may have been thrown bouquets by western critics and audiences, but brickbats are flying in its direction in India.

Although the film was a big winner at Sunday`s Golden Globes and is seen as a frontrunner for the Oscars, Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood`s top actor and perhaps one of the most famous faces in the world, has voiced bitter comments about the movie`s portrayal of India.

Row over Sri Lanka editor`s murder grows as diplomat censured

COLOMBO (AFP) Sri Lanka`s government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of a newspaper editor whose murder has been blamed on the island`s rulers, officials said Wednesday.

German ambassador Jurgen Weerth was ordered to the Colombo foreign office and told of Sri Lanka`s anger over his graveside eulogy for Lasantha Wickrematunga, officials who declined to be named told AFP.

Aid organisations say a major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern Sri Lanka where government forces are engaged in fierce fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels.

Around 350,000 Tamil civilians are crammed into the area where fighting is taking place, forcing them to endure heavy bombardments and acute food shortages.

Foreign journalists are prevented from entering the conflict zone, but Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures showing civilians fleeing the fighting as buildings burn and craters from heavy shelling pockmark the earth.

A song with a humorous take on the plight of Sri Lankan soldiers on the front lines who are forced into a racialist war of conquest due to economic hardships in their home villages.

The song`s lyrics speak of how this one soldier cries out to his mothers_day.jsp' class=black>mother about how he dreams of his foot being blown off by a land mine every time he closes his eyes, and how he is afraid for his life and why oh why is he here...

In honor of Slumdog Millionaire and those involved winning so many awards.
Stereo Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHUQht1HRmY&fmt=18

(You HAVE to listen to this song in stereo or its a crime!!!!)