Friday, May 1, 2009

Tamils fear retribution from Sinhalese as war reaches its climax

In a shop in Colombo's Bambalapitiya neighbourhood, the man stretched out on a sofa suddenly woke with a start. "They're not terrorists," he declared, correcting his friend's use of the word. "They're freedom fighters – 99.99 per cent of Tamil people support them but they are not in a position to show it."

As Sri Lanka's army squeezes the last remnants of the once potent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), such sentiments voiced within the Tamil community represent one crucial reason why this operation might not mark the end of the insurgency.

Analysts say that even if the rebels in the country's north-east are neutralised in the coming days, the movement will retain the capacity – and perhaps the public support – to launch terror strikes and suicide attacks.

"As a viable insurgency they are finished but they will still be able to operate as a terrorist organisation," said Bahukutumbi Raman, a former security advisor to the Indian government.

Despite international calls for a ceasefire, a bloody end appears the most likely outcome for the fewer than 1,000 rebels cornered in a two-square mile patch with up to 50,000 civilians.

A day after the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, and his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, called for a humanitarian ceasefire, the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, rejected their calls.

"The government is not ready to enter into any kind of ceasefire," he said. "It is my duty to protect the people of this country. I don't need lectures from Western representatives." The LTTE and its leader, Velupillai Prabakharan, said they would never surrender but called for international help to enforce a ceasefire.

"If any country really cares... I ask that country to go beyond its diplomatic boundaries for the sake of saving human lives and make Sri Lanka stop this genocidal war," the LTTE's political leader, Balasingam Nadesan, told the Associated Press.

It is impossible to accurately gauge the level of support for the LTTE. Fearful of the government and equally fearful of speaking out, most Tamils talk about suffering routine discrimination. They talk of their fear when passing through the ubiquitous check-points and how the troops might arbitrarily decide to detain them.

One university lecturer, who agreed only to speak on the telephone, said: "The police are always asking us what we are doing here. Why we are in Colombo. We are scared. In public places we have to speak Sinhalese. If you speak Tamil in a bus or market, people will stare."

This, of course, does not equate to support for the rebels' violent tactics. But on a walk through Bambalapitiya, replete with Hindu temples and flower sellers, practically everyone who agreed to speak voiced some degree of sympathy for the LTTE.

"The police... always assume we are the LTTE. Perhaps 75 per cent support the cause. There are also people who support the actions," said one Tamil shop-owner, who asked not to be named. Asked about Mr Prabakharan, the 29-year-old replied: "Perhaps 75 per cent of people like him."

The man who had been asleep, a 60-year-old former government worker, said that a series of administrations had passed measures that discriminated against the Tamils. "My own son and daughter have gone to the UK," he said. "The government plans to kill or destroy the Tamil people."

The Sri Lankan authorities say they are seeking to avoid civilian casualties and that the ongoing operation is to rescue civilians. While the UN has estimated that at least 4,500 civilians have been killed since January, the government has rejected reports that it has fired artillery into the area, or fired at a makeshift hospital.

Yet the government says it is taking steps to protect against possible LTTE strikes when the military operation is concluded. In an interview with The Independent, the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of the President and the survivor of an assassination attempt in 2006, said: "That is why we have lot of checkpoints and roadblocks. All these things are going on because of that."

105 comments:

Pierre said...

How about the 100,000 people who fled from the tiger clutches since 20th. Do they constitute the balance 0.01% or so tamils who support the freedon struggle. No one is frightened to speak in tamil. I have been to a kachcheri in Maligawatte in the middle of Colombo to get my son's birth registered as he was born outside SL. I'll tell you, you had to converse in either English or Tamil as 99% of employees wouldn't speak sinhala. I had no problem. They have every right to speak their mother tongue. That office is conducting business as usual. They are not frightened of speaking tamil in a area dominated by sinhales.

Pierre said...

It should have read "do they constitute the balance 0.01% or so who do not support the freedom struggle". Sorry for the mistake.

Tharaka said...

The usual idiotic comments. You stupid bugger. Delete this as well.

Pierre said...

Tigers have no place on our land. They occupied it forcibly for so long. It is time they are expelled. Tamil yes. They have every right. Sri Lanka belongs to Sinhales, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers, Malays alike.
There is a lot of support for the Tigers overseas not because they love them. They will be devastated if the terrorist problem is finished and they will have to return to SL. Of course there will be difficulties in re-locating with their families. That should be taken up with the respective authorities in those countries. We cannot let our country be ruined to accommodate these interested parties.

For 30 odd years Tamil people have backed the wrong horse to achieve so called liberation. The funny thing is they still hold on to the same horse. Those who didn't have a backbone to stand up against terrorists are still paying for their cowardice. They have no intention of standing up against them even at this juncture. The Tamils who consider this as their country will thank those who stood against Tigers cos they can live here peacefully. Others who had other agendas we can say sorry.

Pierre said...

Those who are concerned of civilians,
What have you got to say about the people rescued. No word about them. Our commandos sacrificed their lives to rescue them. No comment about them. At least say "Thank you SL govt".

Roy Muller said...

Pierre said...
[Those who are concerned of civilians,
What have you got to say about the people rescued. No word about them. Our commandos sacrificed their lives to rescue them]

What rescued people ???

They are just like ceremonial sacrificial lambs. Where the lambs are cared, dressed and decortaed a few days before being sacrificed to the gods. Similiarly, these rescued people will be fed , sheltered for a few days before taken to detention camps to be tortured and raped .... All this is just a rescue dramas are just gimmicks to con the outside civilised world ...

FreedomFighter said...

[What have you got to say about the people rescued]

You kidnaped the tamil people from save zone put them in prison. They are locked a way like salves.

[Tigers have no place on our land.]

you land is Sri Lanka, and our land is Tamil Eelam. Byt the way tamils tigurs are our boys,
our gurdians and our freddom fighters.

Sihalese army is enmey who captures civilions after killing 7500 tamils in the safe zone.
Acording to UN report. If Sihalese can't read or undertsnad indepentant reports from UN. Then thats you problem and get some eductaion.

FreedomFighter said...

Watch this indepentend news from Algezera

Sri Lanka admits military bombed 'no-fire' zone

Raja said...

[your land is Sri Lanka, and our land is Tamil Eelam. Byt the way tamils tigurs are our boys,
our gurdians and our freddom fighters]

Exactly. This is the crux of the problem, and the key point that Tamils should make. We are not trying to "carve out" a tamil state from Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam already exists, but in the form of a colony that's subjected to a brutal military occupation.

BTW, if you want to know where Tamil Ealam is, then take a map of Sri Lanka and start putting dots on all the places that the Sri Lankan air force has dropped bombs over the last four decades. Connect all the dots and that's Tamil Eelam.

gambit said...

[Raja said...
Exactly. This is the crux of the problem, and the key point that Tamils should make. We are not trying to "carve out" a tamil state from Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam already exists, but in the form of a colony that's subjected to a brutal military occupation.]

Really?.. can you point me to any historic evidence of an eelam before 300 years anywhere in the world let alone sri lanka?... Palayan bung yanna nikan noondi wenne nathuwa...

gambit said...

[FreedomFighter said...

Watch this indepentend news from Algezera]

In that video it says LTTE indeed fired at civilians and tried to keep them as hostages... So called freedom fighters killing the very people their fighting for ?.. you must be joking.. hehe

Editor: "Badrinath" said...

Our pealam is over..

Raja said...

[Really?.. can you point me to any historic evidence of an eelam before 300 years anywhere in the world let alone sri lanka]

It's the GOSL that insists on it. They love to annoint MR as the reincarnation of Dutugemunu. Dutugemunu of course according to Sinhalese history, went to the North and defeated the tamil King Elara to unite the entire island, albeit for a short period. Well a King must have a kingdom and Elaras Kingdom is what's known today as Eelam.

Editor: "Badrinath" said...

____________ Braking News _____________________

"Velu thambi Thevdiya paiya"

if you can pls find me the meaning of above statement ?

gambit said...

[Raja said...
It's the GOSL that insists on it. They love to annoint MR as the reincarnation of Dutugemunu. Dutugemunu of course according to Sinhalese history, went to the North and defeated the tamil King Elara to unite the entire island, albeit for a short period. Well a King must have a kingdom and Elaras Kingdom is what's known today as Eelam.]
Elara is NOT tamil. He is a Persian king. Many have misunderstood this because people in sri lanka called anyone who came from outside as demala.. they even called dutch demala in the books. so does that mean dutch are tamil?. Tamils only have a history in Sri lanka since the british brought them to work. Your tamil kingdom was in tamilnadu India. Not in sri lanka. Also when anuradhapura, polonnaruwa times all the rice and food came form north of the country and the whole country was under one king. Prove me wrong if you can.

m.q.k said...

2 WEBSITES HACKED...

The official website of Sri Lanka Army, www.army.lk and one of another Sri Lanka Government’s site - Lanka Puwath www.lankapuwath.lk have been hacked by suspected LTTE hackers this morning

gambit said...

also this is why tamils in sri lanka and tamils in tamilnadu have close connections. No other race have close connections like tamils in tamilnadu and sri lanka do. For eg. Maldivians are sri lankans some time ago but we have no major connections with people there.
but tamils have a similar connection like US,UK ,AUSSIE cos they are all from one coutry which is UK.

Editor: "Badrinath" said...

_______________ Braking News _____________________

"Velu thambi Thevdiya paiya"

if you can pls find me the meaning of above statement ?

Editor: "Badrinath" said...

____________ Braking News _____________________


PULIGAL WAS HAKKED BY FAKE BADRI LONG TIME AGO

ha hah haaaaaaaaaa

"Velu thambi Thevdiya paiya"

if you can pls find me the meaning of above statement ?

m.q.k said...

In peace, Sri Lankans still disappear

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/asia/090430/peace-does-not-stop-sri-lanka-disappearances

FreedomFighter said...

well i think racist peoplem watch this vedio and ommit eveything said about sri lankan govenment and un evidance of bombing but picks up something else.

Thats so typical of singala racist. Pigs eat shit, can't change that by feeding them healthy food.

FreedomFighter said...

Some idiot thinks copying some onece else name and using that is hacking. Get life bitch. Sell you self to Arabs. Or German tourist.

Nilambare said...

You loosers FreedomFighter & Co

Dod you ask these tamil people why they are in Colombo if they have a Tamil Eelam?. Aren't they kidding themselves by hiding their allegence if they support LTTE. That means they are in the wrong place aren't they from your own interpretaion? Who are the invaders?

Btw, then what are you going to do to these tamils living all over SL except in Tamil EElam? Are you going to take them to Tamil Eelam once it is declared? Well, if...

Equally, what are you going to offer the Sinhalese and Muslims that your Fat Pig chased away from North some years ago?

I agree with Pierre,that LTTE and its diehard supporters have no place in SL. Other tamils yes. They have much to offer to the country. Others can leave for TN for the real Tamil Eelam.

Those losers who are overseas, you are running out of options. As one Police Commander in Sydney recently said at a radio interview, shortly the natural attrtion will wear you out and Police don't have to do anything special. He sighted the toilet problems, that's exactly what happened in Canada I heard. You really pissed Canadians big time by pissing all over the place.

My advice; stay in those places and start going on protests and go after every MP you can find. Everyone you meet will finish the meeting with this phrase "LTTE is a terrorist organisation - I can't believe you support it".

Editor: "Badrinath" said...

hey ther was a blogspot called http://srilankangenocide-civilian.blogspot.com/

I made 300 clicks on google ads...

will that blog owner get money for my clicks ???

Tharaka said...

Mhhh Yum Yum Another dumb Diasporic idiot says civilians have been kidnapped then who is cannibal who shot the people who were trying to escape

FreedomFighter said...

Well Said Nimpoooo. We do not want to be sri lankan's. Oh no way. I am eelam tamil. Thats where my intrest is. You can keep your lanka and kiss all yellow asses comming you way.

Un like sri lanka even the toilet cleaning job will pay enfough to drive the BMW no ? In shit lanka you work in an office still ony be able to afford ride on a bus. At least diaspara live with out the fear of geting abdocted for expressing their will.

Shee Lanka Mother Bitch is getting bit sicky these days to make a good living.

FreedomFighter said...

TH -: I do not know about tigurs shooting but their entitled to do crowd control if large number of people are stuffed in to small area.

Can you allow an impartial and indipentent investigation ito these alegations ? both sides.

Then we know the truth. Obviously it Sri Lanka which is hidding the truth of gencide with fake and facy news like these.

So that can keep singal public in imaginary world. Its them who going to pay when the truth comes out.

7500 killed 14500 inured, do you mind if these investigated ?

When did the last time a proper investgation was carried out in sri lanka of tamils person killing or abduction ?

gambit said...

FreedomFighter said...
In shit lanka you work in an office still ony be able to afford ride on a bus

Of course if you are a tea boy or cleaner in a office you can't afford a BMW like in UK,US. I understand totally about your concerns.. yes I think you should not come to sri lanka coz there will too much of experianced toilet cleaners in Sri Lanka and of course sri lanka can't accommodate all of them so better stay there where ever you can get a BMW by cleaning toilets.. hehe... the only problem is once the war is over you will have to come back as the asylum seek case will be closed.. then u will be left with no country to call your country.... you know what people call people with out a country , mother , father???

FreedomFighter said...

gambit, keep dreaming about that toilet job and bmw, onday you will get your visa and then you
can leave tea boy job.

do dot worry about refugess comming back, i hear that most countrys have accepts the refugees after whats been haappening kill zone.

For your information I am tamil from Tamil Eelam.
New countrys get created all the time like Kosovo
So thats why we tamils fighting for in different ways. Thats why your sigala army is killing our tamils people.

srilankan said...

gambit...

BASTARDS??

srilankan said...

I think This guy FreedomFighter is a real uneducated toilet cleaner. He himself proved he is a toilet cleaner who drives a Beamer.

Anyway his low level of education is visible from his incorrect english usage.

FreedomFighter said...

Obama Administration Bowls a Googly


President Barak Obama’s Administration released on 24 April 2009 a nuanced “White House Statement on the Situation in Sri Lanka”. It concluded with the following wonderfully obtuse comment: “It would compound the current tragedy if the military end of the conflict only breeds further enmity and ends hopes for reconciliation and a unified Sri Lanka in the future.” It is crafted to convey the message that the US may consider Tamils’ struggle to be legitimate if President Mahinda Rajapakse does not come forward with a political solution. Embedded in it is an apparent warning to the Rajapakse regime by way of a comforting allusion directed towards Tamils of possible US support for some form of autonomy or independence to the Tamil Homeland.

srilankan said...

FreedomFighter said...
For your information I am tamil from Tamil Eelam.


Meaning Vellamullivaikkal?? How is life there? Do you get enough toilets to clean over there??

FreedomFighter said...
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Unknown said...

Firstly i must thank Badri and Co for Their continues coverage of current Srilankan conflict and carnage.

As all other media groups in the world, i understand your journal also has to depend on various bodies working on the conflict areas to bring unbiased account of the innocent civilians and their trauma. This is because of the Srilankan Governments adamant behavior of not to allow any foreign media in to the area, in case they might bring the ground reality to the western world to see with their eyes. In fact Chris Morris of BBC has voiced his agony about reporting on Srilanka as"Many journalists covering South Asia have been unable to get visas to travel to SriLanka. Some have tried to enter the country as tourists and have been turned back at the airport. Those who do try to travel to the north independently are stopped at a series of checkpoints far away from the war zone. The government says this is a necessary precaution to ensure that journalists do not come to any harm."

This clearly proves Who is trying to bury the truth about the Tamil population's sufferings. And on the other hand the Tamil Tigers has always been welcoming any foreign reporters to their land with no restrictions. This has been the case since the conflict started.(And please do not do any cut and paste on the figures of people perished in this conflict, its not 70,000 any more and it could be well over 130,000)

The Tamil Tigers has been ruthless against the Srilankan military since day one and it will continue to do so in many years to come, this not only because of its sophistication but also it's leader's courage and dedication towards the freedom of our nation. Mark my words he nor any Tamil Tiger carders will surrender to a terrorists Government like Srilanka. All these "surrender of top LTTE officials" dramas are part of the Governments propaganda war against the Tamil Diaspora to weaken them mentally and to create a picture of the Tamil Tigers are on the run, so that The Srilankan Government can get more aid from the western world in the name of "Tamils Rehabilitation Fund", which will obviously be used against the same people.

One example of the governments argument are untrue, about re-settling Internally Displaced People(IDP) since the Jaffna Muslims were ordered to leave the peninsula in the early 90's they have been living in the south and the government took control of the Jaffna in 1995. Until now the government has not taken any action to settle these people again there. Would any one think this might happen to the current people who came to the government controlled area may be going back to their homes in the near future?

And let me point out one last thing. There is only one reason why the people came to the government controlled area, because there wont be at least any aerial bombardment or indiscriminate shelling with chemical and cluster bombs by the Government of Srilanka in the areas they control, but by coming in they are risking them selves to experience torture, death and rape in the hands of the same government.

"One's Freedom Fighter is another one's Terrorist" How true these words are? Let the Tamil Tigers be a terrorist out fit fighting a terrorist Government like Srilanka. And don't be surprised if and when they bring their ruthless war to the shores of Colombo in coming weeks. Because Tamils of Srilanka feel "Enough is Enough" no matter where they live.

Thanking you

Real

m.q.k said...

SRI LANKA A NATION OF HUMAN+LION=CRAZY ANIMALS..


FOR A LIVING THEY SELL THEIR FEMALES AS SEX SLAVES TO ARABS...


THEY BEG FOR EVERYTHING FROM WEAPON TO MONEY...


THEY DONT HAVE ANY DIGNITY....SHAMELESS ANIMALS..GOOD AT FUCKING AND SLEEPING...LAZYPIGS...

THEY ARE PROUD TO BEGGERS...

gambit said...

[FreedomFighter said...
Embedded in it is an apparent warning to the Rajapakse regime by way of a comforting allusion directed towards Tamils of possible US support for some form of autonomy or independence to the Tamil Homeland.]

Bring it on brother... either we have a united sri lanka or nothing... remember vietnam?

srilankan said...

Tamil Tiger protesters draw Capitol police sniper teams

“The group is known for their violent protests and terrorism,” the staffer said, who said the state police had blocked the foot bridge between the Capitol and other state office buildings. The source also said the unit had originally been on the Governor’s Capitol office balcony but was moved."

---Michigan Messenger---

srilankan said...

Real ...

Exactly "Enough is Enough"

Its time for fat pig to die..

srilankan said...

gambit said...

m.q.k said...
THEY ARE PROUD TO BEGGERS...

who's begging in toronto, london ? sri lankans ?... :)


Worst is they are begging for a ceasefire.. Once so called most ruthless terror outfit in rambles.

gambit said...

m.q.k said...
FOR A LIVING THEY SELL THEIR FEMALES AS SEX SLAVES TO ARABS...

are you saying not a single tamil female sex slaves working in Arab countries?...

FreedomFighter said...

do not worry sri lankns' new toilets facility will be build for you with the IMF loan, if that happens.
Otherwise its the tree have to be your toilet.

abc said...
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gambit said...

LTTE are bunch of looses now begging IC to stop the war and call for a ceasefire.... what a change... the most ruthless , well equipped, can beat any army outfit... ha ha...

srilankan said...

FreedomFighter said...

do not worry sri lankns' new toilets facility will be build for you with the IMF loan, if that happens.
Otherwise its the tree have to be your toilet.


Can you growup please? Try to come out of the toilet. That's how people evolve.
Its okey to have your father cleaning the toilet. But you don't have to be a toilet cleaner. Try to come out of the shit hole..

Bhairav said...

How long Govern propaganda will go on as Diaspora Tamils' support for LTTE is forced one?

As you know, many of the Diaspora Tamils are citizens of their respected foreign countries. We're not a race who sit back and watch when our sisters and brothers are massacred by barbaric SLA. Maybe it will fit well into Sinhala race who can easily go on with their lives as usual, yes, that's correct, after all their race is mainly benefited through their history of animal sex.

gambit said...

abc said...
their history of animal sex

interesting.. can you point me to your source of that history?..

srilankan said...

gambit..

WHO BEGGED CHINA...

AND GOT A MEAGER USD15000 THROWN AT THEIR FACE..

PATHETIC..BEGGAR...

well..
Its better to ask for help from friends rather than living by drug trade, arms trade, people smuggling, piracy etc...

gambit said...

anyways according to diaspora .. the LTTE originated by f*** a taminadu tiger with a AK47.. that's what the ""TAMIL"" flag represents.

srilankan said...

Freedom Fighter and other peelamists..

This is your last chance before the greatest show on earth..

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=7580

srilankan said...

Over 400 persons from 122 families in Savariarpuram in the Mannar district were resettled in their original places of residence yesterday.


http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090501_02

FreedomFighter said...

[Can you growup please]

Sri Lanka, who started the toilet business first ? its you singal canibals.. Its you lot who need to grow up.

gambit said...

if inspected closely the LTTE logo looks like the tiger has been stabbed in the neck and ripped through by two crossing AK47s (while trying to jump over a ring of fire (SL)). and the legs, mouth and the eyes of the tiger suggests that it is pain.

Is it just me or does it look like that to everyone?

m.q.k said...

NOT ONLY SHIT LANKA..

..EXPORT THEIR FEMALES AS SEX SLAVES TO ARABS...

...THEIR BEACHES ARE FULL OF CHILD PROSTITUTE....FOR INFO JUST WATCH THE BBC DOCUMENTARY...

SINGHALESE MAN ARE SO PROUD AND CONSIDER IT TO BE RITE AND WILL ARGUE WITH U...

THE MAIN REASON IT THAT THEY THEMSELVES F**K THEM ON THE BEACHES..

srilankan said...

FreedomFighter said...

[Can you growup please]

Sri Lanka, who started the toilet business first ? its you singal canibals.. Its you lot who need to grow up.


We have already given up.. 'cos we have so much toilet cleaners like you..

srilankan said...

m.q.k ...

Can you be more specific. Your english in not very clear and do not convey your message..

gambit said...

m.q.k said...

NOT ONLY SHIT LANKA..

..EXPORT THEIR FEMALES AS SEX SLAVES TO ARABS...

...THEIR BEACHES ARE FULL OF CHILD PROSTITUTE....FOR INFO JUST WATCH THE BBC DOCUMENTARY...

SINGHALESE MAN ARE SO PROUD AND CONSIDER IT TO BE RITE AND WILL ARGUE WITH U...

THE MAIN REASON IT THAT THEY THEMSELVES F**K THEM ON THE BEACHES..
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if only these claims were true...

m.q.k said...

Sri Lanka army shelled no-fire zone, says UN agency

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/01/srilanka-nofire-satellite-pictures-un

m.q.k said...

SRI LANKA FEMALES ARE NOW SOLD IN SINGAPORE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3MCo4ZIOY&feature=related

gambit said...

m.q.k said...


WHAT KIND OF A COUNTRY IS SHIT LANKA TO PROMOTE CHILD SEX AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION..

can please post the link where this was advertised/promoted in anyway by sri lankan tourist board to prove your point ... if you can do that people will believe what you say in the future..thanks

FreedomFighter said...

More shit falling from the sky on shit lanka -:

Sri Lanka army shelled no-fire zone, says UN agencyThe Sri Lankan president today rejected calls for a ceasefire even as leaked images from the UN appeared to confirm that the military shelled the tiny coastal area of Mulattivu where civilians were sheltering in a no-fire zone.

The UN satellite images, the most recent of which were taken on 19 April, indicate heavy destruction in and around an area covering 3.8 square miles, where at least 50,000 people are trapped.

The latest blow to the Sri Lankan government's credibility came from Unosat, which provides satellite imagery for the UN and relief agencies. Its report dated 26 April said there were indications of "building destruction and damages resulting from shelling and possible air strikes"

Ashok Kumar said...

Badrinath,

Unosat pictures published here were reported in 'Makkal TV news' today.

m.q.k said...

SHIT LANKA IS BROKE AND THEIR FUTURE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZo9AFXqiVg

m.q.k said...

ashok..what else on makkal tv on sri lanka..

Ashok Kumar said...

Please read the article written by Father Jagath Kasper in Nakkeran dated 30th April.

He has written about some sensitive news he has received from 'reliable sources' at Vanni.

Ashok Kumar said...

mqk,

They had reported that around 350 srilankan soldiers were killed and 700 wounded during yesterday's clashes when army tried move forward.

m.q.k said...

Inner City Press asked about reports that young men are being plucked from the IDP detention camps and taken to an abandoned hospital in Kilinochchi, interrogated and disappeared. Holmes responded that such interrogations are “legitimate... for up to a year,” but conceded that there is no monitoring. Exclusive video here, at Minute 5:36.


http://www.innercitypress.com/sc9srilanka050109.html

m.q.k said...

The UN sent a special envoy to Zimbabwe, and the UK and others put Zimbabwe on the agenda of the Security Council and proposed a sanctions resolution, for fewer civilians dead, even knowing or having reason to know that the resolution would be vetoed. Inner City Press asked UK Ambassador John Sawers to explain the difference. Sri Lanka, he said, is a legitimate democratically elected government fighting a terrorist group. But for dead civilians, what is the difference?

Ashok Kumar said...

mqk,

Visuals of civilians getting killed is reported daily and we cannot control our tears and emotions...

m.q.k said...

shit lanka so called patriots are happy with the fall of its economy...cos it will be cheaper for them to get females in colombo...

Ashok Kumar said...

mqk,

Repeatedly the news of 11 fishermen who left Mullaitheevu coast and reached Kakinada in Andhra pradesh as they had lost their way, was shown in all the national channels.

Actually 21 of them left but 10 died on the way mainly due to dehydration. They were looking pathetic, malnourished and worn out.

They said they could not withstand the continous bambardment and decided to leave for Rameswaram.

They said that only a separate nation will solve their problems.

(as told by reporter Sudhir in NDTV).

Ashok Kumar said...

mqk,

For 10 days in the sea, these fishermen said that they had to drink only sea water and survive as they did not have drinking water.

They had to dispose all the 10 bodies on the way itself, as the bodies started deteroirating.

The group consisted of men, women and small children.

m.q.k said...

ashok...and the UN is just issue lame statements...and meeting after meeting...no useful outcome...

any more good website on tamilnadu election..

khanthas said...

ashok,

How could they escape from the SLN which they say tightly covering Mullai seas ?

m.q.k said...

Badri..this is good for next publication...

Sinhalese nationalists stir hate, violencePhotographs of the protest showed Buddhist monks seated in front of the slogan-chanting crowd, while a large poster exhibited the photographs of Milliband, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Erik Solheim, the Norwegian minister for the environment and development with the slogan, “Wanted for Aiding and Abetting Terrorism.”


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IS THIS HOW SINGHALESE BUDDHIST MONKS ARE GOING TO HELP INNOCENT CIVILLIANS

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“We may have to take choppers and machetes, we will have to attack with choppers those who jump over the boundaries,” the protesters chanted, referring to Tamils trapped in the conflict zone.
In provincial council elections held in the Western province on April 25, the two candidates who received the most votes both have had criminal charges brought against them – a politician facing several charges of rape in the High Court and a well-known businessman engaged in the gambling industry, who has faced several criminal charges in the past.

Election monitors reported more incidents of violence, including murder, during this election. The atmosphere surrounding the election is demonstrated by the fact that over 60 journalists left the country in fear of their lives. The Immigration Department restricted the issuance of visas for 837 persons, including foreign media personnel. The state media has been widely used for government propaganda and that of its supporters.

m.q.k said...

http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/05/01/sinhalese_nationalists_stir_hate_violence/9066/

m.q.k said...

Al Jazeera -SRI LANKAN WAR CRIMES and LIES EXPOSED-admits military bombed 'no-fire'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VO1TVvcto

m.q.k said...

28th Apr 2009 Eye Witness Video : Mr Balakrishnan inside safe-zone in Sri Lanka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_5pBkeqWw

m.q.k said...

Phosphorous based bomb burn up ppl..

khanthas said...

Latest Statements: UN security council "no need to punish SriLanka"; US ambassador "Tigers using civilian shield"

The UN and IC knowing well what is really going on, they are letting the genocide happen. Now less and less hope for Vanni Tamils even those in camps where now nobody can go.

Miracles don't occur every other day..

gambit said...

khanthas said...

Latest Statements: UN security council "no need to punish SriLanka"; US ambassador "Tigers using civilian shield"

The UN and IC knowing well what is really going on, they are letting the genocide happen. Now less and less hope for Vanni Tamils even those in camps where now nobody can go.

Miracles don't occur every other day..


why dont you come down to SL and save them urself ? rather than begging everyone..

gambit said...

http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=6103

m.q.k said...

Chennai, May 1 (IANS) Veteran movie director Bharti Raja Friday said that his attempt to chase all “Tamil traitors” from the state would begin May 4 from the temple town of Kanchipuram.
“All those who are Tamil traitors, supporting the intentions of the Sinhalese chauvinists against the Tamil ethnic minority in Sri Lanka have no place in Tamil Nadu,” Raja told reporters here.

Reacting to questions on his itinerary focussing only on Congress nominees’ constituencies, Raja said: “We are focussing against all those contestants whose parties have stabbed Tamils in the back and forced them to suffer a fate worse than those of Jews earlier in the Middle-East.”

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Upul said...

apparently single cellies phoning up americans to not intervene in shit lanka:


-- from single cellies post
I got this email a minit ago. didnt cheked it myself but hope some of u can do something with it

Ron

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White house is taking live comments on the SL issue now. So pls call 2024561414 or 2024561111 and urge the U.S.President NOT to interfere in SL.

I checked the number. It works. An operator will take your call and there is hardly any delay. They will tranfer you to a person who will talk to you.

Some suggestions.

Before you call take some notes on what you are going to say.
Review that carefully.
Then say what you want to say.
You don't have to be a great speaker. Just speak what's on your mind.

m.q.k said...

peter... check msg in ur blog..

Roy Muller said...

You can call White house phone operator at
202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 and leave a comment e.g immediate cease-fire in Sri Lanka.
Those living outside USA, you might have to dial 1 , the country code.

Anonymous said...

Sri Lanka army website hacked: defence ministry
http://www.army.lk/

I didn't know that :p
everyone herad about this >

Bhairav said...

It should be DOS attack :)

m.q.k said...

not DOS attack...completely defaced..

Bhairav said...

From The Times
May 2, 2009
Chinese billions in Sri Lanka fund battle against Tamil Tigers
Chinese construction workers bore a hole in the harbor bed at the construction site of the new Hambantota harbor in Sri Lanka


On the southern coast of Sri Lanka, ten miles from one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, a vast construction site is engulfing the once sleepy fishing town of Hambantota.

This poor community of 21,000 people is about as far as one can get on the island from the fighting between the army and the Tamil Tiger rebels on the northeastern coast. The sudden spurt of construction helps, however, to explain why the army is poised to defeat the Tigers and why Western governments are so powerless to negotiate a ceasefire to help civilians trapped on the front line.

This is where China is building a $1 billion port that it plans to use as a refuelling and docking station for its navy, as it patrols the Indian Ocean and protects China’s supplies of Saudi oil. Ever since Sri Lanka agreed to the plan, in March 2007, China has given it all the aid, arms and diplomatic support it needs to defeat the Tigers, without worrying about the West.

Even India, Sri Lanka’s long-time ally and the traditionally dominant power in South Asia, has found itself sidelined in the past two years — to its obvious irritation. “China is fishing in troubled waters,” Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Home Minister, warned last week.
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The Chinese say that Hambantota is a purely commercial venture, but many US and Indian military planners regard it as part of a “string of pearls” strategy under which China is also building or upgrading ports at Gwadar in Pakistan, Chittagong in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Burma.

The strategy was outlined in a paper by Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher J. Pehrson, of the Pentagon’s Air Staff, in 2006, and again in a report by the US Joint Forces Command in November. “For China, Hambantota is a commercial venture, but it’s also an asset for future use in a very strategic location,” Major-General (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies in Delhi said.

The British Navy used the Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee as its main regional base until 1957 and still shares a naval base with the US on the nearby island of Diego Garcia. China has no immediate plans for a fully fledged naval base but wants a similar foothold in the Indian Ocean to protect its oil supplies from piracy or blockade by a foreign power, analysts say.

Beijing sent three ships on an unprecedented anti-piracy mission to the Gulf of Aden in December, and in January a Chinese defence White Paper said that the navy was “developing capabilities of conducting co-operation in distant waters . . .”

China has cultivated ties with Sri Lanka for decades and became its biggest arms supplier in the 1990s, when India and Western governments refused to sell weapons to Colombo for use in the civil war. Beijing appears to have increased arms sales significantly to Sri Lanka since 2007, when the US suspended military aid over human rights issues.

Many of the arms have been bought through Lanka Logistics & Technologies, co-headed by Gotabhaya Rajapksa, the Defence Secretary, who is also the President’s brother.

In April 2007 Sri Lanka signed a classified $37.6 million (£25 million) deal to buy Chinese ammunition and ordnance for its army and navy, according to Jane’s Defence Weekly.

China gave Sri Lanka — apparently free of charge — six F7 jet fighters last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, after a daring raid by the Tigers’ air wing destroyed ten military aircraft in 2007. One of the Chinese fighters shot down one of the Tigers’ aircraft a year later.

“China’s arms sales have been the decisive factor in ending the military stalemate,” Brahma Chellaney, of the Centre for Policy Research in Delhi, said. “There seems to have been a deal linked to Hambantota.”

Since 2007 China has encouraged Pakistan to sell weapons to Sri Lanka and to train Sri Lankan pilots to fly the Chinese fighters, according to Indian security sources.

China has also provided crucial diplomatic support in the UN Security Council, blocking efforts to put Sri Lanka on the agenda. It has also boosted financial aid to Sri Lanka, even as Western countries have reduced their contributions.

China’s aid to Sri Lanka jumped from a few million dollars in 2005 to almost $1 billion last year, replacing Japan as the biggest foreign donor. By comparison, the United States gave $7.4 million last year, and Britain just £1.25 million.

“That’s why Sri Lanka has been so dismissive of international criticism,” said B. Raman of the Chennai Centre for China Studies. “It knows it can rely on support from China.”

Upul said...

single cellies are reporting one of their top navy commando guys is dead in well planned trapped laid by sea tigers...

I sense sln took a severe beating in the high seas and we are getting a glimpse of it now.

tn thamilz said...

The article above masks the full fledged intelligence support given by the Indian armed forces. Without the intelligence support from India, Sorri lankans wouldn't have achieved what they have achieved so far. You can lead the donkey to the water but it and only it has to put effort to drink the water. So, chicom can provide billion dollar free money but single cells don't have a clue on how to use proper intelligence information. When and if Indian support is removed, single cells would be running like a chicken without a head soon..

m.q.k said...

Lanka war CD impact worries Congress


Krishnamurthy RamasubbuFirst Published : 02 May 2009 02:25:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 02 May 2009 07:10:42 AM ISTCHENNAI: Scenes of explosions, gory deaths, wailing women and long lines of refugees herded like cattle, against the background of a grippingly narrated poem form the contents of a CD that is making the Congress party uncomfortable.


“Ini enna seyya pogirom” (What are we going to do now?) is the title of a CD published by the Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (PDK). The CD, in wide circulation now, appeals to voters to vote against the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The 16 minute long CD has a high impact on viewers’ opinions. Ezhilarasi from a village near Puducherry says, “before I saw the CD I did not know about the extent of the problem there. I still feel sad for Eelam Tamils after seeing the CD. Other people here who have seen the CD also don’t understand why the Indian government is doing this. We are all definitely going to vote against the Congress and for someone who will help Eelam Tamils.” K Hariharan, director of L V Prasad Film and TV academy said, “The point here is spectatorship, the film has an impact because it reinforces the context in the spectator’s mind (since the audience is already aware of the Lankan issue). He argues that the impact created by the film might vanish if it is not backed up by a public discourse on it created by activists.

The CD intersperses images of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and prime minister Manmohan Singh standing alongside Sri Lankan president Rajapakse, with scenes of Tamils’ suffering. The Congress is uncomfortable and has asked for a ban on the CD, Congress president K V Thangkabalu said, “I have seen the CD. We have asked for a ban, yet it is being distributed illegally.

All allegations against the Congress in the CD are false. They cannot fault us on anything else so they have taken up this sensational issue," he said. Police have been arresting activists from different parts of the state who are copying and distributing these CDs.

m.q.k said...

where is Periyar Dravida Kazhagam alliance? karuna or jalitha

Lalith Kuruwita said...

M.G.K.

They are Kala(Eat) & Nidhi(Sleep).

Lalith Kuruwita said...

Hi tn thamilz

LTTE first got all training & support from India during 1990's. It was to punish to JR governement.

It is revered now especially aftre MR became the president. India relised that LTTE is terrorists and dictator and not supporting after Rajeeve's assanation by LTTE.

India will continue to support SLGO to eradicate LTTE and stop Tamil Genocide by LTTE.

Lalith Kuruwita said...

"Roy Muller said...
You can call White house phone operator at
202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 and leave a comment e.g immediate cease-fire in Sri Lanka.
Those living outside USA, you might have to dial 1 , the country code."

Roy

What is the point of leaving messages?

Phone operator cannot make a ceasefire.

Even US president cannot make a ceasefire.

Because it is a rescue mission of Tamil civilliona from Tamil genocide by LTTE.

Lalith Kuruwita said...

SLA has taken another earthbund overnight.

Lalith Kuruwita said...

{TROOPS now operating ahead of the newly captured REKTAVAIKKAL earth bund Thursday (30) late night have reportedly heard the sound of a huge explosion inside the remaining area, yet to be captured by the ground troops. Troops maintain some civilians would have been either injured or killed in the explosion, though the exact nature of the incident was yet to be ascertained. }

Lalith Kuruwita said...

{FIFTY EIGHT LTTE child soldiers under eighteen years of age who surrendered to the Security Forces in the past few weeks were delivered to the VAVUNIYA Police on a District Court order to be taken to AMBEPUSSA Rehabilitation Centre for Children for Rehabilitation. The VAVUNIYA Police on Thursday (30) produced them before the VAUVUNIYA District court.
}

Lalith Kuruwita said...

MULLAITIVU: 57 DIVISION troops continuing to conduct extensive searches further deep into newly-liberated KUPPIKULAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU areas for the first time uncovered a useable 106 mm Recoilless Rifle (RCL) that had been kept meticulously intact inside a lonely house for eventual use by evicted Tiger terrorists. The RCL, kept hidden in the entire sitting room of a large house, believed to have been vehemently frequented by terrorists after driving away the inmates, was the first-ever serviceable weapon of that kind, found by valiant troops who are now conducting extensive search and clear operations in those areas under the command of Major General Jagath Dias, General Officer Commanding, 57 Division.

tharu22 said...

Protest Genocide in Toronto!!
Canadian are so pissed off about unruly Tamil protestors disrupting their normal lives and taking undue advantage of civil libetrties, they want the govt to take action against those idiots...
Way to go...Tamil hooligans think by shouting, threatening and disrupting others they can have whatever they want...First lesson for these thugs was tought in Sri Lanka, next will be in Canada!!
LMAO

Upul said...

American awarness is increasing. Shit lanka gets daily focus from President Obama

President Obama has also chosen to highlight lack of press freedom in countries like shit lanka:

Esspecially referred to Tisayanaigam case.

http://thepage.time.com/obama-statement-on-world-press-freedom-day/

This further signals IMF loan hasn't got a chance in hell.

Already atleast two spy satellites are monitoring shit lanka as we speak to gather evidence of war crimes comitted by rajafuksa bitches.

rajafuksa expect the electric chair !

once congress and sonia bitch is gone, there will be no protection left for shit lanka and its murderous military.

Pierre said...

Freedom Fighter,
If Tigers are your boys, you should be with them in NFZ not in some foreign country, without having the urge to create an eelam there.
Roy Muller,
The way Tamil civilians ran for freedom was like wilder beast migration. You think they came reluctantly do you? No mate they wont be murdered and raped as you would like the SL Army to do. You have no concern for Tamil civilians but for yourselves.