UN: Investigate Sri Lanka War Crimes

This past Monday, the U.N. finally released the report of its advisory panel on accountability in Sri Lanka.  Thanks go to everyone who sent an online letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking him to release this report.

The report found credible allegations that tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the final months of Sri Lanka’s civil war in early 2009, and that both the government forces and the opposition Tamil Tigers violated international law, including committing war crimes.  The panel recommended, among other things, that the U.N. establish an international investigation into these allegations.

Sri Lanka's military held many of those who escaped the conflict in miserable conditions © Private

Today, Ban’s spokesperson explained that Ban would not initiate an international investigation into these allegations unless the Sri Lankan government consented or he was asked to do so by a U.N body such as the Security Council, the Human Rights Council or the General Assembly.

Well, the Sri Lankan government isn’t likely to consent.  They’ve rejected the panel’s report, calling it “flawed” and “biased.”  President Rajapaksa has called for mass protests against the report on May 1.

We’ll need action by U.N. member states to establish an international   investigation.  The U.S. government could play a vital role in this effort.  Please write to Secretary Hillary Clinton and ask her to support the establishment of an international war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka.

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1,135 thoughts on “UN: Investigate Sri Lanka War Crimes

  1. Oh….I was wondering as to when Mr. Jim M. D. was going to publish this post and boy am I glad that you did…

    There are many stories behind this unwarranted report which it self is against the regulations of the United Nations. However, my only worry is about the action Amnesty International takes be it by this report by UN or else wise.

    As I have mentioned many a times prior to this post, we saw a zillion of posts pressurizing the government of Sri Lanka to be accountable for so called human rights violations against a branded, retarded bunch of Terrorists. But, we never saw a single post demanding the arrest of any of the remaining Terrorists or any action being taken for their subsidiary groups that funded these retards.

    Jim, I reiterate,

    1. When do we see you lobby against Adela Balasingham who lives in London, wife of former retard Anton Balasingham where there is plenty of video evidence of her hanging cyanide capsules around young girls necks and handing AK47 riffles to them??

    2. When do we see AI pressure the international community to arrest those terrorists grouping as Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam?? They funded the retards to kill all those innocent civilians including the innocent Tamils who were held hostage and as humans shields during the last stages of the war, which directly effected in some of them being killed.

    3. Also, did you give any consideration to the article below prior to carrying out your campaigns??
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    This clearly mentions what happened during the final stages of the war and most of all, it comes from a Tamil Gentleman who went against the GOSL's word of no being in the war zone. So what about what he says about the SL army? How they treated the wounded including the LTTE carders ?

    We wish to see some proper unbiased Human Rights Activities ??

  2. The Government of Sri Lanka today has made a statement with related to this illegal panel appointed by Ban ki Moon at his own will than going through the security council or consulting any member state.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11089-darusman-rep

    I will follow this tread keenly – would also like to see whether the representatives of the Retarded LTTE would actually come up with their own posts and actually have a decent conversation here than copy and paste articles from other websites.

  3. Oh….I was wondering as to when Mr. Jim M. D. was going to publish this post and boy am I glad that you did…

    There are many stories behind this unwarranted report which it self is against the regulations of the United Nations. However, my only worry is about the action Amnesty International takes be it by this report by UN or else wise.

    As I have mentioned many a times prior to this post, we saw a zillion of posts pressurizing the government of Sri Lanka to be accountable for so called human rights violations against a branded, retarded bunch of Terrorists. But, we never saw a single post demanding the arrest of any of the remaining Terrorists or any action being taken for their subsidiary groups that funded these retards.

    Jim, I reiterate,

    1. When do we see you lobby against Adela Balasingham who lives in London, wife of former retard Anton Balasingham where there is plenty of video evidence of her hanging cyanide capsules around young girls necks and handing AK47 riffles to them??

    2. When do we see AI pressure the international community to arrest those terrorists grouping as Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam?? They funded the retards to kill all those innocent civilians including the innocent Tamils who were held hostage and as humans shields during the last stages of the war, which directly effected in some of them being killed.

    3. Also, did you give any consideration to the article below prior to carrying out your campaigns??
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    This clearly mentions what happened during the final stages of the war and most of all, it comes from a Tamil Gentleman who went against the GOSL's word of no being in the war zone. So what about what he says about the SL army? How they treated the wounded including the LTTE carders ?

    We wish to see some proper unbiased Human Rights Activities ??

  4. Oh….I was wondering as to when Mr. Jim M. D. was going to publish this post and boy am I glad that you did…

    There are many stories behind this unwarranted report which it self is against the regulations of the United Nations. However, my only worry is about the action Amnesty International takes be it by this report by UN or else wise.

    As I have mentioned many a times prior to this post, we saw a zillion of posts pressurizing the government of Sri Lanka to be accountable for so called human rights violations against a branded, retarded bunch of Terrorists. But, we never saw a single post demanding the arrest of any of the remaining Terrorists or any action being taken for their subsidiary groups that funded these retards.

    Jim, I reiterate,

    1. When do we see you lobby against Adela Balasingham who lives in London, wife of former retard Anton Balasingham where there is plenty of video evidence of her hanging cyanide capsules around young girls necks and handing AK47 riffles to them??

    2. When do we see AI pressure the international community to arrest those terrorists grouping as Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam?? They funded the retards to kill all those innocent civilians including the innocent Tamils who were held hostage and as humans shields during the last stages of the war, which directly effected in some of them being killed.

    3. Also, did you give any consideration to the article below prior to carrying out your campaigns??
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    This clearly mentions what happened during the final stages of the war and most of all, it comes from a Tamil Gentleman who went against the GOSL's word of no being in the war zone. So what about what he says about the SL army? How they treated the wounded including the LTTE carders ?

    We wish to see some proper unbiased Human Rights Activities ??

  5. All My questions mentioned above is summarized in below article about the illegal Panel appointed by the Baboon.
    http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d

    I never thought that an Asian will be a puppet to the western world when holding a prestigious post as the General Secretary of the United Nations… Shameful !

  6. Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.
    Our international legal systems are still failing to bring the culprits to justice

    Number of people massacred on the beaches of Sri Lanka is almost ten times of the people died in the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

    United Nations, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed people in the world turned out to be a silent spectator of a man made disaster that has taken the lives of many thousands.

    Leaders of Sri Lanka and some responsible officers in the UN, should be questioned in international courts in order to find out if they were responsible for the deaths of innocent Tamils.

    Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka Emerges Into Public View http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april272011/sr

  7. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Release of the UN Panel of Experts' Report on Sri Lanka http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/16

    As many as 40,000 civilians may have perished in the last phase of Sri Lanka's offensive against the insurgent Tamil Tigers, with government forces blamed for "large-scale and widespread shelling," according to a new report from a UN panel established by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

    Maltreatment of killed female fighters http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_26_00

  8. The Government of Sri Lanka today has made a statement with related to this illegal panel appointed by Ban ki Moon at his own will than going through the security council or consulting any member state.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11089-darusman-rep

    I will follow this tread keenly – would also like to see whether the representatives of the Retarded LTTE would actually come up with their own posts and actually have a decent conversation here than copy and paste articles from other websites.

  9. The Government of Sri Lanka today has made a statement with related to this illegal panel appointed by Ban ki Moon at his own will than going through the security council or consulting any member state.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11089-darusman-rep

    I will follow this tread keenly – would also like to see whether the representatives of the Retarded LTTE would actually come up with their own posts and actually have a decent conversation here than copy and paste articles from other websites.

  10. Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Channel 4 is to air “probably the most horrific” footage it has ever shown in an investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Because of the horrific nature of the videos, the film, presented by Jon Snow, will air in a late night slot in May and C4 said that "distressing images will be preceded by appropriate warnings". http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lankan war crimes must be prosecuted http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-arti

  11. All My questions mentioned above is summarized in below article about the illegal Panel appointed by the Baboon.
    http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d

    I never thought that an Asian will be a puppet to the western world when holding a prestigious post as the General Secretary of the United Nations… Shameful !

  12. All My questions mentioned above is summarized in below article about the illegal Panel appointed by the Baboon.
    http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d

    I never thought that an Asian will be a puppet to the western world when holding a prestigious post as the General Secretary of the United Nations… Shameful !

  13. Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.
    Our international legal systems are still failing to bring the culprits to justice

    Number of people massacred on the beaches of Sri Lanka is almost ten times of the people died in the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

    United Nations, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed people in the world turned out to be a silent spectator of a man made disaster that has taken the lives of many thousands.

    Leaders of Sri Lanka and some responsible officers in the UN, should be questioned in international courts in order to find out if they were responsible for the deaths of innocent Tamils.

    Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka Emerges Into Public View http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april272011/sr

  14. Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.
    Our international legal systems are still failing to bring the culprits to justice

    Number of people massacred on the beaches of Sri Lanka is almost ten times of the people died in the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

    United Nations, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed people in the world turned out to be a silent spectator of a man made disaster that has taken the lives of many thousands.

    Leaders of Sri Lanka and some responsible officers in the UN, should be questioned in international courts in order to find out if they were responsible for the deaths of innocent Tamils.

    Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka Emerges Into Public View http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april272011/sr

  15. Singa Says:

    You Say

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    1. Please stop copying and pasting articles – try to be creative for once with your retarded brains.

    2. Please discuss among your fellow retards and arrive amongst your selves on a proper figure you intend to lobby for – one say 40,000 now you say 50,000 and another retard said 100,000 – the International community is bamboozled by your inability to arrive at a figure.

    3. Please let us know, from that figure you arrive at, how many were killed by the LTTE whilst trying to escape the Human Shield.

    4. Please let us know the course of action you have planned to punish the remaining LTTE supporters for the brutality they carried out against Tamil People (Oh, did I forget you are one of them?)

    See what happened during the last stages of the battle.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5x40wQbojk

    This is what happened to the innocent who tried to escape the human Shield. Listen to the conversations – it re-enforces what the Tamil MP Hon. S. Kanagaratnam who was in the zone and experienced the brutality had to say. I have provided the link in my previous post.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3sGDnn9kEs&NR

  16. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Release of the UN Panel of Experts' Report on Sri Lanka http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/16

    As many as 40,000 civilians may have perished in the last phase of Sri Lanka's offensive against the insurgent Tamil Tigers, with government forces blamed for "large-scale and widespread shelling," according to a new report from a UN panel established by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

    Maltreatment of killed female fighters http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_26_00

  17. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Release of the UN Panel of Experts' Report on Sri Lanka http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/16

    As many as 40,000 civilians may have perished in the last phase of Sri Lanka's offensive against the insurgent Tamil Tigers, with government forces blamed for "large-scale and widespread shelling," according to a new report from a UN panel established by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

    Maltreatment of killed female fighters http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_26_00

  18. Jim MD !

    Did you try to meet these LTTE guys ?? Why not ask them what happened before you jump the gun and make posts that discredit a government that actually saved innocent civilians from a brutal Terrorist Group ? Why not Tell the Monkey Baboon that he is on a wrong track high on crack !!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R60EL9XfM&fe

  19. Singa Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    You asked


    Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Hi There

    1. Watch the above link I posted – the Interview with Daya Master and George Master.. (See the LTTE shooting their own?)
    2. Read the post on Hon. S. Kanagaratnam
    OK I post again..
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    Also my friend, Ban him self has said that UN or anyone else cannot take any action against GOSL if other member states do not agree – Guess What ?? Russia has already rubbished the report and so has China !!

    Is there any more to hide ???? The GOSL has been constant in their stance – Not so with the LTTE and their members – why ?? You don't even agree on a number of civilian deaths.. Why ??

  20. Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Channel 4 is to air “probably the most horrific” footage it has ever shown in an investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Because of the horrific nature of the videos, the film, presented by Jon Snow, will air in a late night slot in May and C4 said that "distressing images will be preceded by appropriate warnings". http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lankan war crimes must be prosecuted http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-arti

  21. Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Channel 4 is to air “probably the most horrific” footage it has ever shown in an investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Because of the horrific nature of the videos, the film, presented by Jon Snow, will air in a late night slot in May and C4 said that "distressing images will be preceded by appropriate warnings". http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lankan war crimes must be prosecuted http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-arti

  22. The panel report should never be called a "UN report"! As a matter of fact, the special Commission for Human Rights that met in Geneva in the immediate aftermath of the wiping out of the LTTE, overwhelmingly rejected the Western attempts to resurrect the Terorists by dismissing allegations that the Sri Lankan government violated human rights.

    So this report does not carry any weight, hence, AI should totally ignore such baseless report that satisfies personal agendas of a few people.

  23. Singa Says:

    You Say

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    1. Please stop copying and pasting articles – try to be creative for once with your retarded brains.

    2. Please discuss among your fellow retards and arrive amongst your selves on a proper figure you intend to lobby for – one say 40,000 now you say 50,000 and another retard said 100,000 – the International community is bamboozled by your inability to arrive at a figure.

    3. Please let us know, from that figure you arrive at, how many were killed by the LTTE whilst trying to escape the Human Shield.

    4. Please let us know the course of action you have planned to punish the remaining LTTE supporters for the brutality they carried out against Tamil People (Oh, did I forget you are one of them?)

    See what happened during the last stages of the battle.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5x40wQbojk

    This is what happened to the innocent who tried to escape the human Shield. Listen to the conversations – it re-enforces what the Tamil MP Hon. S. Kanagaratnam who was in the zone and experienced the brutality had to say. I have provided the link in my previous post.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3sGDnn9kEs&NR

  24. Singa Says:

    You Say

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    1. Please stop copying and pasting articles – try to be creative for once with your retarded brains.

    2. Please discuss among your fellow retards and arrive amongst your selves on a proper figure you intend to lobby for – one say 40,000 now you say 50,000 and another retard said 100,000 – the International community is bamboozled by your inability to arrive at a figure.

    3. Please let us know, from that figure you arrive at, how many were killed by the LTTE whilst trying to escape the Human Shield.

    4. Please let us know the course of action you have planned to punish the remaining LTTE supporters for the brutality they carried out against Tamil People (Oh, did I forget you are one of them?)

    See what happened during the last stages of the battle.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5x40wQbojk

    This is what happened to the innocent who tried to escape the human Shield. Listen to the conversations – it re-enforces what the Tamil MP Hon. S. Kanagaratnam who was in the zone and experienced the brutality had to say. I have provided the link in my previous post.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3sGDnn9kEs&NR

  25. Jim MD !

    Did you try to meet these LTTE guys ?? Why not ask them what happened before you jump the gun and make posts that discredit a government that actually saved innocent civilians from a brutal Terrorist Group ? Why not Tell the Monkey Baboon that he is on a wrong track high on crack !!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R60EL9XfM&fe

  26. Jim MD !

    Did you try to meet these LTTE guys ?? Why not ask them what happened before you jump the gun and make posts that discredit a government that actually saved innocent civilians from a brutal Terrorist Group ? Why not Tell the Monkey Baboon that he is on a wrong track high on crack !!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R60EL9XfM&fe

  27. Singa Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    You asked


    Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Hi There

    1. Watch the above link I posted – the Interview with Daya Master and George Master.. (See the LTTE shooting their own?)
    2. Read the post on Hon. S. Kanagaratnam
    OK I post again..
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    Also my friend, Ban him self has said that UN or anyone else cannot take any action against GOSL if other member states do not agree – Guess What ?? Russia has already rubbished the report and so has China !!

    Is there any more to hide ???? The GOSL has been constant in their stance – Not so with the LTTE and their members – why ?? You don't even agree on a number of civilian deaths.. Why ??

  28. Singa Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    You asked


    Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Hi There

    1. Watch the above link I posted – the Interview with Daya Master and George Master.. (See the LTTE shooting their own?)
    2. Read the post on Hon. S. Kanagaratnam
    OK I post again..
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    Also my friend, Ban him self has said that UN or anyone else cannot take any action against GOSL if other member states do not agree – Guess What ?? Russia has already rubbished the report and so has China !!

    Is there any more to hide ???? The GOSL has been constant in their stance – Not so with the LTTE and their members – why ?? You don't even agree on a number of civilian deaths.. Why ??

  29. Hey You Lunetic…

    You say in your post,

    We’ll need action by U.N. member states to establish an international investigation. The U.S. government could play a vital role in this effort. Please write to Secretary Hillary Clinton and ask her to support the establishment of an international war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka.

    If you want action to be taken by the U.N. Member states as you clearly say, Why tell Sen. Hilary Clinton who gives Blonds a new meaning ?? Is Hilary C the god almighty of the U.N. member states ??

    Why not tell Russian counterpart or the Chinese counterpart ?? Why USA only ??

    Also, you mention clearly in your report that LTTE was equally reponsible – why not take action against them???

    What's your Problem you goon ???? Is this what you call being Unbiased and being representatives for Humans of this world ?

  30. Here we go again. AI has now declared war on Sri Lanka. Great news for the dregs of the Eelam struggle.

    So, in the interests of balance, openness and "accountability", a simple question for AI.

    How many representations and meetings did AI have with UN Sec Gen's(totally unbiased, totally neutral, factually 100% accurate) committee?

    Also interesting that AI has yet to call for a single UN investigation against Western bloc countries who have collectively racked up an outstanding high score of over 1.3 million dead civilians (mainly Arabs) in their wars.
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    Sec Clinton will have tie herself in interesting moral knots explaining why SL needs to be punished whilst the West escapes censure 🙂

  31. Oh….I was wondering as to when Mr. Jim M. D. was going to publish this post and boy am I glad that you did…

    There are many stories behind this unwarranted report which it self is against the regulations of the United Nations. However, my only worry is about the action Amnesty International takes be it by this report by UN or else wise.

    As I have mentioned many a times prior to this post, we saw a zillion of posts pressurizing the government of Sri Lanka to be accountable for so called human rights violations against a branded, retarded bunch of Terrorists. But, we never saw a single post demanding the arrest of any of the remaining Terrorists or any action being taken for their subsidiary groups that funded these retards.

    Jim, I reiterate,

    1. When do we see you lobby against Adela Balasingham who lives in London, wife of former retard Anton Balasingham where there is plenty of video evidence of her hanging cyanide capsules around young girls necks and handing AK47 riffles to them??

    2. When do we see AI pressure the international community to arrest those terrorists grouping as Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam?? They funded the retards to kill all those innocent civilians including the innocent Tamils who were held hostage and as humans shields during the last stages of the war, which directly effected in some of them being killed.

    3. Also, did you give any consideration to the article below prior to carrying out your campaigns??

    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final-days-vanni-600-tamils-shot-and-killed-stray-dogs-first-person-revelation

    This clearly mentions what happened during the final stages of the war and most of all, it comes from a Tamil Gentleman who went against the GOSL’s word of no being in the war zone. So what about what he says about the SL army? How they treated the wounded including the LTTE carders ?

    We wish to see some proper unbiased Human Rights Activities ??

  32. The Government of Sri Lanka today has made a statement with related to this illegal panel appointed by Ban ki Moon at his own will than going through the security council or consulting any member state.

    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11089-darusman-report-disrupts-efforts-to-reinforce-peace.html

    I will follow this tread keenly – would also like to see whether the representatives of the Retarded LTTE would actually come up with their own posts and actually have a decent conversation here than copy and paste articles from other websites.

  33. Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
    Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
    Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.

    The Death Of A Nation http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/05/the-deat
    Mahinda’s vision does not extend beyond his own body and blood. He has no thought of the next 200 years, of what these powers might do in other hands, of what sort of template he is laying for a future nation.

    In the last sixty five years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.

  34. Here we go again. AI has now declared war on Sri Lanka. Great news for the dregs of the Eelam struggle.

    So, in the interests of balance, openness and "accountability", a simple question for AI.

    How many representations and meetings did AI have with UN Sec Gen's(totally unbiased, totally neutral, factually 100% accurate) committee?

    Also interesting that AI has yet to call for a single UN investigation against Western bloc countries who have collectively racked up an outstanding high score of over 1.3 million dead civilians (mainly Arabs) in their wars.
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    Sec Clinton will have tie herself in interesting moral knots explaining why SL needs to be punished whilst the West escapes censure 🙂

  35. Here we go again. AI has now declared war on Sri Lanka. Great news for the dregs of the Eelam struggle.

    So, in the interests of balance, openness and "accountability", a simple question for AI.

    How many representations and meetings did AI have with UN Sec Gen's(totally unbiased, totally neutral, factually 100% accurate) committee?

    Also interesting that AI has yet to call for a single UN investigation against Western bloc countries who have collectively racked up an outstanding high score of over 1.3 million dead civilians (mainly Arabs) in their wars.
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    Sec Clinton will have tie herself in interesting moral knots explaining why SL needs to be punished whilst the West escapes censure 🙂

  36. Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.
    Our international legal systems are still failing to bring the culprits to justice

    Number of people massacred on the beaches of Sri Lanka is almost ten times of the people died in the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

    United Nations, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed people in the world turned out to be a silent spectator of a man made disaster that has taken the lives of many thousands.

    Leaders of Sri Lanka and some responsible officers in the UN, should be questioned in international courts in order to find out if they were responsible for the deaths of innocent Tamils.

    Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka Emerges Into Public View
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april272011/sri-lanka-genocide-tk.php

  37. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Release of the UN Panel of Experts’ Report on Sri Lanka
    http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/161769.htm

    As many as 40,000 civilians may have perished in the last phase of Sri Lanka’s offensive against the insurgent Tamil Tigers, with government forces blamed for “large-scale and widespread shelling,” according to a new report from a UN panel established by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

    Maltreatment of killed female fighters
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_26_005.html

  38. Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Channel 4 is to air “probably the most horrific” footage it has ever shown in an investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Because of the horrific nature of the videos, the film, presented by Jon Snow, will air in a late night slot in May and C4 said that “distressing images will be preceded by appropriate warnings”.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33865

    Sri Lankan war crimes must be prosecuted
    http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-sri-lankan-war-crimes-must-be-prosecuted-2275023.html

  39. Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
    Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
    Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.

    The Death Of A Nation http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/05/the-deat
    Mahinda’s vision does not extend beyond his own body and blood. He has no thought of the next 200 years, of what these powers might do in other hands, of what sort of template he is laying for a future nation.

    In the last sixty five years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.

  40. Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
    Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
    Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.

    The Death Of A Nation http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/05/the-deat
    Mahinda’s vision does not extend beyond his own body and blood. He has no thought of the next 200 years, of what these powers might do in other hands, of what sort of template he is laying for a future nation.

    In the last sixty five years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.

  41. The panel report should never be called a “UN report”! As a matter of fact, the special Commission for Human Rights that met in Geneva in the immediate aftermath of the wiping out of the LTTE, overwhelmingly rejected the Western attempts to resurrect the Terorists by dismissing allegations that the Sri Lankan government violated human rights.

    So this report does not carry any weight, hence, AI should totally ignore such baseless report that satisfies personal agendas of a few people.

  42. Singa Says:

    You Say

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    1. Please stop copying and pasting articles – try to be creative for once with your retarded brains.

    2. Please discuss among your fellow retards and arrive amongst your selves on a proper figure you intend to lobby for – one say 40,000 now you say 50,000 and another retard said 100,000 – the International community is bamboozled by your inability to arrive at a figure.

    3. Please let us know, from that figure you arrive at, how many were killed by the LTTE whilst trying to escape the Human Shield.

    4. Please let us know the course of action you have planned to punish the remaining LTTE supporters for the brutality they carried out against Tamil People (Oh, did I forget you are one of them?)

    See what happened during the last stages of the battle.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5x40wQbojk

    This is what happened to the innocent who tried to escape the human Shield. Listen to the conversations – it re-enforces what the Tamil MP Hon. S. Kanagaratnam who was in the zone and experienced the brutality had to say. I have provided the link in my previous post.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3sGDnn9kEs&NR=1

  43. Singa Says:
    April 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    You asked


    Dear Rip Van Winkle ,
    how long you can hide the war crime.

    Hi There

    1. Watch the above link I posted – the Interview with Daya Master and George Master.. (See the LTTE shooting their own?)
    2. Read the post on Hon. S. Kanagaratnam
    OK I post again..

    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final-days-vanni-600-tamils-shot-and-killed-stray-dogs-first-person-revelation

    Also my friend, Ban him self has said that UN or anyone else cannot take any action against GOSL if other member states do not agree – Guess What ?? Russia has already rubbished the report and so has China !!

    Is there any more to hide ???? The GOSL has been constant in their stance – Not so with the LTTE and their members – why ?? You don’t even agree on a number of civilian deaths.. Why ??

  44. Hey You Lunetic…

    You say in your post,

    We’ll need action by U.N. member states to establish an international investigation. The U.S. government could play a vital role in this effort. Please write to Secretary Hillary Clinton and ask her to support the establishment of an international war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka.

    If you want action to be taken by the U.N. Member states as you clearly say, Why tell Sen. Hilary Clinton who gives Blonds a new meaning ?? Is Hilary C the god almighty of the U.N. member states ??

    Why not tell Russian counterpart or the Chinese counterpart ?? Why USA only ??

    Also, you mention clearly in your report that LTTE was equally reponsible – why not take action against them???

    What’s your Problem you goon ???? Is this what you call being Unbiased and being representatives for Humans of this world ?

  45. Sri Lanka is a failed state. Now sanctions is the only answer. Tamils have waited long enough for justice. Delayed justice is denied justice. If we allow Sri Lanka to get away with mass murders, human right abuses and crimes against humanity, Sri Lanka will continue its agenda of silent genocide of Tamils with the blessings of the international community.
    UNSG must act without delay and establish an independent Tribunal for Sri Lanka.

  46. “The way this conflict was conducted, under the guise of fighting terrorism, challenged the very foundations of the rules of war and cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians,” the The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. “I hope the disturbing new information contained in this report will shock the conscience of the international community into finally taking serious action. As the report itself says, addressing violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law,” http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayN

    What the panel did not know was that the persecution of the Tamil population underlines the communal/racist character of the civil war. Successive Sinhala governments fought the war to entrench the dominance of the Sinhala elite that has used communal violence and systematic discrimination against the Tamil minority from the date of independence in 1948 to make Tamils second class citizens in their own Traditional Homeland of the East and North of Sri-Lanka. What the Tamils are claiming for was for self determination rights for themselves and their TH. This is a political problem and therefore needed a political solution. However the Sinhalese went in for a military solution with accompanying loss of lives, money and property because they did not want to share Sri-Lanka with the Tamils; out of communalism/racism. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6089

    The international community of world nations, UN should rise up to the occasion like it dealt with, Libya, Ivory Coast and Rwanda. The UN report said that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constituted "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". Srebrenica recalls a painful and costly UN failure. The government of Sri Lanka must not be allowed to get away with it. Sri Lanka cannot be allowed to erode the basic tenets of international peace, justice and security. If the government of Sri Lanka is allowed to get away with it, the system of international justice and practices adopted thereafter on the back of the crimes in Rwanda and Bosnia would be weakened to the detriment of world peace.

  47. What did president brother who ordered to bomb the hospitals say?

    PTK hospital, legitimate military target – Gotabhaya http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    “The deliberate targeting of Hospitals and Civilians by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) violates the Geneva Conventions and is thus a war crime.

    “The GOSL Defense Secretary Rajapakse has publicly admitted that they have turned the Tamil North of the country into a so-called free-fire zone, which is clearly illegal and criminal under International Humanitarian Law.

    “It is the culmination of the long-standing GOSL policy to inflict genocide upon the Tamils in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Sri Lanka is a contracting party. As a United States Citizen Defense Secretary Rajapakse should be prosecuted by the United States government for violating the US Genocide Convention Implementation Act and the US War Crimes Act.”

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/
    Some of the approximately 300 reports compiled by the State Department include allegations that government forces:

    •Attacked hospitals and other civilian institutions
    •Executed prisoners of war
    •Killed rebel soldiers who were trying to surrender
    •Secretly abducted and killed Tamil civilians, particularly children and young men
    •Failed to provide adequate food, water and medical supplies to people displaced by fighting

  48. Here we go again. AI has now declared war on Sri Lanka. Great news for the dregs of the Eelam struggle.

    So, in the interests of balance, openness and “accountability”, a simple question for AI.

    How many representations and meetings did AI have with UN Sec Gen’s(totally unbiased, totally neutral, factually 100% accurate) committee?

    Also interesting that AI has yet to call for a single UN investigation against Western bloc countries who have collectively racked up an outstanding high score of over 1.3 million dead civilians (mainly Arabs) in their wars.

    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/sri-lanka-can-never-beat-the-west/

    Sec Clinton will have tie herself in interesting moral knots explaining why SL needs to be punished whilst the West escapes censure 🙂

  49. Singa,

    You say (or your copy paste article says) that GOSL has appointed many individuals with Doctorates ("Educated") who are citizens of the west to reply to the situation in SL. May I ask you (or the writer of the post) How many such people have you appointed to basically lie about Sri Lanka ?? (Oh, I don't mean educated guys with doctorates, but, some retard)

    You need to get your self a lesson on this word called "diplomacy" prior to copying and pasting such stupid posts that let you down further.

    Bav…

    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Check reports, SL is growing at 8% an annum after the death of the retards. you hardly can call such state a failed state.

    Also, you calling for sanctions based on your theory proves the point of you being a retard. Have you thought for a second who is going to be hard hit by any Sanction ?? The very people in Jaffna who are just about to and trying to get their lives kick started. So, do you intend to starve the very people you intend to stand up for?? I still will not be surprised if that is your intention because, you used them as human shields and did shoot them at point blank range when they wanted to escape. Hence, I have my absolute doubts of your love towards the innocent Tamil People of Sri Lanka.

  50. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 27th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Tamil Elam was born in the nineteen fifties, when the Sinhalese majority in newly-independent Sri Lanka set about to build a national identity by appealing to Sinhalese nationalism. By an act of the Sinhalese-dominated parliament, a million Tamils were stripped of citizenship and franchise on the grounds that their parents or grandparents had been born in India. The proportion of Tamil voters in the electorate instantly dropped from 33% to 20%, giving the Sinhalese a lock on the 2/3 parliamentary majority needed to pass any law they wanted. Sinhalese became the official language of Sri Lanka. Tamil civil servants, who had dominated the English colonial administration, were summarily fired. Under the guise of agricultural schemes, the Sinhalese government pushed Tamils off their land, flooding newly-created enlarged tracts of farmland with previously landless Sinhalese. Pogroms and general oppression ensued. In the 1958 riots alone, 25,000 Tamils were forced to flee into the northern part of the island. An effort was even made to deport “stateless” disenfranchised Tamils to India. The Tamil response to this campaign was predictable and obvious.

    At first, they followed the non-violent path of Mohandas Gandhi. Old men sat at the entrances of government offices, chanting hymns and preventing government clerks from entering by blocking the entrances with their bodies. The Sinhalese police beat them aside with clubs. Peaceful protests were dispersed by Sinhalese thugs acting with semi-official sanction. The peaceful way of satyagraha was of no avail. Gandhi’s approach had worked with the British because the refined British public and media would take their government to task over the perceived violations of Indian civil rights. It would not work against the Sinhalese because the Sinhalese public and media eagerly applauded the violation of Tamil civil rights.

    By the nineteen seventies, the Tamil language was banned and Tamil contacts with the Tamil population of India were forcibly cut off. A policy of deliberate discrimination in everything from housing and employment to university scholarships pushed the Tamils to the fringes of society and sat the Sinhalese firmly on top. Sinhalese troops patrolled Tamil villages, assaulting anyone who dared to look at them the wrong way. A deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing was pushing Tamils deeper and deeper into the north of Ceylon. There was no doubt in the mind of any sane observer that the Sinhalese would not stop until they slowly, by stages, pushed the Tamils into the ocean. In fact, the Sinhalese said as much. Tamils, according to the Sinhalese, were foreigners who belonged in India.

    When Tamil youth demanded action in the face of government oppression, their elders quelled them in the name of “national unity” and “non-violence”. They were told that Hinduism prohibited violence. They were told that parliamentary means could ensure their rights. They were told that this Tamil politician or that Tamil politician or some other Tamil politician would somehow magically make an agreement with the Sinhalese in exchange for his vote in one coalition or another.

    The agreements were duly made. And duly broken. The oppression continued. In the end, the youth did the only rational thing they could have done. They rejected their elders. They rejected the Sinhalese State. They rejected non-violence. They demanded a country of their own. At gunpoint.

    It was the seventies. The West seemed on the run, the Soviets were winning the Cold War and Marxist rebels were popping up the world over. For a young man rebelling against the established order and the religion of his elders, Marxism was the logical way to go. Therefore it is not surprising, though unfortunate for the Tamil people on Ceylon, that those who sought to liberate them from Sinhalese rule were mostly Marxists. In May 1976, a glorified street gang of brutal thugs who overlaid savagery with Marxist rhetoric adopted the grandiose name “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam”. Their leader, a twenty-one-year-old high school dropout named Vellupilai Prabhakaran, had already set the tone in July of the previous year by shooting the mayor of Jaffna as the latter arrived to pray at a Hindu temple.

    Things spiraled on from there and, as generally happens in conflicts of this type, all pretense of civilization was rapidly thrown aside. The point of no return came in July of 1983, when, allegedly in response to an LTTE ambush that killed 15 Sri Lankan soldiers, Sinhalese civilians rioted across the island, murdering some 3,000 Tamils. The rioters had official government voter lists showing the names and addresses of Tamils. The Sinhalese army and police stood by and did nothing for days as entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground. As Tamil motorists were pulled out of their cars and burned alive at improvised checkpoints, whole families were hacked to pieces in their living rooms and Tamil temples were put to the torch by Sinhalese mobs led by plainclothes police, spontaneity , unlike brutality, was not in evidence. The event would forever be remembered by the Tamils as Black July.

    In response to this final atrocity, hundreds of thousands of Tamils fled abroad, while those remaining on Ceylon made their way to the North and East of the island. Because of the fear and desperation put forth by this, about 1.1 Million Tamils have fled the country.

    The world tested all its weapons on tamils through GOSL, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Again for Libya, What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    AL Jazeera documentary looks at, People & Power – Sri Lanka: War Crimes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx3dcF_Leg

  51. “The way this conflict was conducted, under the guise of fighting terrorism, challenged the very foundations of the rules of war and cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians,” the The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. “I hope the disturbing new information contained in this report will shock the conscience of the international community into finally taking serious action. As the report itself says, addressing violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law,” http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayN

    What the panel did not know was that the persecution of the Tamil population underlines the communal/racist character of the civil war. Successive Sinhala governments fought the war to entrench the dominance of the Sinhala elite that has used communal violence and systematic discrimination against the Tamil minority from the date of independence in 1948 to make Tamils second class citizens in their own Traditional Homeland of the East and North of Sri-Lanka. What the Tamils are claiming for was for self determination rights for themselves and their TH. This is a political problem and therefore needed a political solution. However the Sinhalese went in for a military solution with accompanying loss of lives, money and property because they did not want to share Sri-Lanka with the Tamils; out of communalism/racism. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6089

    The international community of world nations, UN should rise up to the occasion like it dealt with, Libya, Ivory Coast and Rwanda. The UN report said that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constituted "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". Srebrenica recalls a painful and costly UN failure. The government of Sri Lanka must not be allowed to get away with it. Sri Lanka cannot be allowed to erode the basic tenets of international peace, justice and security. If the government of Sri Lanka is allowed to get away with it, the system of international justice and practices adopted thereafter on the back of the crimes in Rwanda and Bosnia would be weakened to the detriment of world peace.

  52. “The way this conflict was conducted, under the guise of fighting terrorism, challenged the very foundations of the rules of war and cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians,” the The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. “I hope the disturbing new information contained in this report will shock the conscience of the international community into finally taking serious action. As the report itself says, addressing violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law,” http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayN

    What the panel did not know was that the persecution of the Tamil population underlines the communal/racist character of the civil war. Successive Sinhala governments fought the war to entrench the dominance of the Sinhala elite that has used communal violence and systematic discrimination against the Tamil minority from the date of independence in 1948 to make Tamils second class citizens in their own Traditional Homeland of the East and North of Sri-Lanka. What the Tamils are claiming for was for self determination rights for themselves and their TH. This is a political problem and therefore needed a political solution. However the Sinhalese went in for a military solution with accompanying loss of lives, money and property because they did not want to share Sri-Lanka with the Tamils; out of communalism/racism. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6089

    The international community of world nations, UN should rise up to the occasion like it dealt with, Libya, Ivory Coast and Rwanda. The UN report said that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constituted "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". Srebrenica recalls a painful and costly UN failure. The government of Sri Lanka must not be allowed to get away with it. Sri Lanka cannot be allowed to erode the basic tenets of international peace, justice and security. If the government of Sri Lanka is allowed to get away with it, the system of international justice and practices adopted thereafter on the back of the crimes in Rwanda and Bosnia would be weakened to the detriment of world peace.

  53. Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
    Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
    Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.

    The Death Of A Nation
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/05/the-death-of-a-nation/
    Mahinda’s vision does not extend beyond his own body and blood. He has no thought of the next 200 years, of what these powers might do in other hands, of what sort of template he is laying for a future nation.

    In the last sixty five years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.

  54. What did president brother who ordered to bomb the hospitals say?

    PTK hospital, legitimate military target – Gotabhaya http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    “The deliberate targeting of Hospitals and Civilians by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) violates the Geneva Conventions and is thus a war crime.

    “The GOSL Defense Secretary Rajapakse has publicly admitted that they have turned the Tamil North of the country into a so-called free-fire zone, which is clearly illegal and criminal under International Humanitarian Law.

    “It is the culmination of the long-standing GOSL policy to inflict genocide upon the Tamils in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Sri Lanka is a contracting party. As a United States Citizen Defense Secretary Rajapakse should be prosecuted by the United States government for violating the US Genocide Convention Implementation Act and the US War Crimes Act.”

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/
    Some of the approximately 300 reports compiled by the State Department include allegations that government forces:

    •Attacked hospitals and other civilian institutions
    •Executed prisoners of war
    •Killed rebel soldiers who were trying to surrender
    •Secretly abducted and killed Tamil civilians, particularly children and young men
    •Failed to provide adequate food, water and medical supplies to people displaced by fighting

  55. What did president brother who ordered to bomb the hospitals say?

    PTK hospital, legitimate military target – Gotabhaya http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    “The deliberate targeting of Hospitals and Civilians by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) violates the Geneva Conventions and is thus a war crime.

    “The GOSL Defense Secretary Rajapakse has publicly admitted that they have turned the Tamil North of the country into a so-called free-fire zone, which is clearly illegal and criminal under International Humanitarian Law.

    “It is the culmination of the long-standing GOSL policy to inflict genocide upon the Tamils in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Sri Lanka is a contracting party. As a United States Citizen Defense Secretary Rajapakse should be prosecuted by the United States government for violating the US Genocide Convention Implementation Act and the US War Crimes Act.”

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/
    Some of the approximately 300 reports compiled by the State Department include allegations that government forces:

    •Attacked hospitals and other civilian institutions
    •Executed prisoners of war
    •Killed rebel soldiers who were trying to surrender
    •Secretly abducted and killed Tamil civilians, particularly children and young men
    •Failed to provide adequate food, water and medical supplies to people displaced by fighting

  56. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 27th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Tamil Elam was born in the nineteen fifties, when the Sinhalese majority in newly-independent Sri Lanka set about to build a national identity by appealing to Sinhalese nationalism. By an act of the Sinhalese-dominated parliament, a million Tamils were stripped of citizenship and franchise on the grounds that their parents or grandparents had been born in India. The proportion of Tamil voters in the electorate instantly dropped from 33% to 20%, giving the Sinhalese a lock on the 2/3 parliamentary majority needed to pass any law they wanted. Sinhalese became the official language of Sri Lanka. Tamil civil servants, who had dominated the English colonial administration, were summarily fired. Under the guise of agricultural schemes, the Sinhalese government pushed Tamils off their land, flooding newly-created enlarged tracts of farmland with previously landless Sinhalese. Pogroms and general oppression ensued. In the 1958 riots alone, 25,000 Tamils were forced to flee into the northern part of the island. An effort was even made to deport “stateless” disenfranchised Tamils to India. The Tamil response to this campaign was predictable and obvious.

    At first, they followed the non-violent path of Mohandas Gandhi. Old men sat at the entrances of government offices, chanting hymns and preventing government clerks from entering by blocking the entrances with their bodies. The Sinhalese police beat them aside with clubs. Peaceful protests were dispersed by Sinhalese thugs acting with semi-official sanction. The peaceful way of satyagraha was of no avail. Gandhi’s approach had worked with the British because the refined British public and media would take their government to task over the perceived violations of Indian civil rights. It would not work against the Sinhalese because the Sinhalese public and media eagerly applauded the violation of Tamil civil rights.

    By the nineteen seventies, the Tamil language was banned and Tamil contacts with the Tamil population of India were forcibly cut off. A policy of deliberate discrimination in everything from housing and employment to university scholarships pushed the Tamils to the fringes of society and sat the Sinhalese firmly on top. Sinhalese troops patrolled Tamil villages, assaulting anyone who dared to look at them the wrong way. A deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing was pushing Tamils deeper and deeper into the north of Ceylon. There was no doubt in the mind of any sane observer that the Sinhalese would not stop until they slowly, by stages, pushed the Tamils into the ocean. In fact, the Sinhalese said as much. Tamils, according to the Sinhalese, were foreigners who belonged in India.

    When Tamil youth demanded action in the face of government oppression, their elders quelled them in the name of “national unity” and “non-violence”. They were told that Hinduism prohibited violence. They were told that parliamentary means could ensure their rights. They were told that this Tamil politician or that Tamil politician or some other Tamil politician would somehow magically make an agreement with the Sinhalese in exchange for his vote in one coalition or another.

    The agreements were duly made. And duly broken. The oppression continued. In the end, the youth did the only rational thing they could have done. They rejected their elders. They rejected the Sinhalese State. They rejected non-violence. They demanded a country of their own. At gunpoint.

    It was the seventies. The West seemed on the run, the Soviets were winning the Cold War and Marxist rebels were popping up the world over. For a young man rebelling against the established order and the religion of his elders, Marxism was the logical way to go. Therefore it is not surprising, though unfortunate for the Tamil people on Ceylon, that those who sought to liberate them from Sinhalese rule were mostly Marxists. In May 1976, a glorified street gang of brutal thugs who overlaid savagery with Marxist rhetoric adopted the grandiose name “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam”. Their leader, a twenty-one-year-old high school dropout named Vellupilai Prabhakaran, had already set the tone in July of the previous year by shooting the mayor of Jaffna as the latter arrived to pray at a Hindu temple.

    Things spiraled on from there and, as generally happens in conflicts of this type, all pretense of civilization was rapidly thrown aside. The point of no return came in July of 1983, when, allegedly in response to an LTTE ambush that killed 15 Sri Lankan soldiers, Sinhalese civilians rioted across the island, murdering some 3,000 Tamils. The rioters had official government voter lists showing the names and addresses of Tamils. The Sinhalese army and police stood by and did nothing for days as entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground. As Tamil motorists were pulled out of their cars and burned alive at improvised checkpoints, whole families were hacked to pieces in their living rooms and Tamil temples were put to the torch by Sinhalese mobs led by plainclothes police, spontaneity , unlike brutality, was not in evidence. The event would forever be remembered by the Tamils as Black July.

    In response to this final atrocity, hundreds of thousands of Tamils fled abroad, while those remaining on Ceylon made their way to the North and East of the island. Because of the fear and desperation put forth by this, about 1.1 Million Tamils have fled the country.

    The world tested all its weapons on tamils through GOSL, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Again for Libya, What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    AL Jazeera documentary looks at, People & Power – Sri Lanka: War Crimes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx3dcF_Leg

  57. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 27th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Tamil Elam was born in the nineteen fifties, when the Sinhalese majority in newly-independent Sri Lanka set about to build a national identity by appealing to Sinhalese nationalism. By an act of the Sinhalese-dominated parliament, a million Tamils were stripped of citizenship and franchise on the grounds that their parents or grandparents had been born in India. The proportion of Tamil voters in the electorate instantly dropped from 33% to 20%, giving the Sinhalese a lock on the 2/3 parliamentary majority needed to pass any law they wanted. Sinhalese became the official language of Sri Lanka. Tamil civil servants, who had dominated the English colonial administration, were summarily fired. Under the guise of agricultural schemes, the Sinhalese government pushed Tamils off their land, flooding newly-created enlarged tracts of farmland with previously landless Sinhalese. Pogroms and general oppression ensued. In the 1958 riots alone, 25,000 Tamils were forced to flee into the northern part of the island. An effort was even made to deport “stateless” disenfranchised Tamils to India. The Tamil response to this campaign was predictable and obvious.

    At first, they followed the non-violent path of Mohandas Gandhi. Old men sat at the entrances of government offices, chanting hymns and preventing government clerks from entering by blocking the entrances with their bodies. The Sinhalese police beat them aside with clubs. Peaceful protests were dispersed by Sinhalese thugs acting with semi-official sanction. The peaceful way of satyagraha was of no avail. Gandhi’s approach had worked with the British because the refined British public and media would take their government to task over the perceived violations of Indian civil rights. It would not work against the Sinhalese because the Sinhalese public and media eagerly applauded the violation of Tamil civil rights.

    By the nineteen seventies, the Tamil language was banned and Tamil contacts with the Tamil population of India were forcibly cut off. A policy of deliberate discrimination in everything from housing and employment to university scholarships pushed the Tamils to the fringes of society and sat the Sinhalese firmly on top. Sinhalese troops patrolled Tamil villages, assaulting anyone who dared to look at them the wrong way. A deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing was pushing Tamils deeper and deeper into the north of Ceylon. There was no doubt in the mind of any sane observer that the Sinhalese would not stop until they slowly, by stages, pushed the Tamils into the ocean. In fact, the Sinhalese said as much. Tamils, according to the Sinhalese, were foreigners who belonged in India.

    When Tamil youth demanded action in the face of government oppression, their elders quelled them in the name of “national unity” and “non-violence”. They were told that Hinduism prohibited violence. They were told that parliamentary means could ensure their rights. They were told that this Tamil politician or that Tamil politician or some other Tamil politician would somehow magically make an agreement with the Sinhalese in exchange for his vote in one coalition or another.

    The agreements were duly made. And duly broken. The oppression continued. In the end, the youth did the only rational thing they could have done. They rejected their elders. They rejected the Sinhalese State. They rejected non-violence. They demanded a country of their own. At gunpoint.

    It was the seventies. The West seemed on the run, the Soviets were winning the Cold War and Marxist rebels were popping up the world over. For a young man rebelling against the established order and the religion of his elders, Marxism was the logical way to go. Therefore it is not surprising, though unfortunate for the Tamil people on Ceylon, that those who sought to liberate them from Sinhalese rule were mostly Marxists. In May 1976, a glorified street gang of brutal thugs who overlaid savagery with Marxist rhetoric adopted the grandiose name “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam”. Their leader, a twenty-one-year-old high school dropout named Vellupilai Prabhakaran, had already set the tone in July of the previous year by shooting the mayor of Jaffna as the latter arrived to pray at a Hindu temple.

    Things spiraled on from there and, as generally happens in conflicts of this type, all pretense of civilization was rapidly thrown aside. The point of no return came in July of 1983, when, allegedly in response to an LTTE ambush that killed 15 Sri Lankan soldiers, Sinhalese civilians rioted across the island, murdering some 3,000 Tamils. The rioters had official government voter lists showing the names and addresses of Tamils. The Sinhalese army and police stood by and did nothing for days as entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground. As Tamil motorists were pulled out of their cars and burned alive at improvised checkpoints, whole families were hacked to pieces in their living rooms and Tamil temples were put to the torch by Sinhalese mobs led by plainclothes police, spontaneity , unlike brutality, was not in evidence. The event would forever be remembered by the Tamils as Black July.

    In response to this final atrocity, hundreds of thousands of Tamils fled abroad, while those remaining on Ceylon made their way to the North and East of the island. Because of the fear and desperation put forth by this, about 1.1 Million Tamils have fled the country.

    The world tested all its weapons on tamils through GOSL, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Again for Libya, What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    AL Jazeera documentary looks at, People & Power – Sri Lanka: War Crimes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx3dcF_Leg

  58. Sri Lanka is a failed state. Now sanctions is the only answer. Tamils have waited long enough for justice. Delayed justice is denied justice. If we allow Sri Lanka to get away with mass murders, human right abuses and crimes against humanity, Sri Lanka will continue its agenda of silent genocide of Tamils with the blessings of the international community.
    UNSG must act without delay and establish an independent Tribunal for Sri Lanka.

  59. Singa,

    You say (or your copy paste article says) that GOSL has appointed many individuals with Doctorates (“Educated”) who are citizens of the west to reply to the situation in SL. May I ask you (or the writer of the post) How many such people have you appointed to basically lie about Sri Lanka ?? (Oh, I don’t mean educated guys with doctorates, but, some retard)

    You need to get your self a lesson on this word called “diplomacy” prior to copying and pasting such stupid posts that let you down further.

    Bav…

    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Check reports, SL is growing at 8% an annum after the death of the retards. you hardly can call such state a failed state.

    Also, you calling for sanctions based on your theory proves the point of you being a retard. Have you thought for a second who is going to be hard hit by any Sanction ?? The very people in Jaffna who are just about to and trying to get their lives kick started. So, do you intend to starve the very people you intend to stand up for?? I still will not be surprised if that is your intention because, you used them as human shields and did shoot them at point blank range when they wanted to escape. Hence, I have my absolute doubts of your love towards the innocent Tamil People of Sri Lanka.

  60. “The way this conflict was conducted, under the guise of fighting terrorism, challenged the very foundations of the rules of war and cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians,” the The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. “I hope the disturbing new information contained in this report will shock the conscience of the international community into finally taking serious action. As the report itself says, addressing violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law,”
    http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10962&LangID=E

    What the panel did not know was that the persecution of the Tamil population underlines the communal/racist character of the civil war. Successive Sinhala governments fought the war to entrench the dominance of the Sinhala elite that has used communal violence and systematic discrimination against the Tamil minority from the date of independence in 1948 to make Tamils second class citizens in their own Traditional Homeland of the East and North of Sri-Lanka. What the Tamils are claiming for was for self determination rights for themselves and their TH. This is a political problem and therefore needed a political solution. However the Sinhalese went in for a military solution with accompanying loss of lives, money and property because they did not want to share Sri-Lanka with the Tamils; out of communalism/racism.
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6089

    The international community of world nations, UN should rise up to the occasion like it dealt with, Libya, Ivory Coast and Rwanda. The UN report said that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constituted “an assault on the entire system of international law and security”. Srebrenica recalls a painful and costly UN failure. The government of Sri Lanka must not be allowed to get away with it. Sri Lanka cannot be allowed to erode the basic tenets of international peace, justice and security. If the government of Sri Lanka is allowed to get away with it, the system of international justice and practices adopted thereafter on the back of the crimes in Rwanda and Bosnia would be weakened to the detriment of world peace.

  61. What did president brother who ordered to bomb the hospitals say?

    PTK hospital, legitimate military target – Gotabhaya
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28274
    “The deliberate targeting of Hospitals and Civilians by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) violates the Geneva Conventions and is thus a war crime.

    “The GOSL Defense Secretary Rajapakse has publicly admitted that they have turned the Tamil North of the country into a so-called free-fire zone, which is clearly illegal and criminal under International Humanitarian Law.

    “It is the culmination of the long-standing GOSL policy to inflict genocide upon the Tamils in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Sri Lanka is a contracting party. As a United States Citizen Defense Secretary Rajapakse should be prosecuted by the United States government for violating the US Genocide Convention Implementation Act and the US War Crimes Act.”

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100813/bc_sri_lanka_backgrounder_100813/20100813?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
    Some of the approximately 300 reports compiled by the State Department include allegations that government forces:

    •Attacked hospitals and other civilian institutions
    •Executed prisoners of war
    •Killed rebel soldiers who were trying to surrender
    •Secretly abducted and killed Tamil civilians, particularly children and young men
    •Failed to provide adequate food, water and medical supplies to people displaced by fighting

  62. Resettled Tamils are being subjected to severe restrictions and harassment by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA)

    The resettled Tamils live in fear surrounded by Sri Lanka military.

    They robbed of their freedom of expression and free movement

    They are not allowed to get out of their dwellings in the nights

    Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers restrict and harass the relatives and friends of the resettled Tamils

    SLA soldiers inspect the National Identity Cards of the relatives and friends of the Tamils visiting them besides registering their particulars.

    Meanwhile, the soldiers subject the Tamils to severe interrogation after the visitors had left and these harassments have made the resettled Tamils to request their relatives and friends not to visit them.

  63. Sri Lanka Army stole 385 tractors gifted to the Northern Tamils by India

    From the 450 Tractors gifted by India to the Northern Tamils , 385 tractors were stolen by the Sri Lanka Only 65 of India gifted tractors were given intended recipients – the Tamils

  64. Sinhalese destroying Tamil lands

    Illegal excavation of limestone threatens ecology of Jaffna

    Threatening the entire groundwater and fragile ecology of Jaffna peninsula, a private Sinhalese company is engaged in the illegal excavation of limestone in the High Security Zone (HSZ) while Rajapaksa government refuses to reveal details of this enterprise in the area from Maaviddapuram to Keerimalai where the uprooted Tamil residents have not been allowed to resettle for the past twenty years.

    The indiscriminate excavation of limestone in a 4 sq km area at depths of nearly 40 feet has already caused seepage of sea water and it is feared the area becoming submerged.

    The underground channels that bring in freshwater to the innumerable aquifers of the peninsula, have an underneath entry into sea adjacent to the locality of the quarries. It is obvious how indiscriminate quarrying and the possibility of seawater coming inside can affect the potable water of the masses.

  65. Rajapaksa lies about “development” in the North.

    Rajapaksa is pillaging and plundering the North instead and transporting everything to South.

  66. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 27th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
    Eelam is the failed state – reason – it did not exist, does not exist and will not exist.

    Tamil Elam was born in the nineteen fifties, when the Sinhalese majority in newly-independent Sri Lanka set about to build a national identity by appealing to Sinhalese nationalism. By an act of the Sinhalese-dominated parliament, a million Tamils were stripped of citizenship and franchise on the grounds that their parents or grandparents had been born in India. The proportion of Tamil voters in the electorate instantly dropped from 33% to 20%, giving the Sinhalese a lock on the 2/3 parliamentary majority needed to pass any law they wanted. Sinhalese became the official language of Sri Lanka. Tamil civil servants, who had dominated the English colonial administration, were summarily fired. Under the guise of agricultural schemes, the Sinhalese government pushed Tamils off their land, flooding newly-created enlarged tracts of farmland with previously landless Sinhalese. Pogroms and general oppression ensued. In the 1958 riots alone, 25,000 Tamils were forced to flee into the northern part of the island. An effort was even made to deport “stateless” disenfranchised Tamils to India. The Tamil response to this campaign was predictable and obvious.

    At first, they followed the non-violent path of Mohandas Gandhi. Old men sat at the entrances of government offices, chanting hymns and preventing government clerks from entering by blocking the entrances with their bodies. The Sinhalese police beat them aside with clubs. Peaceful protests were dispersed by Sinhalese thugs acting with semi-official sanction. The peaceful way of satyagraha was of no avail. Gandhi’s approach had worked with the British because the refined British public and media would take their government to task over the perceived violations of Indian civil rights. It would not work against the Sinhalese because the Sinhalese public and media eagerly applauded the violation of Tamil civil rights.

    By the nineteen seventies, the Tamil language was banned and Tamil contacts with the Tamil population of India were forcibly cut off. A policy of deliberate discrimination in everything from housing and employment to university scholarships pushed the Tamils to the fringes of society and sat the Sinhalese firmly on top. Sinhalese troops patrolled Tamil villages, assaulting anyone who dared to look at them the wrong way. A deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing was pushing Tamils deeper and deeper into the north of Ceylon. There was no doubt in the mind of any sane observer that the Sinhalese would not stop until they slowly, by stages, pushed the Tamils into the ocean. In fact, the Sinhalese said as much. Tamils, according to the Sinhalese, were foreigners who belonged in India.

    When Tamil youth demanded action in the face of government oppression, their elders quelled them in the name of “national unity” and “non-violence”. They were told that Hinduism prohibited violence. They were told that parliamentary means could ensure their rights. They were told that this Tamil politician or that Tamil politician or some other Tamil politician would somehow magically make an agreement with the Sinhalese in exchange for his vote in one coalition or another.

    The agreements were duly made. And duly broken. The oppression continued. In the end, the youth did the only rational thing they could have done. They rejected their elders. They rejected the Sinhalese State. They rejected non-violence. They demanded a country of their own. At gunpoint.

    It was the seventies. The West seemed on the run, the Soviets were winning the Cold War and Marxist rebels were popping up the world over. For a young man rebelling against the established order and the religion of his elders, Marxism was the logical way to go. Therefore it is not surprising, though unfortunate for the Tamil people on Ceylon, that those who sought to liberate them from Sinhalese rule were mostly Marxists. In May 1976, a glorified street gang of brutal thugs who overlaid savagery with Marxist rhetoric adopted the grandiose name “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam”. Their leader, a twenty-one-year-old high school dropout named Vellupilai Prabhakaran, had already set the tone in July of the previous year by shooting the mayor of Jaffna as the latter arrived to pray at a Hindu temple.

    Things spiraled on from there and, as generally happens in conflicts of this type, all pretense of civilization was rapidly thrown aside. The point of no return came in July of 1983, when, allegedly in response to an LTTE ambush that killed 15 Sri Lankan soldiers, Sinhalese civilians rioted across the island, murdering some 3,000 Tamils. The rioters had official government voter lists showing the names and addresses of Tamils. The Sinhalese army and police stood by and did nothing for days as entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground. As Tamil motorists were pulled out of their cars and burned alive at improvised checkpoints, whole families were hacked to pieces in their living rooms and Tamil temples were put to the torch by Sinhalese mobs led by plainclothes police, spontaneity , unlike brutality, was not in evidence. The event would forever be remembered by the Tamils as Black July.

    In response to this final atrocity, hundreds of thousands of Tamils fled abroad, while those remaining on Ceylon made their way to the North and East of the island. Because of the fear and desperation put forth by this, about 1.1 Million Tamils have fled the country.

    The world tested all its weapons on tamils through GOSL, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Again for Libya, What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?

    Fifty thousand innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered on the sandy beaches and in the jungles of Sri Lanka, by the Sri Lankan Military while the whole world stood back and watched.

    AL Jazeera documentary looks at, People & Power – Sri Lanka: War Crimes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx3dcF_Leg

  67. Tamil

    My lord…I can't watch these pictures. I knew something like this was going in the most ruthless terror state of Sri Lanka . Never knew this was happening.

  68. @ Rajash: I wouldn't dream of taking money from GoSL. They can't afford my fees! Anyway, better defending Sri Lanka than sucking up to the LTTE and AI.

    You talk of a 'mass murderers' but pathetically fail to mention that fat psychopath, Prahbha who lead an entire generation of Tamil children to their deaths.

    Please explain using your Eelam Logic what happened on this occasion, in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here’s a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    I’m really confused. I thought the LTTE was meant to protect Tamils from the ‘Genocidal’ Sri Lankan armed forces? So why would they attack and murder Tamil children on whose behalf they claimed to be fighting?

  69. I’m horror-struck by Sri Lanka Army brutality and my hands were shaking so misspelled the word

    So the correct spelling is below

    Sri Lanka is an evil island populated with animals !!!!!!!!!!!

  70. OMG.

    UN should bring these people to justice.

    How come the human world allowed this to happen in the first place?

    It is unbeleivable.

  71. Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    Are you singing for your supper ?

    How is the your revenue? Any 'donations' from the Mass Murderer Mahinda's coffers lately?

  72. @ Rajash: I wouldn't dream of taking money from GoSL. They can't afford my fees! Anyway, better defending Sri Lanka than sucking up to the LTTE and AI.

    You talk of a 'mass murderers' but pathetically fail to mention that fat psychopath, Prahbha who lead an entire generation of Tamil children to their deaths.

    Please explain using your Eelam Logic what happened on this occasion, in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here’s a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    I’m really confused. I thought the LTTE was meant to protect Tamils from the ‘Genocidal’ Sri Lankan armed forces? So why would they attack and murder Tamil children on whose behalf they claimed to be fighting?

  73. @ Rajash: I wouldn't dream of taking money from GoSL. They can't afford my fees! Anyway, better defending Sri Lanka than sucking up to the LTTE and AI.

    You talk of a 'mass murderers' but pathetically fail to mention that fat psychopath, Prahbha who lead an entire generation of Tamil children to their deaths.

    Please explain using your Eelam Logic what happened on this occasion, in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here’s a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    I’m really confused. I thought the LTTE was meant to protect Tamils from the ‘Genocidal’ Sri Lankan armed forces? So why would they attack and murder Tamil children on whose behalf they claimed to be fighting?

  74. Mango

    Don’t sell your human decency for a fistful bloodstained money from Mass Murderer Mahinda !!!!!!!

  75. Rajash

    Yes, Mango and Rip Van Winkle are talking garbage.

    It is not difficult for the Sri Lanka government to make people like them propagandists as their steady stream of garbage comments clearly show here

    Mango and Rip Van Winkle twist everything around

    Their posts show their true racist mentlity

  76. Sivananthan

    Well said !!

    When Mango and Rip Van Winkle get involved in human rights issues here everything becomes a masala vadai …. 🙂

  77. Machiavellian Branding of Tamil Freedom Fighters as "Terrorists" Enabled Genocide of Tamils.

    Sri Lanka wi with the ‘nod and wink’ of the Western-world planned and carried out the annihilation of Tamils, telling the world that the LTTE, the terrorist organization, was different and the Tamils were different and that they would look into the genuine grievances of them.

    What a shame, this they faithfully followed what the Sri Lanka Govt. was telling the innocent and busy world while planning and executing the slaughter of the 40 000 innocent Tamils.

  78. The Sinhala army killed without any consideration for human lives.

    Rajapaksas are Fools !!

    Now the Foolish leaders have to pay the price for their folly.

    Gothabaya Rajapaksa was not qualified or experienced to be defence secretary.

    He made the mess in Sri Lanka

    Fool rush in where angel fear to tread.

  79. Rajapakse thought that he can intimidate, threaten and bully the world leaders the same way as he was treating the Tamils in Sri Lanka!!

    The Leaders are watching every movement of this alleged war criminal regime and when time comes they will strike a big blow!

    This regime and its forces have committed crimes against humanity that no other nation on earth has committed on their minority.

    The Rajapaksa government was fooling the world like George Bush quoting terrorism while Rajapaksa was committing state terrorism in Sri Lanka

  80. Sri Lanka cant hide behind the word terrorist anymore.

    The world has begun to see the true definition of barbarism.

    You may even wonder some Sri Lankan will ask how do you proof this happened in Sri Lanka why cant it be Europe or USA.

    This is their familiar line. We call this Lanka Talk – which is non sense.
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

  81. Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    The criminals, especially the Sinhalese leaders who are responsible for these terrible war crimes should be tried before an international tribunal.

  82. Sri Lanka cant hide behind the word terrorist anymore.

    The world has begun to see the true definition of barbarism.

    You may even wonder some Sri Lankan will ask how do you proof this happened in Sri Lanka why cant it be Europe or USA.

    This is their familiar line. We call this Lanka Talk – which is non sense.
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

  83. Sri Lanka cant hide behind the word terrorist anymore.

    The world has begun to see the true definition of barbarism.

    You may even wonder some Sri Lankan will ask how do you proof this happened in Sri Lanka why cant it be Europe or USA.

    This is their familiar line. We call this Lanka Talk – which is non sense.
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

  84. Resettled Tamils are being subjected to severe restrictions and harassment by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA)

    The resettled Tamils live in fear surrounded by Sri Lanka military.

    They robbed of their freedom of expression and free movement

    They are not allowed to get out of their dwellings in the nights

    Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers restrict and harass the relatives and friends of the resettled Tamils

    SLA soldiers inspect the National Identity Cards of the relatives and friends of the Tamils visiting them besides registering their particulars.

    Meanwhile, the soldiers subject the Tamils to severe interrogation after the visitors had left and these harassments have made the resettled Tamils to request their relatives and friends not to visit them.

  85. Sri Lanka Army stole 385 tractors gifted to the Northern Tamils by India

    From the 450 Tractors gifted by India to the Northern Tamils , 385 tractors were stolen by the Sri Lanka Only 65 of India gifted tractors were given intended recipients – the Tamils

  86. Sinhalese destroying Tamil lands

    Illegal excavation of limestone threatens ecology of Jaffna

    Threatening the entire groundwater and fragile ecology of Jaffna peninsula, a private Sinhalese company is engaged in the illegal excavation of limestone in the High Security Zone (HSZ) while Rajapaksa government refuses to reveal details of this enterprise in the area from Maaviddapuram to Keerimalai where the uprooted Tamil residents have not been allowed to resettle for the past twenty years.

    The indiscriminate excavation of limestone in a 4 sq km area at depths of nearly 40 feet has already caused seepage of sea water and it is feared the area becoming submerged.

    The underground channels that bring in freshwater to the innumerable aquifers of the peninsula, have an underneath entry into sea adjacent to the locality of the quarries. It is obvious how indiscriminate quarrying and the possibility of seawater coming inside can affect the potable water of the masses.

  87. Rajapaksa lies about “development” in the North.

    Rajapaksa is pillaging and plundering the North instead and transporting everything to South.

  88. Tamil

    My lord…I can’t watch these pictures. I knew something like this was going in the most ruthless terror state of Sri Lanka . Never knew this was happening.

  89. Shashi Says:
    April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am

    You Say !

    Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    I am proud to be a fool than a brainy retarded like you purely because I support a side that Saved Tamils from a group who were suppose to stand for Tamils, but, killed more Tamils than anyone else in the History of Sri Lanka.

    The unholy madness of Wlapalle Piribaharan started with a killing of a Honorable Tamil names Alfred Duraiappa.. Let's see the lists..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    So my dear Brainy Sashi – I would prefer to be a fool instead of standing for the justice you are fighting for.

    P.s. Small suggestion – try looking for your brains the next time you go to the toilet. I feel that you have dropped it while you were pooping to post such a hideous post..

  90. I’m horror-struck by Sri Lanka Army brutality and my hands were shaking so misspelled the word

    So the correct spelling is below

    Sri Lanka is an evil island populated with animals !!!!!!!!!!!

  91. OMG.

    UN should bring these people to justice.

    How come the human world allowed this to happen in the first place?

    It is unbeleivable.

  92. Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    Are you singing for your supper ?

    How is the your revenue? Any ‘donations’ from the Mass Murderer Mahinda’s coffers lately?

  93. @ Rajash: I wouldn’t dream of taking money from GoSL. They can’t afford my fees! Anyway, better defending Sri Lanka than sucking up to the LTTE and AI.

    You talk of a ‘mass murderers’ but pathetically fail to mention that fat psychopath, Prahbha who lead an entire generation of Tamil children to their deaths.

    Please explain using your Eelam Logic what happened on this occasion, in Feb 2009.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here’s a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    I’m really confused. I thought the LTTE was meant to protect Tamils from the ‘Genocidal’ Sri Lankan armed forces? So why would they attack and murder Tamil children on whose behalf they claimed to be fighting?

  94. Mango

    Don’t sell your human decency for a fistful bloodstained money from Mass Murderer Mahinda !!!!!!!

  95. Rajash

    Yes, Mango and Rip Van Winkle are talking garbage.

    It is not difficult for the Sri Lanka government to make people like them propagandists as their steady stream of garbage comments clearly show here

    Mango and Rip Van Winkle twist everything around

    Their posts show their true racist mentlity

  96. Shashi Says:
    April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am

    You Say !

    Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    I am proud to be a fool than a brainy retarded like you purely because I support a side that Saved Tamils from a group who were suppose to stand for Tamils, but, killed more Tamils than anyone else in the History of Sri Lanka.

    The unholy madness of Wlapalle Piribaharan started with a killing of a Honorable Tamil names Alfred Duraiappa.. Let's see the lists..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    So my dear Brainy Sashi – I would prefer to be a fool instead of standing for the justice you are fighting for.

    P.s. Small suggestion – try looking for your brains the next time you go to the toilet. I feel that you have dropped it while you were pooping to post such a hideous post..

  97. Shashi Says:
    April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am

    You Say !

    Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    I am proud to be a fool than a brainy retarded like you purely because I support a side that Saved Tamils from a group who were suppose to stand for Tamils, but, killed more Tamils than anyone else in the History of Sri Lanka.

    The unholy madness of Wlapalle Piribaharan started with a killing of a Honorable Tamil names Alfred Duraiappa.. Let's see the lists..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    So my dear Brainy Sashi – I would prefer to be a fool instead of standing for the justice you are fighting for.

    P.s. Small suggestion – try looking for your brains the next time you go to the toilet. I feel that you have dropped it while you were pooping to post such a hideous post..

  98. Sivananthan

    Well said !!

    When Mango and Rip Van Winkle get involved in human rights issues here everything becomes a masala vadai …. 🙂

  99. Jaffna !!

    Interesting post and I wonder what happened to your brains – at least Sashi's is washed down the gully. You – wonder whether you had one ever…

    Do you think that the Sri Lanka army consisted of only Buddhists? How about the Singhala Buddhist Terrorist retards who were in the LTTE?? You have not heard of them ha?

    Please refer the links in the previous post – the killings that were done by the LTTE – specially the children and women of Dollar and Kent farms – can I ask you the same question – How can Hindu's who don't even eat meat kill those innocent Children?? Let me rest my case here cause I will be wasting valuable time and space… Let those who are with Brains understand this tiny post.

  100. Machiavellian Branding of Tamil Freedom Fighters as “Terrorists” Enabled Genocide of Tamils.

    Sri Lanka wi with the ‘nod and wink’ of the Western-world planned and carried out the annihilation of Tamils, telling the world that the LTTE, the terrorist organization, was different and the Tamils were different and that they would look into the genuine grievances of them.

    What a shame, this they faithfully followed what the Sri Lanka Govt. was telling the innocent and busy world while planning and executing the slaughter of the 40 000 innocent Tamils.

  101. Rajash and the rest… !

    I prefer being the Masala Wade amoung you Rotten Ala Bondas and sure that Mango would be OK with it too.

    Bottom line is, none of you retarded Apes of Peelam had the Guts to reply to any of the questions we have posted.

    We all know that you have your rotten agenda of Having an Eelam in SL. Please note that even if the Rajapakse's were ousted by the people of this country during the next general elections and if someone else comes in to power, that dream will never be realized – It never can happen – think logically even if it is with the tiniest brains you got. Even if Sri Lanka wanted, India will not allow it. I cannot waste space and time to explain it to you goons.

    Keep all jokes aside, You very well know that the LTTE killed many Tamils on many occasions and the last being those innocent who tried to escape the Human Shield – They even bombed the No Fire Zone to make the International community feel that the SLA did it, which is proven beyond doubt now that it was the LTTE who did it.

    My Question is – Even after you knowing such bad done to Tamils by the LTTE, Why on earth are you still supporting such brutality????

    I am utterly ashamed as a person who at least have a bit of Tamil blood in me that you guys are supporting some bunch of retards who actually killed so many people who runs more Tamil blood than me. Very Sad !!

  102. The Sinhala army killed without any consideration for human lives.

    Rajapaksas are Fools !!

    Now the Foolish leaders have to pay the price for their folly.

    Gothabaya Rajapaksa was not qualified or experienced to be defence secretary.

    He made the mess in Sri Lanka

    Fool rush in where angel fear to tread.

  103. Rajapakse thought that he can intimidate, threaten and bully the world leaders the same way as he was treating the Tamils in Sri Lanka!!

    The Leaders are watching every movement of this alleged war criminal regime and when time comes they will strike a big blow!

    This regime and its forces have committed crimes against humanity that no other nation on earth has committed on their minority.

    The Rajapaksa government was fooling the world like George Bush quoting terrorism while Rajapaksa was committing state terrorism in Sri Lanka

  104. Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag, as the first person in the group that surrendered along with Mr. B. Nadesan and Mr. S. Puleedevan in the early hours of 18 May, 2009.

    In army custody http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    New evidence leads to war crime committed on LTTE's Col Ramesh http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  105. This was no Libya. The scale of the crime, committed behind the shutters of frontlines that were sealed by the army of Sri Lanka, and from which independent humanitarian workers and journalists were excluded, is just beginning to leak out. Using as a justification the fraternal jingoism of the global war on terror, the government of the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, unleashed death squads on domestic dissenters and sent gangs to attack newspapers and TV outlets.

    The government of Sri Lanka duped the UN, foreign journalists, diplomats and world leaders. Like the perpetrators of Bosnian crimes, their first line of defence remains a concoction of blanket denial, smooth assurances and indignant bluster.

    Two years after the end of the war, foreign reporters and humanitarian workers still do not have access to the alleged crime scene, the final battlefield.

    The Sri Lankan government has had ample time to destroy the confetti of evidence. Meantime, it touts its brand of the war on terror as a self-evident success.

    This is a "Srebrenica Moment" for the international community of nations, too. The UN report says that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constitutes "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

    The Expert Panel’s finding that the government and Tamil Tigers committed abuses and that the government has failed to hold its forces accountable shows the need for an international investigation. Russia and China should stop blocking efforts to find justice for victims in Sri Lanka and support the panel’s recommendations.
    Sri Lanka: UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/25/sri-lanka-u

  106. Rip Van Winkle

    You are comparing bananas to coconuts !!

    Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom Fighters is minuscule compare to atrocious barbarism of the Sri Lanka Army .

    The Tamil Freedom Fighters minuscule mistakes were greatly exaggerated .

  107. Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag, as the first person in the group that surrendered along with Mr. B. Nadesan and Mr. S. Puleedevan in the early hours of 18 May, 2009.

    In army custody http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    New evidence leads to war crime committed on LTTE's Col Ramesh http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  108. Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag, as the first person in the group that surrendered along with Mr. B. Nadesan and Mr. S. Puleedevan in the early hours of 18 May, 2009.

    In army custody http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    New evidence leads to war crime committed on LTTE's Col Ramesh http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  109. Rajash

    Well said

    The danger from the Tamil Freedom Fighters were greatly exaggerated .

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

  110. This was no Libya. The scale of the crime, committed behind the shutters of frontlines that were sealed by the army of Sri Lanka, and from which independent humanitarian workers and journalists were excluded, is just beginning to leak out. Using as a justification the fraternal jingoism of the global war on terror, the government of the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, unleashed death squads on domestic dissenters and sent gangs to attack newspapers and TV outlets.

    The government of Sri Lanka duped the UN, foreign journalists, diplomats and world leaders. Like the perpetrators of Bosnian crimes, their first line of defence remains a concoction of blanket denial, smooth assurances and indignant bluster.

    Two years after the end of the war, foreign reporters and humanitarian workers still do not have access to the alleged crime scene, the final battlefield.

    The Sri Lankan government has had ample time to destroy the confetti of evidence. Meantime, it touts its brand of the war on terror as a self-evident success.

    This is a "Srebrenica Moment" for the international community of nations, too. The UN report says that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constitutes "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

    The Expert Panel’s finding that the government and Tamil Tigers committed abuses and that the government has failed to hold its forces accountable shows the need for an international investigation. Russia and China should stop blocking efforts to find justice for victims in Sri Lanka and support the panel’s recommendations.
    Sri Lanka: UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/25/sri-lanka-u

  111. This was no Libya. The scale of the crime, committed behind the shutters of frontlines that were sealed by the army of Sri Lanka, and from which independent humanitarian workers and journalists were excluded, is just beginning to leak out. Using as a justification the fraternal jingoism of the global war on terror, the government of the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, unleashed death squads on domestic dissenters and sent gangs to attack newspapers and TV outlets.

    The government of Sri Lanka duped the UN, foreign journalists, diplomats and world leaders. Like the perpetrators of Bosnian crimes, their first line of defence remains a concoction of blanket denial, smooth assurances and indignant bluster.

    Two years after the end of the war, foreign reporters and humanitarian workers still do not have access to the alleged crime scene, the final battlefield.

    The Sri Lankan government has had ample time to destroy the confetti of evidence. Meantime, it touts its brand of the war on terror as a self-evident success.

    This is a "Srebrenica Moment" for the international community of nations, too. The UN report says that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constitutes "an assault on the entire system of international law and security". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

    The Expert Panel’s finding that the government and Tamil Tigers committed abuses and that the government has failed to hold its forces accountable shows the need for an international investigation. Russia and China should stop blocking efforts to find justice for victims in Sri Lanka and support the panel’s recommendations.
    Sri Lanka: UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/25/sri-lanka-u

  112. Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    The criminals, especially the Sinhalese leaders who are responsible for these terrible war crimes should be tried before an international tribunal.

  113. @ Aatish: Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom

    When an LTTE suicide bomber detonates herself to muder Tamil civilians, that is NOT a mistake. That's a pre-mediated, intentional act of murder.

    I'm sure that the kids who died for the LTTE and were killed by the LTTE will be so pleased to know that. I'm sure that their parents are also happy that they were able to provide this blood sacrifice of their kids, to the LTTE cause.

    So, these Tamils murdered by the LTTE were obviously unfortunate eggs that had to broken to make the Eelam omelette, no?

    Aatish, the Eelam Genius also proclaims: "The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs."

    Now, thanks to Mahinda mama and the SLA, there's absolutely ZERO risk of the anyone in the SL population dying from LTTE bombs. The only people at risk of dying prematurely are pro-LTTE groupies suffering their well-deserved heart attacks, as their efforts to gain revenge on SL fail. Again.

    @ Rajash: "The LTTE did not have any morbid fascination with dead bodies" Wrong. They often used dead bodies to spread terror.

    During the Eastern campaign (2006-7), Sgt Pathirana (on a recon mission) was captured by the LTTE, his limbs chopped off, then beheaded and later his head exhibited at the Illuppadichenai junction. Now, they’ve named a road after him.

    “…the tigers did to former Tamil National Alliance election candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy in Batticaloa. …. He and his brother in law were shot dead by the mainstream LTTE while they were worshipping at the shrine in their home. …The tigers dig up the body and threw it elsewhere after setting fire. It was in a half-burnt state.”
    http://tinyurl.com/6992f7s

    Tell us which is your favourite LTTE atrocity, here: http://www.slnewsonline.net/LTTE_atrocities_on_18

  114. Shashi Says:
    April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am

    You Say !

    Rip Van Winkle

    Patta Singhala Modaya, the Sinhalese men like you have become total baniyas, foregoing all sense of justice and fairness your fellow Sri Lankans.

    I am proud to be a fool than a brainy retarded like you purely because I support a side that Saved Tamils from a group who were suppose to stand for Tamils, but, killed more Tamils than anyone else in the History of Sri Lanka.

    The unholy madness of Wlapalle Piribaharan started with a killing of a Honorable Tamil names Alfred Duraiappa.. Let’s see the lists..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    So my dear Brainy Sashi – I would prefer to be a fool instead of standing for the justice you are fighting for.

    P.s. Small suggestion – try looking for your brains the next time you go to the toilet. I feel that you have dropped it while you were pooping to post such a hideous post..

  115. Jaffna !!

    Interesting post and I wonder what happened to your brains – at least Sashi’s is washed down the gully. You – wonder whether you had one ever…

    Do you think that the Sri Lanka army consisted of only Buddhists? How about the Singhala Buddhist Terrorist retards who were in the LTTE?? You have not heard of them ha?

    Please refer the links in the previous post – the killings that were done by the LTTE – specially the children and women of Dollar and Kent farms – can I ask you the same question – How can Hindu’s who don’t even eat meat kill those innocent Children?? Let me rest my case here cause I will be wasting valuable time and space… Let those who are with Brains understand this tiny post.

  116. @ Aatish: Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom

    When an LTTE suicide bomber detonates herself to muder Tamil civilians, that is NOT a mistake. That's a pre-mediated, intentional act of murder.

    I'm sure that the kids who died for the LTTE and were killed by the LTTE will be so pleased to know that. I'm sure that their parents are also happy that they were able to provide this blood sacrifice of their kids, to the LTTE cause.

    So, these Tamils murdered by the LTTE were obviously unfortunate eggs that had to broken to make the Eelam omelette, no?

    Aatish, the Eelam Genius also proclaims: "The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs."

    Now, thanks to Mahinda mama and the SLA, there's absolutely ZERO risk of the anyone in the SL population dying from LTTE bombs. The only people at risk of dying prematurely are pro-LTTE groupies suffering their well-deserved heart attacks, as their efforts to gain revenge on SL fail. Again.

    @ Rajash: "The LTTE did not have any morbid fascination with dead bodies" Wrong. They often used dead bodies to spread terror.

    During the Eastern campaign (2006-7), Sgt Pathirana (on a recon mission) was captured by the LTTE, his limbs chopped off, then beheaded and later his head exhibited at the Illuppadichenai junction. Now, they’ve named a road after him.

    “…the tigers did to former Tamil National Alliance election candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy in Batticaloa. …. He and his brother in law were shot dead by the mainstream LTTE while they were worshipping at the shrine in their home. …The tigers dig up the body and threw it elsewhere after setting fire. It was in a half-burnt state.”
    http://tinyurl.com/6992f7s

    Tell us which is your favourite LTTE atrocity, here: http://www.slnewsonline.net/LTTE_atrocities_on_18

  117. @ Aatish: Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom

    When an LTTE suicide bomber detonates herself to muder Tamil civilians, that is NOT a mistake. That's a pre-mediated, intentional act of murder.

    I'm sure that the kids who died for the LTTE and were killed by the LTTE will be so pleased to know that. I'm sure that their parents are also happy that they were able to provide this blood sacrifice of their kids, to the LTTE cause.

    So, these Tamils murdered by the LTTE were obviously unfortunate eggs that had to broken to make the Eelam omelette, no?

    Aatish, the Eelam Genius also proclaims: "The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs."

    Now, thanks to Mahinda mama and the SLA, there's absolutely ZERO risk of the anyone in the SL population dying from LTTE bombs. The only people at risk of dying prematurely are pro-LTTE groupies suffering their well-deserved heart attacks, as their efforts to gain revenge on SL fail. Again.

    @ Rajash: "The LTTE did not have any morbid fascination with dead bodies" Wrong. They often used dead bodies to spread terror.

    During the Eastern campaign (2006-7), Sgt Pathirana (on a recon mission) was captured by the LTTE, his limbs chopped off, then beheaded and later his head exhibited at the Illuppadichenai junction. Now, they’ve named a road after him.

    “…the tigers did to former Tamil National Alliance election candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy in Batticaloa. …. He and his brother in law were shot dead by the mainstream LTTE while they were worshipping at the shrine in their home. …The tigers dig up the body and threw it elsewhere after setting fire. It was in a half-burnt state.”
    http://tinyurl.com/6992f7s

    Tell us which is your favourite LTTE atrocity, here: http://www.slnewsonline.net/LTTE_atrocities_on_18

  118. Rajash and the rest… !

    I prefer being the Masala Wade amoung you Rotten Ala Bondas and sure that Mango would be OK with it too.

    Bottom line is, none of you retarded Apes of Peelam had the Guts to reply to any of the questions we have posted.

    We all know that you have your rotten agenda of Having an Eelam in SL. Please note that even if the Rajapakse’s were ousted by the people of this country during the next general elections and if someone else comes in to power, that dream will never be realized – It never can happen – think logically even if it is with the tiniest brains you got. Even if Sri Lanka wanted, India will not allow it. I cannot waste space and time to explain it to you goons.

    Keep all jokes aside, You very well know that the LTTE killed many Tamils on many occasions and the last being those innocent who tried to escape the Human Shield – They even bombed the No Fire Zone to make the International community feel that the SLA did it, which is proven beyond doubt now that it was the LTTE who did it.

    My Question is – Even after you knowing such bad done to Tamils by the LTTE, Why on earth are you still supporting such brutality????

    I am utterly ashamed as a person who at least have a bit of Tamil blood in me that you guys are supporting some bunch of retards who actually killed so many people who runs more Tamil blood than me. Very Sad !!

  119. @Shivaraj , my dear Eealmish friend, now everyone in Sri Lanka can go about their business without living in fear of LTTE bra-bombers or stray army artillery shells. Even die-hard Eelamists. 🙂

    There were many valiant LTTE cadres. Even the SLA MoD praised their bravery in combat during the last battles. Remember this, after the LTTE's best forces were annihilated at Puthukkudiyiruppu?

    "This is the reason that the armed forces personnel are trained to respect the fallen enemy. We do not wish to insult Theepan, Vidusha, Durga, Gadhapi, Gopith, Nagesh, and the rest who died in the recent fighting. Indeed, they were the cream of the LTTE fighting cadre. It is a shame that they had to die for the wrong cause.

    They fought for the destruction of their own motherland and their own nation. Their deaths represent the end of the brutal terrorist outfit that devoured some 75,000 lives of Sri Lankan citizens, the lives of their own brethren. But, the mean spirited that mislead them, still desire more deaths, and continued bloodshed in this country. We dedicate this editorial to all Sri Lankans who fully realise the diverse forces that by misleading and misguiding the flower of our youth, brought death and destruction to our country, and are now determined to say – Never Again."
    http://www.defence.lk/PrintPage.asp?fname=2009040

    The real cowards are the pro-LTTE cheerleaders who wanted others' children to die in the Vanni whilst their own remained safe and sound in the West.

    Mahinda doesn't need to create a fear psychosis. It was real and existed.

  120. Rip Van Winkle

    You are comparing bananas to coconuts !!

    Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom Fighters is minuscule compare to atrocious barbarism of the Sri Lanka Army .

    The Tamil Freedom Fighters minuscule mistakes were greatly exaggerated .

  121. Mango, the rotten fruit !

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Rajapaksa’s Shameless propaganda machine was sensationalizing LTTE and wildly exaggerating their mischief

    If the Rajapaksa State media had created unjustified fear psychosis about being the next bomb victim.

    Why Rajapaksa's media making a huge fuss about attacks ?

    Rajapksa claptrap propaganda put the Sinhalese in to frenzy of fear that the attacks are possible at any moment… any time

    The Shameless Sinhalese media repeated the “terrorist” mantra so many times everyday for so long that people are instinctively become paranoid.

  122. Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag, as the first person in the group that surrendered along with Mr. B. Nadesan and Mr. S. Puleedevan in the early hours of 18 May, 2009.

    In army custody
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33152

    New evidence leads to war crime committed on LTTE’s Col Ramesh
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33871

  123. @Shivaraj , my dear Eealmish friend, now everyone in Sri Lanka can go about their business without living in fear of LTTE bra-bombers or stray army artillery shells. Even die-hard Eelamists. 🙂

    There were many valiant LTTE cadres. Even the SLA MoD praised their bravery in combat during the last battles. Remember this, after the LTTE's best forces were annihilated at Puthukkudiyiruppu?

    "This is the reason that the armed forces personnel are trained to respect the fallen enemy. We do not wish to insult Theepan, Vidusha, Durga, Gadhapi, Gopith, Nagesh, and the rest who died in the recent fighting. Indeed, they were the cream of the LTTE fighting cadre. It is a shame that they had to die for the wrong cause.

    They fought for the destruction of their own motherland and their own nation. Their deaths represent the end of the brutal terrorist outfit that devoured some 75,000 lives of Sri Lankan citizens, the lives of their own brethren. But, the mean spirited that mislead them, still desire more deaths, and continued bloodshed in this country. We dedicate this editorial to all Sri Lankans who fully realise the diverse forces that by misleading and misguiding the flower of our youth, brought death and destruction to our country, and are now determined to say – Never Again."
    http://www.defence.lk/PrintPage.asp?fname=2009040

    The real cowards are the pro-LTTE cheerleaders who wanted others' children to die in the Vanni whilst their own remained safe and sound in the West.

    Mahinda doesn't need to create a fear psychosis. It was real and existed.

  124. @Shivaraj , my dear Eealmish friend, now everyone in Sri Lanka can go about their business without living in fear of LTTE bra-bombers or stray army artillery shells. Even die-hard Eelamists. 🙂

    There were many valiant LTTE cadres. Even the SLA MoD praised their bravery in combat during the last battles. Remember this, after the LTTE's best forces were annihilated at Puthukkudiyiruppu?

    "This is the reason that the armed forces personnel are trained to respect the fallen enemy. We do not wish to insult Theepan, Vidusha, Durga, Gadhapi, Gopith, Nagesh, and the rest who died in the recent fighting. Indeed, they were the cream of the LTTE fighting cadre. It is a shame that they had to die for the wrong cause.

    They fought for the destruction of their own motherland and their own nation. Their deaths represent the end of the brutal terrorist outfit that devoured some 75,000 lives of Sri Lankan citizens, the lives of their own brethren. But, the mean spirited that mislead them, still desire more deaths, and continued bloodshed in this country. We dedicate this editorial to all Sri Lankans who fully realise the diverse forces that by misleading and misguiding the flower of our youth, brought death and destruction to our country, and are now determined to say – Never Again."
    http://www.defence.lk/PrintPage.asp?fname=2009040

    The real cowards are the pro-LTTE cheerleaders who wanted others' children to die in the Vanni whilst their own remained safe and sound in the West.

    Mahinda doesn't need to create a fear psychosis. It was real and existed.

  125. Rajash

    Well said

    The danger from the Tamil Freedom Fighters were greatly exaggerated .

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

  126. This was no Libya. The scale of the crime, committed behind the shutters of frontlines that were sealed by the army of Sri Lanka, and from which independent humanitarian workers and journalists were excluded, is just beginning to leak out. Using as a justification the fraternal jingoism of the global war on terror, the government of the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, unleashed death squads on domestic dissenters and sent gangs to attack newspapers and TV outlets.

    The government of Sri Lanka duped the UN, foreign journalists, diplomats and world leaders. Like the perpetrators of Bosnian crimes, their first line of defence remains a concoction of blanket denial, smooth assurances and indignant bluster.

    Two years after the end of the war, foreign reporters and humanitarian workers still do not have access to the alleged crime scene, the final battlefield.

    The Sri Lankan government has had ample time to destroy the confetti of evidence. Meantime, it touts its brand of the war on terror as a self-evident success.

    This is a “Srebrenica Moment” for the international community of nations, too. The UN report says that the alleged crimes of both the warring parties and subsequent cover-up by the government constitutes “an assault on the entire system of international law and security”.
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lanka-faces-its-srebrenica-moment/story-e6frg6ux-1226043466322

    The Expert Panel’s finding that the government and Tamil Tigers committed abuses and that the government has failed to hold its forces accountable shows the need for an international investigation. Russia and China should stop blocking efforts to find justice for victims in Sri Lanka and support the panel’s recommendations.
    Sri Lanka: UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry
    http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/25/sri-lanka-un-chief-should-establish-international-inquiry

  127. As we've mentioned to AI and its' new-found friends in the pro-LTTE dregs, this report is pure power politics and geo-politics. If you think SL will bend to the usual suspects (UK, EU etc) in agreeing to 'international investigations', your delusions appear to be more serious than I imagined.

    Clean your own houses (here's a tip — look at the lack of action over Iraq) and then come and lecture us. Until then, we remain distinctly unimpressed and under-whelmed.

    Did you really expect that threatening to impose sanctions and hold war crimes trials would somehow make the current govt kneel at your feet?

    Now, I have to run off to check on Sri Lanka's genocidal economic growth figures. And look who's in town? A very nice lady from Israel looking for non-military trade ties.
    http://tinyurl.com/5wcd3tc

  128. As we've mentioned to AI and its' new-found friends in the pro-LTTE dregs, this report is pure power politics and geo-politics. If you think SL will bend to the usual suspects (UK, EU etc) in agreeing to 'international investigations', your delusions appear to be more serious than I imagined.

    Clean your own houses (here's a tip — look at the lack of action over Iraq) and then come and lecture us. Until then, we remain distinctly unimpressed and under-whelmed.

    Did you really expect that threatening to impose sanctions and hold war crimes trials would somehow make the current govt kneel at your feet?

    Now, I have to run off to check on Sri Lanka's genocidal economic growth figures. And look who's in town? A very nice lady from Israel looking for non-military trade ties.
    http://tinyurl.com/5wcd3tc

  129. As we've mentioned to AI and its' new-found friends in the pro-LTTE dregs, this report is pure power politics and geo-politics. If you think SL will bend to the usual suspects (UK, EU etc) in agreeing to 'international investigations', your delusions appear to be more serious than I imagined.

    Clean your own houses (here's a tip — look at the lack of action over Iraq) and then come and lecture us. Until then, we remain distinctly unimpressed and under-whelmed.

    Did you really expect that threatening to impose sanctions and hold war crimes trials would somehow make the current govt kneel at your feet?

    Now, I have to run off to check on Sri Lanka's genocidal economic growth figures. And look who's in town? A very nice lady from Israel looking for non-military trade ties.
    http://tinyurl.com/5wcd3tc

  130. Mango

    You have no analytical abilities ??

    If any a Tamil doesn’t agree with your views he or she become a tiger !!

    Now I can see how immature you are

    Before having grandiose visions of Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka and you should have had a good hard look in the mirror and try to get rid of your glaring faults

    You have unconditional trust in the King Mahinda.

    Why ? The man is a pathological liar . His ruthless regime is chomping away freedom of speech, the economy and alienated most of Sri Lanka friends.

    In short, he is destroying Sri Lanka

  131. @ Aatish: Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom

    When an LTTE suicide bomber detonates herself to muder Tamil civilians, that is NOT a mistake. That’s a pre-mediated, intentional act of murder.

    I’m sure that the kids who died for the LTTE and were killed by the LTTE will be so pleased to know that. I’m sure that their parents are also happy that they were able to provide this blood sacrifice of their kids, to the LTTE cause.

    So, these Tamils murdered by the LTTE were obviously unfortunate eggs that had to broken to make the Eelam omelette, no?

    Aatish, the Eelam Genius also proclaims: “The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.”

    Now, thanks to Mahinda mama and the SLA, there’s absolutely ZERO risk of the anyone in the SL population dying from LTTE bombs. The only people at risk of dying prematurely are pro-LTTE groupies suffering their well-deserved heart attacks, as their efforts to gain revenge on SL fail. Again.

    @ Rajash: “The LTTE did not have any morbid fascination with dead bodies” Wrong. They often used dead bodies to spread terror.

    During the Eastern campaign (2006-7), Sgt Pathirana (on a recon mission) was captured by the LTTE, his limbs chopped off, then beheaded and later his head exhibited at the Illuppadichenai junction. Now, they’ve named a road after him.

    “…the tigers did to former Tamil National Alliance election candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy in Batticaloa. …. He and his brother in law were shot dead by the mainstream LTTE while they were worshipping at the shrine in their home. …The tigers dig up the body and threw it elsewhere after setting fire. It was in a half-burnt state.”

    http://tinyurl.com/6992f7s

    Tell us which is your favourite LTTE atrocity, here: http://www.slnewsonline.net/LTTE_atrocities_on_18_September_1999.htm

  132. Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.

    When America and the international community came forward to halt the war during the final phase, India gave this assurance to them. http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/38967.html

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

    Two years ago, a war without witness was executed by the state against the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka.
    In September 2008, after ordering all United Nations personnel, non-government organisations and media out of the Vanni region, the Sri Lankan government embarked on a vicious military campaign.

    While it informed the world it was fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels and was following a ''zero civilian casualty'' policy, photographs, video footage and phone conversations with our relatives in the war zone told us a different story.
    Advertisement: Story continues below

    We watched in horror as images of injured babies, maimed pregnant women and rows of dead civilians leaked out. Hospitals were bombed. Refugee camps
    were shelled. Surrendering civilians were executed. Even the International Committee of the Red Cross was blocked from saving the injured.

    As members of the Tamil diaspora took to the streets, campaigning for the international community to act to stop the bloodshed, the world did nothing. More than 100,000 Tamils rallied around the world, yet our cries fell on the bureaucrats' deaf ears. Kevin Rudd, then Australia's prime minister, preferred ''soft diplomacy'' with Sri Lanka, in contrast to his stand on Burma, Zimbabwe and Libya.

    We slowly realised the UN was well aware of the high civilian casualties. Leaked satellite images revealed the UN knew of the Sri Lankan Air Force's targeted bombing and shelling of civilian locations.

    Following his resignation, the former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss, revealed the civilian death toll could be up to 40,000, while "significant others have said that the figure may well be far higher". Why would the world allow civilians to be killed in such a gruesome manner?

    At the time, China and Russia prevented the war in Sri Lanka being discussed at the UN Security Council. Both countries are allies of Sri Lanka, China having invested heavily there.

    UN officials are said to have told Vijay Nambiar – whom the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed as his chief of staff – that the final death toll could exceed 20,000, but Nambiar urged his staff not to "rock the boat" by criticising the Sri Lankan government.

    Witness reports later revealed senior UN officials, including Nambiar, and senior Sri Lankan officials, including the Defence Secretary (and brother of the President), Gotabaya Rajapaksa, were involved in the surrendering of Tamil Tiger combatants, who were later executed. After waiting two years for an independent inquiry into this incident, Tamil rights groups have submitted their own complaint to the International Criminal Court.

    When the war came to a bloody end on May 18, 2009, Sri Lankan government puppets were quick to continue the propaganda, claiming all was well in Sri Lanka, encouraging Australian tourists while discouraging Australia from accepting Tamil refugees.

    The reality was different. Hundreds of thousands were held in military-run internment camps, disappearances were rife, and rape and torture occurred. There was a reason the number of Tamil refugees arriving by boats in Australia had suddenly sky-rocketed.

    The unrelenting campaigning by the Tamil diaspora and human rights groups finally forced Ban to establish a panel of experts last year to assess the mounting allegations of war crimes. Sri Lanka was quick to condemn this decision and banned the panel from visiting the island.

    The panel's final report, submitted to Ban almost a fortnight ago, has at last been published. The panel has found allegations of war crimes to be credible and has admitted the UN failed to act to protect civilians, despite knowing about the high civilian casualty rate. The panel has also recommended an international independent inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka.

    Today tens of thousands of Tamils are missing. Up to 14,000 Tamils, including 500 children, have been held for the past two years in secret prisons; no one knows if they are alive. The Tamil homeland in the north is under military occupation and forced resettlement of Sinhalese families is taking place, changing the demography of the region.

    After Rwanda, the world said "never again". But in early 2009, what happened to the Tamils was far worse. Not only did the UN fail to act to stop the persecution of Tamil civilians – it was complicit.

    Dr Sam Pari is a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress.

  133. Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    The Sri Lankan defence minister who in the past has attacked media personal for writing against the government human rights violations, threatened to throw out diplomats, BBC, CNN for reporting the facts about the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka has now gone on camera to say that ” attacking hospitals that are in rebel area are fine and they are legitimate targets even if they full of civilians” http://vimeo.com/3071162

    Is it true?

    Security and justice units of the US government to question the Defence Secretary http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_28_00

  134. Mango, the rotten fruit !

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Rajapaksa’s Shameless propaganda machine was sensationalizing LTTE and wildly exaggerating their mischief

    If the Rajapaksa State media had created unjustified fear psychosis about being the next bomb victim.

    Why Rajapaksa’s media making a huge fuss about attacks ?

    Rajapksa claptrap propaganda put the Sinhalese in to frenzy of fear that the attacks are possible at any moment… any time

    The Shameless Sinhalese media repeated the “terrorist” mantra so many times everyday for so long that people are instinctively become paranoid.

  135. Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.

    When America and the international community came forward to halt the war during the final phase, India gave this assurance to them. http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/38967.html

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

    Two years ago, a war without witness was executed by the state against the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka.
    In September 2008, after ordering all United Nations personnel, non-government organisations and media out of the Vanni region, the Sri Lankan government embarked on a vicious military campaign.

    While it informed the world it was fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels and was following a ''zero civilian casualty'' policy, photographs, video footage and phone conversations with our relatives in the war zone told us a different story.
    Advertisement: Story continues below

    We watched in horror as images of injured babies, maimed pregnant women and rows of dead civilians leaked out. Hospitals were bombed. Refugee camps
    were shelled. Surrendering civilians were executed. Even the International Committee of the Red Cross was blocked from saving the injured.

    As members of the Tamil diaspora took to the streets, campaigning for the international community to act to stop the bloodshed, the world did nothing. More than 100,000 Tamils rallied around the world, yet our cries fell on the bureaucrats' deaf ears. Kevin Rudd, then Australia's prime minister, preferred ''soft diplomacy'' with Sri Lanka, in contrast to his stand on Burma, Zimbabwe and Libya.

    We slowly realised the UN was well aware of the high civilian casualties. Leaked satellite images revealed the UN knew of the Sri Lankan Air Force's targeted bombing and shelling of civilian locations.

    Following his resignation, the former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss, revealed the civilian death toll could be up to 40,000, while "significant others have said that the figure may well be far higher". Why would the world allow civilians to be killed in such a gruesome manner?

    At the time, China and Russia prevented the war in Sri Lanka being discussed at the UN Security Council. Both countries are allies of Sri Lanka, China having invested heavily there.

    UN officials are said to have told Vijay Nambiar – whom the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed as his chief of staff – that the final death toll could exceed 20,000, but Nambiar urged his staff not to "rock the boat" by criticising the Sri Lankan government.

    Witness reports later revealed senior UN officials, including Nambiar, and senior Sri Lankan officials, including the Defence Secretary (and brother of the President), Gotabaya Rajapaksa, were involved in the surrendering of Tamil Tiger combatants, who were later executed. After waiting two years for an independent inquiry into this incident, Tamil rights groups have submitted their own complaint to the International Criminal Court.

    When the war came to a bloody end on May 18, 2009, Sri Lankan government puppets were quick to continue the propaganda, claiming all was well in Sri Lanka, encouraging Australian tourists while discouraging Australia from accepting Tamil refugees.

    The reality was different. Hundreds of thousands were held in military-run internment camps, disappearances were rife, and rape and torture occurred. There was a reason the number of Tamil refugees arriving by boats in Australia had suddenly sky-rocketed.

    The unrelenting campaigning by the Tamil diaspora and human rights groups finally forced Ban to establish a panel of experts last year to assess the mounting allegations of war crimes. Sri Lanka was quick to condemn this decision and banned the panel from visiting the island.

    The panel's final report, submitted to Ban almost a fortnight ago, has at last been published. The panel has found allegations of war crimes to be credible and has admitted the UN failed to act to protect civilians, despite knowing about the high civilian casualty rate. The panel has also recommended an international independent inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka.

    Today tens of thousands of Tamils are missing. Up to 14,000 Tamils, including 500 children, have been held for the past two years in secret prisons; no one knows if they are alive. The Tamil homeland in the north is under military occupation and forced resettlement of Sinhalese families is taking place, changing the demography of the region.

    After Rwanda, the world said "never again". But in early 2009, what happened to the Tamils was far worse. Not only did the UN fail to act to stop the persecution of Tamil civilians – it was complicit.

    Dr Sam Pari is a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress.

  136. Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.

    When America and the international community came forward to halt the war during the final phase, India gave this assurance to them. http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/38967.html

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

    Two years ago, a war without witness was executed by the state against the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka.
    In September 2008, after ordering all United Nations personnel, non-government organisations and media out of the Vanni region, the Sri Lankan government embarked on a vicious military campaign.

    While it informed the world it was fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels and was following a ''zero civilian casualty'' policy, photographs, video footage and phone conversations with our relatives in the war zone told us a different story.
    Advertisement: Story continues below

    We watched in horror as images of injured babies, maimed pregnant women and rows of dead civilians leaked out. Hospitals were bombed. Refugee camps
    were shelled. Surrendering civilians were executed. Even the International Committee of the Red Cross was blocked from saving the injured.

    As members of the Tamil diaspora took to the streets, campaigning for the international community to act to stop the bloodshed, the world did nothing. More than 100,000 Tamils rallied around the world, yet our cries fell on the bureaucrats' deaf ears. Kevin Rudd, then Australia's prime minister, preferred ''soft diplomacy'' with Sri Lanka, in contrast to his stand on Burma, Zimbabwe and Libya.

    We slowly realised the UN was well aware of the high civilian casualties. Leaked satellite images revealed the UN knew of the Sri Lankan Air Force's targeted bombing and shelling of civilian locations.

    Following his resignation, the former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss, revealed the civilian death toll could be up to 40,000, while "significant others have said that the figure may well be far higher". Why would the world allow civilians to be killed in such a gruesome manner?

    At the time, China and Russia prevented the war in Sri Lanka being discussed at the UN Security Council. Both countries are allies of Sri Lanka, China having invested heavily there.

    UN officials are said to have told Vijay Nambiar – whom the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed as his chief of staff – that the final death toll could exceed 20,000, but Nambiar urged his staff not to "rock the boat" by criticising the Sri Lankan government.

    Witness reports later revealed senior UN officials, including Nambiar, and senior Sri Lankan officials, including the Defence Secretary (and brother of the President), Gotabaya Rajapaksa, were involved in the surrendering of Tamil Tiger combatants, who were later executed. After waiting two years for an independent inquiry into this incident, Tamil rights groups have submitted their own complaint to the International Criminal Court.

    When the war came to a bloody end on May 18, 2009, Sri Lankan government puppets were quick to continue the propaganda, claiming all was well in Sri Lanka, encouraging Australian tourists while discouraging Australia from accepting Tamil refugees.

    The reality was different. Hundreds of thousands were held in military-run internment camps, disappearances were rife, and rape and torture occurred. There was a reason the number of Tamil refugees arriving by boats in Australia had suddenly sky-rocketed.

    The unrelenting campaigning by the Tamil diaspora and human rights groups finally forced Ban to establish a panel of experts last year to assess the mounting allegations of war crimes. Sri Lanka was quick to condemn this decision and banned the panel from visiting the island.

    The panel's final report, submitted to Ban almost a fortnight ago, has at last been published. The panel has found allegations of war crimes to be credible and has admitted the UN failed to act to protect civilians, despite knowing about the high civilian casualty rate. The panel has also recommended an international independent inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka.

    Today tens of thousands of Tamils are missing. Up to 14,000 Tamils, including 500 children, have been held for the past two years in secret prisons; no one knows if they are alive. The Tamil homeland in the north is under military occupation and forced resettlement of Sinhalese families is taking place, changing the demography of the region.

    After Rwanda, the world said "never again". But in early 2009, what happened to the Tamils was far worse. Not only did the UN fail to act to stop the persecution of Tamil civilians – it was complicit.

    Dr Sam Pari is a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress.

  137. 100,000 missing in war's final months http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei
    Over 100,000 Tamil civilians remain unaccounted for after Sri Lanka’s onslaught in 2009 into the northern Vanni region, Channel 4 reported Saturday.

    Government census forms obtained by Channel 4 show 430,000 residents in Vanni in mid 2008. However internal UN documents also obtained by Channel 4 show only 290,000 people coming out of the final enclave overrun by the government’s troops and being put into its militarized internment camps.

    Only 60% of the original residents have returned to Vanni, a Channel 4 source who recently visited the still miliarised region, also said.

    Meanwhile, the UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka at the time of the government’s final onslaught, Gorden Weiss, says the death toll could be “shockingly high.”

    Early 2009, sri lanka said only 65,000 Tamils live in Vanni, & India said 70,000. Finally, SL govrnment said 300,000 Tamils in the concentrations Camps.

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

    “India should not subject itself again to be charged as supporting genocide by Sri Lanka.” http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

  138. @Shivaraj , my dear Eealmish friend, now everyone in Sri Lanka can go about their business without living in fear of LTTE bra-bombers or stray army artillery shells. Even die-hard Eelamists. 🙂

    There were many valiant LTTE cadres. Even the SLA MoD praised their bravery in combat during the last battles. Remember this, after the LTTE’s best forces were annihilated at Puthukkudiyiruppu?

    “This is the reason that the armed forces personnel are trained to respect the fallen enemy. We do not wish to insult Theepan, Vidusha, Durga, Gadhapi, Gopith, Nagesh, and the rest who died in the recent fighting. Indeed, they were the cream of the LTTE fighting cadre. It is a shame that they had to die for the wrong cause.

    They fought for the destruction of their own motherland and their own nation. Their deaths represent the end of the brutal terrorist outfit that devoured some 75,000 lives of Sri Lankan citizens, the lives of their own brethren. But, the mean spirited that mislead them, still desire more deaths, and continued bloodshed in this country. We dedicate this editorial to all Sri Lankans who fully realise the diverse forces that by misleading and misguiding the flower of our youth, brought death and destruction to our country, and are now determined to say – Never Again.”

    http://www.defence.lk/PrintPage.asp?fname=20090406_08

    The real cowards are the pro-LTTE cheerleaders who wanted others’ children to die in the Vanni whilst their own remained safe and sound in the West.

    Mahinda doesn’t need to create a fear psychosis. It was real and existed.

  139. Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    The Sri Lankan defence minister who in the past has attacked media personal for writing against the government human rights violations, threatened to throw out diplomats, BBC, CNN for reporting the facts about the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka has now gone on camera to say that ” attacking hospitals that are in rebel area are fine and they are legitimate targets even if they full of civilians” http://vimeo.com/3071162

    Is it true?

    Security and justice units of the US government to question the Defence Secretary http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_28_00

  140. Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    The Sri Lankan defence minister who in the past has attacked media personal for writing against the government human rights violations, threatened to throw out diplomats, BBC, CNN for reporting the facts about the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka has now gone on camera to say that ” attacking hospitals that are in rebel area are fine and they are legitimate targets even if they full of civilians” http://vimeo.com/3071162

    Is it true?

    Security and justice units of the US government to question the Defence Secretary http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_28_00

  141. 63 YEARS OF GENOCIDAL WAR ON TAMIL WOMEN HAS:
    • Disproportionately affected them in the context of sexual, physical and psychological violence
    • Inflicted untold sufferings and thousands of deaths
    • Used rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon to demoralize, terrorize communities and break families
    • caused the deterioration of essential health structures and has led to higher death counts of pregnant women
    • Increased cases of forced abortions and sterilization
    • Made millions of Tamils refugees, of whom 80 percent are women and children
    • Made 40,000 women war widows who are mostly impoverished and economically vulnerable (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
    • Continued amidst a culture of systemic impunity and has contributed to Sri Lanka being ranked the 3rd worst violator of women`s rights according to South Asia Human Rights Violators Index 2008

    Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s

    What did they do last two years even after killing over 50,000 in 2009?

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has "learnt lessons"
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of "tiger terror"

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    successive governments have turned the ‘Tamil question’ into a political football, vying with one anotherto gain the votes of the Sinhalese majority. Racism is now becoming institutionalised at every level. A recent survey by the Movement for Racial Justice and Equality showed that Sinhala schoolbooks stereotype the Tamils and provided children with only a partial, Sinhalese history of the country. The outbreaks of communal violence against Tamils are often incited by politicians cashing in on Sinhalese fears, suggesting that the Tamils are about to swamp the country and annihilate the Sinhalese Buddhist state forever.

  142. 100,000 missing in war's final months http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei
    Over 100,000 Tamil civilians remain unaccounted for after Sri Lanka’s onslaught in 2009 into the northern Vanni region, Channel 4 reported Saturday.

    Government census forms obtained by Channel 4 show 430,000 residents in Vanni in mid 2008. However internal UN documents also obtained by Channel 4 show only 290,000 people coming out of the final enclave overrun by the government’s troops and being put into its militarized internment camps.

    Only 60% of the original residents have returned to Vanni, a Channel 4 source who recently visited the still miliarised region, also said.

    Meanwhile, the UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka at the time of the government’s final onslaught, Gorden Weiss, says the death toll could be “shockingly high.”

    Early 2009, sri lanka said only 65,000 Tamils live in Vanni, & India said 70,000. Finally, SL govrnment said 300,000 Tamils in the concentrations Camps.

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

    “India should not subject itself again to be charged as supporting genocide by Sri Lanka.” http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

  143. 100,000 missing in war's final months http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei
    Over 100,000 Tamil civilians remain unaccounted for after Sri Lanka’s onslaught in 2009 into the northern Vanni region, Channel 4 reported Saturday.

    Government census forms obtained by Channel 4 show 430,000 residents in Vanni in mid 2008. However internal UN documents also obtained by Channel 4 show only 290,000 people coming out of the final enclave overrun by the government’s troops and being put into its militarized internment camps.

    Only 60% of the original residents have returned to Vanni, a Channel 4 source who recently visited the still miliarised region, also said.

    Meanwhile, the UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka at the time of the government’s final onslaught, Gorden Weiss, says the death toll could be “shockingly high.”

    Early 2009, sri lanka said only 65,000 Tamils live in Vanni, & India said 70,000. Finally, SL govrnment said 300,000 Tamils in the concentrations Camps.

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

    “India should not subject itself again to be charged as supporting genocide by Sri Lanka.” http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

  144. 63 YEARS OF GENOCIDAL WAR ON TAMIL WOMEN HAS:
    • Disproportionately affected them in the context of sexual, physical and psychological violence
    • Inflicted untold sufferings and thousands of deaths
    • Used rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon to demoralize, terrorize communities and break families
    • caused the deterioration of essential health structures and has led to higher death counts of pregnant women
    • Increased cases of forced abortions and sterilization
    • Made millions of Tamils refugees, of whom 80 percent are women and children
    • Made 40,000 women war widows who are mostly impoverished and economically vulnerable (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
    • Continued amidst a culture of systemic impunity and has contributed to Sri Lanka being ranked the 3rd worst violator of women`s rights according to South Asia Human Rights Violators Index 2008

    Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s

    What did they do last two years even after killing over 50,000 in 2009?

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has "learnt lessons"
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of "tiger terror"

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    successive governments have turned the ‘Tamil question’ into a political football, vying with one anotherto gain the votes of the Sinhalese majority. Racism is now becoming institutionalised at every level. A recent survey by the Movement for Racial Justice and Equality showed that Sinhala schoolbooks stereotype the Tamils and provided children with only a partial, Sinhalese history of the country. The outbreaks of communal violence against Tamils are often incited by politicians cashing in on Sinhalese fears, suggesting that the Tamils are about to swamp the country and annihilate the Sinhalese Buddhist state forever.

  145. 63 YEARS OF GENOCIDAL WAR ON TAMIL WOMEN HAS:
    • Disproportionately affected them in the context of sexual, physical and psychological violence
    • Inflicted untold sufferings and thousands of deaths
    • Used rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon to demoralize, terrorize communities and break families
    • caused the deterioration of essential health structures and has led to higher death counts of pregnant women
    • Increased cases of forced abortions and sterilization
    • Made millions of Tamils refugees, of whom 80 percent are women and children
    • Made 40,000 women war widows who are mostly impoverished and economically vulnerable (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
    • Continued amidst a culture of systemic impunity and has contributed to Sri Lanka being ranked the 3rd worst violator of women`s rights according to South Asia Human Rights Violators Index 2008

    Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s

    What did they do last two years even after killing over 50,000 in 2009?

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has "learnt lessons"
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of "tiger terror"

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    successive governments have turned the ‘Tamil question’ into a political football, vying with one anotherto gain the votes of the Sinhalese majority. Racism is now becoming institutionalised at every level. A recent survey by the Movement for Racial Justice and Equality showed that Sinhala schoolbooks stereotype the Tamils and provided children with only a partial, Sinhalese history of the country. The outbreaks of communal violence against Tamils are often incited by politicians cashing in on Sinhalese fears, suggesting that the Tamils are about to swamp the country and annihilate the Sinhalese Buddhist state forever.

  146. As we’ve mentioned to AI and its’ new-found friends in the pro-LTTE dregs, this report is pure power politics and geo-politics. If you think SL will bend to the usual suspects (UK, EU etc) in agreeing to ‘international investigations’, your delusions appear to be more serious than I imagined.

    Clean your own houses (here’s a tip — look at the lack of action over Iraq) and then come and lecture us. Until then, we remain distinctly unimpressed and under-whelmed.

    Did you really expect that threatening to impose sanctions and hold war crimes trials would somehow make the current govt kneel at your feet?

    Now, I have to run off to check on Sri Lanka’s genocidal economic growth figures. And look who’s in town? A very nice lady from Israel looking for non-military trade ties.

    http://tinyurl.com/5wcd3tc

  147. Mango

    You have no analytical abilities ??

    If any a Tamil doesn’t agree with your views he or she become a tiger !!

    Now I can see how immature you are

    Before having grandiose visions of Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka and you should have had a good hard look in the mirror and try to get rid of your glaring faults

    You have unconditional trust in the King Mahinda.

    Why ? The man is a pathological liar . His ruthless regime is chomping away freedom of speech, the economy and alienated most of Sri Lanka friends.

    In short, he is destroying Sri Lanka

  148. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tillakaratne-allege

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  149. Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.

    When America and the international community came forward to halt the war during the final phase, India gave this assurance to them.
    http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/38967.html

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

    Two years ago, a war without witness was executed by the state against the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka.
    In September 2008, after ordering all United Nations personnel, non-government organisations and media out of the Vanni region, the Sri Lankan government embarked on a vicious military campaign.

    While it informed the world it was fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels and was following a ”zero civilian casualty” policy, photographs, video footage and phone conversations with our relatives in the war zone told us a different story.
    Advertisement: Story continues below

    We watched in horror as images of injured babies, maimed pregnant women and rows of dead civilians leaked out. Hospitals were bombed. Refugee camps
    were shelled. Surrendering civilians were executed. Even the International Committee of the Red Cross was blocked from saving the injured.

    As members of the Tamil diaspora took to the streets, campaigning for the international community to act to stop the bloodshed, the world did nothing. More than 100,000 Tamils rallied around the world, yet our cries fell on the bureaucrats’ deaf ears. Kevin Rudd, then Australia’s prime minister, preferred ”soft diplomacy” with Sri Lanka, in contrast to his stand on Burma, Zimbabwe and Libya.

    We slowly realised the UN was well aware of the high civilian casualties. Leaked satellite images revealed the UN knew of the Sri Lankan Air Force’s targeted bombing and shelling of civilian locations.

    Following his resignation, the former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss, revealed the civilian death toll could be up to 40,000, while “significant others have said that the figure may well be far higher”. Why would the world allow civilians to be killed in such a gruesome manner?

    At the time, China and Russia prevented the war in Sri Lanka being discussed at the UN Security Council. Both countries are allies of Sri Lanka, China having invested heavily there.

    UN officials are said to have told Vijay Nambiar – whom the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed as his chief of staff – that the final death toll could exceed 20,000, but Nambiar urged his staff not to “rock the boat” by criticising the Sri Lankan government.

    Witness reports later revealed senior UN officials, including Nambiar, and senior Sri Lankan officials, including the Defence Secretary (and brother of the President), Gotabaya Rajapaksa, were involved in the surrendering of Tamil Tiger combatants, who were later executed. After waiting two years for an independent inquiry into this incident, Tamil rights groups have submitted their own complaint to the International Criminal Court.

    When the war came to a bloody end on May 18, 2009, Sri Lankan government puppets were quick to continue the propaganda, claiming all was well in Sri Lanka, encouraging Australian tourists while discouraging Australia from accepting Tamil refugees.

    The reality was different. Hundreds of thousands were held in military-run internment camps, disappearances were rife, and rape and torture occurred. There was a reason the number of Tamil refugees arriving by boats in Australia had suddenly sky-rocketed.

    The unrelenting campaigning by the Tamil diaspora and human rights groups finally forced Ban to establish a panel of experts last year to assess the mounting allegations of war crimes. Sri Lanka was quick to condemn this decision and banned the panel from visiting the island.

    The panel’s final report, submitted to Ban almost a fortnight ago, has at last been published. The panel has found allegations of war crimes to be credible and has admitted the UN failed to act to protect civilians, despite knowing about the high civilian casualty rate. The panel has also recommended an international independent inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka.

    Today tens of thousands of Tamils are missing. Up to 14,000 Tamils, including 500 children, have been held for the past two years in secret prisons; no one knows if they are alive. The Tamil homeland in the north is under military occupation and forced resettlement of Sinhalese families is taking place, changing the demography of the region.

    After Rwanda, the world said “never again”. But in early 2009, what happened to the Tamils was far worse. Not only did the UN fail to act to stop the persecution of Tamil civilians – it was complicit.

    Dr Sam Pari is a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress.

  150. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tillakaratne-allege

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  151. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tillakaratne-allege

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  152. Shivaraj Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    You said

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Interesting Point !!
    Please refer the below link to see the number of road accidents that Happened in SL over the past 30 years.
    http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/30/30-1-12.pd

    Do you still think that LTTE Killed less??????

    I am surprised by the fact of you trying to justify the killings done by LTTE.

    There also is a difference in the words used.
    1. Accident – meaning unintentional
    2. Killings – meaning intentional

    So, now you want to compare your Banana's and Coconuts to see how the LTTE killings could be better and justified than those who are killed on the road…

    WORLD COMMUNITY – PLEASE TAKE A NOTE OF THESE COMMENTS

  153. Singa Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
    you Said
    Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).
    2. I don't know Palith K personally,nor about such comment made by him – please do not refer us to tamilnet, because it's a rat's hole full of lies. Also, I don't think that Palitha K is so stupid to make such comment – i am sure he does not eat Banana's and fruits only.
    3. As per Hon. S. Kanagaratnam, it was the retarded Prabha who wanted to kill all those who wanted to cross over to army control area
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    So, I doubt anything else happened – if that was the case, Daya and George Masters also should have been killed.

    4. Why did not the SLA kill Prabha's Dad and Mom?? The mother died in a government hospital recently and there were basket's and baskets of flowers, food and clothing near her bed – guess who gifted them??? Singhalees who were traveling to Jaffna saying that it was not her faulth the son was a retard. You still wish to scold the Singhalees of the country ??

    See, we give a load of evidence from credible sources when we post here – you have nothing like that to say or do.

    What you guys say in all above posts and posts before in summary are

    1. Rajapakse is a liar
    2. Sri Lanka genocide state – kill all tamils
    3. 40,000 to 200,000 (still no proper figure) people were brutally killed by SLA during war
    4. SLA is trying to capture all lands in North
    5. LTTE are saints and their killings could be justified (the new addition)

    See any of your posts above if I am lying – this is all you say in various forms and plenty of words with copy paste articles – nothing else….

    So Whom do you want me to believe ?? (Specially after one of your fellow comrads said that killing of tamils of LTTE could be justified)

  154. Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    The Sri Lankan defence minister who in the past has attacked media personal for writing against the government human rights violations, threatened to throw out diplomats, BBC, CNN for reporting the facts about the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka has now gone on camera to say that ” attacking hospitals that are in rebel area are fine and they are legitimate targets even if they full of civilians”
    http://vimeo.com/3071162

    Is it true?

    Security and justice units of the US government to question the Defence Secretary
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_04_28_009.html

  155. Aatish Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Rajash
    Well said

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

    Indeed well said !!

    Say that to my Neighbour who lost her Husband and almost her life (3 months in ICU) for the Dehiwela Train Blast in 1996. She is still struggeling with her life and commended for the stuggle she made to bring up her son (who is now a young man)

    Let me re-tinkle your memories.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiwala_train_bombi

    Be sad that I got down from Wellawatte station – the one before that.

    I also experienced the following, but, am lucky to be alive today to prove that it is you who are lying.

    1. Ceylinco Bomb – worked there at that time.
    2. 2 bombs in Slave Island (Army HQ – Got down from the train at SI station)
    3. Eye Hospital Junction Bomb – had changed jobs and had a car – just drove past when I heard the noise.
    4. Shooting at Lake House – Can't remember the year, but, was out after clubbing at Blue Elephant that night.

    So, me being in Colombo where the largest population is in, managed to escape 4 close calls. There are others who have had more experiences and some ofcourse less.

    BUT !! for you to say that SL population was never at any risk – dude, Close your rectum or people will actually get to know that you talk from it and will take you to a lab for testing purposes… !!

    Get a life you retard !

  156. The Human rights of Retards !

    Interesting Facts from HR report in 1994 – Amnesty – what action did you take with regard to these allegations – where was the UN then and where were the Pannels to carryout investigations ??

    In a communication dated 5 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur sent the following observations to the Government of Sri Lanka:

    "According to the information received, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have expelled all the Muslims from the areas in the north of the country under their control. They are also reported to have expropriated all the property of the Muslims and to have threatened them with death if they try to return.
    LTTE is also said to have severely restricted the freedom of movement of Tamils living in the areas under their control, to have demanded that any person wishing to travel outside those areas pay an
    'exit tax' and leave the whole of his or her property in escrow. Furthermore, in order to ensure that such persons return, often only one person per family is authorized to travel.

    The following are some of the practices adopted by LTTE with regard to the movement of persons:
    (a) A bond must be signed by a surety if a person wishes to leave the Jaffna peninsula.
    (b) At least one inmate of the house should always remain at home.
    (c) The house and property should be handed over to LTTE if all inmates seek to leave the area.
    (d) A penalty of Rs 100,000 should be paid to the LTTE in respect of each person in the family, if the entire family seeks to leave the peninsula for good. In addition, the house and property belonging to the family will also be confiscated.
    A levy of Rs 100 is reported to be charged by LTTE to issue a normal pass to a person leaving the Jaffna peninsula for a short period. Rs 500 is levied for an emergency pass.
    http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/6bd

    Please check the full report above !

    nd Hail those retarded Freedom Fighter who made life Hell for us !!

  157. Rajash Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 10:42 am
    You Said

    Rip Van Winkle

    You are comparing bananas to coconuts !!

    Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom Fighters is minuscule compare to atrocious barbarism of the Sri Lanka Army .

    The Tamil Freedom Fighters minuscule mistakes were greatly exaggerated .

    Thanks for the LOL moment.!!

    When your retarded Freedom fighters killed Tamils it's a reare Mistake and when they get caught in cross fire once during a battle to save the Tamils, the SLAshould be taken to HR courts??

    Dude – rare mistakes are that one would do once or twice and not repeat. LTTE retards killed Alfred Duraiappa in 1975 and their last kill was also a tamil during the final stages of the war and his/her name is that we never wold know of as tis person would have tried to escape the Human Shield. Common, you seriously want me to believe that the LTTE stood for Tamils??

    Indeed it is unfortuante that you think I am comparing Bana's to coconut, but, I could not expect more from a bunch of unevolved apes than to talk of some fruits that grow on trees.

    Very sorry to see you feel that thousands of Tamils killed by LTTE is take as Unfortunate and (hilariously) rare mistakes… !!

    I hope the Tamils world over take a note of your retarded thought !

  158. 100,000 missing in war’s final months
    http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=3112
    Over 100,000 Tamil civilians remain unaccounted for after Sri Lanka’s onslaught in 2009 into the northern Vanni region, Channel 4 reported Saturday.

    Government census forms obtained by Channel 4 show 430,000 residents in Vanni in mid 2008. However internal UN documents also obtained by Channel 4 show only 290,000 people coming out of the final enclave overrun by the government’s troops and being put into its militarized internment camps.

    Only 60% of the original residents have returned to Vanni, a Channel 4 source who recently visited the still miliarised region, also said.

    Meanwhile, the UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka at the time of the government’s final onslaught, Gorden Weiss, says the death toll could be “shockingly high.”

    Early 2009, sri lanka said only 65,000 Tamils live in Vanni, & India said 70,000. Finally, SL govrnment said 300,000 Tamils in the concentrations Camps.

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

    “India should not subject itself again to be charged as supporting genocide by Sri Lanka.”
    http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=3130

  159. Shivaraj Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    You said

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Interesting Point !!
    Please refer the below link to see the number of road accidents that Happened in SL over the past 30 years.
    http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/30/30-1-12.pd

    Do you still think that LTTE Killed less??????

    I am surprised by the fact of you trying to justify the killings done by LTTE.

    There also is a difference in the words used.
    1. Accident – meaning unintentional
    2. Killings – meaning intentional

    So, now you want to compare your Banana's and Coconuts to see how the LTTE killings could be better and justified than those who are killed on the road…

    WORLD COMMUNITY – PLEASE TAKE A NOTE OF THESE COMMENTS

  160. Shivaraj Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    You said

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Interesting Point !!
    Please refer the below link to see the number of road accidents that Happened in SL over the past 30 years.
    http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/30/30-1-12.pd

    Do you still think that LTTE Killed less??????

    I am surprised by the fact of you trying to justify the killings done by LTTE.

    There also is a difference in the words used.
    1. Accident – meaning unintentional
    2. Killings – meaning intentional

    So, now you want to compare your Banana's and Coconuts to see how the LTTE killings could be better and justified than those who are killed on the road…

    WORLD COMMUNITY – PLEASE TAKE A NOTE OF THESE COMMENTS

  161. Singa Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
    you Said
    Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).
    2. I don't know Palith K personally,nor about such comment made by him – please do not refer us to tamilnet, because it's a rat's hole full of lies. Also, I don't think that Palitha K is so stupid to make such comment – i am sure he does not eat Banana's and fruits only.
    3. As per Hon. S. Kanagaratnam, it was the retarded Prabha who wanted to kill all those who wanted to cross over to army control area
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    So, I doubt anything else happened – if that was the case, Daya and George Masters also should have been killed.

    4. Why did not the SLA kill Prabha's Dad and Mom?? The mother died in a government hospital recently and there were basket's and baskets of flowers, food and clothing near her bed – guess who gifted them??? Singhalees who were traveling to Jaffna saying that it was not her faulth the son was a retard. You still wish to scold the Singhalees of the country ??

    See, we give a load of evidence from credible sources when we post here – you have nothing like that to say or do.

    What you guys say in all above posts and posts before in summary are

    1. Rajapakse is a liar
    2. Sri Lanka genocide state – kill all tamils
    3. 40,000 to 200,000 (still no proper figure) people were brutally killed by SLA during war
    4. SLA is trying to capture all lands in North
    5. LTTE are saints and their killings could be justified (the new addition)

    See any of your posts above if I am lying – this is all you say in various forms and plenty of words with copy paste articles – nothing else….

    So Whom do you want me to believe ?? (Specially after one of your fellow comrads said that killing of tamils of LTTE could be justified)

  162. Singa Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
    you Said
    Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).
    2. I don't know Palith K personally,nor about such comment made by him – please do not refer us to tamilnet, because it's a rat's hole full of lies. Also, I don't think that Palitha K is so stupid to make such comment – i am sure he does not eat Banana's and fruits only.
    3. As per Hon. S. Kanagaratnam, it was the retarded Prabha who wanted to kill all those who wanted to cross over to army control area
    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final

    So, I doubt anything else happened – if that was the case, Daya and George Masters also should have been killed.

    4. Why did not the SLA kill Prabha's Dad and Mom?? The mother died in a government hospital recently and there were basket's and baskets of flowers, food and clothing near her bed – guess who gifted them??? Singhalees who were traveling to Jaffna saying that it was not her faulth the son was a retard. You still wish to scold the Singhalees of the country ??

    See, we give a load of evidence from credible sources when we post here – you have nothing like that to say or do.

    What you guys say in all above posts and posts before in summary are

    1. Rajapakse is a liar
    2. Sri Lanka genocide state – kill all tamils
    3. 40,000 to 200,000 (still no proper figure) people were brutally killed by SLA during war
    4. SLA is trying to capture all lands in North
    5. LTTE are saints and their killings could be justified (the new addition)

    See any of your posts above if I am lying – this is all you say in various forms and plenty of words with copy paste articles – nothing else….

    So Whom do you want me to believe ?? (Specially after one of your fellow comrads said that killing of tamils of LTTE could be justified)

  163. 63 YEARS OF GENOCIDAL WAR ON TAMIL WOMEN HAS:
    • Disproportionately affected them in the context of sexual, physical and psychological violence
    • Inflicted untold sufferings and thousands of deaths
    • Used rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon to demoralize, terrorize communities and break families
    • caused the deterioration of essential health structures and has led to higher death counts of pregnant women
    • Increased cases of forced abortions and sterilization
    • Made millions of Tamils refugees, of whom 80 percent are women and children
    • Made 40,000 women war widows who are mostly impoverished and economically vulnerable (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
    • Continued amidst a culture of systemic impunity and has contributed to Sri Lanka being ranked the 3rd worst violator of women`s rights according to South Asia Human Rights Violators Index 2008

    Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army’s Weapon of War
    http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-sri-lankan-armys-weapon-war

    What did they do last two years even after killing over 50,000 in 2009?

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has “learnt lessons”
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of “tiger terror”

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    successive governments have turned the ‘Tamil question’ into a political football, vying with one anotherto gain the votes of the Sinhalese majority. Racism is now becoming institutionalised at every level. A recent survey by the Movement for Racial Justice and Equality showed that Sinhala schoolbooks stereotype the Tamils and provided children with only a partial, Sinhalese history of the country. The outbreaks of communal violence against Tamils are often incited by politicians cashing in on Sinhalese fears, suggesting that the Tamils are about to swamp the country and annihilate the Sinhalese Buddhist state forever.

  164. Aatish Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Rajash
    Well said

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

    Indeed well said !!

    Say that to my Neighbour who lost her Husband and almost her life (3 months in ICU) for the Dehiwela Train Blast in 1996. She is still struggeling with her life and commended for the stuggle she made to bring up her son (who is now a young man)

    Let me re-tinkle your memories.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiwala_train_bombi

    Be sad that I got down from Wellawatte station – the one before that.

    I also experienced the following, but, am lucky to be alive today to prove that it is you who are lying.

    1. Ceylinco Bomb – worked there at that time.
    2. 2 bombs in Slave Island (Army HQ – Got down from the train at SI station)
    3. Eye Hospital Junction Bomb – had changed jobs and had a car – just drove past when I heard the noise.
    4. Shooting at Lake House – Can't remember the year, but, was out after clubbing at Blue Elephant that night.

    So, me being in Colombo where the largest population is in, managed to escape 4 close calls. There are others who have had more experiences and some ofcourse less.

    BUT !! for you to say that SL population was never at any risk – dude, Close your rectum or people will actually get to know that you talk from it and will take you to a lab for testing purposes… !!

    Get a life you retard !

  165. Aatish Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Rajash
    Well said

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

    Indeed well said !!

    Say that to my Neighbour who lost her Husband and almost her life (3 months in ICU) for the Dehiwela Train Blast in 1996. She is still struggeling with her life and commended for the stuggle she made to bring up her son (who is now a young man)

    Let me re-tinkle your memories.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiwala_train_bombi

    Be sad that I got down from Wellawatte station – the one before that.

    I also experienced the following, but, am lucky to be alive today to prove that it is you who are lying.

    1. Ceylinco Bomb – worked there at that time.
    2. 2 bombs in Slave Island (Army HQ – Got down from the train at SI station)
    3. Eye Hospital Junction Bomb – had changed jobs and had a car – just drove past when I heard the noise.
    4. Shooting at Lake House – Can't remember the year, but, was out after clubbing at Blue Elephant that night.

    So, me being in Colombo where the largest population is in, managed to escape 4 close calls. There are others who have had more experiences and some ofcourse less.

    BUT !! for you to say that SL population was never at any risk – dude, Close your rectum or people will actually get to know that you talk from it and will take you to a lab for testing purposes… !!

    Get a life you retard !

  166. Rohan Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Hi Machan – Long time No see !!
    Small suggestion – just copy and paste the links – we will use the links to check the article – copying and pasting is a tedious task + wast of space neda?

    On of your posts said,
    Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    I never knew that the Jews and the Nazis had that good relationships.
    I have never heard of Nazi's giving food and clothing + accomodation to any Jew
    I had never heard of jews and Nazi's working in the same organization
    I have never heard of Jews being the CEO of a company and Nazi's working for such company.
    I have not heard of a Nazi marrying a Jew
    I also have not heard of Nazi's and Jews Partying together
    I don't know any Jew who has so many Nazi freinds in thei facebook friends list
    I am not sure whether Nazi's and Jews go to the same Temple / Kovil or Church and sit side by side during prayers
    I also don't know whether Nazi's and Jews got together to demolish Terrorism from Either Germany or Israel.

    Please do educate me on such activity machan. Great help – my knowladge on world history is so rubbish.

  167. The Human rights of Retards !

    Interesting Facts from HR report in 1994 – Amnesty – what action did you take with regard to these allegations – where was the UN then and where were the Pannels to carryout investigations ??

    In a communication dated 5 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur sent the following observations to the Government of Sri Lanka:

    "According to the information received, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have expelled all the Muslims from the areas in the north of the country under their control. They are also reported to have expropriated all the property of the Muslims and to have threatened them with death if they try to return.
    LTTE is also said to have severely restricted the freedom of movement of Tamils living in the areas under their control, to have demanded that any person wishing to travel outside those areas pay an
    'exit tax' and leave the whole of his or her property in escrow. Furthermore, in order to ensure that such persons return, often only one person per family is authorized to travel.

    The following are some of the practices adopted by LTTE with regard to the movement of persons:
    (a) A bond must be signed by a surety if a person wishes to leave the Jaffna peninsula.
    (b) At least one inmate of the house should always remain at home.
    (c) The house and property should be handed over to LTTE if all inmates seek to leave the area.
    (d) A penalty of Rs 100,000 should be paid to the LTTE in respect of each person in the family, if the entire family seeks to leave the peninsula for good. In addition, the house and property belonging to the family will also be confiscated.
    A levy of Rs 100 is reported to be charged by LTTE to issue a normal pass to a person leaving the Jaffna peninsula for a short period. Rs 500 is levied for an emergency pass.
    http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/6bd

    Please check the full report above !

    nd Hail those retarded Freedom Fighter who made life Hell for us !!

  168. The Human rights of Retards !

    Interesting Facts from HR report in 1994 – Amnesty – what action did you take with regard to these allegations – where was the UN then and where were the Pannels to carryout investigations ??

    In a communication dated 5 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur sent the following observations to the Government of Sri Lanka:

    "According to the information received, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have expelled all the Muslims from the areas in the north of the country under their control. They are also reported to have expropriated all the property of the Muslims and to have threatened them with death if they try to return.
    LTTE is also said to have severely restricted the freedom of movement of Tamils living in the areas under their control, to have demanded that any person wishing to travel outside those areas pay an
    'exit tax' and leave the whole of his or her property in escrow. Furthermore, in order to ensure that such persons return, often only one person per family is authorized to travel.

    The following are some of the practices adopted by LTTE with regard to the movement of persons:
    (a) A bond must be signed by a surety if a person wishes to leave the Jaffna peninsula.
    (b) At least one inmate of the house should always remain at home.
    (c) The house and property should be handed over to LTTE if all inmates seek to leave the area.
    (d) A penalty of Rs 100,000 should be paid to the LTTE in respect of each person in the family, if the entire family seeks to leave the peninsula for good. In addition, the house and property belonging to the family will also be confiscated.
    A levy of Rs 100 is reported to be charged by LTTE to issue a normal pass to a person leaving the Jaffna peninsula for a short period. Rs 500 is levied for an emergency pass.
    http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/6bd

    Please check the full report above !

    nd Hail those retarded Freedom Fighter who made life Hell for us !!

  169. Media protest Rajapaksa abuse of the Media

    Media rights groups protest blockage of pro-opposition news website, reporter's arrest in Sri Lanka

    International media rights groups are calling on Sri Lankan authorities to release a journalist arrested over an incorrect news report and to unblock his company's website.

    The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday's court order to detain the reporter and block pro-opposition news website LankaeNews was just the latest attempt by authorities to "silence an independent news outlet."
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar

  170. Rajapaksa forces Tamils to sign petition against UN

    Tamil civilians traveling in buses in Colombo are being forced to sign the petitions by extremist Sinhala elements, Mr. Srikantha, a Colombo based Tamil politician, told journalists in Jaffna at a press meeting
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  171. The UN report is a moral victory for the truth for the first time in SL.

    The victory is irreversible and will lead o justice through Truth and reconciliation and frndng peace through the establishment of two states in the island.

    The Sinhalese will learn and understand that inherently they can only be criminal to Tamils.

    And the world at large will realise that the Tamls can never ever live peacefully with the Tamils with mutual trust.

    Even after all the credible and concrete evidence before the GOSL they do not want to face the truth but say it as “flawed”, “illegal” “baseless” and so on.

    They are cowards unable to face the truth.

    This is disgraceful and dangerous for SL.

    Whatever the GOSL says the UN will move forward and punish the offenders, not the innocent Sinhala masses who were lied, cheated and tricked all the way through. Even now.

  172. Media protest Rajapaksa abuse of the Media

    Media rights groups protest blockage of pro-opposition news website, reporter's arrest in Sri Lanka

    International media rights groups are calling on Sri Lankan authorities to release a journalist arrested over an incorrect news report and to unblock his company's website.

    The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday's court order to detain the reporter and block pro-opposition news website LankaeNews was just the latest attempt by authorities to "silence an independent news outlet."
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar

  173. Media protest Rajapaksa abuse of the Media

    Media rights groups protest blockage of pro-opposition news website, reporter's arrest in Sri Lanka

    International media rights groups are calling on Sri Lankan authorities to release a journalist arrested over an incorrect news report and to unblock his company's website.

    The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday's court order to detain the reporter and block pro-opposition news website LankaeNews was just the latest attempt by authorities to "silence an independent news outlet."
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar

  174. Rajapaksa forces Tamils to sign petition against UN

    Tamil civilians traveling in buses in Colombo are being forced to sign the petitions by extremist Sinhala elements, Mr. Srikantha, a Colombo based Tamil politician, told journalists in Jaffna at a press meeting
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  175. Rajapaksa forces Tamils to sign petition against UN

    Tamil civilians traveling in buses in Colombo are being forced to sign the petitions by extremist Sinhala elements, Mr. Srikantha, a Colombo based Tamil politician, told journalists in Jaffna at a press meeting
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  176. Rip Van Winkle

    You wrote on April 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).

    ——————————

    Liar !!

    You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil civilians

  177. @Marianayagam:

    "You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil…"

    This is the problem with you Eelamtards. Constant and unrelenting lies 🙂 Where have Rip or I ever, celebrated anyone's death (except for Fatty Prabha)?

    Explain please, if your brains can do it, why the LTTE used Tamil civilians as human shields. I know its a difficult question, but at least try!

    Also, only 40,000 civilians? Earlier some other Eelamoron mentioned a figure of 50,000 and also 100,000. Why not 4,000,000 or 40?

  178. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tillakaratne-alleges-match-fixing-in-Sri-Lanka/Article1-690999.aspx

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  179. Rajash Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 10:42 am
    You Said

    Rip Van Winkle

    You are comparing bananas to coconuts !!

    Some unfortunate and very rare mistakes which were done by Tamil Freedom Fighters is minuscule compare to atrocious barbarism of the Sri Lanka Army .

    The Tamil Freedom Fighters minuscule mistakes were greatly exaggerated .

    Thanks for the LOL moment.!!

    When your retarded Freedom fighters killed Tamils it’s a reare Mistake and when they get caught in cross fire once during a battle to save the Tamils, the SLAshould be taken to HR courts??

    Dude – rare mistakes are that one would do once or twice and not repeat. LTTE retards killed Alfred Duraiappa in 1975 and their last kill was also a tamil during the final stages of the war and his/her name is that we never wold know of as tis person would have tried to escape the Human Shield. Common, you seriously want me to believe that the LTTE stood for Tamils??

    Indeed it is unfortuante that you think I am comparing Bana’s to coconut, but, I could not expect more from a bunch of unevolved apes than to talk of some fruits that grow on trees.

    Very sorry to see you feel that thousands of Tamils killed by LTTE is take as Unfortunate and (hilariously) rare mistakes… !!

    I hope the Tamils world over take a note of your retarded thought !

  180. Shivaraj Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    You said

    Do not exaggerate !! The Sinhalese have more chances to be caught in the fatal road accident than to be harm in any way by valiant Tamil Freedom Fighters !!

    Interesting Point !!
    Please refer the below link to see the number of road accidents that Happened in SL over the past 30 years.

    http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/30/30-1-12.pdf

    Do you still think that LTTE Killed less??????

    I am surprised by the fact of you trying to justify the killings done by LTTE.

    There also is a difference in the words used.
    1. Accident – meaning unintentional
    2. Killings – meaning intentional

    So, now you want to compare your Banana’s and Coconuts to see how the LTTE killings could be better and justified than those who are killed on the road…

    WORLD COMMUNITY – PLEASE TAKE A NOTE OF THESE COMMENTS

  181. Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop said that 150 000 Tamils from Vanni are missing. 40 000 were butchered by the Sri Lanka Army in the last days. I’m positive that Bloodthirsty Sinhalese soldiers eagerly target practiced on Tamil babies from Jaffna, Mannar, Trinco, Batti and other areas. So we can safely add another 100 000 . Rajapaksa is a butcher of the Tamil people, who killed 300 000 innocent women and children . Rajapaksa is the worst Mass Murderer !! He killed the most people in Sri Lanka

  182. Singa Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
    you Said
    Rip Van Winkle,
    How did you kill col ramesh???
    According to earlier information, Mr. Palitha Kohona had confirmed that the SLA had received Mr. Ramesh of Tamil Eelam Police, carrying a white flag

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).
    2. I don’t know Palith K personally,nor about such comment made by him – please do not refer us to tamilnet, because it’s a rat’s hole full of lies. Also, I don’t think that Palitha K is so stupid to make such comment – i am sure he does not eat Banana’s and fruits only.
    3. As per Hon. S. Kanagaratnam, it was the retarded Prabha who wanted to kill all those who wanted to cross over to army control area

    http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/04/19/final-days-vanni-600-tamils-shot-and-killed-stray-dogs-first-person-revelation

    So, I doubt anything else happened – if that was the case, Daya and George Masters also should have been killed.

    4. Why did not the SLA kill Prabha’s Dad and Mom?? The mother died in a government hospital recently and there were basket’s and baskets of flowers, food and clothing near her bed – guess who gifted them??? Singhalees who were traveling to Jaffna saying that it was not her faulth the son was a retard. You still wish to scold the Singhalees of the country ??

    See, we give a load of evidence from credible sources when we post here – you have nothing like that to say or do.

    What you guys say in all above posts and posts before in summary are

    1. Rajapakse is a liar
    2. Sri Lanka genocide state – kill all tamils
    3. 40,000 to 200,000 (still no proper figure) people were brutally killed by SLA during war
    4. SLA is trying to capture all lands in North
    5. LTTE are saints and their killings could be justified (the new addition)

    See any of your posts above if I am lying – this is all you say in various forms and plenty of words with copy paste articles – nothing else….

    So Whom do you want me to believe ?? (Specially after one of your fellow comrads said that killing of tamils of LTTE could be justified)

  183. Aatish Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Rajash
    Well said

    The majority of the Sri Lankan population were never at any risk from LTTE bombs.

    Indeed well said !!

    Say that to my Neighbour who lost her Husband and almost her life (3 months in ICU) for the Dehiwela Train Blast in 1996. She is still struggeling with her life and commended for the stuggle she made to bring up her son (who is now a young man)

    Let me re-tinkle your memories.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiwala_train_bombing-1996

    Be sad that I got down from Wellawatte station – the one before that.

    I also experienced the following, but, am lucky to be alive today to prove that it is you who are lying.

    1. Ceylinco Bomb – worked there at that time.
    2. 2 bombs in Slave Island (Army HQ – Got down from the train at SI station)
    3. Eye Hospital Junction Bomb – had changed jobs and had a car – just drove past when I heard the noise.
    4. Shooting at Lake House – Can’t remember the year, but, was out after clubbing at Blue Elephant that night.

    So, me being in Colombo where the largest population is in, managed to escape 4 close calls. There are others who have had more experiences and some ofcourse less.

    BUT !! for you to say that SL population was never at any risk – dude, Close your rectum or people will actually get to know that you talk from it and will take you to a lab for testing purposes… !!

    Get a life you retard !

  184. Rohan Says:

    April 28th, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Hi Machan – Long time No see !!
    Small suggestion – just copy and paste the links – we will use the links to check the article – copying and pasting is a tedious task + wast of space neda?

    On of your posts said,
    Asking the sinhalese to take care of tamils is exactly the same as asking nazis to take care of jews during world war 2

    I never knew that the Jews and the Nazis had that good relationships.
    I have never heard of Nazi’s giving food and clothing + accomodation to any Jew
    I had never heard of jews and Nazi’s working in the same organization
    I have never heard of Jews being the CEO of a company and Nazi’s working for such company.
    I have not heard of a Nazi marrying a Jew
    I also have not heard of Nazi’s and Jews Partying together
    I don’t know any Jew who has so many Nazi freinds in thei facebook friends list
    I am not sure whether Nazi’s and Jews go to the same Temple / Kovil or Church and sit side by side during prayers
    I also don’t know whether Nazi’s and Jews got together to demolish Terrorism from Either Germany or Israel.

    Please do educate me on such activity machan. Great help – my knowladge on world history is so rubbish.

  185. The Human rights of Retards !

    Interesting Facts from HR report in 1994 – Amnesty – what action did you take with regard to these allegations – where was the UN then and where were the Pannels to carryout investigations ??

    In a communication dated 5 September 1994, the Special Rapporteur sent the following observations to the Government of Sri Lanka:

    “According to the information received, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have expelled all the Muslims from the areas in the north of the country under their control. They are also reported to have expropriated all the property of the Muslims and to have threatened them with death if they try to return.
    LTTE is also said to have severely restricted the freedom of movement of Tamils living in the areas under their control, to have demanded that any person wishing to travel outside those areas pay an
    ‘exit tax’ and leave the whole of his or her property in escrow. Furthermore, in order to ensure that such persons return, often only one person per family is authorized to travel.

    The following are some of the practices adopted by LTTE with regard to the movement of persons:
    (a) A bond must be signed by a surety if a person wishes to leave the Jaffna peninsula.
    (b) At least one inmate of the house should always remain at home.
    (c) The house and property should be handed over to LTTE if all inmates seek to leave the area.
    (d) A penalty of Rs 100,000 should be paid to the LTTE in respect of each person in the family, if the entire family seeks to leave the peninsula for good. In addition, the house and property belonging to the family will also be confiscated.
    A levy of Rs 100 is reported to be charged by LTTE to issue a normal pass to a person leaving the Jaffna peninsula for a short period. Rs 500 is levied for an emergency pass.

    http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/6bdc202089eb97848025671a00590c8c?OpenDocument

    Please check the full report above !

    nd Hail those retarded Freedom Fighter who made life Hell for us !!

  186. Dhanwantri Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Slaughter of the Tamil prisoners by the most brutal Armed Force – the Sri Lanka Armed Force

    The World is surely going to believe you when they read the following post.
    http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/3/65353….
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/24/ex-ltte-

    This blog doesn't allow posting many links – so to make life easy for you, me, the readers and the AI editors – let me tell you the easy way to find out – Go to Google and type – " EX LTTE CARDERS REHABILITATION" you will get 2000 + results… ready through them – do something productive for once pls.

  187. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 5:57 am

    You say

    Liar !!

    You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil civilians

    1. I do not believe that there were 40,000 civilians killed, hence, no reason to celebrate a kill of 40,000 – also pls. discuss with your friends and arrive at a single figure that you could talk of – one said 200,000 and as per your theory, I should celebrate more if so.

    2. I have always said that even the LTTE carders who died at the battle were innocent Children and young ones who could have done better to the country and the people with a Working tool than a Gun. I call retards only to the LTTE chief bras and those like you have the same mentality – i.e. to Kill Any Tamil who are against you – I know for a fact that you will kill me if you met me, but, what's the bet that I will have a nice long chat with you over a coffee if I met you !!

    3. Prove – copy a single statement that I put down in any of the previous blogs even that made anyone think that I have celebrated the death of any innocent human – I will reveal my self to you and you can come and shoot me !!

    Best regards
    RIP VAN WINKLE !

  188. Namaste.

    1. When mahinda and his thugs did not and do not allow independent investigations into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils committed by them, no one other than the government themselves know the exact number of innocent Tamils who have been killed. The government however, does not release this information as it's stand is that not a single innocent Tamil was and is being harmed in Sri Lanka, despite the overwhelming evidence (which includes eye witness accounts, video and photographic evidence, etc). But as per government statistics, we can say that a minimum of 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed by the government forces (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/), and this is in the Vanni alone.

    Taking into account the people I myself know who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE), I can say without a hint of doubt that the number is well over 146,679. When you add to that the innocent Tamils being killed everyday AFTER the war ended, the number increases even more.

    3. The proof is in your last comment itself, in your first point. I quote:

    "I should celebrate more if so."

  189. Thambipillai Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 am

    The UN report is a moral victory for the truth for the first time in SL.
    Not necessarily – may be for you as you were similar to those who would cling on to a straw when getting washed down the stream !!

    The victory is irreversible
    The only victory that's irreversible is the death of Retarded LTTE Leader – which we clearly celebrate… Not the innocent..

    2 states in the Island – dream on – even if the UN punishes Rajapakse's there will be no peelam as India will be the first to oppose same.

    And the world at large will realise that the Tamls can never ever live peacefully with the Tamils with mutual trust.

    The above sentence of yours is a GEM !!
    I totally Agree – Tamils will have a huge issue in trusting even a fellow Tamil after your Retarded Masters killed So Many Tamils – I have posted the list of promonant Tamils that were killed by the LTTE many a times before – Google and You will know.

    They are cowards unable to face the truth.
    The only people I see who cannot face the truth are retards like you – Get over it – Prabha is dead !! He was a coward who used the very same people he told he would stand for as a human shield to sabe him self – the fat Retard was a coward – accept the truth – Good he is Dead and Gone – accept it !!

    Whatever the GOSL says the UN will move forward and punish the offenders,

    It is the very mass you are trying to be sympathetic to who are standing for Rajapakse's (Unfortunately) It was your retard who actually got Rajapakse in to power – If he had allowed the Jaffna people to vote in 2006, Ranil would have been the president and we would not have this economic difficulties. So, there again, it was you retards who screwed it for all Sri Lankans by getting Rajapakse in to power.

    Also dream on about UN punishing SL – The Baboon with the report himself has said that he cannot do anything without the approval of the rest of the member states or the security council – Bad News – Security council contains Russia and China with LOADS of POWER !!

  190. Dhanwantri Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Slaughter of the Tamil prisoners by the most brutal Armed Force – the Sri Lanka Armed Force

    The World is surely going to believe you when they read the following post.
    http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/3/65353….
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/24/ex-ltte-

    This blog doesn't allow posting many links – so to make life easy for you, me, the readers and the AI editors – let me tell you the easy way to find out – Go to Google and type – " EX LTTE CARDERS REHABILITATION" you will get 2000 + results… ready through them – do something productive for once pls.

  191. Dhanwantri Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Slaughter of the Tamil prisoners by the most brutal Armed Force – the Sri Lanka Armed Force

    The World is surely going to believe you when they read the following post.
    http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/3/65353….
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/24/ex-ltte-

    This blog doesn't allow posting many links – so to make life easy for you, me, the readers and the AI editors – let me tell you the easy way to find out – Go to Google and type – " EX LTTE CARDERS REHABILITATION" you will get 2000 + results… ready through them – do something productive for once pls.

  192. Nalan Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 8:33 am

    Nalan – when I said the LTTE Killed Tamils – I posted the names list of the famous kind and also gave evidence of the rest.

    When you say Rajapakse killed Tamils – you give no credible evidence – it is like the Artillery the Sri Lanka army fired to the Sea after the Battle was won – only sound no damage.

    You are the people whom in the English language are described as "ALL FART – NO SHIT" – Basically PUSS !!

  193. The UN report is a moral victory for the truth for the first time in SL.

    The victory is irreversible and will lead o justice through Truth and reconciliation and frndng peace through the establishment of two states in the island.

    The Sinhalese will learn and understand that inherently they can only be criminal to Tamils.

    And the world at large will realise that the Tamls can never ever live peacefully with the Tamils with mutual trust.

    Even after all the credible and concrete evidence before the GOSL they do not want to face the truth but say it as “flawed”, “illegal” “baseless” and so on.

    They are cowards unable to face the truth.

    This is disgraceful and dangerous for SL.

    Whatever the GOSL says the UN will move forward and punish the offenders, not the innocent Sinhala masses who were lied, cheated and tricked all the way through. Even now.

  194. Namaste.

    1. When mahinda and his thugs did not and do not allow independent investigations into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils committed by them, no one other than the government themselves know the exact number of innocent Tamils who have been killed. The government however, does not release this information as it's stand is that not a single innocent Tamil was and is being harmed in Sri Lanka, despite the overwhelming evidence (which includes eye witness accounts, video and photographic evidence, etc). But as per government statistics, we can say that a minimum of 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed by the government forces (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/), and this is in the Vanni alone.

    Taking into account the people I myself know who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE), I can say without a hint of doubt that the number is well over 146,679. When you add to that the innocent Tamils being killed everyday AFTER the war ended, the number increases even more.

    3. The proof is in your last comment itself, in your first point. I quote:

    "I should celebrate more if so."

  195. Namaste.

    1. When mahinda and his thugs did not and do not allow independent investigations into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils committed by them, no one other than the government themselves know the exact number of innocent Tamils who have been killed. The government however, does not release this information as it's stand is that not a single innocent Tamil was and is being harmed in Sri Lanka, despite the overwhelming evidence (which includes eye witness accounts, video and photographic evidence, etc). But as per government statistics, we can say that a minimum of 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed by the government forces (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/), and this is in the Vanni alone.

    Taking into account the people I myself know who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE), I can say without a hint of doubt that the number is well over 146,679. When you add to that the innocent Tamils being killed everyday AFTER the war ended, the number increases even more.

    3. The proof is in your last comment itself, in your first point. I quote:

    "I should celebrate more if so."

  196. Media protest Rajapaksa abuse of the Media

    Media rights groups protest blockage of pro-opposition news website, reporter’s arrest in Sri Lanka

    International media rights groups are calling on Sri Lankan authorities to release a journalist arrested over an incorrect news report and to unblock his company’s website.

    The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday’s court order to detain the reporter and block pro-opposition news website LankaeNews was just the latest attempt by authorities to “silence an independent news outlet.”

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jRnNHLyJo_2li813nHDXGzsS0-PQ?docId=6702253

  197. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am , you brought Asian Tribune, S. Kanagaratnam is govrnment detainee, leave him outside the country, let him speak.

    Mr. Rajasinghham a former journalist turned politician and according to Sri Lankan press, he was on permanent payroll of Sri Lankan intelligence agency.

    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

  198. Rip Van Winkle

    I find it hilarious !!

    I laugh aloud at your silly machinations to hide the mass slaughter of Tamil combatants.

    Thousands of Tamil mothers, Tamil wives, Tamil children are crying for their love ones .

    Two years pass by and no has the list of prisoners despite constant promises.

    And like ALL promises in the Rajapaksa Government.

    The promises are always broken

  199. Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop said that 146,679 Tamils from Vanni are missing.

    40 000 were butchered by the Sri Lanka Army in the last days.

    I’m positive that Bloodthirsty Sinhalese soldiers eagerly target practiced on Tamil babies from Jaffna, Mannar, Trinco, Batti and other areas.

    So we can safely add another 100 000 .

    Rajapaksa is a butcher of the Tamil people, who killed 300 000 innocent women and children .

    Rajapaksa is the worst Mass Murderer !!

    He killed the most people in Sri Lanka

  200. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Again all I see is Blah Blah Blah – where is evidence ?
    You are basically harping on something you have heard from an external source which you tend to overwhelmingly believe.

    We are here – we see what's happening and we report the exact situation. I can show to you hundreds of made up videos and I can write stories very well while hallucinating on Sri Lankan Army killing thousands of Tamils just in an instant… But, that is not the fact or the truth.

    Here is the truth…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    If the retarded LTTE leadership can brutally assassinate these Tamils without having any kind of heart, why should I not believe that the same Retarde leadership actually ordered to shoot innocent Tamil Civilians who were trying to to escape to government control areas ?? We also have UAV video evidence to prove it – go on youtube and watch it over and over again for your P Brains to get a hang of it.

    Maria – If you are serious about getting those innocent Tamils of the North to live a happy life, the best thing you could do is to SHUT UP… Seriously – trust me on this because I am not talking for Rajapakse here, but for a set of innocent people who have suffered enough.

  201. Rip Van Winkle

    You wrote on April 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am

    1. I am not with the forces and I did not kill Ramesh or have not killed any living thing other than Moquitos, a few Ants (Mistakenly).

    ——————————

    Liar !!

    You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil civilians

  202. Fiction and Fact

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government repeatedly said heavy weapons were not used in the safe-zone.

    Fact: Evidence from the UN clearly shows that the Sri-Lankan military used heavy weapons in the safe-zone.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that there were less than 100,000 civilians in the war-zone. It also criticized the UN and aid agencies for overstating the number of civilians in the war-zone.

    Fact: More than 250,000 civilians escaped from the war-zone. Another 100,000 are still unaccounted for.

    “The Sri Lankan government has consistently curtailed international assistance and monitoring based on assertions that it has the situation in hand. But a quick look at their own statements shows a pattern of MISREPRESENTING the FACTS. That is why it is so important to ensure that there are independent, international monitors who can provide an accurate picture of the situation on the ground.” Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific director.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that NO civilian was killed by the military.

    Fact: Tens of thousands of civilians died in the final phase of Sri Lanka's civil war – most of them killed in shelling by government forces, a UN panel says.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that it did not bomb hospitals in the war zone.

    Fact: The UN panel found credible allegations of serious violations committed by the Sri-Lankan government including:

    * Killing of civilians through widespread shelling

    * Shelling of hospitals

    * Human rights violations against civilians, media personnel and government critics.

    The Sri-Lankan government has refused to allow access to international media organisations and independent observers to the North of the country. It is still denying free access. It should be clear to anyone that the reason for this is simple: The government does not want anyone to find what actually happened there.

    The International Community should stop listening to the nonsense from the regime in Colombo. It is time to ACT and to bring all the WAR CRIMINALS to book.

  203. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    1. Please read the first point in the comment you replied to again and go through the evidence provided again.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    Lasantha is not related to the article in any way. In fact, I believe he was killed by mahinda's thugs at the time the article was written. Rayappu Joseph is who speaks out in the article.

    As for the bodies, do you really think that it's difficult to dispose of them when no independent investigations are allowed? Government forces have in the past been very successful in burying the bodies of innocents they killed in mass graves (for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmani_mass_graves…. Now that there is no democracy whatsoever in Sri Lanka, hiding bodies is a simple task.

    Like I said in my previous comment, while the LTTE did commit war crimes, as evidence shows, the government forces have killed more innocents than the LTTE has during their entire existence.

    There's overwhelming evidence to support this, which includes eye witness accounts, photographic and video evidence.

    Besides, I myself know many people who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I know for a fact that the government forces did kill innocent Tamils intentionally.

  204. Singa Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am

    S. Kanagaratnam is no longer a government detainee – If you say so, that means you have not read the article properly.

    So, now you talk about Mr. Rajasingham who is a Tamil and who apparently owns the Asian Tribune. In the article you posted it self you say that Mr. Rajasingham – A Tamil – was under threat from the LTTE !!

    So you Idiot – I ask again – How can you call LTTE an organization that stood for Tamils ???? Now we see another evidence of a Tamil Fleeing fearing LTTE.

    If I am not mistaken, I remember your fellow copy paste blogger ROHAN pasting many articles from Asian Tribune to discredit the GOSL. So, I wonder how Asian tribune was unbiased and good at that point and had suddenly become dubious because they published Kanagaratnam's statements.

    Is Tamilnet the only credible information source for you????? My deepest sympathies if so..

    See it's ranks against some credible news sites…
    http://windsthatchanged.blogspot.com/2010/08/tami

    Guys – You need to be solid and paint the same picture and be very strong in it if you really need to prove anything. When you have adhoc posts like someone farting, the posts you make does not make sense. There is no uniformity in the posts you guys make – you all talk different… and all sound Rubbish.

  205. @Marianayagam:

    “You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil…”

    This is the problem with you Eelamtards. Constant and unrelenting lies 🙂 Where have Rip or I ever, celebrated anyone’s death (except for Fatty Prabha)?

    Explain please, if your brains can do it, why the LTTE used Tamil civilians as human shields. I know its a difficult question, but at least try!

    Also, only 40,000 civilians? Earlier some other Eelamoron mentioned a figure of 50,000 and also 100,000. Why not 4,000,000 or 40?

  206. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    There were UN (along with Red Cross) aid workers who were present during the war. Some of these aid workers were attacked by the government forces as well: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes

    The UN says that the government forces killed ATLEAST 40,000 innocents, not 6,500. But I know for a fact that the number is in the hundreds of thousands.

    UN and Red Cross aid workers themselves say that government forces shelled at the hospitals they were working at (yes, they're referring to the makeshift hospitals in tents and the like). Government forces also fired at a Red Cross aid ship.

    No medical supplies reached the innocents injured. The government forces blocked medical supplies (the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the conflict attest to this) from reaching the innocents.

    Please go through the UN report.

  207. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am , you brought Asian Tribune, S. Kanagaratnam is govrnment detainee, leave him outside the country, let him speak.

    Mr. Rajasinghham a former journalist turned politician and according to Sri Lankan press, he was on permanent payroll of Sri Lankan intelligence agency.

    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

  208. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:34 am , you brought Asian Tribune, S. Kanagaratnam is govrnment detainee, leave him outside the country, let him speak.

    Mr. Rajasinghham a former journalist turned politician and according to Sri Lankan press, he was on permanent payroll of Sri Lankan intelligence agency.

    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

  209. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Again all I see is Blah Blah Blah – where is evidence ?
    You are basically harping on something you have heard from an external source which you tend to overwhelmingly believe.

    We are here – we see what's happening and we report the exact situation. I can show to you hundreds of made up videos and I can write stories very well while hallucinating on Sri Lankan Army killing thousands of Tamils just in an instant… But, that is not the fact or the truth.

    Here is the truth…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    If the retarded LTTE leadership can brutally assassinate these Tamils without having any kind of heart, why should I not believe that the same Retarde leadership actually ordered to shoot innocent Tamil Civilians who were trying to to escape to government control areas ?? We also have UAV video evidence to prove it – go on youtube and watch it over and over again for your P Brains to get a hang of it.

    Maria – If you are serious about getting those innocent Tamils of the North to live a happy life, the best thing you could do is to SHUT UP… Seriously – trust me on this because I am not talking for Rajapakse here, but for a set of innocent people who have suffered enough.

  210. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Again all I see is Blah Blah Blah – where is evidence ?
    You are basically harping on something you have heard from an external source which you tend to overwhelmingly believe.

    We are here – we see what's happening and we report the exact situation. I can show to you hundreds of made up videos and I can write stories very well while hallucinating on Sri Lankan Army killing thousands of Tamils just in an instant… But, that is not the fact or the truth.

    Here is the truth…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    If the retarded LTTE leadership can brutally assassinate these Tamils without having any kind of heart, why should I not believe that the same Retarde leadership actually ordered to shoot innocent Tamil Civilians who were trying to to escape to government control areas ?? We also have UAV video evidence to prove it – go on youtube and watch it over and over again for your P Brains to get a hang of it.

    Maria – If you are serious about getting those innocent Tamils of the North to live a happy life, the best thing you could do is to SHUT UP… Seriously – trust me on this because I am not talking for Rajapakse here, but for a set of innocent people who have suffered enough.

  211. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:34 am

    1. Please give us a link to the government web site that says that they accept that they killed 146,679 civilians.. (First of all, where are the bodies?)
    With all due respect to a great journalist in Lasantha, his issue was that he wrote stuff against the government due to political reasons and wrote without facts hiding behind the immunity provided to journalists. Def. was unfortunate and the GOSL should be held responsible for his death by all means. Let's fight for him together if you wish.

    The fact is that Lasantha nor any of his fellow editors didn't have a clue of what happened there either. I don't agree with the GOSL when they say that there were zero casualties because that is bloody absurd and any donkey would know that it never could happen. The very mistake the Rajapakse's did was to say that there were 0 casualties. Obviously you cannot win a war without a few civilians being killed, and on this occasion, it is Retarded Prabha who should be held responsible for making a human shield out of the innocent and not the government.

    I cannot see a point number 2 so let me go to your point number 3.

    3. Read what I have said before the words "I should celebrate more" – If you cannot understand, get your English speaking neighbour to read it and explain to you what I have said.

  212. Ravi Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Fiction and Fact

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government repeatedly said heavy weapons were not used in the safe-zone.

    Fact:How can UN have any kind of evidence when none of them were here to experience what happened?

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that there were less than 100,000 civilians in the war-zone. It also criticized the UN and aid agencies for overstating the number of civilians in the war-zone.

    Fact: GOSL never mentioned 100,000 – it was 350,000 – yes, all of them were held hostage by the retard.

    Amnesty or anybody could say anything, but, the fact is that if there were external parties in the war zone, the war would have gone on forever – who was going to guaranty their safety ?? For all you know, the retarded Prabha would have held the Amnesty guys Hostage too.

    Guys – also don't forget that Amnesty have clearly mentioned that the retards of LTTE did kill Tamils – so if you are denying it, you are denying an Amnesty International report yourselves

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that NO civilian was killed by the military.

    Fact: Bull Shit – GOSL are Mad to say so – there def. were civilian deaths and deaths cause by the LTTE retards to the civilians too. I am sorry I cannot find the video where a Pregnant Suicide Bomber blows herself off at an army receiving point – where those who escaped LTTE were received by the Army. So, Def. the LTTE killed civilians and I am pretty sure that the government firing killed many too. UN says 6,500. I don't know any other report that says else-wise from any credible source.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that it did not bomb hospitals in the war zone.

    Fact: Indeed they did…. The fact was that they were no longer Hospitals – they were LTTE gun points – the Hospitals had already shifted to houses or tents and the wounded were LTTE fighters and not innocent civilians. Also mind that the medicine used were all Free Supplies from the Government of Sri Lanka – that's how the GOSL treated the enemy – Does USA drop Medicine to Taliban fighters ??

    We all know that the LTTE used religious locations, schools and hospitals to fix their artillery – now that is something human for you I guess.

    Indeed the international community should not listen to the government alone – at the same time, they should not listen to you retards alone either.

    Fact – If Mahinda managed to keep the USA and UK in his good books, there would have been no HR issues of any kind against Sri Lanka.

    Fact 2 – Mahinda is in a way an Idiot not to get in to the good books of the USA & UK.

  213. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    1. Please read the first point in the comment you replied to again and go through the evidence provided again.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    Lasantha is not related to the article in any way. In fact, I believe he was killed by mahinda's thugs at the time the article was written. Rayappu Joseph is who speaks out in the article.

    As for the bodies, do you really think that it's difficult to dispose of them when no independent investigations are allowed? Government forces have in the past been very successful in burying the bodies of innocents they killed in mass graves (for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmani_mass_graves…. Now that there is no democracy whatsoever in Sri Lanka, hiding bodies is a simple task.

    Like I said in my previous comment, while the LTTE did commit war crimes, as evidence shows, the government forces have killed more innocents than the LTTE has during their entire existence.

    There's overwhelming evidence to support this, which includes eye witness accounts, photographic and video evidence.

    Besides, I myself know many people who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I know for a fact that the government forces did kill innocent Tamils intentionally.

  214. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    1. Please read the first point in the comment you replied to again and go through the evidence provided again.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    Lasantha is not related to the article in any way. In fact, I believe he was killed by mahinda's thugs at the time the article was written. Rayappu Joseph is who speaks out in the article.

    As for the bodies, do you really think that it's difficult to dispose of them when no independent investigations are allowed? Government forces have in the past been very successful in burying the bodies of innocents they killed in mass graves (for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmani_mass_graves…. Now that there is no democracy whatsoever in Sri Lanka, hiding bodies is a simple task.

    Like I said in my previous comment, while the LTTE did commit war crimes, as evidence shows, the government forces have killed more innocents than the LTTE has during their entire existence.

    There's overwhelming evidence to support this, which includes eye witness accounts, photographic and video evidence.

    Besides, I myself know many people who've lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I know for a fact that the government forces did kill innocent Tamils intentionally.

  215. Singa Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am

    S. Kanagaratnam is no longer a government detainee – If you say so, that means you have not read the article properly.

    So, now you talk about Mr. Rajasingham who is a Tamil and who apparently owns the Asian Tribune. In the article you posted it self you say that Mr. Rajasingham – A Tamil – was under threat from the LTTE !!

    So you Idiot – I ask again – How can you call LTTE an organization that stood for Tamils ???? Now we see another evidence of a Tamil Fleeing fearing LTTE.

    If I am not mistaken, I remember your fellow copy paste blogger ROHAN pasting many articles from Asian Tribune to discredit the GOSL. So, I wonder how Asian tribune was unbiased and good at that point and had suddenly become dubious because they published Kanagaratnam's statements.

    Is Tamilnet the only credible information source for you????? My deepest sympathies if so..

    See it's ranks against some credible news sites…
    http://windsthatchanged.blogspot.com/2010/08/tami

    Guys – You need to be solid and paint the same picture and be very strong in it if you really need to prove anything. When you have adhoc posts like someone farting, the posts you make does not make sense. There is no uniformity in the posts you guys make – you all talk different… and all sound Rubbish.

  216. Singa Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am

    S. Kanagaratnam is no longer a government detainee – If you say so, that means you have not read the article properly.

    So, now you talk about Mr. Rajasingham who is a Tamil and who apparently owns the Asian Tribune. In the article you posted it self you say that Mr. Rajasingham – A Tamil – was under threat from the LTTE !!

    So you Idiot – I ask again – How can you call LTTE an organization that stood for Tamils ???? Now we see another evidence of a Tamil Fleeing fearing LTTE.

    If I am not mistaken, I remember your fellow copy paste blogger ROHAN pasting many articles from Asian Tribune to discredit the GOSL. So, I wonder how Asian tribune was unbiased and good at that point and had suddenly become dubious because they published Kanagaratnam's statements.

    Is Tamilnet the only credible information source for you????? My deepest sympathies if so..

    See it's ranks against some credible news sites…
    http://windsthatchanged.blogspot.com/2010/08/tami

    Guys – You need to be solid and paint the same picture and be very strong in it if you really need to prove anything. When you have adhoc posts like someone farting, the posts you make does not make sense. There is no uniformity in the posts you guys make – you all talk different… and all sound Rubbish.

  217. For the Sri Lankan government to be seen credible will its ministers answers the obvious that they foolishly deny?

    1. 'Zero civilian casualty' in the war
    2. Claiming only 70,000 civilians caught within the 'NFZ' whereas more than 300,000 escaped and countless killed.
    3. The need to separate children, husbands and wives from the tormented and starved civilians who escaped at the end and intern them behind barbed wires for more than an year.
    4. The need to deploy Sinhalese speaking army in the Tamil areas even after crushing LTTE and no incident of violence from LTTE is reported.
    5. The need to maintain Emergency regulations and Anti-Terrorism law even now when there is no rebels action anywhere in the country.
    6. Why cannot the independent reporters and foreigners be allowed to visit the North and see for themselves the conditions the civilians live under and how they are treated by the army and police.
    7. Why should the army insist they present in any ceremony held in the north and monitor what Tamils speak or do among themselves?
    Why cannot the Tamil MPs be allowed to inspect and talk to the LTTE 'suspects' held in camps, because they were already duped 3 times.

  218. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    There were UN (along with Red Cross) aid workers who were present during the war. Some of these aid workers were attacked by the government forces as well: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes

    The UN says that the government forces killed ATLEAST 40,000 innocents, not 6,500. But I know for a fact that the number is in the hundreds of thousands.

    UN and Red Cross aid workers themselves say that government forces shelled at the hospitals they were working at (yes, they're referring to the makeshift hospitals in tents and the like). Government forces also fired at a Red Cross aid ship.

    No medical supplies reached the innocents injured. The government forces blocked medical supplies (the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the conflict attest to this) from reaching the innocents.

    Please go through the UN report.

  219. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    There were UN (along with Red Cross) aid workers who were present during the war. Some of these aid workers were attacked by the government forces as well: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes

    The UN says that the government forces killed ATLEAST 40,000 innocents, not 6,500. But I know for a fact that the number is in the hundreds of thousands.

    UN and Red Cross aid workers themselves say that government forces shelled at the hospitals they were working at (yes, they're referring to the makeshift hospitals in tents and the like). Government forces also fired at a Red Cross aid ship.

    No medical supplies reached the innocents injured. The government forces blocked medical supplies (the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the conflict attest to this) from reaching the innocents.

    Please go through the UN report.

  220. @Rip Van Winkle,

    No one is denying that the LTTE committed war crimes. However, evidence shows that the government forces killed more innocent people than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    Video evidence of innocent Tamils being executed by Sri Lankan government forces:

    youtube . com/watch?v=snHz4TUPNts (remove all spaces)

    youtube . com/watch?v=kLbxFi_8uAA (remove all spaces)

    Let’s not forget Dr. Manoharan’s son who was killed by the Sri Lankan government forces:

    youtube . com/watch?v=ElNAsxuLQpI (remove all spaces)

    The suffering that Tamils have to go through at the hands of government forces to this day (almost two years since the end of the war):

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove all spaces)

    Oh and I live in Sri Lanka and I know people who witnessed the war. Among these people are those who lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any connections to the LTTE). I also know of Tamils who’ve been killed recently for no reason other than racism at the hands of government forces.

    Considering how Tamils are, to this day, being abducted, tortured, raped and killed for no reason (ethnic cleansing), ‘shutting up’ as you say would only worsen the suffering these people are forced to go through on a daily basis due to the actions of the government and government forces.

    If you truly cared for these people, you’d be fighting for those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being carried out to be prosecuted and punished.

  221. NG THIS BUTCHER & CO THE CARD BOARD KING OF SRI LANKA TO THE ICC PRISON AT THE HAGUE.

    MODAYS ARE NOT AWARE THAT JUST FEW WEEKS AGO ICC HAS SENTENCED A CROTIAN GENERAL FOR 55 YEARS PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN ETHINIC CLEANSING.

    EVEN YOUR BUDDHA CANT SAVE THE CARD BOARD KING TO DAY.

    RUSSIA AND CHINA ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR BUTCHERS AND AT THE LAST MOMENT THEY WILL DITCH THEM EXAMPLES: SUDAN OMAR AND LIBYA GADDAFI.

  222. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    First of all – Thank you – I am finally conversing with someone than replying to copy and paste articles.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    I am not sure how you got access to such stats from Vanni, but, I am sure that even if that's the case it will contain details of the number of people killed by the LTTE – we ould not know for sure who was killed by whom. One of the better evidence we have is what Mr. Kanagaratnam, Daya Master and George master says – there also were many confessions made by Ex. LTTE carders who are undergoing rehabilitation and many child solfiers who actually are studying in Colombo with other children who says that it was LTTE who killed the civilians. – See I tell you what I hear from the horses mouth itself – what you say is what you heard from another source. Telling that these guys are under government parole is lame – Isn't there a single person who will have a spine to say that the others are lying ?? Rubish Machan.. I have loads of friends (Tamil) who know the actual situation and who's parents and siblings were caught in the situation – They all are happy that the LTTE is gone.

    I would not argue with you on Lasantha and his Killing – utter shame !

    As for the mass graves – thanks for posting the link.
    The article clearly says that the Army guy who raped that innocent girl was sent to Jail and there were no bodies as initially thought – which means that the army guy was lying or someone was lying. so, there were only 15 bodies as oppose to 400 as initially thought of – will this not be the case of your 40,000 dead personnel during war ?? Somebody is messing up with numbers somewhere.

    Anyways, also think of it like this – You can definitely have a mass grave for 20-50 bodies – but, cummon, how much of land area do you think you need to hide 100,000 bodies?? Di you think that someone could seriously hide such a mass grave??? Let's think logical here mate !

    Machan – U also say that government killed more civilians than the LTTE did during the whole time.
    1. Thanks for accepting the LTTE did kill innocent.
    2. where are the stats??

    Machan – we are talking about a legally elected government who is responsible for their acts as oppose to a world branded terrorist organization which was not accountable for anything they did from any party. Whom do I believe? We both know that USA would have been on GOSL side if Mahinda had a little bit more training on diplomacy and there would have been no one to bother about the war – It did happen initially ya? When USA was helping SL… If Mahinda had continued the relationship, it would have been different.

    I am also telling you stories from eye witness accounts – I am not making them up or pointing government stats only to prove a point. I have met many of them myself too. But, the stories I hear are more in line with the GOSL than the LTTE supporters.

    As per your last parah, I cannot fathom as to why the government should kill civilians just for nothing. There should be some reason – I am not saying that the government would have let people go or send some to jail if they got to know that they had ties with LTTE – There might have been instances where some would have been killed – USA would defa do it to Thaliban guys and this part I guess is kinda understood when it comes to war situations though you cannot justify it from a HR point of view. However, there is no requirement to kill anyone who doesn't pose a threat to another ya? I mean, there are many Tamils who are with the government as we post here and the government loves them for obvious reasons. So, neutral guys would always live.
    Anyways – thanks once again for the conversation and please, let's do continue if you have a different point of view.

  223. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    Your somehow wriggled under the sari of MR's wife and now you have done the same thing with AI

    Mahinda Rajapaksa is no President; he has lost all capacity to differentiate between Black and White; Good and Bad; Pretty and Ugly; brains and brawns.

  224. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Hi Again… (bit sleepy now)

    I have not heard of a UN report that say 40,000 were killed – please elucidate me on same.

    As per the medical aids, there were tons of medicine that was found after the war which were sent over to northern hospitals, but, never reached the hospitals but the LTTE bunkers.

    Machan – can we not seriously agree that the LTTE was a menace to Tamil people ?? At least the GOSL did not force people to join army and take ransom for not doing so. Do you seriously think that all who were fighting in the north did so willingly? Trust me, they are at peace now – let them be – paw machan – they suffered enough.

  225. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    About UN report and justice

    If your mother sister and brothers
    massacred and raped,
    would you keep the same line?

    I want justice for my families sufferings !

    Whoever harmed my family brought to justice!

    My priorities are accountability and justice!

    It’s alright for outsiders to preach what is best

    But they haven't suffered or now suffering?

  226. Latika,

    I don't think we would fancy wriggling under a sari of a 60 year old woman, would not mind if it was a bit younger than that and was a mini skirt instead of a sari – LOL!

    LEt's not argue about MR's presidency.. Baseless noh?

    Cheers !!

  227. Chellah,

    My Uncle who was a Tamil was killed by the LTTE – so I think I have answered your question direct and right. I feel for the other Tamils who had to go through the same shit too … So don't come to preach to me… I am sorry if you had any kind of a loss, but, I hope you would feel sorry for my loss too…

    Bottom line is that LTTE did kill many Tamils…. So I am not prepared to white wash them for any reason what so ever… They were terrorists and the retarded leader had only one thing in mind – To have a country to rule for himself – he did not care for you guys men. He only had his personnel agenda – If he did care for you, he would have been untouchable. His downfall was that he did not care of his own kind.

  228. Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop said that 150 000 Tamils from Vanni are missing. 40 000 were butchered by the Sri Lanka Army in the last days. I’m positive that Bloodthirsty Sinhalese soldiers eagerly target practiced on Tamil babies from Jaffna, Mannar, Trinco, Batti and other areas. So we can safely add another 100 000 . Rajapaksa is a butcher of the Tamil people, who killed 300 000 innocent women and children . Rajapaksa is the worst Mass Murderer !! He killed the most people in Sri Lanka

  229. Time has come for the sensible respectable law abiding Sinhalese to get the Sri Lanka out of the grip of an authoritative /dictatorial government which is hellbent on ruling the country by instilling fear into it's citizens.

    The current regime is doing to the same on ENTIRE country's population.
    Media,Judiciary,election commissioner and security services are all under rigid control by one family members.

    God safe Lanka.

  230. Any national reconciliation process should not leave any stone unturned in our long and violent history since independence.

    But I would like to point out the limited mandate of the Un advisory panel. They were asked to look into “accountability and obligations arising from the last stages of the war".

    I also believe they have given a platform to all the allegations against both parties in the conflict".

  231. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    The UN report can be found here: http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Sri_Lanka/POE_R

    UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the war say that medical supplies were prevented from reaching the injured innocents by the government forces. The government saying that the medical aid provided by them went to the LTTE seems like a convenient way of hiding the fact that government forces blocked medical supplies from reaching injured innocents. After all, with the media powerless and independent investigations not being allowed, the masses wouldn't know any better.

    As for the LTTE, they would never even have come to existence if the majority of the Sinhalese people hadn't been discriminating against Tamils. During the 1940s S.J.V. Selvanayagam headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle to bring a political solution to the Tamils in Sri Lanka (which did not involve dividing the country), but the Sinhala extremists responded with violence. The LTTE stood up for a good cause, but the power corrupted the leaders which caused them to gradually lose focus of their goal.

    However, the LTTE was the only thing preventing the government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it is doing today. Now that there's no resistance, the government abducts, tortures, rapes and kills Tamils as they wish.

    They are NOT at peace now. The Tamils that the government forces didn't kill are being held in concentration camps where hundreds of people die EACH DAY due to starvation, lack of medical care, etc. The people who refuse to be held in these camps are homeless as their homes have either been destroyed or taken away from them by the government forces. Shops, businesses and other possessions have been taken away from Tamils by government forces by force. Not just that, but there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day, despite the war being over for almost two years now. Proof?

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove spaces)

  232. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Machan – If you are living in SL, we can't be hearing 2 different stories noh? Why should I lie and not fight with you if I am hearing the same stories as you do??

    Have you visited Hindu Collage recently? If you are in Colombo, visit the innocent child soldiers and listen to them. If you have a heart, you will tear. We had wonderful childhoods machan… Had parents to take us wherever we wanted, give all the food we asked for, carnivals, sports activities etc.. These innocent guys only got pulled from their parents and given a gun with a Cyanide capsule around the neck – Duka Nedda?? (R U not feeling sad?)

    Some are studying well machan – a few bright cases. I am sure they can turn out to be some good professionals in due course. I will support them till end if so – pls. do if you can too. Some don't have parents – LTTE had killed because they refused to give the child to the LTTE army. Sin Machan..

    Also, if there was Ethnic Cleansing, how can you be alive (if U R in SL?).. As we talk, there are close to 1.8 million Tamils living in this country without an issue ya? Not being killed !! So, why make false statements of Ethnic cleansing and genocide?

  233. Selvan Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    I totally agree with your post – UN should look at the happenings from 1956 to-date and realise what has happened, how the reconciliation process happened, what atrocities were carried out etc.

    This is exactly what we tell UN and AI too – not to put out a report just for the sake of doing it.

  234. ALL THESE DAYS MODAYA LEADER HAS FOOLED THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT THERE WERE NO HUMAN CASUALTIES AND EVERYONE INCLUDING ECONOMIST BELIEVED THIS.

    MODAYAS TOLD THE WORLD THAT THERE WERE ONLY 5000 PEOPLE IN MULLAITIVU BUT LATER THEY HAVE ASKED HELP FROM UN FOR OVER 300,000 PEOPLE.

    TRUTH IS OVER 100,000 ARE MISSING.

    NOT ONLY THE MODAYA LEADER BUT ALSO THE UN HAVE TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS MASSCARE.

    MODAYA LEADER & CO HAVE LOST SLEEP.

  235. The Sinhalese majority community who elect the Sri Lankan Government suffer from these diseases:

    2.1 Rape

    2.2 Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment
    2.3 Failure to collect and care for the wounded and sick

    (a) Serious violations of Common Article 3, including violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, including rape; outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment and failure to collect and care for the wounded and sick;

    (b) International attacks on civilians.

    (c) Indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilians;

    (d) Attacks on medical and humanitarian objects, including humanitarian convoys and Red Cross – designated facilities.

    (e) Starvation of the population and denial of humanitarian relief; and

    (f) Enforced disappearances.

  236. It is really ultra nationalistic fury to the point of absurdity to back up a false sense of pride uner so-called "sovereignty" which has been stolen like daylight robbery fron the ethnic and religious minorities of the country carefully planned and executed over 63+ years of so-called independence

    Even under its unilateral constitution of 1971 to all revisions to the present day, in theory at least, sovereignty lies with the "people", not with govrnments. It did not and still does in theory lie only with the Sinhala people, but with all the communities-the Sinhalas, the Tamils, the Muslims, and others like the remnant Burghers, and the rest, who together agreed to seek independence from Britain under the Soulbury Constitution in Feb.1948.

    Since that day what has happened is unending turmoil of gerrymandering constitutions after the Sinhala Only language Act of 1956 accompanied by cyclical agitation of the peaceful kind by Tamil political parties accompanied by Sinhala mob riots every few years and violence of all sorts by thugs, incuding even the police and military elements against Tamil people inspired by monks and politcians. The Sinhala Only and Buddhism foremost provisons under the unilateral 1971 et al Constitutions ending with the 1978 constitution as well as accompanying riots and violence against Tamil people coupled with crude abandonment of peace accords reached with Governments of the day to settle the never ending language,ethnic and religious strife and riots cum pogroms were always scuttled by the very gevernments due to political opposition of both the two major Sinhala political parties-the UNP and the SLFP-from the south in a never ending cascade of political failures. Invariably language, ethnic and religion based issues were the major determinants of who wins the next election under "majoritarian democracy" at every election from 1956 to 2009! Due to intense political frustration and opposition from the Tamil youths who bore the brunt of discrimination, rising unemployment, alck of opportunities coupled with violence of all sorts against Tamils the old guard Tamil politicians opted to go to the polls in 1977 on a premise to switch from "federalism" and seek "a separate state of Eelam" from their electorates. They won unanimously. And it was opposed tooth and nail by the UNP government who with Sinhala support from other parties from the south, except the left parties, banned any such move by law.

  237. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    This is why you need to go through the evidence provided before bringing an argument.

    It was not me who got hold of the statistics from the Vanni District Office, it was Rayappu Joseph.

    The 146,679 people were definitely killed by government forces because when the total population figure was obtained (October 2008) the majority of Vanni had been under government control.

    As for Kanagaratnam, Daya Master and other ex-LTTE members, let me tell you something. The government forces did not spare a single LTTE member who did not wish to become their puppets. This is a fact. I know this because like I said before, I know people who experienced the war.

    If Kanagaratnam, Daya Master or any ex-LTTE member does not accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, they are simply lying.

    I know people who've witnessed the war first hand (some of whom who've lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had any ties to the LTTE) and what they say matches up with the UN's claims. I'm not just 'hearing it from another source', I know eyewitnesses. I would have even arranged for you to meet up with some of these people so you can learn about what actually happened, but that's not possible since mahinda and his thugs are abducting and killing anyone who speaks the truth about the ethnic cleansing of Tamils he's conducting.

    I linked to the article on the mass graves to show you what the government forces were capable of. Those responsible were punished because there was some form of democracy in Sri Lanka at that time, unlike now.

    Claiming that there were ONLY 40,000 innocent Tamils killed by the government forces is actually going easy on them. I know for a fact that the number is well into the hundreds of thousands and that those killed involved babies and women as well.

    Hiding 100,000 bodies or more is a simple task, especially when people are prevented from investigating. Besides, it's not a must for all the bodies to be thrown in one mass grave. That and burial is not the only way to hide the bodies. I think the bodies were probably cremated as it would be quicker, cheaper and more effective at hiding the evidence.

    Like I said before, as the government prevents any investigations from being held on the war crimes committed by government forces, it's difficult to know of the exact number of innocent Tamils killed, UNLESS you know someone who witnessed the war. I myself know of many people who witnessed the war from Jaffna, Vanni, etc and they all agree that the UN figure of 40,000 is not even scratching the surface.

    Besides, even if you don't know people who witnessed the war you can read up on the eyewitness accounts who speak of just how many innocent Tamils government forces killed.

    The truth is all around you, if you wish to know it.

    mahinda and his thugs were never legally elected except for during his first term. This is a fact. Every single election (both presidential and municipal) after mahinda came to power were rigged. Hundreds of thousands of votes in favour of Sarath Foneska were found in the trash all over Sri Lanka, and even in the recent municipal elections, hundreds of thousands of votes in favour of the UNP were found in the trash. I know people who've seen the votes in the trash with their own eyes. So, no, the rajapaksa government is not a legally elected government.

    To be honest, if the 'eye witnesses' you spoke to deny that the government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, they either didn't witness the war or they're puppets of the rajapaksa government. I was speaking to one of the people I know who witnessed the war while I was typing out this response and told him how you've spoken to 'eye witnesses' who claim that government forces didn't intentionally kill innocent Tamils and he just laughed and told me to ask them if they were sure that it was the Sri Lankan war they were 'witnessing'.

    The government killed innocent Tamils because mahinda, basil, gotabaya and their thugs are racist towards Tamils. Oh and let's not forget wimal weerawansa, the same person who tried to ban the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem.

    There is absolutely no other reason why the government would have killed so many innocent Tamils. The people I know who lost family and friends to government forces have never had any ties to the LTTE, infact I wish you could meet them so you yourself can see how all they want is to live in peace and have equality, freedom and democracy.

    Nice talking to you :).

  238. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 5:57 am

    You say

    Liar !!

    You are constantly celebrate the slaughter of 40 000 innocent Tamil civilians

    1. I do not believe that there were 40,000 civilians killed, hence, no reason to celebrate a kill of 40,000 – also pls. discuss with your friends and arrive at a single figure that you could talk of – one said 200,000 and as per your theory, I should celebrate more if so.

    2. I have always said that even the LTTE carders who died at the battle were innocent Children and young ones who could have done better to the country and the people with a Working tool than a Gun. I call retards only to the LTTE chief bras and those like you have the same mentality – i.e. to Kill Any Tamil who are against you – I know for a fact that you will kill me if you met me, but, what’s the bet that I will have a nice long chat with you over a coffee if I met you !!

    3. Prove – copy a single statement that I put down in any of the previous blogs even that made anyone think that I have celebrated the death of any innocent human – I will reveal my self to you and you can come and shoot me !!

    Best regards
    RIP VAN WINKLE !

  239. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    The UN report can be found here: http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Sri_Lanka/POE_R

    UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the war say that medical supplies were prevented from reaching the injured innocents by the government forces. The government saying that the medical aid provided by them went to the LTTE seems like a convenient way of hiding the fact that government forces blocked medical supplies from reaching injured innocents. After all, with the media powerless and independent investigations not being allowed, the masses wouldn't know any better.

    As for the LTTE, they would never even have come to existence if the majority of the Sinhalese people hadn't been discriminating against Tamils. During the 1940s S.J.V. Selvanayagam headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle to bring a political solution to the Tamils in Sri Lanka (which did not involve dividing the country), but the Sinhala extremists responded with violence. The LTTE stood up for a good cause, but the power corrupted the leaders which caused them to gradually lose focus of their goal.

    However, the LTTE was the only thing preventing the government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it is doing today. Now that there's no resistance, the government abducts, tortures, rapes and kills Tamils as they wish.

    They are NOT at peace now. The Tamils that the government forces didn't kill are being held in concentration camps where hundreds of people die EACH DAY due to starvation, lack of medical care, etc. The people who refuse to be held in these camps are homeless as their homes have either been destroyed or taken away from them by the government forces. Shops, businesses and other possessions have been taken away from Tamils by government forces by force. Not just that, but there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day, despite the war being over for almost two years now. Proof?

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove spaces)

  240. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    The UN report can be found here: http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Sri_Lanka/POE_R

    UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the war say that medical supplies were prevented from reaching the injured innocents by the government forces. The government saying that the medical aid provided by them went to the LTTE seems like a convenient way of hiding the fact that government forces blocked medical supplies from reaching injured innocents. After all, with the media powerless and independent investigations not being allowed, the masses wouldn't know any better.

    As for the LTTE, they would never even have come to existence if the majority of the Sinhalese people hadn't been discriminating against Tamils. During the 1940s S.J.V. Selvanayagam headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle to bring a political solution to the Tamils in Sri Lanka (which did not involve dividing the country), but the Sinhala extremists responded with violence. The LTTE stood up for a good cause, but the power corrupted the leaders which caused them to gradually lose focus of their goal.

    However, the LTTE was the only thing preventing the government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it is doing today. Now that there's no resistance, the government abducts, tortures, rapes and kills Tamils as they wish.

    They are NOT at peace now. The Tamils that the government forces didn't kill are being held in concentration camps where hundreds of people die EACH DAY due to starvation, lack of medical care, etc. The people who refuse to be held in these camps are homeless as their homes have either been destroyed or taken away from them by the government forces. Shops, businesses and other possessions have been taken away from Tamils by government forces by force. Not just that, but there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day, despite the war being over for almost two years now. Proof?

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove spaces)

  241. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    If you're hearing a different story to what hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses say, what countless pictures and videos say, well then, either the source for your information is false or you have an agenda (on mahinda's payroll, racist, Sinhala supremacist, etc). That's all there is to it.

    There is ethnic cleansing going on in Sri Lanka. It's just that you don't hear of it UNLESS you yourself know the people affected or their friends/family. Just recently the father of a woman from Jaffna I know was killed by being beaten to death by the government forces, and as you may have guessed, he was innocent and never had any ties to the LTTE.

    With the media being powerless, you have to investigate yourself to find the truth.

    I am currently living in Sri Lanka, but do you know why I'm not using my real name here? Yep, because if I don't maintain anonymity I'll be abducted or killed for speaking exposing the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka to the world.

  242. Thambipillai Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 am

    The UN report is a moral victory for the truth for the first time in SL.
    Not necessarily – may be for you as you were similar to those who would cling on to a straw when getting washed down the stream !!

    The victory is irreversible
    The only victory that’s irreversible is the death of Retarded LTTE Leader – which we clearly celebrate… Not the innocent..

    2 states in the Island – dream on – even if the UN punishes Rajapakse’s there will be no peelam as India will be the first to oppose same.

    And the world at large will realise that the Tamls can never ever live peacefully with the Tamils with mutual trust.

    The above sentence of yours is a GEM !!
    I totally Agree – Tamils will have a huge issue in trusting even a fellow Tamil after your Retarded Masters killed So Many Tamils – I have posted the list of promonant Tamils that were killed by the LTTE many a times before – Google and You will know.

    They are cowards unable to face the truth.
    The only people I see who cannot face the truth are retards like you – Get over it – Prabha is dead !! He was a coward who used the very same people he told he would stand for as a human shield to sabe him self – the fat Retard was a coward – accept the truth – Good he is Dead and Gone – accept it !!

    Whatever the GOSL says the UN will move forward and punish the offenders,

    It is the very mass you are trying to be sympathetic to who are standing for Rajapakse’s (Unfortunately) It was your retard who actually got Rajapakse in to power – If he had allowed the Jaffna people to vote in 2006, Ranil would have been the president and we would not have this economic difficulties. So, there again, it was you retards who screwed it for all Sri Lankans by getting Rajapakse in to power.

    Also dream on about UN punishing SL – The Baboon with the report himself has said that he cannot do anything without the approval of the rest of the member states or the security council – Bad News – Security council contains Russia and China with LOADS of POWER !!

  243. Aryachakravarti

    You a brave human being !!

    Thank you for a informative post

    Rip Van Winkle is shading crocodile tears for Mass Murderer Mahinda

    I don’t believe Rip Van Winkle . I think he is working for Mass Murderer Mahinda

  244. Dhanwantri Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Slaughter of the Tamil prisoners by the most brutal Armed Force – the Sri Lanka Armed Force

    The World is surely going to believe you when they read the following post.

    http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/3/65353.html

    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/24/ex-ltte-cadres-rehabilitated/

    This blog doesn’t allow posting many links – so to make life easy for you, me, the readers and the AI editors – let me tell you the easy way to find out – Go to Google and type – ” EX LTTE CARDERS REHABILITATION” you will get 2000 + results… ready through them – do something productive for once pls.

  245. Nalan Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 8:33 am

    Nalan – when I said the LTTE Killed Tamils – I posted the names list of the famous kind and also gave evidence of the rest.

    When you say Rajapakse killed Tamils – you give no credible evidence – it is like the Artillery the Sri Lanka army fired to the Sea after the Battle was won – only sound no damage.

    You are the people whom in the English language are described as “ALL FART – NO SHIT” – Basically PUSS !!

  246. Namaste.

    1. When mahinda and his thugs did not and do not allow independent investigations into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils committed by them, no one other than the government themselves know the exact number of innocent Tamils who have been killed. The government however, does not release this information as it’s stand is that not a single innocent Tamil was and is being harmed in Sri Lanka, despite the overwhelming evidence (which includes eye witness accounts, video and photographic evidence, etc). But as per government statistics, we can say that a minimum of 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed by the government forces (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/), and this is in the Vanni alone.

    Taking into account the people I myself know who’ve lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE), I can say without a hint of doubt that the number is well over 146,679. When you add to that the innocent Tamils being killed everyday AFTER the war ended, the number increases even more.

    3. The proof is in your last comment itself, in your first point. I quote:

    “I should celebrate more if so.”

  247. Sinhalse War criminals including Rajapaksa, Gotha, military leaders and other government officials such as Dr.Palitha dogs start wetting their pants. 🙁

    They wanted to prevent this report reaching mass media.

    However the whole world is waking up to the cruelty committed by Sinhala terrorists in Sri Lanka.

    The moment it reaches the whole world will come together and severely punish Sinhala criminals and their manipulative leaders.

  248. Rip Van Winkle

    I find it hilarious !!

    I laugh aloud at your silly machinations to hide the mass slaughter of Tamil combatants.

    Thousands of Tamil mothers, Tamil wives, Tamil children are crying for their love ones .

    Two years pass by and no has the list of prisoners despite constant promises.

    And like ALL promises in the Rajapaksa Government.

    The promises are always broken

  249. Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop said that 146,679 Tamils from Vanni are missing.

    40 000 were butchered by the Sri Lanka Army in the last days.

    I’m positive that Bloodthirsty Sinhalese soldiers eagerly target practiced on Tamil babies from Jaffna, Mannar, Trinco, Batti and other areas.

    So we can safely add another 100 000 .

    Rajapaksa is a butcher of the Tamil people, who killed 300 000 innocent women and children .

    Rajapaksa is the worst Mass Murderer !!

    He killed the most people in Sri Lanka

  250. Fiction and Fact

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government repeatedly said heavy weapons were not used in the safe-zone.

    Fact: Evidence from the UN clearly shows that the Sri-Lankan military used heavy weapons in the safe-zone.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that there were less than 100,000 civilians in the war-zone. It also criticized the UN and aid agencies for overstating the number of civilians in the war-zone.

    Fact: More than 250,000 civilians escaped from the war-zone. Another 100,000 are still unaccounted for.

    “The Sri Lankan government has consistently curtailed international assistance and monitoring based on assertions that it has the situation in hand. But a quick look at their own statements shows a pattern of MISREPRESENTING the FACTS. That is why it is so important to ensure that there are independent, international monitors who can provide an accurate picture of the situation on the ground.” Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific director.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that NO civilian was killed by the military.

    Fact: Tens of thousands of civilians died in the final phase of Sri Lanka’s civil war – most of them killed in shelling by government forces, a UN panel says.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that it did not bomb hospitals in the war zone.

    Fact: The UN panel found credible allegations of serious violations committed by the Sri-Lankan government including:

    * Killing of civilians through widespread shelling

    * Shelling of hospitals

    * Human rights violations against civilians, media personnel and government critics.

    The Sri-Lankan government has refused to allow access to international media organisations and independent observers to the North of the country. It is still denying free access. It should be clear to anyone that the reason for this is simple: The government does not want anyone to find what actually happened there.

    The International Community should stop listening to the nonsense from the regime in Colombo. It is time to ACT and to bring all the WAR CRIMINALS to book.

  251. Marianayagam Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Again all I see is Blah Blah Blah – where is evidence ?
    You are basically harping on something you have heard from an external source which you tend to overwhelmingly believe.

    We are here – we see what’s happening and we report the exact situation. I can show to you hundreds of made up videos and I can write stories very well while hallucinating on Sri Lankan Army killing thousands of Tamils just in an instant… But, that is not the fact or the truth.

    Here is the truth…

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    If the retarded LTTE leadership can brutally assassinate these Tamils without having any kind of heart, why should I not believe that the same Retarde leadership actually ordered to shoot innocent Tamil Civilians who were trying to to escape to government control areas ?? We also have UAV video evidence to prove it – go on youtube and watch it over and over again for your P Brains to get a hang of it.

    Maria – If you are serious about getting those innocent Tamils of the North to live a happy life, the best thing you could do is to SHUT UP… Seriously – trust me on this because I am not talking for Rajapakse here, but for a set of innocent people who have suffered enough.

  252. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:34 am

    1. Please give us a link to the government web site that says that they accept that they killed 146,679 civilians.. (First of all, where are the bodies?)
    With all due respect to a great journalist in Lasantha, his issue was that he wrote stuff against the government due to political reasons and wrote without facts hiding behind the immunity provided to journalists. Def. was unfortunate and the GOSL should be held responsible for his death by all means. Let’s fight for him together if you wish.

    The fact is that Lasantha nor any of his fellow editors didn’t have a clue of what happened there either. I don’t agree with the GOSL when they say that there were zero casualties because that is bloody absurd and any donkey would know that it never could happen. The very mistake the Rajapakse’s did was to say that there were 0 casualties. Obviously you cannot win a war without a few civilians being killed, and on this occasion, it is Retarded Prabha who should be held responsible for making a human shield out of the innocent and not the government.

    I cannot see a point number 2 so let me go to your point number 3.

    3. Read what I have said before the words “I should celebrate more” – If you cannot understand, get your English speaking neighbour to read it and explain to you what I have said.

  253. Ravi Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Fiction and Fact

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government repeatedly said heavy weapons were not used in the safe-zone.

    Fact:How can UN have any kind of evidence when none of them were here to experience what happened?

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that there were less than 100,000 civilians in the war-zone. It also criticized the UN and aid agencies for overstating the number of civilians in the war-zone.

    Fact: GOSL never mentioned 100,000 – it was 350,000 – yes, all of them were held hostage by the retard.

    Amnesty or anybody could say anything, but, the fact is that if there were external parties in the war zone, the war would have gone on forever – who was going to guaranty their safety ?? For all you know, the retarded Prabha would have held the Amnesty guys Hostage too.

    Guys – also don’t forget that Amnesty have clearly mentioned that the retards of LTTE did kill Tamils – so if you are denying it, you are denying an Amnesty International report yourselves

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that NO civilian was killed by the military.

    Fact: Bull Shit – GOSL are Mad to say so – there def. were civilian deaths and deaths cause by the LTTE retards to the civilians too. I am sorry I cannot find the video where a Pregnant Suicide Bomber blows herself off at an army receiving point – where those who escaped LTTE were received by the Army. So, Def. the LTTE killed civilians and I am pretty sure that the government firing killed many too. UN says 6,500. I don’t know any other report that says else-wise from any credible source.

    Fiction: The Sri-Lankan government claimed that it did not bomb hospitals in the war zone.

    Fact: Indeed they did…. The fact was that they were no longer Hospitals – they were LTTE gun points – the Hospitals had already shifted to houses or tents and the wounded were LTTE fighters and not innocent civilians. Also mind that the medicine used were all Free Supplies from the Government of Sri Lanka – that’s how the GOSL treated the enemy – Does USA drop Medicine to Taliban fighters ??

    We all know that the LTTE used religious locations, schools and hospitals to fix their artillery – now that is something human for you I guess.

    Indeed the international community should not listen to the government alone – at the same time, they should not listen to you retards alone either.

    Fact – If Mahinda managed to keep the USA and UK in his good books, there would have been no HR issues of any kind against Sri Lanka.

    Fact 2 – Mahinda is in a way an Idiot not to get in to the good books of the USA & UK.

  254. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    1. Please read the first point in the comment you replied to again and go through the evidence provided again.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    Lasantha is not related to the article in any way. In fact, I believe he was killed by mahinda’s thugs at the time the article was written. Rayappu Joseph is who speaks out in the article.

    As for the bodies, do you really think that it’s difficult to dispose of them when no independent investigations are allowed? Government forces have in the past been very successful in burying the bodies of innocents they killed in mass graves (for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmani_mass_graves_investigation). Now that there is no democracy whatsoever in Sri Lanka, hiding bodies is a simple task.

    Like I said in my previous comment, while the LTTE did commit war crimes, as evidence shows, the government forces have killed more innocents than the LTTE has during their entire existence.

    There’s overwhelming evidence to support this, which includes eye witness accounts, photographic and video evidence.

    Besides, I myself know many people who’ve lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I know for a fact that the government forces did kill innocent Tamils intentionally.

  255. Singa Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am

    S. Kanagaratnam is no longer a government detainee – If you say so, that means you have not read the article properly.

    So, now you talk about Mr. Rajasingham who is a Tamil and who apparently owns the Asian Tribune. In the article you posted it self you say that Mr. Rajasingham – A Tamil – was under threat from the LTTE !!

    So you Idiot – I ask again – How can you call LTTE an organization that stood for Tamils ???? Now we see another evidence of a Tamil Fleeing fearing LTTE.

    If I am not mistaken, I remember your fellow copy paste blogger ROHAN pasting many articles from Asian Tribune to discredit the GOSL. So, I wonder how Asian tribune was unbiased and good at that point and had suddenly become dubious because they published Kanagaratnam’s statements.

    Is Tamilnet the only credible information source for you????? My deepest sympathies if so..

    See it’s ranks against some credible news sites…

    http://windsthatchanged.blogspot.com/2010/08/tamilnet-is-driving-good-tamils-nuts.html

    Guys – You need to be solid and paint the same picture and be very strong in it if you really need to prove anything. When you have adhoc posts like someone farting, the posts you make does not make sense. There is no uniformity in the posts you guys make – you all talk different… and all sound Rubbish.

  256. For the Sri Lankan government to be seen credible will its ministers answers the obvious that they foolishly deny?

    1. ‘Zero civilian casualty’ in the war
    2. Claiming only 70,000 civilians caught within the ‘NFZ’ whereas more than 300,000 escaped and countless killed.
    3. The need to separate children, husbands and wives from the tormented and starved civilians who escaped at the end and intern them behind barbed wires for more than an year.
    4. The need to deploy Sinhalese speaking army in the Tamil areas even after crushing LTTE and no incident of violence from LTTE is reported.
    5. The need to maintain Emergency regulations and Anti-Terrorism law even now when there is no rebels action anywhere in the country.
    6. Why cannot the independent reporters and foreigners be allowed to visit the North and see for themselves the conditions the civilians live under and how they are treated by the army and police.
    7. Why should the army insist they present in any ceremony held in the north and monitor what Tamils speak or do among themselves?
    Why cannot the Tamil MPs be allowed to inspect and talk to the LTTE ‘suspects’ held in camps, because they were already duped 3 times.

  257. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    There were UN (along with Red Cross) aid workers who were present during the war. Some of these aid workers were attacked by the government forces as well: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes-is-srebrenica-moment

    The UN says that the government forces killed ATLEAST 40,000 innocents, not 6,500. But I know for a fact that the number is in the hundreds of thousands.

    UN and Red Cross aid workers themselves say that government forces shelled at the hospitals they were working at (yes, they’re referring to the makeshift hospitals in tents and the like). Government forces also fired at a Red Cross aid ship.

    No medical supplies reached the innocents injured. The government forces blocked medical supplies (the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the conflict attest to this) from reaching the innocents.

    Please go through the UN report.

  258. @Rip Van Winkle,

    No one is denying that the LTTE committed war crimes. However, evidence shows that the government forces killed more innocent people than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    Video evidence of innocent Tamils being executed by Sri Lankan government forces:

    youtube . com/watch?v=snHz4TUPNts (remove all spaces)

    youtube . com/watch?v=kLbxFi_8uAA (remove all spaces)

    Let’s not forget Dr. Manoharan’s son who was killed by the Sri Lankan government forces:

    youtube . com/watch?v=ElNAsxuLQpI (remove all spaces)

    The suffering that Tamils have to go through at the hands of government forces to this day (almost two years since the end of the war):

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove all spaces)

    Oh and I live in Sri Lanka and I know people who witnessed the war. Among these people are those who lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any connections to the LTTE). I also know of Tamils who’ve been killed recently for no reason other than racism at the hands of government forces.

    Considering how Tamils are, to this day, being abducted, tortured, raped and killed for no reason (ethnic cleansing), ‘shutting up’ as you say would only worsen the suffering these people are forced to go through on a daily basis due to the actions of the government and government forces.

    If you truly cared for these people, you’d be fighting for those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being carried out to be prosecuted and punished.

  259. NG THIS BUTCHER & CO THE CARD BOARD KING OF SRI LANKA TO THE ICC PRISON AT THE HAGUE.

    MODAYS ARE NOT AWARE THAT JUST FEW WEEKS AGO ICC HAS SENTENCED A CROTIAN GENERAL FOR 55 YEARS PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN ETHINIC CLEANSING.

    EVEN YOUR BUDDHA CANT SAVE THE CARD BOARD KING TO DAY.

    RUSSIA AND CHINA ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR BUTCHERS AND AT THE LAST MOMENT THEY WILL DITCH THEM EXAMPLES: SUDAN OMAR AND LIBYA GADDAFI.

  260. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    First of all – Thank you – I am finally conversing with someone than replying to copy and paste articles.

    Government statistics = statistics obtained from the Vanni district office.

    I am not sure how you got access to such stats from Vanni, but, I am sure that even if that’s the case it will contain details of the number of people killed by the LTTE – we ould not know for sure who was killed by whom. One of the better evidence we have is what Mr. Kanagaratnam, Daya Master and George master says – there also were many confessions made by Ex. LTTE carders who are undergoing rehabilitation and many child solfiers who actually are studying in Colombo with other children who says that it was LTTE who killed the civilians. – See I tell you what I hear from the horses mouth itself – what you say is what you heard from another source. Telling that these guys are under government parole is lame – Isn’t there a single person who will have a spine to say that the others are lying ?? Rubish Machan.. I have loads of friends (Tamil) who know the actual situation and who’s parents and siblings were caught in the situation – They all are happy that the LTTE is gone.

    I would not argue with you on Lasantha and his Killing – utter shame !

    As for the mass graves – thanks for posting the link.
    The article clearly says that the Army guy who raped that innocent girl was sent to Jail and there were no bodies as initially thought – which means that the army guy was lying or someone was lying. so, there were only 15 bodies as oppose to 400 as initially thought of – will this not be the case of your 40,000 dead personnel during war ?? Somebody is messing up with numbers somewhere.

    Anyways, also think of it like this – You can definitely have a mass grave for 20-50 bodies – but, cummon, how much of land area do you think you need to hide 100,000 bodies?? Di you think that someone could seriously hide such a mass grave??? Let’s think logical here mate !

    Machan – U also say that government killed more civilians than the LTTE did during the whole time.
    1. Thanks for accepting the LTTE did kill innocent.
    2. where are the stats??

    Machan – we are talking about a legally elected government who is responsible for their acts as oppose to a world branded terrorist organization which was not accountable for anything they did from any party. Whom do I believe? We both know that USA would have been on GOSL side if Mahinda had a little bit more training on diplomacy and there would have been no one to bother about the war – It did happen initially ya? When USA was helping SL… If Mahinda had continued the relationship, it would have been different.

    I am also telling you stories from eye witness accounts – I am not making them up or pointing government stats only to prove a point. I have met many of them myself too. But, the stories I hear are more in line with the GOSL than the LTTE supporters.

    As per your last parah, I cannot fathom as to why the government should kill civilians just for nothing. There should be some reason – I am not saying that the government would have let people go or send some to jail if they got to know that they had ties with LTTE – There might have been instances where some would have been killed – USA would defa do it to Thaliban guys and this part I guess is kinda understood when it comes to war situations though you cannot justify it from a HR point of view. However, there is no requirement to kill anyone who doesn’t pose a threat to another ya? I mean, there are many Tamils who are with the government as we post here and the government loves them for obvious reasons. So, neutral guys would always live.
    Anyways – thanks once again for the conversation and please, let’s do continue if you have a different point of view.

  261. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    Your somehow wriggled under the sari of MR’s wife and now you have done the same thing with AI

    Mahinda Rajapaksa is no President; he has lost all capacity to differentiate between Black and White; Good and Bad; Pretty and Ugly; brains and brawns.

  262. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Hi Again… (bit sleepy now)

    I have not heard of a UN report that say 40,000 were killed – please elucidate me on same.

    As per the medical aids, there were tons of medicine that was found after the war which were sent over to northern hospitals, but, never reached the hospitals but the LTTE bunkers.

    Machan – can we not seriously agree that the LTTE was a menace to Tamil people ?? At least the GOSL did not force people to join army and take ransom for not doing so. Do you seriously think that all who were fighting in the north did so willingly? Trust me, they are at peace now – let them be – paw machan – they suffered enough.

  263. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    About UN report and justice

    If your mother sister and brothers
    massacred and raped,
    would you keep the same line?

    I want justice for my families sufferings !

    Whoever harmed my family brought to justice!

    My priorities are accountability and justice!

    It’s alright for outsiders to preach what is best

    But they haven’t suffered or now suffering?

  264. Latika,

    I don’t think we would fancy wriggling under a sari of a 60 year old woman, would not mind if it was a bit younger than that and was a mini skirt instead of a sari – LOL!

    LEt’s not argue about MR’s presidency.. Baseless noh?

    Cheers !!

  265. Rip Van Winkle

    You are a “nutty professor” or a “bull in the china shop” !!

  266. Chellah,

    My Uncle who was a Tamil was killed by the LTTE – so I think I have answered your question direct and right. I feel for the other Tamils who had to go through the same shit too … So don’t come to preach to me… I am sorry if you had any kind of a loss, but, I hope you would feel sorry for my loss too…

    Bottom line is that LTTE did kill many Tamils…. So I am not prepared to white wash them for any reason what so ever… They were terrorists and the retarded leader had only one thing in mind – To have a country to rule for himself – he did not care for you guys men. He only had his personnel agenda – If he did care for you, he would have been untouchable. His downfall was that he did not care of his own kind.

  267. Time has come for the sensible respectable law abiding Sinhalese to get the Sri Lanka out of the grip of an authoritative /dictatorial government which is hellbent on ruling the country by instilling fear into it’s citizens.

    The current regime is doing to the same on ENTIRE country’s population.
    Media,Judiciary,election commissioner and security services are all under rigid control by one family members.

    God safe Lanka.

  268. Any national reconciliation process should not leave any stone unturned in our long and violent history since independence.

    But I would like to point out the limited mandate of the Un advisory panel. They were asked to look into “accountability and obligations arising from the last stages of the war”.

    I also believe they have given a platform to all the allegations against both parties in the conflict”.

  269. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Machan – If you are living in SL, we can’t be hearing 2 different stories noh? Why should I lie and not fight with you if I am hearing the same stories as you do??

    Have you visited Hindu Collage recently? If you are in Colombo, visit the innocent child soldiers and listen to them. If you have a heart, you will tear. We had wonderful childhoods machan… Had parents to take us wherever we wanted, give all the food we asked for, carnivals, sports activities etc.. These innocent guys only got pulled from their parents and given a gun with a Cyanide capsule around the neck – Duka Nedda?? (R U not feeling sad?)

    Some are studying well machan – a few bright cases. I am sure they can turn out to be some good professionals in due course. I will support them till end if so – pls. do if you can too. Some don’t have parents – LTTE had killed because they refused to give the child to the LTTE army. Sin Machan..

    Also, if there was Ethnic Cleansing, how can you be alive (if U R in SL?).. As we talk, there are close to 1.8 million Tamils living in this country without an issue ya? Not being killed !! So, why make false statements of Ethnic cleansing and genocide?

  270. Selvan Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    I totally agree with your post – UN should look at the happenings from 1956 to-date and realise what has happened, how the reconciliation process happened, what atrocities were carried out etc.

    This is exactly what we tell UN and AI too – not to put out a report just for the sake of doing it.

  271. ALL THESE DAYS MODAYA LEADER HAS FOOLED THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT THERE WERE NO HUMAN CASUALTIES AND EVERYONE INCLUDING ECONOMIST BELIEVED THIS.

    MODAYAS TOLD THE WORLD THAT THERE WERE ONLY 5000 PEOPLE IN MULLAITIVU BUT LATER THEY HAVE ASKED HELP FROM UN FOR OVER 300,000 PEOPLE.

    TRUTH IS OVER 100,000 ARE MISSING.

    NOT ONLY THE MODAYA LEADER BUT ALSO THE UN HAVE TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS MASSCARE.

    MODAYA LEADER & CO HAVE LOST SLEEP.

  272. The Sinhalese majority community who elect the Sri Lankan Government suffer from these diseases:

    2.1 Rape

    2.2 Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment
    2.3 Failure to collect and care for the wounded and sick

    (a) Serious violations of Common Article 3, including violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, including rape; outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment and failure to collect and care for the wounded and sick;

    (b) International attacks on civilians.

    (c) Indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilians;

    (d) Attacks on medical and humanitarian objects, including humanitarian convoys and Red Cross – designated facilities.

    (e) Starvation of the population and denial of humanitarian relief; and

    (f) Enforced disappearances.

  273. It is really ultra nationalistic fury to the point of absurdity to back up a false sense of pride uner so-called “sovereignty” which has been stolen like daylight robbery fron the ethnic and religious minorities of the country carefully planned and executed over 63+ years of so-called independence

    Even under its unilateral constitution of 1971 to all revisions to the present day, in theory at least, sovereignty lies with the “people”, not with govrnments. It did not and still does in theory lie only with the Sinhala people, but with all the communities-the Sinhalas, the Tamils, the Muslims, and others like the remnant Burghers, and the rest, who together agreed to seek independence from Britain under the Soulbury Constitution in Feb.1948.

    Since that day what has happened is unending turmoil of gerrymandering constitutions after the Sinhala Only language Act of 1956 accompanied by cyclical agitation of the peaceful kind by Tamil political parties accompanied by Sinhala mob riots every few years and violence of all sorts by thugs, incuding even the police and military elements against Tamil people inspired by monks and politcians. The Sinhala Only and Buddhism foremost provisons under the unilateral 1971 et al Constitutions ending with the 1978 constitution as well as accompanying riots and violence against Tamil people coupled with crude abandonment of peace accords reached with Governments of the day to settle the never ending language,ethnic and religious strife and riots cum pogroms were always scuttled by the very gevernments due to political opposition of both the two major Sinhala political parties-the UNP and the SLFP-from the south in a never ending cascade of political failures. Invariably language, ethnic and religion based issues were the major determinants of who wins the next election under “majoritarian democracy” at every election from 1956 to 2009! Due to intense political frustration and opposition from the Tamil youths who bore the brunt of discrimination, rising unemployment, alck of opportunities coupled with violence of all sorts against Tamils the old guard Tamil politicians opted to go to the polls in 1977 on a premise to switch from “federalism” and seek “a separate state of Eelam” from their electorates. They won unanimously. And it was opposed tooth and nail by the UNP government who with Sinhala support from other parties from the south, except the left parties, banned any such move by law.

  274. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    This is why you need to go through the evidence provided before bringing an argument.

    It was not me who got hold of the statistics from the Vanni District Office, it was Rayappu Joseph.

    The 146,679 people were definitely killed by government forces because when the total population figure was obtained (October 2008) the majority of Vanni had been under government control.

    As for Kanagaratnam, Daya Master and other ex-LTTE members, let me tell you something. The government forces did not spare a single LTTE member who did not wish to become their puppets. This is a fact. I know this because like I said before, I know people who experienced the war.

    If Kanagaratnam, Daya Master or any ex-LTTE member does not accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, they are simply lying.

    I know people who’ve witnessed the war first hand (some of whom who’ve lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had any ties to the LTTE) and what they say matches up with the UN’s claims. I’m not just ‘hearing it from another source’, I know eyewitnesses. I would have even arranged for you to meet up with some of these people so you can learn about what actually happened, but that’s not possible since mahinda and his thugs are abducting and killing anyone who speaks the truth about the ethnic cleansing of Tamils he’s conducting.

    I linked to the article on the mass graves to show you what the government forces were capable of. Those responsible were punished because there was some form of democracy in Sri Lanka at that time, unlike now.

    Claiming that there were ONLY 40,000 innocent Tamils killed by the government forces is actually going easy on them. I know for a fact that the number is well into the hundreds of thousands and that those killed involved babies and women as well.

    Hiding 100,000 bodies or more is a simple task, especially when people are prevented from investigating. Besides, it’s not a must for all the bodies to be thrown in one mass grave. That and burial is not the only way to hide the bodies. I think the bodies were probably cremated as it would be quicker, cheaper and more effective at hiding the evidence.

    Like I said before, as the government prevents any investigations from being held on the war crimes committed by government forces, it’s difficult to know of the exact number of innocent Tamils killed, UNLESS you know someone who witnessed the war. I myself know of many people who witnessed the war from Jaffna, Vanni, etc and they all agree that the UN figure of 40,000 is not even scratching the surface.

    Besides, even if you don’t know people who witnessed the war you can read up on the eyewitness accounts who speak of just how many innocent Tamils government forces killed.

    The truth is all around you, if you wish to know it.

    mahinda and his thugs were never legally elected except for during his first term. This is a fact. Every single election (both presidential and municipal) after mahinda came to power were rigged. Hundreds of thousands of votes in favour of Sarath Foneska were found in the trash all over Sri Lanka, and even in the recent municipal elections, hundreds of thousands of votes in favour of the UNP were found in the trash. I know people who’ve seen the votes in the trash with their own eyes. So, no, the rajapaksa government is not a legally elected government.

    To be honest, if the ‘eye witnesses’ you spoke to deny that the government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, they either didn’t witness the war or they’re puppets of the rajapaksa government. I was speaking to one of the people I know who witnessed the war while I was typing out this response and told him how you’ve spoken to ‘eye witnesses’ who claim that government forces didn’t intentionally kill innocent Tamils and he just laughed and told me to ask them if they were sure that it was the Sri Lankan war they were ‘witnessing’.

    The government killed innocent Tamils because mahinda, basil, gotabaya and their thugs are racist towards Tamils. Oh and let’s not forget wimal weerawansa, the same person who tried to ban the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem.

    There is absolutely no other reason why the government would have killed so many innocent Tamils. The people I know who lost family and friends to government forces have never had any ties to the LTTE, infact I wish you could meet them so you yourself can see how all they want is to live in peace and have equality, freedom and democracy.

    Nice talking to you :).

  275. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    The UN report can be found here: http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Sri_Lanka/POE_Report_Full.pdf

    UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working during the war say that medical supplies were prevented from reaching the injured innocents by the government forces. The government saying that the medical aid provided by them went to the LTTE seems like a convenient way of hiding the fact that government forces blocked medical supplies from reaching injured innocents. After all, with the media powerless and independent investigations not being allowed, the masses wouldn’t know any better.

    As for the LTTE, they would never even have come to existence if the majority of the Sinhalese people hadn’t been discriminating against Tamils. During the 1940s S.J.V. Selvanayagam headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle to bring a political solution to the Tamils in Sri Lanka (which did not involve dividing the country), but the Sinhala extremists responded with violence. The LTTE stood up for a good cause, but the power corrupted the leaders which caused them to gradually lose focus of their goal.

    However, the LTTE was the only thing preventing the government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it is doing today. Now that there’s no resistance, the government abducts, tortures, rapes and kills Tamils as they wish.

    They are NOT at peace now. The Tamils that the government forces didn’t kill are being held in concentration camps where hundreds of people die EACH DAY due to starvation, lack of medical care, etc. The people who refuse to be held in these camps are homeless as their homes have either been destroyed or taken away from them by the government forces. Shops, businesses and other possessions have been taken away from Tamils by government forces by force. Not just that, but there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day, despite the war being over for almost two years now. Proof?

    bcove . me/83i1ifmo (remove spaces)

  276. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    If you’re hearing a different story to what hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses say, what countless pictures and videos say, well then, either the source for your information is false or you have an agenda (on mahinda’s payroll, racist, Sinhala supremacist, etc). That’s all there is to it.

    There is ethnic cleansing going on in Sri Lanka. It’s just that you don’t hear of it UNLESS you yourself know the people affected or their friends/family. Just recently the father of a woman from Jaffna I know was killed by being beaten to death by the government forces, and as you may have guessed, he was innocent and never had any ties to the LTTE.

    With the media being powerless, you have to investigate yourself to find the truth.

    I am currently living in Sri Lanka, but do you know why I’m not using my real name here? Yep, because if I don’t maintain anonymity I’ll be abducted or killed for speaking exposing the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka to the world.

  277. Aryachakravarti

    You a brave human being !!

    Thank you for a informative post

    Rip Van Winkle is shading crocodile tears for Mass Murderer Mahinda

    I don’t believe Rip Van Winkle . I think he is working for Mass Murderer Mahinda

  278. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm http://srilankatruth.com/news/newspublish/news.ph

    The Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni, Sathasivam Kanagaratnam, who talked to TamilNet correspondent in Vanni on Monday blamed the Sri Lankan military for planning to cause a mass slaughter of civilians as Colombo announced a 24-hour ultimatum of surrender to the LTTE. Colombo has warned of concerted attacks into the so-called 'safety zone' starting from Tuesday noon.

    "The remaining area in the south of safe zone is full of civilians as many more have fled in recent days," Mr. Kanagratnam said fearing an unprecedented civilian carnage.

    Stating that many civilians have been deprived of proper food for weeks and that WFP supplies have not been brought in adequately to meet the requirements, the MP said Vanni civilians were witnessing starvation as SLA was advancing into the safety zone.

    Several children have been severely affected by malnutrition. There are cases of deaths caused by starvation. Amidst all these inhuman conditions, the worst form of attacks are being carried out with cluster munitions on civilians, he charged.

    06-11-2009 , 397 schools destroyed in Vanni region
    22-10-2009 , Sri Lanka dismisses allegations in US Congressional report
    13-09-2009 , Govt. accuses US of making war crimes case against SL
    20-08-2009 , Review fears Sri Lanka used British weapons on Tamil civilians
    13-08-2009 , AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Points to New Graves, Shelling, and Human Displacement in Sri Lanka
    10-07-2009 , PTF Permission necessary to enter former Vanni war zone
    08-06-2009 , Sri Lanka turns back Mercy ship
    29-05-2009 , 20,000 Tamil civilians massacred by Sri Lanka – The Times
    18-05-2009 , SLA detained four Tamil doctors, accused of providing the truth of "Safety zone"
    18-05-2009 , ICRC makes urgent appeal for wounded to be given medical care
    17-05-2009 , 25,000 civilians injured to death while IC watches: Soosai
    16-05-2009 , SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16-05-2009 , Mano Ganeshan urges government to publicize details of Vanni detainees
    16-05-2009 , Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allowed to die without treatment
    15-05-2009 , More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC suspends Vanni missions
    15-05-2009 , NYT highlights satellite evidence of Sri Lanka's criminal culpability
    15-05-2009 , 'Safety zone' in smoke, close-quarter fighting is on
    13-05-2009 , “SL government conceals true picture of “Vanni safe zone”-UNP charges
    12-05-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    12-05-2009 , Fighting hinders further ICRC evacuations of severely wounded people
    11-05-2009 , SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10-05-2009 , Sonia says war is over while 1200 civilian bodies are counted in Vanni
    10-05-2009 , Tamil survivors bear phosphorous burns – report
    10-05-2009 , 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, aerial bombing continues
    09-05-2009 , Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatitis in newborns
    09-05-2009 , SLA artillery barrage hits 'safety zone' as ICRC ship leaves Mullaiththeevu
    10-05-2009 , 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single night
    08-05-2009 , SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    07-05-2009 , ICRC evacuates 495 from conflict zone and delivers 25 tonnes of food
    05-05-2009 , 2 elderly women die of starvation in Jaffna SLA detention centres
    05-05-2009 , 'Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian': Vanni civilians
    03-05-2009 , Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    03-05-2009 , Children faint from hunger, starvation deaths reported in Vanni
    02-05-2009 , SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 killed in hospital
    28-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    01-05-2009 , SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount amidst starvation, congested life
    30-04-2009 , Satellite images reveal SLA shelling damages to Safe Zone
    30-04-2009 , 7,000 Tamils in Vanni killed, 14,000 injured in 3 months, TNA tells David Miliband
    29-04-2009 , 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminent as UK, France fail
    29-04-2009 , Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery pieces
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapons
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own announcement – Puleedevan
    26-04-2009 , Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hours as SLA launches onslaught
    26-04-2009 , Vanni reported 184 civilians killed on Saturday
    26-04-2009 , Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal to powers
    26-04-2009 , SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26-04-2009 , Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, calls it a 'joke'
    26-04-2009 , Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 39 times Sunday
    25-04-2009 , Outrageous response of UN to humanitarian crisis: Diaspora scientist
    25-04-2009 , Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, 'safe zone' bombed 25 times Saturday
    24-04-2009 , Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as weapons of war: LTTE
    24-04-2009 , 'Bountiful in killing shells, but no means for food packets'
    23-04-2009 , Injured woman from Vanni dies in Point Pedro
    22-04-2009 , SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Vanni director wounded
    22-04-2009 , Major part of civilians seek refuge with LTTE, while US, India deliberate
    22-04-2009 , SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously wounded civilians from Vanni
    22-04-2009 , SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pathinathar wounded
    21-04-2009 , Only Hours To Prevent Sri Lanka Bloodbath -Human Rights Watch
    21-04-2009 , Stop further bloodshed in "no-fire zone" – ICRC
    21-04-2009 , Colombo blocks WFP supply ship scheduled to reach Vanni Tuesday
    21-04-2009 , TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    21-04-2009 , SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Valaignarmadam
    20-04-2009 , Casualties cross 1000 in SLA's attempt to capture civilians
    20-04-2009 , Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colombo for deploying banned weapons
    20-04-2009 , SLA fires cluster bombs on 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Chaos and carnage as SLA enters 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Wounded thousands lack medical supplies, ICRC "worn out"
    19-04-2009 , SLA launches ground push targeting 'safety zone'
    19-04-2009 , SLA attacks continue to target 'safety zone'
    18-04-2009 , UN effort to get safe passage for Sri Lankan children
    16-04-2009 , UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16-04-2009 , Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 killed, 300 wounded Thursday
    16-04-2009 , SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zone
    15-04-2009 , SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civilian zone
    14-04-2009 , Mass human tragedy possible any moment in 'safety zone'
    14-04-2009 , SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of 'safe zone'
    13-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hours
    13-04-2009 , SLA steps up ground offensive targeting 'safety zone'
    12-04-2009 , Jaffna University lecturer's wife commits suicide by hanging
    12-04-2009 , Plight of babies born and unborn
    12-04-2009 , 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 300 shells explode within 45 minutes
    11-04-2009 , SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian security within 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , Identify with suffering civilians, share their grief – Bishop's Easter Message
    11-04-2009 , 599 killed, 3350 injured inside 'safety zone' since last UN statement
    10-04-2009 , SLA attacks on entrapped civilians in "Safety zone", killed 322
    09-04-2009 , Carnage continues in Vanni
    09-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills ICRC Team Leader in Vanni
    08-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in 'safety zone' on Wednesday
    07-04-2009 , SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 258 including 100 children wounded
    07-04-2009 , Colombo turns firepower onto 'safety zone'
    07-04-2009 , Threat of starvation haunts "Safe Zone" families
    06-04-2009 , Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medical official
    05-04-2009 , SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 63 civilians killed, 143 wounded
    04-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills 12 pregnant mothers in March in Mullaiththeevu
    04-04-2009 , Mullaiththeevu wounded die due to lack of antibiotics
    04-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 wounded
    30-03-2009 , Cluster Bombs, air Strikes Killed 112 civilians in 'Safety zone'
    30-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside 'safety zone' Sunday
    28-03-2009 , 179 civilians including 76 children killed within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in humanitarian work
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 2 patients killed, 11 wounded
    26-03-2009 , Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 children killed Wednesday
    24-03-2009 , 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on safety zone
    24-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22-03-2009 , Artillery pounds wounded Tamils trapped on beach
    22-03-2009 , 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Wounded CARE aid worker dies due to lack of medicine in 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Third ICRC worker wounded in 'safety zone'
    17-03-2009 , 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling on Tuesday
    17-03-2009 , 'Safe zone' under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3 days, ICRC worker wounded
    15-03-2009 , Koria manufactured KB-2 submunition reportedly found in "Safety zone"
    15-03-2009 , Sri Lanka refutes UN charges of civilian killings
    15-03-2009 , 437 casualties including children, evacuated by sea from Vanni
    15-03-2009 , Shelling doesn't spare even babies in wombs
    15-03-2009 , Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and shelling continues
    13-03-2009 , SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital, patients wounded
    12-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside 'safe zone' on Wednesday
    12-03-2009 , 50,000 families affected by floods in 'safe zone'
    11-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 children on Tuesday
    10-03-2009 , Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians within 7 hours
    10-03-2009 , Colombo's shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians, 25 children killed
    09-03-2009 , Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, thousands stranded
    07-03-2009 , Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 hours
    06-03-2009 , Forced starvation constitutes an act of Genocide – Prof. Boyle
    06-03-2009 , Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni in February – RDHS
    05-03-2009 , SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wounded
    05-03-2009 , Dengue fever claims life of 7-year-old boy in Batticaloa
    05-03-2009 , Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in 'safety zone'
    04-03-2009 , ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04-03-2009 , SLA in killing spree in the 'safety zone', 73 killed, 160 wounded
    04-03-2009 , Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04-03-2009 , Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from shell explosion
    03-03-2009 , Humanitarian stocks completely depleted – Rev. Anton Rock
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including 4 children
    03-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaiththeevu
    02-03-2009 , Shelling on "Safety zone" continues , killed 45 , injured 107
    01-03-2009 , SLA artillery and MBRL target civilian areas, killed 42 in Vanni
    01-03-2009 , 18 beleived starved to death, Eating "porridge" only once a day in Vanni
    28-02-2009 , Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    28-02-2009 , UN to cut food deliveries to Vanni in Half and shakes its head for Ethnic Cleansing
    25-02-2009 , Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA barrage
    24-02-2009 , Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new 'safe zone'
    23-02-2009 , SLA Shelling kills 32, including dozens of children in "Safety Zone"
    23-02-2009 , Safety zone is killing zone even without SLA shelling
    22-02-2009 , 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 hours
    21-02-2009 , 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Friday night
    20-02-2009 , Unceasing artillery fire on "safety zones", in Vanni
    19-02-2009 , 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday, shelling continues
    18-02-2009 , Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores killed
    18-02-2009 , SLA artillery fire hits new 'safety zone', 108 killed, 200 wounded
    17-02-2009 , Sri Lanka cluster munitions hit civilians in "New and Old Safety Zones"
    17-02-2009 , Sampanthan accuses Sri Lanka, killing 2000 Tamils in recent past
    16-02-2009 , 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preventing movement to safer areas
    16-02-2009 , Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian targets in Vanni
    14-02-2009 , SLA Cluster bomb attacks on elders home and shelling on "Safety Zones", killed 55
    14-02-2009 , Trinco town security tightened after arrival of Vanni wounded
    14-02-2009 , New Civilian Safety Zone (CSZ) targetted by SLA under zero civilian casualty(ZCC) policy, 27 civilians killed, 116 injured
    13-02-2009 , Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead bodies on roadside in Vanni
    11-02-2009 , Tigers deny firing at civilians, accuse SLA, urge for international monitors
    10-02-2009 , 250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged
    10-02-2009 , Relentless shelling expels civilians from 'safety zone'
    08-02-2009 , 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside 'safe zone'
    08-02-2009 , Vanni becomes a testing ground for experimental weapons next to Gaza
    08-02-2009 , More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment within 48 hours
    08-02-2009 , SLA traps hundreds of civilians in safety zone border
    07-02-2009 , Lethal weapons killed 733 civilians, injured 2615 in one week – Suresh Premachandran
    07-02-2009 , Death of United Nation(UN) humanism in Sri Lanka
    06-02-2009 , "Safety Zone" becomes as "Secured killing zone" of Tamils
    05-02-2009 , SLA attacks 'safety zone' using short-range mortars, gunfire, claiming lives
    01-02-2009 , Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks continue on safety zone
    31-01-2009 , Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on safety zone, 39 civilians killed
    31-01-2009 , Only 26 respond to Rajapaksa's 48-hour ultimatum
    31-01-2009 , SLA shelling continues on 'safety zone', Colombo refuses international call for ceasefire
    30-01-2009 , Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in Vanni
    29-01-2009 , LTTE not opposed to individual right of a civilian to flee combat zone – Nadesan
    28-01-2009 , 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive
    27-01-2009 , Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – medical authorities
    27-01-2009 , Artillery barrage continues on 'safety zone', no sign of external help
    26-01-2009 , 'Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitting in Colombo' – Vanni journalist
    26-01-2009 , More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to send medical teams
    26-01-2009 , 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, artillery barrage on 'saftey zone'
    26-01-2009 , More than 300 civilians feared killed, people bleed to death on streets

  279. Sinhalse War criminals including Rajapaksa, Gotha, military leaders and other government officials such as Dr.Palitha dogs start wetting their pants. 🙁

    They wanted to prevent this report reaching mass media.

    However the whole world is waking up to the cruelty committed by Sinhala terrorists in Sri Lanka.

    The moment it reaches the whole world will come together and severely punish Sinhala criminals and their manipulative leaders.

  280. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm http://srilankatruth.com/news/newspublish/news.ph

    The Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni, Sathasivam Kanagaratnam, who talked to TamilNet correspondent in Vanni on Monday blamed the Sri Lankan military for planning to cause a mass slaughter of civilians as Colombo announced a 24-hour ultimatum of surrender to the LTTE. Colombo has warned of concerted attacks into the so-called 'safety zone' starting from Tuesday noon.

    "The remaining area in the south of safe zone is full of civilians as many more have fled in recent days," Mr. Kanagratnam said fearing an unprecedented civilian carnage.

    Stating that many civilians have been deprived of proper food for weeks and that WFP supplies have not been brought in adequately to meet the requirements, the MP said Vanni civilians were witnessing starvation as SLA was advancing into the safety zone.

    Several children have been severely affected by malnutrition. There are cases of deaths caused by starvation. Amidst all these inhuman conditions, the worst form of attacks are being carried out with cluster munitions on civilians, he charged.

    06-11-2009 , 397 schools destroyed in Vanni region
    22-10-2009 , Sri Lanka dismisses allegations in US Congressional report
    13-09-2009 , Govt. accuses US of making war crimes case against SL
    20-08-2009 , Review fears Sri Lanka used British weapons on Tamil civilians
    13-08-2009 , AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Points to New Graves, Shelling, and Human Displacement in Sri Lanka
    10-07-2009 , PTF Permission necessary to enter former Vanni war zone
    08-06-2009 , Sri Lanka turns back Mercy ship
    29-05-2009 , 20,000 Tamil civilians massacred by Sri Lanka – The Times
    18-05-2009 , SLA detained four Tamil doctors, accused of providing the truth of "Safety zone"
    18-05-2009 , ICRC makes urgent appeal for wounded to be given medical care
    17-05-2009 , 25,000 civilians injured to death while IC watches: Soosai
    16-05-2009 , SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16-05-2009 , Mano Ganeshan urges government to publicize details of Vanni detainees
    16-05-2009 , Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allowed to die without treatment
    15-05-2009 , More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC suspends Vanni missions
    15-05-2009 , NYT highlights satellite evidence of Sri Lanka's criminal culpability
    15-05-2009 , 'Safety zone' in smoke, close-quarter fighting is on
    13-05-2009 , “SL government conceals true picture of “Vanni safe zone”-UNP charges
    12-05-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    12-05-2009 , Fighting hinders further ICRC evacuations of severely wounded people
    11-05-2009 , SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10-05-2009 , Sonia says war is over while 1200 civilian bodies are counted in Vanni
    10-05-2009 , Tamil survivors bear phosphorous burns – report
    10-05-2009 , 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, aerial bombing continues
    09-05-2009 , Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatitis in newborns
    09-05-2009 , SLA artillery barrage hits 'safety zone' as ICRC ship leaves Mullaiththeevu
    10-05-2009 , 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single night
    08-05-2009 , SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    07-05-2009 , ICRC evacuates 495 from conflict zone and delivers 25 tonnes of food
    05-05-2009 , 2 elderly women die of starvation in Jaffna SLA detention centres
    05-05-2009 , 'Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian': Vanni civilians
    03-05-2009 , Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    03-05-2009 , Children faint from hunger, starvation deaths reported in Vanni
    02-05-2009 , SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 killed in hospital
    28-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    01-05-2009 , SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount amidst starvation, congested life
    30-04-2009 , Satellite images reveal SLA shelling damages to Safe Zone
    30-04-2009 , 7,000 Tamils in Vanni killed, 14,000 injured in 3 months, TNA tells David Miliband
    29-04-2009 , 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminent as UK, France fail
    29-04-2009 , Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery pieces
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapons
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own announcement – Puleedevan
    26-04-2009 , Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hours as SLA launches onslaught
    26-04-2009 , Vanni reported 184 civilians killed on Saturday
    26-04-2009 , Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal to powers
    26-04-2009 , SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26-04-2009 , Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, calls it a 'joke'
    26-04-2009 , Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 39 times Sunday
    25-04-2009 , Outrageous response of UN to humanitarian crisis: Diaspora scientist
    25-04-2009 , Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, 'safe zone' bombed 25 times Saturday
    24-04-2009 , Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as weapons of war: LTTE
    24-04-2009 , 'Bountiful in killing shells, but no means for food packets'
    23-04-2009 , Injured woman from Vanni dies in Point Pedro
    22-04-2009 , SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Vanni director wounded
    22-04-2009 , Major part of civilians seek refuge with LTTE, while US, India deliberate
    22-04-2009 , SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously wounded civilians from Vanni
    22-04-2009 , SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pathinathar wounded
    21-04-2009 , Only Hours To Prevent Sri Lanka Bloodbath -Human Rights Watch
    21-04-2009 , Stop further bloodshed in "no-fire zone" – ICRC
    21-04-2009 , Colombo blocks WFP supply ship scheduled to reach Vanni Tuesday
    21-04-2009 , TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    21-04-2009 , SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Valaignarmadam
    20-04-2009 , Casualties cross 1000 in SLA's attempt to capture civilians
    20-04-2009 , Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colombo for deploying banned weapons
    20-04-2009 , SLA fires cluster bombs on 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Chaos and carnage as SLA enters 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Wounded thousands lack medical supplies, ICRC "worn out"
    19-04-2009 , SLA launches ground push targeting 'safety zone'
    19-04-2009 , SLA attacks continue to target 'safety zone'
    18-04-2009 , UN effort to get safe passage for Sri Lankan children
    16-04-2009 , UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16-04-2009 , Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 killed, 300 wounded Thursday
    16-04-2009 , SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zone
    15-04-2009 , SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civilian zone
    14-04-2009 , Mass human tragedy possible any moment in 'safety zone'
    14-04-2009 , SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of 'safe zone'
    13-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hours
    13-04-2009 , SLA steps up ground offensive targeting 'safety zone'
    12-04-2009 , Jaffna University lecturer's wife commits suicide by hanging
    12-04-2009 , Plight of babies born and unborn
    12-04-2009 , 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 300 shells explode within 45 minutes
    11-04-2009 , SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian security within 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , Identify with suffering civilians, share their grief – Bishop's Easter Message
    11-04-2009 , 599 killed, 3350 injured inside 'safety zone' since last UN statement
    10-04-2009 , SLA attacks on entrapped civilians in "Safety zone", killed 322
    09-04-2009 , Carnage continues in Vanni
    09-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills ICRC Team Leader in Vanni
    08-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in 'safety zone' on Wednesday
    07-04-2009 , SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 258 including 100 children wounded
    07-04-2009 , Colombo turns firepower onto 'safety zone'
    07-04-2009 , Threat of starvation haunts "Safe Zone" families
    06-04-2009 , Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medical official
    05-04-2009 , SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 63 civilians killed, 143 wounded
    04-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills 12 pregnant mothers in March in Mullaiththeevu
    04-04-2009 , Mullaiththeevu wounded die due to lack of antibiotics
    04-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 wounded
    30-03-2009 , Cluster Bombs, air Strikes Killed 112 civilians in 'Safety zone'
    30-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside 'safety zone' Sunday
    28-03-2009 , 179 civilians including 76 children killed within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in humanitarian work
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 2 patients killed, 11 wounded
    26-03-2009 , Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 children killed Wednesday
    24-03-2009 , 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on safety zone
    24-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22-03-2009 , Artillery pounds wounded Tamils trapped on beach
    22-03-2009 , 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Wounded CARE aid worker dies due to lack of medicine in 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Third ICRC worker wounded in 'safety zone'
    17-03-2009 , 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling on Tuesday
    17-03-2009 , 'Safe zone' under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3 days, ICRC worker wounded
    15-03-2009 , Koria manufactured KB-2 submunition reportedly found in "Safety zone"
    15-03-2009 , Sri Lanka refutes UN charges of civilian killings
    15-03-2009 , 437 casualties including children, evacuated by sea from Vanni
    15-03-2009 , Shelling doesn't spare even babies in wombs
    15-03-2009 , Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and shelling continues
    13-03-2009 , SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital, patients wounded
    12-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside 'safe zone' on Wednesday
    12-03-2009 , 50,000 families affected by floods in 'safe zone'
    11-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 children on Tuesday
    10-03-2009 , Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians within 7 hours
    10-03-2009 , Colombo's shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians, 25 children killed
    09-03-2009 , Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, thousands stranded
    07-03-2009 , Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 hours
    06-03-2009 , Forced starvation constitutes an act of Genocide – Prof. Boyle
    06-03-2009 , Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni in February – RDHS
    05-03-2009 , SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wounded
    05-03-2009 , Dengue fever claims life of 7-year-old boy in Batticaloa
    05-03-2009 , Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in 'safety zone'
    04-03-2009 , ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04-03-2009 , SLA in killing spree in the 'safety zone', 73 killed, 160 wounded
    04-03-2009 , Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04-03-2009 , Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from shell explosion
    03-03-2009 , Humanitarian stocks completely depleted – Rev. Anton Rock
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including 4 children
    03-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaiththeevu
    02-03-2009 , Shelling on "Safety zone" continues , killed 45 , injured 107
    01-03-2009 , SLA artillery and MBRL target civilian areas, killed 42 in Vanni
    01-03-2009 , 18 beleived starved to death, Eating "porridge" only once a day in Vanni
    28-02-2009 , Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    28-02-2009 , UN to cut food deliveries to Vanni in Half and shakes its head for Ethnic Cleansing
    25-02-2009 , Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA barrage
    24-02-2009 , Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new 'safe zone'
    23-02-2009 , SLA Shelling kills 32, including dozens of children in "Safety Zone"
    23-02-2009 , Safety zone is killing zone even without SLA shelling
    22-02-2009 , 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 hours
    21-02-2009 , 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Friday night
    20-02-2009 , Unceasing artillery fire on "safety zones", in Vanni
    19-02-2009 , 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday, shelling continues
    18-02-2009 , Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores killed
    18-02-2009 , SLA artillery fire hits new 'safety zone', 108 killed, 200 wounded
    17-02-2009 , Sri Lanka cluster munitions hit civilians in "New and Old Safety Zones"
    17-02-2009 , Sampanthan accuses Sri Lanka, killing 2000 Tamils in recent past
    16-02-2009 , 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preventing movement to safer areas
    16-02-2009 , Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian targets in Vanni
    14-02-2009 , SLA Cluster bomb attacks on elders home and shelling on "Safety Zones", killed 55
    14-02-2009 , Trinco town security tightened after arrival of Vanni wounded
    14-02-2009 , New Civilian Safety Zone (CSZ) targetted by SLA under zero civilian casualty(ZCC) policy, 27 civilians killed, 116 injured
    13-02-2009 , Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead bodies on roadside in Vanni
    11-02-2009 , Tigers deny firing at civilians, accuse SLA, urge for international monitors
    10-02-2009 , 250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged
    10-02-2009 , Relentless shelling expels civilians from 'safety zone'
    08-02-2009 , 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside 'safe zone'
    08-02-2009 , Vanni becomes a testing ground for experimental weapons next to Gaza
    08-02-2009 , More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment within 48 hours
    08-02-2009 , SLA traps hundreds of civilians in safety zone border
    07-02-2009 , Lethal weapons killed 733 civilians, injured 2615 in one week – Suresh Premachandran
    07-02-2009 , Death of United Nation(UN) humanism in Sri Lanka
    06-02-2009 , "Safety Zone" becomes as "Secured killing zone" of Tamils
    05-02-2009 , SLA attacks 'safety zone' using short-range mortars, gunfire, claiming lives
    01-02-2009 , Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks continue on safety zone
    31-01-2009 , Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on safety zone, 39 civilians killed
    31-01-2009 , Only 26 respond to Rajapaksa's 48-hour ultimatum
    31-01-2009 , SLA shelling continues on 'safety zone', Colombo refuses international call for ceasefire
    30-01-2009 , Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in Vanni
    29-01-2009 , LTTE not opposed to individual right of a civilian to flee combat zone – Nadesan
    28-01-2009 , 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive
    27-01-2009 , Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – medical authorities
    27-01-2009 , Artillery barrage continues on 'safety zone', no sign of external help
    26-01-2009 , 'Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitting in Colombo' – Vanni journalist
    26-01-2009 , More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to send medical teams
    26-01-2009 , 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, artillery barrage on 'saftey zone'
    26-01-2009 , More than 300 civilians feared killed, people bleed to death on streets

  281. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm http://srilankatruth.com/news/newspublish/news.ph

    The Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni, Sathasivam Kanagaratnam, who talked to TamilNet correspondent in Vanni on Monday blamed the Sri Lankan military for planning to cause a mass slaughter of civilians as Colombo announced a 24-hour ultimatum of surrender to the LTTE. Colombo has warned of concerted attacks into the so-called 'safety zone' starting from Tuesday noon.

    "The remaining area in the south of safe zone is full of civilians as many more have fled in recent days," Mr. Kanagratnam said fearing an unprecedented civilian carnage.

    Stating that many civilians have been deprived of proper food for weeks and that WFP supplies have not been brought in adequately to meet the requirements, the MP said Vanni civilians were witnessing starvation as SLA was advancing into the safety zone.

    Several children have been severely affected by malnutrition. There are cases of deaths caused by starvation. Amidst all these inhuman conditions, the worst form of attacks are being carried out with cluster munitions on civilians, he charged.

    06-11-2009 , 397 schools destroyed in Vanni region
    22-10-2009 , Sri Lanka dismisses allegations in US Congressional report
    13-09-2009 , Govt. accuses US of making war crimes case against SL
    20-08-2009 , Review fears Sri Lanka used British weapons on Tamil civilians
    13-08-2009 , AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Points to New Graves, Shelling, and Human Displacement in Sri Lanka
    10-07-2009 , PTF Permission necessary to enter former Vanni war zone
    08-06-2009 , Sri Lanka turns back Mercy ship
    29-05-2009 , 20,000 Tamil civilians massacred by Sri Lanka – The Times
    18-05-2009 , SLA detained four Tamil doctors, accused of providing the truth of "Safety zone"
    18-05-2009 , ICRC makes urgent appeal for wounded to be given medical care
    17-05-2009 , 25,000 civilians injured to death while IC watches: Soosai
    16-05-2009 , SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16-05-2009 , Mano Ganeshan urges government to publicize details of Vanni detainees
    16-05-2009 , Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allowed to die without treatment
    15-05-2009 , More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC suspends Vanni missions
    15-05-2009 , NYT highlights satellite evidence of Sri Lanka's criminal culpability
    15-05-2009 , 'Safety zone' in smoke, close-quarter fighting is on
    13-05-2009 , “SL government conceals true picture of “Vanni safe zone”-UNP charges
    12-05-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    12-05-2009 , Fighting hinders further ICRC evacuations of severely wounded people
    11-05-2009 , SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10-05-2009 , Sonia says war is over while 1200 civilian bodies are counted in Vanni
    10-05-2009 , Tamil survivors bear phosphorous burns – report
    10-05-2009 , 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, aerial bombing continues
    09-05-2009 , Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatitis in newborns
    09-05-2009 , SLA artillery barrage hits 'safety zone' as ICRC ship leaves Mullaiththeevu
    10-05-2009 , 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single night
    08-05-2009 , SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    07-05-2009 , ICRC evacuates 495 from conflict zone and delivers 25 tonnes of food
    05-05-2009 , 2 elderly women die of starvation in Jaffna SLA detention centres
    05-05-2009 , 'Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian': Vanni civilians
    03-05-2009 , Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    03-05-2009 , Children faint from hunger, starvation deaths reported in Vanni
    02-05-2009 , SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 killed in hospital
    28-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    01-05-2009 , SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount amidst starvation, congested life
    30-04-2009 , Satellite images reveal SLA shelling damages to Safe Zone
    30-04-2009 , 7,000 Tamils in Vanni killed, 14,000 injured in 3 months, TNA tells David Miliband
    29-04-2009 , 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminent as UK, France fail
    29-04-2009 , Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery pieces
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapons
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own announcement – Puleedevan
    26-04-2009 , Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hours as SLA launches onslaught
    26-04-2009 , Vanni reported 184 civilians killed on Saturday
    26-04-2009 , Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal to powers
    26-04-2009 , SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26-04-2009 , Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, calls it a 'joke'
    26-04-2009 , Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 39 times Sunday
    25-04-2009 , Outrageous response of UN to humanitarian crisis: Diaspora scientist
    25-04-2009 , Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, 'safe zone' bombed 25 times Saturday
    24-04-2009 , Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as weapons of war: LTTE
    24-04-2009 , 'Bountiful in killing shells, but no means for food packets'
    23-04-2009 , Injured woman from Vanni dies in Point Pedro
    22-04-2009 , SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Vanni director wounded
    22-04-2009 , Major part of civilians seek refuge with LTTE, while US, India deliberate
    22-04-2009 , SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously wounded civilians from Vanni
    22-04-2009 , SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pathinathar wounded
    21-04-2009 , Only Hours To Prevent Sri Lanka Bloodbath -Human Rights Watch
    21-04-2009 , Stop further bloodshed in "no-fire zone" – ICRC
    21-04-2009 , Colombo blocks WFP supply ship scheduled to reach Vanni Tuesday
    21-04-2009 , TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    21-04-2009 , SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Valaignarmadam
    20-04-2009 , Casualties cross 1000 in SLA's attempt to capture civilians
    20-04-2009 , Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colombo for deploying banned weapons
    20-04-2009 , SLA fires cluster bombs on 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Chaos and carnage as SLA enters 'safety zone'
    20-04-2009 , Wounded thousands lack medical supplies, ICRC "worn out"
    19-04-2009 , SLA launches ground push targeting 'safety zone'
    19-04-2009 , SLA attacks continue to target 'safety zone'
    18-04-2009 , UN effort to get safe passage for Sri Lankan children
    16-04-2009 , UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16-04-2009 , Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 killed, 300 wounded Thursday
    16-04-2009 , SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zone
    15-04-2009 , SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civilian zone
    14-04-2009 , Mass human tragedy possible any moment in 'safety zone'
    14-04-2009 , SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of 'safe zone'
    13-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hours
    13-04-2009 , SLA steps up ground offensive targeting 'safety zone'
    12-04-2009 , Jaffna University lecturer's wife commits suicide by hanging
    12-04-2009 , Plight of babies born and unborn
    12-04-2009 , 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 300 shells explode within 45 minutes
    11-04-2009 , SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian security within 'safety zone'
    11-04-2009 , Identify with suffering civilians, share their grief – Bishop's Easter Message
    11-04-2009 , 599 killed, 3350 injured inside 'safety zone' since last UN statement
    10-04-2009 , SLA attacks on entrapped civilians in "Safety zone", killed 322
    09-04-2009 , Carnage continues in Vanni
    09-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills ICRC Team Leader in Vanni
    08-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in 'safety zone' on Wednesday
    07-04-2009 , SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 258 including 100 children wounded
    07-04-2009 , Colombo turns firepower onto 'safety zone'
    07-04-2009 , Threat of starvation haunts "Safe Zone" families
    06-04-2009 , Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medical official
    05-04-2009 , SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 63 civilians killed, 143 wounded
    04-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills 12 pregnant mothers in March in Mullaiththeevu
    04-04-2009 , Mullaiththeevu wounded die due to lack of antibiotics
    04-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 wounded
    30-03-2009 , Cluster Bombs, air Strikes Killed 112 civilians in 'Safety zone'
    30-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside 'safety zone' Sunday
    28-03-2009 , 179 civilians including 76 children killed within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in humanitarian work
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 2 patients killed, 11 wounded
    26-03-2009 , Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 children killed Wednesday
    24-03-2009 , 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on safety zone
    24-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22-03-2009 , Artillery pounds wounded Tamils trapped on beach
    22-03-2009 , 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days inside 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Wounded CARE aid worker dies due to lack of medicine in 'safety zone'
    19-03-2009 , Third ICRC worker wounded in 'safety zone'
    17-03-2009 , 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling on Tuesday
    17-03-2009 , 'Safe zone' under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3 days, ICRC worker wounded
    15-03-2009 , Koria manufactured KB-2 submunition reportedly found in "Safety zone"
    15-03-2009 , Sri Lanka refutes UN charges of civilian killings
    15-03-2009 , 437 casualties including children, evacuated by sea from Vanni
    15-03-2009 , Shelling doesn't spare even babies in wombs
    15-03-2009 , Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and shelling continues
    13-03-2009 , SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital, patients wounded
    12-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside 'safe zone' on Wednesday
    12-03-2009 , 50,000 families affected by floods in 'safe zone'
    11-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 children on Tuesday
    10-03-2009 , Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians within 7 hours
    10-03-2009 , Colombo's shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians, 25 children killed
    09-03-2009 , Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, thousands stranded
    07-03-2009 , Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 hours
    06-03-2009 , Forced starvation constitutes an act of Genocide – Prof. Boyle
    06-03-2009 , Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni in February – RDHS
    05-03-2009 , SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wounded
    05-03-2009 , Dengue fever claims life of 7-year-old boy in Batticaloa
    05-03-2009 , Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in 'safety zone'
    04-03-2009 , ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04-03-2009 , SLA in killing spree in the 'safety zone', 73 killed, 160 wounded
    04-03-2009 , Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04-03-2009 , Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from shell explosion
    03-03-2009 , Humanitarian stocks completely depleted – Rev. Anton Rock
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including 4 children
    03-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaiththeevu
    02-03-2009 , Shelling on "Safety zone" continues , killed 45 , injured 107
    01-03-2009 , SLA artillery and MBRL target civilian areas, killed 42 in Vanni
    01-03-2009 , 18 beleived starved to death, Eating "porridge" only once a day in Vanni
    28-02-2009 , Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    28-02-2009 , UN to cut food deliveries to Vanni in Half and shakes its head for Ethnic Cleansing
    25-02-2009 , Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA barrage
    24-02-2009 , Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new 'safe zone'
    23-02-2009 , SLA Shelling kills 32, including dozens of children in "Safety Zone"
    23-02-2009 , Safety zone is killing zone even without SLA shelling
    22-02-2009 , 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 hours
    21-02-2009 , 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Friday night
    20-02-2009 , Unceasing artillery fire on "safety zones", in Vanni
    19-02-2009 , 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday, shelling continues
    18-02-2009 , Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores killed
    18-02-2009 , SLA artillery fire hits new 'safety zone', 108 killed, 200 wounded
    17-02-2009 , Sri Lanka cluster munitions hit civilians in "New and Old Safety Zones"
    17-02-2009 , Sampanthan accuses Sri Lanka, killing 2000 Tamils in recent past
    16-02-2009 , 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preventing movement to safer areas
    16-02-2009 , Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian targets in Vanni
    14-02-2009 , SLA Cluster bomb attacks on elders home and shelling on "Safety Zones", killed 55
    14-02-2009 , Trinco town security tightened after arrival of Vanni wounded
    14-02-2009 , New Civilian Safety Zone (CSZ) targetted by SLA under zero civilian casualty(ZCC) policy, 27 civilians killed, 116 injured
    13-02-2009 , Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead bodies on roadside in Vanni
    11-02-2009 , Tigers deny firing at civilians, accuse SLA, urge for international monitors
    10-02-2009 , 250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged
    10-02-2009 , Relentless shelling expels civilians from 'safety zone'
    08-02-2009 , 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside 'safe zone'
    08-02-2009 , Vanni becomes a testing ground for experimental weapons next to Gaza
    08-02-2009 , More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment within 48 hours
    08-02-2009 , SLA traps hundreds of civilians in safety zone border
    07-02-2009 , Lethal weapons killed 733 civilians, injured 2615 in one week – Suresh Premachandran
    07-02-2009 , Death of United Nation(UN) humanism in Sri Lanka
    06-02-2009 , "Safety Zone" becomes as "Secured killing zone" of Tamils
    05-02-2009 , SLA attacks 'safety zone' using short-range mortars, gunfire, claiming lives
    01-02-2009 , Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks continue on safety zone
    31-01-2009 , Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on safety zone, 39 civilians killed
    31-01-2009 , Only 26 respond to Rajapaksa's 48-hour ultimatum
    31-01-2009 , SLA shelling continues on 'safety zone', Colombo refuses international call for ceasefire
    30-01-2009 , Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in Vanni
    29-01-2009 , LTTE not opposed to individual right of a civilian to flee combat zone – Nadesan
    28-01-2009 , 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive
    27-01-2009 , Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – medical authorities
    27-01-2009 , Artillery barrage continues on 'safety zone', no sign of external help
    26-01-2009 , 'Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitting in Colombo' – Vanni journalist
    26-01-2009 , More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to send medical teams
    26-01-2009 , 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, artillery barrage on 'saftey zone'
    26-01-2009 , More than 300 civilians feared killed, people bleed to death on streets

  282. Dear Aathy

    Rip Van Winkle is a Sri Lanka Government Propagandist .

    He does not care for Tamils

    He only sees the Tamil’s fault in everything.

    He ignores the mount of evidence of the innocent people slaughter by the Butcher of the Tamil people – Rajapaksa

  283. War criminal Sri Lankan government is capable of committ any crime to achieve their criminal goals. UN should be mindful of 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger got slaughtered by these war criminals in 2006. UN should take every security measures to safeguard their employees in Sri Lanka. May 1 is a day dedicated for working class people and their will be mass rally to commemorate this day. If war criminals call any other day for their protest there wouldn't be any people to do that. So they cunningly exploit the May day rally to coverup their war crimes and genocide.

  284. The Sri Lankan government killed 17 members of my family – in 2009 alone.

    Why?

    Because we are Tamils.

    My priorities are accountability and justice!

    I want those who harmed my family brought to justice!

    It is the duty of the United Nations to commit to a war crimes investigations.

    There is no point in arguing about this – war crimes have been committed.

    Let there be investigations.

    If the Sri Lankan government are not war criminals, then why are they kicking up such a fuss about this – surely it will be in their best interests to have their names cleared?

    Do they have the blood of more than 40,000 Tamils on their hands?

    By the way, why have they still occupied the Tamil areas and why is the Nanthikadal Lagoon still closed to everyone.

    Have they not finished destroying the evidence of the more than 40,000 Tamils they have brutally murdered?

  285. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:59 am,Please do educate me

    Buddhist Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka are very much like the Nazi regime that preached hatred against the Jewish people, and the rulers of Sri Lanka are like reincarnations of Hitler because they are doing exactly what Hitler did sixty five years ago.
    Tamils in Sri Lanka haven't yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.

    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Sri Lanka has now deceived the western countries and revealed its true face. Sri Lanka lied to the whole world that it was conducting a war with surgical strikes and “Zero Civilian Causalities”. It also denied that heavy weapons were used against civilians.
    Torture, murder, rape and all kind of human right violations in the concentrations camps of Sri Lanka, were sending shock waves across the world. Deportations of Western reporters, journalists and politicians from the Sri Lankan Airport and denial of access to the death camps of Sri Lanka for aid workers were showing the face of rebellious country that is willing go to any extent to defy international humanitarian laws.

    We have millions of evidences to prove that a systematic genocide is taking place in Sri Lanka while the Nations are watching. Neither UN nor any other world power is being able to stop the madness that is still going on in this country.

    3 UK television journalists arrested by Sri Lankan Police for exposing absuses in detention camps http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option

  286. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  287. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    Singa Says:April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am
    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

    Rip Van Winkle , I never brought Asian Tribune as evident of war crime, I Know he is paid employee of GOSL.

    The man behind Asian Tribune lies – K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician from Thailand
    Asian Tribune online web blog is often popular for twisting news and closely working with Sri Lankan Intelligence establishment & its paramilitary outfit like Karuna Group. The main behind this secret operation is Mr.K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician currently based in Thailand (House No: 8/6, Muban Amoronpan Nakorn, Sukapibal Road 2, Suan Siam, Bangok 10230, Thailand) and who is also alleged to be on the pay list of Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/178/37/

  288. How sri lanka use former MP for its propaganda???, after warning him of dire consequences???
    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.
    He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) since May 2009.
    He was asked to surrender his passport to the courts.
    15.01.10 TNA MP Sathasivam Kanagaratnam released
    06.09.09 Sri Kantha meets fellow MP Kanagaretnam in detenti..
    23.06.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam ordered further detention in C..
    30.05.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam allowed to meet fellow TNA MPs
    26.05.09 Detained TNA MP pays last respects to fellow MP Pa..
    23.05.09 Sri Lanka Police questions TNA MP
    20.05.09 TNA MP missing in Vanni
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=13555&…

  289. Sri Lanka war-crime alleged over killing of TECH Director http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Knowingly or unknowingly, we have all been witnessing one of the darkest chapters in humanity, now being written by the blood of innocent civilians in a land that was once known as Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The ugliest part of this chapter is not what was happened to the innocents but the response from the civilised world that had so far failed miserably to save the lives, although it had the power to act.

  290. Extensive forensic investigations of the Mullivaikal massacre sites have not been carried out systematically to identify the bodies and bury them appropriately. That area has been out of bounds to its inhabitants except the Sri Lankan military to enable them to clean up the land. We still do not know what the Sri Lankan army has done to the bodies. Is there a combined memorial or a mortuary in Mullivaikal for the dead?

    The memory of Mullivaikal’s dead men women and children was kept alive by the surviving victims. They will continue to raise the memory at all international forums and will not rest until the truth is revealed. http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers45%5Cpa

    A distinguished panel of reasonable people with no ethno-religious axe to grind in the Sri Lankan quagmire have called for an investigation. If Sri Lanka has no blood on its hands why not agree for such an international investigation to bring a closure to this tragedy. We repeat- Let the truth be told.

  291. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:59 am,Please do educate me

    Buddhist Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka are very much like the Nazi regime that preached hatred against the Jewish people, and the rulers of Sri Lanka are like reincarnations of Hitler because they are doing exactly what Hitler did sixty five years ago.
    Tamils in Sri Lanka haven't yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.

    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Sri Lanka has now deceived the western countries and revealed its true face. Sri Lanka lied to the whole world that it was conducting a war with surgical strikes and “Zero Civilian Causalities”. It also denied that heavy weapons were used against civilians.
    Torture, murder, rape and all kind of human right violations in the concentrations camps of Sri Lanka, were sending shock waves across the world. Deportations of Western reporters, journalists and politicians from the Sri Lankan Airport and denial of access to the death camps of Sri Lanka for aid workers were showing the face of rebellious country that is willing go to any extent to defy international humanitarian laws.

    We have millions of evidences to prove that a systematic genocide is taking place in Sri Lanka while the Nations are watching. Neither UN nor any other world power is being able to stop the madness that is still going on in this country.

    3 UK television journalists arrested by Sri Lankan Police for exposing absuses in detention camps http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option

  292. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:59 am,Please do educate me

    Buddhist Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka are very much like the Nazi regime that preached hatred against the Jewish people, and the rulers of Sri Lanka are like reincarnations of Hitler because they are doing exactly what Hitler did sixty five years ago.
    Tamils in Sri Lanka haven't yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.

    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Sri Lanka has now deceived the western countries and revealed its true face. Sri Lanka lied to the whole world that it was conducting a war with surgical strikes and “Zero Civilian Causalities”. It also denied that heavy weapons were used against civilians.
    Torture, murder, rape and all kind of human right violations in the concentrations camps of Sri Lanka, were sending shock waves across the world. Deportations of Western reporters, journalists and politicians from the Sri Lankan Airport and denial of access to the death camps of Sri Lanka for aid workers were showing the face of rebellious country that is willing go to any extent to defy international humanitarian laws.

    We have millions of evidences to prove that a systematic genocide is taking place in Sri Lanka while the Nations are watching. Neither UN nor any other world power is being able to stop the madness that is still going on in this country.

    3 UK television journalists arrested by Sri Lankan Police for exposing absuses in detention camps http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option

  293. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    Singa Says:April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am
    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

    Rip Van Winkle , I never brought Asian Tribune as evident of war crime, I Know he is paid employee of GOSL.

    The man behind Asian Tribune lies – K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician from Thailand
    Asian Tribune online web blog is often popular for twisting news and closely working with Sri Lankan Intelligence establishment & its paramilitary outfit like Karuna Group. The main behind this secret operation is Mr.K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician currently based in Thailand (House No: 8/6, Muban Amoronpan Nakorn, Sukapibal Road 2, Suan Siam, Bangok 10230, Thailand) and who is also alleged to be on the pay list of Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/178/37/

  294. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    Singa Says:April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am
    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-trib

    Rip Van Winkle , I never brought Asian Tribune as evident of war crime, I Know he is paid employee of GOSL.

    The man behind Asian Tribune lies – K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician from Thailand
    Asian Tribune online web blog is often popular for twisting news and closely working with Sri Lankan Intelligence establishment & its paramilitary outfit like Karuna Group. The main behind this secret operation is Mr.K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician currently based in Thailand (House No: 8/6, Muban Amoronpan Nakorn, Sukapibal Road 2, Suan Siam, Bangok 10230, Thailand) and who is also alleged to be on the pay list of Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/178/37/

  295. Namaste.

    I also want to address the whole 'Sri Lanka wouldn't have the UN trying to prosecute them of war crimes if they were in the good books of the US and UK' argument that Rip Van Winkle and some other supporters of mahinda have been bringing.

    First of all, the US only helped Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan government was lying through their teeth as to what they were actually doing, which was ethnic cleansing. Basically they managed to deceive the international community into thinking that there were absolutely no civilian casualties, despite the fact that the number of innocent Tamils government forces killed reached well into the hundreds of thousands. The US along with some other countries of the international community believing this lie actually points to their incompetence as they should have thought to themselves why mahinda and his thugs are preventing the media from operating in the conflict areas (not the Sri Lankan media of course, which has been rendered powerless by mahinda and his thugs, I mean international media/independent journalists), if he has nothing to hide.

    The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it heard of what was actually going on.

    The only possibility of mahinda and his thugs being in the 'good books' of the US and the UK is if he were not a racist, which is not the case. The sole reason why he can't get in the 'good books' of the US and the UK is because of the fact that he's conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, which the US, UK and any other sensible human being would obviously be against.

    So don't bring such flawed arguments.

  296. How sri lanka use former MP for its propaganda???, after warning him of dire consequences???
    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.
    He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) since May 2009.
    He was asked to surrender his passport to the courts.
    15.01.10 TNA MP Sathasivam Kanagaratnam released
    06.09.09 Sri Kantha meets fellow MP Kanagaretnam in detenti..
    23.06.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam ordered further detention in C..
    30.05.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam allowed to meet fellow TNA MPs
    26.05.09 Detained TNA MP pays last respects to fellow MP Pa..
    23.05.09 Sri Lanka Police questions TNA MP
    20.05.09 TNA MP missing in Vanni
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=13555&…

  297. How sri lanka use former MP for its propaganda???, after warning him of dire consequences???
    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.
    He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) since May 2009.
    He was asked to surrender his passport to the courts.
    15.01.10 TNA MP Sathasivam Kanagaratnam released
    06.09.09 Sri Kantha meets fellow MP Kanagaretnam in detenti..
    23.06.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam ordered further detention in C..
    30.05.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam allowed to meet fellow TNA MPs
    26.05.09 Detained TNA MP pays last respects to fellow MP Pa..
    23.05.09 Sri Lanka Police questions TNA MP
    20.05.09 TNA MP missing in Vanni
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=13555&…

  298. Sri Lanka war-crime alleged over killing of TECH Director http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Knowingly or unknowingly, we have all been witnessing one of the darkest chapters in humanity, now being written by the blood of innocent civilians in a land that was once known as Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The ugliest part of this chapter is not what was happened to the innocents but the response from the civilised world that had so far failed miserably to save the lives, although it had the power to act.

  299. Sri Lanka war-crime alleged over killing of TECH Director http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Knowingly or unknowingly, we have all been witnessing one of the darkest chapters in humanity, now being written by the blood of innocent civilians in a land that was once known as Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The ugliest part of this chapter is not what was happened to the innocents but the response from the civilised world that had so far failed miserably to save the lives, although it had the power to act.

  300. Extensive forensic investigations of the Mullivaikal massacre sites have not been carried out systematically to identify the bodies and bury them appropriately. That area has been out of bounds to its inhabitants except the Sri Lankan military to enable them to clean up the land. We still do not know what the Sri Lankan army has done to the bodies. Is there a combined memorial or a mortuary in Mullivaikal for the dead?

    The memory of Mullivaikal’s dead men women and children was kept alive by the surviving victims. They will continue to raise the memory at all international forums and will not rest until the truth is revealed. http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers45%5Cpa

    A distinguished panel of reasonable people with no ethno-religious axe to grind in the Sri Lankan quagmire have called for an investigation. If Sri Lanka has no blood on its hands why not agree for such an international investigation to bring a closure to this tragedy. We repeat- Let the truth be told.

  301. Extensive forensic investigations of the Mullivaikal massacre sites have not been carried out systematically to identify the bodies and bury them appropriately. That area has been out of bounds to its inhabitants except the Sri Lankan military to enable them to clean up the land. We still do not know what the Sri Lankan army has done to the bodies. Is there a combined memorial or a mortuary in Mullivaikal for the dead?

    The memory of Mullivaikal’s dead men women and children was kept alive by the surviving victims. They will continue to raise the memory at all international forums and will not rest until the truth is revealed. http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers45%5Cpa

    A distinguished panel of reasonable people with no ethno-religious axe to grind in the Sri Lankan quagmire have called for an investigation. If Sri Lanka has no blood on its hands why not agree for such an international investigation to bring a closure to this tragedy. We repeat- Let the truth be told.

  302. Rohan Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:34 am

    Namaste brother.

    You know what's even uglier? How Ban Ki-Moon is more concerned about being elected for a second term than preventing the Sri Lankan government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, which is the kind of thing that he has been elected to do. Why would any nation want to elect him for a second term when he failed (and is continuing to fail) to do what he was elected to do in his first term?

    I feel sorry for Moon for placing more importance on materialistic things like money and power instead of helping prevent the ethnic cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka which has already consumed hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils' lives.

  303. Sri Lanka Army killed Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body dead body recently come out through SLA soldiers
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  304. Sri Lanka Army killed Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body dead body recently come out through SLA soldiers
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  305. Sri Lanka Army killed Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body dead body recently come out through SLA soldiers
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  306. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    http://srilankatruth.com/news/newspublish/news.php?news_id=3439&start=&category_id=&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth=

    The Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni, Sathasivam Kanagaratnam, who talked to TamilNet correspondent in Vanni on Monday blamed the Sri Lankan military for planning to cause a mass slaughter of civilians as Colombo announced a 24-hour ultimatum of surrender to the LTTE. Colombo has warned of concerted attacks into the so-called ‘safety zone’ starting from Tuesday noon.

    “The remaining area in the south of safe zone is full of civilians as many more have fled in recent days,” Mr. Kanagratnam said fearing an unprecedented civilian carnage.

    Stating that many civilians have been deprived of proper food for weeks and that WFP supplies have not been brought in adequately to meet the requirements, the MP said Vanni civilians were witnessing starvation as SLA was advancing into the safety zone.

    Several children have been severely affected by malnutrition. There are cases of deaths caused by starvation. Amidst all these inhuman conditions, the worst form of attacks are being carried out with cluster munitions on civilians, he charged.

    06-11-2009 , 397 schools destroyed in Vanni region
    22-10-2009 , Sri Lanka dismisses allegations in US Congressional report
    13-09-2009 , Govt. accuses US of making war crimes case against SL
    20-08-2009 , Review fears Sri Lanka used British weapons on Tamil civilians
    13-08-2009 , AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Points to New Graves, Shelling, and Human Displacement in Sri Lanka
    10-07-2009 , PTF Permission necessary to enter former Vanni war zone
    08-06-2009 , Sri Lanka turns back Mercy ship
    29-05-2009 , 20,000 Tamil civilians massacred by Sri Lanka – The Times
    18-05-2009 , SLA detained four Tamil doctors, accused of providing the truth of “Safety zone”
    18-05-2009 , ICRC makes urgent appeal for wounded to be given medical care
    17-05-2009 , 25,000 civilians injured to death while IC watches: Soosai
    16-05-2009 , SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16-05-2009 , Mano Ganeshan urges government to publicize details of Vanni detainees
    16-05-2009 , Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allowed to die without treatment
    15-05-2009 , More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC suspends Vanni missions
    15-05-2009 , NYT highlights satellite evidence of Sri Lanka’s criminal culpability
    15-05-2009 , ‘Safety zone’ in smoke, close-quarter fighting is on
    13-05-2009 , “SL government conceals true picture of “Vanni safe zone”-UNP charges
    12-05-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    12-05-2009 , Fighting hinders further ICRC evacuations of severely wounded people
    11-05-2009 , SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10-05-2009 , Sonia says war is over while 1200 civilian bodies are counted in Vanni
    10-05-2009 , Tamil survivors bear phosphorous burns – report
    10-05-2009 , 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, aerial bombing continues
    09-05-2009 , Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatitis in newborns
    09-05-2009 , SLA artillery barrage hits ‘safety zone’ as ICRC ship leaves Mullaiththeevu
    10-05-2009 , 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single night
    08-05-2009 , SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    07-05-2009 , ICRC evacuates 495 from conflict zone and delivers 25 tonnes of food
    05-05-2009 , 2 elderly women die of starvation in Jaffna SLA detention centres
    05-05-2009 , ‘Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian’: Vanni civilians
    03-05-2009 , Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    03-05-2009 , Children faint from hunger, starvation deaths reported in Vanni
    02-05-2009 , SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 killed in hospital
    28-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    01-05-2009 , SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount amidst starvation, congested life
    30-04-2009 , Satellite images reveal SLA shelling damages to Safe Zone
    30-04-2009 , 7,000 Tamils in Vanni killed, 14,000 injured in 3 months, TNA tells David Miliband
    29-04-2009 , 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminent as UK, France fail
    29-04-2009 , Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery pieces
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach Vanni
    28-04-2009 , SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapons
    27-04-2009 , Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own announcement – Puleedevan
    26-04-2009 , Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hours as SLA launches onslaught
    26-04-2009 , Vanni reported 184 civilians killed on Saturday
    26-04-2009 , Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal to powers
    26-04-2009 , SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26-04-2009 , Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, calls it a ‘joke’
    26-04-2009 , Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 39 times Sunday
    25-04-2009 , Outrageous response of UN to humanitarian crisis: Diaspora scientist
    25-04-2009 , Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, ‘safe zone’ bombed 25 times Saturday
    24-04-2009 , Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as weapons of war: LTTE
    24-04-2009 , ‘Bountiful in killing shells, but no means for food packets’
    23-04-2009 , Injured woman from Vanni dies in Point Pedro
    22-04-2009 , SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Vanni director wounded
    22-04-2009 , Major part of civilians seek refuge with LTTE, while US, India deliberate
    22-04-2009 , SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously wounded civilians from Vanni
    22-04-2009 , SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pathinathar wounded
    21-04-2009 , Only Hours To Prevent Sri Lanka Bloodbath -Human Rights Watch
    21-04-2009 , Stop further bloodshed in “no-fire zone” – ICRC
    21-04-2009 , Colombo blocks WFP supply ship scheduled to reach Vanni Tuesday
    21-04-2009 , TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    21-04-2009 , SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Valaignarmadam
    20-04-2009 , Casualties cross 1000 in SLA’s attempt to capture civilians
    20-04-2009 , Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colombo for deploying banned weapons
    20-04-2009 , SLA fires cluster bombs on ‘safety zone’
    20-04-2009 , Chaos and carnage as SLA enters ‘safety zone’
    20-04-2009 , Wounded thousands lack medical supplies, ICRC “worn out”
    19-04-2009 , SLA launches ground push targeting ‘safety zone’
    19-04-2009 , SLA attacks continue to target ‘safety zone’
    18-04-2009 , UN effort to get safe passage for Sri Lankan children
    16-04-2009 , UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16-04-2009 , Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 killed, 300 wounded Thursday
    16-04-2009 , SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zone
    15-04-2009 , SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15-04-2009 , Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civilian zone
    14-04-2009 , Mass human tragedy possible any moment in ‘safety zone’
    14-04-2009 , SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of ‘safe zone’
    13-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hours
    13-04-2009 , SLA steps up ground offensive targeting ‘safety zone’
    12-04-2009 , Jaffna University lecturer’s wife commits suicide by hanging
    12-04-2009 , Plight of babies born and unborn
    12-04-2009 , 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in ‘safety zone’
    11-04-2009 , SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 300 shells explode within 45 minutes
    11-04-2009 , SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian security within ‘safety zone’
    11-04-2009 , Identify with suffering civilians, share their grief – Bishop’s Easter Message
    11-04-2009 , 599 killed, 3350 injured inside ‘safety zone’ since last UN statement
    10-04-2009 , SLA attacks on entrapped civilians in “Safety zone”, killed 322
    09-04-2009 , Carnage continues in Vanni
    09-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills ICRC Team Leader in Vanni
    08-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in ‘safety zone’ on Wednesday
    07-04-2009 , SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 258 including 100 children wounded
    07-04-2009 , Colombo turns firepower onto ‘safety zone’
    07-04-2009 , Threat of starvation haunts “Safe Zone” families
    06-04-2009 , Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medical official
    05-04-2009 , SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 63 civilians killed, 143 wounded
    04-04-2009 , SLA shelling kills 12 pregnant mothers in March in Mullaiththeevu
    04-04-2009 , Mullaiththeevu wounded die due to lack of antibiotics
    04-04-2009 , SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 wounded
    30-03-2009 , Cluster Bombs, air Strikes Killed 112 civilians in ‘Safety zone’
    30-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside ‘safety zone’ Sunday
    28-03-2009 , 179 civilians including 76 children killed within 3 days inside ‘safety zone’
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in humanitarian work
    26-03-2009 , SLA attacks hospital, 2 patients killed, 11 wounded
    26-03-2009 , Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 children killed Wednesday
    24-03-2009 , 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on safety zone
    24-03-2009 , SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22-03-2009 , Artillery pounds wounded Tamils trapped on beach
    22-03-2009 , 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days inside ‘safety zone’
    19-03-2009 , Wounded CARE aid worker dies due to lack of medicine in ‘safety zone’
    19-03-2009 , Third ICRC worker wounded in ‘safety zone’
    17-03-2009 , 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling on Tuesday
    17-03-2009 , ‘Safe zone’ under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3 days, ICRC worker wounded
    15-03-2009 , Koria manufactured KB-2 submunition reportedly found in “Safety zone”
    15-03-2009 , Sri Lanka refutes UN charges of civilian killings
    15-03-2009 , 437 casualties including children, evacuated by sea from Vanni
    15-03-2009 , Shelling doesn’t spare even babies in wombs
    15-03-2009 , Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and shelling continues
    13-03-2009 , SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital, patients wounded
    12-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside ‘safe zone’ on Wednesday
    12-03-2009 , 50,000 families affected by floods in ‘safe zone’
    11-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 children on Tuesday
    10-03-2009 , Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians within 7 hours
    10-03-2009 , Colombo’s shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians, 25 children killed
    09-03-2009 , Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, thousands stranded
    07-03-2009 , Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 hours
    06-03-2009 , Forced starvation constitutes an act of Genocide – Prof. Boyle
    06-03-2009 , Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni in February – RDHS
    05-03-2009 , SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wounded
    05-03-2009 , Dengue fever claims life of 7-year-old boy in Batticaloa
    05-03-2009 , Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in ‘safety zone’
    04-03-2009 , ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04-03-2009 , SLA in killing spree in the ‘safety zone’, 73 killed, 160 wounded
    04-03-2009 , Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04-03-2009 , Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from shell explosion
    03-03-2009 , Humanitarian stocks completely depleted – Rev. Anton Rock
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to act
    03-03-2009 , SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including 4 children
    03-03-2009 , SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaiththeevu
    02-03-2009 , Shelling on “Safety zone” continues , killed 45 , injured 107
    01-03-2009 , SLA artillery and MBRL target civilian areas, killed 42 in Vanni
    01-03-2009 , 18 beleived starved to death, Eating “porridge” only once a day in Vanni
    28-02-2009 , Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    28-02-2009 , UN to cut food deliveries to Vanni in Half and shakes its head for Ethnic Cleansing
    25-02-2009 , Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA barrage
    24-02-2009 , Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new ‘safe zone’
    23-02-2009 , SLA Shelling kills 32, including dozens of children in “Safety Zone”
    23-02-2009 , Safety zone is killing zone even without SLA shelling
    22-02-2009 , 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 hours
    21-02-2009 , 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Friday night
    20-02-2009 , Unceasing artillery fire on “safety zones”, in Vanni
    19-02-2009 , 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday, shelling continues
    18-02-2009 , Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores killed
    18-02-2009 , SLA artillery fire hits new ‘safety zone’, 108 killed, 200 wounded
    17-02-2009 , Sri Lanka cluster munitions hit civilians in “New and Old Safety Zones”
    17-02-2009 , Sampanthan accuses Sri Lanka, killing 2000 Tamils in recent past
    16-02-2009 , 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preventing movement to safer areas
    16-02-2009 , Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian targets in Vanni
    14-02-2009 , SLA Cluster bomb attacks on elders home and shelling on “Safety Zones”, killed 55
    14-02-2009 , Trinco town security tightened after arrival of Vanni wounded
    14-02-2009 , New Civilian Safety Zone (CSZ) targetted by SLA under zero civilian casualty(ZCC) policy, 27 civilians killed, 116 injured
    13-02-2009 , Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead bodies on roadside in Vanni
    11-02-2009 , Tigers deny firing at civilians, accuse SLA, urge for international monitors
    10-02-2009 , 250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged
    10-02-2009 , Relentless shelling expels civilians from ‘safety zone’
    08-02-2009 , 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside ‘safe zone’
    08-02-2009 , Vanni becomes a testing ground for experimental weapons next to Gaza
    08-02-2009 , More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment within 48 hours
    08-02-2009 , SLA traps hundreds of civilians in safety zone border
    07-02-2009 , Lethal weapons killed 733 civilians, injured 2615 in one week – Suresh Premachandran
    07-02-2009 , Death of United Nation(UN) humanism in Sri Lanka
    06-02-2009 , “Safety Zone” becomes as “Secured killing zone” of Tamils
    05-02-2009 , SLA attacks ‘safety zone’ using short-range mortars, gunfire, claiming lives
    01-02-2009 , Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks continue on safety zone
    31-01-2009 , Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on safety zone, 39 civilians killed
    31-01-2009 , Only 26 respond to Rajapaksa’s 48-hour ultimatum
    31-01-2009 , SLA shelling continues on ‘safety zone’, Colombo refuses international call for ceasefire
    30-01-2009 , Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in Vanni
    29-01-2009 , LTTE not opposed to individual right of a civilian to flee combat zone – Nadesan
    28-01-2009 , 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded survive
    27-01-2009 , Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – medical authorities
    27-01-2009 , Artillery barrage continues on ‘safety zone’, no sign of external help
    26-01-2009 , ‘Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitting in Colombo’ – Vanni journalist
    26-01-2009 , More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to send medical teams
    26-01-2009 , 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, artillery barrage on ‘saftey zone’
    26-01-2009 , More than 300 civilians feared killed, people bleed to death on streets

  307. Dear Aathy

    Rip Van Winkle is a Sri Lanka Government Propagandist .

    He does not care for Tamils

    He only sees the Tamil’s fault in everything.

    He ignores the mount of evidence of the innocent people slaughter by the Butcher of the Tamil people – Rajapaksa

  308. War criminal Sri Lankan government is capable of committ any crime to achieve their criminal goals. UN should be mindful of 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger got slaughtered by these war criminals in 2006. UN should take every security measures to safeguard their employees in Sri Lanka. May 1 is a day dedicated for working class people and their will be mass rally to commemorate this day. If war criminals call any other day for their protest there wouldn’t be any people to do that. So they cunningly exploit the May day rally to coverup their war crimes and genocide.

  309. The Sri Lankan government killed 17 members of my family – in 2009 alone.

    Why?

    Because we are Tamils.

    My priorities are accountability and justice!

    I want those who harmed my family brought to justice!

    It is the duty of the United Nations to commit to a war crimes investigations.

    There is no point in arguing about this – war crimes have been committed.

    Let there be investigations.

    If the Sri Lankan government are not war criminals, then why are they kicking up such a fuss about this – surely it will be in their best interests to have their names cleared?

    Do they have the blood of more than 40,000 Tamils on their hands?

    By the way, why have they still occupied the Tamil areas and why is the Nanthikadal Lagoon still closed to everyone.

    Have they not finished destroying the evidence of the more than 40,000 Tamils they have brutally murdered?

  310. Cricket match fixing in Sri Lanka

    Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has come out with startling revelations , saying that match-fixing was common in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka President said that there were “Zero Civilians “in brutal the Sri Lanka War but UN report estimate that there were 40000 innocent Hindus were killed by indiscriminate Sri Lanka Government Shelling

    The Sri Lanka President lied !!!

    So lying, cheating and match fixing is a norm in morally bankrupt Sri Lanka

  311. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 3:59 am,Please do educate me

    Buddhist Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka are very much like the Nazi regime that preached hatred against the Jewish people, and the rulers of Sri Lanka are like reincarnations of Hitler because they are doing exactly what Hitler did sixty five years ago.
    Tamils in Sri Lanka haven’t yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.

    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Sri Lanka has now deceived the western countries and revealed its true face. Sri Lanka lied to the whole world that it was conducting a war with surgical strikes and “Zero Civilian Causalities”. It also denied that heavy weapons were used against civilians.
    Torture, murder, rape and all kind of human right violations in the concentrations camps of Sri Lanka, were sending shock waves across the world. Deportations of Western reporters, journalists and politicians from the Sri Lankan Airport and denial of access to the death camps of Sri Lanka for aid workers were showing the face of rebellious country that is willing go to any extent to defy international humanitarian laws.

    We have millions of evidences to prove that a systematic genocide is taking place in Sri Lanka while the Nations are watching. Neither UN nor any other world power is being able to stop the madness that is still going on in this country.

    3 UK television journalists arrested by Sri Lankan Police for exposing absuses in detention camps
    http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156:3-uk-television-journalists-arrested-by-sri-lankan-police-for-exposing-absuses-in-detention-camps&catid=41:daily-hr-report&Itemid=65

  312. Accountability is vital as impunity breeds contempt.

    The war is over but Tamils are still terrorized by the Repressive Rajapaksa Regime

    Tamils in the North and East are dragged to Colombo in coaches to force them to protests against the UN Panel report.

    The Sri Lanka army has threatened civilians with consequences if they do not join the protest marches.

    The minorities are made to be subservient to the interests of the majority.

    With army and police are from the mono-ethnic Sinhalese majority minorities cannot complain to any neutral body to seek justice.

    It makes it vital that minorities are given an independent power sharing mechanism to manage their affairs locally without having to travel 300 km in up to 12 hours.

  313. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    Singa Says:April 29th, 2011 at 11:45 am
    Dubious Asian Tribune website and its editor
    http://www.weeklyblitz.net/554/dubious-asian-tribune-website-and-its-editor

    Rip Van Winkle , I never brought Asian Tribune as evident of war crime, I Know he is paid employee of GOSL.

    The man behind Asian Tribune lies – K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician from Thailand
    Asian Tribune online web blog is often popular for twisting news and closely working with Sri Lankan Intelligence establishment & its paramilitary outfit like Karuna Group. The main behind this secret operation is Mr.K.T.Rajasingham, a failed tamil politician currently based in Thailand (House No: 8/6, Muban Amoronpan Nakorn, Sukapibal Road 2, Suan Siam, Bangok 10230, Thailand) and who is also alleged to be on the pay list of Sri Lanka.
    http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/178/37/

  314. Namaste.

    I also want to address the whole ‘Sri Lanka wouldn’t have the UN trying to prosecute them of war crimes if they were in the good books of the US and UK’ argument that Rip Van Winkle and some other supporters of mahinda have been bringing.

    First of all, the US only helped Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan government was lying through their teeth as to what they were actually doing, which was ethnic cleansing. Basically they managed to deceive the international community into thinking that there were absolutely no civilian casualties, despite the fact that the number of innocent Tamils government forces killed reached well into the hundreds of thousands. The US along with some other countries of the international community believing this lie actually points to their incompetence as they should have thought to themselves why mahinda and his thugs are preventing the media from operating in the conflict areas (not the Sri Lankan media of course, which has been rendered powerless by mahinda and his thugs, I mean international media/independent journalists), if he has nothing to hide.

    The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it heard of what was actually going on.

    The only possibility of mahinda and his thugs being in the ‘good books’ of the US and the UK is if he were not a racist, which is not the case. The sole reason why he can’t get in the ‘good books’ of the US and the UK is because of the fact that he’s conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, which the US, UK and any other sensible human being would obviously be against.

    So don’t bring such flawed arguments.

  315. How sri lanka use former MP for its propaganda???, after warning him of dire consequences???
    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29113

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.
    He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) since May 2009.
    He was asked to surrender his passport to the courts.
    15.01.10 TNA MP Sathasivam Kanagaratnam released
    06.09.09 Sri Kantha meets fellow MP Kanagaretnam in detenti..
    23.06.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam ordered further detention in C..
    30.05.09 TNA MP Kanagaretnam allowed to meet fellow TNA MPs
    26.05.09 Detained TNA MP pays last respects to fellow MP Pa..
    23.05.09 Sri Lanka Police questions TNA MP
    20.05.09 TNA MP missing in Vanni

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=13555&catid=13

  316. The transparent investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes comes from those claiming to back ‘reconciliation’. However, reconciliation Rajapaksa style is a complete misnomer.
    The comic nature of an Orwellian state is embodied in Sri Lanka today. Tamils are press ganged by the police into signing a petition against a UN investigation. Tamil children are being forced to sing the national anthem in Sinhalese. Sri Lanka expands its military in times of peace, as its army holds an iron grip of terror over Tamil areas. Stories of land and house being appropriated and handed out to Sinhala citizens are rife, but of course foreign journalists are prevented from going to those parts of Sri Lanka. Tamil citizens continue after the war to ‘disappear’ and mangled tortured bodies continue to surface.
    Foreign projects to help the war battered Tamil community are effectively stifled by the Sri Lankan state. And its independent media continues its self-censorship with little reporting of the persecution of the Tamil population. And the state sends former generals to foreign capitals to sell its ‘successful war on terror’ which massacred over 40,000 Tamil civilians. It would be unbelievable fiction, if it tragically wasn’t happening to real people. To dislike, Tamils or Sinhalese is to be racist, but to dislike Sri Lanka is to stand against a value system that is no different to acting against a Nazi Germany, Hutu Rwanda or any other fascist state. Time for an international boycott of Sri Lanka on all fronts – sport, commerce and politics.

  317. Sri Lanka war-crime alleged over killing of TECH Director
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33881
    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Knowingly or unknowingly, we have all been witnessing one of the darkest chapters in humanity, now being written by the blood of innocent civilians in a land that was once known as Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The ugliest part of this chapter is not what was happened to the innocents but the response from the civilised world that had so far failed miserably to save the lives, although it had the power to act.

  318. Extensive forensic investigations of the Mullivaikal massacre sites have not been carried out systematically to identify the bodies and bury them appropriately. That area has been out of bounds to its inhabitants except the Sri Lankan military to enable them to clean up the land. We still do not know what the Sri Lankan army has done to the bodies. Is there a combined memorial or a mortuary in Mullivaikal for the dead?

    The memory of Mullivaikal’s dead men women and children was kept alive by the surviving victims. They will continue to raise the memory at all international forums and will not rest until the truth is revealed.
    http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers45%5Cpaper4456.html

    A distinguished panel of reasonable people with no ethno-religious axe to grind in the Sri Lankan quagmire have called for an investigation. If Sri Lanka has no blood on its hands why not agree for such an international investigation to bring a closure to this tragedy. We repeat- Let the truth be told.

  319. Rohan Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:34 am

    Namaste brother.

    You know what’s even uglier? How Ban Ki-Moon is more concerned about being elected for a second term than preventing the Sri Lankan government from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, which is the kind of thing that he has been elected to do. Why would any nation want to elect him for a second term when he failed (and is continuing to fail) to do what he was elected to do in his first term?

    I feel sorry for Moon for placing more importance on materialistic things like money and power instead of helping prevent the ethnic cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka which has already consumed hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils’ lives.

  320. Sri Lanka Army killed Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body dead body recently come out through SLA soldiers

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33881

  321. Accountability is vital as impunity breeds contempt.

    The war is over but Tamils are still terrorized by the Repressive Rajapaksa Regime

    Tamils in the North and East are dragged to Colombo in coaches to force them to protests against the UN Panel report.

    The Sri Lanka army has threatened civilians with consequences if they do not join the protest marches.

    The minorities are made to be subservient to the interests of the majority.

    With army and police are from the mono-ethnic Sinhalese majority minorities cannot complain to any neutral body to seek justice.

    It makes it vital that minorities are given an independent power sharing mechanism to manage their affairs locally without having to travel 300 km in up to 12 hours.

  322. Arohara Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    Rip Van Winkle

    Pathetic crocodile tears and vicious lies !!!

    Ane Machan – I at least shed crocodile tears because I have seen what happened. I know that you guys did not shed any tears for these innocent people when your own LTTE shot them when they tried to escape for their lives.

  323. The transparent investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes comes from those claiming to back ‘reconciliation’. However, reconciliation Rajapaksa style is a complete misnomer.
    The comic nature of an Orwellian state is embodied in Sri Lanka today. Tamils are press ganged by the police into signing a petition against a UN investigation. Tamil children are being forced to sing the national anthem in Sinhalese. Sri Lanka expands its military in times of peace, as its army holds an iron grip of terror over Tamil areas. Stories of land and house being appropriated and handed out to Sinhala citizens are rife, but of course foreign journalists are prevented from going to those parts of Sri Lanka. Tamil citizens continue after the war to ‘disappear’ and mangled tortured bodies continue to surface.
    Foreign projects to help the war battered Tamil community are effectively stifled by the Sri Lankan state. And its independent media continues its self-censorship with little reporting of the persecution of the Tamil population. And the state sends former generals to foreign capitals to sell its ‘successful war on terror’ which massacred over 40,000 Tamil civilians. It would be unbelievable fiction, if it tragically wasn’t happening to real people. To dislike, Tamils or Sinhalese is to be racist, but to dislike Sri Lanka is to stand against a value system that is no different to acting against a Nazi Germany, Hutu Rwanda or any other fascist state. Time for an international boycott of Sri Lanka on all fronts – sport, commerce and politics.

  324. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Indeed I agree that you need to prove beyond absolute doubt and neither you nor I can do it. That's why we try to rely on the statements made by people who were in there and it is no rocket science that in such situation, people would make up stories too – depending on their loyalty. Just like we are arguing now. But, as humans, have the power to logically think and put one and one together by looking at past experiences. We cannot compare Rajapakse government to the other governments that was there in the past. Ex. in 87, when Wadamarachchi operation was in place during Hon. J.R. J's time, there were many more casualties because Major Kobbekaduwa was ruthless – lucky India was there to save Prabha.

    You talk of Kana, Daya and George lying for the government and I can tell you the same thing about Rayappu Joseph…. May Be he is lying for the LTTE – we know that he was on the pay-pack of the LTTE. May be it is he who is lying.

    Also, 2008 figures would make no sense because I know for a fact that some of the people there moved to other areas as well – though the war ended – the people in Colombo took their loved ones over here when they knew that the war was not that OK – So, if we check the Stats in Colombo, you might see an increase in the Tamil population since 2008 which would be close to the number you say are missing in the north.

    As I and Mango clearly have mentioned many a times, there indeed will be people who had seen people getting killed in the cross fire where the shot was initiated at the SLA end – cummon, it cannot happen with zero casualties – we all agree on that. But, at the same time, you and I as much as the rest of the world did see LTTE carders firing at Civilians who tried to escape to government control areas. In addition, we know that LTTE did kill the Tamils who opposed them in cold blood. Hence, we cannot rule out the fact of this being the truth and that there is some kind of truth in what Kana says. Logically thinking. So, if you are ruling out the possibilities of it happening, you are no better than the government of SL saying there were zero casualties. Hence, if you take that stance, logically, I cannot expect the GOSL to change their word.

    Let's not talk numbers again – cause it is a mess… You guys still need to discuss among yourselves and arrive at one figure you think of portraying to the world – the disagreement among your selves in this regard proves it is baseless.

    Mass Graves – I think I replied – You cannot hide 100,000 + bodies anywhere without being detected – 500 – May be – 100 Yes. 100,000 Mass grave would be visible for any Satellite image and we all know that those eyes were always watching. There is no requirement to check on the ground for graves of such mass capacity. We are talking acres.

    Machan – we both can read many eyewitness accounts on the web and papers etc. But, you will believe Joseph, while I will believe Kana. That's the difference – But, in my case, I have actually spoken face to face with some and that picture is close to Kana's report than Josephs report. This is where you and I would disagree.

    The sad truth is that because of the idiocy of Prabha, Mahinda will not only win, but, will win with Massive margins all elections that are held in SL for the next 10 years. There should be some dramatic change for it to not happen and that is defa not UN or International intervention. It should be another winning the trust of the Sri Lankans and that Stupid Ranil W is not making it easy either – People want Sajith and he will be the only person who could give a close fight.

    I am sure that your witness saw some being killed by the SLA, I never deny that fact – but, what we need to understand is the Motive behind the whole operation and not a singled out death of an innocent man – who for all you know would have got shot because he was part of the human shield that protected a retarded bastard. In that sense, it is the retard who needs to be responsible and not the SLA.

    Machan, I for once don't believe that Mahinda is a racist because he has Tamils married in to his family. If they were, you never would have seen such thing happening. Also, he could be a good Buddhist, but, not a fanatic – why ? his wife is a catholic. Very hard to believe that a radical person (like Wimal or Champika) would do the same.

    I join you in crying out for democracy in SL – But, it is defa not the democracy I saw in the North under Prabha 2 years back – If you call that democracy, there would be no point in continuing this conversation… Do we agree on that machan?

  325. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Machan – there were stacks and stacks of medicine that was found in the bunkers and some of them were live feeds – no way SLA would have planted that much of medicine in a bunker to create a scenario even cause they had ammo to carry than truck loads of medicine.
    Machan – also, when you say that LTTE would not have come in to existence if the Singhales treated them right, why F did they start the campaign by killing Alfred D – A Tamil and not a Sinhalese ??? Wedak nethi katha ne machan – Baseless. Why did they kill Lakshman K and other prominant tamil leaders if their issue was only with Sinhalees ??

    If they actually cared for the Tamils, they would have not provoked a few Sinhala Idiots to go on a killing sphere in 83. However, with this killing they managed to get international attention – but to get that attention, they paved way by getting their own people killed – so, is that correct ??? This is why I say that Prapha always had other motives and not the interest of Tamils in mind.

    Machan – there are no more camps – all are home (unless those who did not have a place or person to go to). Tell me another country that would provide such people free shelter, meals and medicine. Machan, we both can get together and bash the GOSL with many things, but, common, give some credit to the fellas where it is required. When an old fella dies of age also you would say that he was killed – not fair no machao – luckily Prabha's mom dies in good care – if not, there would have been many other stories.

    We both also know (i.e. if u r in SL) that the infra development is happening pretty fast – I hope u r not the kind who expects it to happen over night with the wave of the magic wand.

    Machan – As we both know reconciliation is a must. But having hatred like the baggers wound will not help any – I personally feel that reconciliation will happen sooner or later. What would determine whether it is sooner or later is that ordinary people like you and me agreeing on something and building our trust and a friendly relationship from there on. If U R in SL, I am sure you will have many Sinhala friends that you dearly love.. Let's start from there..

  326. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    Machan – I don't use my real name not because I fear some LTTE fellow killing me, but, because I don't want to be a Hero.

    This is a rubbish tread of posts by the AI… I am against AI for not taking any action against the LTTE and it's descendants even after the AI report stating they are equally responsible – why not charge Adela and the remaining retards??

  327. Rohan Arty and a few others – Please don't expect me to reply to copy paste articles, because I wish to engage in conversations with you and not some other Retard who had posted an article to a retarded web site.

    So, sorry !!

    Also, again for the zillionth time, the copy paste brigade of Peelam, I am not against Tamils and if you cannot read right and understand the posts, please refrain from making a fool of your selves.

    May Be Ariyachakrawarti could educate you retards.

    So, Chaw for the moment !!

  328. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    The fact is that government forces prevented medical supplies from reaching the injured innocents. Both UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas (some of whom were attacked by the government forces: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes… ) attest to this.

    Alfred Duraiappa was killed as despite being a Tamil, he was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the Sinhalese worse. Did the LTTE kill S.J.V. Selvanayagam? Who headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle in the 1940s to bring a political solution to Tamils (without dividing the country)? No, because he was working for the Tamils.

    Kadiragamar was yet another Tamil who was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils worse, for instance by criticising people who revealed government forces killing innocent civilians, despite there being overwhelming evidence.

    I know for a fact that here are still hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils who are being held in concentration camps in the war torn areas to this day. I know people who have been unable to get their family out of the camps, so please don't lie.

    The camps are called 'concentration camps' for a reason. There is no food or medical care. Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday. I know people who had to endure these conditions, so again, please don't lie.

    Sri Lanka is not developing. It has GREAT potential to develop, but it's being held back by the extreme incompetence and corruption of mahinda and his thugs. Hyperinflation, steady decline in the value of the Sri Lankan Rupee, steadily falling living conditions along with steadily widening income gaps are not signs of development.

    There is absolutely no hatred in me, for any being. However, those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka (mahinda, basil, gotabaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and punished. Reconciliation can only happen once this happens and Tamils are given freedom, equality and democracy.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Please read my comment again. The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it knew of the ethnic cleansing of Tamils that the government forces were conducting, which was after the war had ended.

    The majority of the training for the government forces was provided by pakistan, not the USA.

  329. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:18 am

    Machan – The USA helped SL throughout. We all know that they sent one of their drones during the last stages of the battle. They even opted for SF to come to USA. Gota and Basil are still citizens of the USA… Neda?

    Machan, it's not something that the GOSL is saying, the normal people know that if Mahinda had stayed cool with USA, things would have been different – see Examples from Middle east. Why only Libya – why not Abu Dabi??

    Our troops trained in the USA big time. So it is not a flawed argument, but, an argument supported by facts and figures.

    Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:45 am

    We say the same thing about Ban ki Baboon….. If he wanted to act straight, he would not have listened to the western powers, but, stuck to his asian roots and said NO INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST SL !!

  330. The 2002 Peace Pocess negotiated between then Sri Lanka Government and the LTTE with Norway supported by the IC with a loan/aid package of $ 4.5 million with aim of reconstructing the devastated north and east and rehabilitation of its people finally ended in a nullity BUT all the money must be disbursed by Sri Lanka Government.

    Not a single $ had been accounted for publicly yet as far as known. Perhaps the ongoing LLRC appointed by the present Government in what appears to be as a rejoinder to the UN Advisory Panel.

    What is known is that under cover of the Peace Proces Sri Lanka Army appeared to have armed themselves.

    Enter the Rajapakse Government of President Rajapakse in Sept. 2005 on a war front with the JVP and they were elected by a narrow majority.

    The Peace Process was rudely disrupted and annulled by new Rajapaksa Government

    The rest is recent history.

    Only the UN in its collective wisdom can find a durable solution to what has become a totally intractable politico-socio national problem shorn altogether of justice.

  331. So the Sri Lankan Tamils as well as the Refugees around the World are CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA.

    The Globalised Capital that transformed into Globalised Establishments is fast multiplying the Refugees around the World due to its inability to meet the internal contradictions as well as the collective contradictions with the Environment.

    HIGHRISES SURROUNDED BY VAST OCEANS OF REFUGEES ARE CERTAINLY INCOMPATIBLE.

    We are all Refugees in a way. It is time for us to change the world on its head simply as a matter of Survival.

  332. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Namaste.

    Every single person who witnessed the war who isn't a puppet to the rajapaksa government accuses the government forces of abducting, torturing, raping and killing innocent Tamils. Even these puppets would speak the truth if their safety was guaranteed and/or the rajapaksa government cut them off the government payroll.

    The only people making up stories 'depending on their loyalty' are the rajapaksa government's puppets. If the Tamils who witnessed the war are 'making up stories' as you say, their stories wouldn't be lining up perfectly with what the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas during the war experienced.

    The amount of Tamils killed under the rajapaksa government is much, much more than during the rule of any other president, the number continues to rise as there are Tamils being killed in the present as well, despite the war being over for almost two years now.

    Like I said before, I know people who witnessed the war, every single one of them told me that the government forces did not spare a single ex-LTTE member unless they were willing to become puppets for the government. I know people who were in the concentration camps and they tell me that anyone who admits that he had ties to the LTTE is immediately dragged off and executed unless they are willing to become puppets for the government. If you think Rayappu Joseph is on the payroll of an organisation which no longer exists in Sri Lanka, you're delusional.

    I also know people who were in the Vanni during the conflict, some of whom lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE) and both groups of people agree with Rayappu Joseph's account.

    During the war it was impossible for people to 'move to other areas' as they wished. The roads were blocked off, the seas patrolled by the navy and anyone trying to flee was shot down by government forces. 'The people in Colombo took their loved ones over here' as you say never happened because of this. After the war, the people who weren't killed by the government forces were put in concentration camps. It was only at this point that you could go collect family and/or friends. I know the procedure as I know people who went through it.

    I never denied that the LTTE killed civilians. I always said that while the LTTE did kill civilians, as evidence shows, the rajapaksa government killed more innocent civilians than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    As I said before, no one other than the rajapaksa government knows how many innocent Tamils the government forces killed as independent investigations are not allowed. But the number is definitely in the hundreds of thousands.

    As for the mass graves, please read my previous comment again. Burial isn't the only way of disposing of the bodies. I'm leaning towards mass cremation as it would be faster, cheaper and more effective at hiding the evidence. Oh and you don't need acres to bury 100,000 bodies.

    I know many people who were living in the war torn areas during the war and witnessed with their very eyes the government forces killing innocent Tamils. Some of these people have also lost family and friends themselves to the government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I'm not going by 'eyewitness accounts on the web and papers'. Please read my comments properly before replying to them.

    Who exactly have you spoken to who experienced the war? From your past comments you've clearly shown how you have little to no knowledge of the war (such as not knowing even the procedure involved in getting family and friends out of the war torn areas). You are either lying or the people you are speaking to haven't witnessed the same war we are talking about.

    Unless there is foreign intervention and mahinda is overthrown, Sri Lankans educated on what democracy is and a fully democratic government providing freedom, equality and democracy to all Sri Lankans is instilled, Sri Lanka will never have democracy.

    'Your witness'? I know over hundred people who witnessed the government forces just massacring innocent Tamils (and no, they weren't being used as human shields). Every single one of these people agree that the UN claim of government forces killing only 40,000 civilians is not even scratching the surface.

    As for your human shield comment, you can't simply kill an innocent person who's being used as a shield against his/her will. If the government forces killed anyone being used as human shields, it's the fault of the government forces.

    mahinda is a racist. Like I said before, there is no other reason otherwise for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils happening in Sri Lanka.

    Like I said before, the only thing that was preventing mahinda from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils was the resistance, the LTTE. Now that the LTTE no longer exists, mahinda and his thugs abduct, torture, rape and kill innocent Tamils as they wish.

    prabhakaran was not democratic, but there sure were less Tamils being killed when he was alive.

  333. Sri Lankan Government said that once the LTTE is defeated everything will be OK.

    Also the Singhalese people should know that no Sri Lankan Goverment at any time offered any solution for the LTTE to consider.

    Now to say LTTE never accepted any solution is a fallacy and cheating the entire world.

    Look at the Government’s own Chief Minister of Eastern Province.

    He is complaining of not having any powers.

    Rajapaksa Government does not want to implement what is law.

    Shameful leaders?

    If a proper political solution is not agreed another form of LTTE will emerge again.

    THE ONLY SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE TO RAJAPAKSA GOVERNMENT IS TO PUT ALL TAMILS IN A GAS CHAMBER AND BURN THEM ALIVE.(GAS CHAMBERS WERE BUILT BY RUSSIA, IRAN, CHINA AND BURMA)

    PROBLEM SOLVED.

  334. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    The fact is that government forces prevented medical supplies from reaching the injured innocents. Both UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas (some of whom were attacked by the government forces: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes… ) attest to this.

    Alfred Duraiappa was killed as despite being a Tamil, he was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the Sinhalese worse. Did the LTTE kill S.J.V. Selvanayagam? Who headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle in the 1940s to bring a political solution to Tamils (without dividing the country)? No, because he was working for the Tamils.

    Kadiragamar was yet another Tamil who was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils worse, for instance by criticising people who revealed government forces killing innocent civilians, despite there being overwhelming evidence.

    I know for a fact that here are still hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils who are being held in concentration camps in the war torn areas to this day. I know people who have been unable to get their family out of the camps, so please don't lie.

    The camps are called 'concentration camps' for a reason. There is no food or medical care. Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday. I know people who had to endure these conditions, so again, please don't lie.

    Sri Lanka is not developing. It has GREAT potential to develop, but it's being held back by the extreme incompetence and corruption of mahinda and his thugs. Hyperinflation, steady decline in the value of the Sri Lankan Rupee, steadily falling living conditions along with steadily widening income gaps are not signs of development.

    There is absolutely no hatred in me, for any being. However, those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka (mahinda, basil, gotabaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and punished. Reconciliation can only happen once this happens and Tamils are given freedom, equality and democracy.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Please read my comment again. The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it knew of the ethnic cleansing of Tamils that the government forces were conducting, which was after the war had ended.

    The majority of the training for the government forces was provided by pakistan, not the USA.

  335. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    The fact is that government forces prevented medical supplies from reaching the injured innocents. Both UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas (some of whom were attacked by the government forces: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes… ) attest to this.

    Alfred Duraiappa was killed as despite being a Tamil, he was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the Sinhalese worse. Did the LTTE kill S.J.V. Selvanayagam? Who headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle in the 1940s to bring a political solution to Tamils (without dividing the country)? No, because he was working for the Tamils.

    Kadiragamar was yet another Tamil who was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils worse, for instance by criticising people who revealed government forces killing innocent civilians, despite there being overwhelming evidence.

    I know for a fact that here are still hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils who are being held in concentration camps in the war torn areas to this day. I know people who have been unable to get their family out of the camps, so please don't lie.

    The camps are called 'concentration camps' for a reason. There is no food or medical care. Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday. I know people who had to endure these conditions, so again, please don't lie.

    Sri Lanka is not developing. It has GREAT potential to develop, but it's being held back by the extreme incompetence and corruption of mahinda and his thugs. Hyperinflation, steady decline in the value of the Sri Lankan Rupee, steadily falling living conditions along with steadily widening income gaps are not signs of development.

    There is absolutely no hatred in me, for any being. However, those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka (mahinda, basil, gotabaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and punished. Reconciliation can only happen once this happens and Tamils are given freedom, equality and democracy.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Please read my comment again. The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it knew of the ethnic cleansing of Tamils that the government forces were conducting, which was after the war had ended.

    The majority of the training for the government forces was provided by pakistan, not the USA.

  336. Unprecedented savagery of the Sinhalese

    The savagery exposed in the killings seen in videos and tortured corpses must be a big burden to the Sinhalese.

    The inevitable question the Sinhalese will ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, that what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to mutilate, inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being even if we assume this human being is one of the worst. This will haunt the Sinhala race for eons to come, war-crimes or not.

  337. Arohara Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    Rip Van Winkle

    Pathetic crocodile tears and vicious lies !!!

    Ane Machan – I at least shed crocodile tears because I have seen what happened. I know that you guys did not shed any tears for these innocent people when your own LTTE shot them when they tried to escape for their lives.

  338. Namaste Arul brother.

    Thanks for pointing that out. Can't believe I overlooked that.

  339. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Indeed I agree that you need to prove beyond absolute doubt and neither you nor I can do it. That’s why we try to rely on the statements made by people who were in there and it is no rocket science that in such situation, people would make up stories too – depending on their loyalty. Just like we are arguing now. But, as humans, have the power to logically think and put one and one together by looking at past experiences. We cannot compare Rajapakse government to the other governments that was there in the past. Ex. in 87, when Wadamarachchi operation was in place during Hon. J.R. J’s time, there were many more casualties because Major Kobbekaduwa was ruthless – lucky India was there to save Prabha.

    You talk of Kana, Daya and George lying for the government and I can tell you the same thing about Rayappu Joseph…. May Be he is lying for the LTTE – we know that he was on the pay-pack of the LTTE. May be it is he who is lying.

    Also, 2008 figures would make no sense because I know for a fact that some of the people there moved to other areas as well – though the war ended – the people in Colombo took their loved ones over here when they knew that the war was not that OK – So, if we check the Stats in Colombo, you might see an increase in the Tamil population since 2008 which would be close to the number you say are missing in the north.

    As I and Mango clearly have mentioned many a times, there indeed will be people who had seen people getting killed in the cross fire where the shot was initiated at the SLA end – cummon, it cannot happen with zero casualties – we all agree on that. But, at the same time, you and I as much as the rest of the world did see LTTE carders firing at Civilians who tried to escape to government control areas. In addition, we know that LTTE did kill the Tamils who opposed them in cold blood. Hence, we cannot rule out the fact of this being the truth and that there is some kind of truth in what Kana says. Logically thinking. So, if you are ruling out the possibilities of it happening, you are no better than the government of SL saying there were zero casualties. Hence, if you take that stance, logically, I cannot expect the GOSL to change their word.

    Let’s not talk numbers again – cause it is a mess… You guys still need to discuss among yourselves and arrive at one figure you think of portraying to the world – the disagreement among your selves in this regard proves it is baseless.

    Mass Graves – I think I replied – You cannot hide 100,000 + bodies anywhere without being detected – 500 – May be – 100 Yes. 100,000 Mass grave would be visible for any Satellite image and we all know that those eyes were always watching. There is no requirement to check on the ground for graves of such mass capacity. We are talking acres.

    Machan – we both can read many eyewitness accounts on the web and papers etc. But, you will believe Joseph, while I will believe Kana. That’s the difference – But, in my case, I have actually spoken face to face with some and that picture is close to Kana’s report than Josephs report. This is where you and I would disagree.

    The sad truth is that because of the idiocy of Prabha, Mahinda will not only win, but, will win with Massive margins all elections that are held in SL for the next 10 years. There should be some dramatic change for it to not happen and that is defa not UN or International intervention. It should be another winning the trust of the Sri Lankans and that Stupid Ranil W is not making it easy either – People want Sajith and he will be the only person who could give a close fight.

    I am sure that your witness saw some being killed by the SLA, I never deny that fact – but, what we need to understand is the Motive behind the whole operation and not a singled out death of an innocent man – who for all you know would have got shot because he was part of the human shield that protected a retarded bastard. In that sense, it is the retard who needs to be responsible and not the SLA.

    Machan, I for once don’t believe that Mahinda is a racist because he has Tamils married in to his family. If they were, you never would have seen such thing happening. Also, he could be a good Buddhist, but, not a fanatic – why ? his wife is a catholic. Very hard to believe that a radical person (like Wimal or Champika) would do the same.

    I join you in crying out for democracy in SL – But, it is defa not the democracy I saw in the North under Prabha 2 years back – If you call that democracy, there would be no point in continuing this conversation… Do we agree on that machan?

  340. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Machan – there were stacks and stacks of medicine that was found in the bunkers and some of them were live feeds – no way SLA would have planted that much of medicine in a bunker to create a scenario even cause they had ammo to carry than truck loads of medicine.
    Machan – also, when you say that LTTE would not have come in to existence if the Singhales treated them right, why F did they start the campaign by killing Alfred D – A Tamil and not a Sinhalese ??? Wedak nethi katha ne machan – Baseless. Why did they kill Lakshman K and other prominant tamil leaders if their issue was only with Sinhalees ??

    If they actually cared for the Tamils, they would have not provoked a few Sinhala Idiots to go on a killing sphere in 83. However, with this killing they managed to get international attention – but to get that attention, they paved way by getting their own people killed – so, is that correct ??? This is why I say that Prapha always had other motives and not the interest of Tamils in mind.

    Machan – there are no more camps – all are home (unless those who did not have a place or person to go to). Tell me another country that would provide such people free shelter, meals and medicine. Machan, we both can get together and bash the GOSL with many things, but, common, give some credit to the fellas where it is required. When an old fella dies of age also you would say that he was killed – not fair no machao – luckily Prabha’s mom dies in good care – if not, there would have been many other stories.

    We both also know (i.e. if u r in SL) that the infra development is happening pretty fast – I hope u r not the kind who expects it to happen over night with the wave of the magic wand.

    Machan – As we both know reconciliation is a must. But having hatred like the baggers wound will not help any – I personally feel that reconciliation will happen sooner or later. What would determine whether it is sooner or later is that ordinary people like you and me agreeing on something and building our trust and a friendly relationship from there on. If U R in SL, I am sure you will have many Sinhala friends that you dearly love.. Let’s start from there..

  341. Aryachakravarti Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    Machan – I don’t use my real name not because I fear some LTTE fellow killing me, but, because I don’t want to be a Hero.

    This is a rubbish tread of posts by the AI… I am against AI for not taking any action against the LTTE and it’s descendants even after the AI report stating they are equally responsible – why not charge Adela and the remaining retards??

  342. Rohan Arty and a few others – Please don’t expect me to reply to copy paste articles, because I wish to engage in conversations with you and not some other Retard who had posted an article to a retarded web site.

    So, sorry !!

    Also, again for the zillionth time, the copy paste brigade of Peelam, I am not against Tamils and if you cannot read right and understand the posts, please refrain from making a fool of your selves.

    May Be Ariyachakrawarti could educate you retards.

    So, Chaw for the moment !!

  343. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:18 am

    Machan – The USA helped SL throughout. We all know that they sent one of their drones during the last stages of the battle. They even opted for SF to come to USA. Gota and Basil are still citizens of the USA… Neda?

    Machan, it’s not something that the GOSL is saying, the normal people know that if Mahinda had stayed cool with USA, things would have been different – see Examples from Middle east. Why only Libya – why not Abu Dabi??

    Our troops trained in the USA big time. So it is not a flawed argument, but, an argument supported by facts and figures.

    Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:45 am

    We say the same thing about Ban ki Baboon….. If he wanted to act straight, he would not have listened to the western powers, but, stuck to his asian roots and said NO INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST SL !!

  344. The 2002 Peace Pocess negotiated between then Sri Lanka Government and the LTTE with Norway supported by the IC with a loan/aid package of $ 4.5 million with aim of reconstructing the devastated north and east and rehabilitation of its people finally ended in a nullity BUT all the money must be disbursed by Sri Lanka Government.

    Not a single $ had been accounted for publicly yet as far as known. Perhaps the ongoing LLRC appointed by the present Government in what appears to be as a rejoinder to the UN Advisory Panel.

    What is known is that under cover of the Peace Proces Sri Lanka Army appeared to have armed themselves.

    Enter the Rajapakse Government of President Rajapakse in Sept. 2005 on a war front with the JVP and they were elected by a narrow majority.

    The Peace Process was rudely disrupted and annulled by new Rajapaksa Government

    The rest is recent history.

    Only the UN in its collective wisdom can find a durable solution to what has become a totally intractable politico-socio national problem shorn altogether of justice.

  345. So the Sri Lankan Tamils as well as the Refugees around the World are CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA.

    The Globalised Capital that transformed into Globalised Establishments is fast multiplying the Refugees around the World due to its inability to meet the internal contradictions as well as the collective contradictions with the Environment.

    HIGHRISES SURROUNDED BY VAST OCEANS OF REFUGEES ARE CERTAINLY INCOMPATIBLE.

    We are all Refugees in a way. It is time for us to change the world on its head simply as a matter of Survival.

  346. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Namaste.

    Every single person who witnessed the war who isn’t a puppet to the rajapaksa government accuses the government forces of abducting, torturing, raping and killing innocent Tamils. Even these puppets would speak the truth if their safety was guaranteed and/or the rajapaksa government cut them off the government payroll.

    The only people making up stories ‘depending on their loyalty’ are the rajapaksa government’s puppets. If the Tamils who witnessed the war are ‘making up stories’ as you say, their stories wouldn’t be lining up perfectly with what the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas during the war experienced.

    The amount of Tamils killed under the rajapaksa government is much, much more than during the rule of any other president, the number continues to rise as there are Tamils being killed in the present as well, despite the war being over for almost two years now.

    Like I said before, I know people who witnessed the war, every single one of them told me that the government forces did not spare a single ex-LTTE member unless they were willing to become puppets for the government. I know people who were in the concentration camps and they tell me that anyone who admits that he had ties to the LTTE is immediately dragged off and executed unless they are willing to become puppets for the government. If you think Rayappu Joseph is on the payroll of an organisation which no longer exists in Sri Lanka, you’re delusional.

    I also know people who were in the Vanni during the conflict, some of whom lost family and friends to government forces (despite never having had any ties to the LTTE) and both groups of people agree with Rayappu Joseph’s account.

    During the war it was impossible for people to ‘move to other areas’ as they wished. The roads were blocked off, the seas patrolled by the navy and anyone trying to flee was shot down by government forces. ‘The people in Colombo took their loved ones over here’ as you say never happened because of this. After the war, the people who weren’t killed by the government forces were put in concentration camps. It was only at this point that you could go collect family and/or friends. I know the procedure as I know people who went through it.

    I never denied that the LTTE killed civilians. I always said that while the LTTE did kill civilians, as evidence shows, the rajapaksa government killed more innocent civilians than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    As I said before, no one other than the rajapaksa government knows how many innocent Tamils the government forces killed as independent investigations are not allowed. But the number is definitely in the hundreds of thousands.

    As for the mass graves, please read my previous comment again. Burial isn’t the only way of disposing of the bodies. I’m leaning towards mass cremation as it would be faster, cheaper and more effective at hiding the evidence. Oh and you don’t need acres to bury 100,000 bodies.

    I know many people who were living in the war torn areas during the war and witnessed with their very eyes the government forces killing innocent Tamils. Some of these people have also lost family and friends themselves to the government forces (despite never having had ties to the LTTE), so I’m not going by ‘eyewitness accounts on the web and papers’. Please read my comments properly before replying to them.

    Who exactly have you spoken to who experienced the war? From your past comments you’ve clearly shown how you have little to no knowledge of the war (such as not knowing even the procedure involved in getting family and friends out of the war torn areas). You are either lying or the people you are speaking to haven’t witnessed the same war we are talking about.

    Unless there is foreign intervention and mahinda is overthrown, Sri Lankans educated on what democracy is and a fully democratic government providing freedom, equality and democracy to all Sri Lankans is instilled, Sri Lanka will never have democracy.

    ‘Your witness’? I know over hundred people who witnessed the government forces just massacring innocent Tamils (and no, they weren’t being used as human shields). Every single one of these people agree that the UN claim of government forces killing only 40,000 civilians is not even scratching the surface.

    As for your human shield comment, you can’t simply kill an innocent person who’s being used as a shield against his/her will. If the government forces killed anyone being used as human shields, it’s the fault of the government forces.

    mahinda is a racist. Like I said before, there is no other reason otherwise for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils happening in Sri Lanka.

    Like I said before, the only thing that was preventing mahinda from conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils was the resistance, the LTTE. Now that the LTTE no longer exists, mahinda and his thugs abduct, torture, rape and kill innocent Tamils as they wish.

    prabhakaran was not democratic, but there sure were less Tamils being killed when he was alive.

  347. Sri Lankan Government said that once the LTTE is defeated everything will be OK.

    Also the Singhalese people should know that no Sri Lankan Goverment at any time offered any solution for the LTTE to consider.

    Now to say LTTE never accepted any solution is a fallacy and cheating the entire world.

    Look at the Government’s own Chief Minister of Eastern Province.

    He is complaining of not having any powers.

    Rajapaksa Government does not want to implement what is law.

    Shameful leaders?

    If a proper political solution is not agreed another form of LTTE will emerge again.

    THE ONLY SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE TO RAJAPAKSA GOVERNMENT IS TO PUT ALL TAMILS IN A GAS CHAMBER AND BURN THEM ALIVE.(GAS CHAMBERS WERE BUILT BY RUSSIA, IRAN, CHINA AND BURMA)

    PROBLEM SOLVED.

  348. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    The fact is that government forces prevented medical supplies from reaching the injured innocents. Both UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas (some of whom were attacked by the government forces: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-war-crimes-is-srebrenica-moment ) attest to this.

    Alfred Duraiappa was killed as despite being a Tamil, he was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the Sinhalese worse. Did the LTTE kill S.J.V. Selvanayagam? Who headed a non-violent Gandhian struggle in the 1940s to bring a political solution to Tamils (without dividing the country)? No, because he was working for the Tamils.

    Kadiragamar was yet another Tamil who was only making the discrimination faced by Tamils worse, for instance by criticising people who revealed government forces killing innocent civilians, despite there being overwhelming evidence.

    I know for a fact that here are still hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils who are being held in concentration camps in the war torn areas to this day. I know people who have been unable to get their family out of the camps, so please don’t lie.

    The camps are called ‘concentration camps’ for a reason. There is no food or medical care. Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday. I know people who had to endure these conditions, so again, please don’t lie.

    Sri Lanka is not developing. It has GREAT potential to develop, but it’s being held back by the extreme incompetence and corruption of mahinda and his thugs. Hyperinflation, steady decline in the value of the Sri Lankan Rupee, steadily falling living conditions along with steadily widening income gaps are not signs of development.

    There is absolutely no hatred in me, for any being. However, those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils going on in Sri Lanka (mahinda, basil, gotabaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and punished. Reconciliation can only happen once this happens and Tamils are given freedom, equality and democracy.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Please read my comment again. The US stopped helping Sri Lanka as soon as it knew of the ethnic cleansing of Tamils that the government forces were conducting, which was after the war had ended.

    The majority of the training for the government forces was provided by pakistan, not the USA.

  349. Unprecedented savagery of the Sinhalese

    The savagery exposed in the killings seen in videos and tortured corpses must be a big burden to the Sinhalese.

    The inevitable question the Sinhalese will ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, that what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to mutilate, inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being even if we assume this human being is one of the worst. This will haunt the Sinhala race for eons to come, war-crimes or not.

  350. UN disappointed regarding Indian housing project – Douglas, Karuna and Basil are the cause.
    The proposed 50,000 housing project by the Indian government to the displaced people had not still begun its construction and regarding this, the United Nation Organization had shown its disappointment. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22BmSac2CA34

    Evidence of war crimes committed by the Government of Sri Lanka http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32590794576
    The Government of Sri Lanka have committed atrocities against Tamil Civilians.Sri Lankan government have committed war crimes and killing thousands and thousands Tamil innocent civilians.

  351. The man identified in Mr. Miller’s report as a soldier who served on the front line against the Tamil Tigers said that when members of the rebel force surrendered with their families, “our commander ordered us to kill everyone.” Among those executed after surrendering was the 13-year-old son of the rebel leader, according to the man identified as a senior commander in the report. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/new-a

    Sri Lanka committed war crimes part 2 by aljazeera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

  352. @Aryacakravarti: Wow, so many accusations, I'm surprised that you haven't accused Mahinda of eating Tamil babies for breakfast.

    The problem you must grapple with this is as follows: this was a vicious, no-holds barred 30 year war/counter-insurgency. Innocent people die. It's a fact of counter-insrugency wars. Tamils, Sinhalese, Muslims, Burghers and dogs and cats died. Lots of innocents died in JVP 1, JVP 2 and Eelam Wars 1-4. The LTTE chose to return to war in 2006 and in Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka they met their match.

    "Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday."/ So, by simple arithmetic, there can't be any Tamils left anywhere on the island, which patently is NOT the case. I'm sorry for your loss but remember, not a single family in SL has escaped the loss of loved ones. Your losses aren't special.

    Ethnic cleansing? Ah, that was an LTTE speciality, no? The victims of the only genuine, certified cases of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), were the Eastern Muslims, currently being re-settled in Madhu.

    Kadiragamar above all, managed to get the LTTE banned in the West, by proving to those idiots it was just another terrorist group. For this, the LTTE killed him. Just like they killed Rajiv Ghandi after he lost his fervour for Eelam.

    The biggest barrier to SL's development wasn't political corruption, but the endless war. War is bad for business. Reconciliation won't be helped when the losers try to prosecute the winners for war crimes.

    The SL govt forces didn't need any training from the US — what could the US teach? Carpet bombing? Drone attacks? The US and others supplied lots of lovely intel, which helped to destroy the LTTE weapons ships.

    I'm amazed to realise that the LTTE were not a highly effective, heavily armed terrorist group which gloried in the deaths of civilians, but a benign and heavily armed social services charity.! Gimme a break. 🙂

  353. Namaste Arul brother.

    Thanks for pointing that out. Can’t believe I overlooked that.

  354. Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

    United Nations report indicates Sri Lanka committed war crimes http://srilanka-videos.blogspot.com/2011/04/unite

    It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.

  355. Crisis Group possesses credible evidence that is sufficient to warrant an independent international investigation of the following allegations:

    The intentional shelling of civilians. Starting in late January, the government and security forces encouraged hundreds of thousands of civilians to move into ever smaller government-declared No Fire Zones (NFZs) and then subjected them to repeated and increasingly intense artillery and mortar barrages and other fire. This continued through May despite the government and security forces knowing the size and location of the civilian population and scale of civilian casualties.
    The intentional shelling of hospitals. The security forces shelled hospitals and makeshift medical centres – many overflowing with the wounded and sick – on multiple occasions even though they knew of their precise locations and functions. During these incidents, medical staff, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others continually informed the government and security forces of the shelling, yet they continued to strike medical facilities through May forcing civilians to abandon them.
    The intentional shelling of humanitarian operations. Despite knowing the exact location of humanitarian operations and food distribution points, the security forces repeatedly shelled these areas, which were crowded with humanitarian workers, vehicles and supplies, and civilians. Many were killed or wounded trying to deliver or receive basic humanitarian assistance, including women, children and infants. http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-

    Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_d

    Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy

  356. UN disappointed regarding Indian housing project – Douglas, Karuna and Basil are the cause.
    The proposed 50,000 housing project by the Indian government to the displaced people had not still begun its construction and regarding this, the United Nation Organization had shown its disappointment. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22BmSac2CA34

    Evidence of war crimes committed by the Government of Sri Lanka http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32590794576
    The Government of Sri Lanka have committed atrocities against Tamil Civilians.Sri Lankan government have committed war crimes and killing thousands and thousands Tamil innocent civilians.

  357. UN disappointed regarding Indian housing project – Douglas, Karuna and Basil are the cause.
    The proposed 50,000 housing project by the Indian government to the displaced people had not still begun its construction and regarding this, the United Nation Organization had shown its disappointment. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22BmSac2CA34

    Evidence of war crimes committed by the Government of Sri Lanka http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32590794576
    The Government of Sri Lanka have committed atrocities against Tamil Civilians.Sri Lankan government have committed war crimes and killing thousands and thousands Tamil innocent civilians.

  358. The man identified in Mr. Miller’s report as a soldier who served on the front line against the Tamil Tigers said that when members of the rebel force surrendered with their families, “our commander ordered us to kill everyone.” Among those executed after surrendering was the 13-year-old son of the rebel leader, according to the man identified as a senior commander in the report. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/new-a

    Sri Lanka committed war crimes part 2 by aljazeera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

  359. The man identified in Mr. Miller’s report as a soldier who served on the front line against the Tamil Tigers said that when members of the rebel force surrendered with their families, “our commander ordered us to kill everyone.” Among those executed after surrendering was the 13-year-old son of the rebel leader, according to the man identified as a senior commander in the report. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/new-a

    Sri Lanka committed war crimes part 2 by aljazeera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

  360. Cluster bombs, concentration camps, attacks on civilians and media … Sri Lanka’s lies http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    Again Sri Lanka has been deliberately and repeatedly lying about the number of Tamil civilians in the war zone. It insists that there are only 70,000 people in the war zone while the ICRC and UN aid agencies have been saying that there are between 200,000 and 250, 000 people in the war zone.

    Finally what happened, 300,000 were in the concentration camps, 100,000 still missing.

    China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TQ83G6
    Without that Chinese backing, Rajapaska’s government would have had neither the wherewithal nor the will to ignore world opinion in its offensive against the Tigers. So, not only has China become central to every aspect of the global financial and economic system, it has now demonstrated its strategic effectiveness in a region traditionally outside its orbit. On Sri Lanka’s beachfront battlefields, China’s “peaceful rise” was completed.

  361. Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

    United Nations report indicates Sri Lanka committed war crimes http://srilanka-videos.blogspot.com/2011/04/unite

    It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.

  362. Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

    United Nations report indicates Sri Lanka committed war crimes http://srilanka-videos.blogspot.com/2011/04/unite

    It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.

  363. Crisis Group possesses credible evidence that is sufficient to warrant an independent international investigation of the following allegations:

    The intentional shelling of civilians. Starting in late January, the government and security forces encouraged hundreds of thousands of civilians to move into ever smaller government-declared No Fire Zones (NFZs) and then subjected them to repeated and increasingly intense artillery and mortar barrages and other fire. This continued through May despite the government and security forces knowing the size and location of the civilian population and scale of civilian casualties.
    The intentional shelling of hospitals. The security forces shelled hospitals and makeshift medical centres – many overflowing with the wounded and sick – on multiple occasions even though they knew of their precise locations and functions. During these incidents, medical staff, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others continually informed the government and security forces of the shelling, yet they continued to strike medical facilities through May forcing civilians to abandon them.
    The intentional shelling of humanitarian operations. Despite knowing the exact location of humanitarian operations and food distribution points, the security forces repeatedly shelled these areas, which were crowded with humanitarian workers, vehicles and supplies, and civilians. Many were killed or wounded trying to deliver or receive basic humanitarian assistance, including women, children and infants. http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-

    Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_d

    Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy

  364. Crisis Group possesses credible evidence that is sufficient to warrant an independent international investigation of the following allegations:

    The intentional shelling of civilians. Starting in late January, the government and security forces encouraged hundreds of thousands of civilians to move into ever smaller government-declared No Fire Zones (NFZs) and then subjected them to repeated and increasingly intense artillery and mortar barrages and other fire. This continued through May despite the government and security forces knowing the size and location of the civilian population and scale of civilian casualties.
    The intentional shelling of hospitals. The security forces shelled hospitals and makeshift medical centres – many overflowing with the wounded and sick – on multiple occasions even though they knew of their precise locations and functions. During these incidents, medical staff, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others continually informed the government and security forces of the shelling, yet they continued to strike medical facilities through May forcing civilians to abandon them.
    The intentional shelling of humanitarian operations. Despite knowing the exact location of humanitarian operations and food distribution points, the security forces repeatedly shelled these areas, which were crowded with humanitarian workers, vehicles and supplies, and civilians. Many were killed or wounded trying to deliver or receive basic humanitarian assistance, including women, children and infants. http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-

    Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_d

    Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy

  365. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Full report

    People's Tribunal on Sri Lanka http://www.ifpsl.org/images/files/peoples_tribuna

  366. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War??

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    19.03.11 Amid Sinhala colonization, Dinamina claims SLA vac..
    01.03.11 Occupying military orders VVT people to register b..
    14.02.11 SL Military enforces photo-registration of familie..
    09.02.11 Genocidal Colombo unleashes new war on unarmed Tam..
    09.02.11 HSZ lands in Jaffna sold to Sinhala businessmen
    06.02.11 ‘Nazi-style registration of civilians in Jaffna’
    22.01.11 Militarization of policing announced in Jaffna
    22.01.11 Terror in Jaffna is only a hair in elephant’s tail..
    22.01.11 Boy reported missing in Ki'linochchi
    21.01.11 SLN blamed for murder of female teacher
    20.01.11 Dead body of young woman found near Pungkudutheevu..
    19.01.11 Seminary student tortured in white-van, terror-cam..
    17.01.11 Gunmen open fire at priest's house, wife seriously..
    14.01.11 Five children orphaned as 'abducted' father found ..
    13.01.11 Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abduc..
    13.01.11 Decomposed body recovered from abandon well in Jaf..
    12.01.11 32-year-old male seeks asylum with HRC in Jaffna
    10.01.11 Five of six Mannaar abductees released, Colombo in..
    10.01.11 Family man reported missing in Jaffna
    08.01.11 Colombo attempts to divert attention from increasi..
    08.01.11 Tamil student reported missing in Ampaa'rai
    08.01.11 JDS condemns silence of Colombo media over terror ..
    07.01.11 EPDP, SLA, confuse public, lottery-fraud arrested ..
    06.01.11 Abductions shock Mannaar, relatives of victim conf..
    05.01.11 Father of five reported missing in Koappaay
    05.01.11 SL judiciary, Police in Jaffna respond to stand of..
    04.01.11 Environment endangering life in Jaffna
    03.01.11 Imelda accuses police, prefers military
    03.01.11 Escalating killings, abductions: ‘Diplomatic civil..
    02.01.11 Auto driver reported missing in Urumpiraay, Jaffna
    01.01.11 Mobile phone saves 30 abductees in Vanni from bein..
    01.01.11 Killed Tamil youth of postal department was an env..
    31.12.10 Jaffna marred with killings, abductions on New Yea..
    31.12.10 Youth abducted in Jaffna Thursday is a teacher
    31.12.10 Youth abducted, Sri Lanka colonial commander denie..
    30.12.10 Why Sri Lanka keeps Tamil areas insecure and unsta..
    29.12.10 Terror campaign in Jaffna: abducted youth tortured..
    29.12.10 Abducted vehicle-dealer found dead in Jaffna
    28.12.10 ‘Sri Lankan forces planned education officer’s ass..
    27.12.10 Zonal Deputy Director of Education shot dead in Ja..
    19.12.10 Hathurusinghe, Imelda, deny existence of ‘High Sec..
    19.12.10 Imelda, Daya Master, felicitate Asian ‘peace laure..
    16.12.10 Chief priest fired at by SLA gun succumbs to injur..
    14.12.10 SLA intelligence ‘leaks’ stories about robberies i..
    11.12.10 Gunmen open fire at Hindu chief priest, sons in Ja..

  367. Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were " ZERO civilian casualties " the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

  368. Rohan – Anayak wenna epa !

    Just post the links if you really cant converse and we def. will visit those links and read them…
    U don't have to copy and paste the whole article…

  369. 5,653 cases of ‘disappeared’ pending in Sri Lanka: Forum-Asia at 16th session of UNHRC http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lanka: Terror campaign against Tamils reemerges http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/01/sri_lanka_ter
    Death squads operating in collusion with the military have once again begun to terrorise Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka despite the end of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009.

  370. Rip Van Winkle

    Stop ordering around here.

    Anyone can post anything they want.

    This is not Fascist Sri Lanka !!!!!!!!! 🙁

    AI respects freedom of speech here unlike Sri Lanka

  371. Rohan

    Thank you for great articles and very useful links you post here !! 🙂 🙂 🙂

  372. Cluster bombs, concentration camps, attacks on civilians and media … Sri Lanka’s lies http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    Again Sri Lanka has been deliberately and repeatedly lying about the number of Tamil civilians in the war zone. It insists that there are only 70,000 people in the war zone while the ICRC and UN aid agencies have been saying that there are between 200,000 and 250, 000 people in the war zone.

    Finally what happened, 300,000 were in the concentration camps, 100,000 still missing.

    China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TQ83G6
    Without that Chinese backing, Rajapaska’s government would have had neither the wherewithal nor the will to ignore world opinion in its offensive against the Tigers. So, not only has China become central to every aspect of the global financial and economic system, it has now demonstrated its strategic effectiveness in a region traditionally outside its orbit. On Sri Lanka’s beachfront battlefields, China’s “peaceful rise” was completed.

  373. Cluster bombs, concentration camps, attacks on civilians and media … Sri Lanka’s lies http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    Again Sri Lanka has been deliberately and repeatedly lying about the number of Tamil civilians in the war zone. It insists that there are only 70,000 people in the war zone while the ICRC and UN aid agencies have been saying that there are between 200,000 and 250, 000 people in the war zone.

    Finally what happened, 300,000 were in the concentration camps, 100,000 still missing.

    China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TQ83G6
    Without that Chinese backing, Rajapaska’s government would have had neither the wherewithal nor the will to ignore world opinion in its offensive against the Tigers. So, not only has China become central to every aspect of the global financial and economic system, it has now demonstrated its strategic effectiveness in a region traditionally outside its orbit. On Sri Lanka’s beachfront battlefields, China’s “peaceful rise” was completed.

  374. UN report is very important for healing the nation and reconciliation

    Accountability will stifle the unprecedented savagery towards the innocent .

    The wholesale slaughter of the civilians under guise of fighting “terrorism” should not be repeated .

    The Sinhalese should ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being

    The shocking ruthlessness of such barbarity is highlighted in the UN report :

    Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were ” ZERO civilian casualties ” the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

    ——

    Recently there was shock and horror in the polite Sri Lankan Society when the baby elephant was drown in the recent floods and was wedged in the tree after the water receded. Few tears (Duka Nedda) were shed for the poor creature

    But how many tears were shed by the polite Sri Lankan Society for the mangled remains of tiny Tamil babies which were stuck in the trees in the so called No Fire Zone ?

    None ?

    A deathly silence from the polite Sri Lankan Society ?

  375. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Machan – now U R taking like an ass who is trying to cover up all atrocities of the Retarded LTTE. Cummon…. let's talk sense and not try to defend anybody and give credit where it's due.

    Machan, as much as all who make statements are not Rajapakse's puppets, not all are LTTE puppets. Please tell me where I said that Tamils whi witnessed the war make up stories?? If so, I have done wrong by Posting Kana's story too noh?? He is a Tamil Witness ya? I totally believe what he say… My question is, do you??

    You say that the statements making sense are those that match with the Red-Cross and UN reports – So I take this as you confirm that the LTTE shot at the civilians who tried to escape their areas….. That is also part of the report of the UN, AI and RC ya??

    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War?? This is an allegation only the LTTE supporters do and bares no witness what so ever and has not got the International attention due to it's falsehood. Also, who said that the LTTE is 100% gone?? If you are in SL as u claim, it indeed is still here, and the motives of Retarded Prabha still continues, not for the benefit of the Tamils, but, a private agenda of some loonies. You are talking of Rayappy J and I am talking of many more prominent Tamils who thought else wise – No wonder our economy is in Shambles – the government is using all our tax monies to Pay Ex. LTTErs and Tamils of Sri Lanka to be Puppets & Mouth pieces for them – Bull Shit no Machan !! Common let's talk sense here.. At least write logical so that one could not disprove an argument.

    You say that people of Colombo did not take their loved ones over here and the roads were blocked ?? Bro – U just proved that you do not know what you are talking of and you are just writing stuff that you heard from others – this particular statement proved that U know nothing

    Machan – now I feel cheated… !!

    Also, when you say that the LTTE killed civilians and then say Rajapaske killed more, R U trying to justify the lesser killings made by the LTTE ??
    How can you be so sure that the LTTE killing during the last stages were less than that of the SLA's?? Machan, whom r v trying to con here – a kill is a kill.. and don't try to justify such kill specially when a retarded bunch of terrorists who falsely promised the Tamils to be their representatives and killed them instead. Anyways, if we go by your logic, LTTE has done more damage to Tamils even with a lesser kill by killing the hearts of those who survived…(of the Tamils who were killed by the LTTE)

    Machan – Mass cremation of 100,000 bodies !! Don't be ridiculous… Do you know how much it stinks when a single body is cremated?? 100,000 bodies – Jesus,.. and the smoke it would create – machan… burying 100,000 will have lesser visibility on Satellite than smoke off 100,000 bodies being cremated… You are basically giving a smoke signal to dig your own grave – Again, sorry, but, I am beginning to underestimate your logical thinking powers.

    Machan – when I said witness – it was the plural term… sorry, my mistake for not expanding the conversation for you to understand in such way – I am talking of Many 'witnesses' of the War… and I have the same question to you – have U seriously met these people or are you lying or just repeating some statements your fellow eelamists made??

    I think Mango has answered you solidly on HR laws and Humans shields – so let me not spoil that beautiful post !!

    The LTTE war did not start with Mahinda – JR almost finished them, Premadasa did a little bit and D.B Wijethunga Cleared the East completely while CBK got down the latest weaponry. So, if you are calling MR a racists, what would you call JR, DB, RP and CBK??? Even they at one time or the other wanted LTTE out, but, succumbed to international pressure where MR did not and suddenly he becomes the Racist…. If you said that about Champika Ranawaka, I will accept – not MR, cause he has Tamils in his Family.

    Machan – Less Tamils being killed when Prabha was alive ???? LOL !!
    You seem to be getting some stats from somewhere noh ?? So let me do the honors of finding out Tamils killed in SL pre and post war… LOL !!

    I can guarantee you one thing – overall, killings of Sri Lankans immaterial of their religion, race or colour has been reduced to ZERO !!

  376. Naavalan Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    Half you retarded idiots problem is that you don't know the difference between ordering and Requesting – it was a request and was a fare request – Ai has not opened this blog for copy paste articles, but, for you to write your mind out – If you retards cannot fathom of a way to do so, the decent thing would be to post an article – But, then again, you have proven many a times world over that one thing you Peelamists lack is decency & Discipline…

    You can have freedom of speech for sure, but not to abuse by making it a Mouth Piece for repeating another's statement… Enna Da?? Can't think on your own ??? Shameful !!!

  377. Rajapaksa Government is trying to deceive the International Community and Sri Lankans too.

    Rajapaksa so-called “reconciliation” efforts is another hoodwinking manipulation of the gullible

    Sri Lanka ruling party claims that accountability will harm “reconciliation”

    However, reconciliation Rajapaksa style is a complete misnomer.

    The comic nature of an Orwellian state is embodied in Sri Lanka today.

    Tamils are press ganged by the police into signing a petition against a UN investigation.

    Tamil children are being forced to sing the national anthem in Sinhalese.

    Sri Lanka expands its military in times of peace, as its army holds an iron grip of terror over Tamil areas.

    Stories of land and house being appropriated and handed out to Sinhala citizens are rife, but of course foreign journalists are prevented from going to those parts of Sri Lanka.

    Tamil citizens continue after the war to ‘disappear’ and mangled tortured bodies continue to surface.

    Foreign projects to help the war battered Tamil community are effectively stifled by the Sri Lankan state.

    And Sri Lanka media continues its self-censorship with little reporting of the persecution of the Tamil population.

    And the state sends former generals to foreign capitals to sell its ‘successful war on terror’ which massacred over 40,000 Tamil civilians.

    It would be unbelievable fiction, if it tragically wasn’t happening to real people.

    To dislike, Tamils or Sinhalese is to be racist, but to dislike Sri Lanka Government is to stand against a value system that is no different to acting against a Nazi Germany, Hutu Rwanda or any other fascist state

  378. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Full report

    People's Tribunal on Sri Lanka http://www.ifpsl.org/images/files/peoples_tribuna

  379. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Full report

    People's Tribunal on Sri Lanka http://www.ifpsl.org/images/files/peoples_tribuna

  380. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War??

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    19.03.11 Amid Sinhala colonization, Dinamina claims SLA vac..
    01.03.11 Occupying military orders VVT people to register b..
    14.02.11 SL Military enforces photo-registration of familie..
    09.02.11 Genocidal Colombo unleashes new war on unarmed Tam..
    09.02.11 HSZ lands in Jaffna sold to Sinhala businessmen
    06.02.11 ‘Nazi-style registration of civilians in Jaffna’
    22.01.11 Militarization of policing announced in Jaffna
    22.01.11 Terror in Jaffna is only a hair in elephant’s tail..
    22.01.11 Boy reported missing in Ki'linochchi
    21.01.11 SLN blamed for murder of female teacher
    20.01.11 Dead body of young woman found near Pungkudutheevu..
    19.01.11 Seminary student tortured in white-van, terror-cam..
    17.01.11 Gunmen open fire at priest's house, wife seriously..
    14.01.11 Five children orphaned as 'abducted' father found ..
    13.01.11 Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abduc..
    13.01.11 Decomposed body recovered from abandon well in Jaf..
    12.01.11 32-year-old male seeks asylum with HRC in Jaffna
    10.01.11 Five of six Mannaar abductees released, Colombo in..
    10.01.11 Family man reported missing in Jaffna
    08.01.11 Colombo attempts to divert attention from increasi..
    08.01.11 Tamil student reported missing in Ampaa'rai
    08.01.11 JDS condemns silence of Colombo media over terror ..
    07.01.11 EPDP, SLA, confuse public, lottery-fraud arrested ..
    06.01.11 Abductions shock Mannaar, relatives of victim conf..
    05.01.11 Father of five reported missing in Koappaay
    05.01.11 SL judiciary, Police in Jaffna respond to stand of..
    04.01.11 Environment endangering life in Jaffna
    03.01.11 Imelda accuses police, prefers military
    03.01.11 Escalating killings, abductions: ‘Diplomatic civil..
    02.01.11 Auto driver reported missing in Urumpiraay, Jaffna
    01.01.11 Mobile phone saves 30 abductees in Vanni from bein..
    01.01.11 Killed Tamil youth of postal department was an env..
    31.12.10 Jaffna marred with killings, abductions on New Yea..
    31.12.10 Youth abducted in Jaffna Thursday is a teacher
    31.12.10 Youth abducted, Sri Lanka colonial commander denie..
    30.12.10 Why Sri Lanka keeps Tamil areas insecure and unsta..
    29.12.10 Terror campaign in Jaffna: abducted youth tortured..
    29.12.10 Abducted vehicle-dealer found dead in Jaffna
    28.12.10 ‘Sri Lankan forces planned education officer’s ass..
    27.12.10 Zonal Deputy Director of Education shot dead in Ja..
    19.12.10 Hathurusinghe, Imelda, deny existence of ‘High Sec..
    19.12.10 Imelda, Daya Master, felicitate Asian ‘peace laure..
    16.12.10 Chief priest fired at by SLA gun succumbs to injur..
    14.12.10 SLA intelligence ‘leaks’ stories about robberies i..
    11.12.10 Gunmen open fire at Hindu chief priest, sons in Ja..

  381. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War??

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    19.03.11 Amid Sinhala colonization, Dinamina claims SLA vac..
    01.03.11 Occupying military orders VVT people to register b..
    14.02.11 SL Military enforces photo-registration of familie..
    09.02.11 Genocidal Colombo unleashes new war on unarmed Tam..
    09.02.11 HSZ lands in Jaffna sold to Sinhala businessmen
    06.02.11 ‘Nazi-style registration of civilians in Jaffna’
    22.01.11 Militarization of policing announced in Jaffna
    22.01.11 Terror in Jaffna is only a hair in elephant’s tail..
    22.01.11 Boy reported missing in Ki'linochchi
    21.01.11 SLN blamed for murder of female teacher
    20.01.11 Dead body of young woman found near Pungkudutheevu..
    19.01.11 Seminary student tortured in white-van, terror-cam..
    17.01.11 Gunmen open fire at priest's house, wife seriously..
    14.01.11 Five children orphaned as 'abducted' father found ..
    13.01.11 Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abduc..
    13.01.11 Decomposed body recovered from abandon well in Jaf..
    12.01.11 32-year-old male seeks asylum with HRC in Jaffna
    10.01.11 Five of six Mannaar abductees released, Colombo in..
    10.01.11 Family man reported missing in Jaffna
    08.01.11 Colombo attempts to divert attention from increasi..
    08.01.11 Tamil student reported missing in Ampaa'rai
    08.01.11 JDS condemns silence of Colombo media over terror ..
    07.01.11 EPDP, SLA, confuse public, lottery-fraud arrested ..
    06.01.11 Abductions shock Mannaar, relatives of victim conf..
    05.01.11 Father of five reported missing in Koappaay
    05.01.11 SL judiciary, Police in Jaffna respond to stand of..
    04.01.11 Environment endangering life in Jaffna
    03.01.11 Imelda accuses police, prefers military
    03.01.11 Escalating killings, abductions: ‘Diplomatic civil..
    02.01.11 Auto driver reported missing in Urumpiraay, Jaffna
    01.01.11 Mobile phone saves 30 abductees in Vanni from bein..
    01.01.11 Killed Tamil youth of postal department was an env..
    31.12.10 Jaffna marred with killings, abductions on New Yea..
    31.12.10 Youth abducted in Jaffna Thursday is a teacher
    31.12.10 Youth abducted, Sri Lanka colonial commander denie..
    30.12.10 Why Sri Lanka keeps Tamil areas insecure and unsta..
    29.12.10 Terror campaign in Jaffna: abducted youth tortured..
    29.12.10 Abducted vehicle-dealer found dead in Jaffna
    28.12.10 ‘Sri Lankan forces planned education officer’s ass..
    27.12.10 Zonal Deputy Director of Education shot dead in Ja..
    19.12.10 Hathurusinghe, Imelda, deny existence of ‘High Sec..
    19.12.10 Imelda, Daya Master, felicitate Asian ‘peace laure..
    16.12.10 Chief priest fired at by SLA gun succumbs to injur..
    14.12.10 SLA intelligence ‘leaks’ stories about robberies i..
    11.12.10 Gunmen open fire at Hindu chief priest, sons in Ja..

  382. Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were " ZERO civilian casualties " the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

  383. Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were " ZERO civilian casualties " the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

  384. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    1. Machan – during the whole tenure of the was spanning from 83 to 2008, Medicine and Food was something that was sent to the noth without fail – This happened even when the LTTE blocked all road that lead to the north – still the GOSL (then) ensured the people of the north got their supplies from sea and air – we even remember the LTTE shooting down a supplies air craft – Must be for the love of the Tamils noh ?

    So, LTTE killed all Tamils that they felt were discriminating to Tamils and that could be Justified??
    Selvanayagam was not killed because he was peaceful – can you tell me what violent methods Lakshman K did and especially Neelan Thiruchelvan did???

    This is talking from your Rectums machan… U R basically justifying killing of Tamils who opposed LTTE which I cannot do in my heart..

    Basically, you are proving that the LTTE were Retarded enough not to understand that people could have difference in opinions and all need to have fair share of listening – Do you see GOSL killing Wikramabahu Karunaratne – the Pro-LTTE Singhales leader or the very people you call Singhala Racists stoning him or even trying to give a Tokka to his head?? Could a Tamil have done it in Jaffna during LTTE times??

    IS this the democracy you wanted????

    As for the Camps, it is only you who call them concentration camps – I have never heard any international media station (Not talking of stupid Channel 4 as we know their reasons for not being government friendly) – I am talking of neutral sources.. Not even Rupavahini etc.. They never called them concentration camps. So I am not worried about the term you use to describe them. I will even go with detention centers, but, you really need to refer a dictionary and get a English teacher to explain to you the meaning of a concentration camp.

    Sri Lanka never got a chance to develop because of the war – even if the politicos played puks, the private sector and the people were brainy enough to get the economy going – that's why Sri Lanka never went in to become a failed state – even when countries like Indonesia and Thailand fell on their knees in the late 80's recession even without war SL stood strong. So war was the only roadblock for development of SL. We see it clearly now – GDP growth – mazing – growing at 8%… Beat that !!

    Don't you have any hatred towards LTTE for making the killing easy of Tamils and also for killing Tamils ????? Cause, I do with a vengeance !!

    Also, we don't talk of majority or minority, Yes, Paki's helped, India Helped, Israel helped and of course the USA helped the GOSL – not forgetting the Ukrains and China – but then again, LTTE were using more Chinese weapons than the SLA – and you still scold the poor Chinese !!! VERY BAD !!

  385. 5,653 cases of ‘disappeared’ pending in Sri Lanka: Forum-Asia at 16th session of UNHRC http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lanka: Terror campaign against Tamils reemerges http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/01/sri_lanka_ter
    Death squads operating in collusion with the military have once again begun to terrorise Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka despite the end of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009.

  386. 5,653 cases of ‘disappeared’ pending in Sri Lanka: Forum-Asia at 16th session of UNHRC http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Sri Lanka: Terror campaign against Tamils reemerges http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/01/sri_lanka_ter
    Death squads operating in collusion with the military have once again begun to terrorise Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka despite the end of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009.

  387. UN report is very important for healing the nation and reconciliation

    Accountability will stifle the unprecedented savagery towards the innocent .

    The wholesale slaughter of the civilians under guise of fighting “terrorism” should not be repeated .

    The Sinhalese should ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being

    The shocking ruthlessness of such barbarity is highlighted in the UN report :

    Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were ” ZERO civilian casualties ” the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

    ——

    Recently there was shock and horror in the polite Sri Lankan Society when the baby elephant was drown in the recent floods and was wedged in the tree after the water receded. Few tears (Duka Nedda) were shed for the poor creature

    But how many tears were shed by the polite Sri Lankan Society for the mangled remains of tiny Tamil babies which were stuck in the trees in the so called No Fire Zone ?

    None ?

    A deathly silence from the polite Sri Lankan Society ?

  388. UN report is very important for healing the nation and reconciliation

    Accountability will stifle the unprecedented savagery towards the innocent .

    The wholesale slaughter of the civilians under guise of fighting “terrorism” should not be repeated .

    The Sinhalese should ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being

    The shocking ruthlessness of such barbarity is highlighted in the UN report :

    Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were ” ZERO civilian casualties ” the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime

    ——

    Recently there was shock and horror in the polite Sri Lankan Society when the baby elephant was drown in the recent floods and was wedged in the tree after the water receded. Few tears (Duka Nedda) were shed for the poor creature

    But how many tears were shed by the polite Sri Lankan Society for the mangled remains of tiny Tamil babies which were stuck in the trees in the so called No Fire Zone ?

    None ?

    A deathly silence from the polite Sri Lankan Society ?

  389. Post-war, the Rajapaksas opted not for mercy and reconciliation, but for collective punishments and revengeful justice.

    Rajapaksas are treated all civilian Tamils as actual/potential Tigers,

    Mahinda had not appealed to impulses of kindness and generosity in the South rather than encouraging triumphalism and the callous indifference

    Having painted itself into a corner, Rajapaksa is hoping that Delhi will come to its rescue.

    To achieve this purpose the Rajapaksas false promise again 🙁

    Will Delhi fall for it ?

  390. @Aryacakravarti: Wow, so many accusations, I’m surprised that you haven’t accused Mahinda of eating Tamil babies for breakfast.

    The problem you must grapple with this is as follows: this was a vicious, no-holds barred 30 year war/counter-insurgency. Innocent people die. It’s a fact of counter-insrugency wars. Tamils, Sinhalese, Muslims, Burghers and dogs and cats died. Lots of innocents died in JVP 1, JVP 2 and Eelam Wars 1-4. The LTTE chose to return to war in 2006 and in Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka they met their match.

    “Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.”/ So, by simple arithmetic, there can’t be any Tamils left anywhere on the island, which patently is NOT the case. I’m sorry for your loss but remember, not a single family in SL has escaped the loss of loved ones. Your losses aren’t special.

    Ethnic cleansing? Ah, that was an LTTE speciality, no? The victims of the only genuine, certified cases of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), were the Eastern Muslims, currently being re-settled in Madhu.

    Kadiragamar above all, managed to get the LTTE banned in the West, by proving to those idiots it was just another terrorist group. For this, the LTTE killed him. Just like they killed Rajiv Ghandi after he lost his fervour for Eelam.

    The biggest barrier to SL’s development wasn’t political corruption, but the endless war. War is bad for business. Reconciliation won’t be helped when the losers try to prosecute the winners for war crimes.

    The SL govt forces didn’t need any training from the US — what could the US teach? Carpet bombing? Drone attacks? The US and others supplied lots of lovely intel, which helped to destroy the LTTE weapons ships.

    I’m amazed to realise that the LTTE were not a highly effective, heavily armed terrorist group which gloried in the deaths of civilians, but a benign and heavily armed social services charity.! Gimme a break. 🙂

  391. @Aryacakravarti: I hate to break bad news to you, but you’re simply wrong when you say “you can’t simply kill an innocent person who’s being used as a shield against his/her will. If the government forces killed anyone being used as human shields, it’s the fault of the government forces.”

    The deaths of innocent civilians being used as human shields is the responsibility of those using them as human shields, i.e. the LTTE.

    Let me help you out with some info about why its never a good idea to use human shields to protect your own forces from attack by the enemy.

    This is quite useful to bear in mind when trading accusations about civilian casualties.

    Key principles when facing civilian casualties during a military assault/conflict.

    1. A military target remains a legitimate military target, even if it is located in a civilian area. The LTTE hid their mortars and heavy artillery amongst civilians to prevent the SL govt from legitimately destroying these units.

    2. The use of civilians as shields to try to prevent attacks on military targets is prohibited. Further comment on this aspect of the LTTE’s strategy is futile.

    3. “The presence of a protected person [i.e. civilian hostages] may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.4th Geneva Convention, Article 28.

    4. The armed forces are not liable where injury to civilians results from unavoidable collateral damage, provided it is proportionate to the military gain expected of the attack. The military gain was the total destruction of the LTTE. A very necessary and laudable aim, no?

    5. “Civilians do not enjoy absolute immunity. Their presence will not render military objects immune from attack for the mere reason that it is impossible to bombard them without causing injury to the non-combatants. Oppenheim’s ‘International Law’

    Fact 1: The LTTE used the Wanni civilians as a shield to prevent attacks on their forces by SL govt forces. Yes or No? Yes.

    Fact 2: The LTTE intermingled their fighting positions amongst the civilians in the ‘No Fire Zone’. Yes or No? Yes..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield

    At least be honest and admit that that Fatty VP used the Tamil civilian as human shields knowing that it would result in large numbers of dead Tamil civilians, and thus hoping that these deaths would stop the final assault.

    The most efficient killer of Tamil civilians was VP.

  392. UN disappointed regarding Indian housing project – Douglas, Karuna and Basil are the cause.
    The proposed 50,000 housing project by the Indian government to the displaced people had not still begun its construction and regarding this, the United Nation Organization had shown its disappointment.
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22BmSac2CA34eKY5303lOSdd2Oln20V5Y3e44MMca2mBL2

    Evidence of war crimes committed by the Government of Sri Lanka
    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32590794576
    The Government of Sri Lanka have committed atrocities against Tamil Civilians.Sri Lankan government have committed war crimes and killing thousands and thousands Tamil innocent civilians.

  393. The man identified in Mr. Miller’s report as a soldier who served on the front line against the Tamil Tigers said that when members of the rebel force surrendered with their families, “our commander ordered us to kill everyone.” Among those executed after surrendering was the 13-year-old son of the rebel leader, according to the man identified as a senior commander in the report.
    http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/new-accusations-of-war-crimes-in-sri-lanka/

    Sri Lanka committed war crimes part 2 by aljazeera
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

  394. Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72157625216200628/

    United Nations report indicates Sri Lanka committed war crimes
    http://srilanka-videos.blogspot.com/2011/04/united-nations-report-indicates-sri.html

    It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
    As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.

    Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.

  395. Crisis Group possesses credible evidence that is sufficient to warrant an independent international investigation of the following allegations:

    The intentional shelling of civilians. Starting in late January, the government and security forces encouraged hundreds of thousands of civilians to move into ever smaller government-declared No Fire Zones (NFZs) and then subjected them to repeated and increasingly intense artillery and mortar barrages and other fire. This continued through May despite the government and security forces knowing the size and location of the civilian population and scale of civilian casualties.
    The intentional shelling of hospitals. The security forces shelled hospitals and makeshift medical centres – many overflowing with the wounded and sick – on multiple occasions even though they knew of their precise locations and functions. During these incidents, medical staff, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others continually informed the government and security forces of the shelling, yet they continued to strike medical facilities through May forcing civilians to abandon them.
    The intentional shelling of humanitarian operations. Despite knowing the exact location of humanitarian operations and food distribution points, the security forces repeatedly shelled these areas, which were crowded with humanitarian workers, vehicles and supplies, and civilians. Many were killed or wounded trying to deliver or receive basic humanitarian assistance, including women, children and infants.
    http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/191-war-crimes-in-sri-lanka.aspx

    Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_during_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War

    Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy

  396. Tamil Says:
    April 29th, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    The Sri Lankan government killed 17 members of my family – in 2009 alone.

    Can you please show us proof for this claim and also tell where it says that the GOSL declared them dead because they were Tamil !!

    You say that you want justice – who is going to bring justice to the endless list that was killed by the LTTE?? (Oh – forgot, 99% of the justice was done when Retarded Prabha was killed)

  397. Rohan – Anayak wenna epa !

    Just post the links if you really cant converse and we def. will visit those links and read them…
    U don’t have to copy and paste the whole article…

  398. India against Rajapaksa

    Rally demanding action against Rajapaksa

    CHENNAI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strange appearance on the Marina Beach in Chennai on Saturday evening, with his hands cuffed in front of hundreds of supporters owing allegiance to various Tamil groups.

    With a man holding a long chain attached to the hand cuff, the Sri Lankan leader attired in white kurtha and a red shawl was seen walking along with the huge crowd that sought concrete action against him for spearheading the massacre of innocent Tamil civilians during the last phase of war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Though it was part of a rally organised by the supporters of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam in TN, demanding stern action against Rajapaksa, it was very realistic as though the Sri Lankan President was taken into custody, allegedly for the war crimes he had committed in the name of weeding out terrorism in the island nation. The rally gains significance at a time when human rights activists across the world are pressing for punishment for those responsible for war crimes.
    http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/rally-deman

  399. Rip Van Winkle

    Stop ordering around here.

    Anyone can post anything they want.

    This is not Fascist Sri Lanka !!!!!!!!! 🙁

    AI respects freedom of speech here unlike Sri Lanka

  400. Mango wrote
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Mango

    What a load of rubbish!!

    Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!

    The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa !!

    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…

  401. Rohan

    Thank you for great articles and very useful links you post here !! 🙂 🙂 🙂

  402. @Shashi: Now I know how difficult it must be to teach 'special needs' kids. One has to keep repeating repeating simple facts, hoping that one day, their half-formed brains (just like Eelamists' half-formed brains) will absorb the truth.

    "Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!
    True. But the SLA didn't invite the LTTE to the NFZ to hide behind these civilians and fire at advancing soldiers, which is exactly what happened.

    Here's UAV footage of LTTE artillery pieces being positioned inside the NFZ. Or do you think they were taking a huge pittu stove for the ever-hungry Fatty Prabha? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEiOavFvqy8

    I think you need to re-phrase that as follows:

    "The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Prabhakaran !!
    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…"

    Indeed.

  403. Cluster bombs, concentration camps, attacks on civilians and media … Sri Lanka’s lies
    http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=2245

    Again Sri Lanka has been deliberately and repeatedly lying about the number of Tamil civilians in the war zone. It insists that there are only 70,000 people in the war zone while the ICRC and UN aid agencies have been saying that there are between 200,000 and 250, 000 people in the war zone.

    Finally what happened, 300,000 were in the concentration camps, 100,000 still missing.

    China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue.
    http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TQ83G6JH75BBTE01T
    Without that Chinese backing, Rajapaska’s government would have had neither the wherewithal nor the will to ignore world opinion in its offensive against the Tigers. So, not only has China become central to every aspect of the global financial and economic system, it has now demonstrated its strategic effectiveness in a region traditionally outside its orbit. On Sri Lanka’s beachfront battlefields, China’s “peaceful rise” was completed.

  404. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Machan – now U R taking like an ass who is trying to cover up all atrocities of the Retarded LTTE. Cummon…. let’s talk sense and not try to defend anybody and give credit where it’s due.

    Machan, as much as all who make statements are not Rajapakse’s puppets, not all are LTTE puppets. Please tell me where I said that Tamils whi witnessed the war make up stories?? If so, I have done wrong by Posting Kana’s story too noh?? He is a Tamil Witness ya? I totally believe what he say… My question is, do you??

    You say that the statements making sense are those that match with the Red-Cross and UN reports – So I take this as you confirm that the LTTE shot at the civilians who tried to escape their areas….. That is also part of the report of the UN, AI and RC ya??

    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War?? This is an allegation only the LTTE supporters do and bares no witness what so ever and has not got the International attention due to it’s falsehood. Also, who said that the LTTE is 100% gone?? If you are in SL as u claim, it indeed is still here, and the motives of Retarded Prabha still continues, not for the benefit of the Tamils, but, a private agenda of some loonies. You are talking of Rayappy J and I am talking of many more prominent Tamils who thought else wise – No wonder our economy is in Shambles – the government is using all our tax monies to Pay Ex. LTTErs and Tamils of Sri Lanka to be Puppets & Mouth pieces for them – Bull Shit no Machan !! Common let’s talk sense here.. At least write logical so that one could not disprove an argument.

    You say that people of Colombo did not take their loved ones over here and the roads were blocked ?? Bro – U just proved that you do not know what you are talking of and you are just writing stuff that you heard from others – this particular statement proved that U know nothing

    Machan – now I feel cheated… !!

    Also, when you say that the LTTE killed civilians and then say Rajapaske killed more, R U trying to justify the lesser killings made by the LTTE ??
    How can you be so sure that the LTTE killing during the last stages were less than that of the SLA’s?? Machan, whom r v trying to con here – a kill is a kill.. and don’t try to justify such kill specially when a retarded bunch of terrorists who falsely promised the Tamils to be their representatives and killed them instead. Anyways, if we go by your logic, LTTE has done more damage to Tamils even with a lesser kill by killing the hearts of those who survived…(of the Tamils who were killed by the LTTE)

    Machan – Mass cremation of 100,000 bodies !! Don’t be ridiculous… Do you know how much it stinks when a single body is cremated?? 100,000 bodies – Jesus,.. and the smoke it would create – machan… burying 100,000 will have lesser visibility on Satellite than smoke off 100,000 bodies being cremated… You are basically giving a smoke signal to dig your own grave – Again, sorry, but, I am beginning to underestimate your logical thinking powers.

    Machan – when I said witness – it was the plural term… sorry, my mistake for not expanding the conversation for you to understand in such way – I am talking of Many ‘witnesses’ of the War… and I have the same question to you – have U seriously met these people or are you lying or just repeating some statements your fellow eelamists made??

    I think Mango has answered you solidly on HR laws and Humans shields – so let me not spoil that beautiful post !!

    The LTTE war did not start with Mahinda – JR almost finished them, Premadasa did a little bit and D.B Wijethunga Cleared the East completely while CBK got down the latest weaponry. So, if you are calling MR a racists, what would you call JR, DB, RP and CBK??? Even they at one time or the other wanted LTTE out, but, succumbed to international pressure where MR did not and suddenly he becomes the Racist…. If you said that about Champika Ranawaka, I will accept – not MR, cause he has Tamils in his Family.

    Machan – Less Tamils being killed when Prabha was alive ???? LOL !!
    You seem to be getting some stats from somewhere noh ?? So let me do the honors of finding out Tamils killed in SL pre and post war… LOL !!

    I can guarantee you one thing – overall, killings of Sri Lankans immaterial of their religion, race or colour has been reduced to ZERO !!

  405. Naavalan Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    Half you retarded idiots problem is that you don’t know the difference between ordering and Requesting – it was a request and was a fare request – Ai has not opened this blog for copy paste articles, but, for you to write your mind out – If you retards cannot fathom of a way to do so, the decent thing would be to post an article – But, then again, you have proven many a times world over that one thing you Peelamists lack is decency & Discipline…

    You can have freedom of speech for sure, but not to abuse by making it a Mouth Piece for repeating another’s statement… Enna Da?? Can’t think on your own ??? Shameful !!!

  406. Rajapaksa Government is trying to deceive the International Community and Sri Lankans too.

    Rajapaksa so-called “reconciliation” efforts is another hoodwinking manipulation of the gullible

    Sri Lanka ruling party claims that accountability will harm “reconciliation”

    However, reconciliation Rajapaksa style is a complete misnomer.

    The comic nature of an Orwellian state is embodied in Sri Lanka today.

    Tamils are press ganged by the police into signing a petition against a UN investigation.

    Tamil children are being forced to sing the national anthem in Sinhalese.

    Sri Lanka expands its military in times of peace, as its army holds an iron grip of terror over Tamil areas.

    Stories of land and house being appropriated and handed out to Sinhala citizens are rife, but of course foreign journalists are prevented from going to those parts of Sri Lanka.

    Tamil citizens continue after the war to ‘disappear’ and mangled tortured bodies continue to surface.

    Foreign projects to help the war battered Tamil community are effectively stifled by the Sri Lankan state.

    And Sri Lanka media continues its self-censorship with little reporting of the persecution of the Tamil population.

    And the state sends former generals to foreign capitals to sell its ‘successful war on terror’ which massacred over 40,000 Tamil civilians.

    It would be unbelievable fiction, if it tragically wasn’t happening to real people.

    To dislike, Tamils or Sinhalese is to be racist, but to dislike Sri Lanka Government is to stand against a value system that is no different to acting against a Nazi Germany, Hutu Rwanda or any other fascist state

  407. Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.

    Full report

    People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka
    http://www.ifpsl.org/images/files/peoples_tribunal_on_srilanka.pdf

  408. Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    You were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    ”Ethnic intolerance makes it appearance in the Sri Lanka classroom in many ways…… Textbooks have often been shown to contain negative ethnic stereotypes….. A review of the textbooks used in the segregated schools of Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, for example, found Sinhalese textbooks scattered with images of Tamils as the historical enemies of the Sinhalese, while celebrating ethnic heroes who had vanquished Tamils in ethnic wars. Ignoring historical fact, these textbooks tended to portray Sinhalese Buddhists as the only true Sri Lankans, with Tamils, Muslims and Christians as non- indigenous and extraneous to Sri Lankan history. This version of national history has been deeply divisive in the context of the wider state.’

  409. Sinhalese are brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    Divisions Sri Lanka were exacerbated by successive government policies discriminating against the Tamil minorities. ….
    Divisive ethnic politics and loss of confidence in non-violent and democratic politics fuelled the desire for autonomous, separatist solutions through the 1970s ….
    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  410. Rip Van Winkle ! Says: April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
    Can you please name a few Tamils who were killed after the War??

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33387
    19.03.11 Amid Sinhala colonization, Dinamina claims SLA vac..
    01.03.11 Occupying military orders VVT people to register b..
    14.02.11 SL Military enforces photo-registration of familie..
    09.02.11 Genocidal Colombo unleashes new war on unarmed Tam..
    09.02.11 HSZ lands in Jaffna sold to Sinhala businessmen
    06.02.11 ‘Nazi-style registration of civilians in Jaffna’
    22.01.11 Militarization of policing announced in Jaffna
    22.01.11 Terror in Jaffna is only a hair in elephant’s tail..
    22.01.11 Boy reported missing in Ki’linochchi
    21.01.11 SLN blamed for murder of female teacher
    20.01.11 Dead body of young woman found near Pungkudutheevu..
    19.01.11 Seminary student tortured in white-van, terror-cam..
    17.01.11 Gunmen open fire at priest’s house, wife seriously..
    14.01.11 Five children orphaned as ‘abducted’ father found ..
    13.01.11 Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abduc..
    13.01.11 Decomposed body recovered from abandon well in Jaf..
    12.01.11 32-year-old male seeks asylum with HRC in Jaffna
    10.01.11 Five of six Mannaar abductees released, Colombo in..
    10.01.11 Family man reported missing in Jaffna
    08.01.11 Colombo attempts to divert attention from increasi..
    08.01.11 Tamil student reported missing in Ampaa’rai
    08.01.11 JDS condemns silence of Colombo media over terror ..
    07.01.11 EPDP, SLA, confuse public, lottery-fraud arrested ..
    06.01.11 Abductions shock Mannaar, relatives of victim conf..
    05.01.11 Father of five reported missing in Koappaay
    05.01.11 SL judiciary, Police in Jaffna respond to stand of..
    04.01.11 Environment endangering life in Jaffna
    03.01.11 Imelda accuses police, prefers military
    03.01.11 Escalating killings, abductions: ‘Diplomatic civil..
    02.01.11 Auto driver reported missing in Urumpiraay, Jaffna
    01.01.11 Mobile phone saves 30 abductees in Vanni from bein..
    01.01.11 Killed Tamil youth of postal department was an env..
    31.12.10 Jaffna marred with killings, abductions on New Yea..
    31.12.10 Youth abducted in Jaffna Thursday is a teacher
    31.12.10 Youth abducted, Sri Lanka colonial commander denie..
    30.12.10 Why Sri Lanka keeps Tamil areas insecure and unsta..
    29.12.10 Terror campaign in Jaffna: abducted youth tortured..
    29.12.10 Abducted vehicle-dealer found dead in Jaffna
    28.12.10 ‘Sri Lankan forces planned education officer’s ass..
    27.12.10 Zonal Deputy Director of Education shot dead in Ja..
    19.12.10 Hathurusinghe, Imelda, deny existence of ‘High Sec..
    19.12.10 Imelda, Daya Master, felicitate Asian ‘peace laure..
    16.12.10 Chief priest fired at by SLA gun succumbs to injur..
    14.12.10 SLA intelligence ‘leaks’ stories about robberies i..
    11.12.10 Gunmen open fire at Hindu chief priest, sons in Ja..

  411. Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were ” ZERO civilian casualties ” the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”

    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime_is_being_faulted.html#more

  412. Aryacakravarti Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:13 am

    1. Machan – during the whole tenure of the was spanning from 83 to 2008, Medicine and Food was something that was sent to the noth without fail – This happened even when the LTTE blocked all road that lead to the north – still the GOSL (then) ensured the people of the north got their supplies from sea and air – we even remember the LTTE shooting down a supplies air craft – Must be for the love of the Tamils noh ?

    So, LTTE killed all Tamils that they felt were discriminating to Tamils and that could be Justified??
    Selvanayagam was not killed because he was peaceful – can you tell me what violent methods Lakshman K did and especially Neelan Thiruchelvan did???

    This is talking from your Rectums machan… U R basically justifying killing of Tamils who opposed LTTE which I cannot do in my heart..

    Basically, you are proving that the LTTE were Retarded enough not to understand that people could have difference in opinions and all need to have fair share of listening – Do you see GOSL killing Wikramabahu Karunaratne – the Pro-LTTE Singhales leader or the very people you call Singhala Racists stoning him or even trying to give a Tokka to his head?? Could a Tamil have done it in Jaffna during LTTE times??

    IS this the democracy you wanted????

    As for the Camps, it is only you who call them concentration camps – I have never heard any international media station (Not talking of stupid Channel 4 as we know their reasons for not being government friendly) – I am talking of neutral sources.. Not even Rupavahini etc.. They never called them concentration camps. So I am not worried about the term you use to describe them. I will even go with detention centers, but, you really need to refer a dictionary and get a English teacher to explain to you the meaning of a concentration camp.

    Sri Lanka never got a chance to develop because of the war – even if the politicos played puks, the private sector and the people were brainy enough to get the economy going – that’s why Sri Lanka never went in to become a failed state – even when countries like Indonesia and Thailand fell on their knees in the late 80’s recession even without war SL stood strong. So war was the only roadblock for development of SL. We see it clearly now – GDP growth – mazing – growing at 8%… Beat that !!

    Don’t you have any hatred towards LTTE for making the killing easy of Tamils and also for killing Tamils ????? Cause, I do with a vengeance !!

    Also, we don’t talk of majority or minority, Yes, Paki’s helped, India Helped, Israel helped and of course the USA helped the GOSL – not forgetting the Ukrains and China – but then again, LTTE were using more Chinese weapons than the SLA – and you still scold the poor Chinese !!! VERY BAD !!

  413. India against Rajapaksa

    Rally demanding action against Rajapaksa

    CHENNAI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strange appearance on the Marina Beach in Chennai on Saturday evening, with his hands cuffed in front of hundreds of supporters owing allegiance to various Tamil groups.

    With a man holding a long chain attached to the hand cuff, the Sri Lankan leader attired in white kurtha and a red shawl was seen walking along with the huge crowd that sought concrete action against him for spearheading the massacre of innocent Tamil civilians during the last phase of war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Though it was part of a rally organised by the supporters of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam in TN, demanding stern action against Rajapaksa, it was very realistic as though the Sri Lankan President was taken into custody, allegedly for the war crimes he had committed in the name of weeding out terrorism in the island nation. The rally gains significance at a time when human rights activists across the world are pressing for punishment for those responsible for war crimes.
    http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/rally-deman

  414. India against Rajapaksa

    Rally demanding action against Rajapaksa

    CHENNAI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strange appearance on the Marina Beach in Chennai on Saturday evening, with his hands cuffed in front of hundreds of supporters owing allegiance to various Tamil groups.

    With a man holding a long chain attached to the hand cuff, the Sri Lankan leader attired in white kurtha and a red shawl was seen walking along with the huge crowd that sought concrete action against him for spearheading the massacre of innocent Tamil civilians during the last phase of war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Though it was part of a rally organised by the supporters of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam in TN, demanding stern action against Rajapaksa, it was very realistic as though the Sri Lankan President was taken into custody, allegedly for the war crimes he had committed in the name of weeding out terrorism in the island nation. The rally gains significance at a time when human rights activists across the world are pressing for punishment for those responsible for war crimes.
    http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/rally-deman

  415. 5,653 cases of ‘disappeared’ pending in Sri Lanka: Forum-Asia at 16th session of UNHRC
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33689

    Sri Lanka: Terror campaign against Tamils reemerges
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/01/sri_lanka_terror_campaign_agai.html
    Death squads operating in collusion with the military have once again begun to terrorise Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka despite the end of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009.

  416. @Shashi: Now I know how difficult it must be to teach 'special needs' kids. One has to keep repeating repeating simple facts, hoping that one day, their half-formed brains (just like Eelamists' half-formed brains) will absorb the truth.

    "Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!
    True. But the SLA didn't invite the LTTE to the NFZ to hide behind these civilians and fire at advancing soldiers, which is exactly what happened.

    Here's UAV footage of LTTE artillery pieces being positioned inside the NFZ. Or do you think they were taking a huge pittu stove for the ever-hungry Fatty Prabha? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEiOavFvqy8

    I think you need to re-phrase that as follows:

    "The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Prabhakaran !!
    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…"

    Indeed.

  417. @Shashi: Now I know how difficult it must be to teach 'special needs' kids. One has to keep repeating repeating simple facts, hoping that one day, their half-formed brains (just like Eelamists' half-formed brains) will absorb the truth.

    "Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!
    True. But the SLA didn't invite the LTTE to the NFZ to hide behind these civilians and fire at advancing soldiers, which is exactly what happened.

    Here's UAV footage of LTTE artillery pieces being positioned inside the NFZ. Or do you think they were taking a huge pittu stove for the ever-hungry Fatty Prabha? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEiOavFvqy8

    I think you need to re-phrase that as follows:

    "The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Prabhakaran !!
    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…"

    Indeed.

  418. UN report is very important for healing the nation and reconciliation

    Accountability will stifle the unprecedented savagery towards the innocent .

    The wholesale slaughter of the civilians under guise of fighting “terrorism” should not be repeated .

    The Sinhalese should ask themselves, albeit silently behind the outward invective bravado, what in the Sinhala culture that allowed one of them to inflict unprecedented savagery on another human being

    The shocking ruthlessness of such barbarity is highlighted in the UN report :

    Contrary to the Rajapaksa regime’s assertions that there were ” ZERO civilian casualties ” the UN Report critiques the regime for causing avoidable civilian casualties; for example, it alleges that the UN hub in the No-Fire-Zone was shelled on January 24, 2009: “The United Nations security officer, a highly experienced military officer….discerned that the shelling was coming from the south, from SLA positions…. When United Nations staff emerged from the bunker…. mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of women and children. Remains of babies had been blasted upwards into the trees…. This was in the NFZ and there was no LTTE presence inside the United Nations hub….”

    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/04/lankan_regime_is_being_faulted.html#more

    ——

    Recently there was shock and horror in the polite Sri Lankan Society when the baby elephant was drown in the recent floods and was wedged in the tree after the water receded. Few tears (Duka Nedda) were shed for the poor creature

    But how many tears were shed by the polite Sri Lankan Society for the mangled remains of tiny Tamil babies which were stuck in the trees in the so called No Fire Zone ?

    None ?

    A deathly silence from the polite Sri Lankan Society ?

  419. While the Rajapaksa regime in Colombo claims that it does not need the West, it BEGS the EU for GSP Plus and for aid.

    The US and UK are the two top markets for Sri-Lanka’s exports representing 21% and 12% respectively (source: EIU). The country also depends heavily on the EU for its exports.

    Sri-Lanka’s new friends (fair-weather friends), such as China, Iran and Russia do not buy much from the country. They are only interested in selling arms and also in fishing in troubled waters!

    The West should act now and put some sanctions on the regime and cripple it.

  420. Post-war, the Rajapaksas opted not for mercy and reconciliation, but for collective punishments and revengeful justice.

    Rajapaksas are treated all civilian Tamils as actual/potential Tigers,

    Mahinda had not appealed to impulses of kindness and generosity in the South rather than encouraging triumphalism and the callous indifference

    Having painted itself into a corner, Rajapaksa is hoping that Delhi will come to its rescue.

    To achieve this purpose the Rajapaksas false promise again 🙁

    Will Delhi fall for it ?

  421. It is really ultra nationalistic fury to the point of absurdity to back up a false sense of pride uner so-called "sovereignty" which has been stolen like daylight robbery from the ethnic and religious minorities of the country carefully planned and executed over 63+ years of so-called independence from its old colonial master, Britain.Even under its unilateral constitution of 1971 to all revisions to the present day, in theory at least, sovereignty lies with the "people", not with govrnments. It did not and still does in theory lie only with the Sinhala people, but with all the communities-the Sinhalas, the Tamils, the Muslims, and others like the remnant Burghers, and the rest, who together agreed to seek independence from Britain under the Soulbury Constitution in Feb.1948.

  422. Tamils were in mortal danger in Sri Lanka and still are

    I am a Canadian Tamil who lived in Jaffna (North of Srilanka) until I was 16 years old now I am 34.

    The ethnic cleansing being carried out in Srilanka since 1948.

    Growing up as a teenager I remember if I was a minute late after 6:00 PM my mom would be waiting for me at the top of the road.

    Once she sees me her words were always "Where have you been ? My heart was in my mouth. You don't you realize the danger out there".

    This is sad reality for all Tamils in Sri Lanka

    The disappearance of 146,000 Tamils ( during only 2009) and the world still have not realized it about this ? Where are they ?

    Hope truth will prevail one day..

  423. Pathological Liar Rajapaksa said ‘not a single civilian was killed’

    Truth is in the eye of the beholder and in Sri Lanka what is deemed true is quite at odds with the UN report. In Sri Lanka, according to state doctrine,‘not a single civilian was killed’ by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The pleas of human rights groups are part of a global conspiracy against the Sri Lankan states. In Sri Lanka’s version of events, the aftermath of the war, has resulted in ‘reconciliation within a unitary state’, and this has a rather macabre meaning. It means that the state is relocating / colonising predominantly Tamil areas with Sinhalese villagers and military family, tempted by offers of free land, which is easy to do if its owners are languishing in camps or have fleeing the island.
    What is sad is that the domestic media and as a result Sri Lanka’s intellectual leadership is complicit in defining ‘Sri Lanka’s Truth’. It spends time informing its captive audience (quite literally in the case of the Tamils), that the US and UK are duplicitous, because their own forces are engaged in ‘similar’ acts in the Middle East. Why let truth get in the way of a good story eh?
    Further, the domestic press blissfully ignores the fact unlike, the UK and the US, past Sri Lankan leaders (and to a degree current ones) few other states have presidents who have claimed they would ‘starve the entire Tamil population as it would keep the Sinhalese happy’.
    And finally, no modern democracy has incarcerated over 300,000 people –men, women and children within military camps, with barbed wires, and no external observers –the crimes committed in those camps are coming to light now too … and this was all after the war had ended.
    To condemn those acts of state genocide would not sit well with Sri Lanka’s Truth. And finally there is the elusive Tamil Diaspora. A most powerful group it seems, for in Sri Lanka’s Truth, they have single-handedly manipulated the West into acting against them – anywhere else this version of events would be ridiculous – but in Sri Lanka its Gospel.

  424. Mango Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    Namaste.

    If you have not endured the conditions of the concentration camps hundreds of thousands of Tamils are still being held in or know people who have, please don't speak as if you know what it's like. The fact is that due to the lack of food and medical care, innocent men, women and children die each day. If you don't believe what I say about thousands of Tamils dying each day in the concentration camps, I suggest you somehow try and get in there to experience what it's like. Not only is what you say ignorant, it's an insult to those who had to endure the conditions, some of whom whom did not make it out alive either.

    I really couldn't care less whether you think of my losses as 'special' or not, but me along with the people who've had family and friends killed by government forces want the people responsible (mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces) to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The same applies to the innocent people killed by the LTTE. Prosecute those responsible.

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    The rajapaksa government's extreme incompetence and corruption has more than offset the lack of war now.

    The rajapaksa government did commit war crimes against Tamils. Until every last person who is responsible is brought to justice, reconciliation cannot and will not happen. You can't have reconciliation when there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day by government forces. Not just that, you can't ask people who've lost family and friends to forget their losses and 'reconcile'. It doesn't work that way.

  425. Mango Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    1. Provide proof.

    2. You expect a terrorist organisation to adhere to international law?

    3. How does that justify the Sri Lankan government forces shelling areas which were under their control? How does that justify intentionally targetting innocents and aid workers and shelling hospitals?

    4. The government forces destroying the LTTE is not a proportionate gain for the hundreds of thousands of Tamils killed.

    5. Again, how does that justify the Sri Lankan government forces shelling areas which were under their control? How does that justify intentionally targetting innocents and aid workers and shelling hospitals?

    Fact 1: The LTTE did not use all civilians as human shields, neither in Vanni or any other conflict area. Infact, when the LTTE were nearing defeat, they asked all civilians (including those who were used as human shields who were still alive) to flee to government controlled areas. Government forces shot and killed most of these fleeing innocents. Government forces also intentionally targeted and killed innocents once the Vanni was under their control and the LTTE presence in the area was no more. Eye witness account (I know people who witnessed the war) which is backed by the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas.

    Fact 2: Despite the LTTE being present in the No Fire Zone, the government forces intentionally targeted the settlements which were housing innocents (such as the United Nations hub), even when members of the United Nations called for the shelling to stop, the government forces did not listen. Eye witness account (I know people who witnessed the war) which is backed by the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas.

    The LTTE did use human shields, I'm not denying this, but the government forces massacred much more innocents during the war under the rajapaksa government than the LTTE had during their entire existence.

    The most efficient killer of Tamils is the rajapaksa government.

  426. Aryacakravarti

    Mango and Rip Van Winkle are Rajapaksa's paid agents

    Be careful. Please don’t sent them any email because they can find out your exact location in Sri Lanka.

  427. Sri Lanka blind-patriotism is not based on morality.

    Rajapaksa is supporting the discrimination and killing the Tamils under the guise of patriotism.

    He is collectively rejecting and amassing the south under false pretensions to demonstrate against the UN report without telling the facts.

    This would result in every culprit, every war criminal get scot-free.

    By a total rejection of the report to save the current leaders of SL, this is the intention of Rajapaksa

  428. The surviving Tamils in Sri Lanka are now deeply traumatised and are living in constant fear.

    In the N-E of the Sri Lanka, Sinhala only military standing with weapons ready to fire at any Tamil questioning their OCCUPATION and WAR CRIIME ATROCITIES.

    IF SRILANKA REALLY LIBERATED AND RAJAPAKSA'S CROCODILE TEARS ARE TRUE, SRILANKA WOULD HAVE ESCORTED THE MEDIA TO JUSTIFY THE GENOCIDE OF 2009 OR WAR AGAINST THE SO CALLED TERRORISTS BUT SRILANKA KNEW THEY ARE THE GUILTY PARTY AND REFUSE TO ALLOW ANY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE INTO NORTH AND EAST WHILE KILLING AND ABDUCTING LOCAL JOURNALISTS TO HIDE THE TRUTH.

  429. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    Namaste.

    If you accept the fact that Tamils who witnessed the war aren't making up stories, you'll see how anyone who claims to have witnessed the war and does not accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, is either lying or did not witness the same war that happened in Sri Lanka.

    Daya Master, Kanagaratnam, etc are well known to have agreed to spread lies about the war in exchange for their lives being spared.

    If you are capable of thinking logically and rationally, you'll question why the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses of the war all claim that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils while there are only a handful of people who claim that they didn't.

    The fact is that the LTTE did not kill every civilian who tried to escape. Some were shot down, but not all, especially during the final stages of the war where the LTTE had asked all innocents to flee to government controlled areas. All eye witness accounts by the way.

    The very fact that you claim no Tamil has been killed after the war shows how little real knowledge you have on the matter. Government forces intentionally targeted and killed innocent Tamils in the conflict areas as soon as LTTE presence was wiped out, the UN and Red Cross aid workers present in the conflict areas attest to this. There are still Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed. Just recently some people I know have lost family to government forces, despite never having had any ties to the LTTE. However, I cannot and will not mention names in a public site such as this, as the government forces might end up killing those who are still alive in the family as well. Here's some evidence:

    bcove.me/83i1ifmo

    The LTTE no longer has any significant presence in Sri Lanka. Fact.

    Please don't bring lies as arguments. The procedure was that the Tamils the government forces didn't kill were put in concentration camps, you could only then get them out by presenting clear papers. However, not all people are released, even if they have clear papers.

    I know people who had family in the concentration camps who were released as well as people who are still struggling to get family out.

    It's common knowledge that government forces prevented innocents from simply moving into whatever areas they wished, the ones who tried were shot and killed, the UN and Red Cross aid workers attest to this.

    I'm not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I'm against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I'm part Sinhalese myself btw ;)). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    I suggest you go through the UN report. It's well known that most of the bodies of the innocents killed by government forces were buried in unmarked graves by the government forces. Neither mass cremation nor mass burial is a problem as if you have visited the war torn areas you'll know that there are certain areas that are still blocked off to civilians. So no one knows what goes on there.

    How exactly is detection an issue anyway? There are no international organisations present, the media is rendered powerless and the majority of the Sinhalese don't care (infact, some are happy about the innocent Tamils who were killed). If someone manages to know of a mass grave or mass cremation and exposes it, he/she will be killed and the government will simply pass it off as a 'international conspiracy that is baseless created by forces trying to destroy Sri Lanka' which would make the brainwashed (the majority of them being Sinhalese, sadly) wind up.

    Yes I have seriously met people who've witnessed the war. It's not difficult to find people who witnessed the war if you really want to.

    If mahinda and his thugs are not racists, I see no other reason why they would conduct ethnic cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka. It doesn't matter to me whether he's a racist or not. The fact is that there is ethnic cleansing going on in Sri Lanka and it needs to stop. Those responsible (mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    Who exactly are the Tamils in rajapaksa's family by the way? And how does having Tamils in one's family rule out the possibility of one being racist?

    When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed. Fact. When you dig up those statistics, make sure they are from an independent organisation by the way.

  430. @Aryacakravarti:

    Ok, let's start with simple facts. Use Google maps / Wikimapia to point out the 'torture camps' where according to you, 'thousands' are dying daily. We know about SL Army camp at Boosa (near Hikkaduwa). Here are some pix of Boosa:
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    So, please show us the LTTE-run torture camps in the Vanni where Tamil civilians ('traitors to the cause') and captured SLA personnel were held, tortured and often killed.

    Then let's talk about reconciliation.

  431. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    My sources (who witnessed the war in pretty much all of the conflict areas including Vanni, Mullaittivu, etc) along with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas say that the government forces prevented both medical supplies and food from reaching the innocents. Are you saying that the UN and Red Cross workers are lying? Are you saying that my sources who told me of this incident before the UN report was released are lying?

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who was killed unnecessarily.

    Kadirgamar however was making the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government worse. Kadirgamar [b]was[/b] discriminating against Tamils, this is a fact. I don't see Kadirgamar as innocent when he criticised the people who exposed the government forces killing innocent Tamils. If you consider him to be innocent, you clearly don't care for what Tamils had to endure because of him.

    I would have no problem if he opposed the LTTE, however I am against him denying the fact that government forces killed innocent Tamils, for which there was overwhelming evidence as well.

    Tamils were and are being held in concentration camps. When there is no medical care and people starve to death on a daily basis, the term 'concentration camp' is appropriate.

    Channel 4 is independent and neutral as it gets. All of what they say is backed by solid evidence (including photographic and video evidence as well as testimonials from people who had to endure and currently are enduring the discrimination at the hands of government forces). Rupavihini is not neutral by any means. If you consider Rupavahini, which is a [b]state[/b] channel to be neutral, I think it's you who needs to learn the definition of the term 'neutral'.

    Sri Lanka is considered a failed state by the majority of the international community. Some of it's allies are included in the 'failed state' category too, like pakistan.

    Did I ever even mention china in any of my comments? This is why you shouldn't try to put words in peoples' mouths.

  432. Mango wrote
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Mango

    What a load of rubbish!!

    Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!

    The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa !!

    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…

  433. Nalan Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 7:11 am

    Namaste brother.

    I think you're right. The fact that both Mango and Rip Van Winkle are trying to justify the intentional murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils at the hands of the government forces gave it away.

    Waran Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Namaste brother.

    "Satyameva Jayate" ("Truth Alone Triumphs") – Mundaka Upanisad 3.1.6

    The truth always prevails my brother. You can already see it happening.

  434. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    So you want him to dig up the bodies and take pictures and show them to you? Try and have some respect and decency please.

  435. Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    You were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    ”Ethnic intolerance makes it appearance in the Sri Lanka classroom in many ways…… Textbooks have often been shown to contain negative ethnic stereotypes….. A review of the textbooks used in the segregated schools of Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, for example, found Sinhalese textbooks scattered with images of Tamils as the historical enemies of the Sinhalese, while celebrating ethnic heroes who had vanquished Tamils in ethnic wars. Ignoring historical fact, these textbooks tended to portray Sinhalese Buddhists as the only true Sri Lankans, with Tamils, Muslims and Christians as non- indigenous and extraneous to Sri Lankan history. This version of national history has been deeply divisive in the context of the wider state.’

  436. Sinhalese are brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    Divisions Sri Lanka were exacerbated by successive government policies discriminating against the Tamil minorities. ….
    Divisive ethnic politics and loss of confidence in non-violent and democratic politics fuelled the desire for autonomous, separatist solutions through the 1970s ….
    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  437. @Aryacakravarti:

    Ok, let's start with simple facts. Use Google maps / Wikimapia to point out the 'torture camps' where according to you, 'thousands' are dying daily. We know about SL Army camp at Boosa (near Hikkaduwa). Here are some pix of Boosa:
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    So, please show us the LTTE-run torture camps in the Vanni where Tamil civilians ('traitors to the cause') and captured SLA personnel were held, tortured and often killed.

    Then let's talk about reconciliation.

  438. @Aryacakravarti:

    Ok, let's start with simple facts. Use Google maps / Wikimapia to point out the 'torture camps' where according to you, 'thousands' are dying daily. We know about SL Army camp at Boosa (near Hikkaduwa). Here are some pix of Boosa:
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

    So, please show us the LTTE-run torture camps in the Vanni where Tamil civilians ('traitors to the cause') and captured SLA personnel were held, tortured and often killed.

    Then let's talk about reconciliation.

  439. India against Rajapaksa

    Rally demanding action against Rajapaksa

    CHENNAI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a strange appearance on the Marina Beach in Chennai on Saturday evening, with his hands cuffed in front of hundreds of supporters owing allegiance to various Tamil groups.

    With a man holding a long chain attached to the hand cuff, the Sri Lankan leader attired in white kurtha and a red shawl was seen walking along with the huge crowd that sought concrete action against him for spearheading the massacre of innocent Tamil civilians during the last phase of war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Though it was part of a rally organised by the supporters of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam in TN, demanding stern action against Rajapaksa, it was very realistic as though the Sri Lankan President was taken into custody, allegedly for the war crimes he had committed in the name of weeding out terrorism in the island nation. The rally gains significance at a time when human rights activists across the world are pressing for punishment for those responsible for war crimes.

    http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/rally-demanding-action-against-rajapaksa/270575.html

  440. Rip Van Winkle is a Rajapaksa’s paid agent so he does not work on weekends 🙂

  441. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:37 am

    I will take one parah of this post as it was meant for Mango !!

    U say

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    Check the list here – starting from Afred Duraiappa… (I am getting sick of pasting this link)
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    OK – let's say LK was working against Tamils – Why that Innocent Neelan Thiruchelvan?? He did not harm an ant knowingly…

    Say, if he did so, does it give the right to your retarded organization to take the lives off them??? If you think it's right, what r u accusing the Rajapakse government for??? According to your theory, at least Rajapakse killed Opponents – you have killed your own kind.

    Also, if you logically think, if so many Tamil leaders who had a following for them (as shown in Elections before) had a different opinion to the LTTE, may be it is the LTTE's theory that is flawed and not the theory of Ponnambalam, Neelan T and the other Tamil leaders whom you killed – How about Dougy Devananda – more than 5 attempts to kill and failed. He has a following too ha? So, that it self is proof enough to say that our Tamil Brotheren knows that the LTTE are retards.

    Check this out for your war crimes…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/LTTE_killing_Tamil_Civilia

  442. Aryacakravarti

    What do you expect from the Sri Lanka Government Propagandists ?

    They have no heart and they lie ….

  443. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Watch this video, it shows a glimpse of the concentration camps:

    bcove.me/83i1ifmo

    I will ask my sources if they can pinpoint the location on Google Maps/Wikimapia and get back to you ASAP. I doubt it though as the concentration camps are nothing more than makeshift shelters (think tents and the like).

    I'm surprised that you're doubting the existence of these camps. The government themselves have admitted to the existence of these camps, however to know of the conditions within, you have to either experience it yourself or know people who experienced it.

    I don't know the location of the LTTE torture camps, sorry.

  444. Nalan Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Anytime my brother, anytime :).

  445. @Shashi: Now I know how difficult it must be to teach ‘special needs’ kids. One has to keep repeating repeating simple facts, hoping that one day, their half-formed brains (just like Eelamists’ half-formed brains) will absorb the truth.

    “Sri Lanka Army invited the Tamils in to NFZ and promised them safety!!
    True. But the SLA didn’t invite the LTTE to the NFZ to hide behind these civilians and fire at advancing soldiers, which is exactly what happened.

    Here’s UAV footage of LTTE artillery pieces being positioned inside the NFZ. Or do you think they were taking a huge pittu stove for the ever-hungry Fatty Prabha? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEiOavFvqy8

    I think you need to re-phrase that as follows:

    “The Tamils trusted the Pathological Liar Prabhakaran !!
    What a horror !! Like lambs to the slaughter…”

    Indeed.

  446. @Aryacakravarti: Ah, the usual Channel 4 drivel. A few facts, add some rumor, stir in some conjecture, bake slowly for 40 minutes and voila! They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Undoubtedly there are odd goings on and massive suffering still evident, despite the aid etc given by the govt. The military paranoia will remain as long as the country is threatened yet again by the Eelam dregs and their fluffers.

    I'm not expecting the Killi population to suddenly start loving the SLA. If we're going to have a sensible conversation, calling these camps 'concentration camps' isn't really helpful or true.

    Shouldn't you be asking the LTTE where all the money went? After all, they were funded to the tune of millions of USD and GBP. The leftover funds should be given to those poor people, especially orphans to have a decent life. It's the least the LTTE can do after having made them suffer for Eelam.

    Why the sudden memory loss about LTTE torture camps? Are you just a part-time observer of the Eelam Wars of just have selective amnesia? Don't you remember this from the final year of Eelam War 4?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYz7PO2v8iA

    Do you deny the LTTE ever maintained such camps?

    Just get your relatives to check it out. Most people in (ex) Eelam knew where these camps were situated.

    p.s. thanks for at least not blindly joining the copy'n'paste brigade.

    @ Waran:

    My pet cat told me that there are 185,000 missing Tamils, but can't provide and facts, names or addresses. Perhaps I should ask my cat to speak to Bishop Rt Rev Rayappu Joseph (a well-known LTTE mouthpiece) and ask for his methodology. The Bishop believes in transubstantiation and Tamil homelands, so he'll believe in anything.

  447. Mango

    What happened to the 46,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 46,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

  448. Mango

    What happened to the 146,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 146,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

  449. @Aryacakravarti:
    The best evidence that the LTTE is the worst thing that ever happened to Sri Lanka's Tamils is shown by how they murdered any Tamil brave and foolish enough to disagree with VP. Who can forget these glorious Eelam Massacres of all other militant groups?

    "TELO cadres, whether armed or unarmed, came under rifle attack and were shot dead. No quarter was given, according to eyewitnesses. Those who surrendered were shot dead as they laid down their weapons, and those who attempted to flee were shot as they ran."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberati

    “Kittu and his men began house-to-house searches for Sri Sabaratnam, the TELO leader. … Finally, Kittu and his men located Sri Sabaratnam in a tobacco garden, at Kondavil. Immediately he was shot in his leg to stop him from running. Shaken, Sri Sabaratnam fell on his knees and begged Kittu to spare his life. He said that he would talk with Prabakaran, but Kittu was in no mood to listen and he sprayed bullets with his AK-47 rifle.”

    I can understand the LTTE murdering Kadir and even Neelan T., because they represented a non-violent, negotiated end to the insurgency. But to murder so many fellow revolutionaries simply because they disagreed with VP?

    You should be thanking Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka for having finally brought VP's (Tamil) killing spree to an end.

  450. While the Rajapaksa regime in Colombo claims that it does not need the West, it BEGS the EU for GSP Plus and for aid.

    The US and UK are the two top markets for Sri-Lanka’s exports representing 21% and 12% respectively (source: EIU). The country also depends heavily on the EU for its exports.

    Sri-Lanka’s new friends (fair-weather friends), such as China, Iran and Russia do not buy much from the country. They are only interested in selling arms and also in fishing in troubled waters!

    The West should act now and put some sanctions on the regime and cripple it.

  451. It is really ultra nationalistic fury to the point of absurdity to back up a false sense of pride uner so-called “sovereignty” which has been stolen like daylight robbery from the ethnic and religious minorities of the country carefully planned and executed over 63+ years of so-called independence from its old colonial master, Britain.Even under its unilateral constitution of 1971 to all revisions to the present day, in theory at least, sovereignty lies with the “people”, not with govrnments. It did not and still does in theory lie only with the Sinhala people, but with all the communities-the Sinhalas, the Tamils, the Muslims, and others like the remnant Burghers, and the rest, who together agreed to seek independence from Britain under the Soulbury Constitution in Feb.1948.

  452. Aryacakravarti

    Thank you for the link

    Yes It’s 146,679 Tamils are “missing “

    ——————————

    Of course Sri Lanka Government Propagandists don't believe these figures and feel they can continue to defend this carnage there is nothing one can do.

    One can only wake someone who is really asleep, not the one who pretends to be asleep like Sri Lanka Government Propagandists here

  453. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 7:57 am

    Machan – I have accepted the fact that the Tamils are telling the truth – that's why I am telling you that the LTTE killed Tamils during the final Battle. I think I explained this before in a post.

    When Daya Master and them were with the LTTE they told the truth and now they are lying??? OK – what if they are telling the truth and you are wrong???? Did u think about it for a minute….. I did…
    You are asking me for undrands of thousands of eye witness – check the above link (the last one) I posted – what have You got to say about that?? You become a pathetic liar in that sense…

    Your following statement of yours shows the mess that you are in…

    The fact is that the LTTE did not kill every civilian who tried to escape. Some were shot down, but not all, especially during the final stages of the war where the LTTE had asked all innocents to flee to government controlled areas. All eye witness accounts by the way.

    So, they kill those who want to escape and then tell again to escape and this time without shooting those who escaped – Did U see the footage of the UAV that Mango posted before??? what more evidence do you need??? Now, I have more faith in Kana's statement.

    Also, where have I mentioned that no Tamil was killed during the war???? (from the government forces) we have repeatedly said that zero casualties is a lie and a mistake the stupid government did…. But, I am pretty sure that the SLA did not intentionally target any civilians.. because that was against the bases of the mission of eliminating the LTTE – the government wanted the Innocent to be freed from the LTTE for those same civilians were going to testify on behalf of the government which is happening now..

    Also, I don't trust that you had any contact with any witness of war – I will not tell you how, but, you are def. not in Sri Lanka, but in the UK or in the USA… So, now I know that you are a liar…

    The LTTE def do not have a decent presence in Sri Lanka the very reason for all Tamils to rejoice. Obviously all those who civilians were put in to camps and filtered to distinguish the LTTE from the innocent civilians – those LTTE members who were filtered are the ones that are currently going under rehabilitation or already returned home after being rehabilitated. We also remember that some were married legally by the SLA – they were just screwing around in the Jingles and now they do it rightfully and legally + having loving families. That could only be bad news for an Impotent Person who hates their own mother and father.

    You telling that you are not justifying the killings by the LTTE is a Joke when you had made so many posts saying that killing of Lakshman K and Neelan T are OK because they went against Tamils. You are trying to create a drama by giving false info about your self – so please let's talk straight – you cannot fool everyone all the time. If you were against killing of everyone including the thousands of Sinhalees by the LTTE – where were you when the LTTE actually did so?? We did not see you tell the LTTE not to do so??? Either you did not have the balls or the Spine to do so – That's the difference between a coward like you and a great man like Lakshman K – He said that it was wrong and paid the price of his life for saying so…

    and also, you repeat the following sentence like an idiot again

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    Is this not justifying the Killings of Tamils by the LTTE????

    I have gone through the UN report many a times and it does clearly state that the LTTE did kill Tamils who tried to escape, if you are a believer of the UN report, we should not be having this conversation…

    And again you go on to talk of a Ethnic Cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka which proves again that U R not in SL… If your claims are right, go to Wella Market and ask a few vendors how fun the life is now… Well, previously I tried to converse with you, now I am basically proving that you are a Pathetic Liar – Athe Pathtu wena Boru – (Term for Damn Lies)

    MR's Nephew is Married to a Tamil – this is a known fact..
    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,191

    May be it was George Bush that is to be blamed for the death of LTTE as per the following article..
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/03/george_bush_t

  454. Tamils were in mortal danger in Sri Lanka and still are

    I am a Canadian Tamil who lived in Jaffna (North of Srilanka) until I was 16 years old now I am 34.

    The ethnic cleansing being carried out in Srilanka since 1948.

    Growing up as a teenager I remember if I was a minute late after 6:00 PM my mom would be waiting for me at the top of the road.

    Once she sees me her words were always “Where have you been ? My heart was in my mouth. You don’t you realize the danger out there”.

    This is sad reality for all Tamils in Sri Lanka

    The disappearance of 146,000 Tamils ( during only 2009) and the world still have not realized it about this ? Where are they ?

    Hope truth will prevail one day..

  455. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 8:33 am

    So you want him to dig up the bodies and take pictures and show them to you? Try and have some respect and decency please.

    Where did I say this?? All I said was that the type of mass graves that you are talking of and the mass cremations you are talking of, would have got captured to Satellite long time ago – You could have got someone to put out some false sat images at least – but now it's too late..

    Again – I don't think you are reading right – cause I said that Rupavahini is not a neutral TV station – Read the post again !!

  456. Nambiyar manipulated, the expert panel’s report should not reach Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?204mOlddacaB

    Meanwhile information published that until the Lok Saba election voting are concluded, Ban Ki-moon’s Chief Officer Vijai Nambiyar had obstructed the report getting published. “Sunday Leader” further quotes that if the report has been published before the Tamil Nadu Lok Saba election voting, the ruling Diravida Munnetra Kalangam and Congress Alliance would have faced a worst situation hence Nambiyar had taken this decision to publish the report after voting got concluded.

  457. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:37 am

    I will take one parah of this post as it was meant for Mango !!

    U say

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    Check the list here – starting from Afred Duraiappa… (I am getting sick of pasting this link)
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    OK – let's say LK was working against Tamils – Why that Innocent Neelan Thiruchelvan?? He did not harm an ant knowingly…

    Say, if he did so, does it give the right to your retarded organization to take the lives off them??? If you think it's right, what r u accusing the Rajapakse government for??? According to your theory, at least Rajapakse killed Opponents – you have killed your own kind.

    Also, if you logically think, if so many Tamil leaders who had a following for them (as shown in Elections before) had a different opinion to the LTTE, may be it is the LTTE's theory that is flawed and not the theory of Ponnambalam, Neelan T and the other Tamil leaders whom you killed – How about Dougy Devananda – more than 5 attempts to kill and failed. He has a following too ha? So, that it self is proof enough to say that our Tamil Brotheren knows that the LTTE are retards.

    Check this out for your war crimes…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/LTTE_killing_Tamil_Civilia

  458. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:37 am

    I will take one parah of this post as it was meant for Mango !!

    U say

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    Check the list here – starting from Afred Duraiappa… (I am getting sick of pasting this link)
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    OK – let's say LK was working against Tamils – Why that Innocent Neelan Thiruchelvan?? He did not harm an ant knowingly…

    Say, if he did so, does it give the right to your retarded organization to take the lives off them??? If you think it's right, what r u accusing the Rajapakse government for??? According to your theory, at least Rajapakse killed Opponents – you have killed your own kind.

    Also, if you logically think, if so many Tamil leaders who had a following for them (as shown in Elections before) had a different opinion to the LTTE, may be it is the LTTE's theory that is flawed and not the theory of Ponnambalam, Neelan T and the other Tamil leaders whom you killed – How about Dougy Devananda – more than 5 attempts to kill and failed. He has a following too ha? So, that it self is proof enough to say that our Tamil Brotheren knows that the LTTE are retards.

    Check this out for your war crimes…
    http://www.spur.asn.au/LTTE_killing_Tamil_Civilia

  459. "One can only wake someone who is really asleep, not the one who pretends to be asleep like Sri Lanka Government Propagandists here"

    Extremely well put brother.

  460. India is seeking Rajapaksa's trial for the war crimes

    Indian youth are demanding that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse should stand trial for the killing of innocent tamils in the island nation during the last phase of the war

    Party's state youth wing chief S Gurumurthy and Tamil Isai Soundararajan were among those detained as they staged a rally near the Music Academy and tried to march to the Sri Lankan deputy high commission

    The BJP is the latest to join a bandwagon of parties including the DMK and the AIADMK to demand that Rajapakse stand trial for "genocide of innocent Tamilians". The DMK and AIADMK had staged protest marches to condemn the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. Chief minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa have demanded that Rajapakse should trial for killing Tamils
    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-

  461. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Mango !

    U R forgetting that the LTTE did not allow any civilians to have any king of motor vehicle – Simple… How can the Army steel bikes from people who did not have the right to use any vehicle?? The only vehicles they had were bicycles. All motor vehicles were taken by the LTTE + LTTE had a separate gang in Colombo that Stole vehicles and sent to Vavunia.

    Even the retarded Prbha was driven around in a Stolen vehicle of a Colombo Businessman. Even the fuel sent to Jaffna was stolen by them – Surprised you forgot that – LOL!

    Moo nam Mara Chakrawarthi – LOL .. Boru Mama… He is more a Sakvithi than a Chakravarthi – LOL !!

  462. @Aryacakravarti: Ah, the usual Channel 4 drivel. A few facts, add some rumor, stir in some conjecture, bake slowly for 40 minutes and voila! They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Undoubtedly there are odd goings on and massive suffering still evident, despite the aid etc given by the govt. The military paranoia will remain as long as the country is threatened yet again by the Eelam dregs and their fluffers.

    I'm not expecting the Killi population to suddenly start loving the SLA. If we're going to have a sensible conversation, calling these camps 'concentration camps' isn't really helpful or true.

    Shouldn't you be asking the LTTE where all the money went? After all, they were funded to the tune of millions of USD and GBP. The leftover funds should be given to those poor people, especially orphans to have a decent life. It's the least the LTTE can do after having made them suffer for Eelam.

    Why the sudden memory loss about LTTE torture camps? Are you just a part-time observer of the Eelam Wars of just have selective amnesia? Don't you remember this from the final year of Eelam War 4?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYz7PO2v8iA

    Do you deny the LTTE ever maintained such camps?

    Just get your relatives to check it out. Most people in (ex) Eelam knew where these camps were situated.

    p.s. thanks for at least not blindly joining the copy'n'paste brigade.

    @ Waran:

    My pet cat told me that there are 185,000 missing Tamils, but can't provide and facts, names or addresses. Perhaps I should ask my cat to speak to Bishop Rt Rev Rayappu Joseph (a well-known LTTE mouthpiece) and ask for his methodology. The Bishop believes in transubstantiation and Tamil homelands, so he'll believe in anything.

  463. @Aryacakravarti: Ah, the usual Channel 4 drivel. A few facts, add some rumor, stir in some conjecture, bake slowly for 40 minutes and voila! They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Undoubtedly there are odd goings on and massive suffering still evident, despite the aid etc given by the govt. The military paranoia will remain as long as the country is threatened yet again by the Eelam dregs and their fluffers.

    I'm not expecting the Killi population to suddenly start loving the SLA. If we're going to have a sensible conversation, calling these camps 'concentration camps' isn't really helpful or true.

    Shouldn't you be asking the LTTE where all the money went? After all, they were funded to the tune of millions of USD and GBP. The leftover funds should be given to those poor people, especially orphans to have a decent life. It's the least the LTTE can do after having made them suffer for Eelam.

    Why the sudden memory loss about LTTE torture camps? Are you just a part-time observer of the Eelam Wars of just have selective amnesia? Don't you remember this from the final year of Eelam War 4?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYz7PO2v8iA

    Do you deny the LTTE ever maintained such camps?

    Just get your relatives to check it out. Most people in (ex) Eelam knew where these camps were situated.

    p.s. thanks for at least not blindly joining the copy'n'paste brigade.

    @ Waran:

    My pet cat told me that there are 185,000 missing Tamils, but can't provide and facts, names or addresses. Perhaps I should ask my cat to speak to Bishop Rt Rev Rayappu Joseph (a well-known LTTE mouthpiece) and ask for his methodology. The Bishop believes in transubstantiation and Tamil homelands, so he'll believe in anything.

  464. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:03 am

    How can Daya be speaking the truth when I know people who witnessed the war who've lost family and friends to government forces? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there's video evidence of government forces killing innocent Tamils? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there are hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who claim that the government forces did infact intentionally kill innocent Tamils? Think for a second.

    I unlike you, go through the entire comment thoroughly before replying. I did go through your link. I fail to see how that would make me a 'pathetic liar'.

    I recommend you go through the UN report in it's entirety since you don't know anyone who witnessed the war. Both UN and Red Cross workers agree that the while some of the LTTE members did kill fleeing civilians, some didn't. Not all civilians in the conflict areas were used as human shields either, if they were, my sources wouldn't be alive today.

    They asked the innocents to flee to government areas when they were nearing defeat. This is straight from the mouth of a witness who was subsequently thrown in the concentration camps.

    The government forces intentionally targeted innocents. Like I've said countless times now, I know eye witnesses who've told me of how the government forces intentionally killed innocents, some of them have lost family and friends to government forces as well. There's also video evidence:

    youtube . com/watch?v=ElNAsxuLQpI

    youtube . com/watch?v=snHz4TUPNts

    youtube . com/watch?v=kLbxFi_8uAA

    (remove spaces)

    Like I said before, there isn't a single person who witnessed the war (who hasn't been turned into a puppet to spread the government's lies in exchange for not being killed) who claims the government forces didn't intentionally kill innocent Tamils. This is a fact.

    I'm not in Sri Lanka eh? Haha, I guess you know more about where I was born, raised and currently live and am currently typing this response from than me eh? This is exactly the kind of thing one of mahinda's brainwashed minions would say.

    Tamils would be rejoicing due to the LTTE no longer having a significant presence in Sri Lanka if the government forces weren't abducting, torturing, raping and killing innocent Tamils and if Tamils were given freedom, equality and democracy which isn't happening.

    LTTE members? Rehabiltation? Don't make me laugh. Like I said before, not a single ex-LTTE member who did not wish to become the government's puppet in spreading lies was spared of their lives, they were dragged off and executed.

    I want you to quote where I said I was fine with the murder of Neelan Thiruchelvam or Kadiragamar. Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did so much good for Tamils and I'm strongly against his murder. I expect you to present evidence for your lie (which is also insulting).

    I am against the murder of any innocent, regardless of whether they are Tamil or Sinhalese.

    See, you shouldn't cherrypick sentences. What I actually said:

    "I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence."

    So, tell me, how would I be justifying the murder of innocents by the LTTE when I ask for an independent investigation on all war crimes and ask for those responsible to be prosecuted?

    Liar.

    If you had actually gone through the UN report you'd know that the UN report speaks of how not all fleeing civilians were killed by the LTTE, I quote:

    "Some LTTE cadre would let fleeing civilians through, but others opened fire on them with AK47s, killing men, women and children, alike"

    So you're wrong.

    I asked you before how having a Tamil in the family would rule out the possibility of one being a racist towards Tamils, which you are yet to respond to.

  465. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Please read my comments in their entirety before replying to them, as I've already addressed most of your claims. You're simply repeating what you said before.

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did a lot of good for Tamils. He was killed unnecessarily and I'm strongly against his murder.

    What do you mean 'your retarded organization'? Are you accusing me of being an LTTE member? If so, you're delusional.

    I strongly suggest you go through the UN report and other independent accounts of the war, it'd be best if you talk to someone who witnessed the war though.

    Like I said before, I'm not denying that the LTTE used innocents as human shields, but the LTTE did not use all the innocents in the conflict areas as human shields. They also asked the innocents to flee to government controlled areas when they were nearing defeat, most of these fleeing innocents were shot dead by government forces. The UN and Red Cross aid workers present during the conflict attest to this, the people I know who witnessed the war also agree with the UN and Red Cross' accounts.

    As the evidence shows, government forces killed more innocents under the rajapaksa government than the LTTE did during their entire existence, i.e the government forces are responsible for the overwhelming majority of the civilian casualties. The LTTE killing innocents is wrong as well, which is why we need an independent investigation into all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka and those responsible, regardless of whether the war crimes were committed by the government forces or the LTTE, prosecuted and brought to justice.

    Innocents being killed is unacceptable.

  466. Pathological Liar Rajapaksa said ‘not a single civilian was killed’

    Truth is in the eye of the beholder and in Sri Lanka what is deemed true is quite at odds with the UN report. In Sri Lanka, according to state doctrine,‘not a single civilian was killed’ by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The pleas of human rights groups are part of a global conspiracy against the Sri Lankan states. In Sri Lanka’s version of events, the aftermath of the war, has resulted in ‘reconciliation within a unitary state’, and this has a rather macabre meaning. It means that the state is relocating / colonising predominantly Tamil areas with Sinhalese villagers and military family, tempted by offers of free land, which is easy to do if its owners are languishing in camps or have fleeing the island.
    What is sad is that the domestic media and as a result Sri Lanka’s intellectual leadership is complicit in defining ‘Sri Lanka’s Truth’. It spends time informing its captive audience (quite literally in the case of the Tamils), that the US and UK are duplicitous, because their own forces are engaged in ‘similar’ acts in the Middle East. Why let truth get in the way of a good story eh?
    Further, the domestic press blissfully ignores the fact unlike, the UK and the US, past Sri Lankan leaders (and to a degree current ones) few other states have presidents who have claimed they would ‘starve the entire Tamil population as it would keep the Sinhalese happy’.
    And finally, no modern democracy has incarcerated over 300,000 people –men, women and children within military camps, with barbed wires, and no external observers –the crimes committed in those camps are coming to light now too … and this was all after the war had ended.
    To condemn those acts of state genocide would not sit well with Sri Lanka’s Truth. And finally there is the elusive Tamil Diaspora. A most powerful group it seems, for in Sri Lanka’s Truth, they have single-handedly manipulated the West into acting against them – anywhere else this version of events would be ridiculous – but in Sri Lanka its Gospel.

  467. @Aryacakravarti:
    The best evidence that the LTTE is the worst thing that ever happened to Sri Lanka's Tamils is shown by how they murdered any Tamil brave and foolish enough to disagree with VP. Who can forget these glorious Eelam Massacres of all other militant groups?

    "TELO cadres, whether armed or unarmed, came under rifle attack and were shot dead. No quarter was given, according to eyewitnesses. Those who surrendered were shot dead as they laid down their weapons, and those who attempted to flee were shot as they ran."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberati

    “Kittu and his men began house-to-house searches for Sri Sabaratnam, the TELO leader. … Finally, Kittu and his men located Sri Sabaratnam in a tobacco garden, at Kondavil. Immediately he was shot in his leg to stop him from running. Shaken, Sri Sabaratnam fell on his knees and begged Kittu to spare his life. He said that he would talk with Prabakaran, but Kittu was in no mood to listen and he sprayed bullets with his AK-47 rifle.”

    I can understand the LTTE murdering Kadir and even Neelan T., because they represented a non-violent, negotiated end to the insurgency. But to murder so many fellow revolutionaries simply because they disagreed with VP?

    You should be thanking Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka for having finally brought VP's (Tamil) killing spree to an end.

  468. @Aryacakravarti:
    The best evidence that the LTTE is the worst thing that ever happened to Sri Lanka's Tamils is shown by how they murdered any Tamil brave and foolish enough to disagree with VP. Who can forget these glorious Eelam Massacres of all other militant groups?

    "TELO cadres, whether armed or unarmed, came under rifle attack and were shot dead. No quarter was given, according to eyewitnesses. Those who surrendered were shot dead as they laid down their weapons, and those who attempted to flee were shot as they ran."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberati

    “Kittu and his men began house-to-house searches for Sri Sabaratnam, the TELO leader. … Finally, Kittu and his men located Sri Sabaratnam in a tobacco garden, at Kondavil. Immediately he was shot in his leg to stop him from running. Shaken, Sri Sabaratnam fell on his knees and begged Kittu to spare his life. He said that he would talk with Prabakaran, but Kittu was in no mood to listen and he sprayed bullets with his AK-47 rifle.”

    I can understand the LTTE murdering Kadir and even Neelan T., because they represented a non-violent, negotiated end to the insurgency. But to murder so many fellow revolutionaries simply because they disagreed with VP?

    You should be thanking Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka for having finally brought VP's (Tamil) killing spree to an end.

  469. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Please read my comments in their entirety before replying to them, as I’ve already addressed most of your claims. You’re simply repeating what you said before.

    Dude – I take post by post – so, the replies you have made in a following post does not count to a reply I give to a different post – if there is a discrepancy you see, that means you have told 2 things in the 2 posts that are contradicting to each other.

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did a lot of good for Tamils. He was killed unnecessarily and I’m strongly against his murder.

    Thanks for accepting this – so, do you still want to be associated with an organization who killed such great man??

    Does not this prove that the LTTE was nothing but a organization that danced according to a Retarded Bastard Prabha ?? Ain't it good he is gone – now people like Neelan could Talk on behalf of Tamils and also live.

    I am accusing you of being a LTTE supporter – not a member.. I would not know that…

    I have gone through the UN report + spoken to several who witnessed the war – that's why I can point blank say that you are a liar..

    Yakko – Unaka Paithyama ? (R U mad) Getting civilians to descent along side you is in other words using as Human Shields – Love Ekata nemei (Not for Love)

    U R again saying that Rajapakses killed more than the LTTE !!

    Ade – Theriya Ille ?? (don't you understand?) Killing is a killing if it's 1 or 1,000,000… and the LTTE did so and they started it all. You cannot say that LTTE is right because they killed less… I actually say otherwise… LTTE was the cause of all the killings that are attributed to the war – without them, there would have been no killing what so ever noh??

  470. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Oh so according to you those bikes were 'the left-overs from the final battles'? I guess the people I know who've had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they're simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical.

    When innocent Tamil men, women and children die on a daily basis due to lack of food and medical care, the term 'concentration camp' is appropriate.

    You think there's some building where I could go to and demand the LTTE 'where all the money went'?

    Oh no, there's no memory loss. I'm aware of the torture camps that were operated by the LTTE, but I don't see how you can expect me to know of their locations simply because I'm a Tamil. What, you think all Tamils are militants who know everything about the LTTE? Typical Sinhalese racism.

  471. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:43 am

    I would be thanking mahinda, gota and fonseka if they didn't start their own killing spree of Tamils.

    Unfortunately, that's not the case and government forces abduct, torture, rape and kill Tamils even today.

  472. Waran Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Mango

    What happened to the 46,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 46,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

    They are in Colombo and other parts of the Island.

    You wanna hear what this Eminence the Cardinal had to say ?? Let me know if you want to – Trust the Cardinal is of a higher ordination to a Bishop who him self ran with the Madu Statue to the LTTE areas and only brought it back to government area because the Catholics told him not to get politics involved in religion. whom do U want me to believe?? the cardinal or the Bishop??

  473. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I know he's speaking the truth as I myself know people who've lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had ties to the LTTE.

    As shown by statistics from the Vanni district office, atleast 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/). My sources who witnessed government forces intentionally killing innocent Tamils agree that this number is not even close to the total number of innocent Tamils the government forces killed.

    Neither mass burials nor mass cremations are impossible as there are areas in the war torn areas which are still closed off to civilians.

    The cardinal being on mahinda's payroll is a fact. It was mahinda who paid and sent the cardinal to the vatican, this was all over the news.

    Go through the UN report. It has been established without a hint of doubt that the government forces intentionally shelled the No Fire Zone after asking innocent Tamils to congregate there and assuring them of not being harmed.

    Every single eye witness of the war, who isn't threatened by mahinda and his thugs to spread lies about what happened in the war, accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocents. Their accounts also line up with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

  474. India is seeking Rajapaksa's trial for the war crimes

    Indian youth are demanding that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse should stand trial for the killing of innocent tamils in the island nation during the last phase of the war

    Party's state youth wing chief S Gurumurthy and Tamil Isai Soundararajan were among those detained as they staged a rally near the Music Academy and tried to march to the Sri Lankan deputy high commission

    The BJP is the latest to join a bandwagon of parties including the DMK and the AIADMK to demand that Rajapakse stand trial for "genocide of innocent Tamilians". The DMK and AIADMK had staged protest marches to condemn the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. Chief minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa have demanded that Rajapakse should trial for killing Tamils
    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-

  475. India is seeking Rajapaksa's trial for the war crimes

    Indian youth are demanding that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse should stand trial for the killing of innocent tamils in the island nation during the last phase of the war

    Party's state youth wing chief S Gurumurthy and Tamil Isai Soundararajan were among those detained as they staged a rally near the Music Academy and tried to march to the Sri Lankan deputy high commission

    The BJP is the latest to join a bandwagon of parties including the DMK and the AIADMK to demand that Rajapakse stand trial for "genocide of innocent Tamilians". The DMK and AIADMK had staged protest marches to condemn the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. Chief minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa have demanded that Rajapakse should trial for killing Tamils
    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-

  476. Mango Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    Namaste.

    If you have not endured the conditions of the concentration camps hundreds of thousands of Tamils are still being held in or know people who have, please don’t speak as if you know what it’s like. The fact is that due to the lack of food and medical care, innocent men, women and children die each day. If you don’t believe what I say about thousands of Tamils dying each day in the concentration camps, I suggest you somehow try and get in there to experience what it’s like. Not only is what you say ignorant, it’s an insult to those who had to endure the conditions, some of whom whom did not make it out alive either.

    I really couldn’t care less whether you think of my losses as ‘special’ or not, but me along with the people who’ve had family and friends killed by government forces want the people responsible (mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces) to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The same applies to the innocent people killed by the LTTE. Prosecute those responsible.

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    The rajapaksa government’s extreme incompetence and corruption has more than offset the lack of war now.

    The rajapaksa government did commit war crimes against Tamils. Until every last person who is responsible is brought to justice, reconciliation cannot and will not happen. You can’t have reconciliation when there are Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed to this day by government forces. Not just that, you can’t ask people who’ve lost family and friends to forget their losses and ‘reconcile’. It doesn’t work that way.

  477. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Please read your comment which I replied to. You asked brother 'Tamil' who lost 17 members of his family to government forces in 2009 to provide evidence. How exactly do you expect him to provide this evidence? Do you really think a person would lie about such a thing?

    Again, go through the UN report. It clearly states that the innocent killed by the government forces were buried in unmarked graves. Who's to say satellites didn't capture these events?

    Yes, you're right about the Rupavahini thing, my bad.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:18 am

    Ah, the same Cardinal who's known to be on mahinda's payroll? The same cardinal who was sent to the vatican with all expenses paid by mahinda? Yeah I think we all know how credible he is.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Mata boru kiyanna kisima hethuwak na. Mama yudde thibuna pathi wala gewal thibuna minissunwa dannawa. Samahara minissunge gewal ui building dan army eken balen aragana wahala daala thiyanawa. Man kiyanne boru kiyala hithanawanan yudde thibuna pathi walata gihilla ballanna gewal nathi minissu inna tharama, ehe minissungenma ahala balanna army eken balen gaththa gewal, building ui badu gena.

    (I have no reason to lie. I know people who've had homes in the conflict areas. Some of the homes and buildings owned by these people were taken forcibly by the army and barricaded. If you think I'm lying, go to the conflict areas and see for yourself how many people are homeless and ask the people there about the homes, buildings and other possessions the army took from people forcibly).

  478. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Oh so according to you those bikes were ‘the left-overs from the final battles’? I guess the people I know who’ve had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they’re simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical.

    Machan – what about the Houses of Innocent Tamil Civilians that the LTTE took over to build bunkers ????? Forget ekata Danawada ?? (R U forgetting them?)

    Ane Palayan ban yanna Baila Gahanne nethuwa… Kelin Kiyapan Umbata Upset kiyala Eelam nethi unata… Umba full time LTTE suppoter kenek..
    (You are lying and not saying that U R upset about not having Eelam – U R a direct LTTE supporter)

  479. This is robbery !!

    Sri Lanka should not take Tamil buildings and other possessions forcibly ?

    Sri Lanka Army is treating Tamils like slaves

  480. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:34 am

    How can Daya be speaking the truth when I know people who witnessed the war who’ve lost family and friends to government forces? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there’s video evidence of government forces killing innocent Tamils? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there are hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who claim that the government forces did infact intentionally kill innocent Tamils? Think for a second.

    I can Ask you the same thing the otherway around..
    Daya is telling the truth because people who witness say the same thing.
    Daya is telling the truth cause there are video evidence to prove so – check Mango's video links of LTTE shooting Tamils.
    Daya is telling the truth cause he was taken in to a detention center and then taken to colombo after identifying – he was not killed.
    I will think for a second – U think a lot !!

    Also, the bottom of the post says that the UN report said some carders would let go and the others shot – I would say, the carders who joined and fled (Like Daya M) did not shoot where as the retards who stayed back shot and then got shot in the end.

    Yes – having a good friend from a different race or religion itself is good for a person to respect that persons way of life – having one in the family – the bonding is even more… (If you don't know this, your claim of being part Sinhalees goes down the drain – FLUSHHHHH !!)

  481. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:54 am

    This is robbery !!

    Sri Lanka should not take Tamil buildings and other possessions forcibly ?

    Sri Lanka Army is treating Tamils like slaves

    Ado Gemba – Umba Oluwa Adho Mukaye Gahagenada Hitiye (Idiot, were you hiding your head inside your rectum) when LTTE were taking the civilians buildings to fix their guns ????? Why talk now of things you don't even know of??

  482. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:44 am

    I have never said anything contradictory. My stand on the matter has not changed. Please quote some of these so called 'contradictory' things I've said. I expect proof.

    I'm not associated with the LTTE, I never was.

    The LTTE being gone would be good if the government didn't defeat them by killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils along the way, and if the government didn't use the lack of resistance as a free pass to conduct ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it's doing today.

    I don't support the LTTE.

    The UN report contradicts what your so called 'eye witnesses' have (according to you atleast) have told you. It's also weird how the accounts of your so called 'eye witnesses' are completely different to not only the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who actually witnessed the war as well as the accounts of the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

    If the accounts of the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who agree that the government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils match up with the UN and Red Cross' accounts, it would mean that your so called 'eye witnesses' are lying. I severely doubt you've ever met a single person who witnessed the war, it seems as if you're going by the lies spread by the rajapaksa government as well as their puppets like Daya.

    I quote from my previous comment:

    [If you had actually gone through the UN report you’d know that the UN report speaks of how not all fleeing civilians were killed by the LTTE, I quote:

    “Some LTTE cadre would let fleeing civilians through, but others opened fire on them with AK47s, killing men, women and children, alike”]

    As for you trying to put words in my mouth about the amount of innocents killed by government forces, I quote from my previous comment:

    [“I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.”

    So, tell me, how would I be justifying the murder of innocents by the LTTE when I ask for an independent investigation on all war crimes and ask for those responsible to be prosecuted?]

    LTTE is not the cause of the killings. The majority of the Sinhalese who discriminated against Tamils ever since Tamils came to Sri Lanka are the cause of the killings. Proof?

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/Gal_Oya_Riots

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/1958_riots_in_Sri_Lanka

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/1977_riots_in_Sri_Lanka

    All anti-Tamil riots started by Sinhalese people in which countless innocent Tamils were butchered. This was before the LTTE even came to existence.

  483. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:57 am

    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it's true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

  484. Mango Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    1. Provide proof.

    2. You expect a terrorist organisation to adhere to international law?

    3. How does that justify the Sri Lankan government forces shelling areas which were under their control? How does that justify intentionally targetting innocents and aid workers and shelling hospitals?

    4. The government forces destroying the LTTE is not a proportionate gain for the hundreds of thousands of Tamils killed.

    5. Again, how does that justify the Sri Lankan government forces shelling areas which were under their control? How does that justify intentionally targetting innocents and aid workers and shelling hospitals?

    Fact 1: The LTTE did not use all civilians as human shields, neither in Vanni or any other conflict area. Infact, when the LTTE were nearing defeat, they asked all civilians (including those who were used as human shields who were still alive) to flee to government controlled areas. Government forces shot and killed most of these fleeing innocents. Government forces also intentionally targeted and killed innocents once the Vanni was under their control and the LTTE presence in the area was no more. Eye witness account (I know people who witnessed the war) which is backed by the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas.

    Fact 2: Despite the LTTE being present in the No Fire Zone, the government forces intentionally targeted the settlements which were housing innocents (such as the United Nations hub), even when members of the United Nations called for the shelling to stop, the government forces did not listen. Eye witness account (I know people who witnessed the war) which is backed by the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas.

    The LTTE did use human shields, I’m not denying this, but the government forces massacred much more innocents during the war under the rajapaksa government than the LTTE had during their entire existence.

    The most efficient killer of Tamils is the rajapaksa government.

  485. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Please read your comment which I replied to. You asked brother ‘Tamil’ who lost 17 members of his family to government forces in 2009 to provide evidence. How exactly do you expect him to provide this evidence? Do you really think a person would lie about such a thing?

    First of all 17 in a Family – Tell them to go to a family planning center and buy him some Condoms… This is a public forum, if you can't provide evidence, don't post… Simple noh – this is not private property of ur's or mine or his nor a Agony Aunt column for people to type their grievances. On this other hand, I totally believe that he could be lying.. what proof do I have to think that it's the truth – For a person who was willing to swallow a cyanide pill, it's not tough to lie..

    Again – I am not saying that there could be unmarked graves – I am saying that there cannot be of the magnitude u r saying.. Remember me saying 100, 500 as oppose to 100,000 ???

    Machan – U will say cardinal is on MR's Payrol and I will say that Josa is on LTTE payrol – so let's stop that discussion… will not take either of us anywhere..

    Machan – this is what I am trying to drive to you too… Just as U will have people telling you stuff that are biased towards the LTTE, I will have fellas who would say stuff that are biased towards the GOSL – which also means that our Tamil community it self is divided on opinions about the final battle – one reason UN will never prosper in getting a proper answer – because there will be conflicting statements from civilians them selves, who experienced what happened differently… Ex. If LTTE actually shelled the NFZ and made it believe to someone that it was the GOSL, their story will be different to what someone like Kana has to say…

    Trust you get the point I am trying to drive…

  486. Aryacakravarti

    Mango and Rip Van Winkle are Rajapaksa’s paid agents

    Be careful. Please don’t sent them any email because they can find out your exact location in Sri Lanka.

  487. Ariya

    Guess basically we have come to the stage where we are going around the Mulberry Bush and both are repeating the same things over….

    I get where U R coming from and hope U get where I am coming from..

    BTW, I will protect my President whoever it is and also criticizes him when needed… this is because I love my country and not any individual… But, I will not lie to protect an individual.. I will join to get rid of such person and elect a new.

  488. @Aryacakravarti:
    "Oh so according to you those bikes were ‘the left-overs from the final battles’? I guess the people I know who’ve had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they’re simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical."

    Undoubtedly there's been theft and corruption. We know that many IDPs bought themselves out by bribing the guards. We also know that there was a huge haul of bikes, motorbikes, cars etc left behind after the LTTE collapsed. Some people have had their homes forcibly taken by the govt, but they also suffered the same fate under the LTTE. At least now, there's a mechanism for getting it back, whilst there was no mechanism to do so under the LTTE.

    As you're so concerned about the Vanni homeless why don't you ask the question where the millions of USD went, which was sent by INGOs for the Vanni people's development, whilst they lived under LTTE control. The answer's plain. It was stolen by the LTTE for their arms purchases. See, let's be honest.

    "When innocent Tamil men, women and children die on a daily basis due to lack of food and medical care, the term ‘concentration camp’ is appropriate."

    Where are these massive casualties? Are they being secretly buried and/or cremated?

    "You think there’s some building where I could go to and demand the LTTE ‘where all the money went’?

    Sure. Go to the TNA's head office here: Office of Tamil National Alliance, (Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi), 3rd Floor, Parliamentary Complex, Sri Jeyawardanapura Kotte. You can go there by taxi, bus and even by boat.
    TP    : +94112778470, Fax   : +94112778470
Email: [email protected]

    "Oh no, there’s no memory loss. I’m aware of the torture camps that were operated by the LTTE, but I don’t see how you can expect me to know of their locations simply because I’m a Tamil. What, you think all Tamils are militants who know everything about the LTTE? Typical Sinhalese racism."

    I don't care whether you're a Tamil or a Tanzanian. On previous posts you've claimed to know exactly how many people were killed. Yet you now don't know anyone you can ask (in the Vanni or elsewhere) as to where the old LTTE torture camps are. Hmmmm..

    I don't think all Tamils are militants. If they had been, the LTTE wouldn't needed to have kept the Vanni population imprisoned under their tight control, allowing only a fortunate few to leave. If all Tamils (living in SL) were militants, there would've been an unstoppable migration into the Vanni during the LTTE's Eelam days. Oddly, that never happened.

    The 'racism' charge is so easily levelled and never proven. For the record, the LTTE needed to be crushed, as the JVP was crushed, twice.

  489. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:57 am

    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it’s true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

    ———————————

    Ahhhh

    Finally , you understand . 🙂

    These people hardcore. Dead inside . A heart made from stone

  490. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I know he's speaking the truth as I myself know people who've lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had ties to the LTTE.

    As shown by statistics from the Vanni district office, atleast 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/). My sources who witnessed government forces intentionally killing innocent Tamils agree that this number is not even close to the total number of innocent Tamils the government forces killed.

    Neither mass burials nor mass cremations are impossible as there are areas in the war torn areas which are still closed off to civilians.

    The cardinal being on mahinda's payroll is a fact. It was mahinda who paid and sent the cardinal to the vatican, this was all over the news.

    Go through the UN report. It has been established without a hint of doubt that the government forces intentionally shelled the No Fire Zone after asking innocent Tamils to congregate there and assuring them of not being harmed.

    Every single eye witness of the war, who isn't threatened by mahinda and his thugs to spread lies about what happened in the war, accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocents. Their accounts also line up with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

  491. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I know he's speaking the truth as I myself know people who've lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had ties to the LTTE.

    As shown by statistics from the Vanni district office, atleast 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/). My sources who witnessed government forces intentionally killing innocent Tamils agree that this number is not even close to the total number of innocent Tamils the government forces killed.

    Neither mass burials nor mass cremations are impossible as there are areas in the war torn areas which are still closed off to civilians.

    The cardinal being on mahinda's payroll is a fact. It was mahinda who paid and sent the cardinal to the vatican, this was all over the news.

    Go through the UN report. It has been established without a hint of doubt that the government forces intentionally shelled the No Fire Zone after asking innocent Tamils to congregate there and assuring them of not being harmed.

    Every single eye witness of the war, who isn't threatened by mahinda and his thugs to spread lies about what happened in the war, accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocents. Their accounts also line up with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

  492. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What exactly is this 'mechanism' you speak of? The people I know who've had their homes and other possessions forcibly taken from them by government forces sure would like to know this 'mechanism'. Enlighten me.

    Yep, buried and cremated.

    Please quote where I said I know the exact amount of people who were killed. I've always said that until an independent investigation is carried out, no one other than the rajapaksa government will know how many innocent Tamils were killed. I expect proof from you.

    I'll ask my sources about the LTTE torture camps too. I'll have a response about both the LTTE torture camps as well as the government concentration camps by tomorrow.

    You claim that you don't think all Tamils are militants, yet your words speak another story.

  493. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    Namaste brother.

    As sad as it is, I agree with you.

    What Sri Lanka could've been…

  494. Aryacakravarti

    Thank you

    ———–
    Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    They are brainwashed Racists

    They were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    ”Ethnic intolerance makes it appearance in the Sri Lanka classroom in many ways…… Textbooks have often been shown to contain negative ethnic stereotypes….. A review of the textbooks used in the segregated schools of Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, for example, found Sinhalese textbooks scattered with images of Tamils as the historical enemies of the Sinhalese, while celebrating ethnic heroes who had vanquished Tamils in ethnic wars. Ignoring historical fact, these textbooks tended to portray Sinhalese Buddhists as the only true Sri Lankans, with Tamils, Muslims and Christians as non- indigenous and extraneous to Sri Lankan history. This version of national history has been deeply divisive in the context of the wider state.’

  495. Sri Lanka blind-patriotism is not based on morality.

    Rajapaksa is supporting the discrimination and killing the Tamils under the guise of patriotism.

    He is collectively rejecting and amassing the south under false pretensions to demonstrate against the UN report without telling the facts.

    This would result in every culprit, every war criminal get scot-free.

    By a total rejection of the report to save the current leaders of SL, this is the intention of Rajapaksa

  496. The surviving Tamils in Sri Lanka are now deeply traumatised and are living in constant fear.

    In the N-E of the Sri Lanka, Sinhala only military standing with weapons ready to fire at any Tamil questioning their OCCUPATION and WAR CRIIME ATROCITIES.

    IF SRILANKA REALLY LIBERATED AND RAJAPAKSA’S CROCODILE TEARS ARE TRUE, SRILANKA WOULD HAVE ESCORTED THE MEDIA TO JUSTIFY THE GENOCIDE OF 2009 OR WAR AGAINST THE SO CALLED TERRORISTS BUT SRILANKA KNEW THEY ARE THE GUILTY PARTY AND REFUSE TO ALLOW ANY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE INTO NORTH AND EAST WHILE KILLING AND ABDUCTING LOCAL JOURNALISTS TO HIDE THE TRUTH.

  497. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    Namaste.

    If you accept the fact that Tamils who witnessed the war aren’t making up stories, you’ll see how anyone who claims to have witnessed the war and does not accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils, is either lying or did not witness the same war that happened in Sri Lanka.

    Daya Master, Kanagaratnam, etc are well known to have agreed to spread lies about the war in exchange for their lives being spared.

    If you are capable of thinking logically and rationally, you’ll question why the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses of the war all claim that government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils while there are only a handful of people who claim that they didn’t.

    The fact is that the LTTE did not kill every civilian who tried to escape. Some were shot down, but not all, especially during the final stages of the war where the LTTE had asked all innocents to flee to government controlled areas. All eye witness accounts by the way.

    The very fact that you claim no Tamil has been killed after the war shows how little real knowledge you have on the matter. Government forces intentionally targeted and killed innocent Tamils in the conflict areas as soon as LTTE presence was wiped out, the UN and Red Cross aid workers present in the conflict areas attest to this. There are still Tamils being abducted, tortured, raped and killed. Just recently some people I know have lost family to government forces, despite never having had any ties to the LTTE. However, I cannot and will not mention names in a public site such as this, as the government forces might end up killing those who are still alive in the family as well. Here’s some evidence:

    bcove.me/83i1ifmo

    The LTTE no longer has any significant presence in Sri Lanka. Fact.

    Please don’t bring lies as arguments. The procedure was that the Tamils the government forces didn’t kill were put in concentration camps, you could only then get them out by presenting clear papers. However, not all people are released, even if they have clear papers.

    I know people who had family in the concentration camps who were released as well as people who are still struggling to get family out.

    It’s common knowledge that government forces prevented innocents from simply moving into whatever areas they wished, the ones who tried were shot and killed, the UN and Red Cross aid workers attest to this.

    I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ;)). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    I suggest you go through the UN report. It’s well known that most of the bodies of the innocents killed by government forces were buried in unmarked graves by the government forces. Neither mass cremation nor mass burial is a problem as if you have visited the war torn areas you’ll know that there are certain areas that are still blocked off to civilians. So no one knows what goes on there.

    How exactly is detection an issue anyway? There are no international organisations present, the media is rendered powerless and the majority of the Sinhalese don’t care (infact, some are happy about the innocent Tamils who were killed). If someone manages to know of a mass grave or mass cremation and exposes it, he/she will be killed and the government will simply pass it off as a ‘international conspiracy that is baseless created by forces trying to destroy Sri Lanka’ which would make the brainwashed (the majority of them being Sinhalese, sadly) wind up.

    Yes I have seriously met people who’ve witnessed the war. It’s not difficult to find people who witnessed the war if you really want to.

    If mahinda and his thugs are not racists, I see no other reason why they would conduct ethnic cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka. It doesn’t matter to me whether he’s a racist or not. The fact is that there is ethnic cleansing going on in Sri Lanka and it needs to stop. Those responsible (mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces) need to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    Who exactly are the Tamils in rajapaksa’s family by the way? And how does having Tamils in one’s family rule out the possibility of one being racist?

    When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed. Fact. When you dig up those statistics, make sure they are from an independent organisation by the way.

  498. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    My sources (who witnessed the war in pretty much all of the conflict areas including Vanni, Mullaittivu, etc) along with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working in the conflict areas say that the government forces prevented both medical supplies and food from reaching the innocents. Are you saying that the UN and Red Cross workers are lying? Are you saying that my sources who told me of this incident before the UN report was released are lying?

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who was killed unnecessarily.

    Kadirgamar however was making the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government worse. Kadirgamar [b]was[/b] discriminating against Tamils, this is a fact. I don’t see Kadirgamar as innocent when he criticised the people who exposed the government forces killing innocent Tamils. If you consider him to be innocent, you clearly don’t care for what Tamils had to endure because of him.

    I would have no problem if he opposed the LTTE, however I am against him denying the fact that government forces killed innocent Tamils, for which there was overwhelming evidence as well.

    Tamils were and are being held in concentration camps. When there is no medical care and people starve to death on a daily basis, the term ‘concentration camp’ is appropriate.

    Channel 4 is independent and neutral as it gets. All of what they say is backed by solid evidence (including photographic and video evidence as well as testimonials from people who had to endure and currently are enduring the discrimination at the hands of government forces). Rupavihini is not neutral by any means. If you consider Rupavahini, which is a [b]state[/b] channel to be neutral, I think it’s you who needs to learn the definition of the term ‘neutral’.

    Sri Lanka is considered a failed state by the majority of the international community. Some of it’s allies are included in the ‘failed state’ category too, like pakistan.

    Did I ever even mention china in any of my comments? This is why you shouldn’t try to put words in peoples’ mouths.

  499. Nalan Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 7:11 am

    Namaste brother.

    I think you’re right. The fact that both Mango and Rip Van Winkle are trying to justify the intentional murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils at the hands of the government forces gave it away.

    Waran Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Namaste brother.

    “Satyameva Jayate” (“Truth Alone Triumphs”) – Mundaka Upanisad 3.1.6

    The truth always prevails my brother. You can already see it happening.

  500. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    April 30th, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    So you want him to dig up the bodies and take pictures and show them to you? Try and have some respect and decency please.

  501. @Aryacakravarti: Your questions deserve answers. So here we go.

    Please quote where I said I know the exact amount of people who were killed.

    You said: "I know over hundred people who witnessed the government forces just massacring innocent Tamils (and no, they weren’t being used as human shields). Every single one of these people agree that the UN claim of government forces killing only 40,000 civilians is not even scratching the surface."

    So, let's assume that the SL govt forces killed more than 40,000 'innocent Tamil civilians'. How about a nice round figure of 100,000 innocent Tamil civilians?
    The 100 people you know would have had to seen and counted 1,000 dead Tamil civilians, all shot and killed by SLA soldiers. That's a remarkable thing, if true.

    You said Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.

    OK, let's assume that since May 2009, 2,000 (you said 'thousands' which means more than 1,000) innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps (you call them 'concentration camps) under the 'genocidal' SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    Assuming 2,000 civilians were being murdered by the SL govt, a grand total of 1,400,000 ( One million four hundred thousand) Tamil civilians have died in the Vanni since May 2009. Wow! Now, that's an amazing figure. Is there anyone left in the Vanni ?

    I want you to quote where I said I was fine with the murder of Neelan Thiruchelvam or Kadiragamar.

    You said: "Kadirgamar however was making the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government worse. Kadirgamar [b]was[/b] discriminating against Tamils, this is a fact. I don’t see Kadirgamar as innocent when he criticised the people who exposed the government forces killing innocent Tamils."

  502. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    They weren't counting but going by what they saw. Like I said before, neither the people who witnessed the war or anyone other than the rajapaksa government knows the exact amount of innocent Tamils killed. But like I've mentioned in my previous comments, I know people from the Vanni who agree with the accounts of Rayappu Joseph, so that's a good place to start.

    I guess I should've worded it better. There are many innocent Tamil men, women and children dying in the concentration camps each day. There were points when the number reached thousands (such as the Menik farm).

    Where in that quote do I say I'm fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don't see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?

  503. @Aryacakravarti:

    Ok, let’s start with simple facts. Use Google maps / Wikimapia to point out the ‘torture camps’ where according to you, ‘thousands’ are dying daily. We know about SL Army camp at Boosa (near Hikkaduwa). Here are some pix of Boosa:

    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/sri-lanka-can-never-beat-the-west/

    So, please show us the LTTE-run torture camps in the Vanni where Tamil civilians (‘traitors to the cause’) and captured SLA personnel were held, tortured and often killed.

    Then let’s talk about reconciliation.

  504. Rip Van Winkle is a Rajapaksa’s paid agent so he does not work on weekends 🙂

  505. Aryacakravarti

    What do you expect from the Sri Lanka Government Propagandists ?

    They have no heart and they lie ….

  506. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Watch this video, it shows a glimpse of the concentration camps:

    bcove.me/83i1ifmo

    I will ask my sources if they can pinpoint the location on Google Maps/Wikimapia and get back to you ASAP. I doubt it though as the concentration camps are nothing more than makeshift shelters (think tents and the like).

    I’m surprised that you’re doubting the existence of these camps. The government themselves have admitted to the existence of these camps, however to know of the conditions within, you have to either experience it yourself or know people who experienced it.

    I don’t know the location of the LTTE torture camps, sorry.

  507. Nalan Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Anytime my brother, anytime :).

  508. Mango

    What happened to the 46,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 46,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

  509. Mango

    What happened to the 146,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 146,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

  510. Many Sinhalese were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  511. Aryacakravarti

    Thank you for the link

    Yes It’s 146,679 Tamils are “missing “

    ——————————

    Of course Sri Lanka Government Propagandists don’t believe these figures and feel they can continue to defend this carnage there is nothing one can do.

    One can only wake someone who is really asleep, not the one who pretends to be asleep like Sri Lanka Government Propagandists here

  512. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:37 am

    I will take one parah of this post as it was meant for Mango !!

    U say

    I do not support the LTTE, but Kadirgamar was not one who was working for the interest of Tamils, he was actually worsening the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government. There were countless incidents where government forces killed innocent Tamils intentionally and he simply criticised people for blaming the government forces, despite there being overwhelming evidence. I guess you choose to disregard the suffering Kadirgamar put Tamils through when choosing to speak of him eh?

    Check the list here – starting from Afred Duraiappa… (I am getting sick of pasting this link)

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    OK – let’s say LK was working against Tamils – Why that Innocent Neelan Thiruchelvan?? He did not harm an ant knowingly…

    Say, if he did so, does it give the right to your retarded organization to take the lives off them??? If you think it’s right, what r u accusing the Rajapakse government for??? According to your theory, at least Rajapakse killed Opponents – you have killed your own kind.

    Also, if you logically think, if so many Tamil leaders who had a following for them (as shown in Elections before) had a different opinion to the LTTE, may be it is the LTTE’s theory that is flawed and not the theory of Ponnambalam, Neelan T and the other Tamil leaders whom you killed – How about Dougy Devananda – more than 5 attempts to kill and failed. He has a following too ha? So, that it self is proof enough to say that our Tamil Brotheren knows that the LTTE are retards.

    Check this out for your war crimes…

    http://www.spur.asn.au/LTTE_killing_Tamil_Civilians_fleeing_LTTE_Human_Shield_December_2008.asp.html

  513. “One can only wake someone who is really asleep, not the one who pretends to be asleep like Sri Lanka Government Propagandists here”

    Extremely well put brother.

  514. @Aryacakravarti: Ah, the usual Channel 4 drivel. A few facts, add some rumor, stir in some conjecture, bake slowly for 40 minutes and voila! They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Undoubtedly there are odd goings on and massive suffering still evident, despite the aid etc given by the govt. The military paranoia will remain as long as the country is threatened yet again by the Eelam dregs and their fluffers.

    I’m not expecting the Killi population to suddenly start loving the SLA. If we’re going to have a sensible conversation, calling these camps ‘concentration camps’ isn’t really helpful or true.

    Shouldn’t you be asking the LTTE where all the money went? After all, they were funded to the tune of millions of USD and GBP. The leftover funds should be given to those poor people, especially orphans to have a decent life. It’s the least the LTTE can do after having made them suffer for Eelam.

    Why the sudden memory loss about LTTE torture camps? Are you just a part-time observer of the Eelam Wars of just have selective amnesia? Don’t you remember this from the final year of Eelam War 4?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYz7PO2v8iA

    Do you deny the LTTE ever maintained such camps?

    Just get your relatives to check it out. Most people in (ex) Eelam knew where these camps were situated.

    p.s. thanks for at least not blindly joining the copy’n’paste brigade.

    @ Waran:

    My pet cat told me that there are 185,000 missing Tamils, but can’t provide and facts, names or addresses. Perhaps I should ask my cat to speak to Bishop Rt Rev Rayappu Joseph (a well-known LTTE mouthpiece) and ask for his methodology. The Bishop believes in transubstantiation and Tamil homelands, so he’ll believe in anything.

  515. Defence Secretary's request to meet senior Indian officials turned down http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_01_00
    A request made by Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to meet with the Indian Defence Secretary and External Affairs Secretary had been turned down by the Indian government, diplomatic sources said.

    U.N. panel: Sri Lanka war crimes allegations credible – CNN http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22YAC6303vlO

    WAR CRIME TRUE, BUT "GENOCIDE" HAS NOT BEEN DECLEARED YET!

  516. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Please read my comments in their entirety before replying to them, as I’ve already addressed most of your claims. You’re simply repeating what you said before.

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did a lot of good for Tamils. He was killed unnecessarily and I’m strongly against his murder.

    What do you mean ‘your retarded organization’? Are you accusing me of being an LTTE member? If so, you’re delusional.

    I strongly suggest you go through the UN report and other independent accounts of the war, it’d be best if you talk to someone who witnessed the war though.

    Like I said before, I’m not denying that the LTTE used innocents as human shields, but the LTTE did not use all the innocents in the conflict areas as human shields. They also asked the innocents to flee to government controlled areas when they were nearing defeat, most of these fleeing innocents were shot dead by government forces. The UN and Red Cross aid workers present during the conflict attest to this, the people I know who witnessed the war also agree with the UN and Red Cross’ accounts.

    As the evidence shows, government forces killed more innocents under the rajapaksa government than the LTTE did during their entire existence, i.e the government forces are responsible for the overwhelming majority of the civilian casualties. The LTTE killing innocents is wrong as well, which is why we need an independent investigation into all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka and those responsible, regardless of whether the war crimes were committed by the government forces or the LTTE, prosecuted and brought to justice.

    Innocents being killed is unacceptable.

  517. Buddhism in sri lanka http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lanka-monk-thre

    Since the ending of the war in May 2009, the Tamil Diaspora has continued with their protest at the stalled investigations into the fate of their missing men, women and children and will do so again on the second anniversary of the massacre in May 2011. Their list of primary demands would include:

    1.The full facts of massacre should be revealed and publicised.

    2. A list of all dead and executed to be identified without delay.

    3. A list of all survivors of Mullivaikal held prisoner in Sri Lanka should be released immediately.

  518. @Aryacakravarti:
    The best evidence that the LTTE is the worst thing that ever happened to Sri Lanka’s Tamils is shown by how they murdered any Tamil brave and foolish enough to disagree with VP. Who can forget these glorious Eelam Massacres of all other militant groups?

    “TELO cadres, whether armed or unarmed, came under rifle attack and were shot dead. No quarter was given, according to eyewitnesses. Those who surrendered were shot dead as they laid down their weapons, and those who attempted to flee were shot as they ran.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization

    “Kittu and his men began house-to-house searches for Sri Sabaratnam, the TELO leader. … Finally, Kittu and his men located Sri Sabaratnam in a tobacco garden, at Kondavil. Immediately he was shot in his leg to stop him from running. Shaken, Sri Sabaratnam fell on his knees and begged Kittu to spare his life. He said that he would talk with Prabakaran, but Kittu was in no mood to listen and he sprayed bullets with his AK-47 rifle.”

    I can understand the LTTE murdering Kadir and even Neelan T., because they represented a non-violent, negotiated end to the insurgency. But to murder so many fellow revolutionaries simply because they disagreed with VP?

    You should be thanking Mahinda, Gota and Fonseka for having finally brought VP’s (Tamil) killing spree to an end.

  519. May 2009, a significant month that will never by forgotten by the Tamils living across the globe. A month filled with terror, a month filled with sorrows; a month in which families were separated, children displaced from parents, and mountains of corpses were left to rot. May 2009, the month in which we lost more than 50 000 of our innocent brothers and sisters. May 2009: Genocide of the Tamils.

    The Sri Lankan Government deliberately attempted to destroy Tamils in Sri Lanka the past year, the peak of its actions resulting in the catastrophe that took place in Mullivaikaal. Newborn babies, children, youth; those who would be the future of Tamileelam were wiped out in May 2009. These innocent lives, must not be forgotten.

    Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TBOT75

  520. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Oh so according to you those bikes were ‘the left-overs from the final battles’? I guess the people I know who’ve had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they’re simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical.

    When innocent Tamil men, women and children die on a daily basis due to lack of food and medical care, the term ‘concentration camp’ is appropriate.

    You think there’s some building where I could go to and demand the LTTE ‘where all the money went’?

    Oh no, there’s no memory loss. I’m aware of the torture camps that were operated by the LTTE, but I don’t see how you can expect me to know of their locations simply because I’m a Tamil. What, you think all Tamils are militants who know everything about the LTTE? Typical Sinhalese racism.

  521. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:43 am

    I would be thanking mahinda, gota and fonseka if they didn’t start their own killing spree of Tamils.

    Unfortunately, that’s not the case and government forces abduct, torture, rape and kill Tamils even today.

  522. @Aryacakravarti: I hope you can clear up some confusion in your reply.

    You said of your witnesses: "They weren’t counting but going by what they saw." That doesn't make sense. How can they say if 10 or 1000 civilians were killed unless they were counting? If they saw things with their own eyes and knew basic arithmetic, then they can count.

    So which is it? Either your witnesses saw and counted 1,000s of civilians (per witness) being killed or didn't see 1,000s but a larger or smaller number. Or maybe they heard it from someone else?

    Thanks for agreeing that your previous statement of Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.is ummmm.. hyperbole. I don't blame you. Everyone (the SL govt, the UN, Amnesty Int'l) does it. The 'crude' death rates in the camps was around 185 per 100,000 and the SL national figure in 2008 was 585 per 100,000.

    Death rates and other useful stats from a cross-checked, verifiable source – search under 'Menik Farm': http://tinyurl.com/18r

    It's appalling having to reduce these people's suffering to statistics. But when idiotic hacks from The Times start making up numbers like '1,400 deaths per day', it gets repeated by Tamilnut, then increased to 2,000 per day and you end up with an completely ridiculous figure of 1.4 million deaths over two years

    "Where in that quote do I say I’m fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don’t see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?"

    Sorry. I meant to add this, regarding K's murder: Your logic is that Kadirgamar was guilty (i.e. not innocent) and therefore deserved to be assassinated, no?

    You made an interesting comment. 'When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed."

    Prof Dayan J (in 2004) gave an excellent summary of how the LTTE 'benefitted' Sri Lanka's Tamil peoples.

    "Are the Tamil people stronger today [2004] than they were before the killing spree commenced (with the elimination of TELO in 1986)? When you are an arithmetical minority to begin with, and you murder your own, you reduce the numbers of your own nation.

    You also serve the cause of majoritarianism because however many it loses, the majority community can numerically afford to! Therefore, to seek to strengthen your cause by eliminating members of your own ethnic group is an act of lunacy."

    "The Tamil people have been turned into a nation disintegrated and dispersed: refugees overseas and in Sri Lanka."

    DBS's analysis, is still painfully accurate. "The LTTE has caused irredeemable harm to the Tamil people."

    Yes, a real genius that Prabha, no?

  523. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 7:57 am

    Machan – I have accepted the fact that the Tamils are telling the truth – that’s why I am telling you that the LTTE killed Tamils during the final Battle. I think I explained this before in a post.

    When Daya Master and them were with the LTTE they told the truth and now they are lying??? OK – what if they are telling the truth and you are wrong???? Did u think about it for a minute….. I did…
    You are asking me for undrands of thousands of eye witness – check the above link (the last one) I posted – what have You got to say about that?? You become a pathetic liar in that sense…

    Your following statement of yours shows the mess that you are in…

    The fact is that the LTTE did not kill every civilian who tried to escape. Some were shot down, but not all, especially during the final stages of the war where the LTTE had asked all innocents to flee to government controlled areas. All eye witness accounts by the way.

    So, they kill those who want to escape and then tell again to escape and this time without shooting those who escaped – Did U see the footage of the UAV that Mango posted before??? what more evidence do you need??? Now, I have more faith in Kana’s statement.

    Also, where have I mentioned that no Tamil was killed during the war???? (from the government forces) we have repeatedly said that zero casualties is a lie and a mistake the stupid government did…. But, I am pretty sure that the SLA did not intentionally target any civilians.. because that was against the bases of the mission of eliminating the LTTE – the government wanted the Innocent to be freed from the LTTE for those same civilians were going to testify on behalf of the government which is happening now..

    Also, I don’t trust that you had any contact with any witness of war – I will not tell you how, but, you are def. not in Sri Lanka, but in the UK or in the USA… So, now I know that you are a liar…

    The LTTE def do not have a decent presence in Sri Lanka the very reason for all Tamils to rejoice. Obviously all those who civilians were put in to camps and filtered to distinguish the LTTE from the innocent civilians – those LTTE members who were filtered are the ones that are currently going under rehabilitation or already returned home after being rehabilitated. We also remember that some were married legally by the SLA – they were just screwing around in the Jingles and now they do it rightfully and legally + having loving families. That could only be bad news for an Impotent Person who hates their own mother and father.

    You telling that you are not justifying the killings by the LTTE is a Joke when you had made so many posts saying that killing of Lakshman K and Neelan T are OK because they went against Tamils. You are trying to create a drama by giving false info about your self – so please let’s talk straight – you cannot fool everyone all the time. If you were against killing of everyone including the thousands of Sinhalees by the LTTE – where were you when the LTTE actually did so?? We did not see you tell the LTTE not to do so??? Either you did not have the balls or the Spine to do so – That’s the difference between a coward like you and a great man like Lakshman K – He said that it was wrong and paid the price of his life for saying so…

    and also, you repeat the following sentence like an idiot again

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.

    Is this not justifying the Killings of Tamils by the LTTE????

    I have gone through the UN report many a times and it does clearly state that the LTTE did kill Tamils who tried to escape, if you are a believer of the UN report, we should not be having this conversation…

    And again you go on to talk of a Ethnic Cleansing of Tamils in Sri Lanka which proves again that U R not in SL… If your claims are right, go to Wella Market and ask a few vendors how fun the life is now… Well, previously I tried to converse with you, now I am basically proving that you are a Pathetic Liar – Athe Pathtu wena Boru – (Term for Damn Lies)

    MR’s Nephew is Married to a Tamil – this is a known fact..

    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1910095,00.html

    May be it was George Bush that is to be blamed for the death of LTTE as per the following article..

    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2011/03/george_bush_told_mahinda_rajap.html

  524. @ Singa, who says "Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009"

    I want you to remember your total and utter failure Maveerar, from this outstandingly heroic action in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here's a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    p.s. the Hindi film '3 Idiots' is being re-made in Tamil. I think "Prabha, Pottu & Thamilchelvan" is a great title for the re-make, no?

  525. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 8:33 am

    So you want him to dig up the bodies and take pictures and show them to you? Try and have some respect and decency please.

    Where did I say this?? All I said was that the type of mass graves that you are talking of and the mass cremations you are talking of, would have got captured to Satellite long time ago – You could have got someone to put out some false sat images at least – but now it’s too late..

    Again – I don’t think you are reading right – cause I said that Rupavahini is not a neutral TV station – Read the post again !!

  526. Waran Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Mango

    What happened to the 46,000 Tamils ?

    Sri Lanka Catholic Bishop said that 46,000 Tamils are “missing “

    Where they are?

    They are in Colombo and other parts of the Island.

    You wanna hear what this Eminence the Cardinal had to say ?? Let me know if you want to – Trust the Cardinal is of a higher ordination to a Bishop who him self ran with the Madu Statue to the LTTE areas and only brought it back to government area because the Catholics told him not to get politics involved in religion. whom do U want me to believe?? the cardinal or the Bishop??

  527. Nambiyar manipulated, the expert panel’s report should not reach Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?204mOlddacaB5YO24e3SACM20234mBdeddcZBmYc30eeQMeAae4d4Y5n4ca0JlOU22

    Meanwhile information published that until the Lok Saba election voting are concluded, Ban Ki-moon’s Chief Officer Vijai Nambiyar had obstructed the report getting published. “Sunday Leader” further quotes that if the report has been published before the Tamil Nadu Lok Saba election voting, the ruling Diravida Munnetra Kalangam and Congress Alliance would have faced a worst situation hence Nambiyar had taken this decision to publish the report after voting got concluded.

  528. India is seeking Rajapaksa’s trial for the war crimes

    Indian youth are demanding that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse should stand trial for the killing of innocent tamils in the island nation during the last phase of the war

    Party’s state youth wing chief S Gurumurthy and Tamil Isai Soundararajan were among those detained as they staged a rally near the Music Academy and tried to march to the Sri Lankan deputy high commission

    The BJP is the latest to join a bandwagon of parties including the DMK and the AIADMK to demand that Rajapakse stand trial for “genocide of innocent Tamilians”. The DMK and AIADMK had staged protest marches to condemn the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. Chief minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa have demanded that Rajapakse should trial for killing Tamils

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-30/chennai/29490453_1_youth-wing-aiadmk-tamils

  529. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    They show a field of motorcycles and imply that they were stolen from the locals by the Army, but omit to mention that these bikes were the left-overs from the final battles.

    Mango !

    U R forgetting that the LTTE did not allow any civilians to have any king of motor vehicle – Simple… How can the Army steel bikes from people who did not have the right to use any vehicle?? The only vehicles they had were bicycles. All motor vehicles were taken by the LTTE + LTTE had a separate gang in Colombo that Stole vehicles and sent to Vavunia.

    Even the retarded Prbha was driven around in a Stolen vehicle of a Colombo Businessman. Even the fuel sent to Jaffna was stolen by them – Surprised you forgot that – LOL!

    Moo nam Mara Chakrawarthi – LOL .. Boru Mama… He is more a Sakvithi than a Chakravarthi – LOL !!

  530. Defence Secretary's request to meet senior Indian officials turned down http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_01_00
    A request made by Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to meet with the Indian Defence Secretary and External Affairs Secretary had been turned down by the Indian government, diplomatic sources said.

    U.N. panel: Sri Lanka war crimes allegations credible – CNN http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22YAC6303vlO

    WAR CRIME TRUE, BUT "GENOCIDE" HAS NOT BEEN DECLEARED YET!

  531. Defence Secretary's request to meet senior Indian officials turned down http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_01_00
    A request made by Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to meet with the Indian Defence Secretary and External Affairs Secretary had been turned down by the Indian government, diplomatic sources said.

    U.N. panel: Sri Lanka war crimes allegations credible – CNN http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22YAC6303vlO

    WAR CRIME TRUE, BUT "GENOCIDE" HAS NOT BEEN DECLEARED YET!

  532. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:03 am

    How can Daya be speaking the truth when I know people who witnessed the war who’ve lost family and friends to government forces? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there’s video evidence of government forces killing innocent Tamils? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there are hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who claim that the government forces did infact intentionally kill innocent Tamils? Think for a second.

    I unlike you, go through the entire comment thoroughly before replying. I did go through your link. I fail to see how that would make me a ‘pathetic liar’.

    I recommend you go through the UN report in it’s entirety since you don’t know anyone who witnessed the war. Both UN and Red Cross workers agree that the while some of the LTTE members did kill fleeing civilians, some didn’t. Not all civilians in the conflict areas were used as human shields either, if they were, my sources wouldn’t be alive today.

    They asked the innocents to flee to government areas when they were nearing defeat. This is straight from the mouth of a witness who was subsequently thrown in the concentration camps.

    The government forces intentionally targeted innocents. Like I’ve said countless times now, I know eye witnesses who’ve told me of how the government forces intentionally killed innocents, some of them have lost family and friends to government forces as well. There’s also video evidence:

    youtube . com/watch?v=ElNAsxuLQpI

    youtube . com/watch?v=snHz4TUPNts

    youtube . com/watch?v=kLbxFi_8uAA

    (remove spaces)

    Like I said before, there isn’t a single person who witnessed the war (who hasn’t been turned into a puppet to spread the government’s lies in exchange for not being killed) who claims the government forces didn’t intentionally kill innocent Tamils. This is a fact.

    I’m not in Sri Lanka eh? Haha, I guess you know more about where I was born, raised and currently live and am currently typing this response from than me eh? This is exactly the kind of thing one of mahinda’s brainwashed minions would say.

    Tamils would be rejoicing due to the LTTE no longer having a significant presence in Sri Lanka if the government forces weren’t abducting, torturing, raping and killing innocent Tamils and if Tamils were given freedom, equality and democracy which isn’t happening.

    LTTE members? Rehabiltation? Don’t make me laugh. Like I said before, not a single ex-LTTE member who did not wish to become the government’s puppet in spreading lies was spared of their lives, they were dragged off and executed.

    I want you to quote where I said I was fine with the murder of Neelan Thiruchelvam or Kadiragamar. Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did so much good for Tamils and I’m strongly against his murder. I expect you to present evidence for your lie (which is also insulting).

    I am against the murder of any innocent, regardless of whether they are Tamil or Sinhalese.

    See, you shouldn’t cherrypick sentences. What I actually said:

    “I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.”

    So, tell me, how would I be justifying the murder of innocents by the LTTE when I ask for an independent investigation on all war crimes and ask for those responsible to be prosecuted?

    Liar.

    If you had actually gone through the UN report you’d know that the UN report speaks of how not all fleeing civilians were killed by the LTTE, I quote:

    “Some LTTE cadre would let fleeing civilians through, but others opened fire on them with AK47s, killing men, women and children, alike”

    So you’re wrong.

    I asked you before how having a Tamil in the family would rule out the possibility of one being a racist towards Tamils, which you are yet to respond to.

  533. Buddhism in sri lanka http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lanka-monk-thre

    Since the ending of the war in May 2009, the Tamil Diaspora has continued with their protest at the stalled investigations into the fate of their missing men, women and children and will do so again on the second anniversary of the massacre in May 2011. Their list of primary demands would include:

    1.The full facts of massacre should be revealed and publicised.

    2. A list of all dead and executed to be identified without delay.

    3. A list of all survivors of Mullivaikal held prisoner in Sri Lanka should be released immediately.

  534. Buddhism in sri lanka http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lanka-monk-thre

    Since the ending of the war in May 2009, the Tamil Diaspora has continued with their protest at the stalled investigations into the fate of their missing men, women and children and will do so again on the second anniversary of the massacre in May 2011. Their list of primary demands would include:

    1.The full facts of massacre should be revealed and publicised.

    2. A list of all dead and executed to be identified without delay.

    3. A list of all survivors of Mullivaikal held prisoner in Sri Lanka should be released immediately.

  535. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Please read my comments in their entirety before replying to them, as I’ve already addressed most of your claims. You’re simply repeating what you said before.

    Dude – I take post by post – so, the replies you have made in a following post does not count to a reply I give to a different post – if there is a discrepancy you see, that means you have told 2 things in the 2 posts that are contradicting to each other.

    Neelan Thiruchelvam was a great man who did a lot of good for Tamils. He was killed unnecessarily and I’m strongly against his murder.

    Thanks for accepting this – so, do you still want to be associated with an organization who killed such great man??

    Does not this prove that the LTTE was nothing but a organization that danced according to a Retarded Bastard Prabha ?? Ain’t it good he is gone – now people like Neelan could Talk on behalf of Tamils and also live.

    I am accusing you of being a LTTE supporter – not a member.. I would not know that…

    I have gone through the UN report + spoken to several who witnessed the war – that’s why I can point blank say that you are a liar..

    Yakko – Unaka Paithyama ? (R U mad) Getting civilians to descent along side you is in other words using as Human Shields – Love Ekata nemei (Not for Love)

    U R again saying that Rajapakses killed more than the LTTE !!

    Ade – Theriya Ille ?? (don’t you understand?) Killing is a killing if it’s 1 or 1,000,000… and the LTTE did so and they started it all. You cannot say that LTTE is right because they killed less… I actually say otherwise… LTTE was the cause of all the killings that are attributed to the war – without them, there would have been no killing what so ever noh??

  536. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Please read your comment which I replied to. You asked brother ‘Tamil’ who lost 17 members of his family to government forces in 2009 to provide evidence. How exactly do you expect him to provide this evidence? Do you really think a person would lie about such a thing?

    Again, go through the UN report. It clearly states that the innocent killed by the government forces were buried in unmarked graves. Who’s to say satellites didn’t capture these events?

    Yes, you’re right about the Rupavahini thing, my bad.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:18 am

    Ah, the same Cardinal who’s known to be on mahinda’s payroll? The same cardinal who was sent to the vatican with all expenses paid by mahinda? Yeah I think we all know how credible he is.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Mata boru kiyanna kisima hethuwak na. Mama yudde thibuna pathi wala gewal thibuna minissunwa dannawa. Samahara minissunge gewal ui building dan army eken balen aragana wahala daala thiyanawa. Man kiyanne boru kiyala hithanawanan yudde thibuna pathi walata gihilla ballanna gewal nathi minissu inna tharama, ehe minissungenma ahala balanna army eken balen gaththa gewal, building ui badu gena.

    (I have no reason to lie. I know people who’ve had homes in the conflict areas. Some of the homes and buildings owned by these people were taken forcibly by the army and barricaded. If you think I’m lying, go to the conflict areas and see for yourself how many people are homeless and ask the people there about the homes, buildings and other possessions the army took from people forcibly).

  537. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Oh so according to you those bikes were ‘the left-overs from the final battles’? I guess the people I know who’ve had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they’re simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical.

    Machan – what about the Houses of Innocent Tamil Civilians that the LTTE took over to build bunkers ????? Forget ekata Danawada ?? (R U forgetting them?)

    Ane Palayan ban yanna Baila Gahanne nethuwa… Kelin Kiyapan Umbata Upset kiyala Eelam nethi unata… Umba full time LTTE suppoter kenek..
    (You are lying and not saying that U R upset about not having Eelam – U R a direct LTTE supporter)

  538. May 2009, a significant month that will never by forgotten by the Tamils living across the globe. A month filled with terror, a month filled with sorrows; a month in which families were separated, children displaced from parents, and mountains of corpses were left to rot. May 2009, the month in which we lost more than 50 000 of our innocent brothers and sisters. May 2009: Genocide of the Tamils.

    The Sri Lankan Government deliberately attempted to destroy Tamils in Sri Lanka the past year, the peak of its actions resulting in the catastrophe that took place in Mullivaikaal. Newborn babies, children, youth; those who would be the future of Tamileelam were wiped out in May 2009. These innocent lives, must not be forgotten.

    Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TBOT75

  539. May 2009, a significant month that will never by forgotten by the Tamils living across the globe. A month filled with terror, a month filled with sorrows; a month in which families were separated, children displaced from parents, and mountains of corpses were left to rot. May 2009, the month in which we lost more than 50 000 of our innocent brothers and sisters. May 2009: Genocide of the Tamils.

    The Sri Lankan Government deliberately attempted to destroy Tamils in Sri Lanka the past year, the peak of its actions resulting in the catastrophe that took place in Mullivaikaal. Newborn babies, children, youth; those who would be the future of Tamileelam were wiped out in May 2009. These innocent lives, must not be forgotten.

    Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009. http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TBOT75

  540. This is robbery !!

    Sri Lanka should not take Tamil buildings and other possessions forcibly ?

    Sri Lanka Army is treating Tamils like slaves

  541. @Aryacakravarti: I hope you can clear up some confusion in your reply.

    You said of your witnesses: "They weren’t counting but going by what they saw." That doesn't make sense. How can they say if 10 or 1000 civilians were killed unless they were counting? If they saw things with their own eyes and knew basic arithmetic, then they can count.

    So which is it? Either your witnesses saw and counted 1,000s of civilians (per witness) being killed or didn't see 1,000s but a larger or smaller number. Or maybe they heard it from someone else?

    Thanks for agreeing that your previous statement of Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.is ummmm.. hyperbole. I don't blame you. Everyone (the SL govt, the UN, Amnesty Int'l) does it. The 'crude' death rates in the camps was around 185 per 100,000 and the SL national figure in 2008 was 585 per 100,000.

    Death rates and other useful stats from a cross-checked, verifiable source – search under 'Menik Farm': http://tinyurl.com/18r

    It's appalling having to reduce these people's suffering to statistics. But when idiotic hacks from The Times start making up numbers like '1,400 deaths per day', it gets repeated by Tamilnut, then increased to 2,000 per day and you end up with an completely ridiculous figure of 1.4 million deaths over two years

    "Where in that quote do I say I’m fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don’t see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?"

    Sorry. I meant to add this, regarding K's murder: Your logic is that Kadirgamar was guilty (i.e. not innocent) and therefore deserved to be assassinated, no?

    You made an interesting comment. 'When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed."

    Prof Dayan J (in 2004) gave an excellent summary of how the LTTE 'benefitted' Sri Lanka's Tamil peoples.

    "Are the Tamil people stronger today [2004] than they were before the killing spree commenced (with the elimination of TELO in 1986)? When you are an arithmetical minority to begin with, and you murder your own, you reduce the numbers of your own nation.

    You also serve the cause of majoritarianism because however many it loses, the majority community can numerically afford to! Therefore, to seek to strengthen your cause by eliminating members of your own ethnic group is an act of lunacy."

    "The Tamil people have been turned into a nation disintegrated and dispersed: refugees overseas and in Sri Lanka."

    DBS's analysis, is still painfully accurate. "The LTTE has caused irredeemable harm to the Tamil people."

    Yes, a real genius that Prabha, no?

  542. @Aryacakravarti: I hope you can clear up some confusion in your reply.

    You said of your witnesses: "They weren’t counting but going by what they saw." That doesn't make sense. How can they say if 10 or 1000 civilians were killed unless they were counting? If they saw things with their own eyes and knew basic arithmetic, then they can count.

    So which is it? Either your witnesses saw and counted 1,000s of civilians (per witness) being killed or didn't see 1,000s but a larger or smaller number. Or maybe they heard it from someone else?

    Thanks for agreeing that your previous statement of Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.is ummmm.. hyperbole. I don't blame you. Everyone (the SL govt, the UN, Amnesty Int'l) does it. The 'crude' death rates in the camps was around 185 per 100,000 and the SL national figure in 2008 was 585 per 100,000.

    Death rates and other useful stats from a cross-checked, verifiable source – search under 'Menik Farm': http://tinyurl.com/18r

    It's appalling having to reduce these people's suffering to statistics. But when idiotic hacks from The Times start making up numbers like '1,400 deaths per day', it gets repeated by Tamilnut, then increased to 2,000 per day and you end up with an completely ridiculous figure of 1.4 million deaths over two years

    "Where in that quote do I say I’m fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don’t see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?"

    Sorry. I meant to add this, regarding K's murder: Your logic is that Kadirgamar was guilty (i.e. not innocent) and therefore deserved to be assassinated, no?

    You made an interesting comment. 'When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed."

    Prof Dayan J (in 2004) gave an excellent summary of how the LTTE 'benefitted' Sri Lanka's Tamil peoples.

    "Are the Tamil people stronger today [2004] than they were before the killing spree commenced (with the elimination of TELO in 1986)? When you are an arithmetical minority to begin with, and you murder your own, you reduce the numbers of your own nation.

    You also serve the cause of majoritarianism because however many it loses, the majority community can numerically afford to! Therefore, to seek to strengthen your cause by eliminating members of your own ethnic group is an act of lunacy."

    "The Tamil people have been turned into a nation disintegrated and dispersed: refugees overseas and in Sri Lanka."

    DBS's analysis, is still painfully accurate. "The LTTE has caused irredeemable harm to the Tamil people."

    Yes, a real genius that Prabha, no?

  543. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:34 am

    How can Daya be speaking the truth when I know people who witnessed the war who’ve lost family and friends to government forces? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there’s video evidence of government forces killing innocent Tamils? How can Daya be speaking the truth when there are hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who claim that the government forces did infact intentionally kill innocent Tamils? Think for a second.

    I can Ask you the same thing the otherway around..
    Daya is telling the truth because people who witness say the same thing.
    Daya is telling the truth cause there are video evidence to prove so – check Mango’s video links of LTTE shooting Tamils.
    Daya is telling the truth cause he was taken in to a detention center and then taken to colombo after identifying – he was not killed.
    I will think for a second – U think a lot !!

    Also, the bottom of the post says that the UN report said some carders would let go and the others shot – I would say, the carders who joined and fled (Like Daya M) did not shoot where as the retards who stayed back shot and then got shot in the end.

    Yes – having a good friend from a different race or religion itself is good for a person to respect that persons way of life – having one in the family – the bonding is even more… (If you don’t know this, your claim of being part Sinhalees goes down the drain – FLUSHHHHH !!)

  544. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:54 am

    This is robbery !!

    Sri Lanka should not take Tamil buildings and other possessions forcibly ?

    Sri Lanka Army is treating Tamils like slaves

    Ado Gemba – Umba Oluwa Adho Mukaye Gahagenada Hitiye (Idiot, were you hiding your head inside your rectum) when LTTE were taking the civilians buildings to fix their guns ????? Why talk now of things you don’t even know of??

  545. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:44 am

    I have never said anything contradictory. My stand on the matter has not changed. Please quote some of these so called ‘contradictory’ things I’ve said. I expect proof.

    I’m not associated with the LTTE, I never was.

    The LTTE being gone would be good if the government didn’t defeat them by killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils along the way, and if the government didn’t use the lack of resistance as a free pass to conduct ethnic cleansing of Tamils as it’s doing today.

    I don’t support the LTTE.

    The UN report contradicts what your so called ‘eye witnesses’ have (according to you atleast) have told you. It’s also weird how the accounts of your so called ‘eye witnesses’ are completely different to not only the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who actually witnessed the war as well as the accounts of the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

    If the accounts of the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who agree that the government forces intentionally killed innocent Tamils match up with the UN and Red Cross’ accounts, it would mean that your so called ‘eye witnesses’ are lying. I severely doubt you’ve ever met a single person who witnessed the war, it seems as if you’re going by the lies spread by the rajapaksa government as well as their puppets like Daya.

    I quote from my previous comment:

    [If you had actually gone through the UN report you’d know that the UN report speaks of how not all fleeing civilians were killed by the LTTE, I quote:

    “Some LTTE cadre would let fleeing civilians through, but others opened fire on them with AK47s, killing men, women and children, alike”]

    As for you trying to put words in my mouth about the amount of innocents killed by government forces, I quote from my previous comment:

    [“I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

    The fact remains however that the government forces did kill much, much more innocents than the LTTE did during their entire existence.”

    So, tell me, how would I be justifying the murder of innocents by the LTTE when I ask for an independent investigation on all war crimes and ask for those responsible to be prosecuted?]

    LTTE is not the cause of the killings. The majority of the Sinhalese who discriminated against Tamils ever since Tamils came to Sri Lanka are the cause of the killings. Proof?

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/Gal_Oya_Riots

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/1958_riots_in_Sri_Lanka

    en.wikipedia . org/wiki/1977_riots_in_Sri_Lanka

    All anti-Tamil riots started by Sinhalese people in which countless innocent Tamils were butchered. This was before the LTTE even came to existence.

  546. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:57 am

    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it’s true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

  547. @ Singa, who says "Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009"

    I want you to remember your total and utter failure Maveerar, from this outstandingly heroic action in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here's a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    p.s. the Hindi film '3 Idiots' is being re-made in Tamil. I think "Prabha, Pottu & Thamilchelvan" is a great title for the re-make, no?

  548. @ Singa, who says "Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009"

    I want you to remember your total and utter failure Maveerar, from this outstandingly heroic action in Feb 2009.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here's a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    p.s. the Hindi film '3 Idiots' is being re-made in Tamil. I think "Prabha, Pottu & Thamilchelvan" is a great title for the re-make, no?

  549. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Please read your comment which I replied to. You asked brother ‘Tamil’ who lost 17 members of his family to government forces in 2009 to provide evidence. How exactly do you expect him to provide this evidence? Do you really think a person would lie about such a thing?

    First of all 17 in a Family – Tell them to go to a family planning center and buy him some Condoms… This is a public forum, if you can’t provide evidence, don’t post… Simple noh – this is not private property of ur’s or mine or his nor a Agony Aunt column for people to type their grievances. On this other hand, I totally believe that he could be lying.. what proof do I have to think that it’s the truth – For a person who was willing to swallow a cyanide pill, it’s not tough to lie..

    Again – I am not saying that there could be unmarked graves – I am saying that there cannot be of the magnitude u r saying.. Remember me saying 100, 500 as oppose to 100,000 ???

    Machan – U will say cardinal is on MR’s Payrol and I will say that Josa is on LTTE payrol – so let’s stop that discussion… will not take either of us anywhere..

    Machan – this is what I am trying to drive to you too… Just as U will have people telling you stuff that are biased towards the LTTE, I will have fellas who would say stuff that are biased towards the GOSL – which also means that our Tamil community it self is divided on opinions about the final battle – one reason UN will never prosper in getting a proper answer – because there will be conflicting statements from civilians them selves, who experienced what happened differently… Ex. If LTTE actually shelled the NFZ and made it believe to someone that it was the GOSL, their story will be different to what someone like Kana has to say…

    Trust you get the point I am trying to drive…

  550. Mango http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

    My view is that the War Crimes, carried out by the Sri Lankan military with direct and indirect help from various actors of the international community

    It is also equally important to understand that a systematic and prolonged genocide doesn’t take place without a deep mythology behind it.

    Like the hatred against the Jews in Europe throughout many years had resulted in the Holocaust, which led to the Genocide Convention, we also see clear evidences of a racial mythology originating from the Buddhist chronicle of Mahavamsa in the island of Sri Lanka.

    The dangerous dimensions of the racism caused by the Mahavamsa mindset, which attacks the Tamil people.

    Genocide does not only mean killing. And the Sri Lankan Government did not only take the lives away. The Genocide against the Tamils in Sri Lanka did not start very recently. It has been systematically implemented in various forms from time to time. It is that systematic implementation which reached its peak in 2009.

    But, there have been an ongoing record of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, for a long time in the island of Sri Lanka, and the pattern of this long record has to be analysed by anyone investigating the War Crimes.

    Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

  551. Ariya

    Guess basically we have come to the stage where we are going around the Mulberry Bush and both are repeating the same things over….

    I get where U R coming from and hope U get where I am coming from..

    BTW, I will protect my President whoever it is and also criticizes him when needed… this is because I love my country and not any individual… But, I will not lie to protect an individual.. I will join to get rid of such person and elect a new.

  552. @Aryacakravarti:
    “Oh so according to you those bikes were ‘the left-overs from the final battles’? I guess the people I know who’ve had their homes forcibly taken from them by government forces are lying too eh? I guess they’re simply making everything up because they prefer being homeless? Please be logical.”

    Undoubtedly there’s been theft and corruption. We know that many IDPs bought themselves out by bribing the guards. We also know that there was a huge haul of bikes, motorbikes, cars etc left behind after the LTTE collapsed. Some people have had their homes forcibly taken by the govt, but they also suffered the same fate under the LTTE. At least now, there’s a mechanism for getting it back, whilst there was no mechanism to do so under the LTTE.

    As you’re so concerned about the Vanni homeless why don’t you ask the question where the millions of USD went, which was sent by INGOs for the Vanni people’s development, whilst they lived under LTTE control. The answer’s plain. It was stolen by the LTTE for their arms purchases. See, let’s be honest.

    “When innocent Tamil men, women and children die on a daily basis due to lack of food and medical care, the term ‘concentration camp’ is appropriate.”

    Where are these massive casualties? Are they being secretly buried and/or cremated?

    “You think there’s some building where I could go to and demand the LTTE ‘where all the money went’?

    Sure. Go to the TNA’s head office here: Office of Tamil National Alliance, (Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi), 3rd Floor, Parliamentary Complex, Sri Jeyawardanapura Kotte. You can go there by taxi, bus and even by boat.
    TP    : +94112778470, Fax   : +94112778470
Email: [email protected]

    “Oh no, there’s no memory loss. I’m aware of the torture camps that were operated by the LTTE, but I don’t see how you can expect me to know of their locations simply because I’m a Tamil. What, you think all Tamils are militants who know everything about the LTTE? Typical Sinhalese racism.”

    I don’t care whether you’re a Tamil or a Tanzanian. On previous posts you’ve claimed to know exactly how many people were killed. Yet you now don’t know anyone you can ask (in the Vanni or elsewhere) as to where the old LTTE torture camps are. Hmmmm..

    I don’t think all Tamils are militants. If they had been, the LTTE wouldn’t needed to have kept the Vanni population imprisoned under their tight control, allowing only a fortunate few to leave. If all Tamils (living in SL) were militants, there would’ve been an unstoppable migration into the Vanni during the LTTE’s Eelam days. Oddly, that never happened.

    The ‘racism’ charge is so easily levelled and never proven. For the record, the LTTE needed to be crushed, as the JVP was crushed, twice.

  553. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 11:57 am

    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it’s true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

    ———————————

    Ahhhh

    Finally , you understand . 🙂

    These people hardcore. Dead inside . A heart made from stone

  554. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I know he’s speaking the truth as I myself know people who’ve lost family and friends to government forces, despite never having had ties to the LTTE.

    As shown by statistics from the Vanni district office, atleast 146,679 innocent Tamils were killed (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/23/it’s-“lesson-learnt”-—-146000-equal-“naught”-—-equals-“reconciliation”/). My sources who witnessed government forces intentionally killing innocent Tamils agree that this number is not even close to the total number of innocent Tamils the government forces killed.

    Neither mass burials nor mass cremations are impossible as there are areas in the war torn areas which are still closed off to civilians.

    The cardinal being on mahinda’s payroll is a fact. It was mahinda who paid and sent the cardinal to the vatican, this was all over the news.

    Go through the UN report. It has been established without a hint of doubt that the government forces intentionally shelled the No Fire Zone after asking innocent Tamils to congregate there and assuring them of not being harmed.

    Every single eye witness of the war, who isn’t threatened by mahinda and his thugs to spread lies about what happened in the war, accept the fact that government forces intentionally killed innocents. Their accounts also line up with the UN and Red Cross aid workers who were working the conflict areas.

  555. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What exactly is this ‘mechanism’ you speak of? The people I know who’ve had their homes and other possessions forcibly taken from them by government forces sure would like to know this ‘mechanism’. Enlighten me.

    Yep, buried and cremated.

    Please quote where I said I know the exact amount of people who were killed. I’ve always said that until an independent investigation is carried out, no one other than the rajapaksa government will know how many innocent Tamils were killed. I expect proof from you.

    I’ll ask my sources about the LTTE torture camps too. I’ll have a response about both the LTTE torture camps as well as the government concentration camps by tomorrow.

    You claim that you don’t think all Tamils are militants, yet your words speak another story.

  556. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    Namaste brother.

    As sad as it is, I agree with you.

    What Sri Lanka could’ve been…

  557. Aryacakravarti

    Thank you

    ———–
    Mango
    Rip Van Winkle

    They are brainwashed Racists

    They were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    ”Ethnic intolerance makes it appearance in the Sri Lanka classroom in many ways…… Textbooks have often been shown to contain negative ethnic stereotypes….. A review of the textbooks used in the segregated schools of Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, for example, found Sinhalese textbooks scattered with images of Tamils as the historical enemies of the Sinhalese, while celebrating ethnic heroes who had vanquished Tamils in ethnic wars. Ignoring historical fact, these textbooks tended to portray Sinhalese Buddhists as the only true Sri Lankans, with Tamils, Muslims and Christians as non- indigenous and extraneous to Sri Lankan history. This version of national history has been deeply divisive in the context of the wider state.’

  558. @ Singa,
    Care to explain how you feel about the Marveerar sending out suicide bombers to kill Tamil civilians?

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That's the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into 'war crimes'?

    By that logic, all pictures of SLA dead are also 'war crimes' committed by the LTTE.

    Here you go, some SLA dead from the good old days. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Genocide, Mahavasa and the rest of your drivel is copied directly from Tamilnut, here: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

    I propose a new category of genocide called Combined Genocide. It encompasses all known Eelam whines and genocide accusations and includes the following:

    Monsoon Genocide
    Language Genocide
    Cultural genocide
    Wedding Genocide
    Safety Genocide
    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

    No need to thank me. Consider it a 19th May anniversary gift.

  559. Mango http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

    My view is that the War Crimes, carried out by the Sri Lankan military with direct and indirect help from various actors of the international community

    It is also equally important to understand that a systematic and prolonged genocide doesn’t take place without a deep mythology behind it.

    Like the hatred against the Jews in Europe throughout many years had resulted in the Holocaust, which led to the Genocide Convention, we also see clear evidences of a racial mythology originating from the Buddhist chronicle of Mahavamsa in the island of Sri Lanka.

    The dangerous dimensions of the racism caused by the Mahavamsa mindset, which attacks the Tamil people.

    Genocide does not only mean killing. And the Sri Lankan Government did not only take the lives away. The Genocide against the Tamils in Sri Lanka did not start very recently. It has been systematically implemented in various forms from time to time. It is that systematic implementation which reached its peak in 2009.

    But, there have been an ongoing record of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, for a long time in the island of Sri Lanka, and the pattern of this long record has to be analysed by anyone investigating the War Crimes.

    Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

  560. Mango http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

    My view is that the War Crimes, carried out by the Sri Lankan military with direct and indirect help from various actors of the international community

    It is also equally important to understand that a systematic and prolonged genocide doesn’t take place without a deep mythology behind it.

    Like the hatred against the Jews in Europe throughout many years had resulted in the Holocaust, which led to the Genocide Convention, we also see clear evidences of a racial mythology originating from the Buddhist chronicle of Mahavamsa in the island of Sri Lanka.

    The dangerous dimensions of the racism caused by the Mahavamsa mindset, which attacks the Tamil people.

    Genocide does not only mean killing. And the Sri Lankan Government did not only take the lives away. The Genocide against the Tamils in Sri Lanka did not start very recently. It has been systematically implemented in various forms from time to time. It is that systematic implementation which reached its peak in 2009.

    But, there have been an ongoing record of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, for a long time in the island of Sri Lanka, and the pattern of this long record has to be analysed by anyone investigating the War Crimes.

    Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72

  561. @ Singa,
    Care to explain how you feel about the Marveerar sending out suicide bombers to kill Tamil civilians?

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That's the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into 'war crimes'?

    By that logic, all pictures of SLA dead are also 'war crimes' committed by the LTTE.

    Here you go, some SLA dead from the good old days. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Genocide, Mahavasa and the rest of your drivel is copied directly from Tamilnut, here: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

    I propose a new category of genocide called Combined Genocide. It encompasses all known Eelam whines and genocide accusations and includes the following:

    Monsoon Genocide
    Language Genocide
    Cultural genocide
    Wedding Genocide
    Safety Genocide
    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

    No need to thank me. Consider it a 19th May anniversary gift.

  562. @ Singa,
    Care to explain how you feel about the Marveerar sending out suicide bombers to kill Tamil civilians?

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That's the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into 'war crimes'?

    By that logic, all pictures of SLA dead are also 'war crimes' committed by the LTTE.

    Here you go, some SLA dead from the good old days. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Genocide, Mahavasa and the rest of your drivel is copied directly from Tamilnut, here: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

    I propose a new category of genocide called Combined Genocide. It encompasses all known Eelam whines and genocide accusations and includes the following:

    Monsoon Genocide
    Language Genocide
    Cultural genocide
    Wedding Genocide
    Safety Genocide
    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

    No need to thank me. Consider it a 19th May anniversary gift.

  563. @Aryacakravarti: Your questions deserve answers. So here we go.

    Please quote where I said I know the exact amount of people who were killed.

    You said: “I know over hundred people who witnessed the government forces just massacring innocent Tamils (and no, they weren’t being used as human shields). Every single one of these people agree that the UN claim of government forces killing only 40,000 civilians is not even scratching the surface.”

    So, let’s assume that the SL govt forces killed more than 40,000 ‘innocent Tamil civilians’. How about a nice round figure of 100,000 innocent Tamil civilians?
    The 100 people you know would have had to seen and counted 1,000 dead Tamil civilians, all shot and killed by SLA soldiers. That’s a remarkable thing, if true.

    You said Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.

    OK, let’s assume that since May 2009, 2,000 (you said ‘thousands’ which means more than 1,000) innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps (you call them ‘concentration camps) under the ‘genocidal’ SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    Assuming 2,000 civilians were being murdered by the SL govt, a grand total of 1,400,000 ( One million four hundred thousand) Tamil civilians have died in the Vanni since May 2009. Wow! Now, that’s an amazing figure. Is there anyone left in the Vanni ?

    I want you to quote where I said I was fine with the murder of Neelan Thiruchelvam or Kadiragamar.

    You said: “Kadirgamar however was making the suffering Tamils faced at the hands of the government worse. Kadirgamar [b]was[/b] discriminating against Tamils, this is a fact. I don’t see Kadirgamar as innocent when he criticised the people who exposed the government forces killing innocent Tamils.”

  564. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    They weren’t counting but going by what they saw. Like I said before, neither the people who witnessed the war or anyone other than the rajapaksa government knows the exact amount of innocent Tamils killed. But like I’ve mentioned in my previous comments, I know people from the Vanni who agree with the accounts of Rayappu Joseph, so that’s a good place to start.

    I guess I should’ve worded it better. There are many innocent Tamil men, women and children dying in the concentration camps each day. There were points when the number reached thousands (such as the Menik farm).

    Where in that quote do I say I’m fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don’t see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?

  565. Many Sinhalese were brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  566. Defence Secretary’s request to meet senior Indian officials turned down
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_01_006.html
    A request made by Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to meet with the Indian Defence Secretary and External Affairs Secretary had been turned down by the Indian government, diplomatic sources said.

    U.N. panel: Sri Lanka war crimes allegations credible – CNN
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?22YAC6303vlOA4e3PBmcca2V5Yodd2KY53ac0SmB4e4eyOlc02aMM4d2

    WAR CRIME TRUE, BUT “GENOCIDE” HAS NOT BEEN DECLEARED YET!

  567. Buddhism in sri lanka
    http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lanka-monk-threatens-self-immolation-over-tamil-war-crimes-report/783903/

    Since the ending of the war in May 2009, the Tamil Diaspora has continued with their protest at the stalled investigations into the fate of their missing men, women and children and will do so again on the second anniversary of the massacre in May 2011. Their list of primary demands would include:

    1.The full facts of massacre should be revealed and publicised.

    2. A list of all dead and executed to be identified without delay.

    3. A list of all survivors of Mullivaikal held prisoner in Sri Lanka should be released immediately.

  568. May 2009, a significant month that will never by forgotten by the Tamils living across the globe. A month filled with terror, a month filled with sorrows; a month in which families were separated, children displaced from parents, and mountains of corpses were left to rot. May 2009, the month in which we lost more than 50 000 of our innocent brothers and sisters. May 2009: Genocide of the Tamils.

    The Sri Lankan Government deliberately attempted to destroy Tamils in Sri Lanka the past year, the peak of its actions resulting in the catastrophe that took place in Mullivaikaal. Newborn babies, children, youth; those who would be the future of Tamileelam were wiped out in May 2009. These innocent lives, must not be forgotten.

    Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009.
    http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TBOT75I7MQGGRTMR9

  569. @Aryacakravarti: I hope you can clear up some confusion in your reply.

    You said of your witnesses: “They weren’t counting but going by what they saw.” That doesn’t make sense. How can they say if 10 or 1000 civilians were killed unless they were counting? If they saw things with their own eyes and knew basic arithmetic, then they can count.

    So which is it? Either your witnesses saw and counted 1,000s of civilians (per witness) being killed or didn’t see 1,000s but a larger or smaller number. Or maybe they heard it from someone else?

    Thanks for agreeing that your previous statement of Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.is ummmm.. hyperbole. I don’t blame you. Everyone (the SL govt, the UN, Amnesty Int’l) does it. The ‘crude’ death rates in the camps was around 185 per 100,000 and the SL national figure in 2008 was 585 per 100,000.

    Death rates and other useful stats from a cross-checked, verifiable source – search under ‘Menik Farm’: http://tinyurl.com/18r

    It’s appalling having to reduce these people’s suffering to statistics. But when idiotic hacks from The Times start making up numbers like ‘1,400 deaths per day’, it gets repeated by Tamilnut, then increased to 2,000 per day and you end up with an completely ridiculous figure of 1.4 million deaths over two years

    “Where in that quote do I say I’m fine with the murder of Kadirgamar. I also don’t see any mention of Neelan Thiruchelvam. How does saying Kadirgamar is not innocent equate to me being fine with him being killed?”

    Sorry. I meant to add this, regarding K’s murder: Your logic is that Kadirgamar was guilty (i.e. not innocent) and therefore deserved to be assassinated, no?

    You made an interesting comment. ‘When the LTTE was present there were less Tamils being killed.”

    Prof Dayan J (in 2004) gave an excellent summary of how the LTTE ‘benefitted’ Sri Lanka’s Tamil peoples.

    “Are the Tamil people stronger today [2004] than they were before the killing spree commenced (with the elimination of TELO in 1986)? When you are an arithmetical minority to begin with, and you murder your own, you reduce the numbers of your own nation.

    You also serve the cause of majoritarianism because however many it loses, the majority community can numerically afford to! Therefore, to seek to strengthen your cause by eliminating members of your own ethnic group is an act of lunacy.”

    “The Tamil people have been turned into a nation disintegrated and dispersed: refugees overseas and in Sri Lanka.”

    DBS’s analysis, is still painfully accurate. “The LTTE has caused irredeemable harm to the Tamil people.”

    Yes, a real genius that Prabha, no?

  570. @ Singa, who says “Let’s remember our people and our Maveerar whom we lost during the final war upon Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 2009”

    I want you to remember your total and utter failure Maveerar, from this outstandingly heroic action in Feb 2009.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

    Here’s a female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    p.s. the Hindi film ‘3 Idiots’ is being re-made in Tamil. I think “Prabha, Pottu & Thamilchelvan” is a great title for the re-make, no?

  571. Mango Genocide

    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    More than 135,000 Tamil men, women and children estimated Killed or Disappeared
    More that 35,000 Tamils estimated killed in the year 2009 alone
    1.1 Million Tamils made to flee the country
    More than 600,000 Tamil Internal Refugees (Internally Displaced or Evicted)
    More than 20,000 Tamil orphaned children
    More than 35,000 Tamil widows
    Thousands of families (including infants) kept behind barbed wire fenced internment camps operated by Sri Lankan Military, for several months in aftermath of the war.
    Half a million Tamils kept under military rule in Jaffna peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka) that had been described as an "open prison".
    Thousands in custody – detention without trial, other widespread abuses
    Economic embargo imposed on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades
    Supply of food, medicine, fuel, electricity and other essential items controlled by the Military
    Forced Starvation
    Usage of banned weapons – Cluster bombs, White phosporous. Usage of heavy weapons, artillery on densely populated civilian areas. Reported usage of chemical weapons.
    Mass Graves and systematic violations of fundamental human rights remain uninvestigated
    No International Media allowed into conflict areas
    State sponsored pogroms
    Systematic destruction of Infrastructure
    Indiscriminate and wanton air attacks on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades.
    Hundreds of thousands of livelyhoods and schools, hospitals, libraries, temples, churches, houses, villages destroyed http://www.voiceagainstgenocide.org/vag/

    "Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

    Boyle: Word "Genocide" missing in UN Panel's war crimes report
    Pointing out the instances where the criminal allegations on Sri Lanka made in the UN's war crimes report support the charge of genocide on Sri Lanka, Professor Francis Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TamilNet, "[f]or obvious political reasons, no one wants to use the word “genocide." And that is because it then raises the question why did no one stop the genocide as required by article I of the Genocide Convention. The same phenomenon happened in Bosnia. No one would use the word “genocide” until afterwards, and it was too late to do anyone any good—they were all dead."

  572. Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/08/sri-lanka-r
    Downloadable Resources: Download Attacks on Hospitals in the Vanni (PDF)

    WAR CRIMES IN SRI LANKA http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/sou

    Sri Lanka president attacks UN war crimes report??? why???

    State terrorism has always been the major problem in this tiny island. It is an ugly and arrogant monster that always keeps his head above the seas and mountains of Sri Lanka.
    Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia's longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
    Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.

    But today, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead

  573. Mango Genocide

    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    More than 135,000 Tamil men, women and children estimated Killed or Disappeared
    More that 35,000 Tamils estimated killed in the year 2009 alone
    1.1 Million Tamils made to flee the country
    More than 600,000 Tamil Internal Refugees (Internally Displaced or Evicted)
    More than 20,000 Tamil orphaned children
    More than 35,000 Tamil widows
    Thousands of families (including infants) kept behind barbed wire fenced internment camps operated by Sri Lankan Military, for several months in aftermath of the war.
    Half a million Tamils kept under military rule in Jaffna peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka) that had been described as an "open prison".
    Thousands in custody – detention without trial, other widespread abuses
    Economic embargo imposed on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades
    Supply of food, medicine, fuel, electricity and other essential items controlled by the Military
    Forced Starvation
    Usage of banned weapons – Cluster bombs, White phosporous. Usage of heavy weapons, artillery on densely populated civilian areas. Reported usage of chemical weapons.
    Mass Graves and systematic violations of fundamental human rights remain uninvestigated
    No International Media allowed into conflict areas
    State sponsored pogroms
    Systematic destruction of Infrastructure
    Indiscriminate and wanton air attacks on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades.
    Hundreds of thousands of livelyhoods and schools, hospitals, libraries, temples, churches, houses, villages destroyed http://www.voiceagainstgenocide.org/vag/

    "Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

    Boyle: Word "Genocide" missing in UN Panel's war crimes report
    Pointing out the instances where the criminal allegations on Sri Lanka made in the UN's war crimes report support the charge of genocide on Sri Lanka, Professor Francis Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TamilNet, "[f]or obvious political reasons, no one wants to use the word “genocide." And that is because it then raises the question why did no one stop the genocide as required by article I of the Genocide Convention. The same phenomenon happened in Bosnia. No one would use the word “genocide” until afterwards, and it was too late to do anyone any good—they were all dead."

  574. Mango Genocide

    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    More than 135,000 Tamil men, women and children estimated Killed or Disappeared
    More that 35,000 Tamils estimated killed in the year 2009 alone
    1.1 Million Tamils made to flee the country
    More than 600,000 Tamil Internal Refugees (Internally Displaced or Evicted)
    More than 20,000 Tamil orphaned children
    More than 35,000 Tamil widows
    Thousands of families (including infants) kept behind barbed wire fenced internment camps operated by Sri Lankan Military, for several months in aftermath of the war.
    Half a million Tamils kept under military rule in Jaffna peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka) that had been described as an "open prison".
    Thousands in custody – detention without trial, other widespread abuses
    Economic embargo imposed on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades
    Supply of food, medicine, fuel, electricity and other essential items controlled by the Military
    Forced Starvation
    Usage of banned weapons – Cluster bombs, White phosporous. Usage of heavy weapons, artillery on densely populated civilian areas. Reported usage of chemical weapons.
    Mass Graves and systematic violations of fundamental human rights remain uninvestigated
    No International Media allowed into conflict areas
    State sponsored pogroms
    Systematic destruction of Infrastructure
    Indiscriminate and wanton air attacks on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades.
    Hundreds of thousands of livelyhoods and schools, hospitals, libraries, temples, churches, houses, villages destroyed http://www.voiceagainstgenocide.org/vag/

    "Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

    Boyle: Word "Genocide" missing in UN Panel's war crimes report
    Pointing out the instances where the criminal allegations on Sri Lanka made in the UN's war crimes report support the charge of genocide on Sri Lanka, Professor Francis Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TamilNet, "[f]or obvious political reasons, no one wants to use the word “genocide." And that is because it then raises the question why did no one stop the genocide as required by article I of the Genocide Convention. The same phenomenon happened in Bosnia. No one would use the word “genocide” until afterwards, and it was too late to do anyone any good—they were all dead."

  575. Mango
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchN2L51fcg

    My view is that the War Crimes, carried out by the Sri Lankan military with direct and indirect help from various actors of the international community

    It is also equally important to understand that a systematic and prolonged genocide doesn’t take place without a deep mythology behind it.

    Like the hatred against the Jews in Europe throughout many years had resulted in the Holocaust, which led to the Genocide Convention, we also see clear evidences of a racial mythology originating from the Buddhist chronicle of Mahavamsa in the island of Sri Lanka.

    The dangerous dimensions of the racism caused by the Mahavamsa mindset, which attacks the Tamil people.

    Genocide does not only mean killing. And the Sri Lankan Government did not only take the lives away. The Genocide against the Tamils in Sri Lanka did not start very recently. It has been systematically implemented in various forms from time to time. It is that systematic implementation which reached its peak in 2009.

    But, there have been an ongoing record of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, for a long time in the island of Sri Lanka, and the pattern of this long record has to be analysed by anyone investigating the War Crimes.

    Sri Lanka War Crime Photos – Crimes committed by soldier from the Sri Lankan Air Mobile Brigade
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72157625216200628/

  576. @ Singa,
    Care to explain how you feel about the Marveerar sending out suicide bombers to kill Tamil civilians?

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That’s the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into ‘war crimes’?

    By that logic, all pictures of SLA dead are also ‘war crimes’ committed by the LTTE.

    Here you go, some SLA dead from the good old days.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=26812

    Genocide, Mahavasa and the rest of your drivel is copied directly from Tamilnut, here: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31553

    I propose a new category of genocide called Combined Genocide. It encompasses all known Eelam whines and genocide accusations and includes the following:

    Monsoon Genocide
    Language Genocide
    Cultural genocide
    Wedding Genocide
    Safety Genocide
    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

    No need to thank me. Consider it a 19th May anniversary gift.

  577. Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/08/sri-lanka-r
    Downloadable Resources: Download Attacks on Hospitals in the Vanni (PDF)

    WAR CRIMES IN SRI LANKA http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/sou

    Sri Lanka president attacks UN war crimes report??? why???

    State terrorism has always been the major problem in this tiny island. It is an ugly and arrogant monster that always keeps his head above the seas and mountains of Sri Lanka.
    Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia's longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
    Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.

    But today, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead

  578. Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/08/sri-lanka-r
    Downloadable Resources: Download Attacks on Hospitals in the Vanni (PDF)

    WAR CRIMES IN SRI LANKA http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/sou

    Sri Lanka president attacks UN war crimes report??? why???

    State terrorism has always been the major problem in this tiny island. It is an ugly and arrogant monster that always keeps his head above the seas and mountains of Sri Lanka.
    Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia's longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
    Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.

    But today, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead

  579. Rajapaksa organized protests against UN report 🙂

    In the capital Colombo, government supporters carried placards criticising senior UN figures.

    The report, released last week, said shelling by government forces killed tens of thousands of civilians.

    The Sri Lankan government has rejected the report.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-132560

  580. Mango wrote
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That’s the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into ‘war crimes’?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72
    —————————

    The casualties ?

    What a joke !!! 🙂

    All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009.

    They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!

    The Sri Lanka Armed Forces so called “Brave soldiers ” heroically butchered unarmed prisoners with their hands tied in the back.

    One of those surrounded and slaughtered was a Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body recently come to light thanks to some brave SLA soldiers who is disgusted by this inhuman cruelty

    ——————-

    Another so – called casualty was Colonel Ramesh you can see in these photos

    He trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa.

    He surrounded too and brutally tortured later executed

    The barbaric treatment of the prisoners in Sri Lanka Army custody is a WAR CRIME !!!

  581. The UN panel's recommendation gives all of us a rare opportunity to clean up the judicial mess in Sri Lanka to ensure all types freedom, including the press that will provide real benefit to the entire society.

  582. What Sri Lanka needs is a functioning democracy and proper rule of law. The election system is so stuffed up that candidates only contest people from their own party and never debate the opposition. The 2 parties never talk to one another (let alone a third party like the Tamils) and so have no influence in opposition. Everyone is frustrated. With the fall of the Tamils , three is now a police state with police and army on every street corner. Corruption is a part of daily life – e.g. speed tickets etc and with the removal of the garment factories (because of the EU getting rid of tax exemt status for Sri Lanka) there are fewer jobs. I have never sensed true hatred between sinhalese and Tamils but rather racist, bigotted opinions and a corrupt state and non-functioning democracy is the root cause.

  583. An UN investigation would temper the triumphalism in Sri Lanka. After all, how many rapes occurred whilst Tamil women were in Sri Lankan custody and why did they occur? Why did Sri Lankan Government officials fail to investigate? How many executions took place in Sri Lankan custody? Who took part in them ? What about the shelling of Tamil civilians?

    In the absence of truth the myths and the suspicions will grow. It is better that the full horror of the war be investigated and discussed. That would be way better than maintaining these polarized positions of ethnic hate. I suspect that if the full and detailed truth came out we would see a picture of deeply flawed individuals committing terrible acts in a horrific conflict.

  584. Rajapaksa organized protests against UN report 🙂

    In the capital Colombo, government supporters carried placards criticising senior UN figures.

    The report, released last week, said shelling by government forces killed tens of thousands of civilians.

    The Sri Lankan government has rejected the report.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-132560

  585. Rajapaksa organized protests against UN report 🙂

    In the capital Colombo, government supporters carried placards criticising senior UN figures.

    The report, released last week, said shelling by government forces killed tens of thousands of civilians.

    The Sri Lankan government has rejected the report.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-132560

  586. Mango Genocide

    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    More than 135,000 Tamil men, women and children estimated Killed or Disappeared
    More that 35,000 Tamils estimated killed in the year 2009 alone
    1.1 Million Tamils made to flee the country
    More than 600,000 Tamil Internal Refugees (Internally Displaced or Evicted)
    More than 20,000 Tamil orphaned children
    More than 35,000 Tamil widows
    Thousands of families (including infants) kept behind barbed wire fenced internment camps operated by Sri Lankan Military, for several months in aftermath of the war.
    Half a million Tamils kept under military rule in Jaffna peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka) that had been described as an “open prison”.
    Thousands in custody – detention without trial, other widespread abuses
    Economic embargo imposed on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades
    Supply of food, medicine, fuel, electricity and other essential items controlled by the Military
    Forced Starvation
    Usage of banned weapons – Cluster bombs, White phosporous. Usage of heavy weapons, artillery on densely populated civilian areas. Reported usage of chemical weapons.
    Mass Graves and systematic violations of fundamental human rights remain uninvestigated
    No International Media allowed into conflict areas
    State sponsored pogroms
    Systematic destruction of Infrastructure
    Indiscriminate and wanton air attacks on traditional Tamil areas for more than 2 decades.
    Hundreds of thousands of livelyhoods and schools, hospitals, libraries, temples, churches, houses, villages destroyed
    http://www.voiceagainstgenocide.org/vag/

    “Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”

    Boyle: Word “Genocide” missing in UN Panel’s war crimes report
    Pointing out the instances where the criminal allegations on Sri Lanka made in the UN’s war crimes report support the charge of genocide on Sri Lanka, Professor Francis Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TamilNet, “[f]or obvious political reasons, no one wants to use the word “genocide.” And that is because it then raises the question why did no one stop the genocide as required by article I of the Genocide Convention. The same phenomenon happened in Bosnia. No one would use the word “genocide” until afterwards, and it was too late to do anyone any good—they were all dead.”

  587. Mango wrote
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That’s the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into ‘war crimes’?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72
    —————————

    The casualties ?

    What a joke !!! 🙂

    All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009.

    They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!

    The Sri Lanka Armed Forces so called “Brave soldiers ” heroically butchered unarmed prisoners with their hands tied in the back.

    One of those surrounded and slaughtered was a Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body recently come to light thanks to some brave SLA soldiers who is disgusted by this inhuman cruelty

    ——————-

    Another so – called casualty was Colonel Ramesh you can see in these photos

    He trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa.

    He surrounded too and brutally tortured later executed

    The barbaric treatment of the prisoners in Sri Lanka Army custody is a WAR CRIME !!!

  588. Mango wrote
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That’s the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into ‘war crimes’?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72
    —————————

    The casualties ?

    What a joke !!! 🙂

    All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009.

    They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!

    The Sri Lanka Armed Forces so called “Brave soldiers ” heroically butchered unarmed prisoners with their hands tied in the back.

    One of those surrounded and slaughtered was a Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body recently come to light thanks to some brave SLA soldiers who is disgusted by this inhuman cruelty

    ——————-

    Another so – called casualty was Colonel Ramesh you can see in these photos

    He trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa.

    He surrounded too and brutally tortured later executed

    The barbaric treatment of the prisoners in Sri Lanka Army custody is a WAR CRIME !!!

  589. Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes
    http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/08/sri-lanka-repeated-shelling-hospitals-evidence-war-crimes
    Downloadable Resources: Download Attacks on Hospitals in the Vanni (PDF)

    WAR CRIMES IN SRI LANKA
    http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/191%20War%20Crimes%20in%20Sri%20Lanka.ashx

    Sri Lanka president attacks UN war crimes report??? why???

    State terrorism has always been the major problem in this tiny island. It is an ugly and arrogant monster that always keeps his head above the seas and mountains of Sri Lanka.
    Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia’s longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
    Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.

    But today, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead

  590. @Thampapillai:
    "All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009. They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!"

    Ummmm… all of the LTTE dead are combat deaths. If any were shot after surrendering, then it is a heinous crime deserving the immediate attention of the global justice system. No stone must be left unturned to find and punish the SLA perpetrators of these inhuman barbaric acts against peace-loving LTTE cadres, who were only engaged in their lawful tasks of cultivating flowers, onions and chillies for Eelam.

    When the LTTE captured and destroyed Mullaitivu base, the LTTE herded the surrendered SLA survivors, doused them in petrol and burned them alive.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu

    So spare me the histrionics about war crimes.

    'Col' Ramesh — a senior LTTE commander from the East, responsible for the deaths of thousands, obviously attained Eelam earlier than he wanted. He was also in charge of executing returned ex-Karuna cadres. I reckon he got his just desserts. Good.

    As for Suhunan, he should've surrendered a bit earlier, before the LTTE tried to break through, pretending to be civilians. It's too late to start crying now.

    So Thampapillai, as fellow Sri Lankans, let's start our little 're-conciliation' project here on the AI.

    I'll help you with SLA 'war crimes' and you can help identifying LTTE 'war crimes'. You can start by helping to identify the real civilians from LTTE members, in this photo. http://tinyurl.com/3ld4as3

  591. Rajapaksa enjoys luxury lifestyle while ordinary Sri Lankans are starving

    The Protest Against High Cost of Living in Sri Lanka

    The health service sector of the Workers Collective Against High Cost of Living (WCAHCL) today staged a protest campaign in front of the National Hospital in Colombo today urging the government to curb the rising cost of living.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/images/9946-agains

  592. @Thampapillai:
    "All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009. They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!"

    Ummmm… all of the LTTE dead are combat deaths. If any were shot after surrendering, then it is a heinous crime deserving the immediate attention of the global justice system. No stone must be left unturned to find and punish the SLA perpetrators of these inhuman barbaric acts against peace-loving LTTE cadres, who were only engaged in their lawful tasks of cultivating flowers, onions and chillies for Eelam.

    When the LTTE captured and destroyed Mullaitivu base, the LTTE herded the surrendered SLA survivors, doused them in petrol and burned them alive.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu

    So spare me the histrionics about war crimes.

    'Col' Ramesh — a senior LTTE commander from the East, responsible for the deaths of thousands, obviously attained Eelam earlier than he wanted. He was also in charge of executing returned ex-Karuna cadres. I reckon he got his just desserts. Good.

    As for Suhunan, he should've surrendered a bit earlier, before the LTTE tried to break through, pretending to be civilians. It's too late to start crying now.

    So Thampapillai, as fellow Sri Lankans, let's start our little 're-conciliation' project here on the AI.

    I'll help you with SLA 'war crimes' and you can help identifying LTTE 'war crimes'. You can start by helping to identify the real civilians from LTTE members, in this photo. http://tinyurl.com/3ld4as3

  593. @Thampapillai:
    "All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009. They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!"

    Ummmm… all of the LTTE dead are combat deaths. If any were shot after surrendering, then it is a heinous crime deserving the immediate attention of the global justice system. No stone must be left unturned to find and punish the SLA perpetrators of these inhuman barbaric acts against peace-loving LTTE cadres, who were only engaged in their lawful tasks of cultivating flowers, onions and chillies for Eelam.

    When the LTTE captured and destroyed Mullaitivu base, the LTTE herded the surrendered SLA survivors, doused them in petrol and burned them alive.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu

    So spare me the histrionics about war crimes.

    'Col' Ramesh — a senior LTTE commander from the East, responsible for the deaths of thousands, obviously attained Eelam earlier than he wanted. He was also in charge of executing returned ex-Karuna cadres. I reckon he got his just desserts. Good.

    As for Suhunan, he should've surrendered a bit earlier, before the LTTE tried to break through, pretending to be civilians. It's too late to start crying now.

    So Thampapillai, as fellow Sri Lankans, let's start our little 're-conciliation' project here on the AI.

    I'll help you with SLA 'war crimes' and you can help identifying LTTE 'war crimes'. You can start by helping to identify the real civilians from LTTE members, in this photo. http://tinyurl.com/3ld4as3

  594. Mango

    Which Military Academies are teaching to tie prisoners hands and torture, killed them after they surrender?

    The Sri Lanka Military Academy should produce the discipline soldiers not baby rapists and barbaric butchers

  595. URGENT – War Crime Alert!

    Why wasn’t Bin Laden captured to stand trial for his many terrorist attacks and crimes?

    Tamil circles will be appalled that Osama was simply shot in the head, along with one of his sons, in a dusty town in Pakistan. The US forces also mercilessly shot a woman used by Bin Laden as a human shield.

    To battle, brave human rights warriors. Demand accountability and a full UN investigation, NOW!

    Jim! Don't fail us in this hour!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

  596. Rajapaksas want to label the UN Report as a Tiger construct and use it to whip up patriotic hysteria in the South.

    What better way to make the Sinhalese forget the rising cost-of-living?

    What better method to divert the attention of the workers from the regime’s private sector pension plan which takes far more from the workers (financially) than it gives?

    What better smokescreen to hide the continued attack on anti-regime media?

    In short, what better mode than an anti- UN report patriotic yathra, to advance the domestic political agenda of the Rajapaksa Regime?

  597. Rajapaksa enjoys luxury lifestyle while ordinary Sri Lankans are starving

    The Protest Against High Cost of Living in Sri Lanka

    The health service sector of the Workers Collective Against High Cost of Living (WCAHCL) today staged a protest campaign in front of the National Hospital in Colombo today urging the government to curb the rising cost of living.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/images/9946-agains

  598. Rajapaksa enjoys luxury lifestyle while ordinary Sri Lankans are starving

    The Protest Against High Cost of Living in Sri Lanka

    The health service sector of the Workers Collective Against High Cost of Living (WCAHCL) today staged a protest campaign in front of the National Hospital in Colombo today urging the government to curb the rising cost of living.
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/images/9946-agains

  599. Mango

    How can we start little ‘re-conciliation’ project here on the AI , if you ignore the Tamil’s cry for Justice and Accountability ?

  600. For sri lanka to return to normal, all citizens must be enabled to live without fear.

    The Emergency snd the PTA should be removed,the Rule of Law enforced.

    The country must totally revert to civilian rather than military administration.

    The UN Panel’s Report should follow the normal course in the UN system.

  601. @ Thampapillai:

    Which Military Academies are teaching to tie prisoners hands and torture, killed them after they surrender?
    None, I'm aware of. Perhaps they saw what the LTTE had done and copied them?

    Where do you think LTTE cadres were taught to burn prisoners alive? During chats on the Mullaitivu beach, at Prabha's feet?

    "How can we start little ‘re-conciliation’ project here on the AI , if you ignore the Tamil’s cry for Justice and Accountability ?"

    Before justice and accountability must come the acknowledgement of crimes and errors. Why are you only concerned about Tamil's cry for justice? Don't all Sri Lankans deserve justice?

    Feel free to join me in a journey of discovery into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka. I'm ready when you are.

  602. URGENT – War Crime Alert!

    Why wasn’t Bin Laden captured to stand trial for his many terrorist attacks and crimes?

    Tamil circles will be appalled that Osama was simply shot in the head, along with one of his sons, in a dusty town in Pakistan. The US forces also mercilessly shot a woman used by Bin Laden as a human shield.

    To battle, brave human rights warriors. Demand accountability and a full UN investigation, NOW!

    Jim! Don't fail us in this hour!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

  603. URGENT – War Crime Alert!

    Why wasn’t Bin Laden captured to stand trial for his many terrorist attacks and crimes?

    Tamil circles will be appalled that Osama was simply shot in the head, along with one of his sons, in a dusty town in Pakistan. The US forces also mercilessly shot a woman used by Bin Laden as a human shield.

    To battle, brave human rights warriors. Demand accountability and a full UN investigation, NOW!

    Jim! Don't fail us in this hour!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011

  604. @Thampapillai:
    For a brief moment, I thought you possessed a few brain cells. I was mistaken.
    Your inability and unwillingness to even acknowledge the LTTE's innumerable war crimes, whilst simultaneously pressing for Sri Lanka to apologise is typical of the Eelamish mindset. And you want 'justice'? 🙂 🙂

    Oh, Osama and VP were both terrorists. If you want to keep believing that VP's a freedom fighter, good luck. Don't forget to ask these Eelam-morons to ask Obama how Osama was disposed of! http://www.tamilsforobama.com/

    Tell me, whom did VP free, in his long and failed struggle as a 'freedom fighter'?

    Just like SL with Fatty Prabha, the US got rid of OBL's body by burial at sea. So, both VP and OBL are helping to feed the oceans.

    May is a lucky month for Sri Lanka. On 2nd May, OBL finally meets a deserved end. On 19th May, VP finally met his deserved end. Mahinda probably can't believe his luck! His astrologer will be on a big bonus this month.

  605. Mango wrote
    May 2nd, 2011 at 7:02 am

    ????????????

    Going on a journey discovery with you
    .
    What journey of discovery ?

    Is this a gay talk ?

    You seems to want to fluff every Tamil you meet !

  606. The difference is

    VP is a Valiant Freedom Fighter 🙂

    Osama is a Terrorist !!!!!!!!!

  607. The UN panel’s recommendation gives all of us a rare opportunity to clean up the judicial mess in Sri Lanka to ensure all types freedom, including the press that will provide real benefit to the entire society.

  608. What Sri Lanka needs is a functioning democracy and proper rule of law. The election system is so stuffed up that candidates only contest people from their own party and never debate the opposition. The 2 parties never talk to one another (let alone a third party like the Tamils) and so have no influence in opposition. Everyone is frustrated. With the fall of the Tamils , three is now a police state with police and army on every street corner. Corruption is a part of daily life – e.g. speed tickets etc and with the removal of the garment factories (because of the EU getting rid of tax exemt status for Sri Lanka) there are fewer jobs. I have never sensed true hatred between sinhalese and Tamils but rather racist, bigotted opinions and a corrupt state and non-functioning democracy is the root cause.

  609. An UN investigation would temper the triumphalism in Sri Lanka. After all, how many rapes occurred whilst Tamil women were in Sri Lankan custody and why did they occur? Why did Sri Lankan Government officials fail to investigate? How many executions took place in Sri Lankan custody? Who took part in them ? What about the shelling of Tamil civilians?

    In the absence of truth the myths and the suspicions will grow. It is better that the full horror of the war be investigated and discussed. That would be way better than maintaining these polarized positions of ethnic hate. I suspect that if the full and detailed truth came out we would see a picture of deeply flawed individuals committing terrible acts in a horrific conflict.

  610. Rajapaksa organized protests against UN report 🙂

    In the capital Colombo, government supporters carried placards criticising senior UN figures.

    The report, released last week, said shelling by government forces killed tens of thousands of civilians.

    The Sri Lankan government has rejected the report.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13256015

  611. What really motivates the Govt is pressure from the International Community in the form of strictures and sanctions.

    That is why the UN report has stirred up such a hornets nest.

    The response of the Govt bordering on Hooliganism and Mass protest by hijacking Workers Day, Name Calling and Insults is typical of this regime and the level at which they operate.

  612. The worst terrorism the Tamils faced in Sri Lanka is the STATE SPONSORED terrorism !!!

  613. Mango wrote
    May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for the URL. It shows lots of dead bodies of LTTE casualties. That’s the SLA job; to destroy the armed elements of the LTTE. Please explain how LTTE combat dead have miraculously transformed into ‘war crimes’?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/38006479@N08/sets/72157625216200628/
    —————————

    The casualties ?

    What a joke !!! 🙂

    All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009.

    They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!

    The Sri Lanka Armed Forces so called “Brave soldiers ” heroically butchered unarmed prisoners with their hands tied in the back.

    One of those surrounded and slaughtered was a Tamil NGO

    C. Sivalingam Suhunan, alias Thilak, the executive director of TECH (The Economic Consultancy House), the flagship development NGO was killed by Sri Lanka Army

    Mr. Suhunan had phoned his family last on 18 May, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. local time, informing that he was among a group of persons in civil clothes, going into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled territory in Mullaiththeevu.

    Sri Lanka Army killed him and the photo of his dead body recently come to light thanks to some brave SLA soldiers who is disgusted by this inhuman cruelty

    ——————-

    Another so – called casualty was Colonel Ramesh you can see in these photos

    He trusted the Pathological Liar Rajapaksa.

    He surrounded too and brutally tortured later executed

    The barbaric treatment of the prisoners in Sri Lanka Army custody is a WAR CRIME !!!

  614. @Thampapillai:
    For a brief moment, I thought you possessed a few brain cells. I was mistaken.
    Your inability and unwillingness to even acknowledge the LTTE's innumerable war crimes, whilst simultaneously pressing for Sri Lanka to apologise is typical of the Eelamish mindset. And you want 'justice'? 🙂 🙂

    Oh, Osama and VP were both terrorists. If you want to keep believing that VP's a freedom fighter, good luck. Don't forget to ask these Eelam-morons to ask Obama how Osama was disposed of! http://www.tamilsforobama.com/

    Tell me, whom did VP free, in his long and failed struggle as a 'freedom fighter'?

    Just like SL with Fatty Prabha, the US got rid of OBL's body by burial at sea. So, both VP and OBL are helping to feed the oceans.

    May is a lucky month for Sri Lanka. On 2nd May, OBL finally meets a deserved end. On 19th May, VP finally met his deserved end. Mahinda probably can't believe his luck! His astrologer will be on a big bonus this month.

  615. @Thampapillai:
    For a brief moment, I thought you possessed a few brain cells. I was mistaken.
    Your inability and unwillingness to even acknowledge the LTTE's innumerable war crimes, whilst simultaneously pressing for Sri Lanka to apologise is typical of the Eelamish mindset. And you want 'justice'? 🙂 🙂

    Oh, Osama and VP were both terrorists. If you want to keep believing that VP's a freedom fighter, good luck. Don't forget to ask these Eelam-morons to ask Obama how Osama was disposed of! http://www.tamilsforobama.com/

    Tell me, whom did VP free, in his long and failed struggle as a 'freedom fighter'?

    Just like SL with Fatty Prabha, the US got rid of OBL's body by burial at sea. So, both VP and OBL are helping to feed the oceans.

    May is a lucky month for Sri Lanka. On 2nd May, OBL finally meets a deserved end. On 19th May, VP finally met his deserved end. Mahinda probably can't believe his luck! His astrologer will be on a big bonus this month.

  616. In Sri Lanka land grabbing has been done by ”Mass displacement of minorities,” forced Removal of Tamils from Tamil areas, and their replacement with Singhalese settlers. The government has used security zone to effect forced removals.

  617. Mahinda is making May Day a bloody chauvinist campaign day

    We are happy to see that this May Day has become a day to challenge and counter the oppression of Mahinda regime. Many strong trade unions have come together, to challenge the chauvinist pro global capitalist government. They hope to march to Hyde Park and show their opposition to the repressive policies of the government. The Government is simply implementing IMF dictates. Salaries are cut while taxes have increased. Under the pretext of giving a pension to the private sector, the government is planning to rob from EPF and ETF accumulations. While people are thrown out from urban houses land is given to foreign plunderers. People are driven away from their traditional land and made destitute. Even after two years Tamil people are still displaced and living in entire misery. Emergency powers are used, to keep large number of Political prisoners. Many of them are not allowed even to see their kith and kin. Without knowing what happened to the disappeared not even religious rites could be completed. In certain areas even tradition and culture of the people has become a prohibited subject. Autonomy for Tamil homeland is still a dream.

  618. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    Thank you Mahesh for proving me right !!!
    Your following post confirms that you are an Idiot with very low IQ.


    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it’s true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

    Since you have written the above, I don't see a reason why you cannot read English, but, when you cannot understand the following sentence, You just proved you are an Idiot !!

    Let me re-quote..

    BTW, I will protect my President whoever it is and also criticizes him when needed… this is because I love my country and not any individual… But, I will not lie to protect an individual.. I will join to get rid of such person and elect a new.

    Please ask your English speaking neighbour to explain it to you… !

  619. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What exactly is this ‘mechanism’ you speak of? The people I know who’ve had their homes and other possessions forcibly taken from them by government forces sure would like to know this ‘mechanism’. Enlighten me.

    Machan !! Where were you to fight for this Innocent Tamil People when the LTTE went on a rampage ceasing their Vehicles and Getting their houses to build bunkers and fix Arti Guns??

    Now, You say that Daya is paid by Mahinda to keep shut or talk for him… Were U paid by the LTTE to keep Shut when LTTE were forcefully taking Tamil people's property??

  620. Rip Van Winkle

    Your slandering on flimsy grounds is unacceptable !!

  621. @Thampapillai:
    “All these so called “casualties” were people who surrounded to the Sri Lanka Army on 18 may 2009. They were brutally tortured and executed which is a war crime !!”

    Ummmm… all of the LTTE dead are combat deaths. If any were shot after surrendering, then it is a heinous crime deserving the immediate attention of the global justice system. No stone must be left unturned to find and punish the SLA perpetrators of these inhuman barbaric acts against peace-loving LTTE cadres, who were only engaged in their lawful tasks of cultivating flowers, onions and chillies for Eelam.

    When the LTTE captured and destroyed Mullaitivu base, the LTTE herded the surrendered SLA survivors, doused them in petrol and burned them alive.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_%281996%29#cite_note-SR-0

    So spare me the histrionics about war crimes.

    ‘Col’ Ramesh — a senior LTTE commander from the East, responsible for the deaths of thousands, obviously attained Eelam earlier than he wanted. He was also in charge of executing returned ex-Karuna cadres. I reckon he got his just desserts. Good.

    As for Suhunan, he should’ve surrendered a bit earlier, before the LTTE tried to break through, pretending to be civilians. It’s too late to start crying now.

    So Thampapillai, as fellow Sri Lankans, let’s start our little ‘re-conciliation’ project here on the AI.

    I’ll help you with SLA ‘war crimes’ and you can help identifying LTTE ‘war crimes’. You can start by helping to identify the real civilians from LTTE members, in this photo. http://tinyurl.com/3ld4as3

  622. Mango

    Which Military Academies are teaching to tie prisoners hands and torture, killed them after they surrender?

    The Sri Lanka Military Academy should produce the discipline soldiers not baby rapists and barbaric butchers

  623. Rajapaksas want to label the UN Report as a Tiger construct and use it to whip up patriotic hysteria in the South.

    What better way to make the Sinhalese forget the rising cost-of-living?

    What better method to divert the attention of the workers from the regime’s private sector pension plan which takes far more from the workers (financially) than it gives?

    What better smokescreen to hide the continued attack on anti-regime media?

    In short, what better mode than an anti- UN report patriotic yathra, to advance the domestic political agenda of the Rajapaksa Regime?

  624. I hope Jim & AI will warn the US population against 'triumphalism' at news of OBL's mysterious death.

    Here's UNSecGen Ban Ki Moon in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDG-QK8RA4c

    ".. want to warn against the risk of triumphalism…"

    Where's the UNSecGen today? Tucking into a delicious bowl of kimchi or about to lecture the US about the dangers of triumphalism?

    This looks suspiciously like triumphalism to me 🙂 🙂
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI8EUqbWdM

    Eelamists, what do you think?

  625. Thampapillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 8:30 am

    The difference is

    VP is a Valiant Freedom Fighter 🙂

    Osama is a Terrorist !!!!!!!!!

    Don't fart too loud – Your Teeth might Fall out – LOL !!

    1. How many Tamils did Retarded Prabha Kill and How many Muslims did Bin Laden Kill??
    2. Whom did Bin Laden fight against and whom did Retarded Prabha fight against ?
    3. What was the cause of the fight?
    4. Who had more impact on the world?
    5. Who had more support? How many Muslims in the world supported Osama and how many tamils of the world support Retarded Prabha?

    I am beginning to have new respect for Osama…

  626. Mango

    How can we start little ‘re-conciliation’ project here on the AI , if you ignore the Tamil’s cry for Justice and Accountability ?

  627. For sri lanka to return to normal, all citizens must be enabled to live without fear.

    The Emergency snd the PTA should be removed,the Rule of Law enforced.

    The country must totally revert to civilian rather than military administration.

    The UN Panel’s Report should follow the normal course in the UN system.

  628. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Perhaps you should complain to the rajapaksa government and the LTTE for not stopping the fighting so that the people could count how many people died.

    They witnessed masses of innocent Tamils being killed by the government forces when they intentionally targeted them with not just guns but heavy weaponry like artillery as well.

    So I apologise on behalf of my sources for not counting the dead instead of trying to save themselves. Use some logic.

    The link doesn't work.

    My logic is that Kadirgamar was not innocent and therefore should have been forced to step down from his position in the government.

  629. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:51 am

    What a joke. I want you to quote where I said those things.

    Why lie? Have some dignity.

    But hey, I guess it makes sense since I'm yet to meet someone who supports mahinda who isn't a Sinhalese racist or isn't a liar, crook, thief or a cheat.

  630. @ Thampapillai:

    Which Military Academies are teaching to tie prisoners hands and torture, killed them after they surrender?
    None, I’m aware of. Perhaps they saw what the LTTE had done and copied them?

    Where do you think LTTE cadres were taught to burn prisoners alive? During chats on the Mullaitivu beach, at Prabha’s feet?

    “How can we start little ‘re-conciliation’ project here on the AI , if you ignore the Tamil’s cry for Justice and Accountability ?”

    Before justice and accountability must come the acknowledgement of crimes and errors. Why are you only concerned about Tamil’s cry for justice? Don’t all Sri Lankans deserve justice?

    Feel free to join me in a journey of discovery into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka. I’m ready when you are.

  631. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:51 am

    What a joke. I want you to quote where I said those things.

    Why don't you go back and read your own posts – Also, tell your English speaking neighbour to explain to yourself what you have written and thou shall be enlightened… !

  632. URGENT – War Crime Alert!

    Why wasn’t Bin Laden captured to stand trial for his many terrorist attacks and crimes?

    Tamil circles will be appalled that Osama was simply shot in the head, along with one of his sons, in a dusty town in Pakistan. The US forces also mercilessly shot a woman used by Bin Laden as a human shield.

    To battle, brave human rights warriors. Demand accountability and a full UN investigation, NOW!

    Jim! Don’t fail us in this hour!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

    http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/bin-laden’s-death-a-war-crime-immediate-un-investigation-demanded/

  633. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:59 am

    LOL – Sorry – It's not my post – being me, I just had to reply to some of the stuff…. LOL !!

    They witnessed masses of innocent Tamils being killed by the government forces when they intentionally targeted them with not just guns but heavy weaponry like artillery as well.

    Machan – Didn't any of your so called sources (who actually don't know stuff as proven before) see LTTE killing civilians who try to flee???? Will they remember even after seeing the video posted above my Mango about a suicide bomber killing those who fled the LTTE or will they need to bump their heads on a Sponge Bob to remember them???

    OK – this is the LOL moment !!

    My logic is that Kadirgamar was not innocent and therefore should have been forced to step down from his position in the government.

    LOL – U failed your logic big time – LOL !!

    Was Prabha innocent to hold his post?? LOL
    You yourself said that Neelan T was a good man and should not have been killed. So, If your LOGIC is right, why did not Prabha step down from LTTE leadership ?? LOL !!

    Fact – Lakshman K was a well respected politician world over. Retarded Prabha well known Terrorist world over.

    Why ???? Who should have stepped down?? U want to go against the will of the world to have LK step down and Prabha made king ??? Go wash your rectum.. your brains are drying up – LOL !!!!!

    common – what a joke !!!!

  634. I hope Jim & AI will warn the US population against 'triumphalism' at news of OBL's mysterious death.

    Here's UNSecGen Ban Ki Moon in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDG-QK8RA4c

    ".. want to warn against the risk of triumphalism…"

    Where's the UNSecGen today? Tucking into a delicious bowl of kimchi or about to lecture the US about the dangers of triumphalism?

    This looks suspiciously like triumphalism to me 🙂 🙂
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI8EUqbWdM

    Eelamists, what do you think?

  635. I hope Jim & AI will warn the US population against 'triumphalism' at news of OBL's mysterious death.

    Here's UNSecGen Ban Ki Moon in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDG-QK8RA4c

    ".. want to warn against the risk of triumphalism…"

    Where's the UNSecGen today? Tucking into a delicious bowl of kimchi or about to lecture the US about the dangers of triumphalism?

    This looks suspiciously like triumphalism to me 🙂 🙂
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI8EUqbWdM

    Eelamists, what do you think?

  636. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Rip Van Winkle

    Common …be more civilized

    Your insults are not funny !

    Insults could never be funny for the person who gets insulted – Obviously – I have been in that situation my self several times and it was not funny – But, for others – it was and that's what the posts are meant to be…

    Civilized – U support a Terrorist group that killed the very people whom they claimed to represent and U tell me to be civilized ?? LOL !

    Oh – BTW, Found a new Name !!!

    Ariyajokerwarthi

    Funny da?? LOL !!!!!!

  637. Mango wrote
    May 2nd, 2011 at 7:02 am

    ????????????

    Going on a journey discovery with you
    .
    What journey of discovery ?

    Is this a gay talk ?

    You seems to want to fluff every Tamil you meet !

  638. The difference is

    VP is a Valiant Freedom Fighter 🙂

    Osama is a Terrorist !!!!!!!!!

  639. What really motivates the Govt is pressure from the International Community in the form of strictures and sanctions.

    That is why the UN report has stirred up such a hornets nest.

    The response of the Govt bordering on Hooliganism and Mass protest by hijacking Workers Day, Name Calling and Insults is typical of this regime and the level at which they operate.

  640. The worst terrorism the Tamils faced in Sri Lanka is the STATE SPONSORED terrorism !!!

  641. @Thampapillai:
    For a brief moment, I thought you possessed a few brain cells. I was mistaken.
    Your inability and unwillingness to even acknowledge the LTTE’s innumerable war crimes, whilst simultaneously pressing for Sri Lanka to apologise is typical of the Eelamish mindset. And you want ‘justice’? 🙂 🙂

    Oh, Osama and VP were both terrorists. If you want to keep believing that VP’s a freedom fighter, good luck. Don’t forget to ask these Eelam-morons to ask Obama how Osama was disposed of!
    http://www.tamilsforobama.com/

    Tell me, whom did VP free, in his long and failed struggle as a ‘freedom fighter’?

    Just like SL with Fatty Prabha, the US got rid of OBL’s body by burial at sea. So, both VP and OBL are helping to feed the oceans.

    May is a lucky month for Sri Lanka. On 2nd May, OBL finally meets a deserved end. On 19th May, VP finally met his deserved end. Mahinda probably can’t believe his luck! His astrologer will be on a big bonus this month.

  642. In Sri Lanka land grabbing has been done by ”Mass displacement of minorities,” forced Removal of Tamils from Tamil areas, and their replacement with Singhalese settlers. The government has used security zone to effect forced removals.

  643. Mahinda is making May Day a bloody chauvinist campaign day

    We are happy to see that this May Day has become a day to challenge and counter the oppression of Mahinda regime. Many strong trade unions have come together, to challenge the chauvinist pro global capitalist government. They hope to march to Hyde Park and show their opposition to the repressive policies of the government. The Government is simply implementing IMF dictates. Salaries are cut while taxes have increased. Under the pretext of giving a pension to the private sector, the government is planning to rob from EPF and ETF accumulations. While people are thrown out from urban houses land is given to foreign plunderers. People are driven away from their traditional land and made destitute. Even after two years Tamil people are still displaced and living in entire misery. Emergency powers are used, to keep large number of Political prisoners. Many of them are not allowed even to see their kith and kin. Without knowing what happened to the disappeared not even religious rites could be completed. In certain areas even tradition and culture of the people has become a prohibited subject. Autonomy for Tamil homeland is still a dream.

  644. Mahesh Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    Thank you Mahesh for proving me right !!!
    Your following post confirms that you are an Idiot with very low IQ.


    And to think I thought you were one of those few remaining Sinhalese people who were capable of thinking and analysing things logically and rationally.

    I guess I was wrong.

    I guess it’s true what they say. Arguing with a mahinda supporter is like arguing with a brick wall.

    Since you have written the above, I don’t see a reason why you cannot read English, but, when you cannot understand the following sentence, You just proved you are an Idiot !!

    Let me re-quote..

    BTW, I will protect my President whoever it is and also criticizes him when needed… this is because I love my country and not any individual… But, I will not lie to protect an individual.. I will join to get rid of such person and elect a new.

    Please ask your English speaking neighbour to explain it to you… !

  645. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What exactly is this ‘mechanism’ you speak of? The people I know who’ve had their homes and other possessions forcibly taken from them by government forces sure would like to know this ‘mechanism’. Enlighten me.

    Machan !! Where were you to fight for this Innocent Tamil People when the LTTE went on a rampage ceasing their Vehicles and Getting their houses to build bunkers and fix Arti Guns??

    Now, You say that Daya is paid by Mahinda to keep shut or talk for him… Were U paid by the LTTE to keep Shut when LTTE were forcefully taking Tamil people’s property??

  646. All srilankans and interested parties are happy about the end of the war, but the SL Gvt also killed thousands of civilians, the war victory was not tactical, they destroyed a large area believing at least one LTTE will die with 25 civilians.

    This was the strategy, they were successful at the cost of the Tamil people itself. Now they have to face the results, two wrongs will not make a right, two years have passed after LTTE is gone, defence expenses has increased, security for all politicians have increased, Tamils still live behind barbed wires, lack of food, no freedom of movement, harassed, raped, robbed, disappeared, killed, tortured everyday.

    Now Tamil land is stolen and Singhalese are settled there, the Sri Lanka govt should face war crime tribunal.

    This govt will not bring a political settlement for the Tamils, this has been the worst govt of all times.

    Srilankans are so godayas they don’t know what’s happening.

    In the outside world, every one thinks like weerawansa.

  647. Rajapaksa failure to work towards an honest and dignified solution to this conflict at the conclusion of the war, and this laughable attempt at merely pinning all blame on everything from “Tamil racists” to foreign conspiracies to invading space aliens seeking intimate relations with southern Sri Lankans, is the reason for Sri Lanka utterly undignified position in the world today – including of war crimes probes.

    A few honourable steps to address the root causes of this war would have gone a long way towards the future of Sri Lanka – in the name of humanity, if nothing else.

    Instead, many keep on defending the indefensible, against imagined demons, when the real demons – walk freely amongst us.

    When would be a convenient time to speak up against them?

  648. Thampapillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 8:30 am

    The difference is

    VP is a Valiant Freedom Fighter 🙂

    Osama is a Terrorist !!!!!!!!!

    Don’t fart too loud – Your Teeth might Fall out – LOL !!

    1. How many Tamils did Retarded Prabha Kill and How many Muslims did Bin Laden Kill??
    2. Whom did Bin Laden fight against and whom did Retarded Prabha fight against ?
    3. What was the cause of the fight?
    4. Who had more impact on the world?
    5. Who had more support? How many Muslims in the world supported Osama and how many tamils of the world support Retarded Prabha?

    I am beginning to have new respect for Osama…

  649. Ranjan Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:07 am

    All srilankans and interested parties are happy about the end of the war, but the SL Gvt also killed thousands of civilians, the war victory was not tactical, they destroyed a large area believing at least one LTTE will die with 25 civilians.

    U mean LTTE used 25 civilians as a shield to cover 1 LTTE carder ?
    Interesting concept….

  650. @Mango, Namaste.

    I received responses from my sources and they tell me that they know where the concentration camps are yet they cannot pinpoint them on Google Maps/Wikimapia.

    As for the torture camps, all but 2 of my sources know of the general locations of the torture camps but are unsure if they exist any more.

    @Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 10:37 am

    Namaste.

    Tell me, how do you know whether I ‘kept shut’ or not about LTTE atrocities? Do you know me personally? If not, how can you jump to such a conclusion?

    At every point when the LTTE killed innocents I spoke out against them.

    I’m not surprised that you accuse me of ‘being paid by the LTTE’, it’s a common response by Sinhalese racists to anyone who speaks ill of the Sinhalese or mahinda.

    One of the things I’ve learned from debating countless Sinhalese racists such as yourself is the ability to predict exactly how they will respond to anything that speaks ill of Sinhalese or mahinda even if it’s backed by solid proof.

    So that’s a good thing and a bad thing I guess.

  651. Krishna Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 10:02 am

    In Sri Lanka land grabbing has been done by ”Mass displacement of minorities,” forced Removal of Tamils from Tamil areas, and their replacement with Singhalese settlers. The government has used security zone to effect forced removals.

    Krishna – were U meditating and on a trip to Uranus when the LTTE Retards chased away the Muslims and the Sinhalees from these areas in the 80’s and the 90’s???
    Why Cry now? Don’t those who were chased out has a right to go to their Homelands since the retarded is gone???

  652. Rajasingham Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 9:12 am

    The worst terrorism the Tamils faced in Sri Lanka is the STATE SPONSORED terrorism !!!

    State of Eelam???

    Wake up – no more Eelam, No more terrorism… Retarded Prabha Walapalle – dead and gone..

  653. Uthungan Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:00 am

    Rip Van Winkle

    Your slandering on flimsy grounds is unacceptable !!</b<

    Your Brilliant posts on Firm Grounds are Quite Acceptable..

    See Above posts by Ariya..

    1. LTTE Killed, but less than Government which is Acceptable
    2. Killing of Lankshman K is Acceptable
    3. LTTE using civilians as Shields Acceptable
    4.
    Some LTTE carders Shot fleeing civilians but not all which is Acceptable
    5. LTTE Taking civilian Lands, Houses, Vehicles Acceptable

    The List is never ending….

    Of course – Thank you for posting and sorry for the inconvenience caused by my posts !!

  654. Mango Says:
    May 1st, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Perhaps you should complain to the rajapaksa government and the LTTE for not stopping the fighting so that the people could count how many people died.

    They witnessed masses of innocent Tamils being killed by the government forces when they intentionally targeted them with not just guns but heavy weaponry like artillery as well.

    So I apologise on behalf of my sources for not counting the dead instead of trying to save themselves. Use some logic.

    The link doesn’t work.

    My logic is that Kadirgamar was not innocent and therefore should have been forced to step down from his position in the government.

  655. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:51 am

    What a joke. I want you to quote where I said those things.

    Why lie? Have some dignity.

    But hey, I guess it makes sense since I’m yet to meet someone who supports mahinda who isn’t a Sinhalese racist or isn’t a liar, crook, thief or a cheat.

  656. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 am

    I received responses from my sources and they tell me that they know where the concentration camps are yet they cannot pinpoint them on Google Maps/Wikimapia.

    Dude – Tell your sources to shove it up their @$$… At least now realize that your sources are Pathetic Liars…… Stop the crap at least now !!

    As for the torture camps, all but 2 of my sources know of the general locations of the torture camps but are unsure if they exist any more.

    If they are unsure, which obviously means you are clueless, you should not be posting such pathetic statements in a public Forum.. common…. Don’t you have common sense??? Why post articles if you are not sure of – If I am not sure of something, I would mention it saying ‘i am not sure, but, this is what I heard, please double check and educate me’ – You would have seen several such comments made by on various posts of AI.

    Tell me, how do you know whether I ‘kept shut’ or not about LTTE atrocities? Do you know me personally? If not, how can you jump to such a conclusion?

    Because I have never seen a post from a Ariyachakrawarthi condemning any of the atrocities carried out by the LTTE – OK, here is the chance. Please tell me a few instances you have done so to educate us… I will apologize + take back my words..

    At every point when the LTTE killed innocents I spoke out against them. When ?? Where?? Is it like saying Lakshman K’s killing was OK???

    I’m not surprised that you accuse me of ‘being paid by the LTTE’, it’s a common response by Sinhalese racists to anyone who speaks ill of the Sinhalese or mahinda.

    So, should I say that when you guys call me a Paid Man of Mahinda, you guys are Racists your selves?????? Again I have to say, Read what I have written right. What I have said is, if you call me a Paid Agent of Mahinda, So are you of LTTE…. I feel sorry for you of you cannot fathom it out..

    One of the things I’ve learned from debating countless Sinhalese racists such as yourself is the ability to predict exactly how they will respond to anything that speaks ill of Sinhalese or mahinda even if it’s backed by solid proof.

    So, you tend to be debating a lot with your Sinhalees friends about Mahinda Mama ?? Also, a Singhala Racist will not talk on behalf of Tamils or Muslims noh?? See all my above posts – I have spoken on behalf of Tamils – Does that mean that I am a Tamil Racist in your own terms???

    Due – I never got any Solid proof from you – look up the same post – you say that you cannot Pin point locations and nor can your valuable sources, and you tell me that you show Solid proof – How Stupid can you get to have contradicting statements in the same bloody post ????

    Get up from that chair you are resting your head on – looks like your brains cannot take this any more……

  657. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:51 am

    What a joke. I want you to quote where I said those things.

    Why don’t you go back and read your own posts – Also, tell your English speaking neighbour to explain to yourself what you have written and thou shall be enlightened… !

  658. Aryacakravarti

    There is interesting news on www dot uktamilnews dot com

    Please put . instead of word dot

  659. Rip Van Winkle

    Common …be more civilized

    Your insults are not funny !

  660. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 11:59 am

    LOL – Sorry – It’s not my post – being me, I just had to reply to some of the stuff…. LOL !!

    They witnessed masses of innocent Tamils being killed by the government forces when they intentionally targeted them with not just guns but heavy weaponry like artillery as well.

    Machan – Didn’t any of your so called sources (who actually don’t know stuff as proven before) see LTTE killing civilians who try to flee???? Will they remember even after seeing the video posted above my Mango about a suicide bomber killing those who fled the LTTE or will they need to bump their heads on a Sponge Bob to remember them???

    OK – this is the LOL moment !!

    My logic is that Kadirgamar was not innocent and therefore should have been forced to step down from his position in the government.

    LOL – U failed your logic big time – LOL !!

    Was Prabha innocent to hold his post?? LOL
    You yourself said that Neelan T was a good man and should not have been killed. So, If your LOGIC is right, why did not Prabha step down from LTTE leadership ?? LOL !!

    Fact – Lakshman K was a well respected politician world over. Retarded Prabha well known Terrorist world over.

    Why ???? Who should have stepped down?? U want to go against the will of the world to have LK step down and Prabha made king ??? Go wash your rectum.. your brains are drying up – LOL !!!!!

    common – what a joke !!!!

  661. I hope Jim & AI will warn the US population against ‘triumphalism’ at news of OBL’s mysterious death.

    Here’s UNSecGen Ban Ki Moon in 2009:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDG-QK8RA4c

    “.. want to warn against the risk of triumphalism…”

    Where’s the UNSecGen today? Tucking into a delicious bowl of kimchi or about to lecture the US about the dangers of triumphalism?

    This looks suspiciously like triumphalism to me 🙂 🙂

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI8EUqbWdM

    Eelamists, what do you think?

  662. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Rip Van Winkle

    Common …be more civilized

    Your insults are not funny !

    Insults could never be funny for the person who gets insulted – Obviously – I have been in that situation my self several times and it was not funny – But, for others – it was and that’s what the posts are meant to be…

    Civilized – U support a Terrorist group that killed the very people whom they claimed to represent and U tell me to be civilized ?? LOL !

    Oh – BTW, Found a new Name !!!

    Ariyajokerwarthi

    Funny da?? LOL !!!!!!

  663. Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    Pathetic liars eh? Haha. Think of them what you want to.

    They are unsure as they no longer live in Sri Lanka. They left as soon as they got out of the concentration camps.

    Instances of me condemning the LTTE’s atrocities:

    “The LTTE killing innocents is wrong as well, which is why we need an independent investigation into all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka and those responsible, regardless of whether the war crimes were committed by the government forces or the LTTE, prosecuted and brought to justice.

    Innocents being killed is unacceptable.”

    “I’m not trying to justify the killings by the LTTE, not at all. I’m against killing any innocent, no matter if they are Tamil or Sinhalese (I’m part Sinhalese myself btw ). I want an independent investigation carried out on all the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka, both by the LTTE and government forces and I want those responsible to be prosecuted and brought to justice.”

    If you had read my posts, I wouldn’t need to post them.

    Like I asked you before, I want you to quote where I said Kadirgamar being killed is alright.

    How do you expect them to pinpoint it on Google Maps or Wikimapia when the zoom only goes so far? You do realise that most of these concentration camps were nothing more than tents and the like of which some no longer exist (since the people in these camps were moved to other camps)?

    Neither me or my sources couldn’t care less whether you think we’re lying or not. I know what they went through and the UN agrees with their accounts for the most part as well.

    We only want those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka to be prosecuted and brought to justice and for Tamils to be given freedom, democracy and equality.

    Rip Van Winkle ! Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    The burden of proof is on you.

  664. Mango

    The triumphalism because only OBL was killed and not 40 000 innocent people !!

  665. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Aryacakravarti

    There is interesting news on www dot uktamilnews dot com

    Please put . instead of word dot

    LOL Again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks guys….. I am surely going to have a good night’s sleep today – At least if I die tomorrow, I will die a Happy man with a smile on my face – LOL !!

    Why the hell can’t you post the link it self ?? Put . instead of Dot – LOL !!!!

    Jesus Christ – You Eelamists Rocks !!!!!! Hats of to you guys !! You would have done much better and become world famous Clowns of Circuses of you had chosen that path over Terrorism… !! I am serious Man… Not even Navjot Sing Sidhu can make me laugh this much…. LOL !!

    Also, these sites indeed provides very interesting news all the time… ZGiid it brings you the Joy of a little kid when spoken of Santa Clause…. You remind me of a little girl who is waiting for a frog to appear on the door step to kiss so that it will turn to a handsome Prince…. LOL !!!

    Kiss the frog My Friends Kiss the Frog of . Dot com – LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  666. Rip Van Winkle

    Why so much giggling ?

    ???????????

    What are you smoking?

  667. Aryacakravarti Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    OK – Last one for the day Machan !!

    They are unsure as they no longer live in Sri Lanka. They left as soon as they got out of the concentration camps.

    Went in the Sun Sea ??? LOL
    Machan – the last time I was in Switzerland was 5 years back – You tell me today to point a location in Bern and I will… If one can’t do it, they are retarded (Medically proven) – Hence, cannot take their words as true !!

    Also, there is a huge difference between making a statement and Condemning – usually, condemning is STRONG !!! No ‘as wells’ and ‘Buts’ and Maybe’s (Now don’t go looking for Maybe’s in your statements – it is a figure of speech)

    What I mean is…mmmm.. ex.. Condemn Adela Balasingham for Hanging Cyanide capsules around the necks of innocent Tamil school girls and Handing them guns…. Pressure Amnesty to take her to HR courts.. Now that is Weda Karaya !!

    Not a Lantharas post which has no power in it… Then it becomes a statement.. Like Ranil’s speeches… See Sajith – Mara Powerful speeches..

    If camps no longer exists, why lie about them?? If other camps exist, where r they?? If you don’t know, how can your sources who got on to the Sun Sea know whether such “Other Camps” exist??? – Baseless no machan – this is what they say not to tell a lie, cause to cover that lie, you will have to say another 1000 lies… You are doing it perfectly !! Excellent – Only issue is Athe Mattu (getting caught)

    Actually, I don’t care whether you lie or they lie either – I only want the UN to know that U R lying.. That’s all… Also, if you want UN to act on your lies, you will have to come up with better words than Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide – UN doesn’t take note of you because your lies are a bit beyond believability.

    Anyways.. Good night – almost 11.30 in the night noh??

  668. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Rip Van Winkle

    Why so much giggling ?

    ???????????

    What are you smoking?

    LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OK – this is never ending…

    LOL stands out for i.e LOL = Laugh Out Loud

    Not for Giggling – Anyways, i don’t expect a . Dot Com guy to know that – LOL ..

    Machan – go sleep without getting more ridiculed…! Don’t show your colours to the world… LOL !

  669. @Aryacakravarti: There’s no rush. When you have the info publish it here and send it to semi-reputable outfit like AI who’d love to have that info. I’m quite certain that the LTTE torture camps were demolished after capture, like VP’s house was demolished to prevent them being tourist sites. You know how ghoulish Sri Lankans are!

    “Perhaps you should complain to the rajapaksa government and the LTTE for not stopping the fighting so that the people could count how many people died.”

    You know and I know that there wasn’t a snowflake’s chance in hell of stopping the fighting until the LTTE and its leaders were completely wiped out. Let’s be honest and adult about this and not resort to childish obfuscation.

    I think the SLA did the best job under the circumstances. The GoSL was callous as was the LTTE and previous SL govts have been as callous in dealing with Sinhalese terrorism – remember the 2nd JVP insurgency? More civilians could’ve have been saved. But it could have been a lot worse, and time was of the essence (time was on the side of the LTTE) and it had to be done quickly. The longer it went on, the more civilians would have been killed and injured anyway. These are self-evident truths.

    Things are not great, but it’ll get better in the North & the East.

    If you make claims about 100s, 1000s and 10,000s being killed per day/second/hour, then be prepared to provide answers. And not of the ‘my aunty’s friend saw the whole thing’ variety.

    “…innocent Tamils being killed by the government forces when they intentionally targeted them with not just guns but heavy weaponry like artillery as well.”

    Here you’ll have to prove intention. The LTTE was intermingled amongst the civilians, often dressed in civvies and firing at the SLA. This famous LTTE combat video (captured by the SLA) shows exactly how things panned out in the last weeks inside the NFZ. The LTTE are mainly in civvies, being cruel to dogs and ordinary civilians digging defences.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2T1FiwRmQo

    Why is it that civilian deaths climbed alarmingly only after the LTTE retreated? The Eastern campaign was (mercifully) low on civilian deaths. We both know the answer and that it due to the LTTE’s cruel strategy of surrounding themselves with civilians, hoping to bring on a ceasefire.

    “My logic is that Kadirgamar was not innocent and therefore should have been forced to step down from his position in the government.”

    Fine. Then it follows that you approved of his assassination, right? He knew that he was an LTTE target.

  670. My dear Eelamish friend, Sivarampillai , you really need to do bit more study and research. Why only 40,000? I thought you were claiming 160,000? Has the Eelam body count inflation rate dropped suddenly?

    “The triumphalism because only OBL was killed and not 40 000 innocent people !!

    The post 9/11 invasion of Iraq caused over 200,000 dead Iraqi civilians and Iraq War 1, almost 1 million dead Iraqi civilians. Your Western masters’ war-making is far more expensive (in civilian lives) than Sri Lanka’s.

    Count the bodies here: http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/sri-lanka-can-never-beat-the-west/

  671. Good News & Bad News for AI & Eelamists on Ban Ki Moon's Dodgy Dossier.

    The Bad News is that Russia is not pleased about the SecGen's behaviour and under-hand methods. Russia, for dim-bulb Eelamists is veto-wielding UN security council member.

    Q: If the report comes up for discussion at the UN Security Council will Russia use its veto powers?

    Ambassdor Mikhaylov: "…So I hope sober-minded people, including politicians and members of the United Nations Secretariat, and ambassadors will understand that the report cannot be a grounds for any further action. If some forces try to defend or push forward the allegations we will oppose it."

    "To describe the LTTE in the report as a most disciplined nationalist group of Tamils and not a terrorist organization has been recognized by many countries as unacceptable."
    http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/64

    Спасибо (Spa`siba) , Russia.

    The Good News? I lied. There is no good news for you. If you're angry and frustrated, don't kick the cat or shout at your spouse. Just punch yourself in the face.

  672. @Aryacakravarti:

    When you find those secret IDP camps, you can mark them with Google Maps, like they've done here for Osama's Desert Hideout.
    http://tinyurl.com/5rsjtwe

    Don't forget to inform Jim here at AI and he'll get the word out to the UN & international media. Then the SL govt will have to either admit these places exist and millions of people have been murdered (as you claimed) or …not.

    I'm with you on this one. I don't want to see any more secret camps in Sri Lanka. Boosa is enough and must be opened up for inspection.

  673. Good News & Bad News for AI & Eelamists on Ban Ki Moon's Dodgy Dossier.

    The Bad News is that Russia is not pleased about the SecGen's behaviour and under-hand methods. Russia, for dim-bulb Eelamists is veto-wielding UN security council member.

    Q: If the report comes up for discussion at the UN Security Council will Russia use its veto powers?

    Ambassdor Mikhaylov: "…So I hope sober-minded people, including politicians and members of the United Nations Secretariat, and ambassadors will understand that the report cannot be a grounds for any further action. If some forces try to defend or push forward the allegations we will oppose it."

    "To describe the LTTE in the report as a most disciplined nationalist group of Tamils and not a terrorist organization has been recognized by many countries as unacceptable."
    http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/64

    Спасибо (Spa`siba) , Russia.

    The Good News? I lied. There is no good news for you. If you're angry and frustrated, don't kick the cat or shout at your spouse. Just punch yourself in the face.

  674. @Aryacakravarti:

    When you find those secret IDP camps, you can mark them with Google Maps, like they've done here for Osama's Desert Hideout.
    http://tinyurl.com/5rsjtwe

    Don't forget to inform Jim here at AI and he'll get the word out to the UN & international media. Then the SL govt will have to either admit these places exist and millions of people have been murdered (as you claimed) or …not.

    I'm with you on this one. I don't want to see any more secret camps in Sri Lanka. Boosa is enough and must be opened up for inspection.

  675. @Aryacakravarti:

    When you find those secret IDP camps, you can mark them with Google Maps, like they've done here for Osama's Desert Hideout.
    http://tinyurl.com/5rsjtwe

    Don't forget to inform Jim here at AI and he'll get the word out to the UN & international media. Then the SL govt will have to either admit these places exist and millions of people have been murdered (as you claimed) or …not.

    I'm with you on this one. I don't want to see any more secret camps in Sri Lanka. Boosa is enough and must be opened up for inspection.

  676. •1957 B – C Pact between the Sinhalese Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike and Tamil leader SJV Chelvanayakam QC to meet some of the demands of the Tamil people.
    •1958 – The Tamils living in the South are murdered and their property destroyed by Sinhala mob as the police and armed forces stand by – The Next step in Tamil Genocide is taken.
    The B-C Pact unilaterally abrogated by Mr Bandaranaike to pacify the extreme elements among the Sinhalese Buddhists.

    •1959 – Banadaraniake assassinated by Buddhist monk for negotiating with the Tamils.
    1965 D – C Pact – entered into, with another Sinhalese Prime minister Dudley Senanayake and SJV Chelvanayagam was never implemented by the Sinhalese government.
    1969 – Tamils seek redress through the judiciary and the Privy Council in London directs the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka to review the constitutionality of the Official Language Act, since it violated s.29(2) the constitution.
    1971 – The government responds by abolishing appeals to Privy Council. Another non-violent path is closed by the Sinhalese government.

    •1972- The new Republican Constitution was adopted and imposed on the Tamil people without their consent.
    •The only legal safeguard provided by the entrenched section 29(2) of the Soulbury constitution, described by the Privy Council in London that they "represent the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental condition on which inter se they accepted the constitution; and these are therefore unalterable under the constitution", was scrapped.
    •Tamil parties walked out of the constituent assembly. With this, Tamil participation of the democratic process in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) came to an end.
    1973 – Through a process of standardization the government restricts entry of Tamil students to universities and institutions of higher education.
    The Tamil Youth who had hitherto stayed away from politics enter the fray The Thamil Maanavar Peravai (Tamil Students Form) is borne.
    The members of this non violent Tamil Students Forum are arrested and detained without trial by the Sinhala State. The 4th Floor of the Sri Lankan CID becomes a chamber where the Tamil youth are kept incommunicado and tortured.
    1974 – The 4th International Tamil literary conference in Jaffna was violently broken up by the police, where many died and several were injured.
    Every year, the memorials for those died in this massacre are desecrated and demolished methodically, by the Sinhalese Forces stationed in Jaffna, following reconstruction at each anniversary. Tamil youth are driven further and further away from the non violent democratic path.
    25 years denial of legitimate Tamil grievances Discriminatory and oppressive policies of the Sinhala regime Broken promises of successive governments
    Recurrent and state sanctioned mob Violence Use of state armed violence against non-violent protests.
    The Tamil youth loose faith in passive means to win their rights.
    1976 The Tamil Armed Resistance Movement started. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is borne (originally named Tamil New Tigers)
    1976 – All the main Tamil political parties unite as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) under the leadership of SJV Chelvanayakam QC and at their First National Convention declare:
    "The Convention resolves that the restoration and reconstitution of the Free, Sovereign, Secular, Socialist state of Tamil Eelam based on the right of self-determination inherent to every nation has become inevitable in order to safeguard the very existence of the Tamil nation in this country."
    1977 – Historical mandate of the Tamil people
    1977 – The TULF used the Sri Lankan election as a referendum on the 1976 Vaddukkoddai Resolution. The Tamil people gave a clear mandate at the general elections to establish their sovereignty. The manifesto called for:
    "… in the general Election the mandate of the Tamil Nation to establish an independent, sovereign, secular, socialist State of Tamil Eelam that includes all the geographically contiguous areas that have been the traditional homeland of the Tamil-speaking people in the country.
    "The Tamil nation must take the decision to establish its sovereignty in its homeland on the basis of its right to self-determination. The only way to announce this decision to the Sinhalese Government and to the world is to vote for TULF. The Tamil-speaking representatives who get elected through these votes while being members of the National State Assembly of Tamil Eelam which will draft a constitution for the state of Tamil Eelam and establish the independence of Tamil Eelam by bringing that constitution into operation either by peaceful means or by direct action or struggle".

    •Tamil People living outside Tamil Eelam were attacked by organised Sinhala gangs armed with clubs and machetes. Tamil businesses were set alight. The thugs had the backing of the Sinhala state who provided them with voters list to identify Tamils.
    •Thousands of Tamils lost their lives and millions worth of Tamil’s property were looted or destroyed. Yet again, the lives of Tamils living outside Tamil Eelam could not be guaranteed where neighbour turned against neighbour.
    •Tamils who escaped death fled to Tamil Eelam for safety.

    •The Sri Lankan government uses its majority to draw up a constitution (1978) to placate the Sinhalese
    •introduces the clause “ Republic of Sri Lanka is a unitary state” in the constitution.
    •Buddhism is made the state religion
    •Tamil MPs refuse to accept the new constitution which violate the Tamil mandate boycott Sri Lankan parliament.
    •The Sinhala Democracy used to suppress the Democratic will of the Tamils.

    •The murders (of Tamils) are said to have been committed by police either acting without orders or with the connivance of the police'
    – Sir John Foster Q.C., David Astor, Robert Birley, Louis Blom-Cooper, James Fawcett, Dingle Foot & Michael Scott; The London Times 20 September 1977.

    •Civilians injured in an attack by policemen I heard the A.S.P. (Asst. Superintendent of Police) shouting 'shoot them like dogs. It is either they or we'…
    – M.R. Joseph, witness at the Sansoni Commission
    (Sessional Paper No. VII-1980; p 97)

    There is considerable body of evidence that the army kills innocent (Tamil) civilians.'
    – Robert Kilroy-Silk M.P. & Roger Sims J.P., M.P; Report of Visit to Sri Lanka on Behalf of the (UK) Parliamentary Human Rights Group;
    February 1985

    Massacres of Tamils by Sri lanka State Terror from 1956 http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TPHS2B

  677. SINHALESE ACT TO DESTROY TAMIL HISTORY
    •1981 JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY which housed irreplaceable ancient Tamil Palm leaf (Olai) manuscripts and 90,000 Volumes of books, was set ablaze by the Sinhala Armed forces, personally directed by two cabinet ministers – A wanton act of genocidal intent to destroy the history of an ancient people.

    'If any state could virtually declare war against a section of its own people, and do it unashamedly, it happened in Sri Lanka this year. Imagine a rowdy band of reserve policemen being brought all the way from the south to the Tamil capital city of Jaffna, and in the unusual presence in the city of two Cabinet Ministers, setting fire to the biggest cultural possession of the Tamils – the Public Library housing 95,000 volumes, some of them rare manuscripts…'
    Jaffna public library burnt out
    Prof. Virginia A Leary; Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka; Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists (July-August 1981)

    Burning Memories-Jaffna Tamil Library burned by Sri Lankan Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT1RIDL29k

    1983 anti Tamil pogrom
    "Motorists were dragged from their cars to be stoned and beaten with sticks… Others were cut down with knives and axes."
    -London Daily Telegraph 26 July 1983

    "The impact of the communal violence on the Tamils was shattering… The evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to Acts of Genocide."
    – The Review, International Commission of Jurists, December 1983

    'Awareness of their insecurity drove many Tamils, especially in the Colombo area, to abandon their homes and shops, and seek refuge in temples, airport hangers and improvised camps. Estimates of the numbers made homeless range upto 100,000, many in poorly provisioned 'refugee camps.'
    Tamils of Sri Lanka Minority Rights Group Report; September 1983
    The government of India provided ships to repatriate the Tamils to Tamil Eelam and safety.

    Mass evacuation away from Sinhala mob rule and carnage
    Tamil Refugees being taken in an Indian ship disembarking in Jaffna (August 1983).
    The Truth: Tamils can only be safe in an independent Tamil Eelam

    "Witnesses also confirmed allegations made to us that whole (Tamil) villages have been emptied and neighbourhoods have been driven by the army from their homes and occupations… We can say, without doubt, that the Government is driving Tamils from their homes and does intend to settle Sinhalese people in these areas…"
    Robert Kilroy-Silk MP and Roger Sims MP, UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group Report (1985)
    Sinhala colonists and a Buddhist priest with guns This Buddhist Priest, who calls Sri Lanka 'The Sinhala Dheepa' (The Sinhala Island), has publicly exhorted Sinhala people to terrorize Tamil people into fleeing the island.

    Sri Lanka leader Mahinda Rajapakse 'guilty' of war crime http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

  678. US Suspects Sri Lankan President of 2009 Killings http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/WikiLeak

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is? http://www.change.org/petitions/view/srilanka_if_

    As long as the government is successful in covering up the atrocities and mass graves, they can pretend to be happy. But, you can read their faces, they are worried that the truth might come out one day and they may be held responsible for the massacres. Tamils are sad that their sacrifices have gone in vain because the whole world was naive to believe the government and watched in silence the carnage and burial of 50,000 which are still unaccounted for.

  679. •1957 B – C Pact between the Sinhalese Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike and Tamil leader SJV Chelvanayakam QC to meet some of the demands of the Tamil people.
    •1958 – The Tamils living in the South are murdered and their property destroyed by Sinhala mob as the police and armed forces stand by – The Next step in Tamil Genocide is taken.
    The B-C Pact unilaterally abrogated by Mr Bandaranaike to pacify the extreme elements among the Sinhalese Buddhists.

    •1959 – Banadaraniake assassinated by Buddhist monk for negotiating with the Tamils.
    1965 D – C Pact – entered into, with another Sinhalese Prime minister Dudley Senanayake and SJV Chelvanayagam was never implemented by the Sinhalese government.
    1969 – Tamils seek redress through the judiciary and the Privy Council in London directs the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka to review the constitutionality of the Official Language Act, since it violated s.29(2) the constitution.
    1971 – The government responds by abolishing appeals to Privy Council. Another non-violent path is closed by the Sinhalese government.

    •1972- The new Republican Constitution was adopted and imposed on the Tamil people without their consent.
    •The only legal safeguard provided by the entrenched section 29(2) of the Soulbury constitution, described by the Privy Council in London that they "represent the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental condition on which inter se they accepted the constitution; and these are therefore unalterable under the constitution", was scrapped.
    •Tamil parties walked out of the constituent assembly. With this, Tamil participation of the democratic process in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) came to an end.
    1973 – Through a process of standardization the government restricts entry of Tamil students to universities and institutions of higher education.
    The Tamil Youth who had hitherto stayed away from politics enter the fray The Thamil Maanavar Peravai (Tamil Students Form) is borne.
    The members of this non violent Tamil Students Forum are arrested and detained without trial by the Sinhala State. The 4th Floor of the Sri Lankan CID becomes a chamber where the Tamil youth are kept incommunicado and tortured.
    1974 – The 4th International Tamil literary conference in Jaffna was violently broken up by the police, where many died and several were injured.
    Every year, the memorials for those died in this massacre are desecrated and demolished methodically, by the Sinhalese Forces stationed in Jaffna, following reconstruction at each anniversary. Tamil youth are driven further and further away from the non violent democratic path.
    25 years denial of legitimate Tamil grievances Discriminatory and oppressive policies of the Sinhala regime Broken promises of successive governments
    Recurrent and state sanctioned mob Violence Use of state armed violence against non-violent protests.
    The Tamil youth loose faith in passive means to win their rights.
    1976 The Tamil Armed Resistance Movement started. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is borne (originally named Tamil New Tigers)
    1976 – All the main Tamil political parties unite as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) under the leadership of SJV Chelvanayakam QC and at their First National Convention declare:
    "The Convention resolves that the restoration and reconstitution of the Free, Sovereign, Secular, Socialist state of Tamil Eelam based on the right of self-determination inherent to every nation has become inevitable in order to safeguard the very existence of the Tamil nation in this country."
    1977 – Historical mandate of the Tamil people
    1977 – The TULF used the Sri Lankan election as a referendum on the 1976 Vaddukkoddai Resolution. The Tamil people gave a clear mandate at the general elections to establish their sovereignty. The manifesto called for:
    "… in the general Election the mandate of the Tamil Nation to establish an independent, sovereign, secular, socialist State of Tamil Eelam that includes all the geographically contiguous areas that have been the traditional homeland of the Tamil-speaking people in the country.
    "The Tamil nation must take the decision to establish its sovereignty in its homeland on the basis of its right to self-determination. The only way to announce this decision to the Sinhalese Government and to the world is to vote for TULF. The Tamil-speaking representatives who get elected through these votes while being members of the National State Assembly of Tamil Eelam which will draft a constitution for the state of Tamil Eelam and establish the independence of Tamil Eelam by bringing that constitution into operation either by peaceful means or by direct action or struggle".

    •Tamil People living outside Tamil Eelam were attacked by organised Sinhala gangs armed with clubs and machetes. Tamil businesses were set alight. The thugs had the backing of the Sinhala state who provided them with voters list to identify Tamils.
    •Thousands of Tamils lost their lives and millions worth of Tamil’s property were looted or destroyed. Yet again, the lives of Tamils living outside Tamil Eelam could not be guaranteed where neighbour turned against neighbour.
    •Tamils who escaped death fled to Tamil Eelam for safety.

    •The Sri Lankan government uses its majority to draw up a constitution (1978) to placate the Sinhalese
    •introduces the clause “ Republic of Sri Lanka is a unitary state” in the constitution.
    •Buddhism is made the state religion
    •Tamil MPs refuse to accept the new constitution which violate the Tamil mandate boycott Sri Lankan parliament.
    •The Sinhala Democracy used to suppress the Democratic will of the Tamils.

    •The murders (of Tamils) are said to have been committed by police either acting without orders or with the connivance of the police'
    – Sir John Foster Q.C., David Astor, Robert Birley, Louis Blom-Cooper, James Fawcett, Dingle Foot & Michael Scott; The London Times 20 September 1977.

    •Civilians injured in an attack by policemen I heard the A.S.P. (Asst. Superintendent of Police) shouting 'shoot them like dogs. It is either they or we'…
    – M.R. Joseph, witness at the Sansoni Commission
    (Sessional Paper No. VII-1980; p 97)

    There is considerable body of evidence that the army kills innocent (Tamil) civilians.'
    – Robert Kilroy-Silk M.P. & Roger Sims J.P., M.P; Report of Visit to Sri Lanka on Behalf of the (UK) Parliamentary Human Rights Group;
    February 1985

    Massacres of Tamils by Sri lanka State Terror from 1956 http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TPHS2B

  680. •1957 B – C Pact between the Sinhalese Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike and Tamil leader SJV Chelvanayakam QC to meet some of the demands of the Tamil people.
    •1958 – The Tamils living in the South are murdered and their property destroyed by Sinhala mob as the police and armed forces stand by – The Next step in Tamil Genocide is taken.
    The B-C Pact unilaterally abrogated by Mr Bandaranaike to pacify the extreme elements among the Sinhalese Buddhists.

    •1959 – Banadaraniake assassinated by Buddhist monk for negotiating with the Tamils.
    1965 D – C Pact – entered into, with another Sinhalese Prime minister Dudley Senanayake and SJV Chelvanayagam was never implemented by the Sinhalese government.
    1969 – Tamils seek redress through the judiciary and the Privy Council in London directs the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka to review the constitutionality of the Official Language Act, since it violated s.29(2) the constitution.
    1971 – The government responds by abolishing appeals to Privy Council. Another non-violent path is closed by the Sinhalese government.

    •1972- The new Republican Constitution was adopted and imposed on the Tamil people without their consent.
    •The only legal safeguard provided by the entrenched section 29(2) of the Soulbury constitution, described by the Privy Council in London that they "represent the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental condition on which inter se they accepted the constitution; and these are therefore unalterable under the constitution", was scrapped.
    •Tamil parties walked out of the constituent assembly. With this, Tamil participation of the democratic process in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) came to an end.
    1973 – Through a process of standardization the government restricts entry of Tamil students to universities and institutions of higher education.
    The Tamil Youth who had hitherto stayed away from politics enter the fray The Thamil Maanavar Peravai (Tamil Students Form) is borne.
    The members of this non violent Tamil Students Forum are arrested and detained without trial by the Sinhala State. The 4th Floor of the Sri Lankan CID becomes a chamber where the Tamil youth are kept incommunicado and tortured.
    1974 – The 4th International Tamil literary conference in Jaffna was violently broken up by the police, where many died and several were injured.
    Every year, the memorials for those died in this massacre are desecrated and demolished methodically, by the Sinhalese Forces stationed in Jaffna, following reconstruction at each anniversary. Tamil youth are driven further and further away from the non violent democratic path.
    25 years denial of legitimate Tamil grievances Discriminatory and oppressive policies of the Sinhala regime Broken promises of successive governments
    Recurrent and state sanctioned mob Violence Use of state armed violence against non-violent protests.
    The Tamil youth loose faith in passive means to win their rights.
    1976 The Tamil Armed Resistance Movement started. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is borne (originally named Tamil New Tigers)
    1976 – All the main Tamil political parties unite as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) under the leadership of SJV Chelvanayakam QC and at their First National Convention declare:
    "The Convention resolves that the restoration and reconstitution of the Free, Sovereign, Secular, Socialist state of Tamil Eelam based on the right of self-determination inherent to every nation has become inevitable in order to safeguard the very existence of the Tamil nation in this country."
    1977 – Historical mandate of the Tamil people
    1977 – The TULF used the Sri Lankan election as a referendum on the 1976 Vaddukkoddai Resolution. The Tamil people gave a clear mandate at the general elections to establish their sovereignty. The manifesto called for:
    "… in the general Election the mandate of the Tamil Nation to establish an independent, sovereign, secular, socialist State of Tamil Eelam that includes all the geographically contiguous areas that have been the traditional homeland of the Tamil-speaking people in the country.
    "The Tamil nation must take the decision to establish its sovereignty in its homeland on the basis of its right to self-determination. The only way to announce this decision to the Sinhalese Government and to the world is to vote for TULF. The Tamil-speaking representatives who get elected through these votes while being members of the National State Assembly of Tamil Eelam which will draft a constitution for the state of Tamil Eelam and establish the independence of Tamil Eelam by bringing that constitution into operation either by peaceful means or by direct action or struggle".

    •Tamil People living outside Tamil Eelam were attacked by organised Sinhala gangs armed with clubs and machetes. Tamil businesses were set alight. The thugs had the backing of the Sinhala state who provided them with voters list to identify Tamils.
    •Thousands of Tamils lost their lives and millions worth of Tamil’s property were looted or destroyed. Yet again, the lives of Tamils living outside Tamil Eelam could not be guaranteed where neighbour turned against neighbour.
    •Tamils who escaped death fled to Tamil Eelam for safety.

    •The Sri Lankan government uses its majority to draw up a constitution (1978) to placate the Sinhalese
    •introduces the clause “ Republic of Sri Lanka is a unitary state” in the constitution.
    •Buddhism is made the state religion
    •Tamil MPs refuse to accept the new constitution which violate the Tamil mandate boycott Sri Lankan parliament.
    •The Sinhala Democracy used to suppress the Democratic will of the Tamils.

    •The murders (of Tamils) are said to have been committed by police either acting without orders or with the connivance of the police'
    – Sir John Foster Q.C., David Astor, Robert Birley, Louis Blom-Cooper, James Fawcett, Dingle Foot & Michael Scott; The London Times 20 September 1977.

    •Civilians injured in an attack by policemen I heard the A.S.P. (Asst. Superintendent of Police) shouting 'shoot them like dogs. It is either they or we'…
    – M.R. Joseph, witness at the Sansoni Commission
    (Sessional Paper No. VII-1980; p 97)

    There is considerable body of evidence that the army kills innocent (Tamil) civilians.'
    – Robert Kilroy-Silk M.P. & Roger Sims J.P., M.P; Report of Visit to Sri Lanka on Behalf of the (UK) Parliamentary Human Rights Group;
    February 1985

    Massacres of Tamils by Sri lanka State Terror from 1956 http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TPHS2B

  681. SINHALESE ACT TO DESTROY TAMIL HISTORY
    •1981 JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY which housed irreplaceable ancient Tamil Palm leaf (Olai) manuscripts and 90,000 Volumes of books, was set ablaze by the Sinhala Armed forces, personally directed by two cabinet ministers – A wanton act of genocidal intent to destroy the history of an ancient people.

    'If any state could virtually declare war against a section of its own people, and do it unashamedly, it happened in Sri Lanka this year. Imagine a rowdy band of reserve policemen being brought all the way from the south to the Tamil capital city of Jaffna, and in the unusual presence in the city of two Cabinet Ministers, setting fire to the biggest cultural possession of the Tamils – the Public Library housing 95,000 volumes, some of them rare manuscripts…'
    Jaffna public library burnt out
    Prof. Virginia A Leary; Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka; Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists (July-August 1981)

    Burning Memories-Jaffna Tamil Library burned by Sri Lankan Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT1RIDL29k

    1983 anti Tamil pogrom
    "Motorists were dragged from their cars to be stoned and beaten with sticks… Others were cut down with knives and axes."
    -London Daily Telegraph 26 July 1983

    "The impact of the communal violence on the Tamils was shattering… The evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to Acts of Genocide."
    – The Review, International Commission of Jurists, December 1983

    'Awareness of their insecurity drove many Tamils, especially in the Colombo area, to abandon their homes and shops, and seek refuge in temples, airport hangers and improvised camps. Estimates of the numbers made homeless range upto 100,000, many in poorly provisioned 'refugee camps.'
    Tamils of Sri Lanka Minority Rights Group Report; September 1983
    The government of India provided ships to repatriate the Tamils to Tamil Eelam and safety.

    Mass evacuation away from Sinhala mob rule and carnage
    Tamil Refugees being taken in an Indian ship disembarking in Jaffna (August 1983).
    The Truth: Tamils can only be safe in an independent Tamil Eelam

    "Witnesses also confirmed allegations made to us that whole (Tamil) villages have been emptied and neighbourhoods have been driven by the army from their homes and occupations… We can say, without doubt, that the Government is driving Tamils from their homes and does intend to settle Sinhalese people in these areas…"
    Robert Kilroy-Silk MP and Roger Sims MP, UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group Report (1985)
    Sinhala colonists and a Buddhist priest with guns This Buddhist Priest, who calls Sri Lanka 'The Sinhala Dheepa' (The Sinhala Island), has publicly exhorted Sinhala people to terrorize Tamil people into fleeing the island.

    Sri Lanka leader Mahinda Rajapakse 'guilty' of war crime http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

  682. SINHALESE ACT TO DESTROY TAMIL HISTORY
    •1981 JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY which housed irreplaceable ancient Tamil Palm leaf (Olai) manuscripts and 90,000 Volumes of books, was set ablaze by the Sinhala Armed forces, personally directed by two cabinet ministers – A wanton act of genocidal intent to destroy the history of an ancient people.

    'If any state could virtually declare war against a section of its own people, and do it unashamedly, it happened in Sri Lanka this year. Imagine a rowdy band of reserve policemen being brought all the way from the south to the Tamil capital city of Jaffna, and in the unusual presence in the city of two Cabinet Ministers, setting fire to the biggest cultural possession of the Tamils – the Public Library housing 95,000 volumes, some of them rare manuscripts…'
    Jaffna public library burnt out
    Prof. Virginia A Leary; Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka; Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists (July-August 1981)

    Burning Memories-Jaffna Tamil Library burned by Sri Lankan Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT1RIDL29k

    1983 anti Tamil pogrom
    "Motorists were dragged from their cars to be stoned and beaten with sticks… Others were cut down with knives and axes."
    -London Daily Telegraph 26 July 1983

    "The impact of the communal violence on the Tamils was shattering… The evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to Acts of Genocide."
    – The Review, International Commission of Jurists, December 1983

    'Awareness of their insecurity drove many Tamils, especially in the Colombo area, to abandon their homes and shops, and seek refuge in temples, airport hangers and improvised camps. Estimates of the numbers made homeless range upto 100,000, many in poorly provisioned 'refugee camps.'
    Tamils of Sri Lanka Minority Rights Group Report; September 1983
    The government of India provided ships to repatriate the Tamils to Tamil Eelam and safety.

    Mass evacuation away from Sinhala mob rule and carnage
    Tamil Refugees being taken in an Indian ship disembarking in Jaffna (August 1983).
    The Truth: Tamils can only be safe in an independent Tamil Eelam

    "Witnesses also confirmed allegations made to us that whole (Tamil) villages have been emptied and neighbourhoods have been driven by the army from their homes and occupations… We can say, without doubt, that the Government is driving Tamils from their homes and does intend to settle Sinhalese people in these areas…"
    Robert Kilroy-Silk MP and Roger Sims MP, UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group Report (1985)
    Sinhala colonists and a Buddhist priest with guns This Buddhist Priest, who calls Sri Lanka 'The Sinhala Dheepa' (The Sinhala Island), has publicly exhorted Sinhala people to terrorize Tamil people into fleeing the island.

    Sri Lanka leader Mahinda Rajapakse 'guilty' of war crime http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-la

  683. US Suspects Sri Lankan President of 2009 Killings http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/WikiLeak

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is? http://www.change.org/petitions/view/srilanka_if_

    As long as the government is successful in covering up the atrocities and mass graves, they can pretend to be happy. But, you can read their faces, they are worried that the truth might come out one day and they may be held responsible for the massacres. Tamils are sad that their sacrifices have gone in vain because the whole world was naive to believe the government and watched in silence the carnage and burial of 50,000 which are still unaccounted for.

  684. US Suspects Sri Lankan President of 2009 Killings http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/WikiLeak

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is? http://www.change.org/petitions/view/srilanka_if_

    As long as the government is successful in covering up the atrocities and mass graves, they can pretend to be happy. But, you can read their faces, they are worried that the truth might come out one day and they may be held responsible for the massacres. Tamils are sad that their sacrifices have gone in vain because the whole world was naive to believe the government and watched in silence the carnage and burial of 50,000 which are still unaccounted for.

  685. Mango tells Aryacakravarti that when the latter says the Lankan army intentionally killed Tamil civilians, he must"prove intentionality."

    Actually he would have to prove this .. only if the case were a case of private law.

    But in public law intentionality is not relevant … it's what the gevenment actually DOES that is.

    Gevernments are closely regulated & limited, because they have greater powers than have individuals, & thus greater ability to harm.

    So strictures & constraints are pleced on them.

    These constrainsts are called presumptio de juris et de jure.

    These constraints are binding at all times.

    All government actions occur under the conditions of these presumptions.

    These presumptions include the presumptions of legality, intentionality, rationality, morality, honesty, fairness, good faith, & the presumption that all government actions are for the people's good.

    When a statutory body acts beyond its powers, it acts ultra vires, & its actions may be deprived of validity.

    There's no possibility for a statutory body to defend itself by arguing that there was a lack of intentionality on its part.

    Such an argument is prima facie absurd.

    So a government can never be relieved of responsibility & / or culpability & its consequent liability by trying to "prove" it didn't intend the particular harms its actions caused, EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

    Rather such an argument is taken to reflect government incompetence &, depending on the severity of the accusations, can even lead to its fall.

    ******** ********

    It's the same with the army.

    It commits war crimes when it violates the laws of war.

    The 2 main categories qualifying the use of force is proportionality ( how much force is usded ) & discrimination ( how it's used ).

    These categories are incorporated into 3 basic principles : the principles of necessity, of humanity, & of chivalry.

    The army's intentions are irrelevant. A government can argue self – defense against aggression, & thus justify the use of force.

    But a government or army can't use the defense of "military necessity" to justify violations of the laws of war, because the laws took into consideration "military necessity" when they were formulated & applied.

    ********* *********

    On the one hand, Mango says the war coudn't be ended until the LTTE were "wiped out".

    On the other, he says the LTTE wanted a ceasefire.

    He also says the war had to be ended quickly, for the longer it went on the more civilians would die.

    But civilians would stop dying if there were a ceasefire.

    However, his narrative makes clear the government didn't want to have this ceasefire, but to prosecute the war right to the finish.

    But the government's war aim wasn't just victory in the conventional sense.

    It was the total physical wiping out of its Tamil opponents, the LTTE.

    In other words, it was a war of total annihilation of the enemy.

    This went beyond military necessity or self – defense .

    It was a war of aggression against a side that wasn't on the offensive, but, instead, wanted a ceasefire.

    It was also a war that had to be ended swiftly … that is, the war had to be escalated & intensified & the complete destruction of the enemy accomplished ASAP BEFORE some peace process could be initiated & hostilities halted.

    It was this predetermined & programmed aggression against an adversary that took the war beyond any level of self -defense & put into operation a forced time table that would NECESSITATE ANY & ALL MEASURES NEEDED TO WIPE OUT THE ENEMY ORGANISATION AS THE PREDOMINANT OBJECTIVE.

    & it was this special project Mango lays bare in its barest outlines that primarily caused the tremendous civilian losses.

    Against a side that seks to physically wipe you out — against, that is, an aggressor & an oppressor — all peoples have the right of self – defense, the right of resistance.

    As for their goals, all peoples have the right of self determination.

    The right to choose their own political status.

  686. Good News & Bad News for AI & Eelamists on Ban Ki Moon’s Dodgy Dossier.

    The Bad News is that Russia is not pleased about the SecGen’s behaviour and under-hand methods. Russia, for dim-bulb Eelamists is veto-wielding UN security council member.

    Q: If the report comes up for discussion at the UN Security Council will Russia use its veto powers?

    Ambassdor Mikhaylov: “…So I hope sober-minded people, including politicians and members of the United Nations Secretariat, and ambassadors will understand that the report cannot be a grounds for any further action. If some forces try to defend or push forward the allegations we will oppose it.”

    “To describe the LTTE in the report as a most disciplined nationalist group of Tamils and not a terrorist organization has been recognized by many countries as unacceptable.”

    http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/64

    Спасибо (Spa`siba) , Russia.

    The Good News? I lied. There is no good news for you. If you’re angry and frustrated, don’t kick the cat or shout at your spouse. Just punch yourself in the face.

  687. @Aryacakravarti:

    When you find those secret IDP camps, you can mark them with Google Maps, like they’ve done here for Osama’s Desert Hideout.

    http://tinyurl.com/5rsjtwe

    Don’t forget to inform Jim here at AI and he’ll get the word out to the UN & international media. Then the SL govt will have to either admit these places exist and millions of people have been murdered (as you claimed) or …not.

    I’m with you on this one. I don’t want to see any more secret camps in Sri Lanka. Boosa is enough and must be opened up for inspection.

  688. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    Rajapaksa only offers the Tamils plenty of harassment at numerous checkpoints, fear of arrests and torture , fear of rapes and murder
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  689. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    Rajapaksa only offers the Tamils plenty of harassment at numerous checkpoints, fear of arrests and torture , fear of rapes and murder
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  690. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    Rajapaksa only offers the Tamils plenty of harassment at numerous checkpoints, fear of arrests and torture , fear of rapes and murder
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  691. •1957 B – C Pact between the Sinhalese Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike and Tamil leader SJV Chelvanayakam QC to meet some of the demands of the Tamil people.
    •1958 – The Tamils living in the South are murdered and their property destroyed by Sinhala mob as the police and armed forces stand by – The Next step in Tamil Genocide is taken.
    The B-C Pact unilaterally abrogated by Mr Bandaranaike to pacify the extreme elements among the Sinhalese Buddhists.

    •1959 – Banadaraniake assassinated by Buddhist monk for negotiating with the Tamils.
    1965 D – C Pact – entered into, with another Sinhalese Prime minister Dudley Senanayake and SJV Chelvanayagam was never implemented by the Sinhalese government.
    1969 – Tamils seek redress through the judiciary and the Privy Council in London directs the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka to review the constitutionality of the Official Language Act, since it violated s.29(2) the constitution.
    1971 – The government responds by abolishing appeals to Privy Council. Another non-violent path is closed by the Sinhalese government.

    •1972- The new Republican Constitution was adopted and imposed on the Tamil people without their consent.
    •The only legal safeguard provided by the entrenched section 29(2) of the Soulbury constitution, described by the Privy Council in London that they “represent the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental condition on which inter se they accepted the constitution; and these are therefore unalterable under the constitution”, was scrapped.
    •Tamil parties walked out of the constituent assembly. With this, Tamil participation of the democratic process in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) came to an end.
    1973 – Through a process of standardization the government restricts entry of Tamil students to universities and institutions of higher education.
    The Tamil Youth who had hitherto stayed away from politics enter the fray The Thamil Maanavar Peravai (Tamil Students Form) is borne.
    The members of this non violent Tamil Students Forum are arrested and detained without trial by the Sinhala State. The 4th Floor of the Sri Lankan CID becomes a chamber where the Tamil youth are kept incommunicado and tortured.
    1974 – The 4th International Tamil literary conference in Jaffna was violently broken up by the police, where many died and several were injured.
    Every year, the memorials for those died in this massacre are desecrated and demolished methodically, by the Sinhalese Forces stationed in Jaffna, following reconstruction at each anniversary. Tamil youth are driven further and further away from the non violent democratic path.
    25 years denial of legitimate Tamil grievances Discriminatory and oppressive policies of the Sinhala regime Broken promises of successive governments
    Recurrent and state sanctioned mob Violence Use of state armed violence against non-violent protests.
    The Tamil youth loose faith in passive means to win their rights.
    1976 The Tamil Armed Resistance Movement started. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is borne (originally named Tamil New Tigers)
    1976 – All the main Tamil political parties unite as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) under the leadership of SJV Chelvanayakam QC and at their First National Convention declare:
    “The Convention resolves that the restoration and reconstitution of the Free, Sovereign, Secular, Socialist state of Tamil Eelam based on the right of self-determination inherent to every nation has become inevitable in order to safeguard the very existence of the Tamil nation in this country.”
    1977 – Historical mandate of the Tamil people
    1977 – The TULF used the Sri Lankan election as a referendum on the 1976 Vaddukkoddai Resolution. The Tamil people gave a clear mandate at the general elections to establish their sovereignty. The manifesto called for:
    “… in the general Election the mandate of the Tamil Nation to establish an independent, sovereign, secular, socialist State of Tamil Eelam that includes all the geographically contiguous areas that have been the traditional homeland of the Tamil-speaking people in the country.
    “The Tamil nation must take the decision to establish its sovereignty in its homeland on the basis of its right to self-determination. The only way to announce this decision to the Sinhalese Government and to the world is to vote for TULF. The Tamil-speaking representatives who get elected through these votes while being members of the National State Assembly of Tamil Eelam which will draft a constitution for the state of Tamil Eelam and establish the independence of Tamil Eelam by bringing that constitution into operation either by peaceful means or by direct action or struggle”.

    •Tamil People living outside Tamil Eelam were attacked by organised Sinhala gangs armed with clubs and machetes. Tamil businesses were set alight. The thugs had the backing of the Sinhala state who provided them with voters list to identify Tamils.
    •Thousands of Tamils lost their lives and millions worth of Tamil’s property were looted or destroyed. Yet again, the lives of Tamils living outside Tamil Eelam could not be guaranteed where neighbour turned against neighbour.
    •Tamils who escaped death fled to Tamil Eelam for safety.

    •The Sri Lankan government uses its majority to draw up a constitution (1978) to placate the Sinhalese
    •introduces the clause “ Republic of Sri Lanka is a unitary state” in the constitution.
    •Buddhism is made the state religion
    •Tamil MPs refuse to accept the new constitution which violate the Tamil mandate boycott Sri Lankan parliament.
    •The Sinhala Democracy used to suppress the Democratic will of the Tamils.

    •The murders (of Tamils) are said to have been committed by police either acting without orders or with the connivance of the police’
    – Sir John Foster Q.C., David Astor, Robert Birley, Louis Blom-Cooper, James Fawcett, Dingle Foot & Michael Scott; The London Times 20 September 1977.

    •Civilians injured in an attack by policemen I heard the A.S.P. (Asst. Superintendent of Police) shouting ‘shoot them like dogs. It is either they or we’…
    – M.R. Joseph, witness at the Sansoni Commission
    (Sessional Paper No. VII-1980; p 97)

    There is considerable body of evidence that the army kills innocent (Tamil) civilians.’
    – Robert Kilroy-Silk M.P. & Roger Sims J.P., M.P; Report of Visit to Sri Lanka on Behalf of the (UK) Parliamentary Human Rights Group;
    February 1985

    Massacres of Tamils by Sri lanka State Terror from 1956
    http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sri-lanka/TPHS2BRT61CRONBGP

  692. SINHALESE ACT TO DESTROY TAMIL HISTORY
    •1981 JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY which housed irreplaceable ancient Tamil Palm leaf (Olai) manuscripts and 90,000 Volumes of books, was set ablaze by the Sinhala Armed forces, personally directed by two cabinet ministers – A wanton act of genocidal intent to destroy the history of an ancient people.

    ‘If any state could virtually declare war against a section of its own people, and do it unashamedly, it happened in Sri Lanka this year. Imagine a rowdy band of reserve policemen being brought all the way from the south to the Tamil capital city of Jaffna, and in the unusual presence in the city of two Cabinet Ministers, setting fire to the biggest cultural possession of the Tamils – the Public Library housing 95,000 volumes, some of them rare manuscripts…’
    Jaffna public library burnt out
    Prof. Virginia A Leary; Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka; Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists (July-August 1981)

    Burning Memories-Jaffna Tamil Library burned by Sri Lankan Government
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT1RIDL29k

    1983 anti Tamil pogrom
    “Motorists were dragged from their cars to be stoned and beaten with sticks… Others were cut down with knives and axes.”
    -London Daily Telegraph 26 July 1983

    “The impact of the communal violence on the Tamils was shattering… The evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to Acts of Genocide.”
    – The Review, International Commission of Jurists, December 1983

    ‘Awareness of their insecurity drove many Tamils, especially in the Colombo area, to abandon their homes and shops, and seek refuge in temples, airport hangers and improvised camps. Estimates of the numbers made homeless range upto 100,000, many in poorly provisioned ‘refugee camps.’
    Tamils of Sri Lanka Minority Rights Group Report; September 1983
    The government of India provided ships to repatriate the Tamils to Tamil Eelam and safety.

    Mass evacuation away from Sinhala mob rule and carnage
    Tamil Refugees being taken in an Indian ship disembarking in Jaffna (August 1983).
    The Truth: Tamils can only be safe in an independent Tamil Eelam

    “Witnesses also confirmed allegations made to us that whole (Tamil) villages have been emptied and neighbourhoods have been driven by the army from their homes and occupations… We can say, without doubt, that the Government is driving Tamils from their homes and does intend to settle Sinhalese people in these areas…”
    Robert Kilroy-Silk MP and Roger Sims MP, UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group Report (1985)
    Sinhala colonists and a Buddhist priest with guns This Buddhist Priest, who calls Sri Lanka ‘The Sinhala Dheepa’ (The Sinhala Island), has publicly exhorted Sinhala people to terrorize Tamil people into fleeing the island.

    Sri Lanka leader Mahinda Rajapakse ‘guilty’ of war crime
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lanka-leader-mahinda-rajapakse-guilty-of-war-crime/story-e6frg6so-1225964747854?from=public_rss

  693. US Suspects Sri Lankan President of 2009 Killings
    http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/WikiLeaks-US-Suspects-Sri-Lankan-President-of-2009-Killings-111200699.html

    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    Srilanka: If this isn’t GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is?
    http://www.change.org/petitions/view/srilanka_if_this_isnt_genocide_war_crime_then_what_on_earth_is

    As long as the government is successful in covering up the atrocities and mass graves, they can pretend to be happy. But, you can read their faces, they are worried that the truth might come out one day and they may be held responsible for the massacres. Tamils are sad that their sacrifices have gone in vain because the whole world was naive to believe the government and watched in silence the carnage and burial of 50,000 which are still unaccounted for.

  694. Dear Savage,

    Congratulations! You've finally understood Eelam War 4. I'm really pleased to have helped you.

    Just to re-cap:

    • If the SLA intentionally shelled civilians, there wouldn't be anyone left. The SLA targetted the LTTE who were intermingled with the civilians, who were unfortunately and sadly killed & maimed. The responsibility for their deaths lies with the LTTE who used them as human shield.

    • The aim was to destroy the war-making capability of a heavily armed, well-trained, experienced, highly committed, semi-conventional force, the LTTE. Excellent. Now you understand. That is victory in the conventional sense. No more ceasefires, no more negotiations. Only total and unconditional surrender on the government's terms LTTE.

    • The military necessity was to totally destroy an armed enemy. That is self defense. The LTTE had plenty of opportunities to opt for surrender. Thankfully they did not do so, and many of their best units died fighting to the bitter end. I salute their bravery, as much as I despise the cause for which they died.
    All Sri Lanka's people have the right to self-determination, which can now be exercised politically.

    • Proportionality. The gains were logarithmically proportional to the damage incurred by all Lankans. The writ of the legally and democratically elected govt runs across the whole island.

    Thank you again for showing your understanding of the Eelam Wars.
    Here's my gift to you. Read it and improve your understanding even further.
    http://tinyurl.com/69e46a9

  695. With the truth comes closure.

    It won’t suit Rajapakse, it definitely won’t suit Palitha Kohona and a host of other Sri Lankan politicians and military leaders.

    But in the absence of truth, the myths and the suspicions will grow. It is better that the full horror of the war be investigated and discussed. That would be way better than maintaining these polarized positions of ethnic hate. I suspect that if the full and detailed truth came out we would see a picture of deeply flawed individuals committing terrible acts in a horrific conflict.

  696. Congratulations to Canada's Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    Non-Peelam Canadians must be absolutely over-joyed that their Rathika Sitsabaiesan (a certified hot babe) MP is a long-standing supporter of the LTTE terrorist organisation.

    "…..the NDP has always been there to support the Tamil community. Most importantly I need to mention that in May 2009, near the end of Eelam war, we poured on to the streets in tens of thousands and we lobbied at every level of government and every party in the government, but no one came to our rescue or speak on our behalf, except NDP."

    Rathika was unable to join Fatty VP at his last stand in May '09. She was too busy having her hair done and socialising. http://www.rathika.ca/media-gallery/detail/50/87

    Apparently, "her parents have been community activists who worked towards the advancement and injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric." Ha ha ha ha!!

    In plain English:
    community activists = pro-LTTE fundraisers

    injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric =
    Illegal weapons purchases
    People smuggling
    Illegal immigration
    Drug running
    Credit card fraud
    Identity theft
    Armed youth gangs
    Extortion
    Murder
    Arson.
    http://tinyurl.com/3sqsvy5

  697. Dear Savage,

    Congratulations! You've finally understood Eelam War 4. I'm really pleased to have helped you.

    Just to re-cap:

    • If the SLA intentionally shelled civilians, there wouldn't be anyone left. The SLA targetted the LTTE who were intermingled with the civilians, who were unfortunately and sadly killed & maimed. The responsibility for their deaths lies with the LTTE who used them as human shield.

    • The aim was to destroy the war-making capability of a heavily armed, well-trained, experienced, highly committed, semi-conventional force, the LTTE. Excellent. Now you understand. That is victory in the conventional sense. No more ceasefires, no more negotiations. Only total and unconditional surrender on the government's terms LTTE.

    • The military necessity was to totally destroy an armed enemy. That is self defense. The LTTE had plenty of opportunities to opt for surrender. Thankfully they did not do so, and many of their best units died fighting to the bitter end. I salute their bravery, as much as I despise the cause for which they died.
    All Sri Lanka's people have the right to self-determination, which can now be exercised politically.

    • Proportionality. The gains were logarithmically proportional to the damage incurred by all Lankans. The writ of the legally and democratically elected govt runs across the whole island.

    Thank you again for showing your understanding of the Eelam Wars.
    Here's my gift to you. Read it and improve your understanding even further.
    http://tinyurl.com/69e46a9

  698. Dear Savage,

    Congratulations! You've finally understood Eelam War 4. I'm really pleased to have helped you.

    Just to re-cap:

    • If the SLA intentionally shelled civilians, there wouldn't be anyone left. The SLA targetted the LTTE who were intermingled with the civilians, who were unfortunately and sadly killed & maimed. The responsibility for their deaths lies with the LTTE who used them as human shield.

    • The aim was to destroy the war-making capability of a heavily armed, well-trained, experienced, highly committed, semi-conventional force, the LTTE. Excellent. Now you understand. That is victory in the conventional sense. No more ceasefires, no more negotiations. Only total and unconditional surrender on the government's terms LTTE.

    • The military necessity was to totally destroy an armed enemy. That is self defense. The LTTE had plenty of opportunities to opt for surrender. Thankfully they did not do so, and many of their best units died fighting to the bitter end. I salute their bravery, as much as I despise the cause for which they died.
    All Sri Lanka's people have the right to self-determination, which can now be exercised politically.

    • Proportionality. The gains were logarithmically proportional to the damage incurred by all Lankans. The writ of the legally and democratically elected govt runs across the whole island.

    Thank you again for showing your understanding of the Eelam Wars.
    Here's my gift to you. Read it and improve your understanding even further.
    http://tinyurl.com/69e46a9

  699. Mango tells Aryacakravarti that when the latter says the Lankan army intentionally killed Tamil civilians, he must”prove intentionality.”

    Actually he would have to prove this .. only if the case were a case of private law.

    But in public law intentionality is not relevant … it’s what the gevenment actually DOES that is.

    Gevernments are closely regulated & limited, because they have greater powers than have individuals, & thus greater ability to harm.

    So strictures & constraints are pleced on them.

    These constrainsts are called presumptio de juris et de jure.

    These constraints are binding at all times.

    All government actions occur under the conditions of these presumptions.

    These presumptions include the presumptions of legality, intentionality, rationality, morality, honesty, fairness, good faith, & the presumption that all government actions are for the people’s good.

    When a statutory body acts beyond its powers, it acts ultra vires, & its actions may be deprived of validity.

    There’s no possibility for a statutory body to defend itself by arguing that there was a lack of intentionality on its part.

    Such an argument is prima facie absurd.

    So a government can never be relieved of responsibility & / or culpability & its consequent liability by trying to “prove” it didn’t intend the particular harms its actions caused, EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

    Rather such an argument is taken to reflect government incompetence &, depending on the severity of the accusations, can even lead to its fall.

    ******** ********

    It’s the same with the army.

    It commits war crimes when it violates the laws of war.

    The 2 main categories qualifying the use of force is proportionality ( how much force is usded ) & discrimination ( how it’s used ).

    These categories are incorporated into 3 basic principles : the principles of necessity, of humanity, & of chivalry.

    The army’s intentions are irrelevant. A government can argue self – defense against aggression, & thus justify the use of force.

    But a government or army can’t use the defense of “military necessity” to justify violations of the laws of war, because the laws took into consideration “military necessity” when they were formulated & applied.

    ********* *********

    On the one hand, Mango says the war coudn’t be ended until the LTTE were “wiped out”.

    On the other, he says the LTTE wanted a ceasefire.

    He also says the war had to be ended quickly, for the longer it went on the more civilians would die.

    But civilians would stop dying if there were a ceasefire.

    However, his narrative makes clear the government didn’t want to have this ceasefire, but to prosecute the war right to the finish.

    But the government’s war aim wasn’t just victory in the conventional sense.

    It was the total physical wiping out of its Tamil opponents, the LTTE.

    In other words, it was a war of total annihilation of the enemy.

    This went beyond military necessity or self – defense .

    It was a war of aggression against a side that wasn’t on the offensive, but, instead, wanted a ceasefire.

    It was also a war that had to be ended swiftly … that is, the war had to be escalated & intensified & the complete destruction of the enemy accomplished ASAP BEFORE some peace process could be initiated & hostilities halted.

    It was this predetermined & programmed aggression against an adversary that took the war beyond any level of self -defense & put into operation a forced time table that would NECESSITATE ANY & ALL MEASURES NEEDED TO WIPE OUT THE ENEMY ORGANISATION AS THE PREDOMINANT OBJECTIVE.

    & it was this special project Mango lays bare in its barest outlines that primarily caused the tremendous civilian losses.

    Against a side that seks to physically wipe you out — against, that is, an aggressor & an oppressor — all peoples have the right of self – defense, the right of resistance.

    As for their goals, all peoples have the right of self determination.

    The right to choose their own political status.

  700. Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    11.11.10 Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crim..
    10.11.10 Rights groups flay LLRC, say whitewashes War Crime..
    28.10.10 Britain reiterates support for independent inquiry..
    19.10.10 Amnesty urges Hague on independent probe into Sri ..
    14.10.10 HRW, ICG, Amnesty reject invite, slam LLRC
    10.10.10 HRW discusses Sri Lanka war-crimes in Harvard even..
    09.10.10 Pakistan joins Sri Lanka in execution video storm
    03.10.10 Dublin follow-up on Sri Lanka war crimes
    12.08.10 Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetter..
    08.08.10 Malaysian politician to form Committee on genocide..
    18.04.10 JNU convention condemns Sri Lanka war crimes
    17.04.10 "Sri Lanka sets precedent for internationally acce..
    21.02.10 Pasadena firm assists in Alston's execution video ..
    02.02.10 Sri Lanka experts silent, Wijesinha oblivious to f..
    16.01.10 Dublin verdict: Sri Lanka guilty of War Crimes
    16.01.10 Satellite imagery evidence of Hospital attack reco..
    14.01.10 Dublin analysis complements Alston's findings on e..
    08.01.10 Video authentic, Alston calls for wider war crimes..
    15.12.09 Times expert authenticates Sri Lanka's Channel-4 w..
    29.10.09 Amnesty, CPJ, RSF call for probe into Channel-4 vi..
    27.10.09 Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channe..
    18.10.09 Forensic analysis confirms execution-video authent..
    12.09.09 Executions: Sri Lanka refuting processed video, no..
    28.08.09 Horrendous video images indicate violation of Inte..
    27.08.09 HRW: UN must investigate Sri Lanka atrocities
    26.08.09 SLA war crimes eerily similar to Srebrenica Scorpi..
    25.08.09 Video shows style of extra-judicial killings in Sr..

    Photos allege Sri Lanka massacre http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia/2010/11/2

  701. Congratulations to Canada's Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    Non-Peelam Canadians must be absolutely over-joyed that their Rathika Sitsabaiesan (a certified hot babe) MP is a long-standing supporter of the LTTE terrorist organisation.

    "…..the NDP has always been there to support the Tamil community. Most importantly I need to mention that in May 2009, near the end of Eelam war, we poured on to the streets in tens of thousands and we lobbied at every level of government and every party in the government, but no one came to our rescue or speak on our behalf, except NDP."

    Rathika was unable to join Fatty VP at his last stand in May '09. She was too busy having her hair done and socialising. http://www.rathika.ca/media-gallery/detail/50/87

    Apparently, "her parents have been community activists who worked towards the advancement and injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric." Ha ha ha ha!!

    In plain English:
    community activists = pro-LTTE fundraisers

    injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric =
    Illegal weapons purchases
    People smuggling
    Illegal immigration
    Drug running
    Credit card fraud
    Identity theft
    Armed youth gangs
    Extortion
    Murder
    Arson.
    http://tinyurl.com/3sqsvy5

  702. Congratulations to Canada's Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    Non-Peelam Canadians must be absolutely over-joyed that their Rathika Sitsabaiesan (a certified hot babe) MP is a long-standing supporter of the LTTE terrorist organisation.

    "…..the NDP has always been there to support the Tamil community. Most importantly I need to mention that in May 2009, near the end of Eelam war, we poured on to the streets in tens of thousands and we lobbied at every level of government and every party in the government, but no one came to our rescue or speak on our behalf, except NDP."

    Rathika was unable to join Fatty VP at his last stand in May '09. She was too busy having her hair done and socialising. http://www.rathika.ca/media-gallery/detail/50/87

    Apparently, "her parents have been community activists who worked towards the advancement and injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric." Ha ha ha ha!!

    In plain English:
    community activists = pro-LTTE fundraisers

    injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric =
    Illegal weapons purchases
    People smuggling
    Illegal immigration
    Drug running
    Credit card fraud
    Identity theft
    Armed youth gangs
    Extortion
    Murder
    Arson.
    http://tinyurl.com/3sqsvy5

  703. Mango Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    Namaste.

    There are no 'secret' concentration camps. The camps that the rajapaksa government calls 'IDP' camps are the concentration camps due to the extreme conditions the Tamils have to face (starvation and lack of medical care).

  704. I myself know Tamils who have lost innocent family and friends to government forces during the conflict as well as after it.

    So I know for a fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are eye witnesses to the ethnic cleansing of Tamils conducted by the rajapaksa government.

    So, Mango and Rip Van Winkle, I have no problem with you thinking I'm a liar or that my sources are lying. You yourself will witness the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who come forward when the independent investigation into the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka begins. Infact, these people are just waiting for an opportunity to come forward, which I'm confident the UN will provide.

    Hopefully then you'll realise the damage you've caused by calling us liars.

    Till then, enjoy living your lie. Truth shall prevail.

  705. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    Thanks for that. I think its disgraceful that our people are still in holding camps, almost two years after the fighting stopped. Where the govt fails miserably (and all govts are equally guilty) is in disseminating info about numbers & locations. There are still thousands of Muslim & Sinhalese IDPs who need to be re-settled – if any of them want to return – in the North & East. How's that progressing?

    I still its worth doing a Google Maps mashup of these IDP camps, so that everyone can know where they are. Anyone know how to do them

  706. Tamilian Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 4:35 am

    Namaste brother.

    That's wonderful news. Congratulations to sister Rathika!

    Thanks for posting this great news.

  707. Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    11.11.10 Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crim..
    10.11.10 Rights groups flay LLRC, say whitewashes War Crime..
    28.10.10 Britain reiterates support for independent inquiry..
    19.10.10 Amnesty urges Hague on independent probe into Sri ..
    14.10.10 HRW, ICG, Amnesty reject invite, slam LLRC
    10.10.10 HRW discusses Sri Lanka war-crimes in Harvard even..
    09.10.10 Pakistan joins Sri Lanka in execution video storm
    03.10.10 Dublin follow-up on Sri Lanka war crimes
    12.08.10 Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetter..
    08.08.10 Malaysian politician to form Committee on genocide..
    18.04.10 JNU convention condemns Sri Lanka war crimes
    17.04.10 "Sri Lanka sets precedent for internationally acce..
    21.02.10 Pasadena firm assists in Alston's execution video ..
    02.02.10 Sri Lanka experts silent, Wijesinha oblivious to f..
    16.01.10 Dublin verdict: Sri Lanka guilty of War Crimes
    16.01.10 Satellite imagery evidence of Hospital attack reco..
    14.01.10 Dublin analysis complements Alston's findings on e..
    08.01.10 Video authentic, Alston calls for wider war crimes..
    15.12.09 Times expert authenticates Sri Lanka's Channel-4 w..
    29.10.09 Amnesty, CPJ, RSF call for probe into Channel-4 vi..
    27.10.09 Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channe..
    18.10.09 Forensic analysis confirms execution-video authent..
    12.09.09 Executions: Sri Lanka refuting processed video, no..
    28.08.09 Horrendous video images indicate violation of Inte..
    27.08.09 HRW: UN must investigate Sri Lanka atrocities
    26.08.09 SLA war crimes eerily similar to Srebrenica Scorpi..
    25.08.09 Video shows style of extra-judicial killings in Sr..

    Photos allege Sri Lanka massacre http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia/2010/11/2

  708. Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    11.11.10 Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka's alleged War Crim..
    10.11.10 Rights groups flay LLRC, say whitewashes War Crime..
    28.10.10 Britain reiterates support for independent inquiry..
    19.10.10 Amnesty urges Hague on independent probe into Sri ..
    14.10.10 HRW, ICG, Amnesty reject invite, slam LLRC
    10.10.10 HRW discusses Sri Lanka war-crimes in Harvard even..
    09.10.10 Pakistan joins Sri Lanka in execution video storm
    03.10.10 Dublin follow-up on Sri Lanka war crimes
    12.08.10 Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetter..
    08.08.10 Malaysian politician to form Committee on genocide..
    18.04.10 JNU convention condemns Sri Lanka war crimes
    17.04.10 "Sri Lanka sets precedent for internationally acce..
    21.02.10 Pasadena firm assists in Alston's execution video ..
    02.02.10 Sri Lanka experts silent, Wijesinha oblivious to f..
    16.01.10 Dublin verdict: Sri Lanka guilty of War Crimes
    16.01.10 Satellite imagery evidence of Hospital attack reco..
    14.01.10 Dublin analysis complements Alston's findings on e..
    08.01.10 Video authentic, Alston calls for wider war crimes..
    15.12.09 Times expert authenticates Sri Lanka's Channel-4 w..
    29.10.09 Amnesty, CPJ, RSF call for probe into Channel-4 vi..
    27.10.09 Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channe..
    18.10.09 Forensic analysis confirms execution-video authent..
    12.09.09 Executions: Sri Lanka refuting processed video, no..
    28.08.09 Horrendous video images indicate violation of Inte..
    27.08.09 HRW: UN must investigate Sri Lanka atrocities
    26.08.09 SLA war crimes eerily similar to Srebrenica Scorpi..
    25.08.09 Video shows style of extra-judicial killings in Sr..

    Photos allege Sri Lanka massacre http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia/2010/11/2

  709. Oh and one other thing, till there is an independent investigation into the war crimes committed by the government forces and the LTTE and those responsible are prosecuted (including mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces responsible) and the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka by the rajapaksa government is stopped and Tamils are provided freedom, equality and democracy, reconciliation of any sort is simply not possible.

    Until these conditions are met, there is no possiblity of the Sri Lankan community being a united one, and this I can assure you.

  710. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    "I myself know Tamils who have lost innocent family and friends to government forces during the conflict as well as after it."

    Thousands of innocent people (regardless of their so-called ethnicity) have lost their lives to govt forces in three insurgencies. That's the terrible outcome of insurgencies.

    So I know for a fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are eye witnesses to the ethnic cleansing of Tamils conducted by the rajapaksa government."

    Innocents being killed isn't the same as 'ethnic cleansing'. What is your definition of 'ethnic cleansing' and where in Sri Lanka is it happening, now?

    "So, Mango and Rip Van Winkle, I have no problem with you thinking I’m a liar or that my sources are lying. You yourself will witness the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who come forward when the independent investigation into the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka begins. Infact, these people are just waiting for an opportunity to come forward, which I’m confident the UN will provide."

    I think you believe what you say to be true, even if the facts don't support your case. That doesn't mean you're a liar – and I haven't called you a liar. For example, on careful checking, your claim that 1000s of people per day were dying in IDP camps was shown to be incorrect.

    When any investigations are done, it'll be by the govt of the day (I predict perhaps in 10 years) and not under UN-auspices because that process is being driven primarily by groups and countries hostile to GoSL.

    Read my comment about Russia's position. Unless GoSL does something unbelievably stupid (a possibility which cannot be discounted, given Wimal Weeranwansa's malign participation), Ban Ki Moon's dodgy dossier will be kicked into the long grass.

    "Hopefully then you’ll realise the damage you’ve caused by calling us liars."

    It's your choice of course, but it'd be smarter to dissociate yourself from the certified pro-Eelam liars. I have no problem damaging the Eelam project.

    "Till then, enjoy living your lie. Truth shall prevail."

    No lies here. But you want the truth to prevail in Sri Lanka? Whose truth? Which version? Surely you know that everyone lies. The GoSL lies, the TNA lies, AI lies, Tamilnut lies, the TGTE lies, the UN lies, HRW & ICG lies, the EU lies. So many liars to choose from and such little time! 🙂

  711. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    Rajapaksa only offers the Tamils plenty of harassment at numerous checkpoints, fear of arrests and torture , fear of rapes and murder

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33894

  712. Ethnic cleansing "is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. (Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780)"

    As that's exactly what the rajapaksa government is doing to Tamils, yes it's ethnic cleansing.

    There is more than enough evidence to prove that the rajapaksa government is conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, but unless you know someone who witnessed the ethnic cleansing, you won't know of this evidence as the rajapaksa government tries it's best to keep the evidence from being revealed.

    An independent investigation's role in this is to reveal that evidence to the entire world so that all people come to know of what's actually going on in Sri Lanka.

    I'm not surprised how you call the countries and parties which are calling for an investigation into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka (which is backed by strong evidence including photographic and video evidence as well as eye witness accounts), as I've noticed that it's the mentality of Sinhalese racists to simply dismiss anyone and anything that speaks ill of the Sinhalese or mahinda as 'hostile', 'biased', etc. There's no point in me arguing with you about this as I know the outcome.

    However, we want an independent investigation, not one that's conducted by the rajapaksa government (we all know how much of a joke the 'LLRC' is). An independent investigation would exclude any bias.

    It's sad how Sinhalese racists such as yourself simply label the people who've lost innocent family and friends to government forces as 'pro-Eelam liars' etc. But I can't say I'm surprised. There's no point in me telling you I don't support the LTTE or that the discrimination Tamils had to face at the hands of the Sinhalese ever since Sri Lanka gained independence was the cause for the LTTE coming to power in the first place and for Tamils wanting a separate country as you'll simply dismiss it as 'lies', 'LTTE propaganda', etc.

    I want the truth of the innocent Tamils who had to suffer at the hands of the government forces and the LTTE to prevail.

  713. Mango wrote
    May 3rd, 2011 at 5:51 am

    Congratulations to Canada’s Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    ————————————————————

    Are you jealous that Tamil people gain success in Canada?

    You prefer that all Tamils – be voiceless slaves?

    Or better yet their throats cut and burn the bodies to hide the crime

  714. Know why the Nanthikadal Lagoon is still heavily guarded by government forces and civilians aren't allowed? Because there are still bodies of the innocent Tamils who were killed by the government forces and the LTTE.

    But hey, there's no point in telling you this now is there?

  715. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 8:10 am

    Namaste brother.

    Are you surprised? When the Sinhalese racists in Sri Lanka have been trying to keep Tamils down for over 63 years, things like this must infuriate them.

    After all, according to Sinhalese racists all Tamils are terrorists aren't they? I mean according to them, there's no possibility that sister Rathika was protesting due to the hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils being killed but just because she's a terrorist, right?

  716. Aryacakravarti

    The Sinhalese not just Racists but Butchers of the Tamil People !!

  717. @ Sivarampillai:

    I'm delighted that Canada will continue to experience the injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    Those 'voiceless slaves' you speak of — you must mean those fortunate few Tamil civilians who lived in the Vanni under the benevolent protection of the all-knowing, wise, humane guidance of Fatty Prabha, no?

    I'm curious — why didn't you live there? Surely it was paradise on Earth, no? Eelam-by-the-Sea?

  718. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    "As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka. It’s called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping."

    I'm delighted you mentioned Canada's multi-culturalism, which is far, far more advanced than Sri Lanka's version.

    So please explain why pro-separatist Tamils seeking a racially exclusive statelet within Sri Lanka (i.e. Eelam) do so from a wonderfully inclusive multicultural country like Canada?

    It doesn't make logical sense does it?

    They proclaim the obvious benefits of multi-cultural society, yet want a racially/exclusive society of their own, in Sri Lanka. Yup.. very odd, indeed.

    p.s. I wouldn't believe everything you read about non-Eezahm Canadians wanting any more injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    A Canadian blogger (who hadn't fully appreciated the injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric) got to the heart of the matter:

    "We knew it [the Sun Sea] was piloted by a Tamil Tiger sea captain and likely a Tiger operation,

    We knew the UN High Commission for Refugees had designated Tamils "no longer in need of protection,"

    We knew Tamil refugees already enjoying Canada's protection habitually holidayed in Sri Lanka,

    We knew Tamil refugees living in India and elsewhere were voluntarily resettling in Sri Lanka,

    We knew the Sun Sea passengers "fled" from the safety of Thailand, not Sri Lanka,

    We knew that the passengers were permitted to "consult" with an ethnic advocacy group [the CTC] here while still devising the strategies they will present to the Immigration and Refugee Board. 

    Wouldn't competent officials have been uneasy with such an arrangement? 
     
    None of this is sitting well with people fed to the teeth with being taken for long, expensive rides by self-professed "refugees."  Just 16 days after arrival, taxpayers had already invested $45,000 in each Sun Sea passenger."

      http://tinyurl.com/35pasx7

  719. Sinhalese Racists are brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    Divisions Sri Lanka were exacerbated by successive government policies discriminating against the Tamil minorities. ….
    Divisive ethnic politics and loss of confidence in non-violent and democratic politics fuelled the desire for autonomous, separatist solutions through the 1970s ….
    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  720. Mango Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 am

    As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka.

    It's called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping.

  721. @Aryacakravarti:

    "Ethnic cleansing “is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. (Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780)”
    As that’s exactly what the rajapaksa government is doing to Tamils, yes it’s ethnic cleansing…..but unless you know someone who witnessed the ethnic cleansing, you won’t know of this evidence."

    OK. So let's have some names, numbers etc. Which villages have been 'cleansed' and their inhabitants driven out to where? When?

    You say you know people to whom this has happened. Don't divulge their names — perhaps some other evidence? If they're now out of Sri Lanka, then it'll be 'safe' to mention their names, no? And don't forget Google Maps is your friend.

    I condemn totally the LTTE's ethnic cleansing of Muslims and others, so if this is happening, now, I condemn it also.

    "I’m not surprised how you call the countries and parties which are calling for an investigation into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka.."

    Which countries are calling for an investigation of 'ethnic cleansing' of Tamils, currently allegedly being conducted in SL? The US, UK & some EU countries are calling for an investigation of the last days/weeks of Eelam War 4. Have they missed out on this 'ethnic cleansing'?

    "….. we want an independent investigation, not one that’s conducted by the rajapaksa government (we all know how much of a joke the ‘LLRC’ is). An independent investigation would exclude any bias."

    OK. Who should be on this independent investigation panel? Which period should they cover? Which countries should they investigate, other than SL? Should they be able to indict SL Tamils currently living in the West who can be proved to have supported the LTTE?

    "It’s sad how Sinhalese racists such as yourself simply label the people who’ve lost innocent family and friends to government forces as ‘pro-Eelam liars’ etc. But I can’t say I’m surprised."

    Ah….. the 'Sinhala racist' tag. I suppose it was only a matter of time. 🙂 As I've repeated ad nauseam, I'm very sorry that they've lost family and friends to govt forces. That fact alone does not make them truthful or liars. I take each case on its own merits.

    "…Sri Lanka gained independence was the cause for the LTTE coming to power in the first place and for Tamils wanting a separate country as you’ll simply dismiss it as ‘lies’, ‘LTTE propaganda’, etc…"

    Quite the contrary. That is a childish oversimplification. Previous SL govs may have been the original problem and the Tigers the symptom, but over time, the LTTE became the problem. With the complicity of many Tamils, it destroyed [murdered] all other groups fighting for separation, or drove them into the arms of the GoSL. I mean, think – the LTTE was so brutal, many Tamil groups sought refuge and worked with the 'genocidal' Sinhala regime!

    The LTTE murdered everyone who offered an alternative to violence, and refused to compromise on their sole authority. In the end, they became the problem, which MR & Co solved.

    "…I want the truth of the innocent Tamils who had to suffer at the hands of the government forces and the LTTE to prevail…"

    Odd how you're only ever concerned about the 'innocent Tamils'. I suppose the 'lesser peoples' aren't so worthy? The Sinhalese dead of the two insurrections will have to wait too. What makes the Tamils so special?

  722. With the truth comes closure.

    It won’t suit Rajapakse, it definitely won’t suit Palitha Kohona and a host of other Sri Lankan politicians and military leaders.

    But in the absence of truth, the myths and the suspicions will grow. It is better that the full horror of the war be investigated and discussed. That would be way better than maintaining these polarized positions of ethnic hate. I suspect that if the full and detailed truth came out we would see a picture of deeply flawed individuals committing terrible acts in a horrific conflict.

  723. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    "As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka. It’s called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping."

    I'm delighted you mentioned Canada's multi-culturalism, which is far, far more advanced than Sri Lanka's version.

    So please explain why pro-separatist Tamils seeking a racially exclusive statelet within Sri Lanka (i.e. Eelam) do so from a wonderfully inclusive multicultural country like Canada?

    It doesn't make logical sense does it?

    They proclaim the obvious benefits of multi-cultural society, yet want a racially/exclusive society of their own, in Sri Lanka. Yup.. very odd, indeed.

    p.s. I wouldn't believe everything you read about non-Eezahm Canadians wanting any more injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    A Canadian blogger (who hadn't fully appreciated the injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric) got to the heart of the matter:

    "We knew it [the Sun Sea] was piloted by a Tamil Tiger sea captain and likely a Tiger operation,

    We knew the UN High Commission for Refugees had designated Tamils "no longer in need of protection,"

    We knew Tamil refugees already enjoying Canada's protection habitually holidayed in Sri Lanka,

    We knew Tamil refugees living in India and elsewhere were voluntarily resettling in Sri Lanka,

    We knew the Sun Sea passengers "fled" from the safety of Thailand, not Sri Lanka,

    We knew that the passengers were permitted to "consult" with an ethnic advocacy group [the CTC] here while still devising the strategies they will present to the Immigration and Refugee Board. 

    Wouldn't competent officials have been uneasy with such an arrangement? 
     
    None of this is sitting well with people fed to the teeth with being taken for long, expensive rides by self-professed "refugees."  Just 16 days after arrival, taxpayers had already invested $45,000 in each Sun Sea passenger."

      http://tinyurl.com/35pasx7

  724. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    "As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka. It’s called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping."

    I'm delighted you mentioned Canada's multi-culturalism, which is far, far more advanced than Sri Lanka's version.

    So please explain why pro-separatist Tamils seeking a racially exclusive statelet within Sri Lanka (i.e. Eelam) do so from a wonderfully inclusive multicultural country like Canada?

    It doesn't make logical sense does it?

    They proclaim the obvious benefits of multi-cultural society, yet want a racially/exclusive society of their own, in Sri Lanka. Yup.. very odd, indeed.

    p.s. I wouldn't believe everything you read about non-Eezahm Canadians wanting any more injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    A Canadian blogger (who hadn't fully appreciated the injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric) got to the heart of the matter:

    "We knew it [the Sun Sea] was piloted by a Tamil Tiger sea captain and likely a Tiger operation,

    We knew the UN High Commission for Refugees had designated Tamils "no longer in need of protection,"

    We knew Tamil refugees already enjoying Canada's protection habitually holidayed in Sri Lanka,

    We knew Tamil refugees living in India and elsewhere were voluntarily resettling in Sri Lanka,

    We knew the Sun Sea passengers "fled" from the safety of Thailand, not Sri Lanka,

    We knew that the passengers were permitted to "consult" with an ethnic advocacy group [the CTC] here while still devising the strategies they will present to the Immigration and Refugee Board. 

    Wouldn't competent officials have been uneasy with such an arrangement? 
     
    None of this is sitting well with people fed to the teeth with being taken for long, expensive rides by self-professed "refugees."  Just 16 days after arrival, taxpayers had already invested $45,000 in each Sun Sea passenger."

      http://tinyurl.com/35pasx7

  725. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    UN report finds that over 40,000 innocent civilians have been killed at the instance of the military command of the Sri Lanka Government which owed a duty of protection to these innocent.

    The manner of their killing was brutal and the extent of that brutality is described in the Report.

    The issue becomes one of accountability.

    Mango, Rip Van Winkle avoid the issue by raising the bogey of terrorism.

    The law does not permit the elimination of terrorism by wiping out civilians (except in China and Russia, the supporters of Sri Lanka, as they have to kill civilians in Chechny and Tibet).

    The fact is that generations Sri Lankan leaders have risen to power through ethnic hatred.

    This corrupt regime also does the same.

    Unless attitudes of ethnic hatred change, there is no hope for Sri Lanka. It will like its fellow traveller, Pakistan, increasingly become a failed state.

    Sri Lanka is also becoming a terrorist state as all opposition (including Sinhalese journalists and others) is coming to be eliminated through violence.

    There is a serious problem and dispassionate thought must be given to addressing it.

    UN report has initiated this process and one hopes that it is met with constructive views than just a spouting of traditional hatred that has clouded issues.

  726. Rajapaksa wants us to forget 83, 77,58 and now the UN report.

    It was racists like Rajapaksa created this mess in the first place

    Rajapaksa should not blame the victims that his Racists Army killed

  727. When it comes to the ethnic issue Sinhalese are very myopic.

    Every Sinhalese I have met will state that the Tamils and Sinhalese lived in perfect harmony and if not for the dastardly LTTE the island was a bountiful paradise to be enjoyed by all.

    They will also tell you if there was any political discontent it should have been addressed in a peaceful manner.

    That is hilarious because when Tamils tried peaceful protests in the 60’s they were beaten in the three riots of 1956, 1977 and 1983 how many Colombo Tamils perished.

    Does a Sinhala person ever pause to think that the rise of the LTTE and Tamil patriotism was caused by the ruthless Sinhala government, Buddhist clergy and the callous attitude of the majority Sinhalese?

    I see that Sinhalese commentators are cynical of the Tamils ..

    Many Sinhalese in the west have access to free media and a democratic way of life but they still remain stubbornly resistant and mute to neutral opinions and reports.

    These are same Sinhalese people who have stated that UN, CNN, BBC, ABC, AL Jazeera, Economist, Times, Channel 4 all are bias.

    If Sinhalese are indeed followers of Budda’s teachings they would take the UN panel report seriously and hang their heads in shame.

  728. Dear Savage,

    Congratulations! You’ve finally understood Eelam War 4. I’m really pleased to have helped you.

    Just to re-cap:

    • If the SLA intentionally shelled civilians, there wouldn’t be anyone left. The SLA targetted the LTTE who were intermingled with the civilians, who were unfortunately and sadly killed & maimed. The responsibility for their deaths lies with the LTTE who used them as human shield.

    • The aim was to destroy the war-making capability of a heavily armed, well-trained, experienced, highly committed, semi-conventional force, the LTTE. Excellent. Now you understand. That is victory in the conventional sense. No more ceasefires, no more negotiations. Only total and unconditional surrender on the government’s terms LTTE.

    • The military necessity was to totally destroy an armed enemy. That is self defense. The LTTE had plenty of opportunities to opt for surrender. Thankfully they did not do so, and many of their best units died fighting to the bitter end. I salute their bravery, as much as I despise the cause for which they died.
    All Sri Lanka’s people have the right to self-determination, which can now be exercised politically.

    • Proportionality. The gains were logarithmically proportional to the damage incurred by all Lankans. The writ of the legally and democratically elected govt runs across the whole island.

    Thank you again for showing your understanding of the Eelam Wars.
    Here’s my gift to you. Read it and improve your understanding even further.

    http://tinyurl.com/69e46a9

  729. Just as Sri Lanka makes elaborate preparations to celebrate the second anniversary of its victory over the LTTE, three separate reports/analyses have brought to life ghosts of what now looks like a distant past. All the three – the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) April 7 account of those who disappeared during the war; the United States' State Department Report, which was released on April 8; and, the last and most significant one, the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, which was submitted to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 and released on April 25 – hold both the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the death of innumerable civilians caught in the conflict during the last stages of the war. http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110520281012100

  730. Congratulations to Canada’s Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    Non-Peelam Canadians must be absolutely over-joyed that their Rathika Sitsabaiesan (a certified hot babe) MP is a long-standing supporter of the LTTE terrorist organisation.

    “…..the NDP has always been there to support the Tamil community. Most importantly I need to mention that in May 2009, near the end of Eelam war, we poured on to the streets in tens of thousands and we lobbied at every level of government and every party in the government, but no one came to our rescue or speak on our behalf, except NDP.”

    Rathika was unable to join Fatty VP at his last stand in May ’09. She was too busy having her hair done and socialising.
    http://www.rathika.ca/media-gallery/detail/50/87

    Apparently, “her parents have been community activists who worked towards the advancement and injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.” Ha ha ha ha!!

    In plain English:
    community activists = pro-LTTE fundraisers

    injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric =
    Illegal weapons purchases
    People smuggling
    Illegal immigration
    Drug running
    Credit card fraud
    Identity theft
    Armed youth gangs
    Extortion
    Murder
    Arson.

    http://tinyurl.com/3sqsvy5

  731. What is the root cause of all these?

    Please go back in Sri Lanka past and analyse it !

    The TRUTH would be obvious.

    It is important to have the TRUTH of all Sri Lanka conflicts need to be brought to the public.

    That is why it is paramount to have an independant international investigation.

    Only by analysing the root cause there would be a genuine RECONCILLIATION.

  732. Just as Sri Lanka makes elaborate preparations to celebrate the second anniversary of its victory over the LTTE, three separate reports/analyses have brought to life ghosts of what now looks like a distant past. All the three – the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) April 7 account of those who disappeared during the war; the United States' State Department Report, which was released on April 8; and, the last and most significant one, the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, which was submitted to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 and released on April 25 – hold both the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the death of innumerable civilians caught in the conflict during the last stages of the war. http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110520281012100

  733. Just as Sri Lanka makes elaborate preparations to celebrate the second anniversary of its victory over the LTTE, three separate reports/analyses have brought to life ghosts of what now looks like a distant past. All the three – the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) April 7 account of those who disappeared during the war; the United States' State Department Report, which was released on April 8; and, the last and most significant one, the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, which was submitted to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 and released on April 25 – hold both the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the death of innumerable civilians caught in the conflict during the last stages of the war. http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110520281012100

  734. Mango Says:
    May 2nd, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    Namaste.

    There are no ‘secret’ concentration camps. The camps that the rajapaksa government calls ‘IDP’ camps are the concentration camps due to the extreme conditions the Tamils have to face (starvation and lack of medical care).

  735. Dear Friends of Eelam,

    Reading your posts about the undoubted human rights abuses suffered by innocent Tamil civilians (who were deliberately put in harms' way by the LTTE) during the heavy fighting in May '09, a reasonable person (like myself) is forced to ask this question:

    Where was your concern for 'human rights abuses' for Tamil civilians around 2005, only one year before Fatty Prabha launched his Final War?

    Choose the category which best describes your position.

    A: You knew about the 'Final War' and wanted victory for LTTE, damn the casualties on either side.

    B: You knew about the 'Final War' and wanted victory for LTTE, with the absolute minimum casualties on either side.

    C: You knew about the 'Final War' and wanted the LTTE to compromise for a permanent peace.

    D: You thought 'Final War' was a new Bollywood film and anyway you were too busy washing your hair and going to parties.

    I look forward to your answers with interest.

  736. I myself know Tamils who have lost innocent family and friends to government forces during the conflict as well as after it.

    So I know for a fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are eye witnesses to the ethnic cleansing of Tamils conducted by the rajapaksa government.

    So, Mango and Rip Van Winkle, I have no problem with you thinking I’m a liar or that my sources are lying. You yourself will witness the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who come forward when the independent investigation into the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka begins. Infact, these people are just waiting for an opportunity to come forward, which I’m confident the UN will provide.

    Hopefully then you’ll realise the damage you’ve caused by calling us liars.

    Till then, enjoy living your lie. Truth shall prevail.

  737. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    Thanks for that. I think its disgraceful that our people are still in holding camps, almost two years after the fighting stopped. Where the govt fails miserably (and all govts are equally guilty) is in disseminating info about numbers & locations. There are still thousands of Muslim & Sinhalese IDPs who need to be re-settled – if any of them want to return – in the North & East. How’s that progressing?

    I still its worth doing a Google Maps mashup of these IDP camps, so that everyone can know where they are. Anyone know how to do them

  738. Tamilian Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 4:35 am

    Namaste brother.

    That’s wonderful news. Congratulations to sister Rathika!

    Thanks for posting this great news.

  739. Shameless liar and bloodthirsty butcher Rajapaksa started the war !!

  740. Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka’s alleged War Crimes
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32980
    11.11.10 Al Jazeera spotlights Sri Lanka’s alleged War Crim..
    10.11.10 Rights groups flay LLRC, say whitewashes War Crime..
    28.10.10 Britain reiterates support for independent inquiry..
    19.10.10 Amnesty urges Hague on independent probe into Sri ..
    14.10.10 HRW, ICG, Amnesty reject invite, slam LLRC
    10.10.10 HRW discusses Sri Lanka war-crimes in Harvard even..
    09.10.10 Pakistan joins Sri Lanka in execution video storm
    03.10.10 Dublin follow-up on Sri Lanka war crimes
    12.08.10 Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetter..
    08.08.10 Malaysian politician to form Committee on genocide..
    18.04.10 JNU convention condemns Sri Lanka war crimes
    17.04.10 “Sri Lanka sets precedent for internationally acce..
    21.02.10 Pasadena firm assists in Alston’s execution video ..
    02.02.10 Sri Lanka experts silent, Wijesinha oblivious to f..
    16.01.10 Dublin verdict: Sri Lanka guilty of War Crimes
    16.01.10 Satellite imagery evidence of Hospital attack reco..
    14.01.10 Dublin analysis complements Alston’s findings on e..
    08.01.10 Video authentic, Alston calls for wider war crimes..
    15.12.09 Times expert authenticates Sri Lanka’s Channel-4 w..
    29.10.09 Amnesty, CPJ, RSF call for probe into Channel-4 vi..
    27.10.09 Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channe..
    18.10.09 Forensic analysis confirms execution-video authent..
    12.09.09 Executions: Sri Lanka refuting processed video, no..
    28.08.09 Horrendous video images indicate violation of Inte..
    27.08.09 HRW: UN must investigate Sri Lanka atrocities
    26.08.09 SLA war crimes eerily similar to Srebrenica Scorpi..
    25.08.09 Video shows style of extra-judicial killings in Sr..

    Photos allege Sri Lanka massacre
    http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia/2010/11/2010111010021857352.html

  741. Oh and one other thing, till there is an independent investigation into the war crimes committed by the government forces and the LTTE and those responsible are prosecuted (including mahinda, basil, gotabhaya, their thugs and the government forces responsible) and the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka by the rajapaksa government is stopped and Tamils are provided freedom, equality and democracy, reconciliation of any sort is simply not possible.

    Until these conditions are met, there is no possiblity of the Sri Lankan community being a united one, and this I can assure you.

  742. "Shameless liar and bloodthirsty butcher Rajapaksa started the war !!

    Ha ha ha ha! Unbelievable! A perfect example of the Eelamish mindset 🙂

    Poor, poor, brain damaged Sivarampillai has had a serious memory lapse. I hope you can get an emergency brain scan quickly before you forget your own name ! 🙂

    Sivarampillai, it was the Tigers who rejected the PTOMS, federalism and demanded an ISGA that had no chance of being acceded to by a democratic nation.

    It was the Tigers who threatened the CFA. Then they destabilised and toppled the UNP government by carrying out a campaign of assassination and terrorism during the CFA.

    It was the Tigers who then prevented Ranil, the only Sinhalese leader able and willing to see through a political solution from being elected.

    It was the Tigers who helped to get Mahinda elected!! [remember that?]

    And after MR had been elected, it was the Tigers who continued their aggression by targeting his brother Gota and the Army commander Fonseka with suicide bombers.

    It was the Tigers who captured and held the Mavilaru sluice gates finally forcing Mahinda to unleash the SLA.

    It the Tigers who evicted the EU monitors from the NE so that there were no witnesses to their CFA violations.

    My God! Seeing in written down like that I can only conclude, thank goodness the Tigers were so stupid. But that's with the benefit of hindsight.

  743. Dear Sivarampillai,

    I guess you're in Category A, no?

    Category A: You knew about the 'Final War' and wanted victory for LTTE, damn the casualties on either side.

  744. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    “I myself know Tamils who have lost innocent family and friends to government forces during the conflict as well as after it.”

    Thousands of innocent people (regardless of their so-called ethnicity) have lost their lives to govt forces in three insurgencies. That’s the terrible outcome of insurgencies.

    So I know for a fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are eye witnesses to the ethnic cleansing of Tamils conducted by the rajapaksa government.”

    Innocents being killed isn’t the same as ‘ethnic cleansing’. What is your definition of ‘ethnic cleansing’ and where in Sri Lanka is it happening, now?

    “So, Mango and Rip Van Winkle, I have no problem with you thinking I’m a liar or that my sources are lying. You yourself will witness the hundreds of thousands of eye witnesses who come forward when the independent investigation into the war crimes committed in Sri Lanka begins. Infact, these people are just waiting for an opportunity to come forward, which I’m confident the UN will provide.”

    I think you believe what you say to be true, even if the facts don’t support your case. That doesn’t mean you’re a liar – and I haven’t called you a liar. For example, on careful checking, your claim that 1000s of people per day were dying in IDP camps was shown to be incorrect.

    When any investigations are done, it’ll be by the govt of the day (I predict perhaps in 10 years) and not under UN-auspices because that process is being driven primarily by groups and countries hostile to GoSL.

    Read my comment about Russia’s position. Unless GoSL does something unbelievably stupid (a possibility which cannot be discounted, given Wimal Weeranwansa’s malign participation), Ban Ki Moon’s dodgy dossier will be kicked into the long grass.

    “Hopefully then you’ll realise the damage you’ve caused by calling us liars.”

    It’s your choice of course, but it’d be smarter to dissociate yourself from the certified pro-Eelam liars. I have no problem damaging the Eelam project.

    “Till then, enjoy living your lie. Truth shall prevail.”

    No lies here. But you want the truth to prevail in Sri Lanka? Whose truth? Which version? Surely you know that everyone lies. The GoSL lies, the TNA lies, AI lies, Tamilnut lies, the TGTE lies, the UN lies, HRW & ICG lies, the EU lies. So many liars to choose from and such little time! 🙂

  745. Ethnic cleansing “is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. (Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780)”

    As that’s exactly what the rajapaksa government is doing to Tamils, yes it’s ethnic cleansing.

    There is more than enough evidence to prove that the rajapaksa government is conducting ethnic cleansing of Tamils, but unless you know someone who witnessed the ethnic cleansing, you won’t know of this evidence as the rajapaksa government tries it’s best to keep the evidence from being revealed.

    An independent investigation’s role in this is to reveal that evidence to the entire world so that all people come to know of what’s actually going on in Sri Lanka.

    I’m not surprised how you call the countries and parties which are calling for an investigation into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka (which is backed by strong evidence including photographic and video evidence as well as eye witness accounts), as I’ve noticed that it’s the mentality of Sinhalese racists to simply dismiss anyone and anything that speaks ill of the Sinhalese or mahinda as ‘hostile’, ‘biased’, etc. There’s no point in me arguing with you about this as I know the outcome.

    However, we want an independent investigation, not one that’s conducted by the rajapaksa government (we all know how much of a joke the ‘LLRC’ is). An independent investigation would exclude any bias.

    It’s sad how Sinhalese racists such as yourself simply label the people who’ve lost innocent family and friends to government forces as ‘pro-Eelam liars’ etc. But I can’t say I’m surprised. There’s no point in me telling you I don’t support the LTTE or that the discrimination Tamils had to face at the hands of the Sinhalese ever since Sri Lanka gained independence was the cause for the LTTE coming to power in the first place and for Tamils wanting a separate country as you’ll simply dismiss it as ‘lies’, ‘LTTE propaganda’, etc.

    I want the truth of the innocent Tamils who had to suffer at the hands of the government forces and the LTTE to prevail.

  746. Mango wrote
    May 3rd, 2011 at 5:51 am

    Congratulations to Canada’s Peelam Citizens, sadly exiled in Scarborough. Canada can now provide Eelam in the North.

    ————————————————————

    Are you jealous that Tamil people gain success in Canada?

    You prefer that all Tamils – be voiceless slaves?

    Or better yet their throats cut and burn the bodies to hide the crime

  747. Know why the Nanthikadal Lagoon is still heavily guarded by government forces and civilians aren’t allowed? Because there are still bodies of the innocent Tamils who were killed by the government forces and the LTTE.

    But hey, there’s no point in telling you this now is there?

  748. Sivarampillai Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 8:10 am

    Namaste brother.

    Are you surprised? When the Sinhalese racists in Sri Lanka have been trying to keep Tamils down for over 63 years, things like this must infuriate them.

    After all, according to Sinhalese racists all Tamils are terrorists aren’t they? I mean according to them, there’s no possibility that sister Rathika was protesting due to the hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils being killed but just because she’s a terrorist, right?

  749. Aryacakravarti

    The Sinhalese not just Racists but Butchers of the Tamil People !!

  750. @ Sivarampillai:

    I’m delighted that Canada will continue to experience the injection of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    Those ‘voiceless slaves’ you speak of — you must mean those fortunate few Tamil civilians who lived in the Vanni under the benevolent protection of the all-knowing, wise, humane guidance of Fatty Prabha, no?

    I’m curious — why didn’t you live there? Surely it was paradise on Earth, no? Eelam-by-the-Sea?

  751. Sinhalese Racists are brainwashed in the Sri Lanka schools to hate Tamils

    Divisions Sri Lanka were exacerbated by successive government policies discriminating against the Tamil minorities. ….
    Divisive ethnic politics and loss of confidence in non-violent and democratic politics fuelled the desire for autonomous, separatist solutions through the 1970s ….
    The Government dominates the educational publications sector in Sri Lanka through its provision of free textbooks to all students from grade 1 to 11 ….
    Tamils not involved in writing the textbooks – Textbooks written in Sinhala, and then translated into Tamil …. full of spelling, grammatical and factual errors ….
    distortion of history …. the history of Sri Lanka is confined to a few selected Sinhala kings ….
    the textbooks do not educate the child about the various characteristics of a multi-religious and a multi- racial society; the majority of Sinhala medium textbooks emphasize Sinhalese Buddhist attitudes; distorted maps under-represent North and Eastern Provinces; “geographical, social, economical or cultural features” of Tamil communities (including the plantation sector) are not adequately discussed or presented;
    in studying art, the Tamil student only studies Sinhalese Buddhist aspects of art; the textbooks encourage children to develop “apartheid attitudes” …..
    Tamils are portrayed as “aggressors”; forces of the Tamil kings are “mercenaries’ , whereas forces of the Sinhala kings are “soldiers” ….
    War is shown as patriotic while peace is portrayed as cowardice.’’

  752. Mango Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 am

    As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka.

    It’s called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping.

  753. @Aryacakravarti:

    “Ethnic cleansing “is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. (Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 780)”
    As that’s exactly what the rajapaksa government is doing to Tamils, yes it’s ethnic cleansing…..but unless you know someone who witnessed the ethnic cleansing, you won’t know of this evidence.”

    OK. So let’s have some names, numbers etc. Which villages have been ‘cleansed’ and their inhabitants driven out to where? When?

    You say you know people to whom this has happened. Don’t divulge their names — perhaps some other evidence? If they’re now out of Sri Lanka, then it’ll be ‘safe’ to mention their names, no? And don’t forget Google Maps is your friend.

    I condemn totally the LTTE’s ethnic cleansing of Muslims and others, so if this is happening, now, I condemn it also.

    “I’m not surprised how you call the countries and parties which are calling for an investigation into the ethnic cleansing of Tamils being conducted in Sri Lanka..”

    Which countries are calling for an investigation of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Tamils, currently allegedly being conducted in SL? The US, UK & some EU countries are calling for an investigation of the last days/weeks of Eelam War 4. Have they missed out on this ‘ethnic cleansing’?

    “….. we want an independent investigation, not one that’s conducted by the rajapaksa government (we all know how much of a joke the ‘LLRC’ is). An independent investigation would exclude any bias.”

    OK. Who should be on this independent investigation panel? Which period should they cover? Which countries should they investigate, other than SL? Should they be able to indict SL Tamils currently living in the West who can be proved to have supported the LTTE?

    “It’s sad how Sinhalese racists such as yourself simply label the people who’ve lost innocent family and friends to government forces as ‘pro-Eelam liars’ etc. But I can’t say I’m surprised.”

    Ah….. the ‘Sinhala racist’ tag. I suppose it was only a matter of time. 🙂 As I’ve repeated ad nauseam, I’m very sorry that they’ve lost family and friends to govt forces. That fact alone does not make them truthful or liars. I take each case on its own merits.

    “…Sri Lanka gained independence was the cause for the LTTE coming to power in the first place and for Tamils wanting a separate country as you’ll simply dismiss it as ‘lies’, ‘LTTE propaganda’, etc…”

    Quite the contrary. That is a childish oversimplification. Previous SL govs may have been the original problem and the Tigers the symptom, but over time, the LTTE became the problem. With the complicity of many Tamils, it destroyed [murdered] all other groups fighting for separation, or drove them into the arms of the GoSL. I mean, think – the LTTE was so brutal, many Tamil groups sought refuge and worked with the ‘genocidal’ Sinhala regime!

    The LTTE murdered everyone who offered an alternative to violence, and refused to compromise on their sole authority. In the end, they became the problem, which MR & Co solved.

    “…I want the truth of the innocent Tamils who had to suffer at the hands of the government forces and the LTTE to prevail…”

    Odd how you’re only ever concerned about the ‘innocent Tamils’. I suppose the ‘lesser peoples’ aren’t so worthy? The Sinhalese dead of the two insurrections will have to wait too. What makes the Tamils so special?

  754. Dear Aryacakravarti,

    “As one of the most democratic nations in the world, Canada welcomes different cultures into their society and respects them, unlike Sri Lanka. It’s called having a multicultural and multiracial society, a concept which you seem to have difficulty grasping.”

    I’m delighted you mentioned Canada’s multi-culturalism, which is far, far more advanced than Sri Lanka’s version.

    So please explain why pro-separatist Tamils seeking a racially exclusive statelet within Sri Lanka (i.e. Eelam) do so from a wonderfully inclusive multicultural country like Canada?

    It doesn’t make logical sense does it?

    They proclaim the obvious benefits of multi-cultural society, yet want a racially/exclusive society of their own, in Sri Lanka. Yup.. very odd, indeed.

    p.s. I wouldn’t believe everything you read about non-Eezahm Canadians wanting any more injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.

    A Canadian blogger (who hadn’t fully appreciated the injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric) got to the heart of the matter:

    “We knew it [the Sun Sea] was piloted by a Tamil Tiger sea captain and likely a Tiger operation,

    We knew the UN High Commission for Refugees had designated Tamils “no longer in need of protection,”

    We knew Tamil refugees already enjoying Canada’s protection habitually holidayed in Sri Lanka,

    We knew Tamil refugees living in India and elsewhere were voluntarily resettling in Sri Lanka,

    We knew the Sun Sea passengers “fled” from the safety of Thailand, not Sri Lanka,

    We knew that the passengers were permitted to “consult” with an ethnic advocacy group [the CTC] here while still devising the strategies they will present to the Immigration and Refugee Board. 

    Wouldn’t competent officials have been uneasy with such an arrangement? 
     
    None of this is sitting well with people fed to the teeth with being taken for long, expensive rides by self-professed “refugees.”  Just 16 days after arrival, taxpayers had already invested $45,000 in each Sun Sea passenger.”

     
    http://tinyurl.com/35pasx7

  755. Mango

    Rip Van Winkle

    UN report finds that over 40,000 innocent civilians have been killed at the instance of the military command of the Sri Lanka Government which owed a duty of protection to these innocent.

    The manner of their killing was brutal and the extent of that brutality is described in the Report.

    The issue becomes one of accountability.

    Mango, Rip Van Winkle avoid the issue by raising the bogey of terrorism.

    The law does not permit the elimination of terrorism by wiping out civilians (except in China and Russia, the supporters of Sri Lanka, as they have to kill civilians in Chechny and Tibet).

    The fact is that generations Sri Lankan leaders have risen to power through ethnic hatred.

    This corrupt regime also does the same.

    Unless attitudes of ethnic hatred change, there is no hope for Sri Lanka. It will like its fellow traveller, Pakistan, increasingly become a failed state.

    Sri Lanka is also becoming a terrorist state as all opposition (including Sinhalese journalists and others) is coming to be eliminated through violence.

    There is a serious problem and dispassionate thought must be given to addressing it.

    UN report has initiated this process and one hopes that it is met with constructive views than just a spouting of traditional hatred that has clouded issues.

  756. Rajapaksa wants us to forget 83, 77,58 and now the UN report.

    It was racists like Rajapaksa created this mess in the first place

    Rajapaksa should not blame the victims that his Racists Army killed

  757. When it comes to the ethnic issue Sinhalese are very myopic.

    Every Sinhalese I have met will state that the Tamils and Sinhalese lived in perfect harmony and if not for the dastardly LTTE the island was a bountiful paradise to be enjoyed by all.

    They will also tell you if there was any political discontent it should have been addressed in a peaceful manner.

    That is hilarious because when Tamils tried peaceful protests in the 60’s they were beaten in the three riots of 1956, 1977 and 1983 how many Colombo Tamils perished.

    Does a Sinhala person ever pause to think that the rise of the LTTE and Tamil patriotism was caused by the ruthless Sinhala government, Buddhist clergy and the callous attitude of the majority Sinhalese?

    I see that Sinhalese commentators are cynical of the Tamils ..

    Many Sinhalese in the west have access to free media and a democratic way of life but they still remain stubbornly resistant and mute to neutral opinions and reports.

    These are same Sinhalese people who have stated that UN, CNN, BBC, ABC, AL Jazeera, Economist, Times, Channel 4 all are bias.

    If Sinhalese are indeed followers of Budda’s teachings they would take the UN panel report seriously and hang their heads in shame.

  758. What is the root cause of all these?

    Please go back in Sri Lanka past and analyse it !

    The TRUTH would be obvious.

    It is important to have the TRUTH of all Sri Lanka conflicts need to be brought to the public.

    That is why it is paramount to have an independant international investigation.

    Only by analysing the root cause there would be a genuine RECONCILLIATION.

  759. Just as Sri Lanka makes elaborate preparations to celebrate the second anniversary of its victory over the LTTE, three separate reports/analyses have brought to life ghosts of what now looks like a distant past. All the three – the Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) April 7 account of those who disappeared during the war; the United States’ State Department Report, which was released on April 8; and, the last and most significant one, the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, which was submitted to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 and released on April 25 – hold both the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the death of innumerable civilians caught in the conflict during the last stages of the war.
    http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110520281012100.htm

  760. Dear Friends of Eelam,

    Reading your posts about the undoubted human rights abuses suffered by innocent Tamil civilians (who were deliberately put in harms’ way by the LTTE) during the heavy fighting in May ’09, a reasonable person (like myself) is forced to ask this question:

    Where was your concern for ‘human rights abuses’ for Tamil civilians around 2005, only one year before Fatty Prabha launched his Final War?

    Choose the category which best describes your position.

    A: You knew about the ‘Final War’ and wanted victory for LTTE, damn the casualties on either side.

    B: You knew about the ‘Final War’ and wanted victory for LTTE, with the absolute minimum casualties on either side.

    C: You knew about the ‘Final War’ and wanted the LTTE to compromise for a permanent peace.

    D: You thought ‘Final War’ was a new Bollywood film and anyway you were too busy washing your hair and going to parties.

    I look forward to your answers with interest.

  761. Shameless liar and bloodthirsty butcher Rajapaksa started the war !!

  762. “Shameless liar and bloodthirsty butcher Rajapaksa started the war !!

    Ha ha ha ha! Unbelievable! A perfect example of the Eelamish mindset 🙂

    Poor, poor, brain damaged Sivarampillai has had a serious memory lapse. I hope you can get an emergency brain scan quickly before you forget your own name ! 🙂

    Sivarampillai, it was the Tigers who rejected the PTOMS, federalism and demanded an ISGA that had no chance of being acceded to by a democratic nation.

    It was the Tigers who threatened the CFA. Then they destabilised and toppled the UNP government by carrying out a campaign of assassination and terrorism during the CFA.

    It was the Tigers who then prevented Ranil, the only Sinhalese leader able and willing to see through a political solution from being elected.

    It was the Tigers who helped to get Mahinda elected!! [remember that?]

    And after MR had been elected, it was the Tigers who continued their aggression by targeting his brother Gota and the Army commander Fonseka with suicide bombers.

    It was the Tigers who captured and held the Mavilaru sluice gates finally forcing Mahinda to unleash the SLA.

    It the Tigers who evicted the EU monitors from the NE so that there were no witnesses to their CFA violations.

    My God! Seeing in written down like that I can only conclude, thank goodness the Tigers were so stupid. But that’s with the benefit of hindsight.

  763. Dear Sivarampillai,

    I guess you’re in Category A, no?

    Category A: You knew about the ‘Final War’ and wanted victory for LTTE, damn the casualties on either side.

  764. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Tuesday released a document which the group claimed "sub­s­tan­ti­ates al­le­ga­tions of war crimes com­mitt­ed by the 57 Di­vi­sion of the Sri Lankan Army un­der the com­mand of Ja­gath Dias." ECCHR appealed to the the German Government to take the allegations levelled against Major General Dias‟ 57 Division seriously, and to seriously investigate his [Dias's] individual criminal responsibility. ECCHR also appealed to the German Government to withdraw the diplomatic visa of Major General Dias as well as declare him a persona non grata. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    State Terrorism is the worst form of Terrorism. There is abundant evidence that war crimes have been committed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration. This site lists all the officials, private contractors, and assorted personnel suspected of committing war crimes. http://www.thewarcriminals.org/2009/06/war-crimin

  765. The devolution of power to the minorities is not something Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed himself over since defeating the Tamil Tigers in battle. With the rebels gone and the state firmly in control of all territory, the notion of sharing political authority has become, well, passé. It could have been different. The elimination of the Tigers gave President Rajapaksa a fine opportunity to engage with those representatives of the Tamil community that favored a peaceful settlement to decades of ethnic friction. Although the war was won by force, there was still stuff to talk about. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=h

    LLRC is not a credible domestic process of accountability http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_03_16_00
    Thousands of victims came before the LLRC demonstrating that there is a desire for accountability within Sri Lanka but the fact remains that the LLRC had no mandate to act as an accountability mechanism. Its focus was on collecting public and expert perceptions about the root causes of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and recommending steps to promote communal reconciliation.

    The Commission’s mandate did not require it to investigate alleged violations of human rights or humanitarian law or establish accountability for violations, and in five months of sittings these were not issues the LLRC pursued with any sustained interest. When individual testimony did include complaints of violations – such as enforced disappearances in northern Sri Lanka —

    Commissioners did not probe the complaints. Recommendations by the Commission to date have been limited to problem solving, such as suggesting procedural reforms to help people to trace missing relatives, rather than investigating allegations of abuse or bringing perpetrators to justice.
    Diplomats have acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s past track record on accountability was poor, that the LLRC’s mandate was unclear; that it lacked witness protection and potentially, independence. But some policymakers still claimed the LLRC might achieve some measure of success, owing in part to the Government’s strong political majority and international pressure. It is difficult however to imagine what sustains their conviction.

  766. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Tuesday released a document which the group claimed "sub­s­tan­ti­ates al­le­ga­tions of war crimes com­mitt­ed by the 57 Di­vi­sion of the Sri Lankan Army un­der the com­mand of Ja­gath Dias." ECCHR appealed to the the German Government to take the allegations levelled against Major General Dias‟ 57 Division seriously, and to seriously investigate his [Dias's] individual criminal responsibility. ECCHR also appealed to the German Government to withdraw the diplomatic visa of Major General Dias as well as declare him a persona non grata. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    State Terrorism is the worst form of Terrorism. There is abundant evidence that war crimes have been committed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration. This site lists all the officials, private contractors, and assorted personnel suspected of committing war crimes. http://www.thewarcriminals.org/2009/06/war-crimin

  767. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Tuesday released a document which the group claimed "sub­s­tan­ti­ates al­le­ga­tions of war crimes com­mitt­ed by the 57 Di­vi­sion of the Sri Lankan Army un­der the com­mand of Ja­gath Dias." ECCHR appealed to the the German Government to take the allegations levelled against Major General Dias‟ 57 Division seriously, and to seriously investigate his [Dias's] individual criminal responsibility. ECCHR also appealed to the German Government to withdraw the diplomatic visa of Major General Dias as well as declare him a persona non grata. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    State Terrorism is the worst form of Terrorism. There is abundant evidence that war crimes have been committed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration. This site lists all the officials, private contractors, and assorted personnel suspected of committing war crimes. http://www.thewarcriminals.org/2009/06/war-crimin

  768. The devolution of power to the minorities is not something Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed himself over since defeating the Tamil Tigers in battle. With the rebels gone and the state firmly in control of all territory, the notion of sharing political authority has become, well, passé. It could have been different. The elimination of the Tigers gave President Rajapaksa a fine opportunity to engage with those representatives of the Tamil community that favored a peaceful settlement to decades of ethnic friction. Although the war was won by force, there was still stuff to talk about. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=h

    LLRC is not a credible domestic process of accountability http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_03_16_00
    Thousands of victims came before the LLRC demonstrating that there is a desire for accountability within Sri Lanka but the fact remains that the LLRC had no mandate to act as an accountability mechanism. Its focus was on collecting public and expert perceptions about the root causes of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and recommending steps to promote communal reconciliation.

    The Commission’s mandate did not require it to investigate alleged violations of human rights or humanitarian law or establish accountability for violations, and in five months of sittings these were not issues the LLRC pursued with any sustained interest. When individual testimony did include complaints of violations – such as enforced disappearances in northern Sri Lanka —

    Commissioners did not probe the complaints. Recommendations by the Commission to date have been limited to problem solving, such as suggesting procedural reforms to help people to trace missing relatives, rather than investigating allegations of abuse or bringing perpetrators to justice.
    Diplomats have acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s past track record on accountability was poor, that the LLRC’s mandate was unclear; that it lacked witness protection and potentially, independence. But some policymakers still claimed the LLRC might achieve some measure of success, owing in part to the Government’s strong political majority and international pressure. It is difficult however to imagine what sustains their conviction.

  769. The devolution of power to the minorities is not something Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed himself over since defeating the Tamil Tigers in battle. With the rebels gone and the state firmly in control of all territory, the notion of sharing political authority has become, well, passé. It could have been different. The elimination of the Tigers gave President Rajapaksa a fine opportunity to engage with those representatives of the Tamil community that favored a peaceful settlement to decades of ethnic friction. Although the war was won by force, there was still stuff to talk about. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=h

    LLRC is not a credible domestic process of accountability http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_03_16_00
    Thousands of victims came before the LLRC demonstrating that there is a desire for accountability within Sri Lanka but the fact remains that the LLRC had no mandate to act as an accountability mechanism. Its focus was on collecting public and expert perceptions about the root causes of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and recommending steps to promote communal reconciliation.

    The Commission’s mandate did not require it to investigate alleged violations of human rights or humanitarian law or establish accountability for violations, and in five months of sittings these were not issues the LLRC pursued with any sustained interest. When individual testimony did include complaints of violations – such as enforced disappearances in northern Sri Lanka —

    Commissioners did not probe the complaints. Recommendations by the Commission to date have been limited to problem solving, such as suggesting procedural reforms to help people to trace missing relatives, rather than investigating allegations of abuse or bringing perpetrators to justice.
    Diplomats have acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s past track record on accountability was poor, that the LLRC’s mandate was unclear; that it lacked witness protection and potentially, independence. But some policymakers still claimed the LLRC might achieve some measure of success, owing in part to the Government’s strong political majority and international pressure. It is difficult however to imagine what sustains their conviction.

  770. Sri Lanka "No Fire Zone" was kill Zone

    On many occasions, the government and the military declared no-fire zones (NFZ) and claimed the “security forces are fully committed to provide maximum safety for civilians”.

    Far from being protected, civilians were slaughtered in their thousands as the military mercilessly subjected these areas to aerial and artillery bombardment.
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  771. Sri Lanka's barrage continued on a daily basis well after the announced no-fire zone. The UN report cited several examples: “On 25 March, an MBRL [multi-barrel rocket launcher] attack on Ambalavanpokkanai [village] killed around 140 people, including many children. On 8 April 2009, a large group of women and children, who were queued up at a milk powder distribution line were shelled at Ambalavanpokkanai.”

    Makeshift hospitals at Putumattalan, Mullivaikkal and Vellamullivaikkal also came under fire. The conditions at the hospitals were appalling. At Putumattalan hospital, the report noted: “A large number of amputations were performed without anaesthetic, using butcher knives rather than scalpels. Sanitary pads and cotton cloths were used as bandages, and intravenous drips were hung from the trees, with the severely-injured patients lying on the ground under them.”

    An estimated 100,000 civilians remained in the no fire zone, crammed together in intolerable conditions without adequate food, water, shelter or medicine. The military deliberately restricted emergency supplies while the Rajapaksa government falsely claimed that only 10,000 civilians remained.

    The UN report stated: “Due to lack of space in the third NFZ, civilians had nowhere to hide from shelling, which was coming from all sides… Many died and were buried under their bunkers without their deaths being recorded.” Doctors and the remaining chief administrative officer repeatedly called for a halt to the attacks to attend the wounded, but in vain. The final days of the war that ended on May 18 were an “unimaginable human catastrophe" when 40 000 Tamil people were slaughtered
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  772. Only people who fear investigations are thieves, criminals and Sri-lankans !!

    Beacause they all have so much to hide!

  773. This is not an LTTE or state issue.

    This is a issue of humanity and justice.

    We need to know the truth and only the truth so that this island can move foreward.

  774. Sri Lanka "No Fire Zone" was kill Zone

    On many occasions, the government and the military declared no-fire zones (NFZ) and claimed the “security forces are fully committed to provide maximum safety for civilians”.

    Far from being protected, civilians were slaughtered in their thousands as the military mercilessly subjected these areas to aerial and artillery bombardment.
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  775. Sri Lanka "No Fire Zone" was kill Zone

    On many occasions, the government and the military declared no-fire zones (NFZ) and claimed the “security forces are fully committed to provide maximum safety for civilians”.

    Far from being protected, civilians were slaughtered in their thousands as the military mercilessly subjected these areas to aerial and artillery bombardment.
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  776. The UN panel report said: “In the early morning hours of January 24, hundreds of shells were rained down in the NFZ. Those with access to the bunkers dove into it for protection, but most of the IDPs [internally displaced persons] did not have bunkers and nowhere to seek cover. People were screaming and crying for help.”

  777. Clearly marked hospitals were not spared. The Vallipunam hospital located in the no-fire zone was shelled on January 20, killing a number of patients. The Udayaarkaddu hospital in the same zone was hit on 24 January. The Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) hospital was bombarded every day between January 29 and February 4, and took at least nine direct hits that killed staff and patients.

    On February 12, the military declared a second no-fire zone covering a 12-kilometre coastal strip. The UN estimated that more than 300,000 civilians—men, women and children—were packed into the area, which had already been heavily bombarded from February 6.

    UN staff who left the no-fire zone along with the Red Cross on January 25, described what they saw: “The scene inside the NFZ along the road to PTK, the A35, was one of great destruction, and even the vegetation was shredded. Dead or severely injured civilians lay along the roadsides, amidst shattered shelters, strewn belongings and dead animals. Hundreds of damaged vehicles also lay along the road.”

    UN security official inside the zone telephoned Sri Lankan military chiefs, including the commander responsible for the operation, requesting that the shelling stop, but to no avail. When UN officers emerged from their bunker, “mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of many women and children”.

  778. Sri Lanka's barrage continued on a daily basis well after the announced no-fire zone. The UN report cited several examples: “On 25 March, an MBRL [multi-barrel rocket launcher] attack on Ambalavanpokkanai [village] killed around 140 people, including many children. On 8 April 2009, a large group of women and children, who were queued up at a milk powder distribution line were shelled at Ambalavanpokkanai.”

    Makeshift hospitals at Putumattalan, Mullivaikkal and Vellamullivaikkal also came under fire. The conditions at the hospitals were appalling. At Putumattalan hospital, the report noted: “A large number of amputations were performed without anaesthetic, using butcher knives rather than scalpels. Sanitary pads and cotton cloths were used as bandages, and intravenous drips were hung from the trees, with the severely-injured patients lying on the ground under them.”

    An estimated 100,000 civilians remained in the no fire zone, crammed together in intolerable conditions without adequate food, water, shelter or medicine. The military deliberately restricted emergency supplies while the Rajapaksa government falsely claimed that only 10,000 civilians remained.

    The UN report stated: “Due to lack of space in the third NFZ, civilians had nowhere to hide from shelling, which was coming from all sides… Many died and were buried under their bunkers without their deaths being recorded.” Doctors and the remaining chief administrative officer repeatedly called for a halt to the attacks to attend the wounded, but in vain. The final days of the war that ended on May 18 were an “unimaginable human catastrophe" when 40 000 Tamil people were slaughtered
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  779. Sri Lanka's barrage continued on a daily basis well after the announced no-fire zone. The UN report cited several examples: “On 25 March, an MBRL [multi-barrel rocket launcher] attack on Ambalavanpokkanai [village] killed around 140 people, including many children. On 8 April 2009, a large group of women and children, who were queued up at a milk powder distribution line were shelled at Ambalavanpokkanai.”

    Makeshift hospitals at Putumattalan, Mullivaikkal and Vellamullivaikkal also came under fire. The conditions at the hospitals were appalling. At Putumattalan hospital, the report noted: “A large number of amputations were performed without anaesthetic, using butcher knives rather than scalpels. Sanitary pads and cotton cloths were used as bandages, and intravenous drips were hung from the trees, with the severely-injured patients lying on the ground under them.”

    An estimated 100,000 civilians remained in the no fire zone, crammed together in intolerable conditions without adequate food, water, shelter or medicine. The military deliberately restricted emergency supplies while the Rajapaksa government falsely claimed that only 10,000 civilians remained.

    The UN report stated: “Due to lack of space in the third NFZ, civilians had nowhere to hide from shelling, which was coming from all sides… Many died and were buried under their bunkers without their deaths being recorded.” Doctors and the remaining chief administrative officer repeatedly called for a halt to the attacks to attend the wounded, but in vain. The final days of the war that ended on May 18 were an “unimaginable human catastrophe" when 40 000 Tamil people were slaughtered
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m0

  780. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Tuesday released a document which the group claimed “sub­s­tan­ti­ates al­le­ga­tions of war crimes com­mitt­ed by the 57 Di­vi­sion of the Sri Lankan Army un­der the com­mand of Ja­gath Dias.” ECCHR appealed to the the German Government to take the allegations levelled against Major General Dias‟ 57 Division seriously, and to seriously investigate his [Dias’s] individual criminal responsibility. ECCHR also appealed to the German Government to withdraw the diplomatic visa of Major General Dias as well as declare him a persona non grata.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33899

    State Terrorism is the worst form of Terrorism. There is abundant evidence that war crimes have been committed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration. This site lists all the officials, private contractors, and assorted personnel suspected of committing war crimes.
    http://www.thewarcriminals.org/2009/06/war-criminal-24-jagath-dias.html

  781. The devolution of power to the minorities is not something Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed himself over since defeating the Tamil Tigers in battle. With the rebels gone and the state firmly in control of all territory, the notion of sharing political authority has become, well, passé. It could have been different. The elimination of the Tigers gave President Rajapaksa a fine opportunity to engage with those representatives of the Tamil community that favored a peaceful settlement to decades of ethnic friction. Although the war was won by force, there was still stuff to talk about.
    http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2011050499871

    LLRC is not a credible domestic process of accountability
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_03_16_003.html
    Thousands of victims came before the LLRC demonstrating that there is a desire for accountability within Sri Lanka but the fact remains that the LLRC had no mandate to act as an accountability mechanism. Its focus was on collecting public and expert perceptions about the root causes of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and recommending steps to promote communal reconciliation.

    The Commission’s mandate did not require it to investigate alleged violations of human rights or humanitarian law or establish accountability for violations, and in five months of sittings these were not issues the LLRC pursued with any sustained interest. When individual testimony did include complaints of violations – such as enforced disappearances in northern Sri Lanka —

    Commissioners did not probe the complaints. Recommendations by the Commission to date have been limited to problem solving, such as suggesting procedural reforms to help people to trace missing relatives, rather than investigating allegations of abuse or bringing perpetrators to justice.
    Diplomats have acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s past track record on accountability was poor, that the LLRC’s mandate was unclear; that it lacked witness protection and potentially, independence. But some policymakers still claimed the LLRC might achieve some measure of success, owing in part to the Government’s strong political majority and international pressure. It is difficult however to imagine what sustains their conviction.

  782. Only people who fear investigations are thieves, criminals and Sri-lankans !!

    Beacause they all have so much to hide!

  783. This is not an LTTE or state issue.

    This is a issue of humanity and justice.

    We need to know the truth and only the truth so that this island can move foreward.

  784. Sri Lanka “No Fire Zone” was kill Zone

    On many occasions, the government and the military declared no-fire zones (NFZ) and claimed the “security forces are fully committed to provide maximum safety for civilians”.

    Far from being protected, civilians were slaughtered in their thousands as the military mercilessly subjected these areas to aerial and artillery bombardment.

    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m04.shtml

  785. The UN panel report said: “In the early morning hours of January 24, hundreds of shells were rained down in the NFZ. Those with access to the bunkers dove into it for protection, but most of the IDPs [internally displaced persons] did not have bunkers and nowhere to seek cover. People were screaming and crying for help.”

  786. Clearly marked hospitals were not spared. The Vallipunam hospital located in the no-fire zone was shelled on January 20, killing a number of patients. The Udayaarkaddu hospital in the same zone was hit on 24 January. The Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) hospital was bombarded every day between January 29 and February 4, and took at least nine direct hits that killed staff and patients.

    On February 12, the military declared a second no-fire zone covering a 12-kilometre coastal strip. The UN estimated that more than 300,000 civilians—men, women and children—were packed into the area, which had already been heavily bombarded from February 6.

    UN staff who left the no-fire zone along with the Red Cross on January 25, described what they saw: “The scene inside the NFZ along the road to PTK, the A35, was one of great destruction, and even the vegetation was shredded. Dead or severely injured civilians lay along the roadsides, amidst shattered shelters, strewn belongings and dead animals. Hundreds of damaged vehicles also lay along the road.”

    UN security official inside the zone telephoned Sri Lankan military chiefs, including the commander responsible for the operation, requesting that the shelling stop, but to no avail. When UN officers emerged from their bunker, “mangled bodies and body parts were strewn all around them, including those of many women and children”.

  787. Sri Lanka’s barrage continued on a daily basis well after the announced no-fire zone. The UN report cited several examples: “On 25 March, an MBRL [multi-barrel rocket launcher] attack on Ambalavanpokkanai [village] killed around 140 people, including many children. On 8 April 2009, a large group of women and children, who were queued up at a milk powder distribution line were shelled at Ambalavanpokkanai.”

    Makeshift hospitals at Putumattalan, Mullivaikkal and Vellamullivaikkal also came under fire. The conditions at the hospitals were appalling. At Putumattalan hospital, the report noted: “A large number of amputations were performed without anaesthetic, using butcher knives rather than scalpels. Sanitary pads and cotton cloths were used as bandages, and intravenous drips were hung from the trees, with the severely-injured patients lying on the ground under them.”

    An estimated 100,000 civilians remained in the no fire zone, crammed together in intolerable conditions without adequate food, water, shelter or medicine. The military deliberately restricted emergency supplies while the Rajapaksa government falsely claimed that only 10,000 civilians remained.

    The UN report stated: “Due to lack of space in the third NFZ, civilians had nowhere to hide from shelling, which was coming from all sides… Many died and were buried under their bunkers without their deaths being recorded.” Doctors and the remaining chief administrative officer repeatedly called for a halt to the attacks to attend the wounded, but in vain. The final days of the war that ended on May 18 were an “unimaginable human catastrophe” when 40 000 Tamil people were slaughtered

    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/sril-m04.shtml

  788. Mango

    Do you have to humiliate this successful Tamil woman, Rathika?
    Shameful !!

  789. Congratulations to you, Rathika.

    You truly deserve this win, for all your hardwork.

    Also, proud of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police – sister as well.

    All the best to you!

    God bless 🙂 🙂 🙂

  790. Do you have to humiliate this successful Tamil woman, Rathika?
Shameful !!

    @ Thamilian: I honestly don't understand why you're being so angry with me.

    I assumed that lovely child was her son. So explain please why you think I'm trying to humiliate her. It's a genuine question.

  791. You truly deserve this win, for all your hardwork.
    Also, proud of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police – sister as well."

    @Pathmanathan: Well, that must make for an interesting dinner chats.

    One sister in charge of stopping Eelamists' illegal activities and the other sister promoting these activities!

    I wonder which sister will put more "injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric."

    Priceless.

  792. US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/wl_sthasia_a
    The United States called on Sri Lanka Wednesday to bring to justice anyone responsible for war crimes committed as the island crushed a decades-long insurgency.

    US diplomat Robert Blake said Colombo should carry out its own investigation into allegations contained in a United Nations report of atrocities during the 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

    "The international mechanism can become appropriate in case of states that are unable or unwilling to meet their obligations," the assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia told reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka.

  793. US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/wl_sthasia_a
    The United States called on Sri Lanka Wednesday to bring to justice anyone responsible for war crimes committed as the island crushed a decades-long insurgency.

    US diplomat Robert Blake said Colombo should carry out its own investigation into allegations contained in a United Nations report of atrocities during the 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

    "The international mechanism can become appropriate in case of states that are unable or unwilling to meet their obligations," the assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia told reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka.

  794. US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/wl_sthasia_a
    The United States called on Sri Lanka Wednesday to bring to justice anyone responsible for war crimes committed as the island crushed a decades-long insurgency.

    US diplomat Robert Blake said Colombo should carry out its own investigation into allegations contained in a United Nations report of atrocities during the 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

    "The international mechanism can become appropriate in case of states that are unable or unwilling to meet their obligations," the assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia told reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka.

  795. Mango

    Do you have to humiliate this successful Tamil woman, Rathika?
    Shameful !!

  796. Congratulations to you, Rathika.

    You truly deserve this win, for all your hardwork.

    Also, proud of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police – sister as well.

    All the best to you!

    God bless 🙂 🙂 🙂

  797. Do you have to humiliate this successful Tamil woman, Rathika?
Shameful !!

    @ Thamilian: I honestly don’t understand why you’re being so angry with me.

    I assumed that lovely child was her son. So explain please why you think I’m trying to humiliate her. It’s a genuine question.

  798. You truly deserve this win, for all your hardwork.
    Also, proud of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police – sister as well.”

    @Pathmanathan: Well, that must make for an interesting dinner chats.

    One sister in charge of stopping Eelamists’ illegal activities and the other sister promoting these activities!

    I wonder which sister will put more “injections of Tamil culture into the Canadian fabric.”

    Priceless.

  799. The Sri Lankan State must be held accountable for the crimes committed by its functionaries on its Hindu population. e crux of the problem is the hatred sections of the Sinhala Buddhist clergy have for Tamil Hindus and other Hindus. The issue in Sri Lanka has always been the ill-treatment from day one, meted out by the Sri Lankan Government to its Tamil Hindu community. Sinhala Buddhists, who constitute the majority, belong to a school of Buddhist thought, which is vehemently anti-Hindu. Quite unlike the Tibetan school, which is in vogue in eastern and north-eastern parts of India. Since its inception around 1,800 B.C.E., Buddhism always has had good relations with Hinduism, except for a short time from 600 C.E. The root cause according to renowned Belgian Indologist Dr.Koenraad Elst was, the arrogance on the part of a section of Buddhist monks. Nowhere was this phenomenon greater than in Sri Lanka. This problem was reconciled by Abhinava Shankaracharya, but enough damage was done. The subsequent invasion from Central Asia, resulted in collapse of Buddhism in India. However, even to this date, the Bodh Gaya temple in Bihar, is taken care of by Hindus, who have shown magnanimity even after receiving insults. The extremists among Sinhala Buddhist clergy have held Sri Lankan politics hostage for more than 6 decades.

  800. There were many survivors who walked out of the Osama bin Laden mansion alive !!

    Why ?

    The relevant question is, why there was no wholesale slaughter of in the Osama bin Laden mansion similar to what happened in Mullaivaikka to 40 000 Tamil women and children ?

  801. Call the UN & AI. Sri Lanka commits Development Genocide!

    Evil Chingalam corporations are moving into the sacred territory of Eelam to er… create jobs and deepen the genocide of the Eelam citizens.

    "… with the dawn of [genocidal] peace, Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading telecoms [genocide] infrastructure development and managed [genocidal] services company has established a [genocidal] regional office in Mullaitivu."
    http://tinyurl.com/3zd84ok

    Perhaps the fragrant Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the newly elected Eezham Canadian MP, could raise the matter with Canadian authorities?

    Here's Rathika, cuddling her son/nephew or other relative: <a href="http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143” target=”_blank”>http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

  802. US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankausunwarcrimes_20110504155522
    The United States called on Sri Lanka Wednesday to bring to justice anyone responsible for war crimes committed as the island crushed a decades-long insurgency.

    US diplomat Robert Blake said Colombo should carry out its own investigation into allegations contained in a United Nations report of atrocities during the 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

    “The international mechanism can become appropriate in case of states that are unable or unwilling to meet their obligations,” the assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia told reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka.

  803. Call the UN & AI. Sri Lanka commits Development Genocide!

    Evil Chingalam corporations are moving into the sacred territory of Eelam to er… create jobs and deepen the genocide of the Eelam citizens.

    "… with the dawn of [genocidal] peace, Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading telecoms [genocide] infrastructure development and managed [genocidal] services company has established a [genocidal] regional office in Mullaitivu."
    http://tinyurl.com/3zd84ok

    Perhaps the fragrant Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the newly elected Eezham Canadian MP, could raise the matter with Canadian authorities?

    Here's Rathika, cuddling her son/nephew or other relative: <a href="http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143” target=”_blank”>http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

  804. Call the UN & AI. Sri Lanka commits Development Genocide!

    Evil Chingalam corporations are moving into the sacred territory of Eelam to er… create jobs and deepen the genocide of the Eelam citizens.

    "… with the dawn of [genocidal] peace, Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading telecoms [genocide] infrastructure development and managed [genocidal] services company has established a [genocidal] regional office in Mullaitivu."
    http://tinyurl.com/3zd84ok

    Perhaps the fragrant Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the newly elected Eezham Canadian MP, could raise the matter with Canadian authorities?

    Here's Rathika, cuddling her son/nephew or other relative: <a href="http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143” target=”_blank”>http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

  805. "The relevant question is, why there was no wholesale slaughter of in the Osama bin Laden mansion similar to what happened in Mullaivaikka to 40 000 Tamil women and children ?"

    @Dorjee: The relevant question is how much brain damage and memory loss have you suffered?

    To kill Bin Laden, the West has spent 10 years wading through at least 200,000 (a conservative estimate) dead Iraqi, Afghan and Pakistani civilians.

    Why are you only claiming 40,000 innocents killed in Sri Lanka? Aryacakravarti claimed over 1.3 million had been killed after May 2009.

  806. The Sri Lankan State must be held accountable for the crimes committed by its functionaries on its Hindu population. e crux of the problem is the hatred sections of the Sinhala Buddhist clergy have for Tamil Hindus and other Hindus. The issue in Sri Lanka has always been the ill-treatment from day one, meted out by the Sri Lankan Government to its Tamil Hindu community. Sinhala Buddhists, who constitute the majority, belong to a school of Buddhist thought, which is vehemently anti-Hindu. Quite unlike the Tibetan school, which is in vogue in eastern and north-eastern parts of India. Since its inception around 1,800 B.C.E., Buddhism always has had good relations with Hinduism, except for a short time from 600 C.E. The root cause according to renowned Belgian Indologist Dr.Koenraad Elst was, the arrogance on the part of a section of Buddhist monks. Nowhere was this phenomenon greater than in Sri Lanka. This problem was reconciled by Abhinava Shankaracharya, but enough damage was done. The subsequent invasion from Central Asia, resulted in collapse of Buddhism in India. However, even to this date, the Bodh Gaya temple in Bihar, is taken care of by Hindus, who have shown magnanimity even after receiving insults. The extremists among Sinhala Buddhist clergy have held Sri Lankan politics hostage for more than 6 decades.

  807. On Sri Lanka, Araud of France Says Accountability Is Up to Locals, Unlike in Libya http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1france050311.ht
    But French ambassador Gerard Araud, taking over the UN Security Council presidency for May, brought up Sri Lanka during his beginning of the month press conference. Explaining that the Security Council often chooses not to get involved in bloody conflicts, he referred to 30,000 dead in Sri Lanka, and the Council choosing not to get involved.

    why, unlike in libya???

    What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians? http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/04/10/what-is-
    Muammar Gaddafi and Mahinda Rajapaksa both state terror.

    Double standards and hypocrisy
    On the one hand the United Nations and powerful states were maintaining a policy of non interference with regard to Sri Lanka and on the other hand some countries were directly involved in helping the final stages of the war.
    During the final days of Mullivaghzhal, neither the majority of the local human rights activists nor the political parties protested against the killing of civilians. They were silently watching and some were even enjoying the cold-blooded killings of civilians.
    Can the international community, the United Nations, powerful states, Sri Lankan government and some members of civil society explain why they maintained a deafening silence while the people of the North and East, especially civilians in the Mullivaghzhal were being killed in aerial bombing and artillery fire?

    Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born.

  808. It is two years since the civil war ended in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese government in Colombo and the Tamil minority struggling for autonomy in their north-east homeland. The Tamils were crushed by overwhelming, undiscriminating firepower that rained down on them from the Sinhalese air force and ranks of artillery. http://www.srilankatruth.com/article/newspublish/
    This humanitarian disaster happened under the presidency and family rule of Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo

    30-04-2011 , Much ado about nothing: Is Sri Lanka in danger of being held accountable by the International Criminal Court?
    01-05-2011 , Notes on Possibilities after the UN Report: Including Nationalism and ‘The Geopolitics of Emotion’
    14-04-2011 , Kevin Rudd silent on the plight of the Tamils
    10-04-2011 , What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?
    03-04-2011 , Wikileaks – thaw in anti-eelam policies in delhi – whither the genocide in sri lanka
    27-03-2011 , Truth, impunity, and future protection
    24-03-2011 , The Politics of Domestic and International Accountability Options in Sri Lanka
    27-03-2011 , ‘13th Amendment Plus’: India sceptical of Sri Lankan promise
    27-12-2010 , The state is the main obstacle to developing Tamil areas
    29-12-2010 , Liam Fox should not let unthinking fashionistas decide British foreign policy. Sri Lanka needs rebuilding
    27-11-2010 , One country, two nations
    01-08-2010 , New Delhi academic comments in Colombo on diaspora transnationalism
    01-08-2010 , Tamils registered: targeted ethnic profiling?
    31-07-2010 , Kings For Bureaucracy
    31-07-2010 , ‘In border disputes, India protects the rights of Gujaratis and Bengalis, but not Tamils’
    25-07-2010 , Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
    11-07-2010 , The need for Tamil unity weaves its way
    02-07-2010 , When will we ever learn?
    30-06-2010 , Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka
    29-06-2010 , Sri Lankan Tamils neglected
    25-06-2010 , Development without politics dangerous to Tamils
    18-06-2010 , Much ado about few things
    16-06-2010 , Resolving Sri Lanka's conflicts in class
    14-06-2010 , Trust is not built by words, but by deeds
    12-06-2010 , The “Perils of Presidentialism”: Lessons from Sri Lanka
    07-06-2010 , “This is the plight of the Tamils…”
    03-06-2010 , Sri Lanka’s false dawn
    30-05-2010 , Yet Another “Commission!”
    30-05-2010 , All Rajapaksas will be kicked out when people don’t want them –President says to Al-Jazeera
    28-05-2010 , Sri Lankan government exploits flood disaster to evict slum dwellers
    25-05-2010 , Lessons to be learnt and unlearnt
    12-05-2010 , Australia must ratify Tamil referendum results: Greens MLA
    06-05-2010 , Need of the hour is consensus and collective leadership
    30-04-2010 , International war corporatism continues silencing Eezham Tamils
    22-04-2010 , Sri Lankan defence secretary proposes further security laws
    22-04-2010 , Follow military win with political solution, Tamils say
    16-04-2010 , The ethics of violence
    12-04-2010 , Australia under fire over asylum seeker clampdown
    12-04-2010 , Northern Sri Lanka Emerges From Conflict But Challenges Remain
    08-04-2010 , Is Sri Lanka fast losing its true friends at the UN ?
    03-04-2010 , Sri Lanka's traitorous politics
    01-04-2010 , Political will required
    01-04-2010 , CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS
    23-03-2010 , BBC: Fox and Love lobbied for Sri Lanka after junkets
    16-03-2010 , Tamils aren't voting for change
    15-03-2010 , Sri Lanka: A crises overlooked
    15-03-2010 , They talk about two thirds, but not about the ethnic problem
    13-03-2010 , UN changes may see detainees sent home
    10-03-2010 , Third Mu'l'livaaykkaal in the name of 'development'
    04-03-2010 , China, India, compete helping Colombo’s demographic onslaught of Tamils
    02-03-2010 , 1982 all over again March 2010
    26-02-2010 , Where is the Anger Over Sri Lanka (and Somalia, and Kashmir)?
    25-02-2010 , British Shadow FM calls for political reform, independent war-crime investigations
    22-02-2010 , Reconciliation, Post-War and Post-Poll
    17-02-2010 , Freedom under threat in Sri Lanka
    29-01-2010 , Police or military state: That is the question for India
    29-01-2010 , "Referendum on Eelam is our right and responsibility"
    24-01-2010 , 'Conquerors feed language to the conquered'
    22-01-2010 , Rajapaksha Is Killing the True Identity Of Sri Lanka
    19-01-2010 , Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka election
    15-01-2010 , TGTE: 45 degrees polity for Tamils or ramp for powers?
    14-01-2010 , Historic choice by the court of the people
    14-01-2010 , Should Tamils vote for the General who crushed them?
    29-12-2009 , A Christmas Message 2009
    28-12-2009 , 'Mercenary Intellectuals'
    17-12-2009 , Referendum to speak for themselves – paper
    10-12-2009 , Displaced Sri Lankan Tamils 'still denied freedom of movement'
    10-12-2009 , US Senate Committee evaluation pushes aside political solution to Tamils
    06-12-2009 , People?s Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath in Dublin in January 2010
    06-12-2009 , 'Tamil Eelam independence and Indian security is inseparable' – Eelaventhan
    06-12-2009 , Holding transnational government above collaboration politics
    06-12-2009 , Sri Lanka's modern-day genocide
    03-12-2009 , Total rejection of SL Constitution should be the demand – Sachithananthan
    26-11-2009 , Sri Lanka: What Happens Next?
    24-11-2009 , Equal Rights or Self-Determination?
    23-11-2009 , The Indian and chinesr models and the Maoist in south asia today
    15-11-2009 , Expats abroad – A key factor in Lankan Politics
    15-11-2009 , Sinhala speakers socially fail in moral responsibility: Peter Schalk
    13-11-2009 , Political settlement 'very important' in Sri Lanka: Minister
    13-11-2009 , Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy: Speaking in many tongues and still not making any sense
    09-11-2009 , PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL’S NOVEMBER WORK PROGRAMME
    09-11-2009 , Reject Australia's 'Indonesian solution'! Welcome the asylum seekers!
    09-11-2009 , End Sri Lanka's genocide behavior to end flow of Asylum seekers
    01-11-2009 , The road to nowhere
    31-10-2009 , Absurd logic of seeking ‘moderates’ amid a genocide – paper
    24-10-2009 , A ‘Great’ Military Victory?
    23-10-2009 , UN investigator urges convention to protect detainees
    22-10-2009 , No solution if the past is repeated
    21-10-2009 , Tamil nadu factors and sri lankan politics
    18-10-2009 , Addressing ambiguity of Right to Self-Determination
    18-10-2009 , Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Obama battles to save peace plan as fears grow of collapse
    08-10-2009 , 'India follows Sri Lanka in waging civil war'
    03-10-2009 , Duplicitous Colombo bereft of excuses on holding internees – ICG
    30-09-2009 , S.L. Govt. uses Israel to soften American pressure
    30-09-2009 , UN warns Sri Lanka of Tamil ‘bitterness’
    29-09-2009 , Melting pot of Eezham-Tamil democratic politics
    22-09-2009 , Mahintha searchs IDP camps for[whom], Mangala
    24-09-2009 , Sri Lankan leader skips meeting in US
    23-09-2009 , Where is the "Northern Spring" in Sri Lanka?
    21-09-2009 , Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation
    20-09-2009 , Power sharing & postwar paths for Sri Lanka
    20-09-2009 , The International vultures appear once again to be circling around the government of Mahinda Rajapakse
    19-09-2009 , Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace
    19-09-2009 , Vaddukkoaddai and Thimphu
    17-09-2009 , Sanctions compel people to change their government’s conduct – paper
    17-09-2009 , Tamil national aspirations, TNA and transnational governance
    16-09-2009 , M K Narayanan declares war on Tamil diaspora
    08-09-2009 , Unreasonable, ungrateful attitude of Sri Lanka
    13-09-2009 , TNA for political solution within undivided Sri Lanka – Sampanthan
    15-09-2009 , Rajapakses' incipient cult would shame Chinese communists – Guardian
    13-09-2009 , Sri Lankan president's political-military shuffle
    10-09-2009 , Government overreaction harms national interest
    08-09-2009 , Colombo micromanages aid, bullies aid deliverers, says Guardian
    05-08-2009 , The politics of internment
    11-08-2009 , Sri Lanka is laying the foundations for renewed war
    04-09-2009 , Arrest Sri Lankan state racism to meet norms of International governance
    04-09-2009 , Boycott Threat Looms Over Sri Lanka September 4, 2009
    24-08-2009 , Is an elected dictatorship an oxymoron?
    23-08-2009 , Eelam and the new 'super power' Sri Lanka
    18-08-2009 , Unpacking the Truth in Sri Lanka
    14-08-2009 , US stresses ‘political reconciliation’ with Tamils for peace in Sri Lanka
    16-08-2009 , Creeping Talibanization in Sri Lanka – Prof. David
    11-08-2009 , A roadmap to liberation
    10-08-2009 , First Northern election outside a climate of war
    10-08-2009 , Demystifying Languages!
    02-08-2009 , Congressman urges Holder to review Gotabaya, Fonseka genocide indictment
    02-08-2009 , Irish Trade Unions call for Sri Lanka war crimes investigations
    02-08-2009 , “Colombo no longer has any excuse for its brutal policies” – National Post
    20-07-2009 , Castes, religions and Eezham Tamil nationalism
    20-07-2009 , Air of martial triumph unbefitting while controversy surrounds Tamil civilian deaths – NY Times
    20-07-2009 , Awakening North, an election gimmick? – Sunday Leader
    19-07-2009 , Defeated, friendless Tamils face annihilation
    19-07-2009 , US lobbyists making a killing of killings in Sri Lanka
    18-07-2009 , The silent suffering of Sri Lanka's Tamils
    18-07-2009 , Policy on Tamils haunts India
    15-07-2009 , Time for silence is over – New York Times
    14-07-2009 , Percival was not an apostate – Prof. Hoole
    12-07-2009 , Inclusion is effective nationalism
    06-07-2009 , Plight of Tamils hidden behind Sri Lankan Diplomacy: Bruce Haigh
    01-07-2009 , Elie Wiesel: Sri Lanka's victimization of Tamil people must stop
    20-06-2009 , ICJ Vice Chairman urges governments of free people to protect Eezham Tamils
    04-06-2009 , U.N. is Hopeless and Useless, Should be Dismissed After Recent U.N. Human Rights Council Event
    02-06-2009 , Setting the hands of the clock right
    16-05-2009 , 'Our Holocaust and the impossibility of peace in Sri Lanka'
    03-03-2009 , Many Sri Lankan Tamils giving up on country

    Genocide Leaked Footage Of Execution Of Tamil Civilians By Srilankan Government Youtube Vimeo Dailymotion Yahoo Blip http://wn.com/Genocide_Leaked_Footage_Of_Executio

  809. There were many survivors who walked out of the Osama bin Laden mansion alive !!

    Why ?

    The relevant question is, why there was no wholesale slaughter of in the Osama bin Laden mansion similar to what happened in Mullaivaikka to 40 000 Tamil women and children ?

  810. On Sri Lanka, Araud of France Says Accountability Is Up to Locals, Unlike in Libya http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1france050311.ht
    But French ambassador Gerard Araud, taking over the UN Security Council presidency for May, brought up Sri Lanka during his beginning of the month press conference. Explaining that the Security Council often chooses not to get involved in bloody conflicts, he referred to 30,000 dead in Sri Lanka, and the Council choosing not to get involved.

    why, unlike in libya???

    What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians? http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/04/10/what-is-
    Muammar Gaddafi and Mahinda Rajapaksa both state terror.

    Double standards and hypocrisy
    On the one hand the United Nations and powerful states were maintaining a policy of non interference with regard to Sri Lanka and on the other hand some countries were directly involved in helping the final stages of the war.
    During the final days of Mullivaghzhal, neither the majority of the local human rights activists nor the political parties protested against the killing of civilians. They were silently watching and some were even enjoying the cold-blooded killings of civilians.
    Can the international community, the United Nations, powerful states, Sri Lankan government and some members of civil society explain why they maintained a deafening silence while the people of the North and East, especially civilians in the Mullivaghzhal were being killed in aerial bombing and artillery fire?

    Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born.

  811. On Sri Lanka, Araud of France Says Accountability Is Up to Locals, Unlike in Libya http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1france050311.ht
    But French ambassador Gerard Araud, taking over the UN Security Council presidency for May, brought up Sri Lanka during his beginning of the month press conference. Explaining that the Security Council often chooses not to get involved in bloody conflicts, he referred to 30,000 dead in Sri Lanka, and the Council choosing not to get involved.

    why, unlike in libya???

    What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians? http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/04/10/what-is-
    Muammar Gaddafi and Mahinda Rajapaksa both state terror.

    Double standards and hypocrisy
    On the one hand the United Nations and powerful states were maintaining a policy of non interference with regard to Sri Lanka and on the other hand some countries were directly involved in helping the final stages of the war.
    During the final days of Mullivaghzhal, neither the majority of the local human rights activists nor the political parties protested against the killing of civilians. They were silently watching and some were even enjoying the cold-blooded killings of civilians.
    Can the international community, the United Nations, powerful states, Sri Lankan government and some members of civil society explain why they maintained a deafening silence while the people of the North and East, especially civilians in the Mullivaghzhal were being killed in aerial bombing and artillery fire?

    Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born.

  812. It is two years since the civil war ended in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese government in Colombo and the Tamil minority struggling for autonomy in their north-east homeland. The Tamils were crushed by overwhelming, undiscriminating firepower that rained down on them from the Sinhalese air force and ranks of artillery. http://www.srilankatruth.com/article/newspublish/
    This humanitarian disaster happened under the presidency and family rule of Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo

    30-04-2011 , Much ado about nothing: Is Sri Lanka in danger of being held accountable by the International Criminal Court?
    01-05-2011 , Notes on Possibilities after the UN Report: Including Nationalism and ‘The Geopolitics of Emotion’
    14-04-2011 , Kevin Rudd silent on the plight of the Tamils
    10-04-2011 , What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?
    03-04-2011 , Wikileaks – thaw in anti-eelam policies in delhi – whither the genocide in sri lanka
    27-03-2011 , Truth, impunity, and future protection
    24-03-2011 , The Politics of Domestic and International Accountability Options in Sri Lanka
    27-03-2011 , ‘13th Amendment Plus’: India sceptical of Sri Lankan promise
    27-12-2010 , The state is the main obstacle to developing Tamil areas
    29-12-2010 , Liam Fox should not let unthinking fashionistas decide British foreign policy. Sri Lanka needs rebuilding
    27-11-2010 , One country, two nations
    01-08-2010 , New Delhi academic comments in Colombo on diaspora transnationalism
    01-08-2010 , Tamils registered: targeted ethnic profiling?
    31-07-2010 , Kings For Bureaucracy
    31-07-2010 , ‘In border disputes, India protects the rights of Gujaratis and Bengalis, but not Tamils’
    25-07-2010 , Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
    11-07-2010 , The need for Tamil unity weaves its way
    02-07-2010 , When will we ever learn?
    30-06-2010 , Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka
    29-06-2010 , Sri Lankan Tamils neglected
    25-06-2010 , Development without politics dangerous to Tamils
    18-06-2010 , Much ado about few things
    16-06-2010 , Resolving Sri Lanka's conflicts in class
    14-06-2010 , Trust is not built by words, but by deeds
    12-06-2010 , The “Perils of Presidentialism”: Lessons from Sri Lanka
    07-06-2010 , “This is the plight of the Tamils…”
    03-06-2010 , Sri Lanka’s false dawn
    30-05-2010 , Yet Another “Commission!”
    30-05-2010 , All Rajapaksas will be kicked out when people don’t want them –President says to Al-Jazeera
    28-05-2010 , Sri Lankan government exploits flood disaster to evict slum dwellers
    25-05-2010 , Lessons to be learnt and unlearnt
    12-05-2010 , Australia must ratify Tamil referendum results: Greens MLA
    06-05-2010 , Need of the hour is consensus and collective leadership
    30-04-2010 , International war corporatism continues silencing Eezham Tamils
    22-04-2010 , Sri Lankan defence secretary proposes further security laws
    22-04-2010 , Follow military win with political solution, Tamils say
    16-04-2010 , The ethics of violence
    12-04-2010 , Australia under fire over asylum seeker clampdown
    12-04-2010 , Northern Sri Lanka Emerges From Conflict But Challenges Remain
    08-04-2010 , Is Sri Lanka fast losing its true friends at the UN ?
    03-04-2010 , Sri Lanka's traitorous politics
    01-04-2010 , Political will required
    01-04-2010 , CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS
    23-03-2010 , BBC: Fox and Love lobbied for Sri Lanka after junkets
    16-03-2010 , Tamils aren't voting for change
    15-03-2010 , Sri Lanka: A crises overlooked
    15-03-2010 , They talk about two thirds, but not about the ethnic problem
    13-03-2010 , UN changes may see detainees sent home
    10-03-2010 , Third Mu'l'livaaykkaal in the name of 'development'
    04-03-2010 , China, India, compete helping Colombo’s demographic onslaught of Tamils
    02-03-2010 , 1982 all over again March 2010
    26-02-2010 , Where is the Anger Over Sri Lanka (and Somalia, and Kashmir)?
    25-02-2010 , British Shadow FM calls for political reform, independent war-crime investigations
    22-02-2010 , Reconciliation, Post-War and Post-Poll
    17-02-2010 , Freedom under threat in Sri Lanka
    29-01-2010 , Police or military state: That is the question for India
    29-01-2010 , "Referendum on Eelam is our right and responsibility"
    24-01-2010 , 'Conquerors feed language to the conquered'
    22-01-2010 , Rajapaksha Is Killing the True Identity Of Sri Lanka
    19-01-2010 , Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka election
    15-01-2010 , TGTE: 45 degrees polity for Tamils or ramp for powers?
    14-01-2010 , Historic choice by the court of the people
    14-01-2010 , Should Tamils vote for the General who crushed them?
    29-12-2009 , A Christmas Message 2009
    28-12-2009 , 'Mercenary Intellectuals'
    17-12-2009 , Referendum to speak for themselves – paper
    10-12-2009 , Displaced Sri Lankan Tamils 'still denied freedom of movement'
    10-12-2009 , US Senate Committee evaluation pushes aside political solution to Tamils
    06-12-2009 , People?s Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath in Dublin in January 2010
    06-12-2009 , 'Tamil Eelam independence and Indian security is inseparable' – Eelaventhan
    06-12-2009 , Holding transnational government above collaboration politics
    06-12-2009 , Sri Lanka's modern-day genocide
    03-12-2009 , Total rejection of SL Constitution should be the demand – Sachithananthan
    26-11-2009 , Sri Lanka: What Happens Next?
    24-11-2009 , Equal Rights or Self-Determination?
    23-11-2009 , The Indian and chinesr models and the Maoist in south asia today
    15-11-2009 , Expats abroad – A key factor in Lankan Politics
    15-11-2009 , Sinhala speakers socially fail in moral responsibility: Peter Schalk
    13-11-2009 , Political settlement 'very important' in Sri Lanka: Minister
    13-11-2009 , Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy: Speaking in many tongues and still not making any sense
    09-11-2009 , PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL’S NOVEMBER WORK PROGRAMME
    09-11-2009 , Reject Australia's 'Indonesian solution'! Welcome the asylum seekers!
    09-11-2009 , End Sri Lanka's genocide behavior to end flow of Asylum seekers
    01-11-2009 , The road to nowhere
    31-10-2009 , Absurd logic of seeking ‘moderates’ amid a genocide – paper
    24-10-2009 , A ‘Great’ Military Victory?
    23-10-2009 , UN investigator urges convention to protect detainees
    22-10-2009 , No solution if the past is repeated
    21-10-2009 , Tamil nadu factors and sri lankan politics
    18-10-2009 , Addressing ambiguity of Right to Self-Determination
    18-10-2009 , Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Obama battles to save peace plan as fears grow of collapse
    08-10-2009 , 'India follows Sri Lanka in waging civil war'
    03-10-2009 , Duplicitous Colombo bereft of excuses on holding internees – ICG
    30-09-2009 , S.L. Govt. uses Israel to soften American pressure
    30-09-2009 , UN warns Sri Lanka of Tamil ‘bitterness’
    29-09-2009 , Melting pot of Eezham-Tamil democratic politics
    22-09-2009 , Mahintha searchs IDP camps for[whom], Mangala
    24-09-2009 , Sri Lankan leader skips meeting in US
    23-09-2009 , Where is the "Northern Spring" in Sri Lanka?
    21-09-2009 , Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation
    20-09-2009 , Power sharing & postwar paths for Sri Lanka
    20-09-2009 , The International vultures appear once again to be circling around the government of Mahinda Rajapakse
    19-09-2009 , Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace
    19-09-2009 , Vaddukkoaddai and Thimphu
    17-09-2009 , Sanctions compel people to change their government’s conduct – paper
    17-09-2009 , Tamil national aspirations, TNA and transnational governance
    16-09-2009 , M K Narayanan declares war on Tamil diaspora
    08-09-2009 , Unreasonable, ungrateful attitude of Sri Lanka
    13-09-2009 , TNA for political solution within undivided Sri Lanka – Sampanthan
    15-09-2009 , Rajapakses' incipient cult would shame Chinese communists – Guardian
    13-09-2009 , Sri Lankan president's political-military shuffle
    10-09-2009 , Government overreaction harms national interest
    08-09-2009 , Colombo micromanages aid, bullies aid deliverers, says Guardian
    05-08-2009 , The politics of internment
    11-08-2009 , Sri Lanka is laying the foundations for renewed war
    04-09-2009 , Arrest Sri Lankan state racism to meet norms of International governance
    04-09-2009 , Boycott Threat Looms Over Sri Lanka September 4, 2009
    24-08-2009 , Is an elected dictatorship an oxymoron?
    23-08-2009 , Eelam and the new 'super power' Sri Lanka
    18-08-2009 , Unpacking the Truth in Sri Lanka
    14-08-2009 , US stresses ‘political reconciliation’ with Tamils for peace in Sri Lanka
    16-08-2009 , Creeping Talibanization in Sri Lanka – Prof. David
    11-08-2009 , A roadmap to liberation
    10-08-2009 , First Northern election outside a climate of war
    10-08-2009 , Demystifying Languages!
    02-08-2009 , Congressman urges Holder to review Gotabaya, Fonseka genocide indictment
    02-08-2009 , Irish Trade Unions call for Sri Lanka war crimes investigations
    02-08-2009 , “Colombo no longer has any excuse for its brutal policies” – National Post
    20-07-2009 , Castes, religions and Eezham Tamil nationalism
    20-07-2009 , Air of martial triumph unbefitting while controversy surrounds Tamil civilian deaths – NY Times
    20-07-2009 , Awakening North, an election gimmick? – Sunday Leader
    19-07-2009 , Defeated, friendless Tamils face annihilation
    19-07-2009 , US lobbyists making a killing of killings in Sri Lanka
    18-07-2009 , The silent suffering of Sri Lanka's Tamils
    18-07-2009 , Policy on Tamils haunts India
    15-07-2009 , Time for silence is over – New York Times
    14-07-2009 , Percival was not an apostate – Prof. Hoole
    12-07-2009 , Inclusion is effective nationalism
    06-07-2009 , Plight of Tamils hidden behind Sri Lankan Diplomacy: Bruce Haigh
    01-07-2009 , Elie Wiesel: Sri Lanka's victimization of Tamil people must stop
    20-06-2009 , ICJ Vice Chairman urges governments of free people to protect Eezham Tamils
    04-06-2009 , U.N. is Hopeless and Useless, Should be Dismissed After Recent U.N. Human Rights Council Event
    02-06-2009 , Setting the hands of the clock right
    16-05-2009 , 'Our Holocaust and the impossibility of peace in Sri Lanka'
    03-03-2009 , Many Sri Lankan Tamils giving up on country

    Genocide Leaked Footage Of Execution Of Tamil Civilians By Srilankan Government Youtube Vimeo Dailymotion Yahoo Blip http://wn.com/Genocide_Leaked_Footage_Of_Executio

  813. It is two years since the civil war ended in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese government in Colombo and the Tamil minority struggling for autonomy in their north-east homeland. The Tamils were crushed by overwhelming, undiscriminating firepower that rained down on them from the Sinhalese air force and ranks of artillery. http://www.srilankatruth.com/article/newspublish/
    This humanitarian disaster happened under the presidency and family rule of Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo

    30-04-2011 , Much ado about nothing: Is Sri Lanka in danger of being held accountable by the International Criminal Court?
    01-05-2011 , Notes on Possibilities after the UN Report: Including Nationalism and ‘The Geopolitics of Emotion’
    14-04-2011 , Kevin Rudd silent on the plight of the Tamils
    10-04-2011 , What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?
    03-04-2011 , Wikileaks – thaw in anti-eelam policies in delhi – whither the genocide in sri lanka
    27-03-2011 , Truth, impunity, and future protection
    24-03-2011 , The Politics of Domestic and International Accountability Options in Sri Lanka
    27-03-2011 , ‘13th Amendment Plus’: India sceptical of Sri Lankan promise
    27-12-2010 , The state is the main obstacle to developing Tamil areas
    29-12-2010 , Liam Fox should not let unthinking fashionistas decide British foreign policy. Sri Lanka needs rebuilding
    27-11-2010 , One country, two nations
    01-08-2010 , New Delhi academic comments in Colombo on diaspora transnationalism
    01-08-2010 , Tamils registered: targeted ethnic profiling?
    31-07-2010 , Kings For Bureaucracy
    31-07-2010 , ‘In border disputes, India protects the rights of Gujaratis and Bengalis, but not Tamils’
    25-07-2010 , Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
    11-07-2010 , The need for Tamil unity weaves its way
    02-07-2010 , When will we ever learn?
    30-06-2010 , Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka
    29-06-2010 , Sri Lankan Tamils neglected
    25-06-2010 , Development without politics dangerous to Tamils
    18-06-2010 , Much ado about few things
    16-06-2010 , Resolving Sri Lanka's conflicts in class
    14-06-2010 , Trust is not built by words, but by deeds
    12-06-2010 , The “Perils of Presidentialism”: Lessons from Sri Lanka
    07-06-2010 , “This is the plight of the Tamils…”
    03-06-2010 , Sri Lanka’s false dawn
    30-05-2010 , Yet Another “Commission!”
    30-05-2010 , All Rajapaksas will be kicked out when people don’t want them –President says to Al-Jazeera
    28-05-2010 , Sri Lankan government exploits flood disaster to evict slum dwellers
    25-05-2010 , Lessons to be learnt and unlearnt
    12-05-2010 , Australia must ratify Tamil referendum results: Greens MLA
    06-05-2010 , Need of the hour is consensus and collective leadership
    30-04-2010 , International war corporatism continues silencing Eezham Tamils
    22-04-2010 , Sri Lankan defence secretary proposes further security laws
    22-04-2010 , Follow military win with political solution, Tamils say
    16-04-2010 , The ethics of violence
    12-04-2010 , Australia under fire over asylum seeker clampdown
    12-04-2010 , Northern Sri Lanka Emerges From Conflict But Challenges Remain
    08-04-2010 , Is Sri Lanka fast losing its true friends at the UN ?
    03-04-2010 , Sri Lanka's traitorous politics
    01-04-2010 , Political will required
    01-04-2010 , CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS
    23-03-2010 , BBC: Fox and Love lobbied for Sri Lanka after junkets
    16-03-2010 , Tamils aren't voting for change
    15-03-2010 , Sri Lanka: A crises overlooked
    15-03-2010 , They talk about two thirds, but not about the ethnic problem
    13-03-2010 , UN changes may see detainees sent home
    10-03-2010 , Third Mu'l'livaaykkaal in the name of 'development'
    04-03-2010 , China, India, compete helping Colombo’s demographic onslaught of Tamils
    02-03-2010 , 1982 all over again March 2010
    26-02-2010 , Where is the Anger Over Sri Lanka (and Somalia, and Kashmir)?
    25-02-2010 , British Shadow FM calls for political reform, independent war-crime investigations
    22-02-2010 , Reconciliation, Post-War and Post-Poll
    17-02-2010 , Freedom under threat in Sri Lanka
    29-01-2010 , Police or military state: That is the question for India
    29-01-2010 , "Referendum on Eelam is our right and responsibility"
    24-01-2010 , 'Conquerors feed language to the conquered'
    22-01-2010 , Rajapaksha Is Killing the True Identity Of Sri Lanka
    19-01-2010 , Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka election
    15-01-2010 , TGTE: 45 degrees polity for Tamils or ramp for powers?
    14-01-2010 , Historic choice by the court of the people
    14-01-2010 , Should Tamils vote for the General who crushed them?
    29-12-2009 , A Christmas Message 2009
    28-12-2009 , 'Mercenary Intellectuals'
    17-12-2009 , Referendum to speak for themselves – paper
    10-12-2009 , Displaced Sri Lankan Tamils 'still denied freedom of movement'
    10-12-2009 , US Senate Committee evaluation pushes aside political solution to Tamils
    06-12-2009 , People?s Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath in Dublin in January 2010
    06-12-2009 , 'Tamil Eelam independence and Indian security is inseparable' – Eelaventhan
    06-12-2009 , Holding transnational government above collaboration politics
    06-12-2009 , Sri Lanka's modern-day genocide
    03-12-2009 , Total rejection of SL Constitution should be the demand – Sachithananthan
    26-11-2009 , Sri Lanka: What Happens Next?
    24-11-2009 , Equal Rights or Self-Determination?
    23-11-2009 , The Indian and chinesr models and the Maoist in south asia today
    15-11-2009 , Expats abroad – A key factor in Lankan Politics
    15-11-2009 , Sinhala speakers socially fail in moral responsibility: Peter Schalk
    13-11-2009 , Political settlement 'very important' in Sri Lanka: Minister
    13-11-2009 , Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy: Speaking in many tongues and still not making any sense
    09-11-2009 , PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL’S NOVEMBER WORK PROGRAMME
    09-11-2009 , Reject Australia's 'Indonesian solution'! Welcome the asylum seekers!
    09-11-2009 , End Sri Lanka's genocide behavior to end flow of Asylum seekers
    01-11-2009 , The road to nowhere
    31-10-2009 , Absurd logic of seeking ‘moderates’ amid a genocide – paper
    24-10-2009 , A ‘Great’ Military Victory?
    23-10-2009 , UN investigator urges convention to protect detainees
    22-10-2009 , No solution if the past is repeated
    21-10-2009 , Tamil nadu factors and sri lankan politics
    18-10-2009 , Addressing ambiguity of Right to Self-Determination
    18-10-2009 , Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Obama battles to save peace plan as fears grow of collapse
    08-10-2009 , 'India follows Sri Lanka in waging civil war'
    03-10-2009 , Duplicitous Colombo bereft of excuses on holding internees – ICG
    30-09-2009 , S.L. Govt. uses Israel to soften American pressure
    30-09-2009 , UN warns Sri Lanka of Tamil ‘bitterness’
    29-09-2009 , Melting pot of Eezham-Tamil democratic politics
    22-09-2009 , Mahintha searchs IDP camps for[whom], Mangala
    24-09-2009 , Sri Lankan leader skips meeting in US
    23-09-2009 , Where is the "Northern Spring" in Sri Lanka?
    21-09-2009 , Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation
    20-09-2009 , Power sharing & postwar paths for Sri Lanka
    20-09-2009 , The International vultures appear once again to be circling around the government of Mahinda Rajapakse
    19-09-2009 , Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace
    19-09-2009 , Vaddukkoaddai and Thimphu
    17-09-2009 , Sanctions compel people to change their government’s conduct – paper
    17-09-2009 , Tamil national aspirations, TNA and transnational governance
    16-09-2009 , M K Narayanan declares war on Tamil diaspora
    08-09-2009 , Unreasonable, ungrateful attitude of Sri Lanka
    13-09-2009 , TNA for political solution within undivided Sri Lanka – Sampanthan
    15-09-2009 , Rajapakses' incipient cult would shame Chinese communists – Guardian
    13-09-2009 , Sri Lankan president's political-military shuffle
    10-09-2009 , Government overreaction harms national interest
    08-09-2009 , Colombo micromanages aid, bullies aid deliverers, says Guardian
    05-08-2009 , The politics of internment
    11-08-2009 , Sri Lanka is laying the foundations for renewed war
    04-09-2009 , Arrest Sri Lankan state racism to meet norms of International governance
    04-09-2009 , Boycott Threat Looms Over Sri Lanka September 4, 2009
    24-08-2009 , Is an elected dictatorship an oxymoron?
    23-08-2009 , Eelam and the new 'super power' Sri Lanka
    18-08-2009 , Unpacking the Truth in Sri Lanka
    14-08-2009 , US stresses ‘political reconciliation’ with Tamils for peace in Sri Lanka
    16-08-2009 , Creeping Talibanization in Sri Lanka – Prof. David
    11-08-2009 , A roadmap to liberation
    10-08-2009 , First Northern election outside a climate of war
    10-08-2009 , Demystifying Languages!
    02-08-2009 , Congressman urges Holder to review Gotabaya, Fonseka genocide indictment
    02-08-2009 , Irish Trade Unions call for Sri Lanka war crimes investigations
    02-08-2009 , “Colombo no longer has any excuse for its brutal policies” – National Post
    20-07-2009 , Castes, religions and Eezham Tamil nationalism
    20-07-2009 , Air of martial triumph unbefitting while controversy surrounds Tamil civilian deaths – NY Times
    20-07-2009 , Awakening North, an election gimmick? – Sunday Leader
    19-07-2009 , Defeated, friendless Tamils face annihilation
    19-07-2009 , US lobbyists making a killing of killings in Sri Lanka
    18-07-2009 , The silent suffering of Sri Lanka's Tamils
    18-07-2009 , Policy on Tamils haunts India
    15-07-2009 , Time for silence is over – New York Times
    14-07-2009 , Percival was not an apostate – Prof. Hoole
    12-07-2009 , Inclusion is effective nationalism
    06-07-2009 , Plight of Tamils hidden behind Sri Lankan Diplomacy: Bruce Haigh
    01-07-2009 , Elie Wiesel: Sri Lanka's victimization of Tamil people must stop
    20-06-2009 , ICJ Vice Chairman urges governments of free people to protect Eezham Tamils
    04-06-2009 , U.N. is Hopeless and Useless, Should be Dismissed After Recent U.N. Human Rights Council Event
    02-06-2009 , Setting the hands of the clock right
    16-05-2009 , 'Our Holocaust and the impossibility of peace in Sri Lanka'
    03-03-2009 , Many Sri Lankan Tamils giving up on country

    Genocide Leaked Footage Of Execution Of Tamil Civilians By Srilankan Government Youtube Vimeo Dailymotion Yahoo Blip http://wn.com/Genocide_Leaked_Footage_Of_Executio

  814. Tamils to protest on University Avenue again http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toro

    Tamils are planning a large demonstration in Toronto on Friday to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s conflict with the separatist Tamil Tigers two years ago.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” that both sides violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the 26-year conflict, which ended with the Tigers’ defeat in May of 2009.

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross, the panel said.

    Remember may 18, 2009 http://www.tamilthai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/
    "Here is what we said in our letter. 'We civilized people have no trouble mourning thousands of Bosnian victims of Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing. We can be appalled at the displacement, enslavement, and murder of villagers in Darfur by government-directed Sudanese militiamen. But where is the horror and disgust at the deliberate butchery of 50,000 ethnically distinct Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by armed forces carrying out what was clearly a state policy?'

  815. Call the UN & AI. Sri Lanka commits Development Genocide!

    Evil Chingalam corporations are moving into the sacred territory of Eelam to er… create jobs and deepen the genocide of the Eelam citizens.

    “… with the dawn of [genocidal] peace, Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading telecoms [genocide] infrastructure development and managed [genocidal] services company has established a [genocidal] regional office in Mullaitivu.”

    http://tinyurl.com/3zd84ok

    Perhaps the fragrant Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the newly elected Eezham Canadian MP, could raise the matter with Canadian authorities?

    Here’s Rathika, cuddling her son/nephew or other relative: http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

  816. “The relevant question is, why there was no wholesale slaughter of in the Osama bin Laden mansion similar to what happened in Mullaivaikka to 40 000 Tamil women and children ?”

    @Dorjee: The relevant question is how much brain damage and memory loss have you suffered?

    To kill Bin Laden, the West has spent 10 years wading through at least 200,000 (a conservative estimate) dead Iraqi, Afghan and Pakistani civilians.

    Why are you only claiming 40,000 innocents killed in Sri Lanka? Aryacakravarti claimed over 1.3 million had been killed after May 2009.

  817. Tamils to protest on University Avenue again http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toro

    Tamils are planning a large demonstration in Toronto on Friday to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s conflict with the separatist Tamil Tigers two years ago.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” that both sides violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the 26-year conflict, which ended with the Tigers’ defeat in May of 2009.

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross, the panel said.

    Remember may 18, 2009 http://www.tamilthai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/
    "Here is what we said in our letter. 'We civilized people have no trouble mourning thousands of Bosnian victims of Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing. We can be appalled at the displacement, enslavement, and murder of villagers in Darfur by government-directed Sudanese militiamen. But where is the horror and disgust at the deliberate butchery of 50,000 ethnically distinct Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by armed forces carrying out what was clearly a state policy?'

  818. Tamils to protest on University Avenue again http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toro

    Tamils are planning a large demonstration in Toronto on Friday to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s conflict with the separatist Tamil Tigers two years ago.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” that both sides violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the 26-year conflict, which ended with the Tigers’ defeat in May of 2009.

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross, the panel said.

    Remember may 18, 2009 http://www.tamilthai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/
    "Here is what we said in our letter. 'We civilized people have no trouble mourning thousands of Bosnian victims of Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing. We can be appalled at the displacement, enslavement, and murder of villagers in Darfur by government-directed Sudanese militiamen. But where is the horror and disgust at the deliberate butchery of 50,000 ethnically distinct Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by armed forces carrying out what was clearly a state policy?'

  819. On Sri Lanka, Araud of France Says Accountability Is Up to Locals, Unlike in Libya
    http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1france050311.html
    But French ambassador Gerard Araud, taking over the UN Security Council presidency for May, brought up Sri Lanka during his beginning of the month press conference. Explaining that the Security Council often chooses not to get involved in bloody conflicts, he referred to 30,000 dead in Sri Lanka, and the Council choosing not to get involved.

    why, unlike in libya???

    What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/04/10/what-is-the-difference-between-libyan-civilians-and-tamil-civilians/
    Muammar Gaddafi and Mahinda Rajapaksa both state terror.

    Double standards and hypocrisy
    On the one hand the United Nations and powerful states were maintaining a policy of non interference with regard to Sri Lanka and on the other hand some countries were directly involved in helping the final stages of the war.
    During the final days of Mullivaghzhal, neither the majority of the local human rights activists nor the political parties protested against the killing of civilians. They were silently watching and some were even enjoying the cold-blooded killings of civilians.
    Can the international community, the United Nations, powerful states, Sri Lankan government and some members of civil society explain why they maintained a deafening silence while the people of the North and East, especially civilians in the Mullivaghzhal were being killed in aerial bombing and artillery fire?

    Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born.

  820. It is two years since the civil war ended in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese government in Colombo and the Tamil minority struggling for autonomy in their north-east homeland. The Tamils were crushed by overwhelming, undiscriminating firepower that rained down on them from the Sinhalese air force and ranks of artillery.
    http://www.srilankatruth.com/article/newspublish/article.php?news_id=1238
    This humanitarian disaster happened under the presidency and family rule of Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo

    30-04-2011 , Much ado about nothing: Is Sri Lanka in danger of being held accountable by the International Criminal Court?
    01-05-2011 , Notes on Possibilities after the UN Report: Including Nationalism and ‘The Geopolitics of Emotion’
    14-04-2011 , Kevin Rudd silent on the plight of the Tamils
    10-04-2011 , What Is The Difference Between Libyan Civilians And Tamil Civilians?
    03-04-2011 , Wikileaks – thaw in anti-eelam policies in delhi – whither the genocide in sri lanka
    27-03-2011 , Truth, impunity, and future protection
    24-03-2011 , The Politics of Domestic and International Accountability Options in Sri Lanka
    27-03-2011 , ‘13th Amendment Plus’: India sceptical of Sri Lankan promise
    27-12-2010 , The state is the main obstacle to developing Tamil areas
    29-12-2010 , Liam Fox should not let unthinking fashionistas decide British foreign policy. Sri Lanka needs rebuilding
    27-11-2010 , One country, two nations
    01-08-2010 , New Delhi academic comments in Colombo on diaspora transnationalism
    01-08-2010 , Tamils registered: targeted ethnic profiling?
    31-07-2010 , Kings For Bureaucracy
    31-07-2010 , ‘In border disputes, India protects the rights of Gujaratis and Bengalis, but not Tamils’
    25-07-2010 , Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
    11-07-2010 , The need for Tamil unity weaves its way
    02-07-2010 , When will we ever learn?
    30-06-2010 , Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka
    29-06-2010 , Sri Lankan Tamils neglected
    25-06-2010 , Development without politics dangerous to Tamils
    18-06-2010 , Much ado about few things
    16-06-2010 , Resolving Sri Lanka’s conflicts in class
    14-06-2010 , Trust is not built by words, but by deeds
    12-06-2010 , The “Perils of Presidentialism”: Lessons from Sri Lanka
    07-06-2010 , “This is the plight of the Tamils…”
    03-06-2010 , Sri Lanka’s false dawn
    30-05-2010 , Yet Another “Commission!”
    30-05-2010 , All Rajapaksas will be kicked out when people don’t want them –President says to Al-Jazeera
    28-05-2010 , Sri Lankan government exploits flood disaster to evict slum dwellers
    25-05-2010 , Lessons to be learnt and unlearnt
    12-05-2010 , Australia must ratify Tamil referendum results: Greens MLA
    06-05-2010 , Need of the hour is consensus and collective leadership
    30-04-2010 , International war corporatism continues silencing Eezham Tamils
    22-04-2010 , Sri Lankan defence secretary proposes further security laws
    22-04-2010 , Follow military win with political solution, Tamils say
    16-04-2010 , The ethics of violence
    12-04-2010 , Australia under fire over asylum seeker clampdown
    12-04-2010 , Northern Sri Lanka Emerges From Conflict But Challenges Remain
    08-04-2010 , Is Sri Lanka fast losing its true friends at the UN ?
    03-04-2010 , Sri Lanka’s traitorous politics
    01-04-2010 , Political will required
    01-04-2010 , CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS
    23-03-2010 , BBC: Fox and Love lobbied for Sri Lanka after junkets
    16-03-2010 , Tamils aren’t voting for change
    15-03-2010 , Sri Lanka: A crises overlooked
    15-03-2010 , They talk about two thirds, but not about the ethnic problem
    13-03-2010 , UN changes may see detainees sent home
    10-03-2010 , Third Mu’l’livaaykkaal in the name of ‘development’
    04-03-2010 , China, India, compete helping Colombo’s demographic onslaught of Tamils
    02-03-2010 , 1982 all over again March 2010
    26-02-2010 , Where is the Anger Over Sri Lanka (and Somalia, and Kashmir)?
    25-02-2010 , British Shadow FM calls for political reform, independent war-crime investigations
    22-02-2010 , Reconciliation, Post-War and Post-Poll
    17-02-2010 , Freedom under threat in Sri Lanka
    29-01-2010 , Police or military state: That is the question for India
    29-01-2010 , “Referendum on Eelam is our right and responsibility”
    24-01-2010 , ‘Conquerors feed language to the conquered’
    22-01-2010 , Rajapaksha Is Killing the True Identity Of Sri Lanka
    19-01-2010 , Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka election
    15-01-2010 , TGTE: 45 degrees polity for Tamils or ramp for powers?
    14-01-2010 , Historic choice by the court of the people
    14-01-2010 , Should Tamils vote for the General who crushed them?
    29-12-2009 , A Christmas Message 2009
    28-12-2009 , ‘Mercenary Intellectuals’
    17-12-2009 , Referendum to speak for themselves – paper
    10-12-2009 , Displaced Sri Lankan Tamils ‘still denied freedom of movement’
    10-12-2009 , US Senate Committee evaluation pushes aside political solution to Tamils
    06-12-2009 , People?s Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath in Dublin in January 2010
    06-12-2009 , ‘Tamil Eelam independence and Indian security is inseparable’ – Eelaventhan
    06-12-2009 , Holding transnational government above collaboration politics
    06-12-2009 , Sri Lanka’s modern-day genocide
    03-12-2009 , Total rejection of SL Constitution should be the demand – Sachithananthan
    26-11-2009 , Sri Lanka: What Happens Next?
    24-11-2009 , Equal Rights or Self-Determination?
    23-11-2009 , The Indian and chinesr models and the Maoist in south asia today
    15-11-2009 , Expats abroad – A key factor in Lankan Politics
    15-11-2009 , Sinhala speakers socially fail in moral responsibility: Peter Schalk
    13-11-2009 , Political settlement ‘very important’ in Sri Lanka: Minister
    13-11-2009 , Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy: Speaking in many tongues and still not making any sense
    09-11-2009 , PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL’S NOVEMBER WORK PROGRAMME
    09-11-2009 , Reject Australia’s ‘Indonesian solution’! Welcome the asylum seekers!
    09-11-2009 , End Sri Lanka’s genocide behavior to end flow of Asylum seekers
    01-11-2009 , The road to nowhere
    31-10-2009 , Absurd logic of seeking ‘moderates’ amid a genocide – paper
    24-10-2009 , A ‘Great’ Military Victory?
    23-10-2009 , UN investigator urges convention to protect detainees
    22-10-2009 , No solution if the past is repeated
    21-10-2009 , Tamil nadu factors and sri lankan politics
    18-10-2009 , Addressing ambiguity of Right to Self-Determination
    18-10-2009 , Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
    16-10-2009 , Obama battles to save peace plan as fears grow of collapse
    08-10-2009 , ‘India follows Sri Lanka in waging civil war’
    03-10-2009 , Duplicitous Colombo bereft of excuses on holding internees – ICG
    30-09-2009 , S.L. Govt. uses Israel to soften American pressure
    30-09-2009 , UN warns Sri Lanka of Tamil ‘bitterness’
    29-09-2009 , Melting pot of Eezham-Tamil democratic politics
    22-09-2009 , Mahintha searchs IDP camps for[whom], Mangala
    24-09-2009 , Sri Lankan leader skips meeting in US
    23-09-2009 , Where is the “Northern Spring” in Sri Lanka?
    21-09-2009 , Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation
    20-09-2009 , Power sharing & postwar paths for Sri Lanka
    20-09-2009 , The International vultures appear once again to be circling around the government of Mahinda Rajapakse
    19-09-2009 , Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka’s hard-won peace
    19-09-2009 , Vaddukkoaddai and Thimphu
    17-09-2009 , Sanctions compel people to change their government’s conduct – paper
    17-09-2009 , Tamil national aspirations, TNA and transnational governance
    16-09-2009 , M K Narayanan declares war on Tamil diaspora
    08-09-2009 , Unreasonable, ungrateful attitude of Sri Lanka
    13-09-2009 , TNA for political solution within undivided Sri Lanka – Sampanthan
    15-09-2009 , Rajapakses’ incipient cult would shame Chinese communists – Guardian
    13-09-2009 , Sri Lankan president’s political-military shuffle
    10-09-2009 , Government overreaction harms national interest
    08-09-2009 , Colombo micromanages aid, bullies aid deliverers, says Guardian
    05-08-2009 , The politics of internment
    11-08-2009 , Sri Lanka is laying the foundations for renewed war
    04-09-2009 , Arrest Sri Lankan state racism to meet norms of International governance
    04-09-2009 , Boycott Threat Looms Over Sri Lanka September 4, 2009
    24-08-2009 , Is an elected dictatorship an oxymoron?
    23-08-2009 , Eelam and the new ‘super power’ Sri Lanka
    18-08-2009 , Unpacking the Truth in Sri Lanka
    14-08-2009 , US stresses ‘political reconciliation’ with Tamils for peace in Sri Lanka
    16-08-2009 , Creeping Talibanization in Sri Lanka – Prof. David
    11-08-2009 , A roadmap to liberation
    10-08-2009 , First Northern election outside a climate of war
    10-08-2009 , Demystifying Languages!
    02-08-2009 , Congressman urges Holder to review Gotabaya, Fonseka genocide indictment
    02-08-2009 , Irish Trade Unions call for Sri Lanka war crimes investigations
    02-08-2009 , “Colombo no longer has any excuse for its brutal policies” – National Post
    20-07-2009 , Castes, religions and Eezham Tamil nationalism
    20-07-2009 , Air of martial triumph unbefitting while controversy surrounds Tamil civilian deaths – NY Times
    20-07-2009 , Awakening North, an election gimmick? – Sunday Leader
    19-07-2009 , Defeated, friendless Tamils face annihilation
    19-07-2009 , US lobbyists making a killing of killings in Sri Lanka
    18-07-2009 , The silent suffering of Sri Lanka’s Tamils
    18-07-2009 , Policy on Tamils haunts India
    15-07-2009 , Time for silence is over – New York Times
    14-07-2009 , Percival was not an apostate – Prof. Hoole
    12-07-2009 , Inclusion is effective nationalism
    06-07-2009 , Plight of Tamils hidden behind Sri Lankan Diplomacy: Bruce Haigh
    01-07-2009 , Elie Wiesel: Sri Lanka’s victimization of Tamil people must stop
    20-06-2009 , ICJ Vice Chairman urges governments of free people to protect Eezham Tamils
    04-06-2009 , U.N. is Hopeless and Useless, Should be Dismissed After Recent U.N. Human Rights Council Event
    02-06-2009 , Setting the hands of the clock right
    16-05-2009 , ‘Our Holocaust and the impossibility of peace in Sri Lanka’
    03-03-2009 , Many Sri Lankan Tamils giving up on country

    Genocide Leaked Footage Of Execution Of Tamil Civilians By Srilankan Government Youtube Vimeo Dailymotion Yahoo Blip
    http://wn.com/Genocide_Leaked_Footage_Of_Execution_Of_Tamil_Civilians_By_Srilankan_Government

  821. @ Rohan: You've finally managed to write a paragraph on your own, instead of copy/pasting ! Wonderful news.

    You ask a good question (why no intervention in SL?). For a start, SL remained a democratic country – albeit a deeply damaged and flawed democracy which incredibly managed remain a democracy to survive a 30-year onslaught by the LTTE.

    The real comparison is between Gadaffi and Prabhakaran.

    Neither allowed their 'people' to vote them into power.

    Both murdered their opponents to gain power and control.

    Both Libya and Eelam were ruled by one man and his acolytes for over 30 years.

    Neither tolerated much opposition. VP didn't understand the phrase 'respectful disagreement' or 'opposition.'

    Both maintained control of their territories through fear and an effective system of punishment; usually death.

    Both had tried (and in VP's case succeeded) to assassinate legally elected politicians and heads of government.

    Libya has oil. Eelam had donkeys and punnakku.

    And most important, because the West can attack Gaddafi without any real consequences. It cannot attack Sri Lanka without India's permission and without suffering heavy losses.

    And because EVERYONE wanted Eelam finally killed off. Dead.

    "Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born."

    That would've required an invasion of Sri Lanka by whom ? India? Not after the LTTE had murdered Rajiv. The UK? France? Ireland? NATO ? Only the truly delusional believe that a Kosovo-type solution could've been imposed on Sri Lanka in 2009.

    With Russia, China & France (all, Security Council members) dismissive of the UNSG's dodgy dossier, you'd better start preparing for an early Heroes Day in May. Why wait 'till November?

    So many brave, valiant Eelam youth came to the Excel centre Heroes Day in November 2010, but none of them were able to get to the Vanni in 2009. I suppose they were too busy practicing their Pongu Thamil dance routines instead of fighting. What a shame.

    Eezahm youth dancing in London and not fighting in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/3p3scsn

    Eezahm youth not dancing in Vanni and waiting to fight and die in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/4yk7pgh

    Prabha must've been so disappointed that no-one came to the Eelam Party from Europe or Canada.

  822. @ Rohan: You've finally managed to write a paragraph on your own, instead of copy/pasting ! Wonderful news.

    You ask a good question (why no intervention in SL?). For a start, SL remained a democratic country – albeit a deeply damaged and flawed democracy which incredibly managed remain a democracy to survive a 30-year onslaught by the LTTE.

    The real comparison is between Gadaffi and Prabhakaran.

    Neither allowed their 'people' to vote them into power.

    Both murdered their opponents to gain power and control.

    Both Libya and Eelam were ruled by one man and his acolytes for over 30 years.

    Neither tolerated much opposition. VP didn't understand the phrase 'respectful disagreement' or 'opposition.'

    Both maintained control of their territories through fear and an effective system of punishment; usually death.

    Both had tried (and in VP's case succeeded) to assassinate legally elected politicians and heads of government.

    Libya has oil. Eelam had donkeys and punnakku.

    And most important, because the West can attack Gaddafi without any real consequences. It cannot attack Sri Lanka without India's permission and without suffering heavy losses.

    And because EVERYONE wanted Eelam finally killed off. Dead.

    "Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born."

    That would've required an invasion of Sri Lanka by whom ? India? Not after the LTTE had murdered Rajiv. The UK? France? Ireland? NATO ? Only the truly delusional believe that a Kosovo-type solution could've been imposed on Sri Lanka in 2009.

    With Russia, China & France (all, Security Council members) dismissive of the UNSG's dodgy dossier, you'd better start preparing for an early Heroes Day in May. Why wait 'till November?

    So many brave, valiant Eelam youth came to the Excel centre Heroes Day in November 2010, but none of them were able to get to the Vanni in 2009. I suppose they were too busy practicing their Pongu Thamil dance routines instead of fighting. What a shame.

    Eezahm youth dancing in London and not fighting in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/3p3scsn

    Eezahm youth not dancing in Vanni and waiting to fight and die in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/4yk7pgh

    Prabha must've been so disappointed that no-one came to the Eelam Party from Europe or Canada.

  823. @ Rohan: You've finally managed to write a paragraph on your own, instead of copy/pasting ! Wonderful news.

    You ask a good question (why no intervention in SL?). For a start, SL remained a democratic country – albeit a deeply damaged and flawed democracy which incredibly managed remain a democracy to survive a 30-year onslaught by the LTTE.

    The real comparison is between Gadaffi and Prabhakaran.

    Neither allowed their 'people' to vote them into power.

    Both murdered their opponents to gain power and control.

    Both Libya and Eelam were ruled by one man and his acolytes for over 30 years.

    Neither tolerated much opposition. VP didn't understand the phrase 'respectful disagreement' or 'opposition.'

    Both maintained control of their territories through fear and an effective system of punishment; usually death.

    Both had tried (and in VP's case succeeded) to assassinate legally elected politicians and heads of government.

    Libya has oil. Eelam had donkeys and punnakku.

    And most important, because the West can attack Gaddafi without any real consequences. It cannot attack Sri Lanka without India's permission and without suffering heavy losses.

    And because EVERYONE wanted Eelam finally killed off. Dead.

    "Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born."

    That would've required an invasion of Sri Lanka by whom ? India? Not after the LTTE had murdered Rajiv. The UK? France? Ireland? NATO ? Only the truly delusional believe that a Kosovo-type solution could've been imposed on Sri Lanka in 2009.

    With Russia, China & France (all, Security Council members) dismissive of the UNSG's dodgy dossier, you'd better start preparing for an early Heroes Day in May. Why wait 'till November?

    So many brave, valiant Eelam youth came to the Excel centre Heroes Day in November 2010, but none of them were able to get to the Vanni in 2009. I suppose they were too busy practicing their Pongu Thamil dance routines instead of fighting. What a shame.

    Eezahm youth dancing in London and not fighting in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/3p3scsn

    Eezahm youth not dancing in Vanni and waiting to fight and die in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/4yk7pgh

    Prabha must've been so disappointed that no-one came to the Eelam Party from Europe or Canada.

  824. Jim,

    Your President says: Bin Laden was shot dead in a firefight. And in the same breath, he says no Americans were harmed! How come one of the most ruthless terrorist leaders in the world died in a gun battle that left his attackers unharmed?

    Did bin Laden offer to surrender? Why wasn't he given a chance to give himself up? Did he commit suicide? Did he come out waving a white flag only to be shot at close range? Was he captured and tortured before being killed? How many others were killed in the attack?

    Why weren't the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Sweden given an opportunity to visit the area where bin Laden was trapped prior to the raid? Why didn't Secretary of State Hillary Clinton intervene to suspend the attack calling for a negotiated settlement? Are the celebrations in the US tainted with triumphalism and hurtful to the Muslims because the cause of the unprecedented jubilation is the killing of a Muslim?

    Will the self-appointed human rights watchdogs demand that the draconian anti-terror laws the US adopted in the wake of the 9/11 attacks be scrapped forthwith? Will they now call for the dismantling of high security zones in Afghanistan and an immediate troop pull-out from that country as Al Qaeda leader and most of his trusted lieutenants are pushing up the daisies?

    Answers on a postcard addressed to:
    Robert O. Blake
    Assistant Secretary
    South and Central Asian Affairs
    Colombo – Sri Lanka

  825. Tamils to protest on University Avenue again
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/tamils-to-protest-on-university-avenue-again/article2010287/

    Tamils are planning a large demonstration in Toronto on Friday to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s conflict with the separatist Tamil Tigers two years ago.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” that both sides violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the 26-year conflict, which ended with the Tigers’ defeat in May of 2009.

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross, the panel said.

    Remember may 18, 2009
    http://www.tamilthai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/May18.jpg
    “Here is what we said in our letter. ‘We civilized people have no trouble mourning thousands of Bosnian victims of Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing. We can be appalled at the displacement, enslavement, and murder of villagers in Darfur by government-directed Sudanese militiamen. But where is the horror and disgust at the deliberate butchery of 50,000 ethnically distinct Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by armed forces carrying out what was clearly a state policy?’

  826. @ Rohan: You’ve finally managed to write a paragraph on your own, instead of copy/pasting ! Wonderful news.

    You ask a good question (why no intervention in SL?). For a start, SL remained a democratic country – albeit a deeply damaged and flawed democracy which incredibly managed remain a democracy to survive a 30-year onslaught by the LTTE.

    The real comparison is between Gadaffi and Prabhakaran.

    Neither allowed their ‘people’ to vote them into power.

    Both murdered their opponents to gain power and control.

    Both Libya and Eelam were ruled by one man and his acolytes for over 30 years.

    Neither tolerated much opposition. VP didn’t understand the phrase ‘respectful disagreement’ or ‘opposition.’

    Both maintained control of their territories through fear and an effective system of punishment; usually death.

    Both had tried (and in VP’s case succeeded) to assassinate legally elected politicians and heads of government.

    Libya has oil. Eelam had donkeys and punnakku.

    And most important, because the West can attack Gaddafi without any real consequences. It cannot attack Sri Lanka without India’s permission and without suffering heavy losses.

    And because EVERYONE wanted Eelam finally killed off. Dead.

    “Sri Lanka should not forget that if today’s stand of the international community had been applied in Sri Lanka in 2009, by now the 193rd member state in the United Nations would have been born.”

    That would’ve required an invasion of Sri Lanka by whom ? India? Not after the LTTE had murdered Rajiv. The UK? France? Ireland? NATO ? Only the truly delusional believe that a Kosovo-type solution could’ve been imposed on Sri Lanka in 2009.

    With Russia, China & France (all, Security Council members) dismissive of the UNSG’s dodgy dossier, you’d better start preparing for an early Heroes Day in May. Why wait ’till November?

    So many brave, valiant Eelam youth came to the Excel centre Heroes Day in November 2010, but none of them were able to get to the Vanni in 2009. I suppose they were too busy practicing their Pongu Thamil dance routines instead of fighting. What a shame.

    Eezahm youth dancing in London and not fighting in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/3p3scsn

    Eezahm youth not dancing in Vanni and waiting to fight and die in the Vanni: http://tinyurl.com/4yk7pgh

    Prabha must’ve been so disappointed that no-one came to the Eelam Party from Europe or Canada.

  827. Jim,

    Your President says: Bin Laden was shot dead in a firefight. And in the same breath, he says no Americans were harmed! How come one of the most ruthless terrorist leaders in the world died in a gun battle that left his attackers unharmed?

    Did bin Laden offer to surrender? Why wasn’t he given a chance to give himself up? Did he commit suicide? Did he come out waving a white flag only to be shot at close range? Was he captured and tortured before being killed? How many others were killed in the attack?

    Why weren’t the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Sweden given an opportunity to visit the area where bin Laden was trapped prior to the raid? Why didn’t Secretary of State Hillary Clinton intervene to suspend the attack calling for a negotiated settlement? Are the celebrations in the US tainted with triumphalism and hurtful to the Muslims because the cause of the unprecedented jubilation is the killing of a Muslim?

    Will the self-appointed human rights watchdogs demand that the draconian anti-terror laws the US adopted in the wake of the 9/11 attacks be scrapped forthwith? Will they now call for the dismantling of high security zones in Afghanistan and an immediate troop pull-out from that country as Al Qaeda leader and most of his trusted lieutenants are pushing up the daisies?

    Answers on a postcard addressed to:
    Robert O. Blake
    Assistant Secretary
    South and Central Asian Affairs
    Colombo – Sri Lanka

  828. Canadian Eelam MP's Black Baby – mystery solved!

    When I congratulated Eelam Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan for having a beautiful son, I was accused by 'Thamilian' of 'humiliating' her. I was genuinely surprised by this reaction – although nothing should surprise us about Eelamists 🙂

    How could anyone take offence at my message congratulating a mother for having a sweet looking child? http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

    After asking around friends, the answer was obvious and it exposes many Sri Lankans' (both Tamil & Sinhalese) deep-seated racism towards Black people.

    Thamilan was obviously appalled and disgusted that a pretty Eelam female would have a child by a Black man. But as he had to pretend that he's a fully paid-up multiculturalist, (which helps the Eelam cause), he cannot declare his disgust openly – not even on an anonymous internet forum.

    This anti-Black people prejudice is very common amongst Asians. The thought of their daughter marrying a Black man is enough to cause heart attack amongst most Asians parents. Amongst racial purity obsessed, Eezahm Tamils it must cause triple heart attack with seizures.

    My thanks to Jim & AI for this forum. An invaluable source of information.

  829. Canadian Eelam MP's Black Baby – mystery solved!

    When I congratulated Eelam Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan for having a beautiful son, I was accused by 'Thamilian' of 'humiliating' her. I was genuinely surprised by this reaction – although nothing should surprise us about Eelamists 🙂

    How could anyone take offence at my message congratulating a mother for having a sweet looking child? http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

    After asking around friends, the answer was obvious and it exposes many Sri Lankans' (both Tamil & Sinhalese) deep-seated racism towards Black people.

    Thamilan was obviously appalled and disgusted that a pretty Eelam female would have a child by a Black man. But as he had to pretend that he's a fully paid-up multiculturalist, (which helps the Eelam cause), he cannot declare his disgust openly – not even on an anonymous internet forum.

    This anti-Black people prejudice is very common amongst Asians. The thought of their daughter marrying a Black man is enough to cause heart attack amongst most Asians parents. Amongst racial purity obsessed, Eezahm Tamils it must cause triple heart attack with seizures.

    My thanks to Jim & AI for this forum. An invaluable source of information.

  830. Canadian Eelam MP's Black Baby – mystery solved!

    When I congratulated Eelam Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan for having a beautiful son, I was accused by 'Thamilian' of 'humiliating' her. I was genuinely surprised by this reaction – although nothing should surprise us about Eelamists 🙂

    How could anyone take offence at my message congratulating a mother for having a sweet looking child? http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

    After asking around friends, the answer was obvious and it exposes many Sri Lankans' (both Tamil & Sinhalese) deep-seated racism towards Black people.

    Thamilan was obviously appalled and disgusted that a pretty Eelam female would have a child by a Black man. But as he had to pretend that he's a fully paid-up multiculturalist, (which helps the Eelam cause), he cannot declare his disgust openly – not even on an anonymous internet forum.

    This anti-Black people prejudice is very common amongst Asians. The thought of their daughter marrying a Black man is enough to cause heart attack amongst most Asians parents. Amongst racial purity obsessed, Eezahm Tamils it must cause triple heart attack with seizures.

    My thanks to Jim & AI for this forum. An invaluable source of information.

  831. Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court, “for his role in the genocide in the island nation during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

    The campaign, an initiative of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam, is being conducted in the wake of the United Nation’s revelations of “war crimes” by Sri Lankan armed forces.

    The UN report has made public the liberal use of cluster bombs on the innocent public, missile attack on hospitals and refugee camps, denial of humanitarian aid to the affected population, attack on the media and civil society.

    The signature campaign was launched at the Tirunelveli railway junction, said M.A. Britto of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam and director, ‘Vaan Muhil’.

    Former head, Department of Tamil Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tho. Paramasivan, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Council member K.M.A. Nizam, CPI district secretary R. Shanmugavel and others participated in the signature campaign.
    http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/05/stories/201105056

  832. Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court, “for his role in the genocide in the island nation during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

    The campaign, an initiative of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam, is being conducted in the wake of the United Nation’s revelations of “war crimes” by Sri Lankan armed forces.

    The UN report has made public the liberal use of cluster bombs on the innocent public, missile attack on hospitals and refugee camps, denial of humanitarian aid to the affected population, attack on the media and civil society.

    The signature campaign was launched at the Tirunelveli railway junction, said M.A. Britto of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam and director, ‘Vaan Muhil’.

    Former head, Department of Tamil Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tho. Paramasivan, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Council member K.M.A. Nizam, CPI district secretary R. Shanmugavel and others participated in the signature campaign.
    http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/05/stories/201105056

  833. Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court, “for his role in the genocide in the island nation during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

    The campaign, an initiative of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam, is being conducted in the wake of the United Nation’s revelations of “war crimes” by Sri Lankan armed forces.

    The UN report has made public the liberal use of cluster bombs on the innocent public, missile attack on hospitals and refugee camps, denial of humanitarian aid to the affected population, attack on the media and civil society.

    The signature campaign was launched at the Tirunelveli railway junction, said M.A. Britto of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam and director, ‘Vaan Muhil’.

    Former head, Department of Tamil Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tho. Paramasivan, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Council member K.M.A. Nizam, CPI district secretary R. Shanmugavel and others participated in the signature campaign.
    http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/05/stories/201105056

  834. Canadian Eelam MP’s Black Baby – mystery solved!

    When I congratulated Eelam Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan for having a beautiful son, I was accused by ‘Thamilian’ of ‘humiliating’ her. I was genuinely surprised by this reaction – although nothing should surprise us about Eelamists 🙂

    How could anyone take offence at my message congratulating a mother for having a sweet looking child? http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/143

    After asking around friends, the answer was obvious and it exposes many Sri Lankans’ (both Tamil & Sinhalese) deep-seated racism towards Black people.

    Thamilan was obviously appalled and disgusted that a pretty Eelam female would have a child by a Black man. But as he had to pretend that he’s a fully paid-up multiculturalist, (which helps the Eelam cause), he cannot declare his disgust openly – not even on an anonymous internet forum.

    This anti-Black people prejudice is very common amongst Asians. The thought of their daughter marrying a Black man is enough to cause heart attack amongst most Asians parents. Amongst racial purity obsessed, Eezahm Tamils it must cause triple heart attack with seizures.

    My thanks to Jim & AI for this forum. An invaluable source of information.

  835. Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court, “for his role in the genocide in the island nation during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

    The campaign, an initiative of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam, is being conducted in the wake of the United Nation’s revelations of “war crimes” by Sri Lankan armed forces.

    The UN report has made public the liberal use of cluster bombs on the innocent public, missile attack on hospitals and refugee camps, denial of humanitarian aid to the affected population, attack on the media and civil society.

    The signature campaign was launched at the Tirunelveli railway junction, said M.A. Britto of the Tamirabharani Panpaattu Arangam and director, ‘Vaan Muhil’.

    Former head, Department of Tamil Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tho. Paramasivan, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Council member K.M.A. Nizam, CPI district secretary R. Shanmugavel and others participated in the signature campaign.

    http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/05/stories/2011050564060400.htm

  836. Government was all set for the complete implementation of the 13th amendment immediately after war was the key notion propagated by US assistant state secretary Robert O Blake. Mr. Blake, then US ambassador in Sri Lanka misled Tamils of this country with this notion says DPF leader Mano Ganesan in the brief statement issued by DPF media office. Ganesan who was once named by then US state secretary Condoleezza Rice as Freedom Defender with a human rights award said further in the statement,

    Throughout the war ambassador Blake was preaching on 13th amendment and further follow up through the All party conference. He even went to Chennai to lecture Sri

    Lanka activists there on 13th amendment and political solution. He was assuring us a new era with 13 plus. It was technically the justification for the US support to the war efforts. Now even after the war and it’s devastation, Tamils in this country are nowhere near 13th amendment.
    Throughout the war years, we were campaigning for the safety and security of the civilians. We of the Civil Monitoring Commission stood against the extra judicial killings and abductions to the best of our ability amidst personal threats to our lives. The freedom defender award of the US came to me then. Ambassador Blake was instrumental for this. But the award did not change anything but made me more vulnerable. We had to cancel a public presentation event and Blake was forced to present me the award in his office room with his personal staff. We later realized that the award was a propaganda blitz. US government wanted put out a savior impression. But in real it did not bother about the Tamil civilian causalities. Their support to the war was unconditional. Had the last minute attempts to halt the war by US led sections of international community succeeded, it would not have saved the people in the Wanni but would have protected some of the remaining LTTE leaders. It was too late for the civilians. By then the war had reached the point of no return. So again it was another propaganda blitz to appease the protesting Diaspora Tamils.

    The aftermath conditions of the UNSG’s panel report today is based on two fundamentals. One is the accountability issue. The other is the opening for political solution. The war has been won but it has further polarized Srilankans on ethnic lines. It can be cured only by a sincere political solution. Those who supported the war efforts unconditionally do have the moral responsibility towards the Tamil community. US and UN failed to act decisively to prevent civilian causalities. They can never bring back the lost lives. There is only a conciliatory path available. It is the political solution. International community should act decisively with the GoSL. It is time that US assistant state secretary for central and south Asia affaires Robert O Blake lives upto his earlier ambassadorial preaching. He should not mislead the Tamils again. http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_05_00

    2009 Tamil diaspora protests in Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tamil_diaspora_
    Several Tamil organizations and businesses in the Greater Toronto Area, home to nearly 200,000 Tamil immigrants and citizens, had closed businesses and took part in rallies in the downtown area of the city.[1] The aim was to appeal to leaders, notably the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Canada, Bandula Jayasekara, to take action in ending the conflict.

  837. Government was all set for the complete implementation of the 13th amendment immediately after war was the key notion propagated by US assistant state secretary Robert O Blake. Mr. Blake, then US ambassador in Sri Lanka misled Tamils of this country with this notion says DPF leader Mano Ganesan in the brief statement issued by DPF media office. Ganesan who was once named by then US state secretary Condoleezza Rice as Freedom Defender with a human rights award said further in the statement,

    Throughout the war ambassador Blake was preaching on 13th amendment and further follow up through the All party conference. He even went to Chennai to lecture Sri

    Lanka activists there on 13th amendment and political solution. He was assuring us a new era with 13 plus. It was technically the justification for the US support to the war efforts. Now even after the war and it’s devastation, Tamils in this country are nowhere near 13th amendment.
    Throughout the war years, we were campaigning for the safety and security of the civilians. We of the Civil Monitoring Commission stood against the extra judicial killings and abductions to the best of our ability amidst personal threats to our lives. The freedom defender award of the US came to me then. Ambassador Blake was instrumental for this. But the award did not change anything but made me more vulnerable. We had to cancel a public presentation event and Blake was forced to present me the award in his office room with his personal staff. We later realized that the award was a propaganda blitz. US government wanted put out a savior impression. But in real it did not bother about the Tamil civilian causalities. Their support to the war was unconditional. Had the last minute attempts to halt the war by US led sections of international community succeeded, it would not have saved the people in the Wanni but would have protected some of the remaining LTTE leaders. It was too late for the civilians. By then the war had reached the point of no return. So again it was another propaganda blitz to appease the protesting Diaspora Tamils.

    The aftermath conditions of the UNSG’s panel report today is based on two fundamentals. One is the accountability issue. The other is the opening for political solution. The war has been won but it has further polarized Srilankans on ethnic lines. It can be cured only by a sincere political solution. Those who supported the war efforts unconditionally do have the moral responsibility towards the Tamil community. US and UN failed to act decisively to prevent civilian causalities. They can never bring back the lost lives. There is only a conciliatory path available. It is the political solution. International community should act decisively with the GoSL. It is time that US assistant state secretary for central and south Asia affaires Robert O Blake lives upto his earlier ambassadorial preaching. He should not mislead the Tamils again. http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_05_00

    2009 Tamil diaspora protests in Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tamil_diaspora_
    Several Tamil organizations and businesses in the Greater Toronto Area, home to nearly 200,000 Tamil immigrants and citizens, had closed businesses and took part in rallies in the downtown area of the city.[1] The aim was to appeal to leaders, notably the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Canada, Bandula Jayasekara, to take action in ending the conflict.

  838. Government was all set for the complete implementation of the 13th amendment immediately after war was the key notion propagated by US assistant state secretary Robert O Blake. Mr. Blake, then US ambassador in Sri Lanka misled Tamils of this country with this notion says DPF leader Mano Ganesan in the brief statement issued by DPF media office. Ganesan who was once named by then US state secretary Condoleezza Rice as Freedom Defender with a human rights award said further in the statement,

    Throughout the war ambassador Blake was preaching on 13th amendment and further follow up through the All party conference. He even went to Chennai to lecture Sri

    Lanka activists there on 13th amendment and political solution. He was assuring us a new era with 13 plus. It was technically the justification for the US support to the war efforts. Now even after the war and it’s devastation, Tamils in this country are nowhere near 13th amendment.
    Throughout the war years, we were campaigning for the safety and security of the civilians. We of the Civil Monitoring Commission stood against the extra judicial killings and abductions to the best of our ability amidst personal threats to our lives. The freedom defender award of the US came to me then. Ambassador Blake was instrumental for this. But the award did not change anything but made me more vulnerable. We had to cancel a public presentation event and Blake was forced to present me the award in his office room with his personal staff. We later realized that the award was a propaganda blitz. US government wanted put out a savior impression. But in real it did not bother about the Tamil civilian causalities. Their support to the war was unconditional. Had the last minute attempts to halt the war by US led sections of international community succeeded, it would not have saved the people in the Wanni but would have protected some of the remaining LTTE leaders. It was too late for the civilians. By then the war had reached the point of no return. So again it was another propaganda blitz to appease the protesting Diaspora Tamils.

    The aftermath conditions of the UNSG’s panel report today is based on two fundamentals. One is the accountability issue. The other is the opening for political solution. The war has been won but it has further polarized Srilankans on ethnic lines. It can be cured only by a sincere political solution. Those who supported the war efforts unconditionally do have the moral responsibility towards the Tamil community. US and UN failed to act decisively to prevent civilian causalities. They can never bring back the lost lives. There is only a conciliatory path available. It is the political solution. International community should act decisively with the GoSL. It is time that US assistant state secretary for central and south Asia affaires Robert O Blake lives upto his earlier ambassadorial preaching. He should not mislead the Tamils again. http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_05_00

    2009 Tamil diaspora protests in Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tamil_diaspora_
    Several Tamil organizations and businesses in the Greater Toronto Area, home to nearly 200,000 Tamil immigrants and citizens, had closed businesses and took part in rallies in the downtown area of the city.[1] The aim was to appeal to leaders, notably the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Canada, Bandula Jayasekara, to take action in ending the conflict.

  839. Government was all set for the complete implementation of the 13th amendment immediately after war was the key notion propagated by US assistant state secretary Robert O Blake. Mr. Blake, then US ambassador in Sri Lanka misled Tamils of this country with this notion says DPF leader Mano Ganesan in the brief statement issued by DPF media office. Ganesan who was once named by then US state secretary Condoleezza Rice as Freedom Defender with a human rights award said further in the statement,

    Throughout the war ambassador Blake was preaching on 13th amendment and further follow up through the All party conference. He even went to Chennai to lecture Sri

    Lanka activists there on 13th amendment and political solution. He was assuring us a new era with 13 plus. It was technically the justification for the US support to the war efforts. Now even after the war and it’s devastation, Tamils in this country are nowhere near 13th amendment.
    Throughout the war years, we were campaigning for the safety and security of the civilians. We of the Civil Monitoring Commission stood against the extra judicial killings and abductions to the best of our ability amidst personal threats to our lives. The freedom defender award of the US came to me then. Ambassador Blake was instrumental for this. But the award did not change anything but made me more vulnerable. We had to cancel a public presentation event and Blake was forced to present me the award in his office room with his personal staff. We later realized that the award was a propaganda blitz. US government wanted put out a savior impression. But in real it did not bother about the Tamil civilian causalities. Their support to the war was unconditional. Had the last minute attempts to halt the war by US led sections of international community succeeded, it would not have saved the people in the Wanni but would have protected some of the remaining LTTE leaders. It was too late for the civilians. By then the war had reached the point of no return. So again it was another propaganda blitz to appease the protesting Diaspora Tamils.

    The aftermath conditions of the UNSG’s panel report today is based on two fundamentals. One is the accountability issue. The other is the opening for political solution. The war has been won but it has further polarized Srilankans on ethnic lines. It can be cured only by a sincere political solution. Those who supported the war efforts unconditionally do have the moral responsibility towards the Tamil community. US and UN failed to act decisively to prevent civilian causalities. They can never bring back the lost lives. There is only a conciliatory path available. It is the political solution. International community should act decisively with the GoSL. It is time that US assistant state secretary for central and south Asia affaires Robert O Blake lives upto his earlier ambassadorial preaching. He should not mislead the Tamils again.
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_05_05_003.html

    2009 Tamil diaspora protests in Canada
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tamil_diaspora_protests_in_Canada
    Several Tamil organizations and businesses in the Greater Toronto Area, home to nearly 200,000 Tamil immigrants and citizens, had closed businesses and took part in rallies in the downtown area of the city.[1] The aim was to appeal to leaders, notably the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Canada, Bandula Jayasekara, to take action in ending the conflict.

  840. TNA – Tamil National Alliance

    Tamil National Alliance Election Manifesto 2004

    "…..Accepting LTTE’s leadership as the national leadership of the Tamil Eelam Tamils and the Liberation Tigers as the sole and authentic representatives of the Tamil people, let us devote our full cooperation for the ideals of the Liberation Tigers’ struggle with honesty and steadfastness. Let us endeavour determinedly, collectively as one group, one nation, one country, transcending race and religious differences, under the leadership of the LTTE for a life of liberty, honor and justice for the Tamil people…."

    Mr.Sathasivam Kanakaratnam – TNA Vanni District MP
    http://www.tamilalliance.net/images/mps/Pictures_

  841. TNA – Tamil National Alliance

    Tamil National Alliance Election Manifesto 2004

    "…..Accepting LTTE’s leadership as the national leadership of the Tamil Eelam Tamils and the Liberation Tigers as the sole and authentic representatives of the Tamil people, let us devote our full cooperation for the ideals of the Liberation Tigers’ struggle with honesty and steadfastness. Let us endeavour determinedly, collectively as one group, one nation, one country, transcending race and religious differences, under the leadership of the LTTE for a life of liberty, honor and justice for the Tamil people…."

    Mr.Sathasivam Kanakaratnam – TNA Vanni District MP
    http://www.tamilalliance.net/images/mps/Pictures_

  842. TNA – Tamil National Alliance

    Tamil National Alliance Election Manifesto 2004

    "…..Accepting LTTE’s leadership as the national leadership of the Tamil Eelam Tamils and the Liberation Tigers as the sole and authentic representatives of the Tamil people, let us devote our full cooperation for the ideals of the Liberation Tigers’ struggle with honesty and steadfastness. Let us endeavour determinedly, collectively as one group, one nation, one country, transcending race and religious differences, under the leadership of the LTTE for a life of liberty, honor and justice for the Tamil people…."

    Mr.Sathasivam Kanakaratnam – TNA Vanni District MP
    http://www.tamilalliance.net/images/mps/Pictures_

  843. Tamils protest in Canada

    Tamils protest in a large demonstration in Toronto, Canada to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s war.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” Sri Lanka Army violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the conflict

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross

  844. Not many people know that

    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.

  845. Final days in Vanni:

    More than 600 innocent Tamil civilians were shot and killed like stray dogs from 1 October 2008 to 18 May 2009 in the Vanni region

    A former TNA Member of Parliament Sathasivam Kanakaratnam, who was with the people who were held as human shield by the former Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and his men – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – makes this revelation and exposes the failed political agenda of the LTTE and the vested interests of the West.

    This is the first time Mr. S. Kanagaratnam has come forward to break his silence and reveal what actually has happened during the final days of the battle between the Sri Lankan Security Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Former TNA Member of Parliament said that he was with the people throughout in the Vanni. He said he represented the Vanni electoral district and as the hostility campaign started he was with the people looking after their interest. He said he has seen the horrors of the war and seen people – innocent Tamils, who were treated as stray dogs, shot and killed mercilessly by the LTTE gunmen.

    Kanagaratnam said that United Nations and Western Countries are not privy to any firsthand information about horrors, killings, destructions and the human tragedies that occurred during the final days of the battle.

    He rubbished the UN Experts Panel’s report and pooh-poohed it. He said the UN document was based on third or fourth person’s reports and on biased materials prepared by the rump LTTE campaigners and vested interest groups. He challenged whether those three UN Experts could authenticate any of those allegations they have raised and included in their so called report.

  846. Not many people know that

    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.

  847. Not many people know that

    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.

  848. B.Nadesan and White Flag

    When asked about the most hyped White Flag incident involving the LTTE leaders B. Nadesan, the political czar and Pulidevan, Director of the LTTE Political Office, Kanagaratnam said may be KP might have approached, through Western leaders, Sri Lankan Government to safeguard Nadesan, Pulidevan and few others. But, I was in touch with Nadesan right throughout, but Nadesan never openly displayed any sign of deserting Prabakaran and leaving to the government controlled area for his safety.

    As far as I am aware, LTTE leader Prabhakaran never wanted any of his top lieutenants crossing into the government controlled areas. These leaders were always surrounded by Prabhakaran’s trusted armed men. They were instructed to shoot at any middle order or senior level leaders if and when suspected that these leaders were trying to betray him by crossing into government controlled area.

    Prabhakaran introduced the cyanide culture in his outfit. Anyone at any circumstances was unable to overpower and overcome the enemies, and then they were supposed to bite the cyanide phial and commit suicide. Prabhakaran never tolerated betrayal by anyone.

    In case if Nadesan and others tried to cross into the government controlled areas, Prabhakaran would not have tolerated such an act of betrayal. His men would have shot and killed Nadesan and others.

    “I learnt when I was in the government controlled area on 18 May 2009 that Nadesan and few others tried to cross into the Government controlled area but they were shot and killed. According to my information, they were shot and killed by the LTTE gunmen. This is what I learnt”, said Kanagaratnam.

    To Be Continued…..

  849. World Out There !!

    I saw this video posted by Mango – which was taped by an LTTE carder prior to his death.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2T1FiwRmQo

    I saw one of the most disturbing scenes in this video – just check the 53rd Second from the start of the video… The Bastard Retards of LTTE run over a Dog in their armed truck.

    Shameless – are these the type of retards the pro eelam bloggers here trying to protect ???????? Not an innocent Dag is spared by the LTTE ????

    Curse those Retards and all their supporters…. Disgusting !!

  850. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    I saw this post above and could not help laughing.

    There are 75+ Super Luxury Buses running from Colombo to Jaffna on a Daily basis. The Buses start from Wellawatte and if someone does down Marine Drive, you will see plenty of them parked on the side of the road near the super duper Yal Restaurant that serves lovely Jaffna food – (try their crab curry – it's awesome)

    Let me reiterate http://www.thinakaran.lk/img/tkn_bus/jaffna_bus.a

    click the link – check the buses and the services out !

    Go on Google and type Jaffna Colombo Bus Service (Actually U get results when u type Jffna Colombo)

  851. World Out There !!

    I saw this video posted by Mango – which was taped by an LTTE carder prior to his death.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2T1FiwRmQo

    I saw one of the most disturbing scenes in this video – just check the 53rd Second from the start of the video… The Bastard Retards of LTTE run over a Dog in their armed truck.

    Shameless – are these the type of retards the pro eelam bloggers here trying to protect ???????? Not an innocent Dag is spared by the LTTE ????

    Curse those Retards and all their supporters…. Disgusting !!

  852. World Out There !!

    I saw this video posted by Mango – which was taped by an LTTE carder prior to his death.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2T1FiwRmQo

    I saw one of the most disturbing scenes in this video – just check the 53rd Second from the start of the video… The Bastard Retards of LTTE run over a Dog in their armed truck.

    Shameless – are these the type of retards the pro eelam bloggers here trying to protect ???????? Not an innocent Dag is spared by the LTTE ????

    Curse those Retards and all their supporters…. Disgusting !!

  853. TNA – Tamil National Alliance

    Tamil National Alliance Election Manifesto 2004

    “…..Accepting LTTE’s leadership as the national leadership of the Tamil Eelam Tamils and the Liberation Tigers as the sole and authentic representatives of the Tamil people, let us devote our full cooperation for the ideals of the Liberation Tigers’ struggle with honesty and steadfastness. Let us endeavour determinedly, collectively as one group, one nation, one country, transcending race and religious differences, under the leadership of the LTTE for a life of liberty, honor and justice for the Tamil people….”

    Mr.Sathasivam Kanakaratnam – TNA Vanni District MP

    http://www.tamilalliance.net/images/mps/Pictures_242.JPG

  854. Government had rejected the request of Tamil National Alliance http://www.lankasrinews.net/view.php?20SACM30enlO
    Sri Lankan government had rejected the request made by Tamil National Alliance was published in the “Diwayina” newspaper. Alliance party had requested that if discussions are held in future, American and Indian officials should be requested to join the meetings.

    ITAK urges internationally supervised negotiations with GoSL http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) condemned the agents of the Sri Lankan state for forcing Tamils from all the districts in the North and East to take part in May Day demonstrations in Colombo, organized by Sinhala extremist elements against the UN Expert panel report.

    Mean time
    The Federation of National Organizations, a coalition formed by ten Sinhala extremist groups in the south, has requested the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to terminate its talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

  855. UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Justice" http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    "[a]ccountability for serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law."

    27.04.11 Channel 4 to show film on Sri Lanka’s war crimes
    27.04.11 ‘War crimes investigation is not a choice or polic..
    26.04.11 Ban Ki Moon, Accessory After the Fact to Sri Lanka..
    26.04.11 UN panel report oversteps by rejecting homeland of..
    26.04.11 SL Police threaten Tamils in Colombo to sign petit..
    25.04.11 India was fully aware of the war situation: former..
    24.04.11 UN has no right to meddle with democratic governme..
    24.04.11 Chinese envoy stays away from Peiris briefing on U..
    22.04.11 'Srebrenica moment'
    22.04.11 India must act over Sri Lanka’s war crimes – AIADM..
    22.04.11 Report, devastating indictment of Sri Lanka milita..
    21.04.11 Petitions, complaints, warnings from Sri Lanka ahe..
    21.04.11 Indian public opinion should take care of Russia m..
    21.04.11 UN experts took bribes from LTTE supporters – SL m..
    20.04.11 BTF requests UN to release Panel report public, ur..
    20.04.11 ‘Saving a state that refuses to be saved’
    20.04.11 Tamil Nadu youth immolates himself for Tamil Eelam
    18.04.11 TNA urges GoSL not to miss the opportunity to enga..
    18.04.11 Sri Lanka's conduct of war "serious challenge to I..
    18.04.11 Rajapaksa wants May Day rally against UN report
    17.04.11 UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Just..
    17.04.11 100,000 civilians go missing in war’s final months..
    17.04.11 Panel’s report ‘cannot erase the stain on the UN’
    16.04.11 Boyle reacts to UN report: "Creating Tamil Eelam, ..
    16.04.11 UN panel admits international failure in Vanni war..
    14.04.11 Colombo dismisses UN report as "biased, flawed"
    11.04.11 UN served a ploy to surrender killings

  856. Tamils protest in Canada

    Tamils protest in a large demonstration in Toronto, Canada to support a United Nations panel’s call for a probe of alleged war crimes committed near the end of Sri Lanka’s war.

    In a recent report, the three-member UN panel cited “credible allegations” Sri Lanka Army violated international humanitarian and human-rights law during the final months of the conflict

    The report said “tens of thousands” of civilians were killed in the conflict zone in the island country’s Tamil-dominated northeast. Most died due to government shelling that allegedly targeted no-fire zones, hospitals and relief sites operated by the UN and Red Cross

  857. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    I saw this post above and could not help laughing.

    There are 75+ Super Luxury Buses running from Colombo to Jaffna on a Daily basis. The Buses start from Wellawatte and if someone does down Marine Drive, you will see plenty of them parked on the side of the road near the super duper Yal Restaurant that serves lovely Jaffna food – (try their crab curry – it's awesome)

    Let me reiterate http://www.thinakaran.lk/img/tkn_bus/jaffna_bus.a

    click the link – check the buses and the services out !

    Go on Google and type Jaffna Colombo Bus Service (Actually U get results when u type Jffna Colombo)

  858. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    I saw this post above and could not help laughing.

    There are 75+ Super Luxury Buses running from Colombo to Jaffna on a Daily basis. The Buses start from Wellawatte and if someone does down Marine Drive, you will see plenty of them parked on the side of the road near the super duper Yal Restaurant that serves lovely Jaffna food – (try their crab curry – it's awesome)

    Let me reiterate http://www.thinakaran.lk/img/tkn_bus/jaffna_bus.a

    click the link – check the buses and the services out !

    Go on Google and type Jaffna Colombo Bus Service (Actually U get results when u type Jffna Colombo)

  859. Mango !

    Sorry I have been out for the past few days. Was on a CSR mission to some war effected areas in north – managed to meet a few people who were overwhelmed by the support we gave – it was so lovely to see them enjoy their lives. We even had a few cultural shows and musical shows. Some dancing talent these kids have…

    Anyways, I applaud the valiant effort of yours to pump some sense in to a set of brainwashed retards over the past few days. Awesome – Loved the comment Middle East has Oil and the LTTE had Donkeys and Punnakku – LOL !!

  860. Siva Says:
    May 5th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court….

    Who is R. Nallaxxxx ??? The Indian leaders we know are Prathibha Patel the president, Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister and May be Sonia and Rahul Ghandi. We don't know of a Nalla apart from the Yal Crab Curry which is Nalla Rusi !!

  861. Rohan Says:
    May 4th, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Rohan – Even I can paste a list 10 times longer than your list which are related to atrocities carried out by the LTTE since war 4 started. But, what's the use ??? does not make any sense to fill this blog with other peoples articles noh? I prefer thinking on my own 2 feet… BTW, how about the Sun Sea guy who was convicted by the Canadian judiciary for killing SLA soldiers who were under arrest ?? Has he started his Jail sentence ??

  862. Final days in Vanni:

    More than 600 innocent Tamil civilians were shot and killed like stray dogs from 1 October 2008 to 18 May 2009 in the Vanni region

    A former TNA Member of Parliament Sathasivam Kanakaratnam, who was with the people who were held as human shield by the former Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and his men – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – makes this revelation and exposes the failed political agenda of the LTTE and the vested interests of the West.

    This is the first time Mr. S. Kanagaratnam has come forward to break his silence and reveal what actually has happened during the final days of the battle between the Sri Lankan Security Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    Former TNA Member of Parliament said that he was with the people throughout in the Vanni. He said he represented the Vanni electoral district and as the hostility campaign started he was with the people looking after their interest. He said he has seen the horrors of the war and seen people – innocent Tamils, who were treated as stray dogs, shot and killed mercilessly by the LTTE gunmen.

    Kanagaratnam said that United Nations and Western Countries are not privy to any firsthand information about horrors, killings, destructions and the human tragedies that occurred during the final days of the battle.

    He rubbished the UN Experts Panel’s report and pooh-poohed it. He said the UN document was based on third or fourth person’s reports and on biased materials prepared by the rump LTTE campaigners and vested interest groups. He challenged whether those three UN Experts could authenticate any of those allegations they have raised and included in their so called report.

  863. Government had rejected the request of Tamil National Alliance http://www.lankasrinews.net/view.php?20SACM30enlO
    Sri Lankan government had rejected the request made by Tamil National Alliance was published in the “Diwayina” newspaper. Alliance party had requested that if discussions are held in future, American and Indian officials should be requested to join the meetings.

    ITAK urges internationally supervised negotiations with GoSL http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) condemned the agents of the Sri Lankan state for forcing Tamils from all the districts in the North and East to take part in May Day demonstrations in Colombo, organized by Sinhala extremist elements against the UN Expert panel report.

    Mean time
    The Federation of National Organizations, a coalition formed by ten Sinhala extremist groups in the south, has requested the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to terminate its talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

  864. Government had rejected the request of Tamil National Alliance http://www.lankasrinews.net/view.php?20SACM30enlO
    Sri Lankan government had rejected the request made by Tamil National Alliance was published in the “Diwayina” newspaper. Alliance party had requested that if discussions are held in future, American and Indian officials should be requested to join the meetings.

    ITAK urges internationally supervised negotiations with GoSL http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) condemned the agents of the Sri Lankan state for forcing Tamils from all the districts in the North and East to take part in May Day demonstrations in Colombo, organized by Sinhala extremist elements against the UN Expert panel report.

    Mean time
    The Federation of National Organizations, a coalition formed by ten Sinhala extremist groups in the south, has requested the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to terminate its talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

  865. UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Justice" http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    "[a]ccountability for serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law."

    27.04.11 Channel 4 to show film on Sri Lanka’s war crimes
    27.04.11 ‘War crimes investigation is not a choice or polic..
    26.04.11 Ban Ki Moon, Accessory After the Fact to Sri Lanka..
    26.04.11 UN panel report oversteps by rejecting homeland of..
    26.04.11 SL Police threaten Tamils in Colombo to sign petit..
    25.04.11 India was fully aware of the war situation: former..
    24.04.11 UN has no right to meddle with democratic governme..
    24.04.11 Chinese envoy stays away from Peiris briefing on U..
    22.04.11 'Srebrenica moment'
    22.04.11 India must act over Sri Lanka’s war crimes – AIADM..
    22.04.11 Report, devastating indictment of Sri Lanka milita..
    21.04.11 Petitions, complaints, warnings from Sri Lanka ahe..
    21.04.11 Indian public opinion should take care of Russia m..
    21.04.11 UN experts took bribes from LTTE supporters – SL m..
    20.04.11 BTF requests UN to release Panel report public, ur..
    20.04.11 ‘Saving a state that refuses to be saved’
    20.04.11 Tamil Nadu youth immolates himself for Tamil Eelam
    18.04.11 TNA urges GoSL not to miss the opportunity to enga..
    18.04.11 Sri Lanka's conduct of war "serious challenge to I..
    18.04.11 Rajapaksa wants May Day rally against UN report
    17.04.11 UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Just..
    17.04.11 100,000 civilians go missing in war’s final months..
    17.04.11 Panel’s report ‘cannot erase the stain on the UN’
    16.04.11 Boyle reacts to UN report: "Creating Tamil Eelam, ..
    16.04.11 UN panel admits international failure in Vanni war..
    14.04.11 Colombo dismisses UN report as "biased, flawed"
    11.04.11 UN served a ploy to surrender killings

  866. UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Justice" http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    "[a]ccountability for serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law."

    27.04.11 Channel 4 to show film on Sri Lanka’s war crimes
    27.04.11 ‘War crimes investigation is not a choice or polic..
    26.04.11 Ban Ki Moon, Accessory After the Fact to Sri Lanka..
    26.04.11 UN panel report oversteps by rejecting homeland of..
    26.04.11 SL Police threaten Tamils in Colombo to sign petit..
    25.04.11 India was fully aware of the war situation: former..
    24.04.11 UN has no right to meddle with democratic governme..
    24.04.11 Chinese envoy stays away from Peiris briefing on U..
    22.04.11 'Srebrenica moment'
    22.04.11 India must act over Sri Lanka’s war crimes – AIADM..
    22.04.11 Report, devastating indictment of Sri Lanka milita..
    21.04.11 Petitions, complaints, warnings from Sri Lanka ahe..
    21.04.11 Indian public opinion should take care of Russia m..
    21.04.11 UN experts took bribes from LTTE supporters – SL m..
    20.04.11 BTF requests UN to release Panel report public, ur..
    20.04.11 ‘Saving a state that refuses to be saved’
    20.04.11 Tamil Nadu youth immolates himself for Tamil Eelam
    18.04.11 TNA urges GoSL not to miss the opportunity to enga..
    18.04.11 Sri Lanka's conduct of war "serious challenge to I..
    18.04.11 Rajapaksa wants May Day rally against UN report
    17.04.11 UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on "Theory of Just..
    17.04.11 100,000 civilians go missing in war’s final months..
    17.04.11 Panel’s report ‘cannot erase the stain on the UN’
    16.04.11 Boyle reacts to UN report: "Creating Tamil Eelam, ..
    16.04.11 UN panel admits international failure in Vanni war..
    14.04.11 Colombo dismisses UN report as "biased, flawed"
    11.04.11 UN served a ploy to surrender killings

  867. Not many people know that

    TNA MP in Vanni fears mass slaughter amidst starvation
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29113

    Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Vanni district Sathasivam Kanagaratnam was released on condition after being produced before Vavuniyaa Magistrate Alex Raja Wednesday night. Mr. Kanagaratnam was taken into custody while he was staying with his people in one of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, for displaced civilians from Mullaiththeevu.

  868. Rohan managed a few paragraphs of his own thoughts, but he was sent back to carpet bomb this blog with boring old dispatches from the Eelam Press Service 🙂

    @ Rip: Did you see any torture camps on your to the North? I'm still waiting for Ariya to give at least a village name so that we can publicise GoSL's genocite…

  869. B.Nadesan and White Flag

    When asked about the most hyped White Flag incident involving the LTTE leaders B. Nadesan, the political czar and Pulidevan, Director of the LTTE Political Office, Kanagaratnam said may be KP might have approached, through Western leaders, Sri Lankan Government to safeguard Nadesan, Pulidevan and few others. But, I was in touch with Nadesan right throughout, but Nadesan never openly displayed any sign of deserting Prabakaran and leaving to the government controlled area for his safety.

    As far as I am aware, LTTE leader Prabhakaran never wanted any of his top lieutenants crossing into the government controlled areas. These leaders were always surrounded by Prabhakaran’s trusted armed men. They were instructed to shoot at any middle order or senior level leaders if and when suspected that these leaders were trying to betray him by crossing into government controlled area.

    Prabhakaran introduced the cyanide culture in his outfit. Anyone at any circumstances was unable to overpower and overcome the enemies, and then they were supposed to bite the cyanide phial and commit suicide. Prabhakaran never tolerated betrayal by anyone.

    In case if Nadesan and others tried to cross into the government controlled areas, Prabhakaran would not have tolerated such an act of betrayal. His men would have shot and killed Nadesan and others.

    “I learnt when I was in the government controlled area on 18 May 2009 that Nadesan and few others tried to cross into the Government controlled area but they were shot and killed. According to my information, they were shot and killed by the LTTE gunmen. This is what I learnt”, said Kanagaratnam.

    To Be Continued…..

  870. Oh – No Mango… I did not see any torture camps unfortunately. I in fact did ask a few Army guys whom I got close to after a few drinks, but, no luck – unfortunately, all I got was a laugh on my face from a few drunk guys (Of Course they were after duty)

    Got a few Pics of the true Sri Lankan Hospitality… Will share with all in due course.

    Mango – I can't believe that you are taking these Retards seriously. There are no such camps in the vicinity of this country – the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

  871. Singa Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 6:54 am

    Not many people know that…

    Very few people think that Peelam is not over – and obviously they are retarded…

  872. World Out There !!

    I saw this video posted by Mango – which was taped by an LTTE carder prior to his death.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2T1FiwRmQo

    I saw one of the most disturbing scenes in this video – just check the 53rd Second from the start of the video… The Bastard Retards of LTTE run over a Dog in their armed truck.

    Shameless – are these the type of retards the pro eelam bloggers here trying to protect ???????? Not an innocent Dag is spared by the LTTE ????

    Curse those Retards and all their supporters…. Disgusting !!

  873. While the Sri Lanka Army families live luxurious lifestyle, use state of the art hospitals and driven by air-condition busses, newly build schools in occupied Tamil Homelands, the native Tamils are have no houses, no water, no schools , no busses .

    I saw this post above and could not help laughing.

    There are 75+ Super Luxury Buses running from Colombo to Jaffna on a Daily basis. The Buses start from Wellawatte and if someone does down Marine Drive, you will see plenty of them parked on the side of the road near the super duper Yal Restaurant that serves lovely Jaffna food – (try their crab curry – it’s awesome)

    Let me reiterate
    http://www.thinakaran.lk/img/tkn_bus/jaffna_bus.asp

    click the link – check the buses and the services out !

    Go on Google and type Jaffna Colombo Bus Service (Actually U get results when u type Jffna Colombo)

  874. Mango !

    Sorry I have been out for the past few days. Was on a CSR mission to some war effected areas in north – managed to meet a few people who were overwhelmed by the support we gave – it was so lovely to see them enjoy their lives. We even had a few cultural shows and musical shows. Some dancing talent these kids have…

    Anyways, I applaud the valiant effort of yours to pump some sense in to a set of brainwashed retards over the past few days. Awesome – Loved the comment Middle East has Oil and the LTTE had Donkeys and Punnakku – LOL !!

  875. Siva Says:
    May 5th, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Indians demand prosecution of Rajapaksa

    India leader R. Nallakannu here on Wednesday inaugurated a signature campaign demanding the prosecution of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the international court….

    Who is R. Nallaxxxx ??? The Indian leaders we know are Prathibha Patel the president, Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister and May be Sonia and Rahul Ghandi. We don’t know of a Nalla apart from the Yal Crab Curry which is Nalla Rusi !!

  876. Rohan Says:
    May 4th, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Rohan – Even I can paste a list 10 times longer than your list which are related to atrocities carried out by the LTTE since war 4 started. But, what’s the use ??? does not make any sense to fill this blog with other peoples articles noh? I prefer thinking on my own 2 feet… BTW, how about the Sun Sea guy who was convicted by the Canadian judiciary for killing SLA soldiers who were under arrest ?? Has he started his Jail sentence ??

  877. Government had rejected the request of Tamil National Alliance
    http://www.lankasrinews.net/view.php?20SACM30enlOU4eadBmycadB5YKddc4Y52ac4YmB3e43mOl2023QMe22
    Sri Lankan government had rejected the request made by Tamil National Alliance was published in the “Diwayina” newspaper. Alliance party had requested that if discussions are held in future, American and Indian officials should be requested to join the meetings.

    ITAK urges internationally supervised negotiations with GoSL
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33890
    the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) condemned the agents of the Sri Lankan state for forcing Tamils from all the districts in the North and East to take part in May Day demonstrations in Colombo, organized by Sinhala extremist elements against the UN Expert panel report.

    Mean time
    The Federation of National Organizations, a coalition formed by ten Sinhala extremist groups in the south, has requested the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to terminate its talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

  878. UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on “Theory of Justice”
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=33814
    “[a]ccountability for serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law is not a matter of choice or policy; it is a duty under domestic and international law.”

    27.04.11 Channel 4 to show film on Sri Lanka’s war crimes
    27.04.11 ‘War crimes investigation is not a choice or polic..
    26.04.11 Ban Ki Moon, Accessory After the Fact to Sri Lanka..
    26.04.11 UN panel report oversteps by rejecting homeland of..
    26.04.11 SL Police threaten Tamils in Colombo to sign petit..
    25.04.11 India was fully aware of the war situation: former..
    24.04.11 UN has no right to meddle with democratic governme..
    24.04.11 Chinese envoy stays away from Peiris briefing on U..
    22.04.11 ‘Srebrenica moment’
    22.04.11 India must act over Sri Lanka’s war crimes – AIADM..
    22.04.11 Report, devastating indictment of Sri Lanka milita..
    21.04.11 Petitions, complaints, warnings from Sri Lanka ahe..
    21.04.11 Indian public opinion should take care of Russia m..
    21.04.11 UN experts took bribes from LTTE supporters – SL m..
    20.04.11 BTF requests UN to release Panel report public, ur..
    20.04.11 ‘Saving a state that refuses to be saved’
    20.04.11 Tamil Nadu youth immolates himself for Tamil Eelam
    18.04.11 TNA urges GoSL not to miss the opportunity to enga..
    18.04.11 Sri Lanka’s conduct of war “serious challenge to I..
    18.04.11 Rajapaksa wants May Day rally against UN report
    17.04.11 UN Panel gives Colombo a lesson on “Theory of Just..
    17.04.11 100,000 civilians go missing in war’s final months..
    17.04.11 Panel’s report ‘cannot erase the stain on the UN’
    16.04.11 Boyle reacts to UN report: “Creating Tamil Eelam, ..
    16.04.11 UN panel admits international failure in Vanni war..
    14.04.11 Colombo dismisses UN report as “biased, flawed”
    11.04.11 UN served a ploy to surrender killings

  879. Rohan managed a few paragraphs of his own thoughts, but he was sent back to carpet bomb this blog with boring old dispatches from the Eelam Press Service 🙂

    @ Rip: Did you see any torture camps on your to the North? I’m still waiting for Ariya to give at least a village name so that we can publicise GoSL’s genocite…

  880. Oh – No Mango… I did not see any torture camps unfortunately. I in fact did ask a few Army guys whom I got close to after a few drinks, but, no luck – unfortunately, all I got was a laugh on my face from a few drunk guys (Of Course they were after duty)

    Got a few Pics of the true Sri Lankan Hospitality… Will share with all in due course.

    Mango – I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously. There are no such camps in the vicinity of this country – the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

  881. Singa Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 6:54 am

    Not many people know that…

    Very few people think that Peelam is not over – and obviously they are retarded…

  882. Number of war crimes that had been committed by the Sri Lankan forces is more than what Saddam Hussein did to the Kurdish people.

    Surrendered rebels with white flags were executed and thousands of wounded civilians were killed without mercy. Serious war crimes have been committed and the culprits are not just Sri Lankan forces but some Indian security experts, Sri Lankan and Indian politicians and UN officers.

    Banned weapons (cluster and phosphorus bombs) were used against innocent men, women and children. Red Cross workers were killed. The same hospitals were repeatedly bombed. Buildings and properties were destroyed by very powerful bombs.

    Innocent civilians were forced to live inside the bunkers for months. Food and medicine were denied to them.

    Sri Lanka knows that serious war crimes had been committed,even after Killing more than fifty thousands, wounding thirty thousands and they are now working to hide their atrocities. They are trying to check whether the location of the torture camps exposed. http://www.ptsrilanka.org/index.php?option=com_co

    Starvation, rape, killings, torture in Sri Lanka camps, Murphy tells Australia parliament http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  883. Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war http://storify.com/sanjanah/the-rape-execution-to

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie. Truth will come any form, Until tamil get justice, war criminals will be exposed. Your governments lie over 63 years, u r part of it.

    Important legislations of Srilanka.
    · 1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.
    · 1956 Sinhala only act, Sinhala becomes only official language. Tamil workers forced learn Sinhala or loose employment rights and all government communications made in Sinhala only.
    · 1971 a system of standardisation of marks was introduced for admissions to the universities, obviously directed against Tamil-medium students
    · 1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.
    · 1979 prevention of terrorism act pave way to arrest and torture of Tamils for indefinite time and without charge.
    Important racial riots
    Srilankan Tamils also victims of riots 1915 , 1956 , 1958, 1977 , 1983 , 2001 , mid 2006 , oct 2006 during which TAMILS WERE killed, maimed, robbed and rendered homeless are no longer isolated episodes. Many temples, burnt down also Jaffna Library was burnt down. Destroying 100000 books . At many occasions it was organised and assisted by sinhala political parties and sinhala military.
    Peace talks and negotiations.( unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government)
    Following peace talks AND PROPOSALS within parliamentary democracy were unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government . many believe it is because of majoritarian and MAHAVAMSA political pressure.
    1956 Banda –Chelva pact , 1965 Dudly –Chelva pact , 1970 fp proposal , 1979 presidential commission report , 1983 all party conference , 1985 thimpu talk , 1985 thimpu proposal , 1986 Indian proposal , 1987 indo lanka accord , 1989-1990 president Premadasa talks , 1992 parliamentary select committee reports , 1995 devolution package , 2003 ISGA PROPOSAL , 2005 POST TSUNAMI ptoms , 2007 ALL PARTY REPORT.
    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY
    Current presidents Father Rajapakse GAVE historical names to his children. One child being named as Mahinda name of Buddhist monk who wanted to make Srilanka as Buddhist only country, the son mahinda introduces “Mahinda thoughts” being implemented currently . Other child WAS named as Gotabhaya, name of military leader who first carried sword carrying lion flag ( in around) 600 BC to kill Tamils and invaded Tamils home land killing last Tamil king Elara. Now in 2009 new born Gotabhaya carrying out same killings of Tamils and sword carrying Lion flag being carried around in Tamil home land and all over the world to celebrate victory over Tamils.

  884. Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Lies and Deceptions! Comical Alis of Sri Lanka! http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1159.html
    Unexploded clustor bomb found in Vanni

    Young Tamil men and women are regularly taken in mysterious white vans, tortured, raped and sometime killed, while they are in custody. Tamils are forced out of their homes and lands and made to live in open fields and in barbed wired camps. Food and medicine are regularly denied to Tamils and they are a let to die of starvation and diseases.

    "This article is now on the public domain. Contents of this article can be partially or fully reproduced, republished and communicated in any form without prior permission from the author".

    Thanks Dixon

  885. Number of war crimes that had been committed by the Sri Lankan forces is more than what Saddam Hussein did to the Kurdish people.

    Surrendered rebels with white flags were executed and thousands of wounded civilians were killed without mercy. Serious war crimes have been committed and the culprits are not just Sri Lankan forces but some Indian security experts, Sri Lankan and Indian politicians and UN officers.

    Banned weapons (cluster and phosphorus bombs) were used against innocent men, women and children. Red Cross workers were killed. The same hospitals were repeatedly bombed. Buildings and properties were destroyed by very powerful bombs.

    Innocent civilians were forced to live inside the bunkers for months. Food and medicine were denied to them.

    Sri Lanka knows that serious war crimes had been committed,even after Killing more than fifty thousands, wounding thirty thousands and they are now working to hide their atrocities. They are trying to check whether the location of the torture camps exposed. http://www.ptsrilanka.org/index.php?option=com_co

    Starvation, rape, killings, torture in Sri Lanka camps, Murphy tells Australia parliament http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  886. Number of war crimes that had been committed by the Sri Lankan forces is more than what Saddam Hussein did to the Kurdish people.

    Surrendered rebels with white flags were executed and thousands of wounded civilians were killed without mercy. Serious war crimes have been committed and the culprits are not just Sri Lankan forces but some Indian security experts, Sri Lankan and Indian politicians and UN officers.

    Banned weapons (cluster and phosphorus bombs) were used against innocent men, women and children. Red Cross workers were killed. The same hospitals were repeatedly bombed. Buildings and properties were destroyed by very powerful bombs.

    Innocent civilians were forced to live inside the bunkers for months. Food and medicine were denied to them.

    Sri Lanka knows that serious war crimes had been committed,even after Killing more than fifty thousands, wounding thirty thousands and they are now working to hide their atrocities. They are trying to check whether the location of the torture camps exposed. http://www.ptsrilanka.org/index.php?option=com_co

    Starvation, rape, killings, torture in Sri Lanka camps, Murphy tells Australia parliament http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  887. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Why are you repeating the same copy paste articles?? (same Content)

    Running out of new articles to copy and paste or running out of web sites that LIE about the Peelamist ?? Or may be you are running out of support of those who actually can write something on paper (or keyboard)

    Why not visit your English speaking neighbour and tell him to write something for you??? Oh – I get it, they vehemently condemn your terror acts ha??

  888. Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war http://storify.com/sanjanah/the-rape-execution-to

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie. Truth will come any form, Until tamil get justice, war criminals will be exposed. Your governments lie over 63 years, u r part of it.

    Important legislations of Srilanka.
    · 1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.
    · 1956 Sinhala only act, Sinhala becomes only official language. Tamil workers forced learn Sinhala or loose employment rights and all government communications made in Sinhala only.
    · 1971 a system of standardisation of marks was introduced for admissions to the universities, obviously directed against Tamil-medium students
    · 1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.
    · 1979 prevention of terrorism act pave way to arrest and torture of Tamils for indefinite time and without charge.
    Important racial riots
    Srilankan Tamils also victims of riots 1915 , 1956 , 1958, 1977 , 1983 , 2001 , mid 2006 , oct 2006 during which TAMILS WERE killed, maimed, robbed and rendered homeless are no longer isolated episodes. Many temples, burnt down also Jaffna Library was burnt down. Destroying 100000 books . At many occasions it was organised and assisted by sinhala political parties and sinhala military.
    Peace talks and negotiations.( unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government)
    Following peace talks AND PROPOSALS within parliamentary democracy were unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government . many believe it is because of majoritarian and MAHAVAMSA political pressure.
    1956 Banda –Chelva pact , 1965 Dudly –Chelva pact , 1970 fp proposal , 1979 presidential commission report , 1983 all party conference , 1985 thimpu talk , 1985 thimpu proposal , 1986 Indian proposal , 1987 indo lanka accord , 1989-1990 president Premadasa talks , 1992 parliamentary select committee reports , 1995 devolution package , 2003 ISGA PROPOSAL , 2005 POST TSUNAMI ptoms , 2007 ALL PARTY REPORT.
    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY
    Current presidents Father Rajapakse GAVE historical names to his children. One child being named as Mahinda name of Buddhist monk who wanted to make Srilanka as Buddhist only country, the son mahinda introduces “Mahinda thoughts” being implemented currently . Other child WAS named as Gotabhaya, name of military leader who first carried sword carrying lion flag ( in around) 600 BC to kill Tamils and invaded Tamils home land killing last Tamil king Elara. Now in 2009 new born Gotabhaya carrying out same killings of Tamils and sword carrying Lion flag being carried around in Tamil home land and all over the world to celebrate victory over Tamils.

  889. Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war http://storify.com/sanjanah/the-rape-execution-to

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie. Truth will come any form, Until tamil get justice, war criminals will be exposed. Your governments lie over 63 years, u r part of it.

    Important legislations of Srilanka.
    · 1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.
    · 1956 Sinhala only act, Sinhala becomes only official language. Tamil workers forced learn Sinhala or loose employment rights and all government communications made in Sinhala only.
    · 1971 a system of standardisation of marks was introduced for admissions to the universities, obviously directed against Tamil-medium students
    · 1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.
    · 1979 prevention of terrorism act pave way to arrest and torture of Tamils for indefinite time and without charge.
    Important racial riots
    Srilankan Tamils also victims of riots 1915 , 1956 , 1958, 1977 , 1983 , 2001 , mid 2006 , oct 2006 during which TAMILS WERE killed, maimed, robbed and rendered homeless are no longer isolated episodes. Many temples, burnt down also Jaffna Library was burnt down. Destroying 100000 books . At many occasions it was organised and assisted by sinhala political parties and sinhala military.
    Peace talks and negotiations.( unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government)
    Following peace talks AND PROPOSALS within parliamentary democracy were unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government . many believe it is because of majoritarian and MAHAVAMSA political pressure.
    1956 Banda –Chelva pact , 1965 Dudly –Chelva pact , 1970 fp proposal , 1979 presidential commission report , 1983 all party conference , 1985 thimpu talk , 1985 thimpu proposal , 1986 Indian proposal , 1987 indo lanka accord , 1989-1990 president Premadasa talks , 1992 parliamentary select committee reports , 1995 devolution package , 2003 ISGA PROPOSAL , 2005 POST TSUNAMI ptoms , 2007 ALL PARTY REPORT.
    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY
    Current presidents Father Rajapakse GAVE historical names to his children. One child being named as Mahinda name of Buddhist monk who wanted to make Srilanka as Buddhist only country, the son mahinda introduces “Mahinda thoughts” being implemented currently . Other child WAS named as Gotabhaya, name of military leader who first carried sword carrying lion flag ( in around) 600 BC to kill Tamils and invaded Tamils home land killing last Tamil king Elara. Now in 2009 new born Gotabhaya carrying out same killings of Tamils and sword carrying Lion flag being carried around in Tamil home land and all over the world to celebrate victory over Tamils.

  890. Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Lies and Deceptions! Comical Alis of Sri Lanka! http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1159.html
    Unexploded clustor bomb found in Vanni

    Young Tamil men and women are regularly taken in mysterious white vans, tortured, raped and sometime killed, while they are in custody. Tamils are forced out of their homes and lands and made to live in open fields and in barbed wired camps. Food and medicine are regularly denied to Tamils and they are a let to die of starvation and diseases.

    "This article is now on the public domain. Contents of this article can be partially or fully reproduced, republished and communicated in any form without prior permission from the author".

    Thanks Dixon

  891. Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Lies and Deceptions! Comical Alis of Sri Lanka! http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1159.html
    Unexploded clustor bomb found in Vanni

    Young Tamil men and women are regularly taken in mysterious white vans, tortured, raped and sometime killed, while they are in custody. Tamils are forced out of their homes and lands and made to live in open fields and in barbed wired camps. Food and medicine are regularly denied to Tamils and they are a let to die of starvation and diseases.

    "This article is now on the public domain. Contents of this article can be partially or fully reproduced, republished and communicated in any form without prior permission from the author".

    Thanks Dixon

  892. Number of war crimes that had been committed by the Sri Lankan forces is more than what Saddam Hussein did to the Kurdish people.

    Surrendered rebels with white flags were executed and thousands of wounded civilians were killed without mercy. Serious war crimes have been committed and the culprits are not just Sri Lankan forces but some Indian security experts, Sri Lankan and Indian politicians and UN officers.

    Banned weapons (cluster and phosphorus bombs) were used against innocent men, women and children. Red Cross workers were killed. The same hospitals were repeatedly bombed. Buildings and properties were destroyed by very powerful bombs.

    Innocent civilians were forced to live inside the bunkers for months. Food and medicine were denied to them.

    Sri Lanka knows that serious war crimes had been committed,even after Killing more than fifty thousands, wounding thirty thousands and they are now working to hide their atrocities. They are trying to check whether the location of the torture camps exposed.
    http://www.ptsrilanka.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&catid=15&Itemid=11

    Starvation, rape, killings, torture in Sri Lanka camps, Murphy tells Australia parliament
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30230

  893. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Why are you repeating the same copy paste articles?? (same Content)

    Running out of new articles to copy and paste or running out of web sites that LIE about the Peelamist ?? Or may be you are running out of support of those who actually can write something on paper (or keyboard)

    Why not visit your English speaking neighbour and tell him to write something for you??? Oh – I get it, they vehemently condemn your terror acts ha??

  894. Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war
    http://storify.com/sanjanah/the-rape-execution-torture-and-disappearances-of-i

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie. Truth will come any form, Until tamil get justice, war criminals will be exposed. Your governments lie over 63 years, u r part of it.

    Important legislations of Srilanka.
    · 1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.
    · 1956 Sinhala only act, Sinhala becomes only official language. Tamil workers forced learn Sinhala or loose employment rights and all government communications made in Sinhala only.
    · 1971 a system of standardisation of marks was introduced for admissions to the universities, obviously directed against Tamil-medium students
    · 1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.
    · 1979 prevention of terrorism act pave way to arrest and torture of Tamils for indefinite time and without charge.
    Important racial riots
    Srilankan Tamils also victims of riots 1915 , 1956 , 1958, 1977 , 1983 , 2001 , mid 2006 , oct 2006 during which TAMILS WERE killed, maimed, robbed and rendered homeless are no longer isolated episodes. Many temples, burnt down also Jaffna Library was burnt down. Destroying 100000 books . At many occasions it was organised and assisted by sinhala political parties and sinhala military.
    Peace talks and negotiations.( unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government)
    Following peace talks AND PROPOSALS within parliamentary democracy were unilaterally halted or abrogated by Srilankan government . many believe it is because of majoritarian and MAHAVAMSA political pressure.
    1956 Banda –Chelva pact , 1965 Dudly –Chelva pact , 1970 fp proposal , 1979 presidential commission report , 1983 all party conference , 1985 thimpu talk , 1985 thimpu proposal , 1986 Indian proposal , 1987 indo lanka accord , 1989-1990 president Premadasa talks , 1992 parliamentary select committee reports , 1995 devolution package , 2003 ISGA PROPOSAL , 2005 POST TSUNAMI ptoms , 2007 ALL PARTY REPORT.
    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY
    Current presidents Father Rajapakse GAVE historical names to his children. One child being named as Mahinda name of Buddhist monk who wanted to make Srilanka as Buddhist only country, the son mahinda introduces “Mahinda thoughts” being implemented currently . Other child WAS named as Gotabhaya, name of military leader who first carried sword carrying lion flag ( in around) 600 BC to kill Tamils and invaded Tamils home land killing last Tamil king Elara. Now in 2009 new born Gotabhaya carrying out same killings of Tamils and sword carrying Lion flag being carried around in Tamil home land and all over the world to celebrate victory over Tamils.

  895. Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Lies and Deceptions! Comical Alis of Sri Lanka!
    http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1159.html
    Unexploded clustor bomb found in Vanni

    Young Tamil men and women are regularly taken in mysterious white vans, tortured, raped and sometime killed, while they are in custody. Tamils are forced out of their homes and lands and made to live in open fields and in barbed wired camps. Food and medicine are regularly denied to Tamils and they are a let to die of starvation and diseases.

    “This article is now on the public domain. Contents of this article can be partially or fully reproduced, republished and communicated in any form without prior permission from the author”.

    Thanks Dixon

  896. Good evening Mr Ryp Van Winkle,

    My neighbour Rohan has asked me to write a letter to Secretary – General Ban Ki-moon.

    ——

    Dear Sir,
    Report of the purported Panel of Experts to advise you on the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war ended in May 2009
    I am a Member of Parliament representing the United National Party, the main opposition in the Parliament. I write this in my capacity as a President's Counsel (Senior Lawyer) and a citizen of Sri Lanka. ( My C.V. is annexed hereto for your perusal)
    I have learnt that the said purported Panel of Experts appointed by you has submitted a report to you in which serious allegations are levelled against the Head of the State and Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. I am aware of only a limited summary of it through the publication in the media and I reserve my right to make a comprehensive representation on contents thereof, once I get an opportunity to read the entire report supposedly of about 200 pages.

    01. I make these limited representations to enlighten you on matters which we are concerned with and the illegality, illegitimacy and unenforceability of the said report. At the commencement I wish to remind you of the prime objectives of the Charter of the United Nations which was signed on 26th June 1945 in St. Francisco, U.S.A.-and came into operation on 24th October 1945. The preamble of it reads thus;

    * "United Nations is determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
    * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
    * to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
    * to promote social progress and better standard of life in larger freedom.
    02. Article 01.1. reads as follows;

    To maintain international peace and security and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means and in conformity with the principle of justice and international law, adjustments or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.

    Article 01.02 states that to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people; and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace.

    Article 02.1 categorically states that the organisation is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all it's members.

    03. Article 24 of the Charter empowers Security Council to take certain action on the matters referred to therein; It reads thus;

    In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf.

    04. Article 34 states that Security Council may investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.

    05. You as the Secretary-General and all member countries are aware that;

    a) Sri Lanka as a country with a sovereign equality fought against the most brutal, horrendous and gruesome LTTE, a terrorist group, which was internationally branded as one of the world's most dreadful terrorist organisations.

    b) Sri Lanka fought the longest ever terrorist war for a continuous period of over 33 years. (from 1976 to 2009)

    c) Although few friendly countries extended their support, Sri Lanka had to do it on her own in the absence of any substantial support from international organisations or institutions or from any country.

    d) Even in such trying circumstances, Sri Lanka successfully concluded the war against terrorism debunking the belief of most of the powerful nations that the LTTE was an organization which was invincible. But we had to do it at the cost of lives of about 30,000 of legitimate armed personnel, about 30,000 innocent civilians including women, children, infants, religious dignitaries, etc, constituting over 20,000 people including armed personnel disabled, rendering about 20,000 widows, leaving in the lurch over 40,000 children as orphans.

    e) The devastating impact it had on the economy of the country was enormous during the last 3 decades.

    06. You have to admit that you (either you or your predecessors in the office of Secretary-General of UN, as the case might have been) did not take any preventive measures which ought to have been taken to resist or mitigate the calamity and the catastrophe that befell Sri Lankan nation throughout the period of last three decades, except for issuing periodical press releases in a lackadaisical way insisting that both warring parties should refrain from violence. You turned a Nelsonian eye and deaf ears to the multitude of requests made by the Sri Lankan Governments throughout. Your provable omissions and commissions constitute a serious indictment upon you as you have failed or ignored either intentionally or otherwise to perform your duties to achieve the goal of maintaining international peace as enunciated in the Charter of the United Nations under which you are empowered to hold the office of Secretary General.
    07. It was incumbent upon you to have given a serious thought to the endeavours of the successive Sri Lankan Governments and their concerted efforts to resolve the conflicts and entered into a series of politically negotiated pacts and accords. (Please see the list annexed marked A)

    08. In the said backdrop and under the following legal provisions your decision to appoint a so called Panel of Experts, to obtain a report from it and to publish such a report is illegal and illegitimate per se and it amounts to a gross violation of the Charter 6f the United Nations on the following amongst other grounds;

    a) Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which came into operation on 01st July 2002 and therefore you have no jurisdiction to initiate any action on the internal affairs of Sri Lanka including alleged incidents during the period of the final phase of the war against terrorism which concluded in May 2009.

    b) Article 39 of the Charter empowers only Security Council to determine the existence of any threat to peace and what measures to be taken. Articles 39 and 40 read as follows;

    Article 39

    The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security.

    Article 40

    In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security Council may, before making recommendations or deciding upon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall be without prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the parties concerned. The Security Council shall duly take account of failure to comply with such provisional measures.

    Security Council of UN which has the inalienable sole and exclusive authority to take decisions on member countries has not taken any decision up to date nor, given any direction to you to take any initiative regarding Sri Lanka.

    c) Article 29 of the Charter empowers inalienable and sole authority to the Security Council to establish any subsidiary organs as deem necessary for the performance of it's function.

    Article 34 empowers the Security Council to investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to any international friction or give rise to a dispute.
    Security Council neither, has set up such an organ or given any such direction for you to set up or investigate. That power of the Security Council cannot delegate and in fact has not been delegated to you.

    d) Your powers as the Secretary-General of U N is defined -in Article 99 and you as the Chief Administrative Officer are empowered to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in your opinion may threaten the international peace and security. But you have not been empowered to take any initiatives on your own or to set up any organ including any panel of experts to advise you or for otherwise.

    e) Without prejudice to that, if your position is correct that it was a panel to advise you, it is crystal clear that you have breached Article 100 of the Charter of the United Nations which reads thus;
    Article 100 (1)

    In the performance of their duties the Secretary General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their positions as international officials responsible only to the organization.
    Article 100 (2)

    Each member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
    If it is a panel to advise you, you have no right whatsoever and under no circumstances to deliver its reports to anybody or any party or publish it in any territory.

    f) In any event your purported panel of experts' report is against all the principles and norms of natural justice including the principle of audi altered partem.
    By appointing a panel and publishing a purported report adverse to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka you have made serious and blatant breaches of the Charter of the United Nations. By your conduct you have virtually arrogated to yourself the powers of the Security Council of the United Nations.

    While the misunderstanding and distrust among communities diminishing and when the pall of gloom is fading away, your initiative to appoint a panel and publish a report adverse to Sri Lanka will negate all meaningful efforts, thereby throwing everything into disarray. Any disruption of the stabilizing efforts to foster good relations among communities, and to revive the economy of the country have to be attributed to you and you will be held responsible for the possible calamitous situations likely to occur in the future in Sri Lanka.

    My patriotic conscience prompts me to seek a very early appointment with you, with a heart free from any malice or rancour, to discuss this issue adroitly on the basis of top priority. This interview is sought with all due respect to you and with your unsullied dignity fully appreciated by me.

    In view of the urgency of this issue an interview at your earliest convenience is sought which will be mutually beneficial to our country and the United Nations.

    Thanking you

    Yours faithfully

    Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

  897. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Rohan – we both know that getting Richard Dickhead's comments is like me giving you information that the Rupavahini, ITN or any of the Lakehouse publications – they do not carry value.

    Richard Dixon is a retarded bastard himself and I have written to this dickhead many a times without getting a single reply – I have also shared my Mobile number with this coward , but, never got a call or got a number to call on if he didn't have money to call me.

    So. let's not waste time on what a retarded dickhead has to say – At least, Rupavahini etc. are recognized media – Who the Father is this dickhead than a retard ??

  898. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war

    Again Rohan, don't give me bullshit publications and you yourself should stop reading those stupid stuff (I don't read or quote Lakehouse?)

    Also, the best way to prove this is to provide us with the locations – I mean, if you know what's happening inside these so called camps, you surely should have the intelligences to find out where they are right??

  899. Good evening Mr Ryp Van Winkle,

    My neighbour Rohan has asked me to write a letter to Secretary – General Ban Ki-moon.

    ——

    Dear Sir,
    Report of the purported Panel of Experts to advise you on the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war ended in May 2009
    I am a Member of Parliament representing the United National Party, the main opposition in the Parliament. I write this in my capacity as a President’s Counsel (Senior Lawyer) and a citizen of Sri Lanka. ( My C.V. is annexed hereto for your perusal)
    I have learnt that the said purported Panel of Experts appointed by you has submitted a report to you in which serious allegations are levelled against the Head of the State and Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. I am aware of only a limited summary of it through the publication in the media and I reserve my right to make a comprehensive representation on contents thereof, once I get an opportunity to read the entire report supposedly of about 200 pages.

    01. I make these limited representations to enlighten you on matters which we are concerned with and the illegality, illegitimacy and unenforceability of the said report. At the commencement I wish to remind you of the prime objectives of the Charter of the United Nations which was signed on 26th June 1945 in St. Francisco, U.S.A.-and came into operation on 24th October 1945. The preamble of it reads thus;

    * “United Nations is determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
    * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
    * to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
    * to promote social progress and better standard of life in larger freedom.
    02. Article 01.1. reads as follows;

    To maintain international peace and security and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means and in conformity with the principle of justice and international law, adjustments or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.

    Article 01.02 states that to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people; and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace.

    Article 02.1 categorically states that the organisation is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all it’s members.

    03. Article 24 of the Charter empowers Security Council to take certain action on the matters referred to therein; It reads thus;

    In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf.

    04. Article 34 states that Security Council may investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.

    05. You as the Secretary-General and all member countries are aware that;

    a) Sri Lanka as a country with a sovereign equality fought against the most brutal, horrendous and gruesome LTTE, a terrorist group, which was internationally branded as one of the world’s most dreadful terrorist organisations.

    b) Sri Lanka fought the longest ever terrorist war for a continuous period of over 33 years. (from 1976 to 2009)

    c) Although few friendly countries extended their support, Sri Lanka had to do it on her own in the absence of any substantial support from international organisations or institutions or from any country.

    d) Even in such trying circumstances, Sri Lanka successfully concluded the war against terrorism debunking the belief of most of the powerful nations that the LTTE was an organization which was invincible. But we had to do it at the cost of lives of about 30,000 of legitimate armed personnel, about 30,000 innocent civilians including women, children, infants, religious dignitaries, etc, constituting over 20,000 people including armed personnel disabled, rendering about 20,000 widows, leaving in the lurch over 40,000 children as orphans.

    e) The devastating impact it had on the economy of the country was enormous during the last 3 decades.

    06. You have to admit that you (either you or your predecessors in the office of Secretary-General of UN, as the case might have been) did not take any preventive measures which ought to have been taken to resist or mitigate the calamity and the catastrophe that befell Sri Lankan nation throughout the period of last three decades, except for issuing periodical press releases in a lackadaisical way insisting that both warring parties should refrain from violence. You turned a Nelsonian eye and deaf ears to the multitude of requests made by the Sri Lankan Governments throughout. Your provable omissions and commissions constitute a serious indictment upon you as you have failed or ignored either intentionally or otherwise to perform your duties to achieve the goal of maintaining international peace as enunciated in the Charter of the United Nations under which you are empowered to hold the office of Secretary General.
    07. It was incumbent upon you to have given a serious thought to the endeavours of the successive Sri Lankan Governments and their concerted efforts to resolve the conflicts and entered into a series of politically negotiated pacts and accords. (Please see the list annexed marked A)

    08. In the said backdrop and under the following legal provisions your decision to appoint a so called Panel of Experts, to obtain a report from it and to publish such a report is illegal and illegitimate per se and it amounts to a gross violation of the Charter 6f the United Nations on the following amongst other grounds;

    a) Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which came into operation on 01st July 2002 and therefore you have no jurisdiction to initiate any action on the internal affairs of Sri Lanka including alleged incidents during the period of the final phase of the war against terrorism which concluded in May 2009.

    b) Article 39 of the Charter empowers only Security Council to determine the existence of any threat to peace and what measures to be taken. Articles 39 and 40 read as follows;

    Article 39

    The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security.

    Article 40

    In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security Council may, before making recommendations or deciding upon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall be without prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the parties concerned. The Security Council shall duly take account of failure to comply with such provisional measures.

    Security Council of UN which has the inalienable sole and exclusive authority to take decisions on member countries has not taken any decision up to date nor, given any direction to you to take any initiative regarding Sri Lanka.

    c) Article 29 of the Charter empowers inalienable and sole authority to the Security Council to establish any subsidiary organs as deem necessary for the performance of it’s function.

    Article 34 empowers the Security Council to investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to any international friction or give rise to a dispute.
    Security Council neither, has set up such an organ or given any such direction for you to set up or investigate. That power of the Security Council cannot delegate and in fact has not been delegated to you.

    d) Your powers as the Secretary-General of U N is defined -in Article 99 and you as the Chief Administrative Officer are empowered to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in your opinion may threaten the international peace and security. But you have not been empowered to take any initiatives on your own or to set up any organ including any panel of experts to advise you or for otherwise.

    e) Without prejudice to that, if your position is correct that it was a panel to advise you, it is crystal clear that you have breached Article 100 of the Charter of the United Nations which reads thus;
    Article 100 (1)

    In the performance of their duties the Secretary General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their positions as international officials responsible only to the organization.
    Article 100 (2)

    Each member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
    If it is a panel to advise you, you have no right whatsoever and under no circumstances to deliver its reports to anybody or any party or publish it in any territory.

    f) In any event your purported panel of experts’ report is against all the principles and norms of natural justice including the principle of audi altered partem.
    By appointing a panel and publishing a purported report adverse to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka you have made serious and blatant breaches of the Charter of the United Nations. By your conduct you have virtually arrogated to yourself the powers of the Security Council of the United Nations.

    While the misunderstanding and distrust among communities diminishing and when the pall of gloom is fading away, your initiative to appoint a panel and publish a report adverse to Sri Lanka will negate all meaningful efforts, thereby throwing everything into disarray. Any disruption of the stabilizing efforts to foster good relations among communities, and to revive the economy of the country have to be attributed to you and you will be held responsible for the possible calamitous situations likely to occur in the future in Sri Lanka.

    My patriotic conscience prompts me to seek a very early appointment with you, with a heart free from any malice or rancour, to discuss this issue adroitly on the basis of top priority. This interview is sought with all due respect to you and with your unsullied dignity fully appreciated by me.

    In view of the urgency of this issue an interview at your earliest convenience is sought which will be mutually beneficial to our country and the United Nations.

    Thanking you

    Yours faithfully

    Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

  900. WR !!

    Brillient post by Hon. Wijedasa Rajapakse after being an opposition member. I am also glad to see that the Opposition had come forward to defend the country as a whole in this instance. Special thanks to our future leader Sajith Premadasa for supporting the act of getting rid of the retards from the beginning….

  901. Tamilian Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Sorry – this post has been overlooked by us !!
    Have brought in a Very interesting aspect !!

    UN report finds that over 40,000 innocent civilians have been killed at the instance of the military command …

    We discard the report it self dude… It has no base, it is illegal in terms of UN constitution and also, the panel members never visited Sri Lanka nor had the decency to get the POV of the GOSL….. So, we do not care what they say..
    Ex. Have they mentioned how many of those 40,000 were killed by the LTTE when they were trying to escape the Human shield ??

    The manner of their killing was brutal and the extent of that brutality is described in the Report.

    How would they know ?? Were they there?? Who told them?? Did they ask someone like hon. Kanagaratnam or at least Daya and George Master who were in the situation???? No – so Who the Father cares about this stupid report ??

    Mango, Rip Van Winkle avoid the issue by raising the bogey of terrorism.

    The law does not permit the elimination of terrorism by wiping out civilians

    Interesting statement !!

    So, as per the statement
    1. You agree that what LTTE had was Terrorism..
    2. The Law does Approve Elimination of Terrorism

    Thanks for clearing your POV to us – Now it is time to tell the same thing to the Peelamists who are thumping their keyboards…

    The fact is that generations Sri Lankan leaders have risen to power through ethnic hatred.

    Let's take known history !!

    1. D.S Senanayake started the United National Party as it name says to unite all nationalities under one flag and it continued till J.R.
    2. J.R. Jayawardena ???? He had the support of Thondaman, Muslim leaders and other leaders (Burgher etc.)
    3. Premadasa – Again had Thonda, Muslim congress and many others with him.
    4. Chandrika K – She had the greatest foreign minister this country ever had in Lakshman Kadiragamar whom your retard LTTE killed + Ashroff from Muslim congras
    5. Ranil W's short term – Plenty of Nationalities in his government including the media minister Bakeer Marker and Thonda's Son.
    6. Mahinda R – Do you seriously want me to go here – Count for yourself how many Tamils, Muslims and other ethnic divides he has in his government – He has the largest majority

    So, in which mindset do you think that it was racism that brought any of these leaders to power ???? Wash your Mouth (Rectum) – starting to stink with smelly Poo

    Also – Good you reminded us that your retards also killed the Pakistani High Commissioner for Sri Lanka a few years back !!

    So, you can get a nice print out of the UN report, role it neat and Show it up yours !!!

  902. a.savage Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 12:48 am

    Mango tells Aryacakravarti that when the latter says the Lankan army intentionally killed Tamil civilians, he must”prove intentionality.”

    Found an interesting comment made by the lord of A($$) !!

    If the GOSL can prove that the LTTE killed Tamil people and there are so much video evidence, why cannot the LTTE have single proper evidence of SLA doing so?? I am not talking of the fake video's of Channel 4 which cannot be proven. Proper authentic video or any other thing for that matter.

    The only video which was with an LTTE retard showed how much they cared for the Tamils – also not forgetting the Dog that was run over…

  903. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    Ryp Van Winkle ! Says: May 6th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
    I can’t believe that you are taking these Retards seriously, the Peelamists are lying through their rectums.

    Rohan – we both know that getting Richard Dickhead’s comments is like me giving you information that the Rupavahini, ITN or any of the Lakehouse publications – they do not carry value.

    Richard Dixon is a retarded bastard himself and I have written to this dickhead many a times without getting a single reply – I have also shared my Mobile number with this coward , but, never got a call or got a number to call on if he didn’t have money to call me.

    So. let’s not waste time on what a retarded dickhead has to say – At least, Rupavahini etc. are recognized media – Who the Father is this dickhead than a retard ??

  904. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    Hi Ryp Van Winkle,
    r u still looking 4 torture camps

    The rape, execution, torture and disappearances of IDPs in the aftermath of war

    Again Rohan, don’t give me bullshit publications and you yourself should stop reading those stupid stuff (I don’t read or quote Lakehouse?)

    Also, the best way to prove this is to provide us with the locations – I mean, if you know what’s happening inside these so called camps, you surely should have the intelligences to find out where they are right??

  905. WR !!

    Brillient post by Hon. Wijedasa Rajapakse after being an opposition member. I am also glad to see that the Opposition had come forward to defend the country as a whole in this instance. Special thanks to our future leader Sajith Premadasa for supporting the act of getting rid of the retards from the beginning….

  906. Tamilian Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Sorry – this post has been overlooked by us !!
    Have brought in a Very interesting aspect !!

    UN report finds that over 40,000 innocent civilians have been killed at the instance of the military command …

    We discard the report it self dude… It has no base, it is illegal in terms of UN constitution and also, the panel members never visited Sri Lanka nor had the decency to get the POV of the GOSL….. So, we do not care what they say..
    Ex. Have they mentioned how many of those 40,000 were killed by the LTTE when they were trying to escape the Human shield ??

    The manner of their killing was brutal and the extent of that brutality is described in the Report.

    How would they know ?? Were they there?? Who told them?? Did they ask someone like hon. Kanagaratnam or at least Daya and George Master who were in the situation???? No – so Who the Father cares about this stupid report ??

    Mango, Rip Van Winkle avoid the issue by raising the bogey of terrorism.

    The law does not permit the elimination of terrorism by wiping out civilians

    Interesting statement !!

    So, as per the statement
    1. You agree that what LTTE had was Terrorism..
    2. The Law does Approve Elimination of Terrorism

    Thanks for clearing your POV to us – Now it is time to tell the same thing to the Peelamists who are thumping their keyboards…

    The fact is that generations Sri Lankan leaders have risen to power through ethnic hatred.

    Let’s take known history !!

    1. D.S Senanayake started the United National Party as it name says to unite all nationalities under one flag and it continued till J.R.
    2. J.R. Jayawardena ???? He had the support of Thondaman, Muslim leaders and other leaders (Burgher etc.)
    3. Premadasa – Again had Thonda, Muslim congress and many others with him.
    4. Chandrika K – She had the greatest foreign minister this country ever had in Lakshman Kadiragamar whom your retard LTTE killed + Ashroff from Muslim congras
    5. Ranil W’s short term – Plenty of Nationalities in his government including the media minister Bakeer Marker and Thonda’s Son.
    6. Mahinda R – Do you seriously want me to go here – Count for yourself how many Tamils, Muslims and other ethnic divides he has in his government – He has the largest majority

    So, in which mindset do you think that it was racism that brought any of these leaders to power ???? Wash your Mouth (Rectum) – starting to stink with smelly Poo

    Also – Good you reminded us that your retards also killed the Pakistani High Commissioner for Sri Lanka a few years back !!

    So, you can get a nice print out of the UN report, role it neat and Show it up yours !!!

  907. a.savage Says:
    May 3rd, 2011 at 12:48 am

    Mango tells Aryacakravarti that when the latter says the Lankan army intentionally killed Tamil civilians, he must”prove intentionality.”

    Found an interesting comment made by the lord of A($$) !!

    If the GOSL can prove that the LTTE killed Tamil people and there are so much video evidence, why cannot the LTTE have single proper evidence of SLA doing so?? I am not talking of the fake video’s of Channel 4 which cannot be proven. Proper authentic video or any other thing for that matter.

    The only video which was with an LTTE retard showed how much they cared for the Tamils – also not forgetting the Dog that was run over…

  908. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.

    Sri Lanka leader sued in US http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2011/01/29/sri-la
    Members of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority have filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island’s president, seeking $30 million in damages over alleged extrajudicial killings.

  909. WR
    Successive Sinhala Sri-Lanka governments had been ethnic cleansing the Tamils for the last 63 years and therefore they cannot be entrusted with the safety and security of the Tamil minority. Those leaders were so communal minded that they tend to be as stubborn as a mule. The first prime minister D S Senanayake to the present Mahinda Rajapakse never saw the need to give the Tamils their basic political rights of self determination even after several agreements after talks. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6081

    Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

  910. WR, U pasted UNP agaenda,
    Sri Lankan governments that are backed by the Sinhala Buddhist extremists have been persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka for more than 65 years.
    In the fifties, sixties and seventies, the Sinhala extremists slaughtered thousands of Tamils with knives and swords. They burned them alive and destroyed their homes. Hundreds of thousands were made homeless and sent to the North of the country in ships.

    Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.

    What sri lankan leaders(UNP or SLFP) said and did same to Tamils over 65 years

    Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00

    Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
    “Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.

    Former sec. Foreign Ministery Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008), now in jail
    “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”

    President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
    “Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”

    President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
    “Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”

    Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
    “Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”

    Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
    “Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”

    President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
    “I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”

    Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981), now minister, who went on hunger strike against UN
    “If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”

    Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
    “Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”

    A typical Sri Lankan leader would talk like he has the whole world under his feet and he doesn’t care about outside opinions. Many of us remember the controversial Sri Lankan defence secretary of Sri Lanka who appeared on many TV channels across the globe and thundered that he had the right to bomb hospitals and schools. He had indeed ordered to bomb several hospitals in the recent war in Sri Lanka.

  911. Why
    Ban’s report: Top Indian team rushes to Colombo,
    to cover up the War Crime again http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110508/News/nws_01.html

    India, SLA, have occupation blueprint for northern coast of Eezham Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    By maintaining silence, and covertly working against war crimes investigation on Sri Lanka, India bargained Colombo’s cabinet approval for its hold on the KKS harbour of Eezham Tamils, political observers in Jaffna said. The SL cabinet has approved a proposal by Rajapaksa to develop KKS harbour with Indian aid and a MoU is to be signed soon with Indian government, Deccan Herald reported Thursday. Meanwhile, SL Army physically being inducted in building blocks for a reputed school in the area sets dangerous precedence for prolonged military rule over Eezham Tamils by the occupying Sinhala Army, and shows long-term occupation interests of the military in that particular region, political observers in Jaffna further said.

    Again International elements are In a compromising position with sri lanka showing war crime report? How long they can cover up the crime against Humanity?

    Oh, International actors,
    You are supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  912. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.

    Sri Lanka leader sued in US http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2011/01/29/sri-la
    Members of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority have filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island’s president, seeking $30 million in damages over alleged extrajudicial killings.

  913. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.

    Sri Lanka leader sued in US http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2011/01/29/sri-la
    Members of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority have filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island’s president, seeking $30 million in damages over alleged extrajudicial killings.

  914. Once again
    Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1766.html

    Any Tamil who lived in Sri Lanka knows how personal the month of May is. In sum: May will be etched in Tamils’ memory as the month where Sri Lankan military most effectively demonstrated their ability and their desire to kill Tamils in the blood-lands of Vanni. This wound will stay raw forever. This is a moment for Tamils to soberly reflect on how we value life and what meaning we attach to death. This moment is ripe for celebration, a celebration of the lives of innocent people killed in May 2009 and those who were caught in the crossfire of decade old war on Tamils in Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6100

  915. WR
    Successive Sinhala Sri-Lanka governments had been ethnic cleansing the Tamils for the last 63 years and therefore they cannot be entrusted with the safety and security of the Tamil minority. Those leaders were so communal minded that they tend to be as stubborn as a mule. The first prime minister D S Senanayake to the present Mahinda Rajapakse never saw the need to give the Tamils their basic political rights of self determination even after several agreements after talks. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6081

    Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

  916. WR
    Successive Sinhala Sri-Lanka governments had been ethnic cleansing the Tamils for the last 63 years and therefore they cannot be entrusted with the safety and security of the Tamil minority. Those leaders were so communal minded that they tend to be as stubborn as a mule. The first prime minister D S Senanayake to the present Mahinda Rajapakse never saw the need to give the Tamils their basic political rights of self determination even after several agreements after talks. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6081

    Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

  917. WR, U pasted UNP agaenda,
    Sri Lankan governments that are backed by the Sinhala Buddhist extremists have been persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka for more than 65 years.
    In the fifties, sixties and seventies, the Sinhala extremists slaughtered thousands of Tamils with knives and swords. They burned them alive and destroyed their homes. Hundreds of thousands were made homeless and sent to the North of the country in ships.

    Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.

    What sri lankan leaders(UNP or SLFP) said and did same to Tamils over 65 years

    Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00

    Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
    “Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.

    Former sec. Foreign Ministery Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008), now in jail
    “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”

    President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
    “Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”

    President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
    “Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”

    Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
    “Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”

    Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
    “Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”

    President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
    “I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”

    Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981), now minister, who went on hunger strike against UN
    “If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”

    Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
    “Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”

    A typical Sri Lankan leader would talk like he has the whole world under his feet and he doesn’t care about outside opinions. Many of us remember the controversial Sri Lankan defence secretary of Sri Lanka who appeared on many TV channels across the globe and thundered that he had the right to bomb hospitals and schools. He had indeed ordered to bomb several hospitals in the recent war in Sri Lanka.

  918. WR, U pasted UNP agaenda,
    Sri Lankan governments that are backed by the Sinhala Buddhist extremists have been persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka for more than 65 years.
    In the fifties, sixties and seventies, the Sinhala extremists slaughtered thousands of Tamils with knives and swords. They burned them alive and destroyed their homes. Hundreds of thousands were made homeless and sent to the North of the country in ships.

    Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.

    What sri lankan leaders(UNP or SLFP) said and did same to Tamils over 65 years

    Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00

    Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
    “Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.

    Former sec. Foreign Ministery Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008), now in jail
    “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”

    President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
    “Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”

    President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
    “Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”

    Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
    “Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”

    Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
    “Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”

    President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
    “I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”

    Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981), now minister, who went on hunger strike against UN
    “If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”

    Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
    “Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”

    A typical Sri Lankan leader would talk like he has the whole world under his feet and he doesn’t care about outside opinions. Many of us remember the controversial Sri Lankan defence secretary of Sri Lanka who appeared on many TV channels across the globe and thundered that he had the right to bomb hospitals and schools. He had indeed ordered to bomb several hospitals in the recent war in Sri Lanka.

  919. Why
    Ban’s report: Top Indian team rushes to Colombo,
    to cover up the War Crime again http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110508/News/nws_01.html

    India, SLA, have occupation blueprint for northern coast of Eezham Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    By maintaining silence, and covertly working against war crimes investigation on Sri Lanka, India bargained Colombo’s cabinet approval for its hold on the KKS harbour of Eezham Tamils, political observers in Jaffna said. The SL cabinet has approved a proposal by Rajapaksa to develop KKS harbour with Indian aid and a MoU is to be signed soon with Indian government, Deccan Herald reported Thursday. Meanwhile, SL Army physically being inducted in building blocks for a reputed school in the area sets dangerous precedence for prolonged military rule over Eezham Tamils by the occupying Sinhala Army, and shows long-term occupation interests of the military in that particular region, political observers in Jaffna further said.

    Again International elements are In a compromising position with sri lanka showing war crime report? How long they can cover up the crime against Humanity?

    Oh, International actors,
    You are supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  920. Why
    Ban’s report: Top Indian team rushes to Colombo,
    to cover up the War Crime again http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110508/News/nws_01.html

    India, SLA, have occupation blueprint for northern coast of Eezham Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    By maintaining silence, and covertly working against war crimes investigation on Sri Lanka, India bargained Colombo’s cabinet approval for its hold on the KKS harbour of Eezham Tamils, political observers in Jaffna said. The SL cabinet has approved a proposal by Rajapaksa to develop KKS harbour with Indian aid and a MoU is to be signed soon with Indian government, Deccan Herald reported Thursday. Meanwhile, SL Army physically being inducted in building blocks for a reputed school in the area sets dangerous precedence for prolonged military rule over Eezham Tamils by the occupying Sinhala Army, and shows long-term occupation interests of the military in that particular region, political observers in Jaffna further said.

    Again International elements are In a compromising position with sri lanka showing war crime report? How long they can cover up the crime against Humanity?

    Oh, International actors,
    You are supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  921. Once again
    Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1766.html

    Any Tamil who lived in Sri Lanka knows how personal the month of May is. In sum: May will be etched in Tamils’ memory as the month where Sri Lankan military most effectively demonstrated their ability and their desire to kill Tamils in the blood-lands of Vanni. This wound will stay raw forever. This is a moment for Tamils to soberly reflect on how we value life and what meaning we attach to death. This moment is ripe for celebration, a celebration of the lives of innocent people killed in May 2009 and those who were caught in the crossfire of decade old war on Tamils in Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6100

  922. Once again
    Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1766.html

    Any Tamil who lived in Sri Lanka knows how personal the month of May is. In sum: May will be etched in Tamils’ memory as the month where Sri Lankan military most effectively demonstrated their ability and their desire to kill Tamils in the blood-lands of Vanni. This wound will stay raw forever. This is a moment for Tamils to soberly reflect on how we value life and what meaning we attach to death. This moment is ripe for celebration, a celebration of the lives of innocent people killed in May 2009 and those who were caught in the crossfire of decade old war on Tamils in Sri Lanka. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6100

  923. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    First of all, Bravo – for managing to compile a copy paste article… !!

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie.

    Dude – Then can you very clearly tell me,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified

    Let's see your truthful answers !!

    1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.

    Dude – Prior to the 1940's there was nothing called VISA's to enter countries – How do U think the West came over and captured our countries ?? Most of the traveling was between Sri Lanka and India and defa the southern India and North Sri Lanka – so many who did not belong here could have remained.

    So, in 1948, may be the then government decided that they gave citizenships to those who belong here and send the rest back to their MOTHERLANDS in INDIA !! I don't know – I was not born then…

    1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.

    Dude – again – with 85% being Buddhist, what do you expect ??? Why not go to UK and ask Christianity is the religion of state?? You will be looked down upon as a Lunatic..

    Also, as many times the world history has proven, there had been many battles between Ethnic groups and religious groups. The West and the Middle East are involved in such fight for the past 1000 years I guess with the start of Crusades till now. I just saw on CNN that in Egypt, some Christians have started a fight against Muslims for converting a woman or something like that… What's important is that people who could think wider get involved in such situations and solve the issues out – this has happened in the history many a times too. Same in SL – there had been many racial fights in the past, but, haven't we moved on and live in peace ?? I think Muslims got the best of racial violence in SL than the Tamils in the recent past. But, they are with us now aren't they??

    It is hilarious that you call me a racist and make the comments you make. Surely, you seem to be hurting by the fact that this country is governed by the Singhala Buddhists. Machan – I should feel inferior like you too in that sense. But, I don't – why? Because I respect the fact that the country does have a majority of Singhales Buddhists – none of us can help it and that's how it goes. The only beauty is that, people from other Ethnicities and Religions are also allowed here without discrimination – you have discriminated your own self – You have put your self down and felt inferior – If Lakshman K thought like you, he would not have been the respected politician. If Ken Balendran thought like you, he would have never been the Chairman of the largest Blue Chip on SL – John Keells.

    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY

    Dude – this post proves the point that you are thinking from a racists angle. Prior to Christ, there was no christianity in the west and once he walked earth, people grasped Christianity (OK, some were force fed, but, still people can revoke if they wish to) Same with Prophet Mohomad and Islam.

    I do understand that the fact of Hindu's amidst of other tribes living in this country – ex. Naga's had differnet practices to Yakka's who had more Hindu based practices. But, that does not mean that they had the right to continue with such practices or to discontinue such practices. – Here you either don't understand or go against the Human Rights Norms – If Mahinda Thero came to SL to spread Buddhism and people here grasped it with all their might, you cannot blame anybody – they thought for themselves and grasped it ya?? It was not forcefully fed in to them??? Unfortunately or Fortunately, may be your forefathers might not have grasped it or for all you know, you could be a descendant of an Indian origin who came down latterly. But, it is not your fault nor your forefathers fault, nor my fault – it is just the way it is and we need accept it.

    Current president also has 2 other brothers named Chamal and Basil – I don't see them being named after anyone in SL history… So, I don't know the point you are trying to prove by bringing in Gota's and MR's names…

    Dude – It is time you start thinking logically. It is very clear that you are hurting inside for reasons that are beyond anybodies control and these are stuff that someone has fed in to you. Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can't live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.

  924. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=33918
    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa’s custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.

    Sri Lanka leader sued in US
    http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2011/01/29/sri-lanka-leader-sued-in-us/
    Members of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority have filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island’s president, seeking $30 million in damages over alleged extrajudicial killings.

  925. WR
    Successive Sinhala Sri-Lanka governments had been ethnic cleansing the Tamils for the last 63 years and therefore they cannot be entrusted with the safety and security of the Tamil minority. Those leaders were so communal minded that they tend to be as stubborn as a mule. The first prime minister D S Senanayake to the present Mahinda Rajapakse never saw the need to give the Tamils their basic political rights of self determination even after several agreements after talks.
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6081

    Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.

    Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.

  926. WR, U pasted UNP agaenda,
    Sri Lankan governments that are backed by the Sinhala Buddhist extremists have been persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka for more than 65 years.
    In the fifties, sixties and seventies, the Sinhala extremists slaughtered thousands of Tamils with knives and swords. They burned them alive and destroyed their homes. Hundreds of thousands were made homeless and sent to the North of the country in ships.

    Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.

    What sri lankan leaders(UNP or SLFP) said and did same to Tamils over 65 years

    Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_003.html

    Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
    “Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.

    Former sec. Foreign Ministery Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008), now in jail
    “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”

    President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
    “Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”

    President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
    “Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”

    Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
    “Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”

    Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
    “Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”

    President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
    “I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”

    Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981), now minister, who went on hunger strike against UN
    “If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”

    Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
    “Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”

    A typical Sri Lankan leader would talk like he has the whole world under his feet and he doesn’t care about outside opinions. Many of us remember the controversial Sri Lankan defence secretary of Sri Lanka who appeared on many TV channels across the globe and thundered that he had the right to bomb hospitals and schools. He had indeed ordered to bomb several hospitals in the recent war in Sri Lanka.

  927. Why
    Ban’s report: Top Indian team rushes to Colombo,
    to cover up the War Crime again
    http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110508/News/nws_01.html

    India, SLA, have occupation blueprint for northern coast of Eezham Tamils
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33909
    By maintaining silence, and covertly working against war crimes investigation on Sri Lanka, India bargained Colombo’s cabinet approval for its hold on the KKS harbour of Eezham Tamils, political observers in Jaffna said. The SL cabinet has approved a proposal by Rajapaksa to develop KKS harbour with Indian aid and a MoU is to be signed soon with Indian government, Deccan Herald reported Thursday. Meanwhile, SL Army physically being inducted in building blocks for a reputed school in the area sets dangerous precedence for prolonged military rule over Eezham Tamils by the occupying Sinhala Army, and shows long-term occupation interests of the military in that particular region, political observers in Jaffna further said.

    Again International elements are In a compromising position with sri lanka showing war crime report? How long they can cover up the crime against Humanity?

    Oh, International actors,
    You are supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  928. Once again
    Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers
    http://richarddix.livejournal.com/1766.html

    Any Tamil who lived in Sri Lanka knows how personal the month of May is. In sum: May will be etched in Tamils’ memory as the month where Sri Lankan military most effectively demonstrated their ability and their desire to kill Tamils in the blood-lands of Vanni. This wound will stay raw forever. This is a moment for Tamils to soberly reflect on how we value life and what meaning we attach to death. This moment is ripe for celebration, a celebration of the lives of innocent people killed in May 2009 and those who were caught in the crossfire of decade old war on Tamils in Sri Lanka.
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/article/6100

  929. Rohan Says:
    May 6th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    First of all, Bravo – for managing to compile a copy paste article… !!

    I am not writting any fiction here, I dont know how to lie.

    Dude – Then can you very clearly tell me,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified

    Let’s see your truthful answers !!

    1948 citizenship act, millions of Tamils loose citizenship.

    Dude – Prior to the 1940’s there was nothing called VISA’s to enter countries – How do U think the West came over and captured our countries ?? Most of the traveling was between Sri Lanka and India and defa the southern India and North Sri Lanka – so many who did not belong here could have remained.

    So, in 1948, may be the then government decided that they gave citizenships to those who belong here and send the rest back to their MOTHERLANDS in INDIA !! I don’t know – I was not born then…

    1972 Bhudism declared as religion of the state.

    Dude – again – with 85% being Buddhist, what do you expect ??? Why not go to UK and ask Christianity is the religion of state?? You will be looked down upon as a Lunatic..

    Also, as many times the world history has proven, there had been many battles between Ethnic groups and religious groups. The West and the Middle East are involved in such fight for the past 1000 years I guess with the start of Crusades till now. I just saw on CNN that in Egypt, some Christians have started a fight against Muslims for converting a woman or something like that… What’s important is that people who could think wider get involved in such situations and solve the issues out – this has happened in the history many a times too. Same in SL – there had been many racial fights in the past, but, haven’t we moved on and live in peace ?? I think Muslims got the best of racial violence in SL than the Tamils in the recent past. But, they are with us now aren’t they??

    It is hilarious that you call me a racist and make the comments you make. Surely, you seem to be hurting by the fact that this country is governed by the Singhala Buddhists. Machan – I should feel inferior like you too in that sense. But, I don’t – why? Because I respect the fact that the country does have a majority of Singhales Buddhists – none of us can help it and that’s how it goes. The only beauty is that, people from other Ethnicities and Religions are also allowed here without discrimination – you have discriminated your own self – You have put your self down and felt inferior – If Lakshman K thought like you, he would not have been the respected politician. If Ken Balendran thought like you, he would have never been the Chairman of the largest Blue Chip on SL – John Keells.

    CURRENT PRESIDENTS FAMILLY

    Dude – this post proves the point that you are thinking from a racists angle. Prior to Christ, there was no christianity in the west and once he walked earth, people grasped Christianity (OK, some were force fed, but, still people can revoke if they wish to) Same with Prophet Mohomad and Islam.

    I do understand that the fact of Hindu’s amidst of other tribes living in this country – ex. Naga’s had differnet practices to Yakka’s who had more Hindu based practices. But, that does not mean that they had the right to continue with such practices or to discontinue such practices. – Here you either don’t understand or go against the Human Rights Norms – If Mahinda Thero came to SL to spread Buddhism and people here grasped it with all their might, you cannot blame anybody – they thought for themselves and grasped it ya?? It was not forcefully fed in to them??? Unfortunately or Fortunately, may be your forefathers might not have grasped it or for all you know, you could be a descendant of an Indian origin who came down latterly. But, it is not your fault nor your forefathers fault, nor my fault – it is just the way it is and we need accept it.

    Current president also has 2 other brothers named Chamal and Basil – I don’t see them being named after anyone in SL history… So, I don’t know the point you are trying to prove by bringing in Gota’s and MR’s names…

    Dude – It is time you start thinking logically. It is very clear that you are hurting inside for reasons that are beyond anybodies control and these are stuff that someone has fed in to you. Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can’t live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.

  930. Dear Rohan

    Your tireless efforts to bring Justice to the voiceless and oppressed Tamil people is deeply appreciated !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

    I have admired your superb and valiant work for years !! You are a great Freedom Fighter and your posts all over internet will Free the Tamils from the chains of oppression and military occupation by the Ruthless Sinhalese Colonial Slave Masters .

  931. Dear Vidivu

    I spent 30 years – killing approximately 30,000 armed personnel, about 30,000 innocent civilians including women, children, infants, religious dignitaries, etc, making over 20,000 people including armed personnel disabled, rendering about 20,000 widows, leaving in the lurch over 40,000 children as orphans…..

    Now you tell me I could have “freed the Tamils from the chains of oppression” ( and avoided that awful headache / the mud bath, two years ago ) just by cutting and pasting all over the internet?

  932. under reconciliation,
    Occupying SL military threatens TNA politicians in Jaffna http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Occupying Sri Lanka Army and its intelligence units are now targeting the politicians and supporters of the Tamil National Alliance.

    ANC supports UN experts’ recommendations on Sri Lanka war crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Endorsing the recommendations of the UN expert panel’s report on war crimes in Sri Lanka, the African National Congress (ANC) criticised Colombo’s use of “a military solution of resolving problems [between conflicting parties]” and called on the government “to take immediate steps to address the core grievances of the Tamil population and engage in a genuine reconciliation process.” The ANC noted that one of the UN experts was a prominent South African jurist, Yasmin Sooka, and said it “has consistently condemned any act of violation of human rights in all conflict areas

  933. Sri Lanka’s friendly countries Russia and China had shown their grief about the activities advanced by the Sri Lankan government against the International organizations and its bureaus. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

    if activities are organized to tarnish the reputation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon or to organize continuous protests against him, the support they intend to give towards Mahinda Rajapakse government will be reassessed.

    TRUTH WILL COME OUT ONE DAY, JUSTICE SHOULD NOT FAIL

    Will European declare trade ban towards Sri lanka? An emergency debate called. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

  934. Dear Rohan

    Your tireless efforts to bring Justice to the voiceless and oppressed Tamil people is deeply appreciated !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

    I have admired your superb and valiant work for years !! You are a great Freedom Fighter and your posts all over internet will Free the Tamils from the chains of oppression and military occupation by the Ruthless Sinhalese Colonial Slave Masters .

  935. under reconciliation,
    Occupying SL military threatens TNA politicians in Jaffna http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Occupying Sri Lanka Army and its intelligence units are now targeting the politicians and supporters of the Tamil National Alliance.

    ANC supports UN experts’ recommendations on Sri Lanka war crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Endorsing the recommendations of the UN expert panel’s report on war crimes in Sri Lanka, the African National Congress (ANC) criticised Colombo’s use of “a military solution of resolving problems [between conflicting parties]” and called on the government “to take immediate steps to address the core grievances of the Tamil population and engage in a genuine reconciliation process.” The ANC noted that one of the UN experts was a prominent South African jurist, Yasmin Sooka, and said it “has consistently condemned any act of violation of human rights in all conflict areas

  936. under reconciliation,
    Occupying SL military threatens TNA politicians in Jaffna http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Occupying Sri Lanka Army and its intelligence units are now targeting the politicians and supporters of the Tamil National Alliance.

    ANC supports UN experts’ recommendations on Sri Lanka war crimes http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Endorsing the recommendations of the UN expert panel’s report on war crimes in Sri Lanka, the African National Congress (ANC) criticised Colombo’s use of “a military solution of resolving problems [between conflicting parties]” and called on the government “to take immediate steps to address the core grievances of the Tamil population and engage in a genuine reconciliation process.” The ANC noted that one of the UN experts was a prominent South African jurist, Yasmin Sooka, and said it “has consistently condemned any act of violation of human rights in all conflict areas

  937. Sri Lanka’s friendly countries Russia and China had shown their grief about the activities advanced by the Sri Lankan government against the International organizations and its bureaus. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

    if activities are organized to tarnish the reputation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon or to organize continuous protests against him, the support they intend to give towards Mahinda Rajapakse government will be reassessed.

    TRUTH WILL COME OUT ONE DAY, JUSTICE SHOULD NOT FAIL

    Will European declare trade ban towards Sri lanka? An emergency debate called. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

  938. Sri Lanka’s friendly countries Russia and China had shown their grief about the activities advanced by the Sri Lankan government against the International organizations and its bureaus. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

    if activities are organized to tarnish the reputation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon or to organize continuous protests against him, the support they intend to give towards Mahinda Rajapakse government will be reassessed.

    TRUTH WILL COME OUT ONE DAY, JUSTICE SHOULD NOT FAIL

    Will European declare trade ban towards Sri lanka? An emergency debate called. http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlO

  939. @Sivarampillai: It's Inflation Genocide! The casualty numbers are even worse that we thought.

    According to Aryacakravarti, over 1.4 million innocent Tamil civilians have been genocided in Sri Lanka, recently. How did he arrive at this astounding number? "Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday."

    Assuming that since May 2009, 2,000 innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps under the 'genocidal' SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    2,000 civilians x 700 days = 1,400,000 civilians genocided.

    Adjust your casualty figures, immediately!

    p.s. The 1.4 million casualty figure does not include the Tamil children killed by this LTTE suicide bomber, as they obviously wanted to give their lives to your cause, no?

    A 'brave' female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

  940. WR

    May 8th, 2011 at 8:40 am

    You wrote

    ……rendering about 20,000 widows…..

    ——————————————————–
    This is just utter crap !

    ! Where did you get this ?

    What a nonsense ?

    Even the official Sri Lanka Governement statement indicates that there are 89 000 Tamil war widow .

    So, the Sri Lanka Army ruthlessly butchered 89 000 Tamil men !!

    If you add 200 000 innocent women and children .

    The Genocide’s total tally is 289 000 !!!!!

  941. Dear Vidivu

    I spent 30 years – killing approximately 30,000 armed personnel, about 30,000 innocent civilians including women, children, infants, religious dignitaries, etc, making over 20,000 people including armed personnel disabled, rendering about 20,000 widows, leaving in the lurch over 40,000 children as orphans…..

    Now you tell me I could have “freed the Tamils from the chains of oppression” ( and avoided that awful headache / the mud bath, two years ago ) just by cutting and pasting all over the internet?

  942. @Sivarampillai: It's Inflation Genocide! The casualty numbers are even worse that we thought.

    According to Aryacakravarti, over 1.4 million innocent Tamil civilians have been genocided in Sri Lanka, recently. How did he arrive at this astounding number? "Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday."

    Assuming that since May 2009, 2,000 innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps under the 'genocidal' SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    2,000 civilians x 700 days = 1,400,000 civilians genocided.

    Adjust your casualty figures, immediately!

    p.s. The 1.4 million casualty figure does not include the Tamil children killed by this LTTE suicide bomber, as they obviously wanted to give their lives to your cause, no?

    A 'brave' female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

  943. @Sivarampillai: It's Inflation Genocide! The casualty numbers are even worse that we thought.

    According to Aryacakravarti, over 1.4 million innocent Tamil civilians have been genocided in Sri Lanka, recently. How did he arrive at this astounding number? "Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday."

    Assuming that since May 2009, 2,000 innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps under the 'genocidal' SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    2,000 civilians x 700 days = 1,400,000 civilians genocided.

    Adjust your casualty figures, immediately!

    p.s. The 1.4 million casualty figure does not include the Tamil children killed by this LTTE suicide bomber, as they obviously wanted to give their lives to your cause, no?

    A 'brave' female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE 'freedom fighters' by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

  944. under reconciliation,
    Occupying SL military threatens TNA politicians in Jaffna
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33919
    Occupying Sri Lanka Army and its intelligence units are now targeting the politicians and supporters of the Tamil National Alliance.

    ANC supports UN experts’ recommendations on Sri Lanka war crimes
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33906
    Endorsing the recommendations of the UN expert panel’s report on war crimes in Sri Lanka, the African National Congress (ANC) criticised Colombo’s use of “a military solution of resolving problems [between conflicting parties]” and called on the government “to take immediate steps to address the core grievances of the Tamil population and engage in a genuine reconciliation process.” The ANC noted that one of the UN experts was a prominent South African jurist, Yasmin Sooka, and said it “has consistently condemned any act of violation of human rights in all conflict areas

  945. Sri Lanka’s friendly countries Russia and China had shown their grief about the activities advanced by the Sri Lankan government against the International organizations and its bureaus.
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlOU4eadBmScadB5Yoddc4Y53ac4YmB3e43mOl2023QMe22

    if activities are organized to tarnish the reputation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon or to organize continuous protests against him, the support they intend to give towards Mahinda Rajapakse government will be reassessed.

    TRUTH WILL COME OUT ONE DAY, JUSTICE SHOULD NOT FAIL

    Will European declare trade ban towards Sri lanka? An emergency debate called.
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?20SACM30eRlOU4eadBmScadB5Y4ddc4Y53ac4YmB3e43mOl2023QMe22

  946. WR

    May 8th, 2011 at 8:40 am

    You wrote

    ……rendering about 20,000 widows…..

    ——————————————————–
    This is just utter crap !

    ! Where did you get this ?

    What a nonsense ?

    Even the official Sri Lanka Governement statement indicates that there are 89 000 Tamil war widow .

    So, the Sri Lanka Army ruthlessly butchered 89 000 Tamil men !!

    If you add 200 000 innocent women and children .

    The Genocide’s total tally is 289 000 !!!!!

  947. @Sivarampillai: It’s Inflation Genocide! The casualty numbers are even worse that we thought.

    According to Aryacakravarti, over 1.4 million innocent Tamil civilians have been genocided in Sri Lanka, recently. How did he arrive at this astounding number? “Thousands of innocent men, women and children die everyday.”

    Assuming that since May 2009, 2,000 innocent Tamil civvies have died in IDP camps under the ‘genocidal’ SL regime.

    Number of days from May 2009 to April 2011 = 700 days.

    2,000 civilians x 700 days = 1,400,000 civilians genocided.

    Adjust your casualty figures, immediately!

    p.s. The 1.4 million casualty figure does not include the Tamil children killed by this LTTE suicide bomber, as they obviously wanted to give their lives to your cause, no?

    A ‘brave’ female (Tamil) LTTE suicide bomber exploding and killing (Tamil) children and (Tamil) civilians escaping (Tamil) LTTE ‘freedom fighters’ by seeking shelter & protection in a (Genocidal Sri Lankan) Army IDP camp.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDHp2nvz9w

  948. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa

    War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts

    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  949. Rajapaksa lies permeate the whole country !! 🙂

    Every nook and cranny 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Even Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer lies !!!!
    ————————————————————-

    Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer found guilty of doping, loses medal

    The Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) Federation Court has found Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi guilty of using an illegal stimuli today and decided to strip him of his gold medal. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11/May08_13048

  950. So called “ Official” Sri Lanka Government statements that tourist arrival increasing up to 40% are lies !

    I don’t believe Rajapaksa Government . 🙁

    Mass Murderer Mahinda paid agents are always lying.

    If the tourist numbers in Sri Lanka increased in by 2% , Pathological Liar Rajapaksa immediately lies.

    He says – the tourists numbers increase 20%, 30%, 40% and others utter nonsense….

    Rajapaksa Government is always the cesspool of slimy lies

  951. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa

    War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts

    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  952. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa

    War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts

    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  953. Rajapaksa lies permeate the whole country !! 🙂

    Every nook and cranny 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Even Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer lies !!!!
    ————————————————————-

    Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer found guilty of doping, loses medal

    The Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) Federation Court has found Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi guilty of using an illegal stimuli today and decided to strip him of his gold medal. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11/May08_13048

  954. Rajapaksa lies permeate the whole country !! 🙂

    Every nook and cranny 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Even Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer lies !!!!
    ————————————————————-

    Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer found guilty of doping, loses medal

    The Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) Federation Court has found Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi guilty of using an illegal stimuli today and decided to strip him of his gold medal. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11/May08_13048

  955. Ryp Van Winkle ,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    many time, Not only Sri lankan army killed tamils, but also paramilitary groups were used to kill tamils, put the blame on ltte. If u believe ltte did any crime let UN to investigate both party, why r u opposing UN to investigate.
    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    On the first place your govrnment said only 65,000 tamils in vanni, india's foreign minister said 70,000, he even said in parliment. how come over 300,000 came even after killing over 50,000. Your govrnment planned to kill Tamils as many as possible. 1000's IDPs who came to the camp were killed. Tamils Knows that u will kill them, that is the main reason they didn't want to come. Your Govrnments said
    "humanitarian mission"? Bulldozing of civilians after the defeat of the LTTE is "humanitarian mission"? Why did your govrnment bombed every hospital, do u need any proof?

    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified
    I know many tamil leaders were killed by the army, even in the church, Joseph Pararajasingham ,70, was shot and killed by two gumen belonging to a paramilitary group operated by Sri Lankan Government in the St. Mary's Cathedral in Batticaloa town while he was attending the Christmas Eve mass of 24th December 2005, TNA MPs Sivanesan killed in SL Army's Claymore attack, Nadarajah Raviraj, http://www.tamilalliance.net/

    4.Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can’t live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.
    What did your government do last 2 years after killing over 50,000 tamils.

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils
    18. every junction of Tamil land come with Budda stature, many tamils never saw those in their life time, complete ethnic cleansing taking place tamil land.
    19.now Tamils coming from other countries need ministry clearance to go their home place.

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has “learnt lessons”
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of “tiger terror”

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  956. ‘Disseminate Lanka’s genocidal ambitions’ http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/%E2%80%98di
    Even though the United Nation’s Advisory Panel’s report asserts massive war crimes were committed by Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war, Tamils should not only toe the UN’s line, but disseminate to the international community that the state had indeed orchestrated a genocide on thousands of innocent Tamils under the pretext of ‘war on terrorism’, Prof Manivannan from Madras University has said.

    Addressing a conference on ‘UN Advisory Panel Report-Eezham Freedom Struggle in geo-political web’ here at Loyola College on Saturday, Manivannan said, “We the Tamilians have the moral obligations to go beyond the UN line of only war crime were committed by Lanka and should expose the island nation, which organised a mass genocide to kill the aspirations of a community over the past six decades, to the world.”

    Though many of us feel let down by the UN panel for merely stating that war crimes were committed by Lanka, we should see the report in a new dimension that it would (in future) pave way for the Tamils and even the other communities feeling suppression in their countries to rely upon the report to seek justice from internationally acclaimed tribunals, Manivannan said.

    Since the massacre and systematic cleansing were meted out on ethnic Tamils for the past six decades, it is high time for the island nation to own up the moral responsibility to render justice to the oppressed Tamils in the country in future, Manivannan demanded.

    Srilanka war crimes -Reconsidering May 2009 UN HRC resolution http://truthdive.com/2011/05/08/srilanka-war-crim
    He pointed out that while the Dublin tribunal could mention about the Genocide in Srilanka the UN Report is silent on this. This report is restricted to the human rights abuses only during the final phases of the Ealem war . The report speaks about ” Common Homeland” for Sinhalese and Tamils. By this term it indirectly turns down the existence of separate homelands for these two races in this island.

  957. Ryp Van Winkle ,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    many time, Not only Sri lankan army killed tamils, but also paramilitary groups were used to kill tamils, put the blame on ltte. If u believe ltte did any crime let UN to investigate both party, why r u opposing UN to investigate.
    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    On the first place your govrnment said only 65,000 tamils in vanni, india's foreign minister said 70,000, he even said in parliment. how come over 300,000 came even after killing over 50,000. Your govrnment planned to kill Tamils as many as possible. 1000's IDPs who came to the camp were killed. Tamils Knows that u will kill them, that is the main reason they didn't want to come. Your Govrnments said
    "humanitarian mission"? Bulldozing of civilians after the defeat of the LTTE is "humanitarian mission"? Why did your govrnment bombed every hospital, do u need any proof?

    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified
    I know many tamil leaders were killed by the army, even in the church, Joseph Pararajasingham ,70, was shot and killed by two gumen belonging to a paramilitary group operated by Sri Lankan Government in the St. Mary's Cathedral in Batticaloa town while he was attending the Christmas Eve mass of 24th December 2005, TNA MPs Sivanesan killed in SL Army's Claymore attack, Nadarajah Raviraj, http://www.tamilalliance.net/

    4.Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can’t live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.
    What did your government do last 2 years after killing over 50,000 tamils.

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils
    18. every junction of Tamil land come with Budda stature, many tamils never saw those in their life time, complete ethnic cleansing taking place tamil land.
    19.now Tamils coming from other countries need ministry clearance to go their home place.

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has “learnt lessons”
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of “tiger terror”

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  958. Ryp Van Winkle ,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    many time, Not only Sri lankan army killed tamils, but also paramilitary groups were used to kill tamils, put the blame on ltte. If u believe ltte did any crime let UN to investigate both party, why r u opposing UN to investigate.
    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    On the first place your govrnment said only 65,000 tamils in vanni, india's foreign minister said 70,000, he even said in parliment. how come over 300,000 came even after killing over 50,000. Your govrnment planned to kill Tamils as many as possible. 1000's IDPs who came to the camp were killed. Tamils Knows that u will kill them, that is the main reason they didn't want to come. Your Govrnments said
    "humanitarian mission"? Bulldozing of civilians after the defeat of the LTTE is "humanitarian mission"? Why did your govrnment bombed every hospital, do u need any proof?

    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified
    I know many tamil leaders were killed by the army, even in the church, Joseph Pararajasingham ,70, was shot and killed by two gumen belonging to a paramilitary group operated by Sri Lankan Government in the St. Mary's Cathedral in Batticaloa town while he was attending the Christmas Eve mass of 24th December 2005, TNA MPs Sivanesan killed in SL Army's Claymore attack, Nadarajah Raviraj, http://www.tamilalliance.net/

    4.Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can’t live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.
    What did your government do last 2 years after killing over 50,000 tamils.

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils
    18. every junction of Tamil land come with Budda stature, many tamils never saw those in their life time, complete ethnic cleansing taking place tamil land.
    19.now Tamils coming from other countries need ministry clearance to go their home place.

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has “learnt lessons”
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of “tiger terror”

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  959. ‘Disseminate Lanka’s genocidal ambitions’ http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/%E2%80%98di
    Even though the United Nation’s Advisory Panel’s report asserts massive war crimes were committed by Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war, Tamils should not only toe the UN’s line, but disseminate to the international community that the state had indeed orchestrated a genocide on thousands of innocent Tamils under the pretext of ‘war on terrorism’, Prof Manivannan from Madras University has said.

    Addressing a conference on ‘UN Advisory Panel Report-Eezham Freedom Struggle in geo-political web’ here at Loyola College on Saturday, Manivannan said, “We the Tamilians have the moral obligations to go beyond the UN line of only war crime were committed by Lanka and should expose the island nation, which organised a mass genocide to kill the aspirations of a community over the past six decades, to the world.”

    Though many of us feel let down by the UN panel for merely stating that war crimes were committed by Lanka, we should see the report in a new dimension that it would (in future) pave way for the Tamils and even the other communities feeling suppression in their countries to rely upon the report to seek justice from internationally acclaimed tribunals, Manivannan said.

    Since the massacre and systematic cleansing were meted out on ethnic Tamils for the past six decades, it is high time for the island nation to own up the moral responsibility to render justice to the oppressed Tamils in the country in future, Manivannan demanded.

    Srilanka war crimes -Reconsidering May 2009 UN HRC resolution http://truthdive.com/2011/05/08/srilanka-war-crim
    He pointed out that while the Dublin tribunal could mention about the Genocide in Srilanka the UN Report is silent on this. This report is restricted to the human rights abuses only during the final phases of the Ealem war . The report speaks about ” Common Homeland” for Sinhalese and Tamils. By this term it indirectly turns down the existence of separate homelands for these two races in this island.

  960. ‘Disseminate Lanka’s genocidal ambitions’ http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/%E2%80%98di
    Even though the United Nation’s Advisory Panel’s report asserts massive war crimes were committed by Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war, Tamils should not only toe the UN’s line, but disseminate to the international community that the state had indeed orchestrated a genocide on thousands of innocent Tamils under the pretext of ‘war on terrorism’, Prof Manivannan from Madras University has said.

    Addressing a conference on ‘UN Advisory Panel Report-Eezham Freedom Struggle in geo-political web’ here at Loyola College on Saturday, Manivannan said, “We the Tamilians have the moral obligations to go beyond the UN line of only war crime were committed by Lanka and should expose the island nation, which organised a mass genocide to kill the aspirations of a community over the past six decades, to the world.”

    Though many of us feel let down by the UN panel for merely stating that war crimes were committed by Lanka, we should see the report in a new dimension that it would (in future) pave way for the Tamils and even the other communities feeling suppression in their countries to rely upon the report to seek justice from internationally acclaimed tribunals, Manivannan said.

    Since the massacre and systematic cleansing were meted out on ethnic Tamils for the past six decades, it is high time for the island nation to own up the moral responsibility to render justice to the oppressed Tamils in the country in future, Manivannan demanded.

    Srilanka war crimes -Reconsidering May 2009 UN HRC resolution http://truthdive.com/2011/05/08/srilanka-war-crim
    He pointed out that while the Dublin tribunal could mention about the Genocide in Srilanka the UN Report is silent on this. This report is restricted to the human rights abuses only during the final phases of the Ealem war . The report speaks about ” Common Homeland” for Sinhalese and Tamils. By this term it indirectly turns down the existence of separate homelands for these two races in this island.

  961. The Complicity of the International Community in Causing and Exaggerating Death

    The most serious canard advanced against Sri Lanka is of massive numbers of civilians having been killed. This was first floated in the London Times, which gave a figure of 20,000 and gave three separate reasons for this calculation. The first was that the UN had assessed the number of those who died by the end of April at around 7,000, and after that deaths were at the rate of about 1000 a day. Later the Times claimed that it had extrapolated a figure, which was based on I think quadrupling the number of actual dead bodies. Finally they claimed to have satellite imagery of graves in the area in which the LTTE made its last stand.

    This last preposterous claim belied the initial assertion that it had included those who had died in earlier months, which would of course have been elsewhere. It also made clear the determination of the LTTE to distinguish as civilians all those who died.

    I have noted elsewhere that those who died would fall into three categories. The first is that of LTTE fighters who were committed members of the organization, well trained in terrorism. The second is those who were forced by the LTTE to fight. We know that the number of these was enormous. The UN was aware, though they did nothing about it, not even publicizing the fact, that from 2007 onward if not before, the LTTE was insisting that all families in the Vanni provided one member for the LTTE fighting force. Since the number of families in the Vanni turned out to be much larger than the UN had indicated, we have to assume that, even if the LTTE was only half successful, they would have added another 30,000 or so into their fighting ranks.

    Sadly we know that some of these conscripted youngsters fell victim to our forces. When storming a bunker from which the enemy is firing, soldiers cannot distinguish between those in uniform and well armed, and those who have also been dragooned into the frontline. We must regret the deaths of such youngsters, but there is no way they could have been avoided, once the international community decided to stay quiet about the conscription and about the determination of the LTTE to force everyone to go with them in their retreat.

    Finally there are the civilians who died in collateral damage. Though the Report suggests that there was deliberate targeting of civilians, it is clear that this was not the policy of the armed forces. A very interesting detail in the Report by the Jaffna University Teachers for Human Rights, on the last stages of war, describes the manner in which the LTTE would fire from amidst civilians in an attempt to provoke the army into firing back. On some occasions this may have happened, but what is remarkable is a description of an instance in which soldiers refused to fire, even though this increased the danger this was in. Given that it is unlikely that soldiers disobeyed orders to fire in such a situation, one can see that the orders were that they should not fire when there was danger to civilians, though obviously soldiers feeling in danger of death themselves may not always have held back.

    The failure of the Darusman Panel to look into such evidence is deplorable. It is as though they have decided to go with the highest conceivable numbers for deaths, and then attribute the bulk of them to the Sri Lankan forces, with no care for assessing the numbers of those killed by the LTTE, the numbers of those forced by the LTTE to sacrifice themselves, the numbers deliberately endangered by the LTTE by their practice of firing ‘artillery in proximity to large groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs)’ and firing from or storing ‘military equipment near IDPs or civilian installations such as hospitals’.

    What I can only describe as the Panel’s wickedness is apparent from the fact that this description is preceded by the statement that ‘From February 2009 onwards, the LTTE started point-blank shooting of civilians who attempted to escape the conflict zone, significantly adding to the death toll in the final stages of the war.’ Not only does the Panel suggest that the LTTE did not do this before, it downplays the fact that the deliberate endangering of civilians in the lines that follow, cited above, also significantly added to the death toll. But no, the Panel has to hold the government responsible for that death toll.

    What is also clear is that the Panel has made no serious effort to calculate the number of probable deaths based on clear, publicly available statistics. I refer to those of the ICRC, which during the last few months regularly brought down groups of sick and wounded to government hospitals. Regular bulletins of numbers were issued by the ICRC, and indicate that, between February and May, a total of 13, 826 persons were thus conveyed.

    In addition to the sick and the wounded, this number included what are termed bystanders, ie accompanying persons. I remembered from last year that the number of bystanders was in fact more than that of the wounded and sick, which suggested that there could not have been quite as many urgent cases in need of better medical attention as was constantly being suggested.

    Last year I had noticed that there were quite a few sick amongst the wounded, but half way through the distinction was not made in the figures that were published, and I was told that there had been some confusion after it was decided that patients should not be brought to Trincomalee, but should rather be taken to the hospital the Indians had helped to set up at Pulmoddai. The reasons for this change included, apart from protests from the people of Trincomalee that their access to medical facilities was being limited by the influx, was that government had realized that amongst the so-called bystanders were LTTE cadres who might create problems.

    I was unable to obtain this year from the ICRC a breakdown of bystanders and patients, whether sick or wounded, but I knew that that distinction had been maintained, and I found on the ICRC website that there were 6.600 wounded and sick individuals amongst the more than 13,000 who had been brought down – ie, I was right in remembering that there were more bystanders than patients. I was later also able to find the figure of actual war wounded, which was 4,520, with the bystanders (including the sick it seemed by that calculation) being 9306.

    Now anyone serious about assessing the number of those killed would have looked at these figures, and tried to extrapolate from standard ratios of dead to wounded, instead of engaging in the preposterous calculations of the Times and Chris du Toit, the South African intelligence expert with his experience of how apartheid worked.

    If we assume a ratio of 1 to 3, which is far from conservative, we then have a death toll from war wounds of about 1,500. However, there is the possibility that the LTTE was actually preventing the wounded from getting to hospitals where they could be better looked after, so that they could send what were termed bystanders for whatever reason; and even if this is discounted, we know that the wounded would have been more than 4,500 since not all would have had access to the ICRC ships.

    But, even if we double the figure, we get a figure of about 3,000 deaths in the period upto May 9th. The worst case scenario adduced by the Times adds on 1,000 a day for 10 days more, which gives 13,000, but given what we know of the propensity to exaggerate, as the ICRC figures makes clear, we can see that even half that figure, viz another 5,000, would be the maximum conceivable.

    If we go back then to the fact that amongst these were not only hard core Tiger fighters but also those who had been conscripted with no one trying to save them, we realize that the number of civilians who died is far less than the tens of thousands adduced by the Panel.

    Rajiva Wijesinha

    Civilians? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/civilian

  962. The Complicity of the International Community in Causing and Exaggerating Death

    The most serious canard advanced against Sri Lanka is of massive numbers of civilians having been killed. This was first floated in the London Times, which gave a figure of 20,000 and gave three separate reasons for this calculation. The first was that the UN had assessed the number of those who died by the end of April at around 7,000, and after that deaths were at the rate of about 1000 a day. Later the Times claimed that it had extrapolated a figure, which was based on I think quadrupling the number of actual dead bodies. Finally they claimed to have satellite imagery of graves in the area in which the LTTE made its last stand.

    This last preposterous claim belied the initial assertion that it had included those who had died in earlier months, which would of course have been elsewhere. It also made clear the determination of the LTTE to distinguish as civilians all those who died.

    I have noted elsewhere that those who died would fall into three categories. The first is that of LTTE fighters who were committed members of the organization, well trained in terrorism. The second is those who were forced by the LTTE to fight. We know that the number of these was enormous. The UN was aware, though they did nothing about it, not even publicizing the fact, that from 2007 onward if not before, the LTTE was insisting that all families in the Vanni provided one member for the LTTE fighting force. Since the number of families in the Vanni turned out to be much larger than the UN had indicated, we have to assume that, even if the LTTE was only half successful, they would have added another 30,000 or so into their fighting ranks.

    Sadly we know that some of these conscripted youngsters fell victim to our forces. When storming a bunker from which the enemy is firing, soldiers cannot distinguish between those in uniform and well armed, and those who have also been dragooned into the frontline. We must regret the deaths of such youngsters, but there is no way they could have been avoided, once the international community decided to stay quiet about the conscription and about the determination of the LTTE to force everyone to go with them in their retreat.

    Finally there are the civilians who died in collateral damage. Though the Report suggests that there was deliberate targeting of civilians, it is clear that this was not the policy of the armed forces. A very interesting detail in the Report by the Jaffna University Teachers for Human Rights, on the last stages of war, describes the manner in which the LTTE would fire from amidst civilians in an attempt to provoke the army into firing back. On some occasions this may have happened, but what is remarkable is a description of an instance in which soldiers refused to fire, even though this increased the danger this was in. Given that it is unlikely that soldiers disobeyed orders to fire in such a situation, one can see that the orders were that they should not fire when there was danger to civilians, though obviously soldiers feeling in danger of death themselves may not always have held back.

    The failure of the Darusman Panel to look into such evidence is deplorable. It is as though they have decided to go with the highest conceivable numbers for deaths, and then attribute the bulk of them to the Sri Lankan forces, with no care for assessing the numbers of those killed by the LTTE, the numbers of those forced by the LTTE to sacrifice themselves, the numbers deliberately endangered by the LTTE by their practice of firing ‘artillery in proximity to large groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs)’ and firing from or storing ‘military equipment near IDPs or civilian installations such as hospitals’.

    What I can only describe as the Panel’s wickedness is apparent from the fact that this description is preceded by the statement that ‘From February 2009 onwards, the LTTE started point-blank shooting of civilians who attempted to escape the conflict zone, significantly adding to the death toll in the final stages of the war.’ Not only does the Panel suggest that the LTTE did not do this before, it downplays the fact that the deliberate endangering of civilians in the lines that follow, cited above, also significantly added to the death toll. But no, the Panel has to hold the government responsible for that death toll.

    What is also clear is that the Panel has made no serious effort to calculate the number of probable deaths based on clear, publicly available statistics. I refer to those of the ICRC, which during the last few months regularly brought down groups of sick and wounded to government hospitals. Regular bulletins of numbers were issued by the ICRC, and indicate that, between February and May, a total of 13, 826 persons were thus conveyed.

    In addition to the sick and the wounded, this number included what are termed bystanders, ie accompanying persons. I remembered from last year that the number of bystanders was in fact more than that of the wounded and sick, which suggested that there could not have been quite as many urgent cases in need of better medical attention as was constantly being suggested.

    Last year I had noticed that there were quite a few sick amongst the wounded, but half way through the distinction was not made in the figures that were published, and I was told that there had been some confusion after it was decided that patients should not be brought to Trincomalee, but should rather be taken to the hospital the Indians had helped to set up at Pulmoddai. The reasons for this change included, apart from protests from the people of Trincomalee that their access to medical facilities was being limited by the influx, was that government had realized that amongst the so-called bystanders were LTTE cadres who might create problems.

    I was unable to obtain this year from the ICRC a breakdown of bystanders and patients, whether sick or wounded, but I knew that that distinction had been maintained, and I found on the ICRC website that there were 6.600 wounded and sick individuals amongst the more than 13,000 who had been brought down – ie, I was right in remembering that there were more bystanders than patients. I was later also able to find the figure of actual war wounded, which was 4,520, with the bystanders (including the sick it seemed by that calculation) being 9306.

    Now anyone serious about assessing the number of those killed would have looked at these figures, and tried to extrapolate from standard ratios of dead to wounded, instead of engaging in the preposterous calculations of the Times and Chris du Toit, the South African intelligence expert with his experience of how apartheid worked.

    If we assume a ratio of 1 to 3, which is far from conservative, we then have a death toll from war wounds of about 1,500. However, there is the possibility that the LTTE was actually preventing the wounded from getting to hospitals where they could be better looked after, so that they could send what were termed bystanders for whatever reason; and even if this is discounted, we know that the wounded would have been more than 4,500 since not all would have had access to the ICRC ships.

    But, even if we double the figure, we get a figure of about 3,000 deaths in the period upto May 9th. The worst case scenario adduced by the Times adds on 1,000 a day for 10 days more, which gives 13,000, but given what we know of the propensity to exaggerate, as the ICRC figures makes clear, we can see that even half that figure, viz another 5,000, would be the maximum conceivable.

    If we go back then to the fact that amongst these were not only hard core Tiger fighters but also those who had been conscripted with no one trying to save them, we realize that the number of civilians who died is far less than the tens of thousands adduced by the Panel.

    Rajiva Wijesinha

    Civilians? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/civilian

  963. The Complicity of the International Community in Causing and Exaggerating Death

    The most serious canard advanced against Sri Lanka is of massive numbers of civilians having been killed. This was first floated in the London Times, which gave a figure of 20,000 and gave three separate reasons for this calculation. The first was that the UN had assessed the number of those who died by the end of April at around 7,000, and after that deaths were at the rate of about 1000 a day. Later the Times claimed that it had extrapolated a figure, which was based on I think quadrupling the number of actual dead bodies. Finally they claimed to have satellite imagery of graves in the area in which the LTTE made its last stand.

    This last preposterous claim belied the initial assertion that it had included those who had died in earlier months, which would of course have been elsewhere. It also made clear the determination of the LTTE to distinguish as civilians all those who died.

    I have noted elsewhere that those who died would fall into three categories. The first is that of LTTE fighters who were committed members of the organization, well trained in terrorism. The second is those who were forced by the LTTE to fight. We know that the number of these was enormous. The UN was aware, though they did nothing about it, not even publicizing the fact, that from 2007 onward if not before, the LTTE was insisting that all families in the Vanni provided one member for the LTTE fighting force. Since the number of families in the Vanni turned out to be much larger than the UN had indicated, we have to assume that, even if the LTTE was only half successful, they would have added another 30,000 or so into their fighting ranks.

    Sadly we know that some of these conscripted youngsters fell victim to our forces. When storming a bunker from which the enemy is firing, soldiers cannot distinguish between those in uniform and well armed, and those who have also been dragooned into the frontline. We must regret the deaths of such youngsters, but there is no way they could have been avoided, once the international community decided to stay quiet about the conscription and about the determination of the LTTE to force everyone to go with them in their retreat.

    Finally there are the civilians who died in collateral damage. Though the Report suggests that there was deliberate targeting of civilians, it is clear that this was not the policy of the armed forces. A very interesting detail in the Report by the Jaffna University Teachers for Human Rights, on the last stages of war, describes the manner in which the LTTE would fire from amidst civilians in an attempt to provoke the army into firing back. On some occasions this may have happened, but what is remarkable is a description of an instance in which soldiers refused to fire, even though this increased the danger this was in. Given that it is unlikely that soldiers disobeyed orders to fire in such a situation, one can see that the orders were that they should not fire when there was danger to civilians, though obviously soldiers feeling in danger of death themselves may not always have held back.

    The failure of the Darusman Panel to look into such evidence is deplorable. It is as though they have decided to go with the highest conceivable numbers for deaths, and then attribute the bulk of them to the Sri Lankan forces, with no care for assessing the numbers of those killed by the LTTE, the numbers of those forced by the LTTE to sacrifice themselves, the numbers deliberately endangered by the LTTE by their practice of firing ‘artillery in proximity to large groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs)’ and firing from or storing ‘military equipment near IDPs or civilian installations such as hospitals’.

    What I can only describe as the Panel’s wickedness is apparent from the fact that this description is preceded by the statement that ‘From February 2009 onwards, the LTTE started point-blank shooting of civilians who attempted to escape the conflict zone, significantly adding to the death toll in the final stages of the war.’ Not only does the Panel suggest that the LTTE did not do this before, it downplays the fact that the deliberate endangering of civilians in the lines that follow, cited above, also significantly added to the death toll. But no, the Panel has to hold the government responsible for that death toll.

    What is also clear is that the Panel has made no serious effort to calculate the number of probable deaths based on clear, publicly available statistics. I refer to those of the ICRC, which during the last few months regularly brought down groups of sick and wounded to government hospitals. Regular bulletins of numbers were issued by the ICRC, and indicate that, between February and May, a total of 13, 826 persons were thus conveyed.

    In addition to the sick and the wounded, this number included what are termed bystanders, ie accompanying persons. I remembered from last year that the number of bystanders was in fact more than that of the wounded and sick, which suggested that there could not have been quite as many urgent cases in need of better medical attention as was constantly being suggested.

    Last year I had noticed that there were quite a few sick amongst the wounded, but half way through the distinction was not made in the figures that were published, and I was told that there had been some confusion after it was decided that patients should not be brought to Trincomalee, but should rather be taken to the hospital the Indians had helped to set up at Pulmoddai. The reasons for this change included, apart from protests from the people of Trincomalee that their access to medical facilities was being limited by the influx, was that government had realized that amongst the so-called bystanders were LTTE cadres who might create problems.

    I was unable to obtain this year from the ICRC a breakdown of bystanders and patients, whether sick or wounded, but I knew that that distinction had been maintained, and I found on the ICRC website that there were 6.600 wounded and sick individuals amongst the more than 13,000 who had been brought down – ie, I was right in remembering that there were more bystanders than patients. I was later also able to find the figure of actual war wounded, which was 4,520, with the bystanders (including the sick it seemed by that calculation) being 9306.

    Now anyone serious about assessing the number of those killed would have looked at these figures, and tried to extrapolate from standard ratios of dead to wounded, instead of engaging in the preposterous calculations of the Times and Chris du Toit, the South African intelligence expert with his experience of how apartheid worked.

    If we assume a ratio of 1 to 3, which is far from conservative, we then have a death toll from war wounds of about 1,500. However, there is the possibility that the LTTE was actually preventing the wounded from getting to hospitals where they could be better looked after, so that they could send what were termed bystanders for whatever reason; and even if this is discounted, we know that the wounded would have been more than 4,500 since not all would have had access to the ICRC ships.

    But, even if we double the figure, we get a figure of about 3,000 deaths in the period upto May 9th. The worst case scenario adduced by the Times adds on 1,000 a day for 10 days more, which gives 13,000, but given what we know of the propensity to exaggerate, as the ICRC figures makes clear, we can see that even half that figure, viz another 5,000, would be the maximum conceivable.

    If we go back then to the fact that amongst these were not only hard core Tiger fighters but also those who had been conscripted with no one trying to save them, we realize that the number of civilians who died is far less than the tens of thousands adduced by the Panel.

    Rajiva Wijesinha

    Civilians? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/civilian

  964. So called “ Official” Sri Lanka Government statements that tourist arrival increasing up to 40% are lies !

    I don’t believe Rajapaksa Government . 🙁

    Mass Murderer Mahinda paid agents are always lying.

    If the tourist numbers in Sri Lanka increased in by 2% , Pathological Liar Rajapaksa immediately lies.

    He says – the tourists numbers increase 20%, 30%, 40% and others utter nonsense….

    Rajapaksa Government is always the cesspool of slimy lies

  965. War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa

    War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts

    Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa’s custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils. Following the latest revelations by the Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Norwegian national media NRK about his knowledge of the white-flag surrender, which turned into a war crime, the lawyers have indicated to the Chief Prosecutor of Norway that evidence may be sought from Mr. Solheim.

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=33918

  966. Rajapaksa lies permeate the whole country !! 🙂

    Every nook and cranny 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Even Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer lies !!!!
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    Sri Lankan gold medalist boxer found guilty of doping, loses medal

    The Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) Federation Court has found Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi guilty of using an illegal stimuli today and decided to strip him of his gold medal.
    http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11/May08_1304863805CH.php

  967. Ryp Van Winkle ,
    1. whether you believe that the LTTE Killed Tamil People or not..
    many time, Not only Sri lankan army killed tamils, but also paramilitary groups were used to kill tamils, put the blame on ltte. If u believe ltte did any crime let UN to investigate both party, why r u opposing UN to investigate.
    Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.

    2. Whether the LTTE shot the Human Shield
    On the first place your govrnment said only 65,000 tamils in vanni, india’s foreign minister said 70,000, he even said in parliment. how come over 300,000 came even after killing over 50,000. Your govrnment planned to kill Tamils as many as possible. 1000’s IDPs who came to the camp were killed. Tamils Knows that u will kill them, that is the main reason they didn’t want to come. Your Govrnments said
    “humanitarian mission”? Bulldozing of civilians after the defeat of the LTTE is “humanitarian mission”? Why did your govrnment bombed every hospital, do u need any proof?

    3. Are the killings of Prominent Tamil leaders justified
    I know many tamil leaders were killed by the army, even in the church, Joseph Pararajasingham ,70, was shot and killed by two gumen belonging to a paramilitary group operated by Sri Lankan Government in the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Batticaloa town while he was attending the Christmas Eve mass of 24th December 2005, TNA MPs Sivanesan killed in SL Army’s Claymore attack, Nadarajah Raviraj,
    http://www.tamilalliance.net/

    4.Start thinking out of the box, look at the rest of the world and start moving forward. You can’t live in the past and cry on it – make the best for the future so that you will live in peace.
    What did your government do last 2 years after killing over 50,000 tamils.

    1. Taking of land belonging to Tamils.
    2. Annexing of sinhala areas to Tamil majority areas.
    3. Altering the names of Tamil villages.
    4. Removal of name boards of Tamil villages .
    5. Several acts which are detrimental to Tamil culture.
    6. Sinhala colonization.
    7. Increasing the presence of armed forces and effort to settle their families in the northland east.
    8. Effort to drive away the Tamils form their traditional village.
    9. Indirect effort to change the demography.
    10. The problems the resettled displaced people face.
    11. The problem the resettled persons face in the welfare centers.
    12. Appointment of sinhala senior officers in the government institution in the north and east
    13. The attack on the workers of nivitigala estate.
    14. The driving away of the Muslims settlers at kandalmadu and burning of their huts.
    15. The delay in the settlment of the people of sampur and expropriation of 1`0000 acres of land that belong to them.
    16. Not even a single Tamil speaking person was included in the list of 275 officers selected for the sir lank a administrative service.
    17. Of the hundred officers selected as surveyors only five were Tamils
    18. every junction of Tamil land come with Budda stature, many tamils never saw those in their life time, complete ethnic cleansing taking place tamil land.
    19.now Tamils coming from other countries need ministry clearance to go their home place.

    Can anyone say that all these event are not taking place?
    Is it possible in anyway to build place in the country while withholding these differences.
    Is not that government is inviting resistance by the Tamils
    Is not that government is making way for another crushing blow to the Tamils.
    Is not that government is encouraging LTTE or similar movement
    Judging by the acts can any way think that government has “learnt lessons”
    Has not government launched further repressive measure on the fabrication of “tiger terror”

    Gotabhaya-led team responsible for killings, abductions in North
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33387

    Dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.

  968. ‘Disseminate Lanka’s genocidal ambitions’
    http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/%E2%80%98disseminate-lanka%E2%80%99s-genocidal-ambitions%E2%80%99/272483.html
    Even though the United Nation’s Advisory Panel’s report asserts massive war crimes were committed by Sri Lanka during the last phase of the war, Tamils should not only toe the UN’s line, but disseminate to the international community that the state had indeed orchestrated a genocide on thousands of innocent Tamils under the pretext of ‘war on terrorism’, Prof Manivannan from Madras University has said.

    Addressing a conference on ‘UN Advisory Panel Report-Eezham Freedom Struggle in geo-political web’ here at Loyola College on Saturday, Manivannan said, “We the Tamilians have the moral obligations to go beyond the UN line of only war crime were committed by Lanka and should expose the island nation, which organised a mass genocide to kill the aspirations of a community over the past six decades, to the world.”

    Though many of us feel let down by the UN panel for merely stating that war crimes were committed by Lanka, we should see the report in a new dimension that it would (in future) pave way for the Tamils and even the other communities feeling suppression in their countries to rely upon the report to seek justice from internationally acclaimed tribunals, Manivannan said.

    Since the massacre and systematic cleansing were meted out on ethnic Tamils for the past six decades, it is high time for the island nation to own up the moral responsibility to render justice to the oppressed Tamils in the country in future, Manivannan demanded.

    Srilanka war crimes -Reconsidering May 2009 UN HRC resolution
    http://truthdive.com/2011/05/08/srilanka-war-crimes-reconsidering-may-2009-un-hrc-resolution.html
    He pointed out that while the Dublin tribunal could mention about the Genocide in Srilanka the UN Report is silent on this. This report is restricted to the human rights abuses only during the final phases of the Ealem war . The report speaks about ” Common Homeland” for Sinhalese and Tamils. By this term it indirectly turns down the existence of separate homelands for these two races in this island.

  969. Canadian Tamils urge International Criminal Court to ‘take action’ in Sri Lanka
    http://www.examiner.com/headlines-in-toronto/canadian-tamils-urge-international-criminal-court-to-take-action-sri-lanka#ixzz1LpUOgTCI

    Canada MP to initiate All Party group on Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/05/110508_canada_tamil_mp.shtml
    The first ever Tamil MP in Canadian parliament says she will take the initiative to form an All Party Parliamentary Committee (APPC) to look into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during the last stages of the war.

  970. Sri Lankan government’s bogus inquiry into the civil war http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/sep2010/sril-s0
    The proceedings of the commission do not in any way constitute an investigation of alleged war crimes, but are aimed at covering them up. In the final months of the war between January and May 2009, the UN estimated that 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed as the army pounded the shrinking patch of LTTE-held territory. A report by the International Crisis Group this year put the death toll between 30,000 and 75,000 and accused the Sri Lankan military of deliberately bombarding hospitals and aid centres.
    In line with the Sri Lankan government’s flat denials that the military killed any civilians, the commission is yet to ask witnesses about any of these atrocities

  971. In sri lanka When civilians killed, they must Tamil, but when a Journalist killed, may not be Tamil.
    If you write the truth, 20 years of prison in sri lanka. what sri lanka trying to hide?
    If Sri Lanka and its supporters want the world to believe in their story,.
    a) why are they not allowing free media? why do they expel Journalists? why did they killed over 14 Journalists?
    b) why are not they allowing all aid workers?

    Journalist disappearances: Lanka 'among worst' http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/0

  972. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
    18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
    07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
    14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
    28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
    25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
    13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
    03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
    28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
    25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
    04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
    16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
    05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
    01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
    03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
    20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
    28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
    05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
    14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
    10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
    22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
    24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
    06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
    20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
    27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
    19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
    01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
    23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
    21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
    15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
    18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
    18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
    17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
    31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape

  973. Sri Lankan government’s bogus inquiry into the civil war http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/sep2010/sril-s0
    The proceedings of the commission do not in any way constitute an investigation of alleged war crimes, but are aimed at covering them up. In the final months of the war between January and May 2009, the UN estimated that 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed as the army pounded the shrinking patch of LTTE-held territory. A report by the International Crisis Group this year put the death toll between 30,000 and 75,000 and accused the Sri Lankan military of deliberately bombarding hospitals and aid centres.
    In line with the Sri Lankan government’s flat denials that the military killed any civilians, the commission is yet to ask witnesses about any of these atrocities

  974. Sri Lankan government’s bogus inquiry into the civil war http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/sep2010/sril-s0
    The proceedings of the commission do not in any way constitute an investigation of alleged war crimes, but are aimed at covering them up. In the final months of the war between January and May 2009, the UN estimated that 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed as the army pounded the shrinking patch of LTTE-held territory. A report by the International Crisis Group this year put the death toll between 30,000 and 75,000 and accused the Sri Lankan military of deliberately bombarding hospitals and aid centres.
    In line with the Sri Lankan government’s flat denials that the military killed any civilians, the commission is yet to ask witnesses about any of these atrocities

  975. In sri lanka When civilians killed, they must Tamil, but when a Journalist killed, may not be Tamil.
    If you write the truth, 20 years of prison in sri lanka. what sri lanka trying to hide?
    If Sri Lanka and its supporters want the world to believe in their story,.
    a) why are they not allowing free media? why do they expel Journalists? why did they killed over 14 Journalists?
    b) why are not they allowing all aid workers?

    Journalist disappearances: Lanka 'among worst' http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/0

  976. In sri lanka When civilians killed, they must Tamil, but when a Journalist killed, may not be Tamil.
    If you write the truth, 20 years of prison in sri lanka. what sri lanka trying to hide?
    If Sri Lanka and its supporters want the world to believe in their story,.
    a) why are they not allowing free media? why do they expel Journalists? why did they killed over 14 Journalists?
    b) why are not they allowing all aid workers?

    Journalist disappearances: Lanka 'among worst' http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/0

  977. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
    18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
    07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
    14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
    28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
    25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
    13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
    03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
    28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
    25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
    04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
    16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
    05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
    01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
    03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
    20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
    28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
    05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
    14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
    10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
    22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
    24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
    06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
    20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
    27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
    19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
    01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
    23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
    21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
    15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
    18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
    18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
    17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
    31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape

  978. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art
    03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
    18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
    07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
    14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
    28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
    25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
    13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
    03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
    28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
    25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
    04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
    16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
    05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
    01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
    03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
    20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
    28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
    05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
    14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
    10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
    22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
    24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
    06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
    20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
    27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
    19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
    01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
    23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
    21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
    15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
    18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
    18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
    17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
    31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape

  979. The Complicity of the International Community in Causing and Exaggerating Death

    The most serious canard advanced against Sri Lanka is of massive numbers of civilians having been killed. This was first floated in the London Times, which gave a figure of 20,000 and gave three separate reasons for this calculation. The first was that the UN had assessed the number of those who died by the end of April at around 7,000, and after that deaths were at the rate of about 1000 a day. Later the Times claimed that it had extrapolated a figure, which was based on I think quadrupling the number of actual dead bodies. Finally they claimed to have satellite imagery of graves in the area in which the LTTE made its last stand.

    This last preposterous claim belied the initial assertion that it had included those who had died in earlier months, which would of course have been elsewhere. It also made clear the determination of the LTTE to distinguish as civilians all those who died.

    I have noted elsewhere that those who died would fall into three categories. The first is that of LTTE fighters who were committed members of the organization, well trained in terrorism. The second is those who were forced by the LTTE to fight. We know that the number of these was enormous. The UN was aware, though they did nothing about it, not even publicizing the fact, that from 2007 onward if not before, the LTTE was insisting that all families in the Vanni provided one member for the LTTE fighting force. Since the number of families in the Vanni turned out to be much larger than the UN had indicated, we have to assume that, even if the LTTE was only half successful, they would have added another 30,000 or so into their fighting ranks.

    Sadly we know that some of these conscripted youngsters fell victim to our forces. When storming a bunker from which the enemy is firing, soldiers cannot distinguish between those in uniform and well armed, and those who have also been dragooned into the frontline. We must regret the deaths of such youngsters, but there is no way they could have been avoided, once the international community decided to stay quiet about the conscription and about the determination of the LTTE to force everyone to go with them in their retreat.

    Finally there are the civilians who died in collateral damage. Though the Report suggests that there was deliberate targeting of civilians, it is clear that this was not the policy of the armed forces. A very interesting detail in the Report by the Jaffna University Teachers for Human Rights, on the last stages of war, describes the manner in which the LTTE would fire from amidst civilians in an attempt to provoke the army into firing back. On some occasions this may have happened, but what is remarkable is a description of an instance in which soldiers refused to fire, even though this increased the danger this was in. Given that it is unlikely that soldiers disobeyed orders to fire in such a situation, one can see that the orders were that they should not fire when there was danger to civilians, though obviously soldiers feeling in danger of death themselves may not always have held back.

    The failure of the Darusman Panel to look into such evidence is deplorable. It is as though they have decided to go with the highest conceivable numbers for deaths, and then attribute the bulk of them to the Sri Lankan forces, with no care for assessing the numbers of those killed by the LTTE, the numbers of those forced by the LTTE to sacrifice themselves, the numbers deliberately endangered by the LTTE by their practice of firing ‘artillery in proximity to large groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs)’ and firing from or storing ‘military equipment near IDPs or civilian installations such as hospitals’.

    What I can only describe as the Panel’s wickedness is apparent from the fact that this description is preceded by the statement that ‘From February 2009 onwards, the LTTE started point-blank shooting of civilians who attempted to escape the conflict zone, significantly adding to the death toll in the final stages of the war.’ Not only does the Panel suggest that the LTTE did not do this before, it downplays the fact that the deliberate endangering of civilians in the lines that follow, cited above, also significantly added to the death toll. But no, the Panel has to hold the government responsible for that death toll.

    What is also clear is that the Panel has made no serious effort to calculate the number of probable deaths based on clear, publicly available statistics. I refer to those of the ICRC, which during the last few months regularly brought down groups of sick and wounded to government hospitals. Regular bulletins of numbers were issued by the ICRC, and indicate that, between February and May, a total of 13, 826 persons were thus conveyed.

    In addition to the sick and the wounded, this number included what are termed bystanders, ie accompanying persons. I remembered from last year that the number of bystanders was in fact more than that of the wounded and sick, which suggested that there could not have been quite as many urgent cases in need of better medical attention as was constantly being suggested.

    Last year I had noticed that there were quite a few sick amongst the wounded, but half way through the distinction was not made in the figures that were published, and I was told that there had been some confusion after it was decided that patients should not be brought to Trincomalee, but should rather be taken to the hospital the Indians had helped to set up at Pulmoddai. The reasons for this change included, apart from protests from the people of Trincomalee that their access to medical facilities was being limited by the influx, was that government had realized that amongst the so-called bystanders were LTTE cadres who might create problems.

    I was unable to obtain this year from the ICRC a breakdown of bystanders and patients, whether sick or wounded, but I knew that that distinction had been maintained, and I found on the ICRC website that there were 6.600 wounded and sick individuals amongst the more than 13,000 who had been brought down – ie, I was right in remembering that there were more bystanders than patients. I was later also able to find the figure of actual war wounded, which was 4,520, with the bystanders (including the sick it seemed by that calculation) being 9306.

    Now anyone serious about assessing the number of those killed would have looked at these figures, and tried to extrapolate from standard ratios of dead to wounded, instead of engaging in the preposterous calculations of the Times and Chris du Toit, the South African intelligence expert with his experience of how apartheid worked.

    If we assume a ratio of 1 to 3, which is far from conservative, we then have a death toll from war wounds of about 1,500. However, there is the possibility that the LTTE was actually preventing the wounded from getting to hospitals where they could be better looked after, so that they could send what were termed bystanders for whatever reason; and even if this is discounted, we know that the wounded would have been more than 4,500 since not all would have had access to the ICRC ships.

    But, even if we double the figure, we get a figure of about 3,000 deaths in the period upto May 9th. The worst case scenario adduced by the Times adds on 1,000 a day for 10 days more, which gives 13,000, but given what we know of the propensity to exaggerate, as the ICRC figures makes clear, we can see that even half that figure, viz another 5,000, would be the maximum conceivable.

    If we go back then to the fact that amongst these were not only hard core Tiger fighters but also those who had been conscripted with no one trying to save them, we realize that the number of civilians who died is far less than the tens of thousands adduced by the Panel.

    Rajiva Wijesinha

    Civilians?
    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/civilians.jpg/

  980. Sri Lankan government’s bogus inquiry into the civil war
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/sep2010/sril-s01.shtml
    The proceedings of the commission do not in any way constitute an investigation of alleged war crimes, but are aimed at covering them up. In the final months of the war between January and May 2009, the UN estimated that 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed as the army pounded the shrinking patch of LTTE-held territory. A report by the International Crisis Group this year put the death toll between 30,000 and 75,000 and accused the Sri Lankan military of deliberately bombarding hospitals and aid centres.
    In line with the Sri Lankan government’s flat denials that the military killed any civilians, the commission is yet to ask witnesses about any of these atrocities

  981. In sri lanka When civilians killed, they must Tamil, but when a Journalist killed, may not be Tamil.
    If you write the truth, 20 years of prison in sri lanka. what sri lanka trying to hide?
    If Sri Lanka and its supporters want the world to believe in their story,.
    a) why are they not allowing free media? why do they expel Journalists? why did they killed over 14 Journalists?
    b) why are not they allowing all aid workers?

    Journalist disappearances: Lanka ‘among worst’
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090830_rsf_disappearances.shtml

  982. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30363
    03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
    18.04.09 ‘Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
    07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
    14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
    28.01.09 Colombo’s war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
    25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
    13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
    03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
    28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
    25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
    04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
    16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
    05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
    01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
    03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
    20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
    28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
    05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
    14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
    10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
    22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
    24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
    06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
    20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
    27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
    19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
    01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
    23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
    21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
    15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
    18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
    18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
    17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
    31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape

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