US Pressure Mounts For Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability

I remember vividly my recent encounter with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, who angrily dismissed any concerns regarding alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war. Unfortunately for the minister, and luckily for the human rights movement, I am not the only one who is concerned about serious human rights violations that were committed by both the government and the Tamil Tigers during the final stage of the conflict. International concerns regarding alleged war crimes are not fading. To the contrary, this week new pressure is building up to ensure true accountability. This week, fifty-seven eight members of Congress sent a letter (pdf) to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to press for an independent international inquiry into the alleged war crimes. The congressional action is gaining considerable media attention, with stories run by AFP, AP, BBC and Al Jazeera.

We are still awaiting Secretary Clinton’s response to the serious concerns raised by the US lawmakers. The congressional letter highlights the limitations of Sri Lanka’s sham commission on Lesson’s Learnt and Reconciliation, which started its work today, and which is not expected to produce any more credible results than its predecessors. Unfortunately, Secretary Clinton so far seems to support the domestic commission, despite the doubts raised about its credibility.

We also just learned that the US Department of State will submit its follow up report on war crimes and accountability in Sri Lanka to Congress this afternoon. This new document will reportedly inform Congress what steps – if any – the Sri Lankan government has taken to ensure accountability for any crimes committed.

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Update: State Department report can be found here.

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316 thoughts on “US Pressure Mounts For Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability

  1. Thank you Amnesty International, Human Rights Now and many other good human beings who asked their US representatives For the Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability.
    ——————————–
    No words to describe my sense of shock and horror seeing the little Tamil baby blown to bits- with no head or hands. Barely recognizable tiny bodies or what left from it thrown all wet grass. Some times their little faces twisted in agony of unimaginable pain inflicted on them by the most ruthless army-Sri Lanka Army. I still have nightmares , waking up in the middle of the night and grasping for breath
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

    I will never forget this atrocities committed on fellow human beings !!!

    When you have evidence like this, whats wrong with asking for full investigation by an impartial group of people ?

    It will be a disgrace to humanity, if we do not.

  2. Karuththurimaikk Kazhakam (Union for Freedom of Expression), an umbrella organization consisting of several poltical and humanitarian organizations in Tamil Nadu passed resolutions condemning the Central Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu for willingly maintaining silence over for Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa regime’s blatant violation of democracy related to its war crimes committed during the war on Vanni and the frequent killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), in a public meeting held 06 August in Chennai Purasavaakkam Thaa’naa Street, sources in Chennai said. The meeting was presided by Comrade Nallakannu of the Communist Party of India. Vaiko, the leader of Marumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kalazham (MDMK) proposed the resolutions that were passed unanimously.

    Kolathoor Mani and Porf. Saraswathy of Periayar Dravida Kazhakam, Thamizharuvi Maniam (Ghandian Movement), Dr. Krishnasamy (Puthiya Thamizhakam Party), Abdul Samathu (Manitha Neaya Makkal Kadchi), P. Maniarasan (Tamil National Communist Party), Pazha Karuppaiah (Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhakam), Prof. Theeran, Thiyagu (Tamil National Liberation Movement) and several other prominent persons participated in the above meeting.

    The following were some of the resolutions passed:

    International journalists are not allowed by Rajapksa government to visit the war devastated Tamils in the North and East in Sri Lanka in order to hide its war crimes to the outer world. Their fate remains a mystery. We strongly condemn the governments of India and Tamil Nadu for turning a blind eye to this blatant violation of democracy by Mahinda Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka.

    Sri Lanka Navy continues to kill our Tamil Nadu fishermen who dare the seas to make a living, on the false accusation that they have trespassed into Si Lankan seas and it has become customary for the Central Government of India and Tamil Nadu State government to passively accept the lies of Sri Lanka government and our association condemns this attitude of enmity towards Tamil Nadu fishermen by both governments in the strongest terms.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  3. Thank you Amnesty International, Human Rights Now and many other good human beings who asked their US representatives For the Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability.
    ——————————–
    No words to describe my sense of shock and horror seeing the little Tamil baby blown to bits- with no head or hands. Barely recognizable tiny bodies or what left from it thrown all wet grass. Some times their little faces twisted in agony of unimaginable pain inflicted on them by the most ruthless army-Sri Lanka Army. I still have nightmares , waking up in the middle of the night and grasping for breath
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

    I will never forget this atrocities committed on fellow human beings !!!

    When you have evidence like this, whats wrong with asking for full investigation by an impartial group of people ?

    It will be a disgrace to humanity, if we do not.

  4. Thank you Amnesty International, Human Rights Now and many other good human beings who asked their US representatives For the Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability.
    ——————————–
    No words to describe my sense of shock and horror seeing the little Tamil baby blown to bits- with no head or hands. Barely recognizable tiny bodies or what left from it thrown all wet grass. Some times their little faces twisted in agony of unimaginable pain inflicted on them by the most ruthless army-Sri Lanka Army. I still have nightmares , waking up in the middle of the night and grasping for breath
    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/s

    I will never forget this atrocities committed on fellow human beings !!!

    When you have evidence like this, whats wrong with asking for full investigation by an impartial group of people ?

    It will be a disgrace to humanity, if we do not.

  5. Sri Lanka is responsible for this senseless crime against humanity. This is tip of the iceberg, more evidences to surface.

    Every individual responsible for this crime should be punished under the international law.

  6. This brutality is engrained in Sinhala colonial culture, practiced against the people of Tamil Eelam for 60 yr.

    Why is the GOSL of opposing it?

    It knows with certainty that the cat will then be out of the bag !!

  7. There was justifiable reason for his anger.

    Representatives from unelected, moralising West-bloc HR organisations who did nothing to help defeat the LTTE terrorists (and did their best stave off the LTTE's crushing by pressing for pointless ceasefires) demanded that Sri Lanka be held to account, whilst not applying the same rigorous standards to the West's own, far greater, well-proven crimes.

    Where is AI's campaign to investigate and prosecute US Representatives responsible for the Iraq bloodbath?

    AI, HRW and the rest are almost Victorian in their prudish determination not to hold the US and UK to the same standard.

    What's there to be afraid of? Surely not a negative reaction from Western politicians?

    I've yet to read an intellectually coherent explanation (or excuse) for this gaping hole in your position. And mere campaigns against CIA torture flights, indefinite detention in Gitmo etc don't count.

    Odd, no? Over to you, Jim & Christopher.

  8. It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

  9. This conduct of the Sri Lankan Army or the like units in the Army is violation and contrary to the principles and the law of the war and against everything the value as an enlightened society.

  10. Eelam delenda est

    You are as brutal as Srilankan Government and a heartless person.

    Can't you remember or if you are not old enough not even read what happened in 1958, and in 1978 ?

    What happened to Kuddy mani Thangathurai in 1980s?

  11. Karuththurimaikk Kazhakam (Union for Freedom of Expression), an umbrella organization consisting of several poltical and humanitarian organizations in Tamil Nadu passed resolutions condemning the Central Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu for willingly maintaining silence over for Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa regime’s blatant violation of democracy related to its war crimes committed during the war on Vanni and the frequent killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), in a public meeting held 06 August in Chennai Purasavaakkam Thaa’naa Street, sources in Chennai said. The meeting was presided by Comrade Nallakannu of the Communist Party of India. Vaiko, the leader of Marumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kalazham (MDMK) proposed the resolutions that were passed unanimously.

    Kolathoor Mani and Porf. Saraswathy of Periayar Dravida Kazhakam, Thamizharuvi Maniam (Ghandian Movement), Dr. Krishnasamy (Puthiya Thamizhakam Party), Abdul Samathu (Manitha Neaya Makkal Kadchi), P. Maniarasan (Tamil National Communist Party), Pazha Karuppaiah (Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhakam), Prof. Theeran, Thiyagu (Tamil National Liberation Movement) and several other prominent persons participated in the above meeting.

    The following were some of the resolutions passed:

    International journalists are not allowed by Rajapksa government to visit the war devastated Tamils in the North and East in Sri Lanka in order to hide its war crimes to the outer world. Their fate remains a mystery. We strongly condemn the governments of India and Tamil Nadu for turning a blind eye to this blatant violation of democracy by Mahinda Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka.

    Sri Lanka Navy continues to kill our Tamil Nadu fishermen who dare the seas to make a living, on the false accusation that they have trespassed into Si Lankan seas and it has become customary for the Central Government of India and Tamil Nadu State government to passively accept the lies of Sri Lanka government and our association condemns this attitude of enmity towards Tamil Nadu fishermen by both governments in the strongest terms.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  12. Karuththurimaikk Kazhakam (Union for Freedom of Expression), an umbrella organization consisting of several poltical and humanitarian organizations in Tamil Nadu passed resolutions condemning the Central Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu for willingly maintaining silence over for Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa regime’s blatant violation of democracy related to its war crimes committed during the war on Vanni and the frequent killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), in a public meeting held 06 August in Chennai Purasavaakkam Thaa’naa Street, sources in Chennai said. The meeting was presided by Comrade Nallakannu of the Communist Party of India. Vaiko, the leader of Marumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kalazham (MDMK) proposed the resolutions that were passed unanimously.

    Kolathoor Mani and Porf. Saraswathy of Periayar Dravida Kazhakam, Thamizharuvi Maniam (Ghandian Movement), Dr. Krishnasamy (Puthiya Thamizhakam Party), Abdul Samathu (Manitha Neaya Makkal Kadchi), P. Maniarasan (Tamil National Communist Party), Pazha Karuppaiah (Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhakam), Prof. Theeran, Thiyagu (Tamil National Liberation Movement) and several other prominent persons participated in the above meeting.

    The following were some of the resolutions passed:

    International journalists are not allowed by Rajapksa government to visit the war devastated Tamils in the North and East in Sri Lanka in order to hide its war crimes to the outer world. Their fate remains a mystery. We strongly condemn the governments of India and Tamil Nadu for turning a blind eye to this blatant violation of democracy by Mahinda Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka.

    Sri Lanka Navy continues to kill our Tamil Nadu fishermen who dare the seas to make a living, on the false accusation that they have trespassed into Si Lankan seas and it has become customary for the Central Government of India and Tamil Nadu State government to passively accept the lies of Sri Lanka government and our association condemns this attitude of enmity towards Tamil Nadu fishermen by both governments in the strongest terms.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  13. The Indian government has reiterated that the safety and welfare of the country's fishermen is uppermost on its mind and it will immediately take up incidents of firing, apprehension or ill-treatment of fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka.

    Responding to a calling attention notice by V Maitreyan of the AIADMK and others regarding killing of Indian fishermen and continuous attacks on them by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the joint working group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen.

    "India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the Joint Working Group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen and to work out bilateral institutional arrangements for ensuring the safety and security of the fishermen of both countries and addressing such issues in a humane and practical way," Krishna informed.

    He also said that the welfare, safety and security of our fishermen have always received the highest priority by Government of India.

    "Government of India and the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka have consistently taken up issues relating to incidents of firing on or apprehension of our fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy act with restraint and our fishermen are treated in a humane manner," Krishna stated. (ANI)
    http://www.newdelhinews.net/story/671084

  14. @Pandaravanian:

    Who on earth is defending the dreadful crimes of 1983 or earlier? Certainly not me and they've been condemned utterly. Totally without exceptions!

    Your 'sole reps' tried for 30 years to carve out their own state and failed. The war is over. Trying to re-start is umm.. just plain stupid.

    AI and their friends have the luxury of pontificating from New York. This makes a SL govt determined to protect the country's hard won victory, even more stubborn.

  15. The Indian government has reiterated that the safety and welfare of the country's fishermen is uppermost on its mind and it will immediately take up incidents of firing, apprehension or ill-treatment of fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka.

    Responding to a calling attention notice by V Maitreyan of the AIADMK and others regarding killing of Indian fishermen and continuous attacks on them by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the joint working group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen.

    "India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the Joint Working Group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen and to work out bilateral institutional arrangements for ensuring the safety and security of the fishermen of both countries and addressing such issues in a humane and practical way," Krishna informed.

    He also said that the welfare, safety and security of our fishermen have always received the highest priority by Government of India.

    "Government of India and the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka have consistently taken up issues relating to incidents of firing on or apprehension of our fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy act with restraint and our fishermen are treated in a humane manner," Krishna stated. (ANI)
    http://www.newdelhinews.net/story/671084

  16. The Indian government has reiterated that the safety and welfare of the country's fishermen is uppermost on its mind and it will immediately take up incidents of firing, apprehension or ill-treatment of fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka.

    Responding to a calling attention notice by V Maitreyan of the AIADMK and others regarding killing of Indian fishermen and continuous attacks on them by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the joint working group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen.

    "India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the Joint Working Group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen and to work out bilateral institutional arrangements for ensuring the safety and security of the fishermen of both countries and addressing such issues in a humane and practical way," Krishna informed.

    He also said that the welfare, safety and security of our fishermen have always received the highest priority by Government of India.

    "Government of India and the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka have consistently taken up issues relating to incidents of firing on or apprehension of our fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy act with restraint and our fishermen are treated in a humane manner," Krishna stated. (ANI)
    http://www.newdelhinews.net/story/671084

  17. Thank you Amnesty International, Human Rights Now and many other good human beings who asked their US representatives For the Sri Lanka War Crimes Accountability.
    ——————————–
    No words to describe my sense of shock and horror seeing the little Tamil baby blown to bits- with no head or hands. Barely recognizable tiny bodies or what left from it thrown all wet grass. Some times their little faces twisted in agony of unimaginable pain inflicted on them by the most ruthless army-Sri Lanka Army. I still have nightmares , waking up in the middle of the night and grasping for breath

    http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august072010/srilanka-violence-mv.php

    I will never forget this atrocities committed on fellow human beings !!!

    When you have evidence like this, whats wrong with asking for full investigation by an impartial group of people ?

    It will be a disgrace to humanity, if we do not.

  18. Sri Lanka is responsible for this senseless crime against humanity. This is tip of the iceberg, more evidences to surface.

    Every individual responsible for this crime should be punished under the international law.

  19. This brutality is engrained in Sinhala colonial culture, practiced against the people of Tamil Eelam for 60 yr.

    Why is the GOSL of opposing it?

    It knows with certainty that the cat will then be out of the bag !!

  20. There was justifiable reason for his anger.

    Representatives from unelected, moralising West-bloc HR organisations who did nothing to help defeat the LTTE terrorists (and did their best stave off the LTTE’s crushing by pressing for pointless ceasefires) demanded that Sri Lanka be held to account, whilst not applying the same rigorous standards to the West’s own, far greater, well-proven crimes.

    Where is AI’s campaign to investigate and prosecute US Representatives responsible for the Iraq bloodbath?

    AI, HRW and the rest are almost Victorian in their prudish determination not to hold the US and UK to the same standard.

    What’s there to be afraid of? Surely not a negative reaction from Western politicians?

    I’ve yet to read an intellectually coherent explanation (or excuse) for this gaping hole in your position. And mere campaigns against CIA torture flights, indefinite detention in Gitmo etc don’t count.

    Odd, no? Over to you, Jim & Christopher.

  21. It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

  22. This conduct of the Sri Lankan Army or the like units in the Army is violation and contrary to the principles and the law of the war and against everything the value as an enlightened society.

  23. Eelam delenda est

    You are as brutal as Srilankan Government and a heartless person.

    Can’t you remember or if you are not old enough not even read what happened in 1958, and in 1978 ?

    What happened to Kuddy mani Thangathurai in 1980s?

  24. Delenda est —

    1. Pointing fingers at the US for their war crimes, while remaining silent when your own number comes up ?

    Dodging as THE substitute for accountability ?

    2. And can you condemn AI's way of critiquing US war crimes from your position of "silence, & silence alone," precisely WHEN / WHENEVER you're called to account for your government's war crimes ?

    3. And since when is calling for accountability, the criterion for any functioning democracy, an attempt to restart a war, as you claim ???!!!

  25. Karuththurimaikk Kazhakam (Union for Freedom of Expression), an umbrella organization consisting of several poltical and humanitarian organizations in Tamil Nadu passed resolutions condemning the Central Government of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu for willingly maintaining silence over for Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa regime’s blatant violation of democracy related to its war crimes committed during the war on Vanni and the frequent killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), in a public meeting held 06 August in Chennai Purasavaakkam Thaa’naa Street, sources in Chennai said. The meeting was presided by Comrade Nallakannu of the Communist Party of India. Vaiko, the leader of Marumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kalazham (MDMK) proposed the resolutions that were passed unanimously.

    Kolathoor Mani and Porf. Saraswathy of Periayar Dravida Kazhakam, Thamizharuvi Maniam (Ghandian Movement), Dr. Krishnasamy (Puthiya Thamizhakam Party), Abdul Samathu (Manitha Neaya Makkal Kadchi), P. Maniarasan (Tamil National Communist Party), Pazha Karuppaiah (Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhakam), Prof. Theeran, Thiyagu (Tamil National Liberation Movement) and several other prominent persons participated in the above meeting.

    The following were some of the resolutions passed:

    International journalists are not allowed by Rajapksa government to visit the war devastated Tamils in the North and East in Sri Lanka in order to hide its war crimes to the outer world. Their fate remains a mystery. We strongly condemn the governments of India and Tamil Nadu for turning a blind eye to this blatant violation of democracy by Mahinda Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka.

    Sri Lanka Navy continues to kill our Tamil Nadu fishermen who dare the seas to make a living, on the false accusation that they have trespassed into Si Lankan seas and it has become customary for the Central Government of India and Tamil Nadu State government to passively accept the lies of Sri Lanka government and our association condemns this attitude of enmity towards Tamil Nadu fishermen by both governments in the strongest terms.

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32390

  26. @Pandaravanian:

    Who on earth is defending the dreadful crimes of 1983 or earlier? Certainly not me and they’ve been condemned utterly. Totally without exceptions!

    Your ‘sole reps’ tried for 30 years to carve out their own state and failed. The war is over. Trying to re-start is umm.. just plain stupid.

    AI and their friends have the luxury of pontificating from New York. This makes a SL govt determined to protect the country’s hard won victory, even more stubborn.

  27. @ a.savage:

    Having to repeat myself to you is like trying to teach a nursery rhyme to an attention-deficit child. I know that comprehension isn't your strong point, so let's try again and see if you understand.

    I'd be delighted to see Sri Lanka in the dock for its alleged 'war crimes' after the Western bloc powers are investigated for their massively more impressive war crimes, first. Is that clear enough for you?

    The numbers are quite unambiguous.

    Sri Lanka's War of Necessity = est5,000 dead civilians in the last year of Sri Lanka's war.

    The West's Wars of Choice = est110,000 dead civilians in USA's and UK's wars (and sanctions) against Iraq and Afghanistan.

    I've always stated the civilians were killed in the cross-fire during the final assault because they were being used by the LTTE as human shields. Let's not pretend otherwise. It was terrible, appalling, tragic and the responsibility for their deaths lies entirely at the feet of the LTTE and its supporters.

    AI's inability and unwillingness to answer my simple question about their cowardice in not pursuing the guilty Western countries is eloquent proof of their partiality to their masters.

    Accountability is a two way street.

    But I must be fair and note that US Law enforcement has not been reticent about pursuing LTTE terrorists. The US State Dept is just reminding SL who's the boss. It's nothing but geo-political gamesmanship masquerading as concern for human rights.

    You might believe these fairy stories for the 21st Century, we don't.

  28. The Indian government has reiterated that the safety and welfare of the country’s fishermen is uppermost on its mind and it will immediately take up incidents of firing, apprehension or ill-treatment of fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka.

    Responding to a calling attention notice by V Maitreyan of the AIADMK and others regarding killing of Indian fishermen and continuous attacks on them by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the joint working group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen.

    “India and Sri Lanka are also in discussion in the Joint Working Group constituted to deal with issues related to fishermen and to work out bilateral institutional arrangements for ensuring the safety and security of the fishermen of both countries and addressing such issues in a humane and practical way,” Krishna informed.

    He also said that the welfare, safety and security of our fishermen have always received the highest priority by Government of India.

    “Government of India and the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka have consistently taken up issues relating to incidents of firing on or apprehension of our fishermen with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy act with restraint and our fishermen are treated in a humane manner,” Krishna stated. (ANI)

    http://www.newdelhinews.net/story/671084

  29. Delenda est —

    1. Pointing fingers at the US for their war crimes, while remaining silent when your own number comes up ?

    Dodging as THE substitute for accountability ?

    2. And can you condemn AI’s way of critiquing US war crimes from your position of “silence, & silence alone,” precisely WHEN / WHENEVER you’re called to account for your government’s war crimes ?

    3. And since when is calling for accountability, the criterion for any functioning democracy, an attempt to restart a war, as you claim ???!!!

  30. Eelam delenda est – clearly does not know what media freedom is.

    In Britain the media exposed wrong doings by members of parliament and they were not threatened, beaten, jailed or killed unlike in Sri lanka.

    Lasantha was killed for writing articles against the government, t.v. stations have been fire bombed and journalists are kidnapped.

    If British media is so bad then why did it interview Sri Lankan officials such as ghotabahya and high commissioner to london, the former foreign secretary.

    The reason for the claim of racist bias is because these sinhlaese officials preformed badly when asked genuine independent questions unlike the pre planned questions in Sri Lankan media.

    Sinhala media has never shown the suffering faced by Tamils since independence.

  31. It is unbelievable how the sinhala majority have forgotten that it was them that started the armed struggle when the attacked Chelvanykam and his party when they protesting for Tamil rights in the Ghandian style.

    It is great how the sinhalese community thinks that the laws enacted in the 30 years after independence to marginalise Tamils played no part in causing the instability.

    If Sri Lanka truly wants reconciliation and not Tamil servitude then why are Tamils prevented from resettling in their original lands by High security zones?

    Why do all Tamils need military passes to visit their homes?

  32. @ a.savage:

    Having to repeat myself to you is like trying to teach a nursery rhyme to an attention-deficit child. I know that comprehension isn’t your strong point, so let’s try again and see if you understand.

    I’d be delighted to see Sri Lanka in the dock for its alleged ‘war crimes’ after the Western bloc powers are investigated for their massively more impressive war crimes, first. Is that clear enough for you?

    The numbers are quite unambiguous.

    Sri Lanka’s War of Necessity = est5,000 dead civilians in the last year of Sri Lanka’s war.

    The West’s Wars of Choice = est110,000 dead civilians in USA’s and UK’s wars (and sanctions) against Iraq and Afghanistan.

    I’ve always stated the civilians were killed in the cross-fire during the final assault because they were being used by the LTTE as human shields. Let’s not pretend otherwise. It was terrible, appalling, tragic and the responsibility for their deaths lies entirely at the feet of the LTTE and its supporters.

    AI’s inability and unwillingness to answer my simple question about their cowardice in not pursuing the guilty Western countries is eloquent proof of their partiality to their masters.

    Accountability is a two way street.

    But I must be fair and note that US Law enforcement has not been reticent about pursuing LTTE terrorists. The US State Dept is just reminding SL who’s the boss. It’s nothing but geo-political gamesmanship masquerading as concern for human rights.

    You might believe these fairy stories for the 21st Century, we don’t.

  33. Found and absolutely hilarious post !!!!

    Sinnaiah Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

    It indeed is horrible and I could not believe that Tamil Hindus who are mostly vegetarians could commit to Terrorist acts and kill so many people including Tamils.

    See the list here !!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    But, then I realized that it has nothing to do with a religion or a race, but the mentally underdeveloped Terrorist Mentality that is causing it and not my beloved Hindu Tamils who are such a peaceful set of souls !

  34. Found and absolutely hilarious post !!!!

    Sinnaiah Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

    It indeed is horrible and I could not believe that Tamil Hindus who are mostly vegetarians could commit to Terrorist acts and kill so many people including Tamils.

    See the list here !!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    But, then I realized that it has nothing to do with a religion or a race, but the mentally underdeveloped Terrorist Mentality that is causing it and not my beloved Hindu Tamils who are such a peaceful set of souls !

  35. Found and absolutely hilarious post !!!!

    Sinnaiah Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

    It indeed is horrible and I could not believe that Tamil Hindus who are mostly vegetarians could commit to Terrorist acts and kill so many people including Tamils.

    See the list here !!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    But, then I realized that it has nothing to do with a religion or a race, but the mentally underdeveloped Terrorist Mentality that is causing it and not my beloved Hindu Tamils who are such a peaceful set of souls !

  36. Rajeevarman Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 1:06 am

    In Britain the media exposed wrong doings by members of parliament and they were not threatened, beaten, jailed or killed unlike in Sri lanka.

    Sri Lanka doesn't have to behave like Briton or USA or even India. We have our own way of doing things. Anyways, recently, media exposed the government hooligan minister Mervyn Silva and he was stripped off all his ministries and even his affiliations to his electorate. No media station was taken to task for revealing him.

    Lasantha was killed for writing articles against the government, t.v. stations have been fire bombed and journalists are kidnapped.

    We vehemently condemn his killing, but, we cannot jump in to any conclusion before anything is proven as to who killed him – for all you know it could be the LTTE.

    If British media is so bad then why did it interview Sri Lankan officials such as ghotabahya and high commissioner to london, the former foreign secretary.

    They even did interview Bin Ladens people and Piribaharan's people. Nothing bad or right about it – it is how those media behave – you can't compare media – U take NDTV of India, CCTV and Channel news Asia and even CNN, they all have their own traits – Hope you get the brains to understand that difference.

    The reason for the claim of racist bias is because these sinhlaese officials preformed badly when asked genuine independent questions unlike the pre planned questions in Sri Lankan media.

    Did Lakshman Kadiragamar – A Tamil, genuine politician and a well respected human, when interviewed by BBC perform badly too ?? What was the difference of the content of what he said and what the others said ??? – Same story ha ?? – Get rid of LTTE !!

    Sinhala media has never shown the suffering faced by Tamils since independence.

    Does the Tamil Channels of Vsanthan TV fall in to this category too ??? They carry the same news too ha ?? So how can you single it out as a Singhalees channel only gimmick when Tamils channels carry the same story's ????

    This is where we say that you see the issue from a Racists eye, where as we don't label anything to be Singhala, Tamil or Muslim – First, take off your Racist Cap, then let's start talking !

  37. Eelam delenda est – clearly does not know what media freedom is.

    In Britain the media exposed wrong doings by members of parliament and they were not threatened, beaten, jailed or killed unlike in Sri lanka.

    Lasantha was killed for writing articles against the government, t.v. stations have been fire bombed and journalists are kidnapped.

    If British media is so bad then why did it interview Sri Lankan officials such as ghotabahya and high commissioner to london, the former foreign secretary.

    The reason for the claim of racist bias is because these sinhlaese officials preformed badly when asked genuine independent questions unlike the pre planned questions in Sri Lankan media.

    Sinhala media has never shown the suffering faced by Tamils since independence.

  38. It is unbelievable how the sinhala majority have forgotten that it was them that started the armed struggle when the attacked Chelvanykam and his party when they protesting for Tamil rights in the Ghandian style.

    It is great how the sinhalese community thinks that the laws enacted in the 30 years after independence to marginalise Tamils played no part in causing the instability.

    If Sri Lanka truly wants reconciliation and not Tamil servitude then why are Tamils prevented from resettling in their original lands by High security zones?

    Why do all Tamils need military passes to visit their homes?

  39. Gordon Weiss – ex. UN, hysterical fantasist and just another "Fluffer for Eelam"

    Proof?

    Weiss created the Monsoon Genocide story in October 2009, claiming a disaster of unimaginable proportions. The rains came, there were difficulties, there was no Monsoon Genocide.

    Weiss's claim of 40,000 civilians killed in the last days of the LTTE is another straightforward lie.

    Weiss's modus operandi is explained here: http://tinyurl.com/24wt7zu

    "if typical of Gordon Weiss, but Neil was obviously not inclined to issue a rebuttal, and indeed only began to promptly repudiate the Weiss flow of  misinformation after the latter had finally left the service of the UN."

    And this is how Gordon Weiss and Amnesty International played 'The Cluster Bomb Game' in the last stages of Eelam War IV. http://tinyurl.com/2g8wmfr

    A most unedifying spectacle!

  40. Found and absolutely hilarious post !!!!

    Sinnaiah Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    It is horrible. I could not believe that normal Sinhalese Buddhist person(s) will not do these things to some many innocent women and children.

    It indeed is horrible and I could not believe that Tamil Hindus who are mostly vegetarians could commit to Terrorist acts and kill so many people including Tamils.

    See the list here !!

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

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

    But, then I realized that it has nothing to do with a religion or a race, but the mentally underdeveloped Terrorist Mentality that is causing it and not my beloved Hindu Tamils who are such a peaceful set of souls !

  41. Gordon Weiss – ex. UN, hysterical fantasist and just another "Fluffer for Eelam"

    Proof?

    Weiss created the Monsoon Genocide story in October 2009, claiming a disaster of unimaginable proportions. The rains came, there were difficulties, there was no Monsoon Genocide.

    Weiss's claim of 40,000 civilians killed in the last days of the LTTE is another straightforward lie.

    Weiss's modus operandi is explained here: http://tinyurl.com/24wt7zu

    "if typical of Gordon Weiss, but Neil was obviously not inclined to issue a rebuttal, and indeed only began to promptly repudiate the Weiss flow of  misinformation after the latter had finally left the service of the UN."

    And this is how Gordon Weiss and Amnesty International played 'The Cluster Bomb Game' in the last stages of Eelam War IV. http://tinyurl.com/2g8wmfr

    A most unedifying spectacle!

  42. Gordon Weiss – ex. UN, hysterical fantasist and just another "Fluffer for Eelam"

    Proof?

    Weiss created the Monsoon Genocide story in October 2009, claiming a disaster of unimaginable proportions. The rains came, there were difficulties, there was no Monsoon Genocide.

    Weiss's claim of 40,000 civilians killed in the last days of the LTTE is another straightforward lie.

    Weiss's modus operandi is explained here: http://tinyurl.com/24wt7zu

    "if typical of Gordon Weiss, but Neil was obviously not inclined to issue a rebuttal, and indeed only began to promptly repudiate the Weiss flow of  misinformation after the latter had finally left the service of the UN."

    And this is how Gordon Weiss and Amnesty International played 'The Cluster Bomb Game' in the last stages of Eelam War IV. http://tinyurl.com/2g8wmfr

    A most unedifying spectacle!

  43. Eelam delenda est

    You become so inept and incompetent, that you allow SRI LANKA, that macabre state with blood on its hands to prolong its ritual of the devil dance ??

    Just how much more do these victims have to suffer?

    How long will anyone let Sri Lanka, the murderous fox, to guard the hen house?

    I think, “Sri Lanka’s Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission”is an insult to injury for the thousands who had lost their lives under the RAJAPAKSE terror machine!

  44. Rajeevarman Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 1:06 am

    In Britain the media exposed wrong doings by members of parliament and they were not threatened, beaten, jailed or killed unlike in Sri lanka.

    Sri Lanka doesn’t have to behave like Briton or USA or even India. We have our own way of doing things. Anyways, recently, media exposed the government hooligan minister Mervyn Silva and he was stripped off all his ministries and even his affiliations to his electorate. No media station was taken to task for revealing him.

    Lasantha was killed for writing articles against the government, t.v. stations have been fire bombed and journalists are kidnapped.

    We vehemently condemn his killing, but, we cannot jump in to any conclusion before anything is proven as to who killed him – for all you know it could be the LTTE.

    If British media is so bad then why did it interview Sri Lankan officials such as ghotabahya and high commissioner to london, the former foreign secretary.

    They even did interview Bin Ladens people and Piribaharan’s people. Nothing bad or right about it – it is how those media behave – you can’t compare media – U take NDTV of India, CCTV and Channel news Asia and even CNN, they all have their own traits – Hope you get the brains to understand that difference.

    The reason for the claim of racist bias is because these sinhlaese officials preformed badly when asked genuine independent questions unlike the pre planned questions in Sri Lankan media.

    Did Lakshman Kadiragamar – A Tamil, genuine politician and a well respected human, when interviewed by BBC perform badly too ?? What was the difference of the content of what he said and what the others said ??? – Same story ha ?? – Get rid of LTTE !!

    Sinhala media has never shown the suffering faced by Tamils since independence.

    Does the Tamil Channels of Vsanthan TV fall in to this category too ??? They carry the same news too ha ?? So how can you single it out as a Singhalees channel only gimmick when Tamils channels carry the same story’s ????

    This is where we say that you see the issue from a Racists eye, where as we don’t label anything to be Singhala, Tamil or Muslim – First, take off your Racist Cap, then let’s start talking !

  45. @ Thanapalasingham:
    Tell us 'O Minor Sage of Eelam', where is this incompetence? How has it manifested itself?

    If the complete destruction of the LTTE is 'incompetence', then let's have more incompetence.

    If getting KP's on board for a better SL is 'incompetent', I want even more!

    Which victims are suffering? Do you mean the children no longer being forced to carry AKs?

    Do you mean Muslim IDPs who are hoping to return to their original homes in Jaffna, after having being 'ethnically cleansed' by the LTTE?

    Get a grip!

  46. Thanapalasingham

    Yes the children are treated better – they are starved or raped at checkpoints !!

  47. Muthukuma

    Well said !! 🙂

    Yes, I’ve heard this too.

    The Sri Lanka Army soldiers are raping schoolchildren at the checkpoints on the way to schools.

    Their mothers are afraid to complain. Anyone who dared to complain end up dead

  48. Muthukuma Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Yes the children are treated better – they are starved or raped at checkpoints !!

    Guys !

    When you want to post anything to discredit anything or anyone (not only the GOSL) try to use true stories – when we disgrace the LTTE and the AI or any other organization, we bring in true facts and disgrace you.

    Now let's see what happens if we started lying about anything – No one would care for what we post as they obviously would know that it's an utter lye ya ?

    So, stop lying and let's bash the GOSL with some real stuff – let me give you an example – the GOSL has some good for nothing stupid ministers !! – Let's hit them with truth, not bullshit – You can be desperate and trying to cling on to any log that passes by, but ensure that you cling on to a log and not an ice cube that will melt and drown you further !!

  49. I cannot wait to see the Rajapakse brother on the dock of the International Courts.

  50. Repo Man Alias Rip V W !

    OK.. Let the Free and Fair Media in for impartial investigation !!

    South media stations are bombed and journalists and civilians are disappeared by white van.

    Instead – in Sri Lanka – the media stations are bombed and journalists had disappeared and white van was seen in the area..

  51. A plan is underway to arrest Major General Prasanna Silva, who is to take over the post of defence attaché at the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK in September, for his involvement in committing alleged War Crimes when he arrives in the country top take charge of the new post, Lanka News Web has learnt.

    This matter has been discussion during a meeting between members of Tamil organizations and British parliamentarian on the current situation in Sri Lanka.

    At the meeting Labor Party MP for London’s Brent North, Barry Gardner has said that he would not allow those who have committed war crimes to stand on British soil. The Tamil organization representatives have asked the parliamentarians to not permit those allegedly involved in committing war crimes to be positioned in Britain

  52. Gordon Weiss – ex. UN, hysterical fantasist and just another “Fluffer for Eelam”

    Proof?

    Weiss created the Monsoon Genocide story in October 2009, claiming a disaster of unimaginable proportions. The rains came, there were difficulties, there was no Monsoon Genocide.

    Weiss’s claim of 40,000 civilians killed in the last days of the LTTE is another straightforward lie.

    Weiss’s modus operandi is explained here: http://tinyurl.com/24wt7zu

    “if typical of Gordon Weiss, but Neil was obviously not inclined to issue a rebuttal, and indeed only began to promptly repudiate the Weiss flow of  misinformation after the latter had finally left the service of the UN.

    And this is how Gordon Weiss and Amnesty International played ‘The Cluster Bomb Game’ in the last stages of Eelam War IV. http://tinyurl.com/2g8wmfr

    A most unedifying spectacle!

  53. Sri Lanka has plenty of money to spend on Buddhist propaganda, but has no money to spend on the starving, jobless, homeless Tamils.

    Remember their lives and livelihood were destroyed wantonly by the Sri Lankan Government!!

    Why are Sinhalese being "imported" to Vanni to do fishing instead of allowing the people who were living there to do fishing?

    What happens to the money donated by various governments?

    Who is pocketing the money?

    Why is the government not allowing NGOs to help the victims?

    There is too much evidence to hide from the outside world?

    Even Lord Buddha is "under the gun power" of the power hungry, sadistic racists and lunatics!!

  54. Eelam delenda est

    You become so inept and incompetent, that you allow SRI LANKA, that macabre state with blood on its hands to prolong its ritual of the devil dance ??

    Just how much more do these victims have to suffer?

    How long will anyone let Sri Lanka, the murderous fox, to guard the hen house?

    I think, “Sri Lanka’s Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission”is an insult to injury for the thousands who had lost their lives under the RAJAPAKSE terror machine!

  55. @ Thanapalasingham:
    Tell us ‘O Minor Sage of Eelam’, where is this incompetence? How has it manifested itself?

    If the complete destruction of the LTTE is ‘incompetence’, then let’s have more incompetence.

    If getting KP’s on board for a better SL is ‘incompetent’, I want even more!

    Which victims are suffering? Do you mean the children no longer being forced to carry AKs?

    Do you mean Muslim IDPs who are hoping to return to their original homes in Jaffna, after having being ‘ethnically cleansed’ by the LTTE?

    Get a grip!

  56. Thanapalasingham

    Yes the children are treated better – they are starved or raped at checkpoints !!

  57. Muthukuma

    Well said !! 🙂

    Yes, I’ve heard this too.

    The Sri Lanka Army soldiers are raping schoolchildren at the checkpoints on the way to schools.

    Their mothers are afraid to complain. Anyone who dared to complain end up dead

  58. Muthukuma Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Yes the children are treated better – they are starved or raped at checkpoints !!

    Guys !

    When you want to post anything to discredit anything or anyone (not only the GOSL) try to use true stories – when we disgrace the LTTE and the AI or any other organization, we bring in true facts and disgrace you.

    Now let’s see what happens if we started lying about anything – No one would care for what we post as they obviously would know that it’s an utter lye ya ?

    So, stop lying and let’s bash the GOSL with some real stuff – let me give you an example – the GOSL has some good for nothing stupid ministers !! – Let’s hit them with truth, not bullshit – You can be desperate and trying to cling on to any log that passes by, but ensure that you cling on to a log and not an ice cube that will melt and drown you further !!

  59. Repo Man Alias Rip V W !

    OK.. Let the Free and Fair Media in for impartial investigation !!

    South media stations are bombed and journalists and civilians are disappeared by white van.

    Instead – in Sri Lanka – the media stations are bombed and journalists had disappeared and white van was seen in the area..

  60. A plan is underway to arrest Major General Prasanna Silva, who is to take over the post of defence attaché at the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK in September, for his involvement in committing alleged War Crimes when he arrives in the country top take charge of the new post, Lanka News Web has learnt.

    This matter has been discussion during a meeting between members of Tamil organizations and British parliamentarian on the current situation in Sri Lanka.

    At the meeting Labor Party MP for London’s Brent North, Barry Gardner has said that he would not allow those who have committed war crimes to stand on British soil. The Tamil organization representatives have asked the parliamentarians to not permit those allegedly involved in committing war crimes to be positioned in Britain

  61. Sri Lanka has plenty of money to spend on Buddhist propaganda, but has no money to spend on the starving, jobless, homeless Tamils.

    Remember their lives and livelihood were destroyed wantonly by the Sri Lankan Government!!

    Why are Sinhalese being “imported” to Vanni to do fishing instead of allowing the people who were living there to do fishing?

    What happens to the money donated by various governments?

    Who is pocketing the money?

    Why is the government not allowing NGOs to help the victims?

    There is too much evidence to hide from the outside world?

    Even Lord Buddha is “under the gun power” of the power hungry, sadistic racists and lunatics!!

  62. United Nations have ample evidences and witnesses of Sri Lanka's secret war against Tamils. Only an independent UN investigation of Sri Lanka's war crimes will establish accountability and promote reconciliation, peace, justice and freedom to humanity. on May 18th 2009, Tamils surrendering with white flags under United Nations assurances were massacred by Sri Lankan Army.

    Investigate war crimes of Sri Lanka NOW.

  63. @ThamilMahan Says:

    "I cannot wait to see the Rajapakse brother on the dock of the International Courts."

    This is not the place for your masturbatory fantasies. Still, if you like men with moustaches, that's your business.

  64. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni are forcibly evacuating resettled uprooted families from their houses and lands on charges that they are supporters of Liberation Tigers and demand money to be allowed to live in their properties which they have managed to make livable, according to many complaints made to Vavuniyaa Human Rights Commission (HRC) office. The complainants, mainly women whose male members of their families had been killed or arrested and detained by SLA, say that members of certain organizations who maintain close relations with SLA soldiers assist them in this racket in which local SLA officers get a major share. In order to exhort money the SLA soldiers claim that the lands are needed for their own use. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    United Nation will originate a panel in regard to sexual harassments against Liberation tigers female rebels http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    the surrendered and arrested women rebels in the north were sexually harassed.

  65. Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=74&…
    After the genocide of nearly 40000 Tamil civilians in the war in May 2009, the Sri-Lnakan racist Sinhala government of Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) is fetish in providing grandiose housing schemes to the members of the Sinhala army composed 99% of ethic Sinhalese but drags the vanquished Tamil through the mud in rebuilding their homes destroyed in its military onslaught.

    As a consequence of these schemes, we could observe that the Sinhalese population of Trincomalee District, rose from 11,606 people (15%) in 1946 to 85,503 (33%) in 1981. In addition, during the 1980s the government extended the colonisation schemes into the Dry Zone area of the Northern Province, drawing up plans to settle up to 30,000 Sinhalese in traditionally Tamil land. Map 2 below shows how Sinhala people were settled in the TH of Tamils since 1948 and before 1948.

  66. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni are forcibly evacuating resettled uprooted families from their houses and lands on charges that they are supporters of Liberation Tigers and demand money to be allowed to live in their properties which they have managed to make livable, according to many complaints made to Vavuniyaa Human Rights Commission (HRC) office. The complainants, mainly women whose male members of their families had been killed or arrested and detained by SLA, say that members of certain organizations who maintain close relations with SLA soldiers assist them in this racket in which local SLA officers get a major share. In order to exhort money the SLA soldiers claim that the lands are needed for their own use. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    United Nation will originate a panel in regard to sexual harassments against Liberation tigers female rebels http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    the surrendered and arrested women rebels in the north were sexually harassed.

  67. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni are forcibly evacuating resettled uprooted families from their houses and lands on charges that they are supporters of Liberation Tigers and demand money to be allowed to live in their properties which they have managed to make livable, according to many complaints made to Vavuniyaa Human Rights Commission (HRC) office. The complainants, mainly women whose male members of their families had been killed or arrested and detained by SLA, say that members of certain organizations who maintain close relations with SLA soldiers assist them in this racket in which local SLA officers get a major share. In order to exhort money the SLA soldiers claim that the lands are needed for their own use. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    United Nation will originate a panel in regard to sexual harassments against Liberation tigers female rebels http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    the surrendered and arrested women rebels in the north were sexually harassed.

  68. Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=74&…
    After the genocide of nearly 40000 Tamil civilians in the war in May 2009, the Sri-Lnakan racist Sinhala government of Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) is fetish in providing grandiose housing schemes to the members of the Sinhala army composed 99% of ethic Sinhalese but drags the vanquished Tamil through the mud in rebuilding their homes destroyed in its military onslaught.

    As a consequence of these schemes, we could observe that the Sinhalese population of Trincomalee District, rose from 11,606 people (15%) in 1946 to 85,503 (33%) in 1981. In addition, during the 1980s the government extended the colonisation schemes into the Dry Zone area of the Northern Province, drawing up plans to settle up to 30,000 Sinhalese in traditionally Tamil land. Map 2 below shows how Sinhala people were settled in the TH of Tamils since 1948 and before 1948.

  69. Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=74&…
    After the genocide of nearly 40000 Tamil civilians in the war in May 2009, the Sri-Lnakan racist Sinhala government of Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) is fetish in providing grandiose housing schemes to the members of the Sinhala army composed 99% of ethic Sinhalese but drags the vanquished Tamil through the mud in rebuilding their homes destroyed in its military onslaught.

    As a consequence of these schemes, we could observe that the Sinhalese population of Trincomalee District, rose from 11,606 people (15%) in 1946 to 85,503 (33%) in 1981. In addition, during the 1980s the government extended the colonisation schemes into the Dry Zone area of the Northern Province, drawing up plans to settle up to 30,000 Sinhalese in traditionally Tamil land. Map 2 below shows how Sinhala people were settled in the TH of Tamils since 1948 and before 1948.

  70. Velu Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    Sri Lanka has plenty of money to spend on Buddhist propaganda, but has no money to spend on the starving, jobless, homeless Tamils.

    Tell me one other country and set of citizens who used their tax monies to feed IDP's, send clothing, rations and other day to day requirements Free of Charge ????

    Tell me one other country that actually spends their own money to build houses for war effected people ?

    tell me another country where Food and Medicine was sent Free of Charge to Terrorist occupied land to be distributed to innocent people even after knowing that these items were stolen by the Terrorists and "Sold" to their own people ?

    This process is still happening and to be fair on the government, they also have built the churches and Kovils that were destroyed by the LTTE during war and de-mine the lands of these poor people so that they can start their farming again.- That should answer your question!

    Remember their lives and livelihood were destroyed wantonly by the Sri Lankan Government!!

    Again, the above set of questions would answer this as to whether LTTE destroyed their lives or the GOSL who saved them from LTTE destroyed their lives.

    Why are Sinhalese being “imported” to Vanni to do fishing instead of allowing the people who were living there to do fishing?

    Remember, they and the Muslims were "exported" from the north sometime back by the Ape group of LTTE – now they are returning to "Their Land" !

    What happens to the money donated by various governments?

    Definitely not going to buying arms – but development – A person who visits these areas would know that exactly, not those in other countries who are more or less like frogs in the well.

    Who is pocketing the money?

    LOL – not the LTTE !! again – frog in the well. I am sure some Ape somewhere would be pocketing a bit of it – not at all saying no – but, majority def. goes to where it should..

    Why is the government not allowing NGOs to help the victims?

    Because some of the previous NGO's helped the Apes of LTTE in disguise of helping innocent people !

    There is too much evidence to hide from the outside world?

    Nothing at all – trust me !

    Even Lord Buddha is “under the gun power” of the power hungry, sadistic racists and lunatics!!

    Actually, we are unearthing the ruins of old temples in Vilpaththu, Somawathie and Vanni areas – some as old as 2000 years 🙁 – all destroyed – there was evidence that some Buddha statues as much as 1500 years old in Vanni area, has been used by the Apes of LTTE as target practice and lunch tables – sad for a set of people who seem to talk so much about "Getting Respecting" from others, but, failing to respect the others !!!!!

    This is why they are Labeled "APES"

    Rajeevarman Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Hello there !!!!

    OK.. Let the Free and Fair Media in for impartial investigation !!

    Why ?? Does it happen in USA for Iraq and Afghanistan ?? Why only Sri Lanka ?? And where on earth does media does investigations ? Investigations should happen via and Investigations agency – like FBI.

    South media stations are bombed and journalists and civilians are disappeared by white van.

    White Van's are everywhere in SL man – I think 80% of all vans in SL are white… 2 media stations were under attack recently – MTN for reasons unknown and not sure who did it either – but vehemently condemn the attack !!

    Siyatha – it was a personal issue (I know this) and I think both parties have settled it by now though I do not wish to comment on the issue and the parties involved.

    I don't agree with you about journalists disappearing – one or two incidents as Eknaligoda does not mean that all journalists are not free – Watch Derana on line – you will know how they attack the government when necessary and how impartial they are. Also, no civilians disappear – now do not lie about this !!

  71. United Nations have ample evidences and witnesses of Sri Lanka’s secret war against Tamils. Only an independent UN investigation of Sri Lanka’s war crimes will establish accountability and promote reconciliation, peace, justice and freedom to humanity. on May 18th 2009, Tamils surrendering with white flags under United Nations assurances were massacred by Sri Lankan Army.

    Investigate war crimes of Sri Lanka NOW.

  72. @ThamilMahan Says:

    “I cannot wait to see the Rajapakse brother on the dock of the International Courts.”

    This is not the place for your masturbatory fantasies. Still, if you like men with moustaches, that’s your business.

  73. Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetters, urges boycott

    Malaysian Tamil leader and Deputy Chief Minister of the Penang State Prof P. Ramasamy came hard on some industrial circles of Ceylonese in Malaysia buttressing Colombo in the name of ‘development. Speaking to media Thursday he urged global Tamils to boycott commercial pursuits of Karunanidhi family. Party decisions announced by him urged Malaysian government to take a serious view of the situation in the island and wanted war crimes investigation to cover the roles played by Indian Prime Minister, Home Minister, Congress Party leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. His party plans tabling resolution on war crimes investigation in the Penang State Assembly and internationally working for solutions to the national question of Eezham Tamils.

  74. Deputy Chief Minister of Penang State of Malaysia, Prof P Ramasamy, convened Thursday a special press conference on Genocide Against Tamils in Sri Lanka, at Democratic Action Party (DAP) headquarters in Petaling Jaya, the twin city of Kuala Lumpur, to announce party decisions.

    Participants included DAP parliamentarian M.Kulasegaran and Tamil Nadu environmental activists T. Srinivasa Rao and R Gnanasegaran, who internationally work for the cause of Eezham Tamils.

    A special committee headed by Prof P. Ramasamy and Mr. M. Kulasegaran will probe into the war crimes committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan security forces in May 2009, said a press statement of the DAP.

    “There is an urgent need to investigate the role of India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, the leader of the present ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, the Minister of Home Affaris, Chidambaram and not the least the dubious role of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. According to some eyewitnesses, large-scale massacre took place after Karunanidhi had duped the Tamils to come out of their hiding by asserting that the Sri Lanka Army would not fire at them,”

  75. “The serious violation of human rights leading to killings of thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka was not confined to the actions of the Sri Lankan security forces above.

    While the direct perpetrators were the decision makers in the government and military circles, however, such an untold violence would not have taken place without the concurrence of the political leaders in India, both at the national and state level,”

  76. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni are forcibly evacuating resettled uprooted families from their houses and lands on charges that they are supporters of Liberation Tigers and demand money to be allowed to live in their properties which they have managed to make livable, according to many complaints made to Vavuniyaa Human Rights Commission (HRC) office. The complainants, mainly women whose male members of their families had been killed or arrested and detained by SLA, say that members of certain organizations who maintain close relations with SLA soldiers assist them in this racket in which local SLA officers get a major share. In order to exhort money the SLA soldiers claim that the lands are needed for their own use.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32391

    United Nation will originate a panel in regard to sexual harassments against Liberation tigers female rebels
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlmy0ecBBYo4a4J54Scd3cYB3dc2Amd3a424OX3e230Mm30

    the surrendered and arrested women rebels in the north were sexually harassed.

  77. Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=74&id=5931
    After the genocide of nearly 40000 Tamil civilians in the war in May 2009, the Sri-Lnakan racist Sinhala government of Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) is fetish in providing grandiose housing schemes to the members of the Sinhala army composed 99% of ethic Sinhalese but drags the vanquished Tamil through the mud in rebuilding their homes destroyed in its military onslaught.

    As a consequence of these schemes, we could observe that the Sinhalese population of Trincomalee District, rose from 11,606 people (15%) in 1946 to 85,503 (33%) in 1981. In addition, during the 1980s the government extended the colonisation schemes into the Dry Zone area of the Northern Province, drawing up plans to settle up to 30,000 Sinhalese in traditionally Tamil land. Map 2 below shows how Sinhala people were settled in the TH of Tamils since 1948 and before 1948.

  78. Sinhalese were slaves to the British and others so naturally they developed an inferiority complex due to the slavery and that's the reason why they are so violent towards Tamils all this time.

  79. No reconciliation after Sri Lanka’s Tamil war

    A little over a year after Sri Lanka’s civil war ended with an orgy of bloodshed on the northern beaches, there are no convincing signs the government will address the ethnic frictions

    There is intense international skepticism that President Mahinda Rajapaksa is at all inclined to embark on the kind of reconciliation and reconstruction program many believe necessary to overcome the sharp divide between Sri Lanka’s ethnic Sinhalese majority and the minority Tamils who make up about 18 per cent of the 22 million population.

    Rajapaksa’s unwillingness to thoroughly address what happened at the end of the war in May last year when thousands of civilians died due to indiscriminate shelling by Sri Lankan government artillery, has led to confrontations with the United Nations, the European Union and the United States.
    N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s appointment of a three-member war crimes panel in June has been dismissed by Rajapaksa as an infringement of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.

    He has ignored pointed suggestions by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Sri Lanka take part in the UN inquiry, and do more toward reconciliation and accounting for human rights violations.

    And last month the EU said Sri Lanka will lose its preferential access to the European market, worth $150 million a year, unless the government gives written undertakings to improve its human rights record.

    In response Rajapaks a insists his own commission, which held its first hearings on Thursday, is all that is required to explore what happened in the latter stages of the civil war. But this commission has been dismissed by human rights organizations and observers at home and abroad as ineffectual and biased in its mandate.

    Little that has happened since gives much reason for confidence that Rajapaksa intends to be either magnanimous in victory or to use the opportunity that war-weariness provides.

    About 300,000 people unlawfully imprisoned by Sri Lanka government forces at the end of the fighting were kept in detention camps for months and many still are !!

  80. Velu Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    Sri Lanka has plenty of money to spend on Buddhist propaganda, but has no money to spend on the starving, jobless, homeless Tamils.

    Tell me one other country and set of citizens who used their tax monies to feed IDP’s, send clothing, rations and other day to day requirements Free of Charge ????

    Tell me one other country that actually spends their own money to build houses for war effected people ?

    tell me another country where Food and Medicine was sent Free of Charge to Terrorist occupied land to be distributed to innocent people even after knowing that these items were stolen by the Terrorists and “Sold” to their own people ?

    This process is still happening and to be fair on the government, they also have built the churches and Kovils that were destroyed by the LTTE during war and de-mine the lands of these poor people so that they can start their farming again.- That should answer your question!

    Remember their lives and livelihood were destroyed wantonly by the Sri Lankan Government!!

    Again, the above set of questions would answer this as to whether LTTE destroyed their lives or the GOSL who saved them from LTTE destroyed their lives.

    Why are Sinhalese being “imported” to Vanni to do fishing instead of allowing the people who were living there to do fishing?

    Remember, they and the Muslims were “exported” from the north sometime back by the Ape group of LTTE – now they are returning to “Their Land” !

    What happens to the money donated by various governments?

    Definitely not going to buying arms – but development – A person who visits these areas would know that exactly, not those in other countries who are more or less like frogs in the well.

    Who is pocketing the money?

    LOL – not the LTTE !! again – frog in the well. I am sure some Ape somewhere would be pocketing a bit of it – not at all saying no – but, majority def. goes to where it should..

    Why is the government not allowing NGOs to help the victims?

    Because some of the previous NGO’s helped the Apes of LTTE in disguise of helping innocent people !

    There is too much evidence to hide from the outside world?

    Nothing at all – trust me !

    Even Lord Buddha is “under the gun power” of the power hungry, sadistic racists and lunatics!!

    Actually, we are unearthing the ruins of old temples in Vilpaththu, Somawathie and Vanni areas – some as old as 2000 years 🙁 – all destroyed – there was evidence that some Buddha statues as much as 1500 years old in Vanni area, has been used by the Apes of LTTE as target practice and lunch tables – sad for a set of people who seem to talk so much about “Getting Respecting” from others, but, failing to respect the others !!!!!

    This is why they are Labeled “APES”

    Rajeevarman Says:
    August 12th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Hello there !!!!

    OK.. Let the Free and Fair Media in for impartial investigation !!

    Why ?? Does it happen in USA for Iraq and Afghanistan ?? Why only Sri Lanka ?? And where on earth does media does investigations ? Investigations should happen via and Investigations agency – like FBI.

    South media stations are bombed and journalists and civilians are disappeared by white van.

    White Van’s are everywhere in SL man – I think 80% of all vans in SL are white… 2 media stations were under attack recently – MTN for reasons unknown and not sure who did it either – but vehemently condemn the attack !!

    Siyatha – it was a personal issue (I know this) and I think both parties have settled it by now though I do not wish to comment on the issue and the parties involved.

    I don’t agree with you about journalists disappearing – one or two incidents as Eknaligoda does not mean that all journalists are not free – Watch Derana on line – you will know how they attack the government when necessary and how impartial they are. Also, no civilians disappear – now do not lie about this !!

  81. Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetters, urges boycott

    Malaysian Tamil leader and Deputy Chief Minister of the Penang State Prof P. Ramasamy came hard on some industrial circles of Ceylonese in Malaysia buttressing Colombo in the name of ‘development. Speaking to media Thursday he urged global Tamils to boycott commercial pursuits of Karunanidhi family. Party decisions announced by him urged Malaysian government to take a serious view of the situation in the island and wanted war crimes investigation to cover the roles played by Indian Prime Minister, Home Minister, Congress Party leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. His party plans tabling resolution on war crimes investigation in the Penang State Assembly and internationally working for solutions to the national question of Eezham Tamils.

  82. Deputy Chief Minister of Penang State of Malaysia, Prof P Ramasamy, convened Thursday a special press conference on Genocide Against Tamils in Sri Lanka, at Democratic Action Party (DAP) headquarters in Petaling Jaya, the twin city of Kuala Lumpur, to announce party decisions.

    Participants included DAP parliamentarian M.Kulasegaran and Tamil Nadu environmental activists T. Srinivasa Rao and R Gnanasegaran, who internationally work for the cause of Eezham Tamils.

    A special committee headed by Prof P. Ramasamy and Mr. M. Kulasegaran will probe into the war crimes committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan security forces in May 2009, said a press statement of the DAP.

    “There is an urgent need to investigate the role of India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, the leader of the present ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, the Minister of Home Affaris, Chidambaram and not the least the dubious role of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. According to some eyewitnesses, large-scale massacre took place after Karunanidhi had duped the Tamils to come out of their hiding by asserting that the Sri Lanka Army would not fire at them,”

  83. “The serious violation of human rights leading to killings of thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka was not confined to the actions of the Sri Lankan security forces above.

    While the direct perpetrators were the decision makers in the government and military circles, however, such an untold violence would not have taken place without the concurrence of the political leaders in India, both at the national and state level,”

  84. Sinhalese were slaves to the British and others so naturally they developed an inferiority complex due to the slavery and that’s the reason why they are so violent towards Tamils all this time.

  85. No reconciliation after Sri Lanka’s Tamil war

    A little over a year after Sri Lanka’s civil war ended with an orgy of bloodshed on the northern beaches, there are no convincing signs the government will address the ethnic frictions

    There is intense international skepticism that President Mahinda Rajapaksa is at all inclined to embark on the kind of reconciliation and reconstruction program many believe necessary to overcome the sharp divide between Sri Lanka’s ethnic Sinhalese majority and the minority Tamils who make up about 18 per cent of the 22 million population.

    Rajapaksa’s unwillingness to thoroughly address what happened at the end of the war in May last year when thousands of civilians died due to indiscriminate shelling by Sri Lankan government artillery, has led to confrontations with the United Nations, the European Union and the United States.
    N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s appointment of a three-member war crimes panel in June has been dismissed by Rajapaksa as an infringement of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.

    He has ignored pointed suggestions by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Sri Lanka take part in the UN inquiry, and do more toward reconciliation and accounting for human rights violations.

    And last month the EU said Sri Lanka will lose its preferential access to the European market, worth $150 million a year, unless the government gives written undertakings to improve its human rights record.

    In response Rajapaks a insists his own commission, which held its first hearings on Thursday, is all that is required to explore what happened in the latter stages of the civil war. But this commission has been dismissed by human rights organizations and observers at home and abroad as ineffectual and biased in its mandate.

    Little that has happened since gives much reason for confidence that Rajapaksa intends to be either magnanimous in victory or to use the opportunity that war-weariness provides.

    About 300,000 people unlawfully imprisoned by Sri Lanka government forces at the end of the fighting were kept in detention camps for months and many still are !!

  86. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Sinhalese were slaves to the British and others so naturally they developed an inferiority complex due to the slavery and that’s the reason why they are so violent towards Tamils all this time.

    The Empire where the Sun never sets Ha ?????
    Where were the Tamils during this period ??? I though English had the whole Island + India, Pakistan etc etc under their full control. Did this mean that the original peoples of these countries were treated as slaves or became slaves ?? I don't quite think so – We know that there were few people that the English brought down from India to pluck tea, but, I trust that the supervisory was done by the locals. Also, we here of many people like Gongale Goda Banda, Puran Appu and Even the local Robin Hood Saradial who retaliated against the English, but, with all due respect, I do not here any name of a Tamil person who retaliated – Why is that ?? Did they not have people at that time who wanted to see this land freed ??? Anyways, Honestly, I do not want to talk on this subject – not that juicy !! Anyways, in the sub continent where the cast system was severe, there was always the higher class and the lower cast, hence, there was always a inferiority issue – Why didn't most high class tamils did not like Piribaharan ?? Because he was from a lower cast ya ?? Am I right – Please tell me if I am wrong and I will accept it – but, this is what I have heard….

    Gananathan Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 2:31 am

    Hey Rohan – U can use your Handle – Unless good JIM and AI finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel and banned you for copying and pasting.

    Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetters, urges boycott

    Malaysia is a country that developed from the lowest ranks – they know what it means to develop a country + the ties are too tight between the two countries. So, one dog barking behind a bush at it's own tail will not bring down the mountain of Malaysia to harm Sri Lanka by any means !!!

    I can only use the example EDE has given to you guys before in this post – It actually is very appropriate and funny – made me laugh a whole day – Let me quote !!

    "This is not the place for your masturbatory fantasies. Still, if you like men with mustaches, that’s your business."

    LOL !!!

  87. Repo Man Alias Rip V W ! Says:

    I want to remind you about the brave Tamil kings who fought the foreign invaders.

    Sangilian Dynasty (1519 – 1619) ruled the Jaffna Kingom, and the Sangilian the2nd, was captured by the Portuguese and brought to Goa in India and was hanged.

    King Pandaravanniyan ruled Vanni, who won the first battle but lost the second battle with the British and died of wounds.

    King Ellalan who ruled Anuradapura Kingdom (235 BC) fought with a young king Thuttagaimunu, when he was 72 years old.

    In 543 BC Vijeyan came with his 700 friends to our country and married Kuveni.

    Vijeyan later married Tamil women from South India.

    Our old Tamil kings fought with honesty, no foul play like Rajapaksa who used Chemical weapons.

    Kannusamys, Sangilians, Pandaravanniyans, an Ellalans are always there.

  88. Colombo’s Court Martial finds Fonseka guilty of engaging in politics http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Colombo’s military court martial on Friday found the former Sri Lanka Army commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka guilty of engaging in political activity while still in uniform, Colombo media reported Friday evening. Colombo has sentenced him for a ‘dishonorable discharge from rank pending approval of the President,’ media reports further said.

    While Colombo prosecuted the former General for whatever reasons, he had gone on record for publicly stating while in uniform that Sri Lanka belonged to the Sinhalese and Tamil Nadu politicians were jokers.

    Dias case filed in European Court, German Ambassador meets Swiss Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  89. Colombo’s Court Martial finds Fonseka guilty of engaging in politics http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Colombo’s military court martial on Friday found the former Sri Lanka Army commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka guilty of engaging in political activity while still in uniform, Colombo media reported Friday evening. Colombo has sentenced him for a ‘dishonorable discharge from rank pending approval of the President,’ media reports further said.

    While Colombo prosecuted the former General for whatever reasons, he had gone on record for publicly stating while in uniform that Sri Lanka belonged to the Sinhalese and Tamil Nadu politicians were jokers.

    Dias case filed in European Court, German Ambassador meets Swiss Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  90. Colombo’s Court Martial finds Fonseka guilty of engaging in politics http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    Colombo’s military court martial on Friday found the former Sri Lanka Army commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka guilty of engaging in political activity while still in uniform, Colombo media reported Friday evening. Colombo has sentenced him for a ‘dishonorable discharge from rank pending approval of the President,’ media reports further said.

    While Colombo prosecuted the former General for whatever reasons, he had gone on record for publicly stating while in uniform that Sri Lanka belonged to the Sinhalese and Tamil Nadu politicians were jokers.

    Dias case filed in European Court, German Ambassador meets Swiss Tamils http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  91. KP (last leader of the LTTE) explains how the West was ready to save the LTTE

    Thankfully, SL declined those kind offers of ceasefires and last-ditch attempts to rescue the LTTE leadership. The same countries and organisations now pursue SL for alleged 'war crimes' using 'concern for human rights' as a pretext. Lovely..

    Key extracts from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?

    KP says: I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable.

    Fat Boy VP (in his infinite pig-headed obstinacy) thankfully rejected another plan to "…lay down arms by hoarding them in specific locations. The words used were “lock –off”. That is arms particularly heavy weapons were to be locked off in specific places." and…

    "…25 to 50 top leaders with their families were to be transported to a foreign country if necessary. The middle level leaders and cadres were to be detained, charged in courts and given relatively minor sentences. The low level junior cadres were to be given a general amnesty. The scheme was to endorsed by the west including Norway, EU and the USA. The Americans were ready to send their naval fleet in to do evacuation if necessary"

    "…when I faxed the details in a 16 page memorandum he [Prabhakaran] rejected the 16 pages in just three words “Ithai Etrukkolla Mudiyathu” (This is unacceptable). So I had to drop it"

    'Unacceptable' is exactly the response that SL govt would've given to this Alice-in-Wonderland plan. Good.

    Yet, our elite cadre of LTTE cut'n'paste warriors still persist in the fantastic fiction that the LTTE had the interests of the Tamils in SL in their hearts.

    Accountability and Enquiries, my foot!

  92. KP (last leader of the LTTE) explains how the West was ready to save the LTTE

    Thankfully, SL declined those kind offers of ceasefires and last-ditch attempts to rescue the LTTE leadership. The same countries and organisations now pursue SL for alleged 'war crimes' using 'concern for human rights' as a pretext. Lovely..

    Key extracts from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?

    KP says: I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable.

    Fat Boy VP (in his infinite pig-headed obstinacy) thankfully rejected another plan to "…lay down arms by hoarding them in specific locations. The words used were “lock –off”. That is arms particularly heavy weapons were to be locked off in specific places." and…

    "…25 to 50 top leaders with their families were to be transported to a foreign country if necessary. The middle level leaders and cadres were to be detained, charged in courts and given relatively minor sentences. The low level junior cadres were to be given a general amnesty. The scheme was to endorsed by the west including Norway, EU and the USA. The Americans were ready to send their naval fleet in to do evacuation if necessary"

    "…when I faxed the details in a 16 page memorandum he [Prabhakaran] rejected the 16 pages in just three words “Ithai Etrukkolla Mudiyathu” (This is unacceptable). So I had to drop it"

    'Unacceptable' is exactly the response that SL govt would've given to this Alice-in-Wonderland plan. Good.

    Yet, our elite cadre of LTTE cut'n'paste warriors still persist in the fantastic fiction that the LTTE had the interests of the Tamils in SL in their hearts.

    Accountability and Enquiries, my foot!

  93. KP (last leader of the LTTE) explains how the West was ready to save the LTTE

    Thankfully, SL declined those kind offers of ceasefires and last-ditch attempts to rescue the LTTE leadership. The same countries and organisations now pursue SL for alleged 'war crimes' using 'concern for human rights' as a pretext. Lovely..

    Key extracts from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?

    KP says: I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable.

    Fat Boy VP (in his infinite pig-headed obstinacy) thankfully rejected another plan to "…lay down arms by hoarding them in specific locations. The words used were “lock –off”. That is arms particularly heavy weapons were to be locked off in specific places." and…

    "…25 to 50 top leaders with their families were to be transported to a foreign country if necessary. The middle level leaders and cadres were to be detained, charged in courts and given relatively minor sentences. The low level junior cadres were to be given a general amnesty. The scheme was to endorsed by the west including Norway, EU and the USA. The Americans were ready to send their naval fleet in to do evacuation if necessary"

    "…when I faxed the details in a 16 page memorandum he [Prabhakaran] rejected the 16 pages in just three words “Ithai Etrukkolla Mudiyathu” (This is unacceptable). So I had to drop it"

    'Unacceptable' is exactly the response that SL govt would've given to this Alice-in-Wonderland plan. Good.

    Yet, our elite cadre of LTTE cut'n'paste warriors still persist in the fantastic fiction that the LTTE had the interests of the Tamils in SL in their hearts.

    Accountability and Enquiries, my foot!

  94. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Sinhalese were slaves to the British and others so naturally they developed an inferiority complex due to the slavery and that’s the reason why they are so violent towards Tamils all this time.

    The Empire where the Sun never sets Ha ?????
    Where were the Tamils during this period ??? I though English had the whole Island + India, Pakistan etc etc under their full control. Did this mean that the original peoples of these countries were treated as slaves or became slaves ?? I don’t quite think so – We know that there were few people that the English brought down from India to pluck tea, but, I trust that the supervisory was done by the locals. Also, we here of many people like Gongale Goda Banda, Puran Appu and Even the local Robin Hood Saradial who retaliated against the English, but, with all due respect, I do not here any name of a Tamil person who retaliated – Why is that ?? Did they not have people at that time who wanted to see this land freed ??? Anyways, Honestly, I do not want to talk on this subject – not that juicy !! Anyways, in the sub continent where the cast system was severe, there was always the higher class and the lower cast, hence, there was always a inferiority issue – Why didn’t most high class tamils did not like Piribaharan ?? Because he was from a lower cast ya ?? Am I right – Please tell me if I am wrong and I will accept it – but, this is what I have heard….

    Gananathan Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 2:31 am

    Hey Rohan – U can use your Handle – Unless good JIM and AI finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel and banned you for copying and pasting.

    Malaysian Tamil leader hard on Sri Lanka’s abetters, urges boycott

    Malaysia is a country that developed from the lowest ranks – they know what it means to develop a country + the ties are too tight between the two countries. So, one dog barking behind a bush at it’s own tail will not bring down the mountain of Malaysia to harm Sri Lanka by any means !!!

    I can only use the example EDE has given to you guys before in this post – It actually is very appropriate and funny – made me laugh a whole day – Let me quote !!

    “This is not the place for your masturbatory fantasies. Still, if you like men with mustaches, that’s your business.”

    LOL !!!

  95. Repo Man Alias Rip V W ! Says:

    I want to remind you about the brave Tamil kings who fought the foreign invaders.

    Sangilian Dynasty (1519 – 1619) ruled the Jaffna Kingom, and the Sangilian the2nd, was captured by the Portuguese and brought to Goa in India and was hanged.

    King Pandaravanniyan ruled Vanni, who won the first battle but lost the second battle with the British and died of wounds.

    King Ellalan who ruled Anuradapura Kingdom (235 BC) fought with a young king Thuttagaimunu, when he was 72 years old.

    In 543 BC Vijeyan came with his 700 friends to our country and married Kuveni.

    Vijeyan later married Tamil women from South India.

    Our old Tamil kings fought with honesty, no foul play like Rajapaksa who used Chemical weapons.

    Kannusamys, Sangilians, Pandaravanniyans, an Ellalans are always there.

  96. Colombo’s Court Martial finds Fonseka guilty of engaging in politics
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32409

    Colombo’s military court martial on Friday found the former Sri Lanka Army commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka guilty of engaging in political activity while still in uniform, Colombo media reported Friday evening. Colombo has sentenced him for a ‘dishonorable discharge from rank pending approval of the President,’ media reports further said.

    While Colombo prosecuted the former General for whatever reasons, he had gone on record for publicly stating while in uniform that Sri Lanka belonged to the Sinhalese and Tamil Nadu politicians were jokers.

    Dias case filed in European Court, German Ambassador meets Swiss Tamils
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32317

  97. Remembring the children, Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children's home
    Those young hearts pounded from the air http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520
    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again

    61 schoolgirls killed, 129 wounded in airstrike http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    At least 61 schoolgirls were killed and 129 were wounded when Sri Lankan Kfir jets bombed a children's home compound in Mullaithivu district Monday morning where schoolgirls were attending a residential course on first aid

  98. KP (last leader of the LTTE) explains how the West was ready to save the LTTE

    Thankfully, SL declined those kind offers of ceasefires and last-ditch attempts to rescue the LTTE leadership. The same countries and organisations now pursue SL for alleged ‘war crimes’ using ‘concern for human rights’ as a pretext. Lovely..

    Key extracts from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj’s interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.

    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?

    KP says: I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable.

    Fat Boy VP (in his infinite pig-headed obstinacy) thankfully rejected another plan to “…lay down arms by hoarding them in specific locations. The words used were “lock –off”. That is arms particularly heavy weapons were to be locked off in specific places.” and…

    “…25 to 50 top leaders with their families were to be transported to a foreign country if necessary. The middle level leaders and cadres were to be detained, charged in courts and given relatively minor sentences. The low level junior cadres were to be given a general amnesty. The scheme was to endorsed by the west including Norway, EU and the USA. The Americans were ready to send their naval fleet in to do evacuation if necessary”

    “…when I faxed the details in a 16 page memorandum he [Prabhakaran] rejected the 16 pages in just three words “Ithai Etrukkolla Mudiyathu” (This is unacceptable). So I had to drop it”

    ‘Unacceptable’ is exactly the response that SL govt would’ve given to this Alice-in-Wonderland plan. Good.

    Yet, our elite cadre of LTTE cut’n’paste warriors still persist in the fantastic fiction that the LTTE had the interests of the Tamils in SL in their hearts.

    Accountability and Enquiries, my foot!

  99. Remembring the children, Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children's home
    Those young hearts pounded from the air http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520
    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again

    61 schoolgirls killed, 129 wounded in airstrike http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    At least 61 schoolgirls were killed and 129 were wounded when Sri Lankan Kfir jets bombed a children's home compound in Mullaithivu district Monday morning where schoolgirls were attending a residential course on first aid

  100. Remembring the children, Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children's home
    Those young hearts pounded from the air http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520
    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again

    61 schoolgirls killed, 129 wounded in airstrike http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    At least 61 schoolgirls were killed and 129 were wounded when Sri Lankan Kfir jets bombed a children's home compound in Mullaithivu district Monday morning where schoolgirls were attending a residential course on first aid

  101. Even in death, LTTE Child Soldiers used for propaganda advantage

    Hey Rohan, you might fool your White Masters & Madams with this nonsense, but let's stick to some basic facts about the Chencholai 'orphanage bombing, shall we?

    It was being used as a training camp and thus a legitimate target. It's a terrible shame that there were kids in there, but the responsibility for their deaths lies in the hands of the LTTE.

    Instead of appalled and disgusted that the LTTE were forcing Tamil kids in the Vanni to fight, you overseas pro-LTTE Fluffers were quite happy to encourage the combat from the safety of the West.

    Who was responsible for deaths of Tamil civilians in 2009? The LTTE and people like you – their overseas supporters.

    Key extract from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: "Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?"

    KP says: "I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable."

    You made the wrong choices for over 30 years and still continue to make them, now.

    I almost admire the Eelamists' capacity for never learning from their mistakes.

  102. Even in death, LTTE Child Soldiers used for propaganda advantage

    Hey Rohan, you might fool your White Masters & Madams with this nonsense, but let's stick to some basic facts about the Chencholai 'orphanage bombing, shall we?

    It was being used as a training camp and thus a legitimate target. It's a terrible shame that there were kids in there, but the responsibility for their deaths lies in the hands of the LTTE.

    Instead of appalled and disgusted that the LTTE were forcing Tamil kids in the Vanni to fight, you overseas pro-LTTE Fluffers were quite happy to encourage the combat from the safety of the West.

    Who was responsible for deaths of Tamil civilians in 2009? The LTTE and people like you – their overseas supporters.

    Key extract from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: "Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?"

    KP says: "I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable."

    You made the wrong choices for over 30 years and still continue to make them, now.

    I almost admire the Eelamists' capacity for never learning from their mistakes.

  103. Even in death, LTTE Child Soldiers used for propaganda advantage

    Hey Rohan, you might fool your White Masters & Madams with this nonsense, but let's stick to some basic facts about the Chencholai 'orphanage bombing, shall we?

    It was being used as a training camp and thus a legitimate target. It's a terrible shame that there were kids in there, but the responsibility for their deaths lies in the hands of the LTTE.

    Instead of appalled and disgusted that the LTTE were forcing Tamil kids in the Vanni to fight, you overseas pro-LTTE Fluffers were quite happy to encourage the combat from the safety of the West.

    Who was responsible for deaths of Tamil civilians in 2009? The LTTE and people like you – their overseas supporters.

    Key extract from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj's interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: "Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?"

    KP says: "I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable."

    You made the wrong choices for over 30 years and still continue to make them, now.

    I almost admire the Eelamists' capacity for never learning from their mistakes.

  104. Remembring the children

    Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children’s home Massacre

    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again.

    When children are plucked away, violently, hearts bleeds in grief.

    These children and their parents faced decades of war, food embargos and then the tsunami.

    “Our deep sorrow is with their loved ones during this time of grief -for this senseless loss, and a promise to work for a better and more peaceful tomorrow for other children is the only glowing tribute to those young hearts that are not among us today”, said a caller on a Talk Radio on Monday.

    Many Tamils, particularly in the diaspora communities expressed their sadness but also anger on the airwaves and several online portals over the horrific incident.

    However the Sri Lankan authorities seem to be paying scant regard to loss human life, children.
    http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520

  105. A six-month-old baby and two pregnant women were believed to have been taken to a Victoria hospital

    Tamil families ‘desperate’ to reunite with relatives
    http://www.nationalpost.com/Tamil+families+desperate+reunite+with+relatives/3397064/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NP_Top_Stories+%28National+Post+-+Top+Stories%29#ixzz0wYRFpmTr

    Tamil migrants must be treated fairly
    http://www.ndp.ca/press/tamil-migrants-must-be-treated-fairly

    Out of 490, 45 children, 90 women

  106. Remembring the children

    Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children’s home Massacre

    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again.

    When children are plucked away, violently, hearts bleeds in grief.

    These children and their parents faced decades of war, food embargos and then the tsunami.

    “Our deep sorrow is with their loved ones during this time of grief -for this senseless loss, and a promise to work for a better and more peaceful tomorrow for other children is the only glowing tribute to those young hearts that are not among us today”, said a caller on a Talk Radio on Monday.

    Many Tamils, particularly in the diaspora communities expressed their sadness but also anger on the airwaves and several online portals over the horrific incident.

    However the Sri Lankan authorities seem to be paying scant regard to loss human life, children.
    http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520

  107. Remembring the children

    Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children’s home Massacre

    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again.

    When children are plucked away, violently, hearts bleeds in grief.

    These children and their parents faced decades of war, food embargos and then the tsunami.

    “Our deep sorrow is with their loved ones during this time of grief -for this senseless loss, and a promise to work for a better and more peaceful tomorrow for other children is the only glowing tribute to those young hearts that are not among us today”, said a caller on a Talk Radio on Monday.

    Many Tamils, particularly in the diaspora communities expressed their sadness but also anger on the airwaves and several online portals over the horrific incident.

    However the Sri Lankan authorities seem to be paying scant regard to loss human life, children.
    http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520

  108. Remembring the children, Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children’s home
    Those young hearts pounded from the air
    http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520
    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again

    61 schoolgirls killed, 129 wounded in airstrike
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19224
    At least 61 schoolgirls were killed and 129 were wounded when Sri Lankan Kfir jets bombed a children’s home compound in Mullaithivu district Monday morning where schoolgirls were attending a residential course on first aid

  109. Even in death, LTTE Child Soldiers used for propaganda advantage

    Hey Rohan, you might fool your White Masters & Madams with this nonsense, but let’s stick to some basic facts about the Chencholai ‘orphanage bombing, shall we?

    It was being used as a training camp and thus a legitimate target. It’s a terrible shame that there were kids in there, but the responsibility for their deaths lies in the hands of the LTTE.

    Instead of appalled and disgusted that the LTTE were forcing Tamil kids in the Vanni to fight, you overseas pro-LTTE Fluffers were quite happy to encourage the combat from the safety of the West.

    Who was responsible for deaths of Tamil civilians in 2009? The LTTE and people like you – their overseas supporters.

    Key extract from the second part of DBS Jeyaraj’s interview with KP, currently a guest of the SL state.

    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1631

    Q: “Did you not try to save the civilians by getting the LTTE to release them?”

    KP says: “I did try at the start.

    There was even an offer by the Americans to transport them by sea to Trincomalee. But the LTTE hierarchy was not agreeable.”

    You made the wrong choices for over 30 years and still continue to make them, now.

    I almost admire the Eelamists’ capacity for never learning from their mistakes.

  110. Remembring the children

    Aug 14, 2006, Chencholai children’s home Massacre

    The horror of death from the air pounding the hearts of the young came Monday August 14th, near Kilinochchi – again.

    When children are plucked away, violently, hearts bleeds in grief.

    These children and their parents faced decades of war, food embargos and then the tsunami.

    “Our deep sorrow is with their loved ones during this time of grief -for this senseless loss, and a promise to work for a better and more peaceful tomorrow for other children is the only glowing tribute to those young hearts that are not among us today”, said a caller on a Talk Radio on Monday.

    Many Tamils, particularly in the diaspora communities expressed their sadness but also anger on the airwaves and several online portals over the horrific incident.

    However the Sri Lankan authorities seem to be paying scant regard to loss human life, children.

    http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/520

  111. The Sinhalese want to destroy Hinduism

    They damaged/destroyed 1,800 Hindu Temples in Sri Lanka

    List of Hindu Temples damaged/destroyed by Sri Lanka Army (small fraction mentioned here
    of the total 1,800 Hindu Temples destroyed so far)

    1. Viswanatha Sivan Temple in Trincomalee
    2. Krishnan Temple in Trincomalee
    3. Saneeswaran Temple in Trincomalee
    4. Natesar Temple in Sivayogapuram, Trincomalee
    5. Sri Tillaiambala Pillaiyar Temple in Anbuvalipuram, Trincomalee
    6. Chithivinayakar Temple in Sinnatoduvai, Trincomalee
    7. Vilankulam Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
    8. Vyrutru Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
    9. Pillaiyar Temple in China Bay, Trincomalee
    10. Upparu Pillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
    11. Kitulootra Pallaiyar Temple in Kanniyai, Trincomalee
    12. Kitulootra Murugan Temple in Trincomalee
    13. Barathipuram Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    14. Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    15. Mudalikulam Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    16. Ellai Kali Kovil in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    17. Pillaiyar Temple in Panmadawachchi, Trincomalee
    18. Papanasa Teertapillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
    19. Sri Pathini Amman Temple in Neelapalai, Kilivetti
    20. Sri Kamakshi Ambal Temple in Jaffna
    21. Saiva Maha Sabha in Kurunegala
    22. Udupi Sri Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
    23. Sri Muthumari Amman Temple in Matale
    24. Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
    25. Sri Chithivinayakar Temple in Matale
    26. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Matale
    27. Sri Poobalakrishnar Ashram in Matale
    28. Sri Ganga Vinayakar Temple in Madulkelle
    29. Kurinji Kumaran Temple, Peradeniya
    30. Sri Muthumariamman Temple in Nawalapitya
    31. Atmajothy Nilayam in Nawalapitiya
    32. Athivinayakar Temple in Haldumulla, Haputale
    33. Sri Sivasubramanya Temple in Bandarawela
    34. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Badulla
    35. Hindu Temple in Malangama, Badulla
    36. Hindu Temple in Narangala, Badulla
    37. Kali Temple in Rockhill, Badulla
    38. Sri Poobalavinayakar Temple in Peliyagoda
    39. Sri Balaselvavinayakar Temple in Maradana, Colombo
    40. Sri Devi Karumari Amman Temple in Maligawatte, Colombo
    41. Venkateswara Mahavishnu Moorthy Temple in Dehiwala, Colombo
    42. Srimath Arunachaleswara Devasthanam in Colombo
    43. Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo
    44. Kandasamy Temple in Panadura
    45. Sri Subramanya Temple in Matara
    46. Hindu Pilgrims' Rest in MataraBack

  112. The Sinhalese want to destroy Hinduism

    They damaged/destroyed 1,800 Hindu Temples in Sri Lanka

    List of Hindu Temples damaged/destroyed by Sri Lanka Army (small fraction mentioned here
    of the total 1,800 Hindu Temples destroyed so far)

    1. Viswanatha Sivan Temple in Trincomalee
    2. Krishnan Temple in Trincomalee
    3. Saneeswaran Temple in Trincomalee
    4. Natesar Temple in Sivayogapuram, Trincomalee
    5. Sri Tillaiambala Pillaiyar Temple in Anbuvalipuram, Trincomalee
    6. Chithivinayakar Temple in Sinnatoduvai, Trincomalee
    7. Vilankulam Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
    8. Vyrutru Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
    9. Pillaiyar Temple in China Bay, Trincomalee
    10. Upparu Pillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
    11. Kitulootra Pallaiyar Temple in Kanniyai, Trincomalee
    12. Kitulootra Murugan Temple in Trincomalee
    13. Barathipuram Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    14. Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    15. Mudalikulam Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    16. Ellai Kali Kovil in Pankulam, Trincomalee
    17. Pillaiyar Temple in Panmadawachchi, Trincomalee
    18. Papanasa Teertapillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
    19. Sri Pathini Amman Temple in Neelapalai, Kilivetti
    20. Sri Kamakshi Ambal Temple in Jaffna
    21. Saiva Maha Sabha in Kurunegala
    22. Udupi Sri Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
    23. Sri Muthumari Amman Temple in Matale
    24. Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
    25. Sri Chithivinayakar Temple in Matale
    26. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Matale
    27. Sri Poobalakrishnar Ashram in Matale
    28. Sri Ganga Vinayakar Temple in Madulkelle
    29. Kurinji Kumaran Temple, Peradeniya
    30. Sri Muthumariamman Temple in Nawalapitya
    31. Atmajothy Nilayam in Nawalapitiya
    32. Athivinayakar Temple in Haldumulla, Haputale
    33. Sri Sivasubramanya Temple in Bandarawela
    34. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Badulla
    35. Hindu Temple in Malangama, Badulla
    36. Hindu Temple in Narangala, Badulla
    37. Kali Temple in Rockhill, Badulla
    38. Sri Poobalavinayakar Temple in Peliyagoda
    39. Sri Balaselvavinayakar Temple in Maradana, Colombo
    40. Sri Devi Karumari Amman Temple in Maligawatte, Colombo
    41. Venkateswara Mahavishnu Moorthy Temple in Dehiwala, Colombo
    42. Srimath Arunachaleswara Devasthanam in Colombo
    43. Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo
    44. Kandasamy Temple in Panadura
    45. Sri Subramanya Temple in Matara
    46. Hindu Pilgrims’ Rest in MataraBack

  113. Canada represents ‘ray of light’ to Tamil refugees http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+represen

    No one ready to see innocent Tamil community that is slowly being wiped out from Sri Lanka. “Killings of Tamils” started after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 and this will continue till the government of Sri Lanka come up with a constructive plan to address the grievances of the Tamil community in this island.
    Over 40,000 Tamils were victim of war last year. Witnesses of these war crimes are mainly the people who came out of the war zone. They saw all that happened to them and to their loved ones. Now over 490 reach canada too. They are war crime witness.
    last year, Canadian embassy in colombo was attacked by sri lankan government, Member of parliment was deported from sri lanka. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/canadian-embassy-s

  114. Canada represents ‘ray of light’ to Tamil refugees http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+represen

    No one ready to see innocent Tamil community that is slowly being wiped out from Sri Lanka. “Killings of Tamils” started after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 and this will continue till the government of Sri Lanka come up with a constructive plan to address the grievances of the Tamil community in this island.
    Over 40,000 Tamils were victim of war last year. Witnesses of these war crimes are mainly the people who came out of the war zone. They saw all that happened to them and to their loved ones. Now over 490 reach canada too. They are war crime witness.
    last year, Canadian embassy in colombo was attacked by sri lankan government, Member of parliment was deported from sri lanka. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/canadian-embassy-s

  115. Canada represents ‘ray of light’ to Tamil refugees http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+represen

    No one ready to see innocent Tamil community that is slowly being wiped out from Sri Lanka. “Killings of Tamils” started after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 and this will continue till the government of Sri Lanka come up with a constructive plan to address the grievances of the Tamil community in this island.
    Over 40,000 Tamils were victim of war last year. Witnesses of these war crimes are mainly the people who came out of the war zone. They saw all that happened to them and to their loved ones. Now over 490 reach canada too. They are war crime witness.
    last year, Canadian embassy in colombo was attacked by sri lankan government, Member of parliment was deported from sri lanka. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/canadian-embassy-s

  116. Canada represents ‘ray of light’ to Tamil refugees
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+represents+light+Tamil+refugees/3397303/story.html#ixzz0wduLvj6Q

    No one ready to see innocent Tamil community that is slowly being wiped out from Sri Lanka. “Killings of Tamils” started after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 and this will continue till the government of Sri Lanka come up with a constructive plan to address the grievances of the Tamil community in this island.
    Over 40,000 Tamils were victim of war last year. Witnesses of these war crimes are mainly the people who came out of the war zone. They saw all that happened to them and to their loved ones. Now over 490 reach canada too. They are war crime witness.
    last year, Canadian embassy in colombo was attacked by sri lankan government, Member of parliment was deported from sri lanka.
    http://www.nowpublic.com/world/canadian-embassy-sri-lanka-attacked

  117. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Sangilian Dynasty (1519 – 1619) ruled the Jaffna Kingom, and the Sangilian the2nd, was captured by the Portuguese and brought to Goa in India and was hanged.

    LOL – How can Sangilian be a dynasty when they were paying Taxes to the Kotte Kingdom ????

    Dude – get your facts right !!!

    Former Sri Lanka under king's rule was divided in to 3 areas (like counties or states) of Ruhunu, Maya and Pihiti have you heard of those ?? Sangiliyans were part of it as they were such legitimate entity who collected the taxes and doing the administration of the northern part and sent the due taxes to the main kingdom.

    During the weaker kingdoms (Yapahuwa, Kurunegala etc), yes, the Sangiliyans did manage to kind of have their own rule in Jaffna (As these guys have always done – when ever you get a weak king like Ranil in power, the Apes start jumping up and down) – the area above Mulathivu – that is when "Hunu Gama" (Chalk Village) became Chunnakam (Same meaning in Tamil) – due to lime stones available.

    When the Kotte kingdom – the last kingdom to rule whole of Sri Lanka wanted to put things right under Rajasinghe the 2nd, the Sangiliyans had a bit of an issue. That is when Sapumal Kumaraya (Prince Sapumal) went over to Jaffna and defeated the Sangiliayns and put them in the right place where Sapumal was put in charge of the area to ensure the taxes came in right and no one tried to over rule the Kotte Kingdom.

    After Kotte fell to Portuguese and along with it parts of the coastal areas, it never came back until 1948 when the British handed over the whole land back to the Sinhalees (I say this because the constitution of 48 says so and not with any racial intentions) And in the constitution, it also contains clauses on how to protect the minorities – that is where you and I both get our share of ownership to this marvelous land of "Ours" Sri Lanka.

    King Pandaravanniyan ruled Vanni, who won the first battle but lost the second battle with the British and died of wounds.

    King Ellalan who ruled Anuradapura Kingdom (235 BC) fought with a young king Thuttagaimunu, when he was 72 years old.

    I trust this is Elara – Can you please let us know where Elara originated from ?? From what we know he was a Chola King from South India who attacked us and was defeated by Gamunu. So, do you consider invading other peoples land as having your kingdom ?? Rubbish !!

    In 543 BC Vijeyan came with his 700 friends to our country and married Kuveni.

    Yes, Vijaya came and married people who were living in this county – and they were not Tamils. They did not have anything close to Tamil practices – this is what my log post before tried to explain – The Yakka's and the Naga's them selves had different practices / culture / rituals from each other. So you have no way to claim that they were Tamils + Their scripts are not even close to Tamil scripts – more Brahmian – the only thing they would share with Tamils would be the "Some what like" Pegan practices which are close to Hindu / Brahmian practices which is quite right as they were believers of Brahmanism prior to arrival of Buddhism in the land. And of course we know that all Hindu's are Not tamils – so your claim of trying to make them Tamil by bringing in Brahmanism in is out of the window to the trash can !! If so, you could also say that the Theligu's. Bengali's, Keralites and almost all races in India are Tamils – can you claim so just because they are Hindu's ???

    Vijeyan later married Tamil women from South India.

    This I don't know, but lot of kings from Sri Lanka did marry princesses from Kerala, Chola, Pandya kingdoms. The same with their kings, they had taken many Sri Lankan princesses to be their wives. Kashyapa has had women from Europe to China / Japan and even Africa in his Anthapura. So, there is nothing wrong with it in yesteryear's context I guess.

    Our old Tamil kings fought with honesty, no foul play like Rajapaksa who used Chemical weapons.

    LOL – Wonder what they would have done if chemical weapons were available at that time !! Judging by your last king Piribahara's act, I wonder whether they used Little Children to fight the wars (Possible as you lost all of them). and had them hang some poison around their necks to swallow when got caught to the enemies.

    Kannusamys, Sangilians, Pandaravanniyans, an Ellalans are always there.

    There, but dead 🙁 🙁 🙁 – Only in Books !! Also, sad to see that you have forgotten your hero Piribaharan in the list you have mentioned – Not nice to forget him noh ??

  118. The Battle to Define Again the Soul of Canada
    by C. L. Cook

    The small boat, traveled from across the world recently, its passengers a desperate collection of men, women, and children fleeing brutal repression in the wake of a failed popular uprising, has provided Canada an opportunity to define for itself just of what it is constituted and for what it will stand.

    Fitting that aspiring migrants would prove the opportunity, for what else are all of us here on Turtle Island but peoples come from across time and space who by fate, chance, and weird fortune find ourselves shored up here, elbow to elbow, cheek to jowl, forced to decide just what this tossed ship of state is to be called and how this world is to be captained?

    It’s a rare moment, and one worthy of more than the proto-racist, hand-wringing calamity promotion purveyors of the new nigger population boom set to explode narrative the government of Stephen Harper and his media managers would like to restrict the debate to.

    The press has been abuzz this past week as the MV Sun Sea and its “boat load” of what the fourth estate describes by turns as: “terrorists,” and “criminals,” and worst yet, “human smugglers” descending on the nation’s shores, a “probing effort,” bellwether signal they say the scheming “people smuggling, criminal terrorist hoard” in Sri Lanka are watching and waiting for.

    They warn, Canada’s willingness to shelter the remnant scatterings of the genocidal culling of the Tamil minority barely a year ago will be a sign of “our” weakness, prompting others forced to flee for their lives from the modern plethora of dime store demagogues, and good old fashioned Death Squad states the green light to “invade” the nation.

    What the moral midgets calling for the swift return, boot in ass, do not pass go card stapled, no tattooed, to hand have mainly forgotten, or merely failed to remind in their haste to mount soap boxes in Victoria, speed-dial local call-in radio stations, and projectile blogviate across the “internet” is the recent horror the Tamil people of Sri Lanka experienced at the hands of the barely chastized Sinhalese supremacists still in power there. Fewer yet of these have speculated as to the fate awaiting those they would return to the concentration camps and killing fields so recently escaped.

    I know the news cycle never stops, and especially now as climate disaster denier defying disasters are blaring from all media quarters it’s hard to keep track of stories from all the way back in 2009; but, if we’re to have a context, however gruel thin such a one is to be had, it is, I believe, important to take a little ride back in time a short spell. In May of 2009, the LTTE, or more familiarly called, Tamil Tigers surrendered to the their Sinhalese overlords after suffering three years of an intensified “surge.” Uncounted thousands were killed and brutalized, and an equally unknown number of innocents civilians, guilty of no more in the main than belonging to an ethnic minority, and living in homes turned battlefield by the government armies.

    Those armies were aided and abetted the great blood-letting that culminated last May by the governments of the “International Community” who declared the Tamil resistance and its insistence on a separate homeland within Sri Lanka illegal, and illegal too all those who assist the “terrorists.”

    Even as the Sinhalese army shelled the concentration camps Tamil civilians were herded into in the waning days of the Tigers’ destruction. It is as though the Canadian government and its friends in the Anglo-American Axis, after witnessing a brutal aerial and artillery attack against a trapped population, declared the Palestinian resistance and its insistence it be free to self-govern within the lands of its history without fear of repression or summary destruction “terrorist” and illegal, and then deported refugees from that repression and destruction back to the turkey shoot.

    It would never happen of course, but should it, it would be the same thing.

    In a country without an ethical core, as Canada is today, a collective raison d’etre is required. For Stephen Harper and the Republican lights providing his media aura, the Tamil “crisis” is an opportunity to move the nation further towards the “illegals at the gate-crazed” constituency he would make of us. It is also a chance for Canadians recognizing this country has strayed too far from the enlightened, humanist tenets we so nearly realized here in the last century.

    It is also a chance to look at our world and realize; while we can’t provide shelter from the storm to the entirety of those so desperately needing it, we can afford to provide it for those few that make it here.

    And, more importantly, it is a reminder to those that would call themselves our leaders; the failure to properly condemn tyranny abroad and to denounce in the most strenuous fashion its excesses can expect to see the victims of ignored atrocities shoring up more often here, just as we see today in Victoria
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/08/the_battle_to

  119. The Battle to Define Again the Soul of Canada
    by C. L. Cook

    The small boat, traveled from across the world recently, its passengers a desperate collection of men, women, and children fleeing brutal repression in the wake of a failed popular uprising, has provided Canada an opportunity to define for itself just of what it is constituted and for what it will stand.

    Fitting that aspiring migrants would prove the opportunity, for what else are all of us here on Turtle Island but peoples come from across time and space who by fate, chance, and weird fortune find ourselves shored up here, elbow to elbow, cheek to jowl, forced to decide just what this tossed ship of state is to be called and how this world is to be captained?

    It’s a rare moment, and one worthy of more than the proto-racist, hand-wringing calamity promotion purveyors of the new nigger population boom set to explode narrative the government of Stephen Harper and his media managers would like to restrict the debate to.

    The press has been abuzz this past week as the MV Sun Sea and its “boat load” of what the fourth estate describes by turns as: “terrorists,” and “criminals,” and worst yet, “human smugglers” descending on the nation’s shores, a “probing effort,” bellwether signal they say the scheming “people smuggling, criminal terrorist hoard” in Sri Lanka are watching and waiting for.

    They warn, Canada’s willingness to shelter the remnant scatterings of the genocidal culling of the Tamil minority barely a year ago will be a sign of “our” weakness, prompting others forced to flee for their lives from the modern plethora of dime store demagogues, and good old fashioned Death Squad states the green light to “invade” the nation.

    What the moral midgets calling for the swift return, boot in ass, do not pass go card stapled, no tattooed, to hand have mainly forgotten, or merely failed to remind in their haste to mount soap boxes in Victoria, speed-dial local call-in radio stations, and projectile blogviate across the “internet” is the recent horror the Tamil people of Sri Lanka experienced at the hands of the barely chastized Sinhalese supremacists still in power there. Fewer yet of these have speculated as to the fate awaiting those they would return to the concentration camps and killing fields so recently escaped.

    I know the news cycle never stops, and especially now as climate disaster denier defying disasters are blaring from all media quarters it’s hard to keep track of stories from all the way back in 2009; but, if we’re to have a context, however gruel thin such a one is to be had, it is, I believe, important to take a little ride back in time a short spell. In May of 2009, the LTTE, or more familiarly called, Tamil Tigers surrendered to the their Sinhalese overlords after suffering three years of an intensified “surge.” Uncounted thousands were killed and brutalized, and an equally unknown number of innocents civilians, guilty of no more in the main than belonging to an ethnic minority, and living in homes turned battlefield by the government armies.

    Those armies were aided and abetted the great blood-letting that culminated last May by the governments of the “International Community” who declared the Tamil resistance and its insistence on a separate homeland within Sri Lanka illegal, and illegal too all those who assist the “terrorists.”

    Even as the Sinhalese army shelled the concentration camps Tamil civilians were herded into in the waning days of the Tigers’ destruction. It is as though the Canadian government and its friends in the Anglo-American Axis, after witnessing a brutal aerial and artillery attack against a trapped population, declared the Palestinian resistance and its insistence it be free to self-govern within the lands of its history without fear of repression or summary destruction “terrorist” and illegal, and then deported refugees from that repression and destruction back to the turkey shoot.

    It would never happen of course, but should it, it would be the same thing.

    In a country without an ethical core, as Canada is today, a collective raison d’etre is required. For Stephen Harper and the Republican lights providing his media aura, the Tamil “crisis” is an opportunity to move the nation further towards the “illegals at the gate-crazed” constituency he would make of us. It is also a chance for Canadians recognizing this country has strayed too far from the enlightened, humanist tenets we so nearly realized here in the last century.

    It is also a chance to look at our world and realize; while we can’t provide shelter from the storm to the entirety of those so desperately needing it, we can afford to provide it for those few that make it here.

    And, more importantly, it is a reminder to those that would call themselves our leaders; the failure to properly condemn tyranny abroad and to denounce in the most strenuous fashion its excesses can expect to see the victims of ignored atrocities shoring up more often here, just as we see today in Victoria
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/08/the_battle_to

  120. The Battle to Define Again the Soul of Canada
    by C. L. Cook

    The small boat, traveled from across the world recently, its passengers a desperate collection of men, women, and children fleeing brutal repression in the wake of a failed popular uprising, has provided Canada an opportunity to define for itself just of what it is constituted and for what it will stand.

    Fitting that aspiring migrants would prove the opportunity, for what else are all of us here on Turtle Island but peoples come from across time and space who by fate, chance, and weird fortune find ourselves shored up here, elbow to elbow, cheek to jowl, forced to decide just what this tossed ship of state is to be called and how this world is to be captained?

    It’s a rare moment, and one worthy of more than the proto-racist, hand-wringing calamity promotion purveyors of the new nigger population boom set to explode narrative the government of Stephen Harper and his media managers would like to restrict the debate to.

    The press has been abuzz this past week as the MV Sun Sea and its “boat load” of what the fourth estate describes by turns as: “terrorists,” and “criminals,” and worst yet, “human smugglers” descending on the nation’s shores, a “probing effort,” bellwether signal they say the scheming “people smuggling, criminal terrorist hoard” in Sri Lanka are watching and waiting for.

    They warn, Canada’s willingness to shelter the remnant scatterings of the genocidal culling of the Tamil minority barely a year ago will be a sign of “our” weakness, prompting others forced to flee for their lives from the modern plethora of dime store demagogues, and good old fashioned Death Squad states the green light to “invade” the nation.

    What the moral midgets calling for the swift return, boot in ass, do not pass go card stapled, no tattooed, to hand have mainly forgotten, or merely failed to remind in their haste to mount soap boxes in Victoria, speed-dial local call-in radio stations, and projectile blogviate across the “internet” is the recent horror the Tamil people of Sri Lanka experienced at the hands of the barely chastized Sinhalese supremacists still in power there. Fewer yet of these have speculated as to the fate awaiting those they would return to the concentration camps and killing fields so recently escaped.

    I know the news cycle never stops, and especially now as climate disaster denier defying disasters are blaring from all media quarters it’s hard to keep track of stories from all the way back in 2009; but, if we’re to have a context, however gruel thin such a one is to be had, it is, I believe, important to take a little ride back in time a short spell. In May of 2009, the LTTE, or more familiarly called, Tamil Tigers surrendered to the their Sinhalese overlords after suffering three years of an intensified “surge.” Uncounted thousands were killed and brutalized, and an equally unknown number of innocents civilians, guilty of no more in the main than belonging to an ethnic minority, and living in homes turned battlefield by the government armies.

    Those armies were aided and abetted the great blood-letting that culminated last May by the governments of the “International Community” who declared the Tamil resistance and its insistence on a separate homeland within Sri Lanka illegal, and illegal too all those who assist the “terrorists.”

    Even as the Sinhalese army shelled the concentration camps Tamil civilians were herded into in the waning days of the Tigers’ destruction. It is as though the Canadian government and its friends in the Anglo-American Axis, after witnessing a brutal aerial and artillery attack against a trapped population, declared the Palestinian resistance and its insistence it be free to self-govern within the lands of its history without fear of repression or summary destruction “terrorist” and illegal, and then deported refugees from that repression and destruction back to the turkey shoot.

    It would never happen of course, but should it, it would be the same thing.

    In a country without an ethical core, as Canada is today, a collective raison d’etre is required. For Stephen Harper and the Republican lights providing his media aura, the Tamil “crisis” is an opportunity to move the nation further towards the “illegals at the gate-crazed” constituency he would make of us. It is also a chance for Canadians recognizing this country has strayed too far from the enlightened, humanist tenets we so nearly realized here in the last century.

    It is also a chance to look at our world and realize; while we can’t provide shelter from the storm to the entirety of those so desperately needing it, we can afford to provide it for those few that make it here.

    And, more importantly, it is a reminder to those that would call themselves our leaders; the failure to properly condemn tyranny abroad and to denounce in the most strenuous fashion its excesses can expect to see the victims of ignored atrocities shoring up more often here, just as we see today in Victoria
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/08/the_battle_to

  121. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Sangilian Dynasty (1519 – 1619) ruled the Jaffna Kingom, and the Sangilian the2nd, was captured by the Portuguese and brought to Goa in India and was hanged.

    LOL – How can Sangilian be a dynasty when they were paying Taxes to the Kotte Kingdom ????

    Dude – get your facts right !!!

    Former Sri Lanka under king’s rule was divided in to 3 areas (like counties or states) of Ruhunu, Maya and Pihiti have you heard of those ?? Sangiliyans were part of it as they were such legitimate entity who collected the taxes and doing the administration of the northern part and sent the due taxes to the main kingdom.

    During the weaker kingdoms (Yapahuwa, Kurunegala etc), yes, the Sangiliyans did manage to kind of have their own rule in Jaffna (As these guys have always done – when ever you get a weak king like Ranil in power, the Apes start jumping up and down) – the area above Mulathivu – that is when “Hunu Gama” (Chalk Village) became Chunnakam (Same meaning in Tamil) – due to lime stones available.

    When the Kotte kingdom – the last kingdom to rule whole of Sri Lanka wanted to put things right under Rajasinghe the 2nd, the Sangiliyans had a bit of an issue. That is when Sapumal Kumaraya (Prince Sapumal) went over to Jaffna and defeated the Sangiliayns and put them in the right place where Sapumal was put in charge of the area to ensure the taxes came in right and no one tried to over rule the Kotte Kingdom.

    After Kotte fell to Portuguese and along with it parts of the coastal areas, it never came back until 1948 when the British handed over the whole land back to the Sinhalees (I say this because the constitution of 48 says so and not with any racial intentions) And in the constitution, it also contains clauses on how to protect the minorities – that is where you and I both get our share of ownership to this marvelous land of “Ours” Sri Lanka.

    King Pandaravanniyan ruled Vanni, who won the first battle but lost the second battle with the British and died of wounds.

    King Ellalan who ruled Anuradapura Kingdom (235 BC) fought with a young king Thuttagaimunu, when he was 72 years old.

    I trust this is Elara – Can you please let us know where Elara originated from ?? From what we know he was a Chola King from South India who attacked us and was defeated by Gamunu. So, do you consider invading other peoples land as having your kingdom ?? Rubbish !!

    In 543 BC Vijeyan came with his 700 friends to our country and married Kuveni.

    Yes, Vijaya came and married people who were living in this county – and they were not Tamils. They did not have anything close to Tamil practices – this is what my log post before tried to explain – The Yakka’s and the Naga’s them selves had different practices / culture / rituals from each other. So you have no way to claim that they were Tamils + Their scripts are not even close to Tamil scripts – more Brahmian – the only thing they would share with Tamils would be the “Some what like” Pegan practices which are close to Hindu / Brahmian practices which is quite right as they were believers of Brahmanism prior to arrival of Buddhism in the land. And of course we know that all Hindu’s are Not tamils – so your claim of trying to make them Tamil by bringing in Brahmanism in is out of the window to the trash can !! If so, you could also say that the Theligu’s. Bengali’s, Keralites and almost all races in India are Tamils – can you claim so just because they are Hindu’s ???

    Vijeyan later married Tamil women from South India.

    This I don’t know, but lot of kings from Sri Lanka did marry princesses from Kerala, Chola, Pandya kingdoms. The same with their kings, they had taken many Sri Lankan princesses to be their wives. Kashyapa has had women from Europe to China / Japan and even Africa in his Anthapura. So, there is nothing wrong with it in yesteryear’s context I guess.

    Our old Tamil kings fought with honesty, no foul play like Rajapaksa who used Chemical weapons.

    LOL – Wonder what they would have done if chemical weapons were available at that time !! Judging by your last king Piribahara’s act, I wonder whether they used Little Children to fight the wars (Possible as you lost all of them). and had them hang some poison around their necks to swallow when got caught to the enemies.

    Kannusamys, Sangilians, Pandaravanniyans, an Ellalans are always there.

    There, but dead 🙁 🙁 🙁 – Only in Books !! Also, sad to see that you have forgotten your hero Piribaharan in the list you have mentioned – Not nice to forget him noh ??

  122. Sri Lanka’s telling exodus http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system. It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

  123. EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20

    The European Union has ended its special import concessions to Sri Lanka.
    The withdrawal took effect on Sunday after Sri Lanka refused to allow scrutiny of its human rights record during its civil war that ended last year.

    Only one way out of Sun Sea dilemma
    Sri Lanka's sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Only+dilemma/

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority; not for the bloody Tamil Tigers terrorist group, but for ordinary Tamils and their mistreatment at the hands of the island's Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as "the policy of standardization," which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka's 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983.

    Twenty-seven years ago last month, as many as 1,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in what came to be known as the "Black July" riots. After a band of Tamil Tigers ambushed and murdered 13 Sri Lankan government soldiers, majority Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tiger terrorists, whose ambush killing of 13 government soldiers set off the carnage.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers "disappeared" while awaiting trial.

    War's end didn't end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of "ethnic cleansing" of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces once controlled by the Tigers.

  124. Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/sri-l

    Mahinda Rajapaksa approves court order to strip Sarath Fonseka of rank, medals http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_mahinda-raja

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
    “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”

    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 Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna

  125. Sri Lanka’s telling exodus http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system. It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

  126. Sri Lanka’s telling exodus http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system. It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

  127. EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20

    The European Union has ended its special import concessions to Sri Lanka.
    The withdrawal took effect on Sunday after Sri Lanka refused to allow scrutiny of its human rights record during its civil war that ended last year.

    Only one way out of Sun Sea dilemma
    Sri Lanka's sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Only+dilemma/

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority; not for the bloody Tamil Tigers terrorist group, but for ordinary Tamils and their mistreatment at the hands of the island's Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as "the policy of standardization," which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka's 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983.

    Twenty-seven years ago last month, as many as 1,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in what came to be known as the "Black July" riots. After a band of Tamil Tigers ambushed and murdered 13 Sri Lankan government soldiers, majority Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tiger terrorists, whose ambush killing of 13 government soldiers set off the carnage.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers "disappeared" while awaiting trial.

    War's end didn't end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of "ethnic cleansing" of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces once controlled by the Tigers.

  128. EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20

    The European Union has ended its special import concessions to Sri Lanka.
    The withdrawal took effect on Sunday after Sri Lanka refused to allow scrutiny of its human rights record during its civil war that ended last year.

    Only one way out of Sun Sea dilemma
    Sri Lanka's sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Only+dilemma/

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority; not for the bloody Tamil Tigers terrorist group, but for ordinary Tamils and their mistreatment at the hands of the island's Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as "the policy of standardization," which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka's 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983.

    Twenty-seven years ago last month, as many as 1,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in what came to be known as the "Black July" riots. After a band of Tamil Tigers ambushed and murdered 13 Sri Lankan government soldiers, majority Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tiger terrorists, whose ambush killing of 13 government soldiers set off the carnage.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers "disappeared" while awaiting trial.

    War's end didn't end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of "ethnic cleansing" of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces once controlled by the Tigers.

  129. Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/sri-l

    Mahinda Rajapaksa approves court order to strip Sarath Fonseka of rank, medals http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_mahinda-raja

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
    “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”

    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 Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna

  130. Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/sri-l

    Mahinda Rajapaksa approves court order to strip Sarath Fonseka of rank, medals http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_mahinda-raja

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
    “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”

    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 Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna

  131. The Battle to Define Again the Soul of Canada
    by C. L. Cook

    The small boat, traveled from across the world recently, its passengers a desperate collection of men, women, and children fleeing brutal repression in the wake of a failed popular uprising, has provided Canada an opportunity to define for itself just of what it is constituted and for what it will stand.

    Fitting that aspiring migrants would prove the opportunity, for what else are all of us here on Turtle Island but peoples come from across time and space who by fate, chance, and weird fortune find ourselves shored up here, elbow to elbow, cheek to jowl, forced to decide just what this tossed ship of state is to be called and how this world is to be captained?

    It’s a rare moment, and one worthy of more than the proto-racist, hand-wringing calamity promotion purveyors of the new nigger population boom set to explode narrative the government of Stephen Harper and his media managers would like to restrict the debate to.

    The press has been abuzz this past week as the MV Sun Sea and its “boat load” of what the fourth estate describes by turns as: “terrorists,” and “criminals,” and worst yet, “human smugglers” descending on the nation’s shores, a “probing effort,” bellwether signal they say the scheming “people smuggling, criminal terrorist hoard” in Sri Lanka are watching and waiting for.

    They warn, Canada’s willingness to shelter the remnant scatterings of the genocidal culling of the Tamil minority barely a year ago will be a sign of “our” weakness, prompting others forced to flee for their lives from the modern plethora of dime store demagogues, and good old fashioned Death Squad states the green light to “invade” the nation.

    What the moral midgets calling for the swift return, boot in ass, do not pass go card stapled, no tattooed, to hand have mainly forgotten, or merely failed to remind in their haste to mount soap boxes in Victoria, speed-dial local call-in radio stations, and projectile blogviate across the “internet” is the recent horror the Tamil people of Sri Lanka experienced at the hands of the barely chastized Sinhalese supremacists still in power there. Fewer yet of these have speculated as to the fate awaiting those they would return to the concentration camps and killing fields so recently escaped.

    I know the news cycle never stops, and especially now as climate disaster denier defying disasters are blaring from all media quarters it’s hard to keep track of stories from all the way back in 2009; but, if we’re to have a context, however gruel thin such a one is to be had, it is, I believe, important to take a little ride back in time a short spell. In May of 2009, the LTTE, or more familiarly called, Tamil Tigers surrendered to the their Sinhalese overlords after suffering three years of an intensified “surge.” Uncounted thousands were killed and brutalized, and an equally unknown number of innocents civilians, guilty of no more in the main than belonging to an ethnic minority, and living in homes turned battlefield by the government armies.

    Those armies were aided and abetted the great blood-letting that culminated last May by the governments of the “International Community” who declared the Tamil resistance and its insistence on a separate homeland within Sri Lanka illegal, and illegal too all those who assist the “terrorists.”

    Even as the Sinhalese army shelled the concentration camps Tamil civilians were herded into in the waning days of the Tigers’ destruction. It is as though the Canadian government and its friends in the Anglo-American Axis, after witnessing a brutal aerial and artillery attack against a trapped population, declared the Palestinian resistance and its insistence it be free to self-govern within the lands of its history without fear of repression or summary destruction “terrorist” and illegal, and then deported refugees from that repression and destruction back to the turkey shoot.

    It would never happen of course, but should it, it would be the same thing.

    In a country without an ethical core, as Canada is today, a collective raison d’etre is required. For Stephen Harper and the Republican lights providing his media aura, the Tamil “crisis” is an opportunity to move the nation further towards the “illegals at the gate-crazed” constituency he would make of us. It is also a chance for Canadians recognizing this country has strayed too far from the enlightened, humanist tenets we so nearly realized here in the last century.

    It is also a chance to look at our world and realize; while we can’t provide shelter from the storm to the entirety of those so desperately needing it, we can afford to provide it for those few that make it here.

    And, more importantly, it is a reminder to those that would call themselves our leaders; the failure to properly condemn tyranny abroad and to denounce in the most strenuous fashion its excesses can expect to see the victims of ignored atrocities shoring up more often here, just as we see today in Victoria

    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/08/the_battle_to_define_again_the.html#more

  132. Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cana
    Canada should mount a domestic search for Sri Lankan war criminals and lean hard on the South Asian country to submit to an outside probe of atrocities on both sides during the last months of its war against the Tamil Tigers, says a global conflict-prevention group led by Canadian Louise Arbour.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  133. Sri Lanka’s telling exodus
    http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/847832–sri-lanka-s-telling-exodus

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system. It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

  134. Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cana
    Canada should mount a domestic search for Sri Lankan war criminals and lean hard on the South Asian country to submit to an outside probe of atrocities on both sides during the last months of its war against the Tamil Tigers, says a global conflict-prevention group led by Canadian Louise Arbour.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  135. Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cana
    Canada should mount a domestic search for Sri Lankan war criminals and lean hard on the South Asian country to submit to an outside probe of atrocities on both sides during the last months of its war against the Tamil Tigers, says a global conflict-prevention group led by Canadian Louise Arbour.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  136. EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits
    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108158314320173.html

    The European Union has ended its special import concessions to Sri Lanka.
    The withdrawal took effect on Sunday after Sri Lanka refused to allow scrutiny of its human rights record during its civil war that ended last year.

    Only one way out of Sun Sea dilemma
    Sri Lanka’s sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees
    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Only+dilemma/3401020/story.html#ixzz0whR1siUO

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority; not for the bloody Tamil Tigers terrorist group, but for ordinary Tamils and their mistreatment at the hands of the island’s Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as “the policy of standardization,” which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka’s 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983.

    Twenty-seven years ago last month, as many as 1,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in what came to be known as the “Black July” riots. After a band of Tamil Tigers ambushed and murdered 13 Sri Lankan government soldiers, majority Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tiger terrorists, whose ambush killing of 13 government soldiers set off the carnage.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers “disappeared” while awaiting trial.

    War’s end didn’t end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of “ethnic cleansing” of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces once controlled by the Tigers.

  137. Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/sri-lanka-sarath-fonseka

    Mahinda Rajapaksa approves court order to strip Sarath Fonseka of rank, medals
    http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_mahinda-rajapaksa-approves-court-order-to-strip-sarath-fonseka-of-rank-medals_1423369

    Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
    “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”

    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 Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    “Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
    President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna

  138. Tamil died during voyage from Sri Lanka http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/15/tamil-h

    Sarujan Kanapathipillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress said members of his organization have been in touch with some of the migrants, who told them the man left behind a family in Sri Lanka.

    "That's only about two weeks ago, so they made it for most of the journey," said Kanapathipillai.

    "This person was a father of one, and his child and wife are in Sri Lanka. It shows how desperate these people were to try and get out of Sri Lanka, the conditions they must have been in."

    What are they running from? http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/

    The 25-year-long civil war between the government and the rebel Tamil Tigers may be over, but Sri Lanka is still in turmoil as lingering hostilities and ethnic distrust permeate the country.

    A brutal end to a bloody war

    Since the war ended in May of last year, the government has been haunted by allegations of massive human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during the final months of battle.

    The United Nations estimates that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in the last five months of the war.

    In October, the U.S. State Department produced a report detailing allegations of human rights abuses and possible war crimes committed by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government in the war's final months.

    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

  139. After Pirapakaran: deepening internal colonialism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=120&amp
    The war is not over. The contrived ‘post-war’ is a political illusion pedalled by Sinhalese hegemonism, foolishly parroted by some gullible Sinhalese and a few naive Tamils. War is not merely the clash of arms; there are other economic, cultural and ideological wars too – the Cold Wars. The armed phase, not the war, ended in May 2009; the Sinhalese regime is pursuing war in different modes.

    Isolating Tamils in prison camps of the open air variety (Jaffna peninsula) and herding them into concentration camps girded by razor wire in the Vanni are acts of war; they are grotesque throwbacks to the colonial tools of Strategic Hamlets (US in Vietnam) and Security Villages (British in Kenya). But a Sinhalese ideologue (former Head of the now mercifully defunct Government’s Peace Secretariat) accused a foreign journalist, who revealed in advance the regime’s incarceration plans, of sensationalising the use of razor wire and ignoring their ecological function. ‘Unfortunately’, babbled the ideologue, ‘a man from a cold climate does not realise that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views’. Perhaps he is miffed by the ingratitude of Tamil inmates who, rather than appreciate the scenery and fresh air, are instead selfishly griping about torture, rape and disappearances!

    Refusing prisoner of war status to, and holding incommunicado, Tamil combatants – male and female – in undisclosed locations are acts of war. Denying Tamil people under almost any pretext access to lands lived on and cultivated by their ancestors and destroying their livelihoods are acts of war. The Sinhalese State’s ethnic flooding – the continuing and deliberate settling of Sinhalese populations on land in the Tamil homeland – to alter the demographic balance and thereby systemically erase the Tamil nation’s territorial identity is an act of war. Imposing the alien Sinhalese language – cultural marker of the dominant Sinhalese nation – upon the Tamil nation is again an act of war. Some Sinhalese observers, taken in by the disinformation about war’s end, are puzzled why all this is taking place ‘post war’. The answer is simple. Post-war is a myth. The war continues against the Tamil people.

    The victory in the armed phase is not the ‘achievement’ sycophants lavish upon the moribund semi-feudal Sri Lankan regime. On the contrary, the credit belongs to a coalition of approximately 30 countries ranged against the Tamil people; they include the Great Powers – US, EU (led by Britain, France, Germany), Russia, India, China and Japan – many of them nuclear powers and their cat’s paws in Scandinavia, notably Norway. Together they set the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) up for the kill; virtually all that the Sinhalese army had to do was pull the trigger, in a manner of speaking.

    To give the Sri Lankan regime a free hand, the international coalition effectively endorsed genocide to assist the Sinhalese army to scorch its way through the supportive Tamil population and slaughter the LTTE-led popular revolutionary movement. That, we admit, is the ‘achievement’

    In Sri Lanka, internal colonialism by the Sinhalese oligarchy has many characteristic facets. It imposes Sinhalese culture; it economically marginalises the Tamil nation and, in addition, in the east and north increasingly denies access to land. Tamils degraded into the social and economic underclass inevitably resist; to put down the challenge the oligarchy ensured Sinhalese monopoly of employment in, and control over, the armed forces.

  140. Tamil died during voyage from Sri Lanka http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/15/tamil-h

    Sarujan Kanapathipillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress said members of his organization have been in touch with some of the migrants, who told them the man left behind a family in Sri Lanka.

    "That's only about two weeks ago, so they made it for most of the journey," said Kanapathipillai.

    "This person was a father of one, and his child and wife are in Sri Lanka. It shows how desperate these people were to try and get out of Sri Lanka, the conditions they must have been in."

    What are they running from? http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/

    The 25-year-long civil war between the government and the rebel Tamil Tigers may be over, but Sri Lanka is still in turmoil as lingering hostilities and ethnic distrust permeate the country.

    A brutal end to a bloody war

    Since the war ended in May of last year, the government has been haunted by allegations of massive human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during the final months of battle.

    The United Nations estimates that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in the last five months of the war.

    In October, the U.S. State Department produced a report detailing allegations of human rights abuses and possible war crimes committed by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government in the war's final months.

    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

  141. Tamil died during voyage from Sri Lanka http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/15/tamil-h

    Sarujan Kanapathipillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress said members of his organization have been in touch with some of the migrants, who told them the man left behind a family in Sri Lanka.

    "That's only about two weeks ago, so they made it for most of the journey," said Kanapathipillai.

    "This person was a father of one, and his child and wife are in Sri Lanka. It shows how desperate these people were to try and get out of Sri Lanka, the conditions they must have been in."

    What are they running from? http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/

    The 25-year-long civil war between the government and the rebel Tamil Tigers may be over, but Sri Lanka is still in turmoil as lingering hostilities and ethnic distrust permeate the country.

    A brutal end to a bloody war

    Since the war ended in May of last year, the government has been haunted by allegations of massive human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during the final months of battle.

    The United Nations estimates that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in the last five months of the war.

    In October, the U.S. State Department produced a report detailing allegations of human rights abuses and possible war crimes committed by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government in the war's final months.

    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

  142. Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-urged-to-probe-sri-lankan-war-crimes/article1572252/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-International+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+World+News%29
    Canada should mount a domestic search for Sri Lankan war criminals and lean hard on the South Asian country to submit to an outside probe of atrocities on both sides during the last months of its war against the Tamil Tigers, says a global conflict-prevention group led by Canadian Louise Arbour.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes
    http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-government-proposal-won-t-address-war-crimes
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  143. After Pirapakaran: deepening internal colonialism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=120&amp
    The war is not over. The contrived ‘post-war’ is a political illusion pedalled by Sinhalese hegemonism, foolishly parroted by some gullible Sinhalese and a few naive Tamils. War is not merely the clash of arms; there are other economic, cultural and ideological wars too – the Cold Wars. The armed phase, not the war, ended in May 2009; the Sinhalese regime is pursuing war in different modes.

    Isolating Tamils in prison camps of the open air variety (Jaffna peninsula) and herding them into concentration camps girded by razor wire in the Vanni are acts of war; they are grotesque throwbacks to the colonial tools of Strategic Hamlets (US in Vietnam) and Security Villages (British in Kenya). But a Sinhalese ideologue (former Head of the now mercifully defunct Government’s Peace Secretariat) accused a foreign journalist, who revealed in advance the regime’s incarceration plans, of sensationalising the use of razor wire and ignoring their ecological function. ‘Unfortunately’, babbled the ideologue, ‘a man from a cold climate does not realise that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views’. Perhaps he is miffed by the ingratitude of Tamil inmates who, rather than appreciate the scenery and fresh air, are instead selfishly griping about torture, rape and disappearances!

    Refusing prisoner of war status to, and holding incommunicado, Tamil combatants – male and female – in undisclosed locations are acts of war. Denying Tamil people under almost any pretext access to lands lived on and cultivated by their ancestors and destroying their livelihoods are acts of war. The Sinhalese State’s ethnic flooding – the continuing and deliberate settling of Sinhalese populations on land in the Tamil homeland – to alter the demographic balance and thereby systemically erase the Tamil nation’s territorial identity is an act of war. Imposing the alien Sinhalese language – cultural marker of the dominant Sinhalese nation – upon the Tamil nation is again an act of war. Some Sinhalese observers, taken in by the disinformation about war’s end, are puzzled why all this is taking place ‘post war’. The answer is simple. Post-war is a myth. The war continues against the Tamil people.

    The victory in the armed phase is not the ‘achievement’ sycophants lavish upon the moribund semi-feudal Sri Lankan regime. On the contrary, the credit belongs to a coalition of approximately 30 countries ranged against the Tamil people; they include the Great Powers – US, EU (led by Britain, France, Germany), Russia, India, China and Japan – many of them nuclear powers and their cat’s paws in Scandinavia, notably Norway. Together they set the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) up for the kill; virtually all that the Sinhalese army had to do was pull the trigger, in a manner of speaking.

    To give the Sri Lankan regime a free hand, the international coalition effectively endorsed genocide to assist the Sinhalese army to scorch its way through the supportive Tamil population and slaughter the LTTE-led popular revolutionary movement. That, we admit, is the ‘achievement’

    In Sri Lanka, internal colonialism by the Sinhalese oligarchy has many characteristic facets. It imposes Sinhalese culture; it economically marginalises the Tamil nation and, in addition, in the east and north increasingly denies access to land. Tamils degraded into the social and economic underclass inevitably resist; to put down the challenge the oligarchy ensured Sinhalese monopoly of employment in, and control over, the armed forces.

  144. After Pirapakaran: deepening internal colonialism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=120&amp
    The war is not over. The contrived ‘post-war’ is a political illusion pedalled by Sinhalese hegemonism, foolishly parroted by some gullible Sinhalese and a few naive Tamils. War is not merely the clash of arms; there are other economic, cultural and ideological wars too – the Cold Wars. The armed phase, not the war, ended in May 2009; the Sinhalese regime is pursuing war in different modes.

    Isolating Tamils in prison camps of the open air variety (Jaffna peninsula) and herding them into concentration camps girded by razor wire in the Vanni are acts of war; they are grotesque throwbacks to the colonial tools of Strategic Hamlets (US in Vietnam) and Security Villages (British in Kenya). But a Sinhalese ideologue (former Head of the now mercifully defunct Government’s Peace Secretariat) accused a foreign journalist, who revealed in advance the regime’s incarceration plans, of sensationalising the use of razor wire and ignoring their ecological function. ‘Unfortunately’, babbled the ideologue, ‘a man from a cold climate does not realise that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views’. Perhaps he is miffed by the ingratitude of Tamil inmates who, rather than appreciate the scenery and fresh air, are instead selfishly griping about torture, rape and disappearances!

    Refusing prisoner of war status to, and holding incommunicado, Tamil combatants – male and female – in undisclosed locations are acts of war. Denying Tamil people under almost any pretext access to lands lived on and cultivated by their ancestors and destroying their livelihoods are acts of war. The Sinhalese State’s ethnic flooding – the continuing and deliberate settling of Sinhalese populations on land in the Tamil homeland – to alter the demographic balance and thereby systemically erase the Tamil nation’s territorial identity is an act of war. Imposing the alien Sinhalese language – cultural marker of the dominant Sinhalese nation – upon the Tamil nation is again an act of war. Some Sinhalese observers, taken in by the disinformation about war’s end, are puzzled why all this is taking place ‘post war’. The answer is simple. Post-war is a myth. The war continues against the Tamil people.

    The victory in the armed phase is not the ‘achievement’ sycophants lavish upon the moribund semi-feudal Sri Lankan regime. On the contrary, the credit belongs to a coalition of approximately 30 countries ranged against the Tamil people; they include the Great Powers – US, EU (led by Britain, France, Germany), Russia, India, China and Japan – many of them nuclear powers and their cat’s paws in Scandinavia, notably Norway. Together they set the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) up for the kill; virtually all that the Sinhalese army had to do was pull the trigger, in a manner of speaking.

    To give the Sri Lankan regime a free hand, the international coalition effectively endorsed genocide to assist the Sinhalese army to scorch its way through the supportive Tamil population and slaughter the LTTE-led popular revolutionary movement. That, we admit, is the ‘achievement’

    In Sri Lanka, internal colonialism by the Sinhalese oligarchy has many characteristic facets. It imposes Sinhalese culture; it economically marginalises the Tamil nation and, in addition, in the east and north increasingly denies access to land. Tamils degraded into the social and economic underclass inevitably resist; to put down the challenge the oligarchy ensured Sinhalese monopoly of employment in, and control over, the armed forces.

  145. Tamil died during voyage from Sri Lanka
    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/15/tamil-hearings-monday.html

    Sarujan Kanapathipillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress said members of his organization have been in touch with some of the migrants, who told them the man left behind a family in Sri Lanka.

    “That’s only about two weeks ago, so they made it for most of the journey,” said Kanapathipillai.

    “This person was a father of one, and his child and wife are in Sri Lanka. It shows how desperate these people were to try and get out of Sri Lanka, the conditions they must have been in.”

    What are they running from?
    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100813/bc_sri_lanka_backgrounder_100813/20100813?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

    The 25-year-long civil war between the government and the rebel Tamil Tigers may be over, but Sri Lanka is still in turmoil as lingering hostilities and ethnic distrust permeate the country.

    A brutal end to a bloody war

    Since the war ended in May of last year, the government has been haunted by allegations of massive human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during the final months of battle.

    The United Nations estimates that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in the last five months of the war.

    In October, the U.S. State Department produced a report detailing allegations of human rights abuses and possible war crimes committed by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government in the war’s final months.

    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

  146. After Pirapakaran: deepening internal colonialism
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=120&id=5940
    The war is not over. The contrived ‘post-war’ is a political illusion pedalled by Sinhalese hegemonism, foolishly parroted by some gullible Sinhalese and a few naive Tamils. War is not merely the clash of arms; there are other economic, cultural and ideological wars too – the Cold Wars. The armed phase, not the war, ended in May 2009; the Sinhalese regime is pursuing war in different modes.

    Isolating Tamils in prison camps of the open air variety (Jaffna peninsula) and herding them into concentration camps girded by razor wire in the Vanni are acts of war; they are grotesque throwbacks to the colonial tools of Strategic Hamlets (US in Vietnam) and Security Villages (British in Kenya). But a Sinhalese ideologue (former Head of the now mercifully defunct Government’s Peace Secretariat) accused a foreign journalist, who revealed in advance the regime’s incarceration plans, of sensationalising the use of razor wire and ignoring their ecological function. ‘Unfortunately’, babbled the ideologue, ‘a man from a cold climate does not realise that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views’. Perhaps he is miffed by the ingratitude of Tamil inmates who, rather than appreciate the scenery and fresh air, are instead selfishly griping about torture, rape and disappearances!

    Refusing prisoner of war status to, and holding incommunicado, Tamil combatants – male and female – in undisclosed locations are acts of war. Denying Tamil people under almost any pretext access to lands lived on and cultivated by their ancestors and destroying their livelihoods are acts of war. The Sinhalese State’s ethnic flooding – the continuing and deliberate settling of Sinhalese populations on land in the Tamil homeland – to alter the demographic balance and thereby systemically erase the Tamil nation’s territorial identity is an act of war. Imposing the alien Sinhalese language – cultural marker of the dominant Sinhalese nation – upon the Tamil nation is again an act of war. Some Sinhalese observers, taken in by the disinformation about war’s end, are puzzled why all this is taking place ‘post war’. The answer is simple. Post-war is a myth. The war continues against the Tamil people.

    The victory in the armed phase is not the ‘achievement’ sycophants lavish upon the moribund semi-feudal Sri Lankan regime. On the contrary, the credit belongs to a coalition of approximately 30 countries ranged against the Tamil people; they include the Great Powers – US, EU (led by Britain, France, Germany), Russia, India, China and Japan – many of them nuclear powers and their cat’s paws in Scandinavia, notably Norway. Together they set the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) up for the kill; virtually all that the Sinhalese army had to do was pull the trigger, in a manner of speaking.

    To give the Sri Lankan regime a free hand, the international coalition effectively endorsed genocide to assist the Sinhalese army to scorch its way through the supportive Tamil population and slaughter the LTTE-led popular revolutionary movement. That, we admit, is the ‘achievement’

    In Sri Lanka, internal colonialism by the Sinhalese oligarchy has many characteristic facets. It imposes Sinhalese culture; it economically marginalises the Tamil nation and, in addition, in the east and north increasingly denies access to land. Tamils degraded into the social and economic underclass inevitably resist; to put down the challenge the oligarchy ensured Sinhalese monopoly of employment in, and control over, the armed forces.

  147. I wish to take a Single line of a post that would prove that Rohan is copying and pasting stuff from useless web sites that lie or anyways here to lye !!

    This is proof – and here is the challenge to Rohan

    If you can prove me wrong, I will stop writing here under any handle, Since I, below, prove you wrong, would you have a little bit of potency left in you to take my challenge and stop copy and paste lies ???

    Let's see whether you are still the Impotent, mentally underdeveloped Ape that I perceive you to be !!!!

    Rohan Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    Can you please tell me on which Planet was Palith Kohona "Foreign Minister" ?? This is the Challenge – I say that he was never a Foreign Minister of any country – Prove me wrong and I will stick to my side of the challenge !!

    Also, Palitha has mentioned, "Victorious Soldiers Could have Raped every single Woman (immaterial of race?)

    There is a massive difference in Soldiers Raping and "Could Have Raped" if you really ask your English speaking neighbour to explain it to you.

    So, for the sake of Human Race, Ape – let go !! Stop Spreading lies and stupid statements that only demean you Apes further !!!

    Will be waiting to prove that you are not an Impotent Ape !!

  148. The Tamil war waged by the Sri Lankan government has not only opened a hornet’s nest, but also, unsavourily, channels of corporate possibilities for war collusion countries like India, Russia, China, and other minor disarrayed countries.

    Corporate exploitation is not the restitution in kind nor has it the power of alleviating the suffering and abject living conditions Sri Lankan Tamils face today.

    The present condition Sri Lankan Tamils face today in their own homeland after the loss of basic human rights, loss of own land and house to live in, no recourse to means of subsistence, no possibility of getting a decent job, lack of medical facilities are plastic in nature, but not the results from natural causes.

    In other terms, these conditions are intentionally created by power hungry and racist Sri Lankan leaders in power today to expose the Tamils and other minorities to the bitterest experiences and hardships.

    In politics nothing is static.

    Everything changes and mutates in order to produce situations to befit or destroy the life.

    Even the image a politician creates for his or her personal enrichment will sizzle out after it has served the purpose for which it was created.

    If one believes in the omnipotence of power and its beguiled charm to misuse it, one is destined to be stripped of the power and be a victim to the image he or she has created.

    Satan dances to the music it has created within its own image.

    Satan thinks that the image lives on for ever. The worst part of Satan dance is that it pretends that it does not live in reality.

    If one destroys the image Satan has created, it is easy to see Satan sizzle out like a drop of oil on a hot pan.

    This is what is going to happen to those criminals in power in Sri Lanka. Just as a spider dies in the nest it has created to kill other organisms, the power hungry Sri Lankan politicians will end up in the whirlpool they have created to decimate others.

    In Sri Lanka there is no democracy today to give voice to the freedom of speech and the press.

    What oozes out to the outside world about Sri Lankan politics is only a manipulated propaganda to fool the western powers and the global citizens as well.

  149. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  150. Krishna Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    Can we have some meaningful posts here please??? Even if you cut and paste, try to post something meaningful or at least a lie like you do under the handle Rohan !!

    U and your Satan !! there are no worse Satans and Luciferians than the Terrorists around the world and one of the heads – a mentally challenged impotent Ape by the name of Piribaharan was sent back to hell – few more to follow. Hope they follow soon and rot in hell !!

  151. Repo Man Alias Rip V W !

    I’m surprised at your insinuations.

    I can do whatever I want on these forum but I’m always respectful of the AI terms and conditions.

    If I want to bring an article and share it with my fellow bloggers, I will do it .

    You, however , is calling everyone “ Apes” and coming out with the most vicious insults, when cornered

  152. I wish to take a Single line of a post that would prove that Rohan is copying and pasting stuff from useless web sites that lie or anyways here to lye !!

    This is proof – and here is the challenge to Rohan

    If you can prove me wrong, I will stop writing here under any handle, Since I, below, prove you wrong, would you have a little bit of potency left in you to take my challenge and stop copy and paste lies ???

    Let’s see whether you are still the Impotent, mentally underdeveloped Ape that I perceive you to be !!!!

    Rohan Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)

    Can you please tell me on which Planet was Palith Kohona “Foreign Minister” ?? This is the Challenge – I say that he was never a Foreign Minister of any country – Prove me wrong and I will stick to my side of the challenge !!

    Also, Palitha has mentioned, “Victorious Soldiers Could have Raped every single Woman (immaterial of race?)

    There is a massive difference in Soldiers Raping and “Could Have Raped” if you really ask your English speaking neighbour to explain it to you.

    So, for the sake of Human Race, Ape – let go !! Stop Spreading lies and stupid statements that only demean you Apes further !!!

    Will be waiting to prove that you are not an Impotent Ape !!

  153. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  154. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  155. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  156. I think that to prevent the island nation Sri Lanka from slipping further into the abysmal political inferno, western democratic nations should adopt a policy to either groom the belligerent nation Sri Lanka to reinstate a policy of resettling the war displaced Tamils and other minorities soon, integrating them into the social and economic strata and withdrawing the military from the North and East provinces or implementing a collective policy to free the citizens of Sri Lanka from the regime to pave way for the independent homeland to the Sri Lankan Tamil minority as was the case in Kosovo.

  157. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  158. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/1

  159. The Tamil war waged by the Sri Lankan government has not only opened a hornet’s nest, but also, unsavourily, channels of corporate possibilities for war collusion countries like India, Russia, China, and other minor disarrayed countries.

    Corporate exploitation is not the restitution in kind nor has it the power of alleviating the suffering and abject living conditions Sri Lankan Tamils face today.

    The present condition Sri Lankan Tamils face today in their own homeland after the loss of basic human rights, loss of own land and house to live in, no recourse to means of subsistence, no possibility of getting a decent job, lack of medical facilities are plastic in nature, but not the results from natural causes.

    In other terms, these conditions are intentionally created by power hungry and racist Sri Lankan leaders in power today to expose the Tamils and other minorities to the bitterest experiences and hardships.

    In politics nothing is static.

    Everything changes and mutates in order to produce situations to befit or destroy the life.

    Even the image a politician creates for his or her personal enrichment will sizzle out after it has served the purpose for which it was created.

    If one believes in the omnipotence of power and its beguiled charm to misuse it, one is destined to be stripped of the power and be a victim to the image he or she has created.

    Satan dances to the music it has created within its own image.

    Satan thinks that the image lives on for ever. The worst part of Satan dance is that it pretends that it does not live in reality.

    If one destroys the image Satan has created, it is easy to see Satan sizzle out like a drop of oil on a hot pan.

    This is what is going to happen to those criminals in power in Sri Lanka. Just as a spider dies in the nest it has created to kill other organisms, the power hungry Sri Lankan politicians will end up in the whirlpool they have created to decimate others.

    In Sri Lanka there is no democracy today to give voice to the freedom of speech and the press.

    What oozes out to the outside world about Sri Lankan politics is only a manipulated propaganda to fool the western powers and the global citizens as well.

  160. Krishna Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    Can we have some meaningful posts here please??? Even if you cut and paste, try to post something meaningful or at least a lie like you do under the handle Rohan !!

    U and your Satan !! there are no worse Satans and Luciferians than the Terrorists around the world and one of the heads – a mentally challenged impotent Ape by the name of Piribaharan was sent back to hell – few more to follow. Hope they follow soon and rot in hell !!

  161. Repo Man Alias Rip V W !

    I’m surprised at your insinuations.

    I can do whatever I want on these forum but I’m always respectful of the AI terms and conditions.

    If I want to bring an article and share it with my fellow bloggers, I will do it .

    You, however , is calling everyone “ Apes” and coming out with the most vicious insults, when cornered

  162. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100816_sangaree_llrc.shtml

  163. I think that to prevent the island nation Sri Lanka from slipping further into the abysmal political inferno, western democratic nations should adopt a policy to either groom the belligerent nation Sri Lanka to reinstate a policy of resettling the war displaced Tamils and other minorities soon, integrating them into the social and economic strata and withdrawing the military from the North and East provinces or implementing a collective policy to free the citizens of Sri Lanka from the regime to pave way for the independent homeland to the Sri Lankan Tamil minority as was the case in Kosovo.

  164. Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka

    The under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with severe injuries

    The mother of one of the boys told that her son was asked to come to the temple and asked to stay overnight to prepare forms for a charitable event.

    Mother of a victim said

    “A group of men has come to the room at night when the child was sleeping in the monks’ quarters. There have been four boys and when they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents,” she said.

    The mother added that all four boys have sustained injuries as a result of the sexual attack but her son was the one who sustained serious injuries.

    The medical report says that they have sustained physical damage due to forceful sexual abuse.

    When they were abused one boy has run to the junior monk for help but the monk has asked the boy not to say anything to the parents

    More than 500 child abuse cases have been reported from over 420 government and privately maintained children’s homes around Sri Lanka

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100815_boys_abused.shtml

  165. Tamil migrants say they are fleeing mass murders http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+migrants+t

    The Tamil migrants smuggled to the B.C. coast aboard the MV Sun Sea have released statements saying they are civilians fleeing disappearances and mass murders in Sri Lanka.

    In a letter obtained by the National Post, a group of migrants detained at a prison near Vancouver thanked Canada and disputed what they called Sri Lankan government propaganda about them.

    “We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict,” it reads.

    “We are not terrorists. We would also like to let you know that we will abide and live by the laws of this country.”

    A second letter, signed “Tamil people from the Sun Sea ship,” says they traveled four months with little food, water, sleeping space, medicine and sanitary facilities.

    “We have traveled for almost four months with much suffering and pain. We have come here, to this wonderful country Canada, to protect ourselves and our family members from the murders, disappearances and violence that still exist in our native country,” it reads.

  166. Racism at every level

    The 1956 ‘Sinhala-only’ Act which made Sinhala the national language was a conscious attempt by the government to redress what was perceived as an imbalance in favour of the Tamils. In 1970 the government, in a bid to appease the disgruntled, unemployed Sinhalese youth, introduced ‘standardisation’ in education. Though meant to discriminate in favour of rural children, it effectively meant that Tamil students had to score higher marks than Sinhalese to enter higher education via a quota system.

    Each government since Independence has tried to appease the Sinhalese peasants by encouraging land colonisation schemes in traditional Tamil areas. Tamils allege that 1,500 of a total 7,000 square miles of ‘their’ territory has been brought under Sinhalese control. Such a claim to separate Tamil lands is a very recent phenomenon, brought about by the growing racisim of the state. For thousands of years Tamils and Sinhalese lived side by side – sharing kings, customs and foods, worshipping each others’ gods and entering into each others’ celebrations.

    But 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. Recent speeches by one such politician, a cabinet minister, are circulating freely in Sri Lanka under the title Diabolical Conspiracy.
    (oct-1983) http://www.newint.org/issue128/pogrom.htm

  167. Australian Citizen Dr Palitha Kohona implicated in Sri Lankan War Crime http://warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705
    Sri Lankan government officials are running a prostitution racket using Tamil women interned in at least one of the militarised camps for displaced people, The Australian newspaper reported Thursday. "It's been brought to the attention of senior government officials but no one seems to be doing anything about it," an aid worker, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, told the paper. In response to the accusations, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: "These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped."

  168. Tamil migrants say they are fleeing mass murders http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+migrants+t

    The Tamil migrants smuggled to the B.C. coast aboard the MV Sun Sea have released statements saying they are civilians fleeing disappearances and mass murders in Sri Lanka.

    In a letter obtained by the National Post, a group of migrants detained at a prison near Vancouver thanked Canada and disputed what they called Sri Lankan government propaganda about them.

    “We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict,” it reads.

    “We are not terrorists. We would also like to let you know that we will abide and live by the laws of this country.”

    A second letter, signed “Tamil people from the Sun Sea ship,” says they traveled four months with little food, water, sleeping space, medicine and sanitary facilities.

    “We have traveled for almost four months with much suffering and pain. We have come here, to this wonderful country Canada, to protect ourselves and our family members from the murders, disappearances and violence that still exist in our native country,” it reads.

  169. Tamil migrants say they are fleeing mass murders http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+migrants+t

    The Tamil migrants smuggled to the B.C. coast aboard the MV Sun Sea have released statements saying they are civilians fleeing disappearances and mass murders in Sri Lanka.

    In a letter obtained by the National Post, a group of migrants detained at a prison near Vancouver thanked Canada and disputed what they called Sri Lankan government propaganda about them.

    “We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict,” it reads.

    “We are not terrorists. We would also like to let you know that we will abide and live by the laws of this country.”

    A second letter, signed “Tamil people from the Sun Sea ship,” says they traveled four months with little food, water, sleeping space, medicine and sanitary facilities.

    “We have traveled for almost four months with much suffering and pain. We have come here, to this wonderful country Canada, to protect ourselves and our family members from the murders, disappearances and violence that still exist in our native country,” it reads.

  170. “War crime enquiry on Sonia and Karunanithi” http://truthdive.com/2010/08/17/%E2%80%9Cwar-crim
    Mr P. Ramasamy has organized a panel of prominent politicians, neutral observers and international Non Governmental organizations. He has promised that a report will be prepared with evidences on the incidents occurred in Sri Lanka at the final war and will be forwarded to the United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki Moon. He has stressed that Sri Lanka and India should take responsibility towards this accusations.

    Indian cogr. has bloodstain hand in the murder of over 40,000 Tamils last year by sri lanka.

    US backs UN in Sri Lanka war crimes dispute http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100706/pl_afp/srila

  171. Racism at every level

    The 1956 ‘Sinhala-only’ Act which made Sinhala the national language was a conscious attempt by the government to redress what was perceived as an imbalance in favour of the Tamils. In 1970 the government, in a bid to appease the disgruntled, unemployed Sinhalese youth, introduced ‘standardisation’ in education. Though meant to discriminate in favour of rural children, it effectively meant that Tamil students had to score higher marks than Sinhalese to enter higher education via a quota system.

    Each government since Independence has tried to appease the Sinhalese peasants by encouraging land colonisation schemes in traditional Tamil areas. Tamils allege that 1,500 of a total 7,000 square miles of ‘their’ territory has been brought under Sinhalese control. Such a claim to separate Tamil lands is a very recent phenomenon, brought about by the growing racisim of the state. For thousands of years Tamils and Sinhalese lived side by side – sharing kings, customs and foods, worshipping each others’ gods and entering into each others’ celebrations.

    But 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. Recent speeches by one such politician, a cabinet minister, are circulating freely in Sri Lanka under the title Diabolical Conspiracy.
    (oct-1983) http://www.newint.org/issue128/pogrom.htm

  172. Racism at every level

    The 1956 ‘Sinhala-only’ Act which made Sinhala the national language was a conscious attempt by the government to redress what was perceived as an imbalance in favour of the Tamils. In 1970 the government, in a bid to appease the disgruntled, unemployed Sinhalese youth, introduced ‘standardisation’ in education. Though meant to discriminate in favour of rural children, it effectively meant that Tamil students had to score higher marks than Sinhalese to enter higher education via a quota system.

    Each government since Independence has tried to appease the Sinhalese peasants by encouraging land colonisation schemes in traditional Tamil areas. Tamils allege that 1,500 of a total 7,000 square miles of ‘their’ territory has been brought under Sinhalese control. Such a claim to separate Tamil lands is a very recent phenomenon, brought about by the growing racisim of the state. For thousands of years Tamils and Sinhalese lived side by side – sharing kings, customs and foods, worshipping each others’ gods and entering into each others’ celebrations.

    But 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. Recent speeches by one such politician, a cabinet minister, are circulating freely in Sri Lanka under the title Diabolical Conspiracy.
    (oct-1983) http://www.newint.org/issue128/pogrom.htm

  173. Australian Citizen Dr Palitha Kohona implicated in Sri Lankan War Crime http://warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705
    Sri Lankan government officials are running a prostitution racket using Tamil women interned in at least one of the militarised camps for displaced people, The Australian newspaper reported Thursday. "It's been brought to the attention of senior government officials but no one seems to be doing anything about it," an aid worker, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, told the paper. In response to the accusations, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: "These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped."

  174. Australian Citizen Dr Palitha Kohona implicated in Sri Lankan War Crime http://warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705
    Sri Lankan government officials are running a prostitution racket using Tamil women interned in at least one of the militarised camps for displaced people, The Australian newspaper reported Thursday. "It's been brought to the attention of senior government officials but no one seems to be doing anything about it," an aid worker, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, told the paper. In response to the accusations, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: "These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped."

  175. “War crime enquiry on Sonia and Karunanithi” http://truthdive.com/2010/08/17/%E2%80%9Cwar-crim
    Mr P. Ramasamy has organized a panel of prominent politicians, neutral observers and international Non Governmental organizations. He has promised that a report will be prepared with evidences on the incidents occurred in Sri Lanka at the final war and will be forwarded to the United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki Moon. He has stressed that Sri Lanka and India should take responsibility towards this accusations.

    Indian cogr. has bloodstain hand in the murder of over 40,000 Tamils last year by sri lanka.

    US backs UN in Sri Lanka war crimes dispute http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100706/pl_afp/srila

  176. “War crime enquiry on Sonia and Karunanithi” http://truthdive.com/2010/08/17/%E2%80%9Cwar-crim
    Mr P. Ramasamy has organized a panel of prominent politicians, neutral observers and international Non Governmental organizations. He has promised that a report will be prepared with evidences on the incidents occurred in Sri Lanka at the final war and will be forwarded to the United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki Moon. He has stressed that Sri Lanka and India should take responsibility towards this accusations.

    Indian cogr. has bloodstain hand in the murder of over 40,000 Tamils last year by sri lanka.

    US backs UN in Sri Lanka war crimes dispute http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100706/pl_afp/srila

  177. Krishna Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    I can do whatever I want on these forum but I’m always respectful of the AI terms and conditions.

    This is exactly what we have been telling AI too – not to allow you to do whatever you want. AI has this post for you to write your views and not paste some others persons article over here – if you really wish to share it, you can post the link to the article and not the whole article – that is the decent way of doing it than spoiling blogs. Just because AI has shown some leniency creating a loophole in the system, you don't have to act like spineless worms that creeps through any hole available.

    As for Apes, read my post explaining why I call you Apes – your answer and the post anyway confirms my theory !!

  178. Thank you Rohan for this Post – I will vote this "Thumbs Up"

    Rohan-Sri lanka state terror victim Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: “These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped.”

    Though Palitha was never the Foreign Minister, but the Foreign Secretary till 2009, Though the rest is bull crap, Thank you for publishing a partial truth at least for once – Not One Single Woman was Raped
    Thanks again !!

  179. Repo man

    Yep …

    Also another truth was told by the Rajapaksa Propaganda Mashine
    “No one civilians was killed in the Tamil War”

  180. Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system.

    It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

    That’s a message Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government should drive home, as the United Nations, the United States and India have done.

    Now Tamils are fleeing abroad in desperation.

    So it was a bit much to hear Sri Lankan High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara urging Ottawa to turn away the Sun Sea, with its women and children, to prevent Tigers from regrouping here. If Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority of 17 million were making the minority 4 million Tamils feel less threatened, fewer would be regrouping anywhere.

    Rajapaksa, instead of showing magnanimity in victory and delivering reform, the Sri Lankan authorities have chosen to rebuff a UN probe into war crimes on both sides and to focus more on economic rebuilding than on devolution. Reconciliation is a distant prospect.

  181. Tamil migrants say they are fleeing mass murders
    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+migrants+they+fleeing+mass+murders/3404662/story.html#ixzz0wpZRBXwz

    The Tamil migrants smuggled to the B.C. coast aboard the MV Sun Sea have released statements saying they are civilians fleeing disappearances and mass murders in Sri Lanka.

    In a letter obtained by the National Post, a group of migrants detained at a prison near Vancouver thanked Canada and disputed what they called Sri Lankan government propaganda about them.

    “We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict,” it reads.

    “We are not terrorists. We would also like to let you know that we will abide and live by the laws of this country.”

    A second letter, signed “Tamil people from the Sun Sea ship,” says they traveled four months with little food, water, sleeping space, medicine and sanitary facilities.

    “We have traveled for almost four months with much suffering and pain. We have come here, to this wonderful country Canada, to protect ourselves and our family members from the murders, disappearances and violence that still exist in our native country,” it reads.

  182. Racism at every level

    The 1956 ‘Sinhala-only’ Act which made Sinhala the national language was a conscious attempt by the government to redress what was perceived as an imbalance in favour of the Tamils. In 1970 the government, in a bid to appease the disgruntled, unemployed Sinhalese youth, introduced ‘standardisation’ in education. Though meant to discriminate in favour of rural children, it effectively meant that Tamil students had to score higher marks than Sinhalese to enter higher education via a quota system.

    Each government since Independence has tried to appease the Sinhalese peasants by encouraging land colonisation schemes in traditional Tamil areas. Tamils allege that 1,500 of a total 7,000 square miles of ‘their’ territory has been brought under Sinhalese control. Such a claim to separate Tamil lands is a very recent phenomenon, brought about by the growing racisim of the state. For thousands of years Tamils and Sinhalese lived side by side – sharing kings, customs and foods, worshipping each others’ gods and entering into each others’ celebrations.

    But 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. Recent speeches by one such politician, a cabinet minister, are circulating freely in Sri Lanka under the title Diabolical Conspiracy.
    (oct-1983)
    http://www.newint.org/issue128/pogrom.htm

  183. Australian Citizen Dr Palitha Kohona implicated in Sri Lankan War Crime
    http://warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=280:australian-citizen-dr-palitha-kohona-implicated-in-sri-lankan-war-crime&catid=41:daily-hr-report&Itemid=65

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705
    Sri Lankan government officials are running a prostitution racket using Tamil women interned in at least one of the militarised camps for displaced people, The Australian newspaper reported Thursday. “It’s been brought to the attention of senior government officials but no one seems to be doing anything about it,” an aid worker, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, told the paper. In response to the accusations, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: “These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped.”

  184. “War crime enquiry on Sonia and Karunanithi”
    http://truthdive.com/2010/08/17/%E2%80%9Cwar-crime-enquiry-on-sonia-and-karunanithi%E2%80%9D/
    Mr P. Ramasamy has organized a panel of prominent politicians, neutral observers and international Non Governmental organizations. He has promised that a report will be prepared with evidences on the incidents occurred in Sri Lanka at the final war and will be forwarded to the United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki Moon. He has stressed that Sri Lanka and India should take responsibility towards this accusations.

    Indian cogr. has bloodstain hand in the murder of over 40,000 Tamils last year by sri lanka.

    US backs UN in Sri Lanka war crimes dispute
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100706/pl_afp/srilankaununrestrightsus

  185. Krishna Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    I can do whatever I want on these forum but I’m always respectful of the AI terms and conditions.

    This is exactly what we have been telling AI too – not to allow you to do whatever you want. AI has this post for you to write your views and not paste some others persons article over here – if you really wish to share it, you can post the link to the article and not the whole article – that is the decent way of doing it than spoiling blogs. Just because AI has shown some leniency creating a loophole in the system, you don’t have to act like spineless worms that creeps through any hole available.

    As for Apes, read my post explaining why I call you Apes – your answer and the post anyway confirms my theory !!

  186. Thank you Rohan for this Post – I will vote this “Thumbs Up”

    Rohan-Sri lanka state terror victim Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona told the paper: “These (the military) are the guys who were winning the war – they could have raped every single woman on the way if they wanted to. Not one single woman was raped.”

    Though Palitha was never the Foreign Minister, but the Foreign Secretary till 2009, Though the rest is bull crap, Thank you for publishing a partial truth at least for once – Not One Single Woman was Raped
    Thanks again !!

  187. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 3:14 am

    Also another truth was told by the Rajapaksa Propaganda Mashine
    “No one civilians was killed in the Tamil War”

    My self and EDE found it hard to believe our selves and do not share the same thoughts – we are pretty sure that many civilians would have been killed during the war. But, we see where the government is coming from to say so as we know for a fact that the government did not intentionally bomb and civilians targets. But, obviously civilians should have been at the receiving end since we all know that they were used as Shields by the LTTE – If you had read our previous posts, you would have known it by now. Also, what EDE mentioned after mentioning the relevant clause from Geneve convention is that it is not against international law if a party has their bases in the midst of civilians – hence, it was the LTTE which was to be blamed for the deaths of the civilians anyways.

    We also saw live feeds of LTTE shooting at civilians who tried to escape and also saw how several suicide bombers blasted them selves in the midst of Civilians and forces killing all of them – so we cannot call it a war where people did not die, but, need to realize who is to be blamed for those killings.

  188. Repo man

    Yep …

    Also another truth was told by the Rajapaksa Propaganda Mashine
    “No one civilians was killed in the Tamil War”

  189. Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem,” whatever critics of our refugee system may say about the arrival here of the cargo freighter MV Sun Sea with some 500 asylum-seekers. We processed 34,000 refugee claims last year; these arrivals won’t overtax the system.

    It is Sri Lanka that has a problem. President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s triumphalist government has failed to make the country’s large Tamil minority feel secure after crushing the Tiger insurgency last year. Until he does, people will continue to flee.

    That’s a message Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government should drive home, as the United Nations, the United States and India have done.

    Now Tamils are fleeing abroad in desperation.

    So it was a bit much to hear Sri Lankan High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara urging Ottawa to turn away the Sun Sea, with its women and children, to prevent Tigers from regrouping here. If Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority of 17 million were making the minority 4 million Tamils feel less threatened, fewer would be regrouping anywhere.

    Rajapaksa, instead of showing magnanimity in victory and delivering reform, the Sri Lankan authorities have chosen to rebuff a UN probe into war crimes on both sides and to focus more on economic rebuilding than on devolution. Reconciliation is a distant prospect.

  190. "I left my son, I left my husband to come through hell so that I don't have to live in hell in Sri Lanka," one detained woman told a Tamil community worker.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/FLEEING+HELL+LANKA+MI

    some appear to have
    witnessed war crimes during the final stages of the war, between government forces and separatist Tamil Tigers rebels, that ended in May 2009.

    "We want these witnesses to come forward and testify," he said. The Sri Lankan government has long denied committing war crimes, despite evidence presented by international human rights groups.

  191. Rip Van Winkle Says: August 17th, 2010 at 1:21 am, Not One Single Woman was Raped

    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

  192. Arunthavarajah Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 3:14 am

    Also another truth was told by the Rajapaksa Propaganda Mashine
    “No one civilians was killed in the Tamil War”

    My self and EDE found it hard to believe our selves and do not share the same thoughts – we are pretty sure that many civilians would have been killed during the war. But, we see where the government is coming from to say so as we know for a fact that the government did not intentionally bomb and civilians targets. But, obviously civilians should have been at the receiving end since we all know that they were used as Shields by the LTTE – If you had read our previous posts, you would have known it by now. Also, what EDE mentioned after mentioning the relevant clause from Geneve convention is that it is not against international law if a party has their bases in the midst of civilians – hence, it was the LTTE which was to be blamed for the deaths of the civilians anyways.

    We also saw live feeds of LTTE shooting at civilians who tried to escape and also saw how several suicide bombers blasted them selves in the midst of Civilians and forces killing all of them – so we cannot call it a war where people did not die, but, need to realize who is to be blamed for those killings.

  193. “I left my son, I left my husband to come through hell so that I don’t have to live in hell in Sri Lanka,” one detained woman told a Tamil community worker.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/FLEEING+HELL+LANKA+MIGRANTS/3406773/story.html#ixzz0wspHYozI

    some appear to have
    witnessed war crimes during the final stages of the war, between government forces and separatist Tamil Tigers rebels, that ended in May 2009.

    “We want these witnesses to come forward and testify,” he said. The Sri Lankan government has long denied committing war crimes, despite evidence presented by international human rights groups.

  194. Rip Van Winkle Says: August 17th, 2010 at 1:21 am, Not One Single Woman was Raped

    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

  195. Tamil refugees symptom of international failure in Sri Lanka http://www.ndp.ca/press/tamil-refugees-symptom-in

    The arrival of the 490 Tamil boat people seeking refuge in Canada is a symptom of the continued humanitarian suffering in Sri Lanka. It’s time for the government of Canada to rally international efforts to pressure the Sri Lankan government improve living conditions on the ground, say New Democrats. “After the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka, Minister Cannon simply moved on from the file and failed to maintain international attention on the plight of Tamils,” said New Democrat Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre).

    Migrants claim mass murders forced them to flee Sri Lanka http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrants+claim+m

    Tamil migrants who arrived in British Columbia aboard a human-smuggling ship last week say they were fleeing mass murders, disappearances and extortion in their native Sri Lanka. The Canadian Tamil Congress, an advocacy group for Canadian Tamils, released two letters to The Vancouver Sun and other media Monday allegedly penned by some of the 490 men, women and children detained in an immigration lockup facility in Maple Ridge. "We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict. We are not terrorists," one of the letters states

  196. Armed men abduct Tamil man in white van in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    man in the early of Thursday from his house in Akkaraippattu in Batticaloa district, according to a complaint lodged by the wife of the victim at Akaaraippattu Police on Monday

    The victim, Balasundaram Theivendran, was sleeping at his house located in the Tsunami resettlement village in Ka’n'nakipuram.

    A group of unidentified men wearing black clothes knocked the doors of the house around 3:00 a.m., Mrs Theivendran told the police in her complaint. When she opened the doors the intruders entered forcibly and took her husband at gun point amid her protest and shouts.

  197. Tamil refugees symptom of international failure in Sri Lanka http://www.ndp.ca/press/tamil-refugees-symptom-in

    The arrival of the 490 Tamil boat people seeking refuge in Canada is a symptom of the continued humanitarian suffering in Sri Lanka. It’s time for the government of Canada to rally international efforts to pressure the Sri Lankan government improve living conditions on the ground, say New Democrats. “After the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka, Minister Cannon simply moved on from the file and failed to maintain international attention on the plight of Tamils,” said New Democrat Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre).

    Migrants claim mass murders forced them to flee Sri Lanka http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrants+claim+m

    Tamil migrants who arrived in British Columbia aboard a human-smuggling ship last week say they were fleeing mass murders, disappearances and extortion in their native Sri Lanka. The Canadian Tamil Congress, an advocacy group for Canadian Tamils, released two letters to The Vancouver Sun and other media Monday allegedly penned by some of the 490 men, women and children detained in an immigration lockup facility in Maple Ridge. "We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict. We are not terrorists," one of the letters states

  198. Tamil refugees symptom of international failure in Sri Lanka http://www.ndp.ca/press/tamil-refugees-symptom-in

    The arrival of the 490 Tamil boat people seeking refuge in Canada is a symptom of the continued humanitarian suffering in Sri Lanka. It’s time for the government of Canada to rally international efforts to pressure the Sri Lankan government improve living conditions on the ground, say New Democrats. “After the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka, Minister Cannon simply moved on from the file and failed to maintain international attention on the plight of Tamils,” said New Democrat Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre).

    Migrants claim mass murders forced them to flee Sri Lanka http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrants+claim+m

    Tamil migrants who arrived in British Columbia aboard a human-smuggling ship last week say they were fleeing mass murders, disappearances and extortion in their native Sri Lanka. The Canadian Tamil Congress, an advocacy group for Canadian Tamils, released two letters to The Vancouver Sun and other media Monday allegedly penned by some of the 490 men, women and children detained in an immigration lockup facility in Maple Ridge. "We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict. We are not terrorists," one of the letters states

  199. Boycott Sri lanka Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    You have listed out dates and cases as reported on tamil.net which is quite famous for manufacturing news. I do not say that there were no such cases as they were reported and the people involved were taken in to custody and taken necessary legal action. This means the country has a proper legal system that works.

    Also, please bare in mind that I do not wish to list out the Rapes that were carried out by the Apes of LTTE – the difference is that none of those innocent girls lived another day to tell their story ! They were murdered by the Rapists of LTTE.

  200. Armed men abduct Tamil man in white van in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    man in the early of Thursday from his house in Akkaraippattu in Batticaloa district, according to a complaint lodged by the wife of the victim at Akaaraippattu Police on Monday

    The victim, Balasundaram Theivendran, was sleeping at his house located in the Tsunami resettlement village in Ka’n'nakipuram.

    A group of unidentified men wearing black clothes knocked the doors of the house around 3:00 a.m., Mrs Theivendran told the police in her complaint. When she opened the doors the intruders entered forcibly and took her husband at gun point amid her protest and shouts.

  201. Armed men abduct Tamil man in white van in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    man in the early of Thursday from his house in Akkaraippattu in Batticaloa district, according to a complaint lodged by the wife of the victim at Akaaraippattu Police on Monday

    The victim, Balasundaram Theivendran, was sleeping at his house located in the Tsunami resettlement village in Ka’n'nakipuram.

    A group of unidentified men wearing black clothes knocked the doors of the house around 3:00 a.m., Mrs Theivendran told the police in her complaint. When she opened the doors the intruders entered forcibly and took her husband at gun point amid her protest and shouts.

  202. Sri Lanka’s sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority and their mistreatment at the hands of the island’s Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as “the policy of standardization,” which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka’s 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983, when 1000s of Tamil women and children raped, killed or burned alive by the Sinhala Mobs.

    They, the Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils to kill.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tigers.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers “disappeared” while awaiting trial in Sri Lanka jails.

    War’s end didn’t end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of “ethnic cleansing” of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces.

  203. Rip van Winkle

    I wonder if you were a product of the pre PREETHI era, if PREETHI was available in Sri Lanka he will not be around to torment us with load of hog wash.!

  204. Rohan

    Rip van Winkle is funny !!! 🙂

    This pathetic dude keeps on hugging to this website and gets his two cents quoted.

  205. Sri Lankan state terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka.

    Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    Ruling a country in contravention of the tenets of nationally and internationally established norms is a precursor of omen. The country’s present political litmus test is not promising at all.

    It has become an anathema to the power-embedded high-ranking government ministers to seek democratic ways and means to solve the problems of the minority community Tamils.

    The dangerous situation keeps brewing up in the volatility of the Sri Lanka’s national politics.

    There are hot spots of politically simmering realms where one has to guard against the blindness in denying a nation’s Tamil their rights, proper place in society and integration into the mainstream of politics.

    It is time IC came forward, instead of its soft-foot pedalling politics, to press Sri Lanka to adopt a policy of reconciliation with the minority citizens Tamils and correct for the past atrocities the government has committed by complying with the independent UN inquiry into its military excesses and massacre of innocent Tamils.

  206. Manojanraj Says:
    August 18th, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Hello there Mano who is totally Mano !!

    I wonder if you were a product of the pre PREETHI era, if PREETHI was available in Sri Lanka he will not be around to torment us with load of hog wash.!

    I see that you are disturbed by my anti-terrorist comments here – 🙂 !!

    Well, I think I am too !! I am from the pre-preethi Era where actually my parents wanted to have me so that I would serve my country and also save it from Terrorist Apes.

    At least I am happy and grateful to my parents that they brought me up, taught me values of humanity and not to become a terrorist. I am also happy that I was not conceived as you Apes were – You are those who's mothers get pregnant when your Fathers Fart and Fall off When your Mother farted – LOL !! So, all you Fart Born Apes, as you are totally impotent, please keep re-producing through Farts !! LOL LOL LOL !

    Manojanraj Says:
    August 18th, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Rip van Winkle is funny !!! 🙂

    Of course – Good that you at least figured it out – I am a very jovial person and people love to be around me, which I am proud of !!

    This pathetic dude keeps on hugging to this website and gets his two cents quoted.

    Owwww… Must be a real trouble and a hardship for you guys to carry out your On Line terrorist activities with me, EDE and a few others posting comments noh ??

    Two cents or Three cents or Half a cent, we write our own stuff – Can your Ape Farts be proud of the "Copy Paste and steel" articles you publish ?? – LOLOL !!

    It is also nice to see your friend Rohan not hugging on to, but basically being buried on this site with different handles too !! There is an English saying that "one who lives in glass houses should not throw stones at others" hmmm ? – But then again, I do not expect you Fart Born Apes to have head of such thing (or anything at all) – You have a long way to go to evolve to the stage of normal Humans – Good luck with it Terrorists Fart Apes !!

  207. Tamil refugees symptom of international failure in Sri Lanka
    http://www.ndp.ca/press/tamil-refugees-symptom-international-failure-in-sri-lanka

    The arrival of the 490 Tamil boat people seeking refuge in Canada is a symptom of the continued humanitarian suffering in Sri Lanka. It’s time for the government of Canada to rally international efforts to pressure the Sri Lankan government improve living conditions on the ground, say New Democrats. “After the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka, Minister Cannon simply moved on from the file and failed to maintain international attention on the plight of Tamils,” said New Democrat Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre).

    Migrants claim mass murders forced them to flee Sri Lanka
    http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrants+claim+mass+murders+forced+them+flee+Lanka/3407470/story.html

    Tamil migrants who arrived in British Columbia aboard a human-smuggling ship last week say they were fleeing mass murders, disappearances and extortion in their native Sri Lanka. The Canadian Tamil Congress, an advocacy group for Canadian Tamils, released two letters to The Vancouver Sun and other media Monday allegedly penned by some of the 490 men, women and children detained in an immigration lockup facility in Maple Ridge. “We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian Government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict. We are not terrorists,” one of the letters states

  208. Boycott Sri lanka Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    You have listed out dates and cases as reported on tamil.net which is quite famous for manufacturing news. I do not say that there were no such cases as they were reported and the people involved were taken in to custody and taken necessary legal action. This means the country has a proper legal system that works.

    Also, please bare in mind that I do not wish to list out the Rapes that were carried out by the Apes of LTTE – the difference is that none of those innocent girls lived another day to tell their story ! They were murdered by the Rapists of LTTE.

  209. Armed men abduct Tamil man in white van in Batticaloa
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32379

    man in the early of Thursday from his house in Akkaraippattu in Batticaloa district, according to a complaint lodged by the wife of the victim at Akaaraippattu Police on Monday

    The victim, Balasundaram Theivendran, was sleeping at his house located in the Tsunami resettlement village in Ka’n’nakipuram.

    A group of unidentified men wearing black clothes knocked the doors of the house around 3:00 a.m., Mrs Theivendran told the police in her complaint. When she opened the doors the intruders entered forcibly and took her husband at gun point amid her protest and shouts.

  210. @Manojanraj:

    The Eelamists' posts have made these blogs the funniest place on the internet.

    Eelam Genius Rohan's best post is here:

    "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"

    Hmmmm…..Rohan's confused the US's action in Fallujah for Sri Lanka. So, let's re-cap the war crimes charges for the US State Department on the actions of the US Army in Fallujah.

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

    The SLA in contrast, rescued 300k+ grateful Tamil civilians who were unable to run away to the West, yet had to endure life & death in the paradise formerly known as Eelam.

    In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    etc.. etc..

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem". No, Canada has a problem with (some) pro-Eelam Tamils. They're all yours, Canada!

    Yes, it a real, laugh-a-minute with the (unintentional) comedy geniuses of Eelam. 🙂

    p.s. Yesterday, 59 people were murdered in Iraq in a suicide bombing of the type favoured by the now-crushed LTTE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10995

  211. @Manojanraj:

    The Eelamists' posts have made these blogs the funniest place on the internet.

    Eelam Genius Rohan's best post is here:

    "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"

    Hmmmm…..Rohan's confused the US's action in Fallujah for Sri Lanka. So, let's re-cap the war crimes charges for the US State Department on the actions of the US Army in Fallujah.

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

    The SLA in contrast, rescued 300k+ grateful Tamil civilians who were unable to run away to the West, yet had to endure life & death in the paradise formerly known as Eelam.

    In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    etc.. etc..

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem". No, Canada has a problem with (some) pro-Eelam Tamils. They're all yours, Canada!

    Yes, it a real, laugh-a-minute with the (unintentional) comedy geniuses of Eelam. 🙂

    p.s. Yesterday, 59 people were murdered in Iraq in a suicide bombing of the type favoured by the now-crushed LTTE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10995

  212. @Manojanraj:

    The Eelamists' posts have made these blogs the funniest place on the internet.

    Eelam Genius Rohan's best post is here:

    "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"

    Hmmmm…..Rohan's confused the US's action in Fallujah for Sri Lanka. So, let's re-cap the war crimes charges for the US State Department on the actions of the US Army in Fallujah.

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

    The SLA in contrast, rescued 300k+ grateful Tamil civilians who were unable to run away to the West, yet had to endure life & death in the paradise formerly known as Eelam.

    In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    etc.. etc..

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem". No, Canada has a problem with (some) pro-Eelam Tamils. They're all yours, Canada!

    Yes, it a real, laugh-a-minute with the (unintentional) comedy geniuses of Eelam. 🙂

    p.s. Yesterday, 59 people were murdered in Iraq in a suicide bombing of the type favoured by the now-crushed LTTE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10995

  213. Sri Lanka’s sorry history complicates what to do with Tamil refugees

    I have a great deal of sympathy for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority and their mistreatment at the hands of the island’s Sinhalese majority.

    During British rule, Tamils, who are largely Hindu, held most of the senior positions in commerce, the professions and the bureaucracy. They were more willing than their Sinhalese countrymen — mostly Buddhists — to accept missionary education and British institutions.

    After independence in 1948, Sinhalese majority governments implemented a form of reverse discrimination known as “the policy of standardization,” which made Sinhala the sole official language and brought most businesses under state control.

    The policy also reserved most major government jobs and contracts for the Sinhalese, which had the effect of taking away tens of thousands of private properties held by Tamils and turning them over to Sinhalese control.

    The result was a marginalization of Sri Lanka’s 3.2 million Tamils — who are outnumbered about six-to-one — and a rise in Tamil militancy, particularly after the bloody mayhem of July 1983, when 1000s of Tamil women and children raped, killed or burned alive by the Sinhala Mobs.

    They, the Sinhalese nationalists, including Buddhist monks, went door-to-door in Sri Lankan cities looking for Tamils to kill.

    Mobs dragged their victims into the street and either beat them to death with clubs and pipes or placed gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and set them alight, then stood back and watched as they burned alive.

    Almost all those killed were innocent Tamil civilians, including many women and children. Few, if any, were Tamil Tigers.

    Tens of thousands of Tamil homes were also looted, then burned to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Tamils were forced to flee from the prosperous southern two-thirds of Sri Lanka into the economically poorer northern third, the traditional home of the Tamils. More than half of the nearly 250,000 Tamils now in Canada — the largest expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil population in the world — came here as part of the exodus that followed this infamous pogrom.

    During the quarter-century civil war that followed, nearly 70,000 people died, many of them Tamils. Sri Lankan security agents allegedly routinely resorted to torture of Tamil prisoners and many suspected Tigers “disappeared” while awaiting trial in Sri Lanka jails.

    War’s end didn’t end torment

    Since the end of the civil war — which concluded last year with a victory by the Sri Lankan army — the Sri Lankan government has been accused of “ethnic cleansing” of Tamils, kidnapping, torturing and executing them despite pledges it would treat them civilly and right the historic discrimination against Tamils.

    Thousands remain in deplorable Sri Lankan detention camps, where torture and summary executions are thought to be common. And some Western human rights groups even assert that the Sri Lankan government has encouraged Sinhalese to move north and take over Tamil farms and businesses in the northern and eastern provinces.

  214. Rip van Winkle

    I wonder if you were a product of the pre PREETHI era, if PREETHI was available in Sri Lanka he will not be around to torment us with load of hog wash.!

  215. Rohan

    Rip van Winkle is funny !!! 🙂

    This pathetic dude keeps on hugging to this website and gets his two cents quoted.

  216. Sri Lankan state terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka.

    Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    Ruling a country in contravention of the tenets of nationally and internationally established norms is a precursor of omen. The country’s present political litmus test is not promising at all.

    It has become an anathema to the power-embedded high-ranking government ministers to seek democratic ways and means to solve the problems of the minority community Tamils.

    The dangerous situation keeps brewing up in the volatility of the Sri Lanka’s national politics.

    There are hot spots of politically simmering realms where one has to guard against the blindness in denying a nation’s Tamil their rights, proper place in society and integration into the mainstream of politics.

    It is time IC came forward, instead of its soft-foot pedalling politics, to press Sri Lanka to adopt a policy of reconciliation with the minority citizens Tamils and correct for the past atrocities the government has committed by complying with the independent UN inquiry into its military excesses and massacre of innocent Tamils.

  217. You're shivering in the sharp cold of a winter's night outside of the hottest club in town. You try your hardest to attract the attention of the doorman. You smile and say clever things to your friends in a raised voice to look more deserving than everyone else in line. Eventually — if you're lucky — he unclips the velvet rope, the door swings open and you're swept into the party. He refastens the rope. Now everyone behind you is a sucker.

    Every immigrant to Canada thinks he's the last good newcomer. It's been like that since the arrival of the first settlers. The natives thought little of the French. After the conquest, the English were reviled as inferior, maladroit rubes. As the countries of origin of our newcomers became more diverse, each new wave was regarded as lazy, grasping, unwashed and unwanted. Trace your family's roots and not only are you guaranteed to find an immigrant but also likely an ethnic or cultural community that was denigrated in its time.

    And how soon we forget it. Every year we throw glorious parades to celebrate the Irish. In the 1850s the Irish were so hated, the city of Toronto struck a committee to figure out how to stop them from destroying the fabric of its culture. George Brown described the travail of being waylaid by Irish beggars in the pages of The Globe and Mail: "They are as ignorant and vicious as they are poor. They are lazy, improvident and unthankful."

    With the arrival of a boat load of Tamil refugees, those of us already inside the velvet rope have a new minority to fear and demonize. The charges are always the same. "They're terrorists!" one listener to my radio show wrote to me. "And they will import their civil war to Canada." The listener can be forgiven for forgetting that the Irish spent years fighting out their sectarian conflict in the new world and shaking down ex patriots for money to fund the war at home. One of only two political assassinations in our country's history — that of Thomas D'Arcy McGee — was carried out by Irish terrorists.

    True these might be valid arguments against letting in anyone from a country torn by civil strife, but I wonder how many of those descended from the Irish think it was a terrible mistake to let their forefathers in?

    When I described to my listeners how the Italians were tarred following the Second World War and yet today we celebrate the enclaves where they continue to live in large concentrations, a man named Mario texted me: "Yeah but Italians look after their neighbourhoods. These filth have no respect for where they live." He might want to ask his parents or grandparents how many times they were referred to as "filth" back in the day.

    A caller named Marion upbraided me for being out of touch with the spirit of the people. "You pay for these immigrants if you want them. Everybody here is losing everything; their health care [and] the roads are in poor condition."

    One of my colleagues has griped indignantly that by raising our history of intolerance toward newcomers I am necessarily calling anyone with concerns about the arrival of the MV Sun Sea a racist. Not at all. But if Public Security Minister Vic Toews and others who like to stir up panic over this latest arrival of refugees find themselves sharing political terrain with unabashed racists, that's their burden to shoulder.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/soon+forget/3411881/s

  218. Rip van Winkle

    Come on don’t be so rude. 🙁

    Your infatuation with Apes and air biscuits or F*** as you put it – is troubling to say the least.

  219. Eelam delenda est

    Well, well ….

    What is this…. a comedy of errors !!

    Not funny at all. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    There is Genocide !!!!!!!

    And laughing at mass murder, starvation, summary executions of prisoners, attacks on hospitals, abduction of children … is really not funny !

    This is a tragedy !! I think, you are inhuman , cruel zombie

  220. Manojanraj Says:
    August 18th, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Hello there Mano who is totally Mano !!

    I wonder if you were a product of the pre PREETHI era, if PREETHI was available in Sri Lanka he will not be around to torment us with load of hog wash.!

    I see that you are disturbed by my anti-terrorist comments here – 🙂 !!

    Well, I think I am too !! I am from the pre-preethi Era where actually my parents wanted to have me so that I would serve my country and also save it from Terrorist Apes.

    At least I am happy and grateful to my parents that they brought me up, taught me values of humanity and not to become a terrorist. I am also happy that I was not conceived as you Apes were – You are those who’s mothers get pregnant when your Fathers Fart and Fall off When your Mother farted – LOL !! So, all you Fart Born Apes, as you are totally impotent, please keep re-producing through Farts !! LOL LOL LOL !

    Manojanraj Says:
    August 18th, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Rip van Winkle is funny !!! 🙂

    Of course – Good that you at least figured it out – I am a very jovial person and people love to be around me, which I am proud of !!

    This pathetic dude keeps on hugging to this website and gets his two cents quoted.

    Owwww… Must be a real trouble and a hardship for you guys to carry out your On Line terrorist activities with me, EDE and a few others posting comments noh ??

    Two cents or Three cents or Half a cent, we write our own stuff – Can your Ape Farts be proud of the “Copy Paste and steel” articles you publish ?? – LOLOL !!

    It is also nice to see your friend Rohan not hugging on to, but basically being buried on this site with different handles too !! There is an English saying that “one who lives in glass houses should not throw stones at others” hmmm ? – But then again, I do not expect you Fart Born Apes to have head of such thing (or anything at all) – You have a long way to go to evolve to the stage of normal Humans – Good luck with it Terrorists Fart Apes !!

  221. You're shivering in the sharp cold of a winter's night outside of the hottest club in town. You try your hardest to attract the attention of the doorman. You smile and say clever things to your friends in a raised voice to look more deserving than everyone else in line. Eventually — if you're lucky — he unclips the velvet rope, the door swings open and you're swept into the party. He refastens the rope. Now everyone behind you is a sucker.

    Every immigrant to Canada thinks he's the last good newcomer. It's been like that since the arrival of the first settlers. The natives thought little of the French. After the conquest, the English were reviled as inferior, maladroit rubes. As the countries of origin of our newcomers became more diverse, each new wave was regarded as lazy, grasping, unwashed and unwanted. Trace your family's roots and not only are you guaranteed to find an immigrant but also likely an ethnic or cultural community that was denigrated in its time.

    And how soon we forget it. Every year we throw glorious parades to celebrate the Irish. In the 1850s the Irish were so hated, the city of Toronto struck a committee to figure out how to stop them from destroying the fabric of its culture. George Brown described the travail of being waylaid by Irish beggars in the pages of The Globe and Mail: "They are as ignorant and vicious as they are poor. They are lazy, improvident and unthankful."

    With the arrival of a boat load of Tamil refugees, those of us already inside the velvet rope have a new minority to fear and demonize. The charges are always the same. "They're terrorists!" one listener to my radio show wrote to me. "And they will import their civil war to Canada." The listener can be forgiven for forgetting that the Irish spent years fighting out their sectarian conflict in the new world and shaking down ex patriots for money to fund the war at home. One of only two political assassinations in our country's history — that of Thomas D'Arcy McGee — was carried out by Irish terrorists.

    True these might be valid arguments against letting in anyone from a country torn by civil strife, but I wonder how many of those descended from the Irish think it was a terrible mistake to let their forefathers in?

    When I described to my listeners how the Italians were tarred following the Second World War and yet today we celebrate the enclaves where they continue to live in large concentrations, a man named Mario texted me: "Yeah but Italians look after their neighbourhoods. These filth have no respect for where they live." He might want to ask his parents or grandparents how many times they were referred to as "filth" back in the day.

    A caller named Marion upbraided me for being out of touch with the spirit of the people. "You pay for these immigrants if you want them. Everybody here is losing everything; their health care [and] the roads are in poor condition."

    One of my colleagues has griped indignantly that by raising our history of intolerance toward newcomers I am necessarily calling anyone with concerns about the arrival of the MV Sun Sea a racist. Not at all. But if Public Security Minister Vic Toews and others who like to stir up panic over this latest arrival of refugees find themselves sharing political terrain with unabashed racists, that's their burden to shoulder.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/soon+forget/3411881/s

  222. You're shivering in the sharp cold of a winter's night outside of the hottest club in town. You try your hardest to attract the attention of the doorman. You smile and say clever things to your friends in a raised voice to look more deserving than everyone else in line. Eventually — if you're lucky — he unclips the velvet rope, the door swings open and you're swept into the party. He refastens the rope. Now everyone behind you is a sucker.

    Every immigrant to Canada thinks he's the last good newcomer. It's been like that since the arrival of the first settlers. The natives thought little of the French. After the conquest, the English were reviled as inferior, maladroit rubes. As the countries of origin of our newcomers became more diverse, each new wave was regarded as lazy, grasping, unwashed and unwanted. Trace your family's roots and not only are you guaranteed to find an immigrant but also likely an ethnic or cultural community that was denigrated in its time.

    And how soon we forget it. Every year we throw glorious parades to celebrate the Irish. In the 1850s the Irish were so hated, the city of Toronto struck a committee to figure out how to stop them from destroying the fabric of its culture. George Brown described the travail of being waylaid by Irish beggars in the pages of The Globe and Mail: "They are as ignorant and vicious as they are poor. They are lazy, improvident and unthankful."

    With the arrival of a boat load of Tamil refugees, those of us already inside the velvet rope have a new minority to fear and demonize. The charges are always the same. "They're terrorists!" one listener to my radio show wrote to me. "And they will import their civil war to Canada." The listener can be forgiven for forgetting that the Irish spent years fighting out their sectarian conflict in the new world and shaking down ex patriots for money to fund the war at home. One of only two political assassinations in our country's history — that of Thomas D'Arcy McGee — was carried out by Irish terrorists.

    True these might be valid arguments against letting in anyone from a country torn by civil strife, but I wonder how many of those descended from the Irish think it was a terrible mistake to let their forefathers in?

    When I described to my listeners how the Italians were tarred following the Second World War and yet today we celebrate the enclaves where they continue to live in large concentrations, a man named Mario texted me: "Yeah but Italians look after their neighbourhoods. These filth have no respect for where they live." He might want to ask his parents or grandparents how many times they were referred to as "filth" back in the day.

    A caller named Marion upbraided me for being out of touch with the spirit of the people. "You pay for these immigrants if you want them. Everybody here is losing everything; their health care [and] the roads are in poor condition."

    One of my colleagues has griped indignantly that by raising our history of intolerance toward newcomers I am necessarily calling anyone with concerns about the arrival of the MV Sun Sea a racist. Not at all. But if Public Security Minister Vic Toews and others who like to stir up panic over this latest arrival of refugees find themselves sharing political terrain with unabashed racists, that's their burden to shoulder.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/soon+forget/3411881/s

  223. Au contraire, Manojanraj, my Eelamish friend.

    It would be tragic if only you were capable of recognising the LTTE's culpability in the deaths of Tamil civilians in the last few months of Eelam War 4.

    mass murder, Yes. Agree, the LTTE have killed more Tamils than any other 'actor' in this war.

    starvation, How true. The LTTE regularly stole food rations meant for civilans, to feed their own cadres. Everyone knows and admits this. Have you been in a long, deep slumber?

    summary executions of prisoners, Agree 100%. The LTTE wrote the 'how-to' manual on summary execution of prisoners including Tamil civilians desperately trying escape towards the 'genocidal' Sri Lanka Army's front lines. It's there on UAV videos!

    attacks on hospitals, The LTTE sited their artillery amongst field hospitals and fired from those positions. The Army retaliated. Result = dead civilians. Who's to blame? The LTTE.

    abduction of children How true. The world experts on child abduction and recruitment of child soldiers was …. …. you've guessed correctly, the LTTE

    Let me summarise it for our dim-bulb Eelamist colleagues.

    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 unnecessary.

    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..

  224. The anti-Tamil xenophobia in Canada.

    Sri Lankan government has embarked on a mission, together with Chinese IT experts in the island, to distort factual information through high-tech propaganda. It not only tarnishes the image of Tamil Diaspora

    As the popular saying expresses ‘you never insult your enemy unless your enemy has a reason to challenge your motive and you fear it’. This proves the guilt of Sri Lankan approach toward the issue of the plight Sri Lankan Tamils face today.

    Why should Tamils flee from the island nation Sri Lanka if, as the Sri Lankan government proclaims, there are opportunities and political stability for them to live as citizens of the country to lead a life of their choice?

    Sri Lankan government has no answer except for its selective decimation of suspect Tamils and exposure of Tamils to abject living conditions.

    The reason is that there are criminals (Rajapaksas) in power in Sri Lankan government today.

    In the name of the law and order they are on a mission of eliminating Tamils and vandalizing Tamil culture and Hinduism

  225. Buddhism in the hands of these criminals serve as, contrary to the holy image of Buddhism anywhere in the world, a powerful weapon to churn out ripples of discord, racial violence and disharmony in Sri Lankan politics.

    Religion never gives problem in a society.

    But one’s own idea about religion gives problems in a society.

    This is what happens in Sri Lanka today.

    Buddhism is one of the six holy religions of the world.

    Buddhism has given the world the Holy Saint Dalai Lama who preaches love, harmony, meaningful living and, above all, kindness towards fellow human beings by living as an incarnation of his own higher ideals.

    This is not the intent behind the religion Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

    Painfully, it serves as a powerful drug to muffle the voice of ordinary Sinhalese in the national politics.

    Why does the Sri Lankan government still incarcerate war displaced Tamils in camps even after the war was over – almost 17 months to this date..

  226. @Manojanraj:

    The Eelamists’ posts have made these blogs the funniest place on the internet.

    Eelam Genius Rohan’s best post is here:

    “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”

    Hmmmm…..Rohan’s confused the US’s action in Fallujah for Sri Lanka. So, let’s re-cap the war crimes charges for the US State Department on the actions of the US Army in Fallujah.

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

    The SLA in contrast, rescued 300k+ grateful Tamil civilians who were unable to run away to the West, yet had to endure life & death in the paradise formerly known as Eelam.

    In Rohan’s style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched “Monsoon Genocide”, The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in ‘Language Genocide’ at Eelam Fantasy Elections – ‘Eelam’s Got Talent’
    14.05.10 Committed ‘Cultural genocide’ and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a ‘Wedding Genocide’ party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    etc.. etc..

    Canada doesn’t have a Tamil “problem”. No, Canada has a problem with (some) pro-Eelam Tamils. They’re all yours, Canada!

    Yes, it a real, laugh-a-minute with the (unintentional) comedy geniuses of Eelam. 🙂

    p.s. Yesterday, 59 people were murdered in Iraq in a suicide bombing of the type favoured by the now-crushed LTTE.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10995421

  227. Rip van Winkle

    Come on don’t be so rude. 🙁

    Your infatuation with Apes and air biscuits or F*** as you put it – is troubling to say the least.

  228. Eelam delenda est

    Well, well ….

    What is this…. a comedy of errors !!

    Not funny at all. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    There is Genocide !!!!!!!

    And laughing at mass murder, starvation, summary executions of prisoners, attacks on hospitals, abduction of children … is really not funny !

    This is a tragedy !! I think, you are inhuman , cruel zombie

  229. You’re shivering in the sharp cold of a winter’s night outside of the hottest club in town. You try your hardest to attract the attention of the doorman. You smile and say clever things to your friends in a raised voice to look more deserving than everyone else in line. Eventually — if you’re lucky — he unclips the velvet rope, the door swings open and you’re swept into the party. He refastens the rope. Now everyone behind you is a sucker.

    Every immigrant to Canada thinks he’s the last good newcomer. It’s been like that since the arrival of the first settlers. The natives thought little of the French. After the conquest, the English were reviled as inferior, maladroit rubes. As the countries of origin of our newcomers became more diverse, each new wave was regarded as lazy, grasping, unwashed and unwanted. Trace your family’s roots and not only are you guaranteed to find an immigrant but also likely an ethnic or cultural community that was denigrated in its time.

    And how soon we forget it. Every year we throw glorious parades to celebrate the Irish. In the 1850s the Irish were so hated, the city of Toronto struck a committee to figure out how to stop them from destroying the fabric of its culture. George Brown described the travail of being waylaid by Irish beggars in the pages of The Globe and Mail: “They are as ignorant and vicious as they are poor. They are lazy, improvident and unthankful.”

    With the arrival of a boat load of Tamil refugees, those of us already inside the velvet rope have a new minority to fear and demonize. The charges are always the same. “They’re terrorists!” one listener to my radio show wrote to me. “And they will import their civil war to Canada.” The listener can be forgiven for forgetting that the Irish spent years fighting out their sectarian conflict in the new world and shaking down ex patriots for money to fund the war at home. One of only two political assassinations in our country’s history — that of Thomas D’Arcy McGee — was carried out by Irish terrorists.

    True these might be valid arguments against letting in anyone from a country torn by civil strife, but I wonder how many of those descended from the Irish think it was a terrible mistake to let their forefathers in?

    When I described to my listeners how the Italians were tarred following the Second World War and yet today we celebrate the enclaves where they continue to live in large concentrations, a man named Mario texted me: “Yeah but Italians look after their neighbourhoods. These filth have no respect for where they live.” He might want to ask his parents or grandparents how many times they were referred to as “filth” back in the day.

    A caller named Marion upbraided me for being out of touch with the spirit of the people. “You pay for these immigrants if you want them. Everybody here is losing everything; their health care [and] the roads are in poor condition.”

    One of my colleagues has griped indignantly that by raising our history of intolerance toward newcomers I am necessarily calling anyone with concerns about the arrival of the MV Sun Sea a racist. Not at all. But if Public Security Minister Vic Toews and others who like to stir up panic over this latest arrival of refugees find themselves sharing political terrain with unabashed racists, that’s their burden to shoulder.

    Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/soon+forget/3411881/story.html#ixzz0wyVWQxh3

  230. Au contraire, Manojanraj, my Eelamish friend.

    It would be tragic if only you were capable of recognising the LTTE’s culpability in the deaths of Tamil civilians in the last few months of Eelam War 4.

    mass murder, Yes. Agree, the LTTE have killed more Tamils than any other ‘actor’ in this war.

    starvation, How true. The LTTE regularly stole food rations meant for civilans, to feed their own cadres. Everyone knows and admits this. Have you been in a long, deep slumber?

    summary executions of prisoners, Agree 100%. The LTTE wrote the ‘how-to’ manual on summary execution of prisoners including Tamil civilians desperately trying escape towards the ‘genocidal’ Sri Lanka Army’s front lines. It’s there on UAV videos!

    attacks on hospitals, The LTTE sited their artillery amongst field hospitals and fired from those positions. The Army retaliated. Result = dead civilians. Who’s to blame? The LTTE.

    abduction of children How true. The world experts on child abduction and recruitment of child soldiers was …. …. you’ve guessed correctly, the LTTE

    Let me summarise it for our dim-bulb Eelamist colleagues.

    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 unnecessary.

    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..

  231. The anti-Tamil xenophobia in Canada.

    Sri Lankan government has embarked on a mission, together with Chinese IT experts in the island, to distort factual information through high-tech propaganda. It not only tarnishes the image of Tamil Diaspora

    As the popular saying expresses ‘you never insult your enemy unless your enemy has a reason to challenge your motive and you fear it’. This proves the guilt of Sri Lankan approach toward the issue of the plight Sri Lankan Tamils face today.

    Why should Tamils flee from the island nation Sri Lanka if, as the Sri Lankan government proclaims, there are opportunities and political stability for them to live as citizens of the country to lead a life of their choice?

    Sri Lankan government has no answer except for its selective decimation of suspect Tamils and exposure of Tamils to abject living conditions.

    The reason is that there are criminals (Rajapaksas) in power in Sri Lankan government today.

    In the name of the law and order they are on a mission of eliminating Tamils and vandalizing Tamil culture and Hinduism

  232. Buddhism in the hands of these criminals serve as, contrary to the holy image of Buddhism anywhere in the world, a powerful weapon to churn out ripples of discord, racial violence and disharmony in Sri Lankan politics.

    Religion never gives problem in a society.

    But one’s own idea about religion gives problems in a society.

    This is what happens in Sri Lanka today.

    Buddhism is one of the six holy religions of the world.

    Buddhism has given the world the Holy Saint Dalai Lama who preaches love, harmony, meaningful living and, above all, kindness towards fellow human beings by living as an incarnation of his own higher ideals.

    This is not the intent behind the religion Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

    Painfully, it serves as a powerful drug to muffle the voice of ordinary Sinhalese in the national politics.

    Why does the Sri Lankan government still incarcerate war displaced Tamils in camps even after the war was over – almost 17 months to this date..

  233. UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka’s reconciliation commision http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    But do you not think it only right that the government be left alone to conduct its own inquiry minus outside interference?
    A: It is also interesting to contrast the government’s insistence in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the chairman of the so-called group of three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities.

    I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases. I should add that one of the most problematic responses in terms of giving Sri Lanka its own space, in this matter, has been the suggestion by the Minister of Defence that any statement by General Fonseka on war crimes should be treated as treason and could thus lead to his being executed. If the objection is that Fonseka is not telling the truth, then let there be a public inquiry with the opportunity for all sides to present their evidence. Yet, for the government, this appears to be out of the question.

    Instead, the very idea that any Sri Lankan could acknowledge that war crimes might have been committed, despite the fact that they have been reported by a wide range of other sources, is treated as a hanging offence. This approach does not bode well for the prospect of a genuine national inquiry into war crimes any time soon.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  234. UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka’s reconciliation commision http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    But do you not think it only right that the government be left alone to conduct its own inquiry minus outside interference?
    A: It is also interesting to contrast the government’s insistence in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the chairman of the so-called group of three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities.

    I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases. I should add that one of the most problematic responses in terms of giving Sri Lanka its own space, in this matter, has been the suggestion by the Minister of Defence that any statement by General Fonseka on war crimes should be treated as treason and could thus lead to his being executed. If the objection is that Fonseka is not telling the truth, then let there be a public inquiry with the opportunity for all sides to present their evidence. Yet, for the government, this appears to be out of the question.

    Instead, the very idea that any Sri Lankan could acknowledge that war crimes might have been committed, despite the fact that they have been reported by a wide range of other sources, is treated as a hanging offence. This approach does not bode well for the prospect of a genuine national inquiry into war crimes any time soon.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  235. UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka’s reconciliation commision http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articlei

    But do you not think it only right that the government be left alone to conduct its own inquiry minus outside interference?
    A: It is also interesting to contrast the government’s insistence in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the chairman of the so-called group of three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities.

    I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases. I should add that one of the most problematic responses in terms of giving Sri Lanka its own space, in this matter, has been the suggestion by the Minister of Defence that any statement by General Fonseka on war crimes should be treated as treason and could thus lead to his being executed. If the objection is that Fonseka is not telling the truth, then let there be a public inquiry with the opportunity for all sides to present their evidence. Yet, for the government, this appears to be out of the question.

    Instead, the very idea that any Sri Lankan could acknowledge that war crimes might have been committed, despite the fact that they have been reported by a wide range of other sources, is treated as a hanging offence. This approach does not bode well for the prospect of a genuine national inquiry into war crimes any time soon.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-g
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  236. Siva – Rohan

    You have copied the same posts on both the blogs – Any reason ?? The two subject matters are different noh ?

    Anyways, I don't believe in Spamming – so, please read your replies in the other post.

  237. UN expert dismisses Sri Lanka’s reconciliation commision
    http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=2783

    But do you not think it only right that the government be left alone to conduct its own inquiry minus outside interference?
    A: It is also interesting to contrast the government’s insistence in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the chairman of the so-called group of three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities.

    I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases. I should add that one of the most problematic responses in terms of giving Sri Lanka its own space, in this matter, has been the suggestion by the Minister of Defence that any statement by General Fonseka on war crimes should be treated as treason and could thus lead to his being executed. If the objection is that Fonseka is not telling the truth, then let there be a public inquiry with the opportunity for all sides to present their evidence. Yet, for the government, this appears to be out of the question.

    Instead, the very idea that any Sri Lankan could acknowledge that war crimes might have been committed, despite the fact that they have been reported by a wide range of other sources, is treated as a hanging offence. This approach does not bode well for the prospect of a genuine national inquiry into war crimes any time soon.

    Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won’t Address War Crimes
    http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-government-proposal-won-t-address-war-crimes
    Every time the international community raises the issue of accountability, Sri Lanka establishes a commission that takes a long time to achieve nothing. Ban should put an end to this game of smoke and mirrors and begin a process that would ensure justice for all the victims of Sri Lanka’s war.

  238. Siva – Rohan

    You have copied the same posts on both the blogs – Any reason ?? The two subject matters are different noh ?

    Anyways, I don’t believe in Spamming – so, please read your replies in the other post.

  239. Boycott My A$$ !!

    Read this post and the comments made by your neighbours !!

    They are going to kick your sorry rectums out of the park in the very near future – They are tired of you rotting flesh eating worms !!
    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+Congress+c

    Learn to behave right at least now and be good to your beighbours and live with all people where ever you are. Try to be a bunch who are likable and not "kickable" or hated !!

    Discipline your selves at least now or you will have to go to Mars and start fighting for homelands there !!

  240. Boycott My A$$ !!

    Read this post and the comments made by your neighbours !!

    They are going to kick your sorry rectums out of the park in the very near future – They are tired of you rotting flesh eating worms !!
    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+Congress+c

    Learn to behave right at least now and be good to your beighbours and live with all people where ever you are. Try to be a bunch who are likable and not "kickable" or hated !!

    Discipline your selves at least now or you will have to go to Mars and start fighting for homelands there !!

  241. Boycott My A$$ !!

    Read this post and the comments made by your neighbours !!

    They are going to kick your sorry rectums out of the park in the very near future – They are tired of you rotting flesh eating worms !!
    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+Congress+c

    Learn to behave right at least now and be good to your beighbours and live with all people where ever you are. Try to be a bunch who are likable and not "kickable" or hated !!

    Discipline your selves at least now or you will have to go to Mars and start fighting for homelands there !!

  242. British youth’s war crimes awareness walk to conclude Friday http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    The British Tamil youth who set out to highlight the need for an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes through an awareness-raising walk from London to the United Nations in Geneva is near the end of his journey, fellow activists said. Well wishers from several European countries are traveling to Switzerland to welcome him there. Gobi Sivanthan has almost reached Geneva, activists said Thursday night. Whilst French media outlets have reported regularly on his progress through France, local and national police have provided support along the way to facilitate Sivanthan and his supporters. Meanwhile, a group of British Parliamentarians hailed the youth’s efforts, describing it as “a noble mission for a noble cause.”

    95 persons disappeared in Batticaloa district after SLA occupation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Ninety-five persons including two women have disappeared without trace in Batticaloa district since Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupation of the district, according to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, P. Selvarasa. The youths who had left the Liberation Tigers and married leading a normal life and persons who had been supporters of the LTTE had been arrested or abducted by SLA Intelligence Wing with the assistance of Tamil paramilitary group of Pillayan and Karuna. These persons are among those gone missing. The abductors arriving in white vans during nights had taken away the persons who had disappeared since then, the MP said.

  243. WEARING a crisp blue shirt, Kumaraswamy Nageswaran gestures dejectedly to a towering fence that keeps him from his village and his three acres of farmland on the Trincomalee coast. Five years ago, as Tamil Tiger rebels fought desperately with the Sri Lankan army, thousands of families fled Sampur and adjoining villages. They returned in the six months to January this year, only to find themselves victims of post-war development plans.

    Sampur fell within an area demarcated during the war as a “high-security zone”, in an effort to keep fighters from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at bay. The rebels were defeated in May 2009, but nearly 6,000 people still cannot get to their homes and lands, as the security zone remains in place.

    Today, inside the fence, Sampur is being cleared for a 500MW coal-powered plant in a joint venture between India and Sri Lanka. Also planned are a jetty and a special economic zone. The government has started a construction spree. The short journey from Kinniya to Mutur still requires arduous travel over potholed tracks and three short trips by rudimentary ferries with spluttering outboard motors. But roads are being tarred and bridges will soon replace the tedious boat rides.

    Along the way, towns and villages are limping back to life. Mutur, a predominantly Muslim township near to Sampur, was the site of a particularly bloody battle in 2006. Gradually it is lifting its head: new buildings, including a school, are rising; paint has been daubed on walls. With a bit more aid money, the recovery would move faster yet. Elsewhere in the district, officials have marked out vast stretches of pristine beach-front for tourist development and plush hotels.

    The authorities say that land will be dished out through open tenders. But local leaders fear plots will instead be handed to henchmen of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, most of whom come from the Sinhala-dominated south. Demands for preferential treatment for the inhabitants of Trincomalee, whether Tamil, Sinhala or Muslim, may fall on deaf ears.

    Mr Nageswaran tries to organise locals, as the president of a welfare group for displaced people. The government has allocated them alternative land, he says, but it is poor, lacking decent soil or water for cultivation, and without the sea to fish in. Nobody asked them before making plans and they have no access to the “family that governs Sri Lanka” to explain their plight.

    Ministers know what is happening. A soldier on the road to Mutur says government officials visit regularly, adding disgustedly that he is forced to salute the likes of Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, a former LTTE leader who is now deputy minister of resettlement, whereas “war heroes” like the former army commander, Sarath Fonseka, languish in jail.

    Mr Fonseka, the country’s only four-star general, led the war against the rebels. He was cashiered on August 13th after a court-martial convicted him on three counts of using “traitorous” words and of a failure “to obey garrison or other orders”. The stripping of his rank, medals and decorations was endorsed by the president, whom he had dared to challenge at an election in January.

    A wider crackdown against the opposition seems to be under way. Also on August 13th two MPs from Mr Fonseka’s Democratic National Alliance were arrested during what they called a “pro-democracy” protest. Police wielding batons and firing tear gas charged the demonstrators. The country may be developing after the war, but democracy still looks frail.

  244. British youth’s war crimes awareness walk to conclude Friday http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    The British Tamil youth who set out to highlight the need for an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes through an awareness-raising walk from London to the United Nations in Geneva is near the end of his journey, fellow activists said. Well wishers from several European countries are traveling to Switzerland to welcome him there. Gobi Sivanthan has almost reached Geneva, activists said Thursday night. Whilst French media outlets have reported regularly on his progress through France, local and national police have provided support along the way to facilitate Sivanthan and his supporters. Meanwhile, a group of British Parliamentarians hailed the youth’s efforts, describing it as “a noble mission for a noble cause.”

    95 persons disappeared in Batticaloa district after SLA occupation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Ninety-five persons including two women have disappeared without trace in Batticaloa district since Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupation of the district, according to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, P. Selvarasa. The youths who had left the Liberation Tigers and married leading a normal life and persons who had been supporters of the LTTE had been arrested or abducted by SLA Intelligence Wing with the assistance of Tamil paramilitary group of Pillayan and Karuna. These persons are among those gone missing. The abductors arriving in white vans during nights had taken away the persons who had disappeared since then, the MP said.

  245. British youth’s war crimes awareness walk to conclude Friday http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

    The British Tamil youth who set out to highlight the need for an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes through an awareness-raising walk from London to the United Nations in Geneva is near the end of his journey, fellow activists said. Well wishers from several European countries are traveling to Switzerland to welcome him there. Gobi Sivanthan has almost reached Geneva, activists said Thursday night. Whilst French media outlets have reported regularly on his progress through France, local and national police have provided support along the way to facilitate Sivanthan and his supporters. Meanwhile, a group of British Parliamentarians hailed the youth’s efforts, describing it as “a noble mission for a noble cause.”

    95 persons disappeared in Batticaloa district after SLA occupation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    Ninety-five persons including two women have disappeared without trace in Batticaloa district since Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupation of the district, according to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, P. Selvarasa. The youths who had left the Liberation Tigers and married leading a normal life and persons who had been supporters of the LTTE had been arrested or abducted by SLA Intelligence Wing with the assistance of Tamil paramilitary group of Pillayan and Karuna. These persons are among those gone missing. The abductors arriving in white vans during nights had taken away the persons who had disappeared since then, the MP said.

  246. Boycott My A$$ !!

    Read this post and the comments made by your neighbours !!

    They are going to kick your sorry rectums out of the park in the very near future – They are tired of you rotting flesh eating worms !!

    http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Tamil+Congress+concerned+Ottawa+tone/3415180/story.html

    Learn to behave right at least now and be good to your beighbours and live with all people where ever you are. Try to be a bunch who are likable and not “kickable” or hated !!

    Discipline your selves at least now or you will have to go to Mars and start fighting for homelands there !!

  247. WEARING a crisp blue shirt, Kumaraswamy Nageswaran gestures dejectedly to a towering fence that keeps him from his village and his three acres of farmland on the Trincomalee coast. Five years ago, as Tamil Tiger rebels fought desperately with the Sri Lankan army, thousands of families fled Sampur and adjoining villages. They returned in the six months to January this year, only to find themselves victims of post-war development plans.

    Sampur fell within an area demarcated during the war as a “high-security zone”, in an effort to keep fighters from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at bay. The rebels were defeated in May 2009, but nearly 6,000 people still cannot get to their homes and lands, as the security zone remains in place.

    Today, inside the fence, Sampur is being cleared for a 500MW coal-powered plant in a joint venture between India and Sri Lanka. Also planned are a jetty and a special economic zone. The government has started a construction spree. The short journey from Kinniya to Mutur still requires arduous travel over potholed tracks and three short trips by rudimentary ferries with spluttering outboard motors. But roads are being tarred and bridges will soon replace the tedious boat rides.

    Along the way, towns and villages are limping back to life. Mutur, a predominantly Muslim township near to Sampur, was the site of a particularly bloody battle in 2006. Gradually it is lifting its head: new buildings, including a school, are rising; paint has been daubed on walls. With a bit more aid money, the recovery would move faster yet. Elsewhere in the district, officials have marked out vast stretches of pristine beach-front for tourist development and plush hotels.

    The authorities say that land will be dished out through open tenders. But local leaders fear plots will instead be handed to henchmen of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, most of whom come from the Sinhala-dominated south. Demands for preferential treatment for the inhabitants of Trincomalee, whether Tamil, Sinhala or Muslim, may fall on deaf ears.

    Mr Nageswaran tries to organise locals, as the president of a welfare group for displaced people. The government has allocated them alternative land, he says, but it is poor, lacking decent soil or water for cultivation, and without the sea to fish in. Nobody asked them before making plans and they have no access to the “family that governs Sri Lanka” to explain their plight.

    Ministers know what is happening. A soldier on the road to Mutur says government officials visit regularly, adding disgustedly that he is forced to salute the likes of Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, a former LTTE leader who is now deputy minister of resettlement, whereas “war heroes” like the former army commander, Sarath Fonseka, languish in jail.

    Mr Fonseka, the country’s only four-star general, led the war against the rebels. He was cashiered on August 13th after a court-martial convicted him on three counts of using “traitorous” words and of a failure “to obey garrison or other orders”. The stripping of his rank, medals and decorations was endorsed by the president, whom he had dared to challenge at an election in January.

    A wider crackdown against the opposition seems to be under way. Also on August 13th two MPs from Mr Fonseka’s Democratic National Alliance were arrested during what they called a “pro-democracy” protest. Police wielding batons and firing tear gas charged the demonstrators. The country may be developing after the war, but democracy still looks frail.

  248. Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    Some Sri Lankan senior cabinet ministers are seeking access to the fleeing refugees so that they can torment the victims even outside Sri Lanka. No laws in the world would allow the persecutors to meet the their fleeing victims in foreign soil or in international waters unless these foreign countries are also having worst human rights records as Sri Lanka who have no respect for the law.

  249. British youth’s war crimes awareness walk to conclude Friday
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32453

    The British Tamil youth who set out to highlight the need for an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes through an awareness-raising walk from London to the United Nations in Geneva is near the end of his journey, fellow activists said. Well wishers from several European countries are traveling to Switzerland to welcome him there. Gobi Sivanthan has almost reached Geneva, activists said Thursday night. Whilst French media outlets have reported regularly on his progress through France, local and national police have provided support along the way to facilitate Sivanthan and his supporters. Meanwhile, a group of British Parliamentarians hailed the youth’s efforts, describing it as “a noble mission for a noble cause.”

    95 persons disappeared in Batticaloa district after SLA occupation
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32460
    Ninety-five persons including two women have disappeared without trace in Batticaloa district since Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupation of the district, according to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, P. Selvarasa. The youths who had left the Liberation Tigers and married leading a normal life and persons who had been supporters of the LTTE had been arrested or abducted by SLA Intelligence Wing with the assistance of Tamil paramilitary group of Pillayan and Karuna. These persons are among those gone missing. The abductors arriving in white vans during nights had taken away the persons who had disappeared since then, the MP said.

  250. Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    Some Sri Lankan senior cabinet ministers are seeking access to the fleeing refugees so that they can torment the victims even outside Sri Lanka. No laws in the world would allow the persecutors to meet the their fleeing victims in foreign soil or in international waters unless these foreign countries are also having worst human rights records as Sri Lanka who have no respect for the law.

  251. Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/22

    Tham Thimithimithom Thaiyathom
    Tham Thimithimithom
    Living we were- on Vanni soil
    Living we were
    Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
    Educating ourselves we were
    Running around we were – with friends
    Running around we were

    Came the airplanes- on us
    Throwing bombs
    Died relations- our
    Relations fell
    Race destroyed- Tamil
    Race disappeared

    Life destroyed- our
    Life scattered
    Suffering saw- we
    Sadness imposed
    Caged by war- we were
    Trapped in suffering
    Enough the sorrow- we
    Escape to survive

    Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student

  252. Public rage against Tamil refugees has a nasty, xenophobic odour
    Why this mean-spirited furore over a few Tamils? Perhaps it's because they aren't white

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Public+rage+agai

    Sri lanka Propaganda agents Says: August 20th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
    Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    its true

  253. Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/22

    Tham Thimithimithom Thaiyathom
    Tham Thimithimithom
    Living we were- on Vanni soil
    Living we were
    Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
    Educating ourselves we were
    Running around we were – with friends
    Running around we were

    Came the airplanes- on us
    Throwing bombs
    Died relations- our
    Relations fell
    Race destroyed- Tamil
    Race disappeared

    Life destroyed- our
    Life scattered
    Suffering saw- we
    Sadness imposed
    Caged by war- we were
    Trapped in suffering
    Enough the sorrow- we
    Escape to survive

    Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student

  254. Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/22

    Tham Thimithimithom Thaiyathom
    Tham Thimithimithom
    Living we were- on Vanni soil
    Living we were
    Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
    Educating ourselves we were
    Running around we were – with friends
    Running around we were

    Came the airplanes- on us
    Throwing bombs
    Died relations- our
    Relations fell
    Race destroyed- Tamil
    Race disappeared

    Life destroyed- our
    Life scattered
    Suffering saw- we
    Sadness imposed
    Caged by war- we were
    Trapped in suffering
    Enough the sorrow- we
    Escape to survive

    Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student

  255. Public rage against Tamil refugees has a nasty, xenophobic odour
    Why this mean-spirited furore over a few Tamils? Perhaps it's because they aren't white

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Public+rage+agai

    Sri lanka Propaganda agents Says: August 20th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
    Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    its true

  256. Public rage against Tamil refugees has a nasty, xenophobic odour
    Why this mean-spirited furore over a few Tamils? Perhaps it's because they aren't white

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Public+rage+agai

    Sri lanka Propaganda agents Says: August 20th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
    Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    its true

  257. Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka
    http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/22

    Tham Thimithimithom Thaiyathom
    Tham Thimithimithom
    Living we were- on Vanni soil
    Living we were
    Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
    Educating ourselves we were
    Running around we were – with friends
    Running around we were

    Came the airplanes- on us
    Throwing bombs
    Died relations- our
    Relations fell
    Race destroyed- Tamil
    Race disappeared

    Life destroyed- our
    Life scattered
    Suffering saw- we
    Sadness imposed
    Caged by war- we were
    Trapped in suffering
    Enough the sorrow- we
    Escape to survive

    Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student

  258. Public rage against Tamil refugees has a nasty, xenophobic odour
    Why this mean-spirited furore over a few Tamils? Perhaps it’s because they aren’t white

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Public+rage+against+Tamil+refugees+nasty+xenophobic+odour/3426924/story.html#ixzz0xJG7Kckq

    Sri lanka Propaganda agents Says: August 20th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
    Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.

    its true

  259. The quick dying of democracy in Sri Lanka http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Columns/focus.ht

    War crimes and human civilisation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&art
    A war will not end without the delivery of political justice to the core issue. Even the winners who waged World Wars for the monopoly of colonies couldn’t escape conceding independence to colonies. USA and India bungling political justice to the national question in the island will have a bearing on Afghan War, Western Civilisation and on Indian integrity. The solidarity of Eezham Tamil diaspora is as important a trump as the geopolitical trump of Sri Lanka. In its historic duty to its nation and to civilisation, the diaspora without succumbing to lures should intensely align with the people of Tamil Nadu and progressive Sinhalese in realising political justice and in seeing no others ever suffer like Eezham Tamils. The last diplomatic chance for the USA and India to make ‘strategic partnership’ a smooth affair is to jointly uphold the balance of nations in the island.

  260. The quick dying of democracy in Sri Lanka http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Columns/focus.ht

    War crimes and human civilisation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&art
    A war will not end without the delivery of political justice to the core issue. Even the winners who waged World Wars for the monopoly of colonies couldn’t escape conceding independence to colonies. USA and India bungling political justice to the national question in the island will have a bearing on Afghan War, Western Civilisation and on Indian integrity. The solidarity of Eezham Tamil diaspora is as important a trump as the geopolitical trump of Sri Lanka. In its historic duty to its nation and to civilisation, the diaspora without succumbing to lures should intensely align with the people of Tamil Nadu and progressive Sinhalese in realising political justice and in seeing no others ever suffer like Eezham Tamils. The last diplomatic chance for the USA and India to make ‘strategic partnership’ a smooth affair is to jointly uphold the balance of nations in the island.

  261. The quick dying of democracy in Sri Lanka http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Columns/focus.ht

    War crimes and human civilisation http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&art
    A war will not end without the delivery of political justice to the core issue. Even the winners who waged World Wars for the monopoly of colonies couldn’t escape conceding independence to colonies. USA and India bungling political justice to the national question in the island will have a bearing on Afghan War, Western Civilisation and on Indian integrity. The solidarity of Eezham Tamil diaspora is as important a trump as the geopolitical trump of Sri Lanka. In its historic duty to its nation and to civilisation, the diaspora without succumbing to lures should intensely align with the people of Tamil Nadu and progressive Sinhalese in realising political justice and in seeing no others ever suffer like Eezham Tamils. The last diplomatic chance for the USA and India to make ‘strategic partnership’ a smooth affair is to jointly uphold the balance of nations in the island.

  262. Rohan – Can u please educate us with the democratic policies of the LTTE !!

    I never heard of it – Neither has the world and we all would love to be educated on same !

    hope you find some link or article to cut and paste in this regard !!

  263. The Story of the Sun Sea http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&amp

    I’ve got to stop reading those appalling comments, the ones written in response to articles about the Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. The dehumanizing insults and fear mongering one can find in these crude and mean-spirited ‘have your say’ forums is shameful. If only they were merely representative of a small group of nasty, uninformed ranters. Sadly, I also read blatantly prejudiced and unsubstantiated statements coming from officials within the Canadian government itself, and to me, that is by far more worrisome. I’ve always felt tremendous pride in Canada for being a decent law-abiding country. The majority, I believe, still values fairness and compassion and, contrary to what I read in these low-brow forums, it does not take delight in ridiculing other people’s misfortunes. It would be good if we could all resist reducing these desperate souls to mere stereotypes and instead allow due process to take place before passing judgment.

  264. The Story of the Sun Sea http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&amp

    I’ve got to stop reading those appalling comments, the ones written in response to articles about the Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. The dehumanizing insults and fear mongering one can find in these crude and mean-spirited ‘have your say’ forums is shameful. If only they were merely representative of a small group of nasty, uninformed ranters. Sadly, I also read blatantly prejudiced and unsubstantiated statements coming from officials within the Canadian government itself, and to me, that is by far more worrisome. I’ve always felt tremendous pride in Canada for being a decent law-abiding country. The majority, I believe, still values fairness and compassion and, contrary to what I read in these low-brow forums, it does not take delight in ridiculing other people’s misfortunes. It would be good if we could all resist reducing these desperate souls to mere stereotypes and instead allow due process to take place before passing judgment.

  265. The Story of the Sun Sea http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&amp

    I’ve got to stop reading those appalling comments, the ones written in response to articles about the Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. The dehumanizing insults and fear mongering one can find in these crude and mean-spirited ‘have your say’ forums is shameful. If only they were merely representative of a small group of nasty, uninformed ranters. Sadly, I also read blatantly prejudiced and unsubstantiated statements coming from officials within the Canadian government itself, and to me, that is by far more worrisome. I’ve always felt tremendous pride in Canada for being a decent law-abiding country. The majority, I believe, still values fairness and compassion and, contrary to what I read in these low-brow forums, it does not take delight in ridiculing other people’s misfortunes. It would be good if we could all resist reducing these desperate souls to mere stereotypes and instead allow due process to take place before passing judgment.

  266. Two nations in one island
    "Two different nations, from a very ancient period, have divided between them the possession of the Island: the Sinhalese inhabiting the interior in its Southern and western parts from the river Wallouwe to Chilaw, and the Malabars (Tamils) who possess the Northern and Eastern Districts. These two nations differ entirely in their religion, language and manners."
    Sir Hugh Cleghorn, British Colonial Secretary, June 1879

    1883-Two nations brought under one colonial administration
    Both the Tamil People & Sinhalese people are indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
    Early history records that they had their own monarchs and kingdoms. They were conquered by the colonial powers separately and in different periods in history.
    They existed as separate communities until the British brought them together in 1883 under a single administration for the very first time in their long history

    February 4th 1948, Change of Colonial Rulers
    A unified state of Ceylon was declared independent
    Political power handed to Sinhala majoritarian rule driven by Sinhala/Buddhist supremacy

    1948-ON WARDS – The state aided colonisation of Sinhalese people in Tamil areas promoted to annex Tamil homelands and further reduce Tamil representation in the parliament.
    1956 – The Sinhalese Language made the only official language by legislation, effectively making the educated Tamil people illiterate at a stroke denying them equal access to education and employment in the unified island. 1st Step of the Genocide – dehumanisation started

    The Sinhala-Colonial Era 1957 to 1958
    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.

    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 new Sinhala constitution imposed on Tamils
    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.

    Marginalisation and oppression of Tamils continue…….
    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.

    Birth of the Tamil armed resistance in response to 25 years of State Terrorism
    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)

  267. -1505 -1658: Portuguese held the island

    -1658 – 1796: Dutch usurped control

    -1796: the British took over

    -In 1799 June, Sir Hugh Cleghorn, the first British Colonial Secretary wrote to the British Government…
    Two different nations from a very ancient period have divided between them the possession of the Island. First the Sinhalese, inhabiting the interior of the country in its Southern and Western parts, and secondly the Malabars (Tamils) who possess the Northern and Eastern Districts. These two nations differ entirely in their religion, language and manners.

    -1803 The last Tamil kingdom (vanni area) was taken by British colonial. The King Pandaravannian was killed by CPT. Reberk ( I have evident)

    -Portuguese and Dutch ruled the Tamil and Sinhala Kingdoms separately, but, the British artificially joined them for their administrative convenience only in 1833.
    -On Feb. 4, 1948 – British left the Island leaving it as one country, CEYLON, leaving political power in the hands of the ‘majority’ Sinhalese.

    -1948 – 1 million Tamils declared as non-citizens
    -1949 – Sinhalese colonization in traditional Tamil homeland
    -1956 – Sinhala made sole official language of the country
    Tamil Political Leaders protested against the “Sinhala only Act”, in front of the parliament (5 June 1956)
    Sinhalese assaulted the picketers and the attack spread the whole island.
    -1970 – “ethnic standardization” slashes university admission to Tamils –same entrance exam, but Tamils need to score 30% more
    -1972 – New constitution without Tamils participation –Unilateral name change from Ceylon to Sri Lanka –Declaration of Srilanka as a republic –Buddhism made state religion
    -1977 – Prevention of Terrorism Act •State-sponsored anti-Tamil violence in 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974
    –1977 Election: Tamils ratify the call for independence by 82% popular vote

  268. The quick dying of democracy in Sri Lanka
    http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Columns/focus.html

    War crimes and human civilisation
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=32185
    A war will not end without the delivery of political justice to the core issue. Even the winners who waged World Wars for the monopoly of colonies couldn’t escape conceding independence to colonies. USA and India bungling political justice to the national question in the island will have a bearing on Afghan War, Western Civilisation and on Indian integrity. The solidarity of Eezham Tamil diaspora is as important a trump as the geopolitical trump of Sri Lanka. In its historic duty to its nation and to civilisation, the diaspora without succumbing to lures should intensely align with the people of Tamil Nadu and progressive Sinhalese in realising political justice and in seeing no others ever suffer like Eezham Tamils. The last diplomatic chance for the USA and India to make ‘strategic partnership’ a smooth affair is to jointly uphold the balance of nations in the island.

  269. Rohan – Can u please educate us with the democratic policies of the LTTE !!

    I never heard of it – Neither has the world and we all would love to be educated on same !

    hope you find some link or article to cut and paste in this regard !!

  270. The Story of the Sun Sea
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&id=5944

    I’ve got to stop reading those appalling comments, the ones written in response to articles about the Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. The dehumanizing insults and fear mongering one can find in these crude and mean-spirited ‘have your say’ forums is shameful. If only they were merely representative of a small group of nasty, uninformed ranters. Sadly, I also read blatantly prejudiced and unsubstantiated statements coming from officials within the Canadian government itself, and to me, that is by far more worrisome. I’ve always felt tremendous pride in Canada for being a decent law-abiding country. The majority, I believe, still values fairness and compassion and, contrary to what I read in these low-brow forums, it does not take delight in ridiculing other people’s misfortunes. It would be good if we could all resist reducing these desperate souls to mere stereotypes and instead allow due process to take place before passing judgment.

  271. Two nations in one island
    “Two different nations, from a very ancient period, have divided between them the possession of the Island: the Sinhalese inhabiting the interior in its Southern and western parts from the river Wallouwe to Chilaw, and the Malabars (Tamils) who possess the Northern and Eastern Districts. These two nations differ entirely in their religion, language and manners.”
    Sir Hugh Cleghorn, British Colonial Secretary, June 1879

    1883-Two nations brought under one colonial administration
    Both the Tamil People & Sinhalese people are indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
    Early history records that they had their own monarchs and kingdoms. They were conquered by the colonial powers separately and in different periods in history.
    They existed as separate communities until the British brought them together in 1883 under a single administration for the very first time in their long history

    February 4th 1948, Change of Colonial Rulers
    A unified state of Ceylon was declared independent
    Political power handed to Sinhala majoritarian rule driven by Sinhala/Buddhist supremacy

    1948-ON WARDS – The state aided colonisation of Sinhalese people in Tamil areas promoted to annex Tamil homelands and further reduce Tamil representation in the parliament.
    1956 – The Sinhalese Language made the only official language by legislation, effectively making the educated Tamil people illiterate at a stroke denying them equal access to education and employment in the unified island. 1st Step of the Genocide – dehumanisation started

    The Sinhala-Colonial Era 1957 to 1958
    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.

    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 new Sinhala constitution imposed on Tamils
    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.

    Marginalisation and oppression of Tamils continue…….
    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.

    Birth of the Tamil armed resistance in response to 25 years of State Terrorism
    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)

  272. -1505 -1658: Portuguese held the island

    -1658 – 1796: Dutch usurped control

    -1796: the British took over

    -In 1799 June, Sir Hugh Cleghorn, the first British Colonial Secretary wrote to the British Government…
    Two different nations from a very ancient period have divided between them the possession of the Island. First the Sinhalese, inhabiting the interior of the country in its Southern and Western parts, and secondly the Malabars (Tamils) who possess the Northern and Eastern Districts. These two nations differ entirely in their religion, language and manners.

    -1803 The last Tamil kingdom (vanni area) was taken by British colonial. The King Pandaravannian was killed by CPT. Reberk ( I have evident)

    -Portuguese and Dutch ruled the Tamil and Sinhala Kingdoms separately, but, the British artificially joined them for their administrative convenience only in 1833.
    -On Feb. 4, 1948 – British left the Island leaving it as one country, CEYLON, leaving political power in the hands of the ‘majority’ Sinhalese.

    -1948 – 1 million Tamils declared as non-citizens
    -1949 – Sinhalese colonization in traditional Tamil homeland
    -1956 – Sinhala made sole official language of the country
    Tamil Political Leaders protested against the “Sinhala only Act”, in front of the parliament (5 June 1956)
    Sinhalese assaulted the picketers and the attack spread the whole island.
    -1970 – “ethnic standardization” slashes university admission to Tamils –same entrance exam, but Tamils need to score 30% more
    -1972 – New constitution without Tamils participation –Unilateral name change from Ceylon to Sri Lanka –Declaration of Srilanka as a republic –Buddhism made state religion
    -1977 – Prevention of Terrorism Act •State-sponsored anti-Tamil violence in 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974
    –1977 Election: Tamils ratify the call for independence by 82% popular vote

  273. In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    2065: Eelam finally achieved on a planet called Gliese 581 http://tinyurl.com/66c58t

  274. India drastically interferes towards the ethinic settlement again http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    Information reveal that India has strongly confirmed its motive to interfere in the Sri Lankan ethinic crisis again. On this context, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna will visit Sri lanka in the forthcoming month of October to Sri lanka.

    The master copy of cease fire agreement is has gone missing http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0d3lm

  275. In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    2065: Eelam finally achieved on a planet called Gliese 581 http://tinyurl.com/66c58t

  276. In Rohan's style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched "Monsoon Genocide", The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in 'Language Genocide' at Eelam Fantasy Elections – 'Eelam's Got Talent'
    14.05.10 Committed 'Cultural genocide' and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a 'Wedding Genocide' party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    2065: Eelam finally achieved on a planet called Gliese 581 http://tinyurl.com/66c58t

  277. India drastically interferes towards the ethinic settlement again http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    Information reveal that India has strongly confirmed its motive to interfere in the Sri Lankan ethinic crisis again. On this context, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna will visit Sri lanka in the forthcoming month of October to Sri lanka.

    The master copy of cease fire agreement is has gone missing http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0d3lm

  278. India drastically interferes towards the ethinic settlement again http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlm

    Information reveal that India has strongly confirmed its motive to interfere in the Sri Lankan ethinic crisis again. On this context, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna will visit Sri lanka in the forthcoming month of October to Sri lanka.

    The master copy of cease fire agreement is has gone missing http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0d3lm

  279. In Rohan’s style, What I did on my holidays in ex-Tamil Eealm

    19.05.09 Had delicious roast pork barbecue a-la Nanthikadal lagoon style
    22.07.09 Watched “Monsoon Genocide”, The Musical
    27.03.10 Took part in ‘Language Genocide’ at Eelam Fantasy Elections – ‘Eelam’s Got Talent’
    14.05.10 Committed ‘Cultural genocide’ and drank Lion Lager
    18.05.10 Went to a ‘Wedding Genocide’ party with ex-LTTE cadres. Had pittu.

    2065: Eelam finally achieved on a planet called Gliese 581
    http://tinyurl.com/66c58t

  280. India drastically interferes towards the ethinic settlement again
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0dTlmI0ecLBYS4a4J54Ucd3cYB2dc2Amd3a424OX3e230Mm30

    Information reveal that India has strongly confirmed its motive to interfere in the Sri Lankan ethinic crisis again. On this context, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna will visit Sri lanka in the forthcoming month of October to Sri lanka.

    The master copy of cease fire agreement is has gone missing
    http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIAQUe0d3lmI0ecLBYS4a4J54Icd3cYB3dc2Amd3a434OX3e230Mm30

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