வியாழன், ஏப்ரல் 30, 2009
ஆம் நாங்கள்தான் சிங்கள ராணுவத்தை வழி நடத்தினோம்- பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி பரபரப்பு ஒப்புதல்
சிங்கள ராணுவத்திற்கும், தனி நாடு கேட்டு போராடும் விடுதலை புலிகளுக்கும் கடந்த 30 வருடங்களாக நடந்து வரும் போரில் சில சமயம் ராணுவத்திற்கு பின்னடைவும் சில சமயம், விடுதலைபுலிகளுக்கு
பின்னடைவும் ஏற்பட்டு கொண்டு இருந்தது. ஆனால் கடந்த வருடம் ஆரம்பத்தில் சிங்கள அரசாங்கம், ஒரு தலை பட்சமாக போர் நிறுத்த அறிவிக்கையை ரத்து செய்துவிட்டு விடுதலை புலிகளின் மீது போர் தொடுத்தது,
கடந்த வருடம் ஜனவரியில் ஆரம்பித்த இந்த போர் நடவடிக்கை இரண்டு தரப்பிற்கு கடுமையான இழப்புகளை அடுத்து, விடுதலை புலிகளின் பெருவாரியான இடங்களை சிங்கள ராணுவம் கைப்பற்றியது. சிங்கள ராணுவத்தினை வழி நடத்துவது இந்தியாதான், அதற்கு பொருளாதார உதவி, ஆயுதம், போர் நுணுக்கம், உளவுத்துறை உதவி, போர் வீரர்கள் என பல விதத்தில் சிங்கள அரசுக்கு இந்திய உதவி செய்ததாக பத்திரிக்கையிலும், தமிழக அரசியல்வாதிகளும் கூறிவந்தனர்.
ஆனால் இதை டில்லி வாலாக்களும் தமிழக காங்கிரஸ் தலைவர்களும் மறுத்து வந்தனர். சில சமயங்களில் இந்தியாவின் பாதுகாப்பு மந்திரியான எ.கே.அந்தொனியும் இந்தியா சிங்கள ராணுவத்திற்கு உதவில்லை என்று கூறியிருந்தார். மேலும் இராணுவ அதிகாரிகள் தமிழகம் வரும் போதெல்லாம், ராணுவத்தை கொடுத்து உதவவில்லை என்று அறிக்கைவிட்டு சென்றனர். இந்த நிலையில் சிங்கள ராணுவத்தில் இந்திய வீரர்கள் உள்ள தகவலை பல ஆங்கில பத்திரிக்கைகள் வெளியிட்டன.
இதனை அடுத்து வெளியுறவு துறையும், பாதுகாப்பு துறையும் சேர்ந்து ஒப்பந்தபடி நாங்கள் ஆலொசனைகள் தான் வழங்கினோம், கனரக ஆயுதங்கள் எதுவும் கொடுக்கவில்லை என்று சொல்லி வந்தது. தற்சமயம் புலிகளை மிகவும் குறைந்த பரப்பளவிற்கு நெருக்கிவிட்டது. மேலும் உலக அளவில் நெருக்கடிக்கு இந்தியா, சிங்கள அரசாங்கம் இரண்டுமே ஆளாகிவிட்டது. இந்த ஒரு சூழ்நிலையில் சிங்கள் ராணுவத்தில் இந்தியாவின் பங்கு பற்றி என்.டி.டி.விக்கு மத்திய வெளியுறவுத்துறை மந்திரி பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி பேட்டி ஒன்று அளித்தார். அதில் அவர் கூறியதாவது:-
சிங்கள அரசாங்கம் எங்களது நண்பர்கள், அவர்களுக்கு உதவ வேண்டியது எங்களது கடமை, மேலும் தெற்காசியாவில் தீவிரவாத செயல்களை அடக்கும் பணியில் நாங்களும் இணைந்து செயல்பட வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் இந்தியாவிற்கு உண்டு. போராளிகளால் இந்தியாவிற்கும் அச்சுறுத்தல்கள் உண்டு இதன் காரணமாக நாங்கள், ஆயுத உதவிகள் வழங்கி வந்தோம்.
இதனிடையில் புலிகளுக்கு சில அமைப்புகள் பெரிய அளவில் கனரக ஆயுதங்கள், மற்றும் தொழில் நுட்ப உதவிகள் வழங்குவது பற்றி எங்களுக்கு ரகசிய தகவல் கிடைத்தது. இதனால் சிங்களராணுவத்திற்கு பெரும் இழப்பு ஏற்பட்டு வருவதோடு, எங்களுக்கு(இந்தியாவிற்கும்) எதிர்காலத்தில் பாதிப்பு ஏற்பட வாய்ப்புண்டு. இந்த காரணத்தினால் இந்தியா நேரடியாக போராளிகளுடன் போரிடவேண்டிய தேவை ஏற்பட்டு விட்டது.
நாங்கள் தீவிரவாத செயல்களை முடக்க ஒரு நடவடிக்கையாகத்தான் இந்த போரை வழிநடத்தினோம். ஆப்கான் மற்றும் ஈராக்கில் அமேரிக்க ராணுவம் மூக்கை நுழைக்கும் என்றால் நாங்கள் எங்கள் அருகில் உள்ள நட்பு நாட்டின் தீவிரவாத செயல்களை நிறுத்த தீவிர நடவடிக்கைகளில் ஏன் ஈடுபடக்கூடாது?
இவ்வாறு என்.டி.டி.விக்கு அளித்த ஒரு பேட்டியில் பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி சிங்கள போரில் இந்திய பங்கு பற்றி கூறினார்.
http://www.tamilskynews.com/index.php?opti...0&Itemid=53
புதன், ஏப்ரல் 29, 2009
IC makes history in experimenting ‘genocide bomb’
TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 10:14 GMT]
The international community accusing the LTTE all this time for ‘inventing’ human bomb is testing a premeditated ‘genocide bomb’ on Tamils and sets new ‘guidelines’ for global order, says a political commentator, who contributes regularly to TamilNet. “Even though there are many actors, the final responsibility for the experiment and deployment of this worst possible weapon of human civilization squarely falls on Obama’s US administration and on Ban Ki Moon’s UN,” he said adding that they will go down in history for “calculatedly allowing one of the worst ethnic genocides of contemporary history to take its toll in the island of Sri Lanka, in the cruellest and deceitful way.”
Further observations by the commentator follow:
“The US takes the core responsibility by tilting the military and diplomatic balance in favour of genocidal Colombo and finally failing to act when the demon perpetrated by them devours the people.
“When genocide was the question, Hillary Clinton by talking ‘post-conflict’ Sri Lanka, indirectly signalled the genocide to take its course.
“The UN is accused of shielding a criminal government, of sitting on any move of intervention and of abetting capture, torture and indefinite imprisonment of Tamil civilians by genocidal Colombo.
“The UN refused to discuss the genocide in Sri Lanka. Even the civilian issue was ‘too sensitive’ for it. At every stage it wanted the capture of civilians by genocidal Colombo. But when the civilians were captured it was not there to guarantee them their freedom of movement. Many of them still languish completely in the hands of Sri Lanka Army.
“Sri Lanka president turned down the request of UN humanitarian chief John Holmes to have access to civilians outside the camps. The personal appeal of Moon for a humanitarian team to enter the so-called safety zone was also turned down by Colombo. It is obvious what role the UN is up to play in future in abetting the structural genocide of Tamils planned by Colombo.
“Many fail to give due importance to the role being played by Japan in funding genocidal Colombo at every stage. Besides there were China and Russia, which played calculated mischief.
“A shameful organized crime, for the first time in contemporary history, has been registered in the behaviour of the international media in abetting the genocide, and not covering it. Now they are busy in spinning yarns with the captured civilians.
“Meanwhile, Monday morning Colombo announced halting the use of heavy weapons on the ‘no-fire’ zone. But throughout the day and the night that followed it showered fire from all types of heavy weapons including aerial bombing.
“EU ministers timed their visit after the testing of the ‘genocide bomb’.
“Even then, Colombo said that one of them, the Swedish minister, is not want.
“Colombo, the Frankenstein Monster is now dictating terms to the IC. But the monster is set loose calculatedly.
“The international community is silent, issuing only statements to hoodwink.
“It is reliably learnt that India has set an agenda for Colombo to accomplish the massacre. Indian home minister Chidambaram’s statement on Sunday that the war will be over in 48 hours is an affidavit for the premeditated crime of the deployment of the ‘genocide bomb’.
“All evidences indicate that the ruling circles of the international community premeditated the testing of the ‘genocide bomb’ on Tamils.”
"இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டைப்" பரீட்சித்து சரித்திரம் படைக்கும் சர்வதேச சமூகம்
தற்கொலைப் போராளிகளை உலகுக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தியதாக இதுவரை காலமும் புலிகளைக் குற்றம் சொல்லி வந்த சர்வதேச சமூகம் இன்று தான் ஏற்கனவே முடிவுசெய்ததற்கேற்ப "இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டை" தமிழர்கள் மேல் பரீட்சித்துப் பார்ப்பதோடு, புதிய உலக ஒழுங்கிற்கான விதிமுறைகளையும் நியமித்திருப்பதாக அரசியல் விமர்சகர் ஒருவர் தமிழ்நெட்டிற்கு தெரிவித்திருக்கிறார். இந்த இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டு முயற்சியில் பங்குகொண்டவர் பலர் இருந்தாலும், மனித நாகரீகத்துக்கு எதிரான இந்தப் பரீட்சையின் உருவாக்கத்துக்கும், நடைமுறைப்படுத்தலுக்குமான முற்றுமுழுதான பொறுப்பு ஒபாமாவின் நிர்வாகத்திடமும், ஐ.நா வின் பான் கீ மூன் இடமுமே வந்து சேர்ந்திருக்கிறது என்றும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார். நவீன சரித்திரத்திலேயே மிகவும் கொடூரமான முறையிலும், உலகத்தின் கண்களில் மண்ணைத் தூவியும் நடைபெறும் இந்த மிலேச்சத்தனமான இனவழிப்புப் போருக்கு "திட்டமிட்ட" அனுமதியொன்றைக் கொடுப்பதன் மூலம், இவ்விருவரும் சரித்திரத்தில் இடம்பிடிக்கப்போகின்றனர் என்று அவர் மேலும் கூறினார்.
அவரின் மேலும் சில அவதானிப்புகள் கீழே தரப்படுகின்றன.
"ராணுவ மற்றும் அரசியல் சமபலத்தை ஒரு அரக்கத்தனமான சிங்கள அரசிற்குச் சார்பாக சரியவிட்டதன் மூலமும் அத்துடன் இன்று அவர்களால் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட அரக்கத்தனம் மக்களை கொன்று தின்று ஏப்பம் விடுவதை அனுமதித்ததன் மூலமும் இந்த கொடூரமான இனக்கொலையின் முழுப்பொறுப்பினையும் அமெரிக்காவே ஏற்க வேண்டும்".
"இனக்கொலையே இங்கு பிரதான கேள்வியாக" இருந்தபோது, "போருக்குப் பிந்திய நிகழ்வு" பற்றிக் கதைத்ததன் மூலம் கிலாரி கிளின்ரன் அவர்கள் இந்த இனக்கொலை தனது இலக்கினை அடைய வேண்டும் என்று மறைமுகமாக கோடிட்டுக் காட்டியத்தையே குறிக்கிறது".
"தமிழ்ச் சிவிலியன்கள் மீது சிங்கள இனக்கொலை அரசு நடத்தும் கைதுகள் சித்திரவதைகள், காலவரையற்ற சிறையடைப்புகளுக்கு எதிரான எந்தவித நடவடிக்கைகளையுமே தடுத்து நிறுத்தியன் மூலம் ஐ.நா போர்க்குற்றம் புரியும் ஒரு அரக்கத்தனமான் அரசாங்கத்திற்கு கவசமாக செயல்படுகிறது" என்றும் அவர் குற்றம் சாட்டினார்.
"இலங்கையில் நடக்கும் இனக்கொலையைப் பற்றி விவாதிக்க ஐ.நா மறுத்துவிட்டது. சிவிலியன்களின் இழப்பு அதற்கு "மிகுந்த கரிசணையை" ஏற்படுத்தியிருந்தாலும் கூட. ஒவ்வொரு தடவையும் தமிழ் மக்கள் அவர்களைக் கொன்றொழிக்கும் சிங்கள இனக்கொலையரசால் பிடிபடுவதையே ஐ.நா விரும்பியது. ஆனால் அவ்வாறு தமிழ்ச் சிவிலியன்கள் பிடிபட்ட போது அவர்களின் சுதந்திரமான நடமாட்டத்துக்கு உறுதியளிக்க ஐ.நா அங்கு பிரசன்னமாகவில்லை. அவ்வாறு பிடிபட்ட தமிழர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர் இனக்கொலை ராணுவத்தின் கைகளில் இன்னமும் அகப்பட்டு கட்டுண்டு கிடக்கிறார்கள் என்பதே உண்மை" என்று அவர் மேலும் தெரிவித்தார்.
"வன்னியில் தடுப்புமுகாம்களுக்கு வெளியே இன்னும் சிங்கள ராணுவத்தின் கைகளில் அகப்பட்டிருக்கும் மக்களைப் பார்க்கவென ஐ.நா நிவாரண அதிகாரியான ஜோன் கோம்ஸின் வேண்டுகோளை சிறிலன்க்காவின் அதிபர் மகிந்த நிராகரித்திருக்கிறார். "பாதுகாப்பு வலயம்" எனப்படும் கொலைக்களத்துக்குள் அகப்பட்டிருக்கும் மக்களை சந்திக்க தனது நிவாரனக் குழுவை அனுமதிக்குமாறு ஐ. நா வின் பான் கீ முன் தனிப்பட்ட ரீதியில் விடுத்த வேண்டுகோளும் கொழும்பினால் நிராகரிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இதுலிருந்து புலப்படுவது என்னெவென்றால் நன்கு நெறிப்படுத்தப்பட்டு திட்டமிட்டு நடைபெறும் தமினத்திற்கெதிரான இனக்கொலையில் ஐ. நா வின் பங்கென்பது எந்த வகையில் இருக்கப் போகிறது என்பதைத்தான்".
"சிங்கள அரசு நடத்தும் இனக்கொலையின் ஒவ்வொரு கட்டத்திலும் அதற்கு ஜப்பான் வழங்கிவரும் நிதி உதவிக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுக்க எம்மில் பலர் தவறி விடுகின்றனர். ஜப்பானுக்குச் சமாந்தரமாக ரஷ்ஷியாவும், சீனாவும் இந்த இனக்கொலைப் போருக்கெதிரான கருத்துக்களையும், குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கலையும் தடுப்பதில் முன்னின்று உழைத்து வருகின்றன".
"நவீன சரித்திரத்திலேயே முதன்முறையாக ஒரு வெட்கக்கேடான திட்டமிடப்பட்ட கொடுஞ்செயல் சர்வதேச ஊடங்களில் வெளிக்கொணருவதற்கு மாறாக முற்றாக இருட்டடிப்புச் செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. தற்போது அவர்கள் "பிடிபட்ட" தமிழர்கள் தொடர்பாக கதைகள் பின்னுவதில் மும்முரமாக இருக்கிறார்கள்".
"இதேவேளை கடந்த திங்கள் காலை தான் பாதுகாப்பு வலயத்தினுள் கனரக ஆயுதங்களின் பாவனையை நிறுத்தப்போவதாக கொழும்பு அறிவித்தது. ஆனால் அன்று நாள் முழுவதும், அன்றிரவும் தனது கனரக ஆயுதங்களைக் கொண்டு மழைபோல தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதுடன், மூர்க்கத்தனமான வான் தாக்குதலையும் அது நடத்தியது".
" ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியத்தின் அமைச்சர்கள், "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டைப்" பரீட்சித்துப் பார்த்தபின் தமது வருகைக்கன நேரத்தைக் குறித்துக்கொண்டார்கள்".
"அதற்குப் பின்னரும் கூட, கொழும்பு அரசாங்கமானது அம்மூவரில் ஒருவரான சுவீடன் நாட்டமைச்சரைத் தனக்கு வேண்டாம் என்று கூறிவிட்டது".
"பயமுறுத்தும் பூதமான கொழும்பு, இன்று சர்வதேசத்தினை தனது கட்டுக்குள் வைத்திருக்கிறது. அதே சர்வதேச சமூகத்தால் அந்தப் பூதம் திட்டமிட்ட முறையில் இனக்கொலை புரியவென அவிழ்த்து விடப்படுகிறது".
"இன்றைக்கு சர்வதேச சமூகமானது ஏமாற்றுத்தனமான அறிக்கைகளை மட்டுமே அவ்வப்போது விட்டுக்கொண்டு அமைதியாக இருக்கிறது".
"தமிழர்க்கெதிரான இனக்கொலையை நடத்தி முடிப்பதற்குத் திட்டமிட்டுக் கொடுத்தது இந்தியாதான் என்று இன்று நம்பகமாக அறியப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை இந்திய உள்த்துறையமைச்சர், சிதம்பரத்தின் அறிக்கையின்படி, போர் இன்னும் 48 மணித்தியாலங்களில் முடிந்துவிடும் என்பது, "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டு" எனப்படும் ஏற்கனவே திட்டமிட்ட கொடுஞ்செயலை செய்வதற்கான ஒப்புதல் அங்கீகாரமாகவே கருதப்பட வேண்டும்".
"எல்லா சாட்சியங்களும் ஒன்றைத்தான் கூறி நிற்கின்றன, அதாவது, சர்வதேசத்தின் அதிகார வட்டங்கள் ஏற்கனவே திட்டமிட்டதன்படி "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டை" தமிழர் மேல் பரீட்சித்துப் பார்ப்பதில் உறுதியாக இருக்கின்றன".
நன்றி தமிழ்நெட்
தமிழாக்கம் ரகுனாதன்.
The international community accusing the LTTE all this time for ‘inventing’ human bomb is testing a premeditated ‘genocide bomb’ on Tamils and sets new ‘guidelines’ for global order, says a political commentator, who contributes regularly to TamilNet. “Even though there are many actors, the final responsibility for the experiment and deployment of this worst possible weapon of human civilization squarely falls on Obama’s US administration and on Ban Ki Moon’s UN,” he said adding that they will go down in history for “calculatedly allowing one of the worst ethnic genocides of contemporary history to take its toll in the island of Sri Lanka, in the cruellest and deceitful way.”
Further observations by the commentator follow:
“The US takes the core responsibility by tilting the military and diplomatic balance in favour of genocidal Colombo and finally failing to act when the demon perpetrated by them devours the people.
“When genocide was the question, Hillary Clinton by talking ‘post-conflict’ Sri Lanka, indirectly signalled the genocide to take its course.
“The UN is accused of shielding a criminal government, of sitting on any move of intervention and of abetting capture, torture and indefinite imprisonment of Tamil civilians by genocidal Colombo.
“The UN refused to discuss the genocide in Sri Lanka. Even the civilian issue was ‘too sensitive’ for it. At every stage it wanted the capture of civilians by genocidal Colombo. But when the civilians were captured it was not there to guarantee them their freedom of movement. Many of them still languish completely in the hands of Sri Lanka Army.
“Sri Lanka president turned down the request of UN humanitarian chief John Holmes to have access to civilians outside the camps. The personal appeal of Moon for a humanitarian team to enter the so-called safety zone was also turned down by Colombo. It is obvious what role the UN is up to play in future in abetting the structural genocide of Tamils planned by Colombo.
“Many fail to give due importance to the role being played by Japan in funding genocidal Colombo at every stage. Besides there were China and Russia, which played calculated mischief.
“A shameful organized crime, for the first time in contemporary history, has been registered in the behaviour of the international media in abetting the genocide, and not covering it. Now they are busy in spinning yarns with the captured civilians.
“Meanwhile, Monday morning Colombo announced halting the use of heavy weapons on the ‘no-fire’ zone. But throughout the day and the night that followed it showered fire from all types of heavy weapons including aerial bombing.
“EU ministers timed their visit after the testing of the ‘genocide bomb’.
“Even then, Colombo said that one of them, the Swedish minister, is not want.
“Colombo, the Frankenstein Monster is now dictating terms to the IC. But the monster is set loose calculatedly.
“The international community is silent, issuing only statements to hoodwink.
“It is reliably learnt that India has set an agenda for Colombo to accomplish the massacre. Indian home minister Chidambaram’s statement on Sunday that the war will be over in 48 hours is an affidavit for the premeditated crime of the deployment of the ‘genocide bomb’.
“All evidences indicate that the ruling circles of the international community premeditated the testing of the ‘genocide bomb’ on Tamils.”
"இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டைப்" பரீட்சித்து சரித்திரம் படைக்கும் சர்வதேச சமூகம்
தற்கொலைப் போராளிகளை உலகுக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தியதாக இதுவரை காலமும் புலிகளைக் குற்றம் சொல்லி வந்த சர்வதேச சமூகம் இன்று தான் ஏற்கனவே முடிவுசெய்ததற்கேற்ப "இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டை" தமிழர்கள் மேல் பரீட்சித்துப் பார்ப்பதோடு, புதிய உலக ஒழுங்கிற்கான விதிமுறைகளையும் நியமித்திருப்பதாக அரசியல் விமர்சகர் ஒருவர் தமிழ்நெட்டிற்கு தெரிவித்திருக்கிறார். இந்த இனப்படுகொலைக் குண்டு முயற்சியில் பங்குகொண்டவர் பலர் இருந்தாலும், மனித நாகரீகத்துக்கு எதிரான இந்தப் பரீட்சையின் உருவாக்கத்துக்கும், நடைமுறைப்படுத்தலுக்குமான முற்றுமுழுதான பொறுப்பு ஒபாமாவின் நிர்வாகத்திடமும், ஐ.நா வின் பான் கீ மூன் இடமுமே வந்து சேர்ந்திருக்கிறது என்றும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார். நவீன சரித்திரத்திலேயே மிகவும் கொடூரமான முறையிலும், உலகத்தின் கண்களில் மண்ணைத் தூவியும் நடைபெறும் இந்த மிலேச்சத்தனமான இனவழிப்புப் போருக்கு "திட்டமிட்ட" அனுமதியொன்றைக் கொடுப்பதன் மூலம், இவ்விருவரும் சரித்திரத்தில் இடம்பிடிக்கப்போகின்றனர் என்று அவர் மேலும் கூறினார்.
அவரின் மேலும் சில அவதானிப்புகள் கீழே தரப்படுகின்றன.
"ராணுவ மற்றும் அரசியல் சமபலத்தை ஒரு அரக்கத்தனமான சிங்கள அரசிற்குச் சார்பாக சரியவிட்டதன் மூலமும் அத்துடன் இன்று அவர்களால் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட அரக்கத்தனம் மக்களை கொன்று தின்று ஏப்பம் விடுவதை அனுமதித்ததன் மூலமும் இந்த கொடூரமான இனக்கொலையின் முழுப்பொறுப்பினையும் அமெரிக்காவே ஏற்க வேண்டும்".
"இனக்கொலையே இங்கு பிரதான கேள்வியாக" இருந்தபோது, "போருக்குப் பிந்திய நிகழ்வு" பற்றிக் கதைத்ததன் மூலம் கிலாரி கிளின்ரன் அவர்கள் இந்த இனக்கொலை தனது இலக்கினை அடைய வேண்டும் என்று மறைமுகமாக கோடிட்டுக் காட்டியத்தையே குறிக்கிறது".
"தமிழ்ச் சிவிலியன்கள் மீது சிங்கள இனக்கொலை அரசு நடத்தும் கைதுகள் சித்திரவதைகள், காலவரையற்ற சிறையடைப்புகளுக்கு எதிரான எந்தவித நடவடிக்கைகளையுமே தடுத்து நிறுத்தியன் மூலம் ஐ.நா போர்க்குற்றம் புரியும் ஒரு அரக்கத்தனமான் அரசாங்கத்திற்கு கவசமாக செயல்படுகிறது" என்றும் அவர் குற்றம் சாட்டினார்.
"இலங்கையில் நடக்கும் இனக்கொலையைப் பற்றி விவாதிக்க ஐ.நா மறுத்துவிட்டது. சிவிலியன்களின் இழப்பு அதற்கு "மிகுந்த கரிசணையை" ஏற்படுத்தியிருந்தாலும் கூட. ஒவ்வொரு தடவையும் தமிழ் மக்கள் அவர்களைக் கொன்றொழிக்கும் சிங்கள இனக்கொலையரசால் பிடிபடுவதையே ஐ.நா விரும்பியது. ஆனால் அவ்வாறு தமிழ்ச் சிவிலியன்கள் பிடிபட்ட போது அவர்களின் சுதந்திரமான நடமாட்டத்துக்கு உறுதியளிக்க ஐ.நா அங்கு பிரசன்னமாகவில்லை. அவ்வாறு பிடிபட்ட தமிழர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர் இனக்கொலை ராணுவத்தின் கைகளில் இன்னமும் அகப்பட்டு கட்டுண்டு கிடக்கிறார்கள் என்பதே உண்மை" என்று அவர் மேலும் தெரிவித்தார்.
"வன்னியில் தடுப்புமுகாம்களுக்கு வெளியே இன்னும் சிங்கள ராணுவத்தின் கைகளில் அகப்பட்டிருக்கும் மக்களைப் பார்க்கவென ஐ.நா நிவாரண அதிகாரியான ஜோன் கோம்ஸின் வேண்டுகோளை சிறிலன்க்காவின் அதிபர் மகிந்த நிராகரித்திருக்கிறார். "பாதுகாப்பு வலயம்" எனப்படும் கொலைக்களத்துக்குள் அகப்பட்டிருக்கும் மக்களை சந்திக்க தனது நிவாரனக் குழுவை அனுமதிக்குமாறு ஐ. நா வின் பான் கீ முன் தனிப்பட்ட ரீதியில் விடுத்த வேண்டுகோளும் கொழும்பினால் நிராகரிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இதுலிருந்து புலப்படுவது என்னெவென்றால் நன்கு நெறிப்படுத்தப்பட்டு திட்டமிட்டு நடைபெறும் தமினத்திற்கெதிரான இனக்கொலையில் ஐ. நா வின் பங்கென்பது எந்த வகையில் இருக்கப் போகிறது என்பதைத்தான்".
"சிங்கள அரசு நடத்தும் இனக்கொலையின் ஒவ்வொரு கட்டத்திலும் அதற்கு ஜப்பான் வழங்கிவரும் நிதி உதவிக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுக்க எம்மில் பலர் தவறி விடுகின்றனர். ஜப்பானுக்குச் சமாந்தரமாக ரஷ்ஷியாவும், சீனாவும் இந்த இனக்கொலைப் போருக்கெதிரான கருத்துக்களையும், குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கலையும் தடுப்பதில் முன்னின்று உழைத்து வருகின்றன".
"நவீன சரித்திரத்திலேயே முதன்முறையாக ஒரு வெட்கக்கேடான திட்டமிடப்பட்ட கொடுஞ்செயல் சர்வதேச ஊடங்களில் வெளிக்கொணருவதற்கு மாறாக முற்றாக இருட்டடிப்புச் செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. தற்போது அவர்கள் "பிடிபட்ட" தமிழர்கள் தொடர்பாக கதைகள் பின்னுவதில் மும்முரமாக இருக்கிறார்கள்".
"இதேவேளை கடந்த திங்கள் காலை தான் பாதுகாப்பு வலயத்தினுள் கனரக ஆயுதங்களின் பாவனையை நிறுத்தப்போவதாக கொழும்பு அறிவித்தது. ஆனால் அன்று நாள் முழுவதும், அன்றிரவும் தனது கனரக ஆயுதங்களைக் கொண்டு மழைபோல தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதுடன், மூர்க்கத்தனமான வான் தாக்குதலையும் அது நடத்தியது".
" ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியத்தின் அமைச்சர்கள், "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டைப்" பரீட்சித்துப் பார்த்தபின் தமது வருகைக்கன நேரத்தைக் குறித்துக்கொண்டார்கள்".
"அதற்குப் பின்னரும் கூட, கொழும்பு அரசாங்கமானது அம்மூவரில் ஒருவரான சுவீடன் நாட்டமைச்சரைத் தனக்கு வேண்டாம் என்று கூறிவிட்டது".
"பயமுறுத்தும் பூதமான கொழும்பு, இன்று சர்வதேசத்தினை தனது கட்டுக்குள் வைத்திருக்கிறது. அதே சர்வதேச சமூகத்தால் அந்தப் பூதம் திட்டமிட்ட முறையில் இனக்கொலை புரியவென அவிழ்த்து விடப்படுகிறது".
"இன்றைக்கு சர்வதேச சமூகமானது ஏமாற்றுத்தனமான அறிக்கைகளை மட்டுமே அவ்வப்போது விட்டுக்கொண்டு அமைதியாக இருக்கிறது".
"தமிழர்க்கெதிரான இனக்கொலையை நடத்தி முடிப்பதற்குத் திட்டமிட்டுக் கொடுத்தது இந்தியாதான் என்று இன்று நம்பகமாக அறியப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை இந்திய உள்த்துறையமைச்சர், சிதம்பரத்தின் அறிக்கையின்படி, போர் இன்னும் 48 மணித்தியாலங்களில் முடிந்துவிடும் என்பது, "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டு" எனப்படும் ஏற்கனவே திட்டமிட்ட கொடுஞ்செயலை செய்வதற்கான ஒப்புதல் அங்கீகாரமாகவே கருதப்பட வேண்டும்".
"எல்லா சாட்சியங்களும் ஒன்றைத்தான் கூறி நிற்கின்றன, அதாவது, சர்வதேசத்தின் அதிகார வட்டங்கள் ஏற்கனவே திட்டமிட்டதன்படி "இனக்கொலைக் குண்டை" தமிழர் மேல் பரீட்சித்துப் பார்ப்பதில் உறுதியாக இருக்கின்றன".
நன்றி தமிழ்நெட்
தமிழாக்கம் ரகுனாதன்.
Sri Lanka: Government Admission Shows Need for UN Inquiry
Visiting Envoys Should Make Civilian Protection Top Priority
April 27, 2009
Related Materials: Q & A on Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Sri Lanka.Related Features: .Trapped and Under Fire II
Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire II.Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire
Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire..By finally admitting it has been using heavy weapons all along, the Sri Lanka government has shed light onto its official deception as well as its brutal military tactics. The UN Security Council should stop burying its head in the sand on Sri Lanka and urgently create an international commission of inquiry to look at abuses by both sides.
.Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.(New York) - The Sri Lankan government's admission that it has been using heavy weapons in an area crowded with displaced civilians underscores the need for an international commission of inquiry into violations of the laws of war by government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today.
The Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat conceded today that it had been using heavy weapons in the recent fighting, despite earlier statements that it had ceased their use. The statement said: "Our security forces have been instructed to end the use of heavy caliber guns, combat aircraft and aerial weapons which could cause civilian casualties."
"By finally admitting it has been using heavy weapons all along, the Sri Lanka government has shed light onto its official deception as well as its brutal military tactics," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "The UN Security Council should stop burying its head in the sand on Sri Lanka and urgently create an international commission of inquiry to look at abuses by both sides."
For months, the Sri Lankan government has denied that its operations against the LTTE were killing civilians and ignored appeals by the United Nations and many other members of the international community to stop attacks in the government-declared "no-fire zone," where it had encouraged civilians to take shelter. For example, on April 23, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told the BBC: "We are going very slowly towards the south of the no-fire zone to rescue the remaining civilians. Our troops are not using heavy fire power, they are using only guns and personal weapons."
Numerous accounts by witnesses as well as photographs and satellite imagery have demonstrated the continuing use of heavy artillery and aerial bombardment in the fighting between government forces and the LTTE. According to the UN, an estimated 6,400 people have been killed and more than 13,000 wounded in the conflict area since January 2009.
The UN estimates that more than 50,000 civilians remain trapped. The LTTE reportedly continues to prevent the escape of many. The extreme vulnerability of these civilians is compounded by severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies. In addition to its indiscriminate attacks on the "no-fire zone," the government's continued refusal to allow adequate humanitarian personnel and delivery of essential relief supplies has denied civilians critical assistance. Its ban on allowing impartial outside observers, including journalists and human rights monitors, into the area has obstructed another important aspect of civilian protection.
Human Rights Watch said that many of the internally displaced persons now entering government-controlled areas had not eaten for days. They continue to face shortages of food, water, shelter, and sanitation as they await government screening and registration before being transferred and detained in closed government detention camps, which the government calls "welfare centers."
Human Rights Watch urged the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden, who are bound for Colombo on April 29, 2009, to make the government's accountability for the protection and welfare of displaced civilians their top priority.
"The visiting foreign ministers from the UK, France, and Sweden may be the last hope of the remaining trapped civilians," said Adams. "They should make it clear to Sri Lanka's leaders that they will be held accountable for attacks on civilians or denying them access to humanitarian aid."
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka, please see:
•Q&A on accountability for violations of international humanitarian law in Sri Lanka, April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/27/q-accountability-violations-international-humanitarian-law-sri-லங்க
•Audio slideshow, "Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire," April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/features/sri-lanka-trapped-and-under-பிரே
•News release, "Sri Lanka: Stop Shelling ‘No-Fire Zone,'" April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/09/sri-lanka-stop-shelling-no-fire-ழோனே
April 27, 2009
Related Materials: Q & A on Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Sri Lanka.Related Features: .Trapped and Under Fire II
Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire II.Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire
Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire..By finally admitting it has been using heavy weapons all along, the Sri Lanka government has shed light onto its official deception as well as its brutal military tactics. The UN Security Council should stop burying its head in the sand on Sri Lanka and urgently create an international commission of inquiry to look at abuses by both sides.
.Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.(New York) - The Sri Lankan government's admission that it has been using heavy weapons in an area crowded with displaced civilians underscores the need for an international commission of inquiry into violations of the laws of war by government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today.
The Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat conceded today that it had been using heavy weapons in the recent fighting, despite earlier statements that it had ceased their use. The statement said: "Our security forces have been instructed to end the use of heavy caliber guns, combat aircraft and aerial weapons which could cause civilian casualties."
"By finally admitting it has been using heavy weapons all along, the Sri Lanka government has shed light onto its official deception as well as its brutal military tactics," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "The UN Security Council should stop burying its head in the sand on Sri Lanka and urgently create an international commission of inquiry to look at abuses by both sides."
For months, the Sri Lankan government has denied that its operations against the LTTE were killing civilians and ignored appeals by the United Nations and many other members of the international community to stop attacks in the government-declared "no-fire zone," where it had encouraged civilians to take shelter. For example, on April 23, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told the BBC: "We are going very slowly towards the south of the no-fire zone to rescue the remaining civilians. Our troops are not using heavy fire power, they are using only guns and personal weapons."
Numerous accounts by witnesses as well as photographs and satellite imagery have demonstrated the continuing use of heavy artillery and aerial bombardment in the fighting between government forces and the LTTE. According to the UN, an estimated 6,400 people have been killed and more than 13,000 wounded in the conflict area since January 2009.
The UN estimates that more than 50,000 civilians remain trapped. The LTTE reportedly continues to prevent the escape of many. The extreme vulnerability of these civilians is compounded by severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies. In addition to its indiscriminate attacks on the "no-fire zone," the government's continued refusal to allow adequate humanitarian personnel and delivery of essential relief supplies has denied civilians critical assistance. Its ban on allowing impartial outside observers, including journalists and human rights monitors, into the area has obstructed another important aspect of civilian protection.
Human Rights Watch said that many of the internally displaced persons now entering government-controlled areas had not eaten for days. They continue to face shortages of food, water, shelter, and sanitation as they await government screening and registration before being transferred and detained in closed government detention camps, which the government calls "welfare centers."
Human Rights Watch urged the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden, who are bound for Colombo on April 29, 2009, to make the government's accountability for the protection and welfare of displaced civilians their top priority.
"The visiting foreign ministers from the UK, France, and Sweden may be the last hope of the remaining trapped civilians," said Adams. "They should make it clear to Sri Lanka's leaders that they will be held accountable for attacks on civilians or denying them access to humanitarian aid."
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka, please see:
•Q&A on accountability for violations of international humanitarian law in Sri Lanka, April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/27/q-accountability-violations-international-humanitarian-law-sri-லங்க
•Audio slideshow, "Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire," April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/features/sri-lanka-trapped-and-under-பிரே
•News release, "Sri Lanka: Stop Shelling ‘No-Fire Zone,'" April 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/09/sri-lanka-stop-shelling-no-fire-ழோனே
ஞாயிறு, ஏப்ரல் 26, 2009
India makes rather a hash of things – US is bypassing India on Lanka issues
By Kumar David
Received wisdom for some years has been that Washington has developed a close understanding with Delhi on security issues relating to Lanka, and to put it loosely, had subcontracted its interests in this respect to India. It was assumed that the two countries had a working relationship, a similar understanding of terrorism and an adequate consultative process. American foreign policy, with its hands full in Iraq, Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iran and North Korea was glad to have a surrogate manage this theatre. Norway’s role as honest broker was different; India has a deep ‘own country’ interest, and recently, this partnership with the US.
The Indo-American understanding commenced before the Great Crash of 2008 which demanded Washington’s priority attention. And when the crash did come America should have been pleased to have a satrap deal with the mess in Lanka. But the Delhi government proved visibly incompetent in handling its delegated authority, failed to exercise power, lost control of events and allowed conditions that are acutely embarrassing for the Western powers to develop. Therefore, America and the Europe have clearly sidelined India on the Lanka issue. I give more weight to this thesis than the alternative that the change follows an Obama Administration decision to jettison the ‘global war on terror’, deeming it oversimplified paranoia. There has indeed been a shift in American foreign policy on this insane ‘war on terror’ posture, but Delhi was booted out on the Lanka issue for sheer incompetence; it was unable to forestall one mess after another.
The Indo-US partnership
First let me recount how significant the strategic partnership between the United States and India has become using a recent publication. The emergence of a new phase in this partnership is best outlined in a recent paper ‘War on Terror in South Asia’ by Dr. Ninan Koshi which appeared in several places and most conveniently on the website Lines: (http://lines-magazine.org/). The core of Dr. Koshi’s argument is that a fundamentally new phase in Indo-American relations commenced with the nuclear deal and a new partnership that places emphasis on strategic matters. A single extract from the paper conveys it.
"On the eve of his leaving the ambassadorial post in India, Robert Blackwill wrote in a leader page article (U.S. India Defence Cooperation) in The Hindu on May 12, 2003: ‘Taken together our defence cooperation and military sales activities intensify the working relationship between the respective armed forces, build mutual cooperation for future joint military operations and strengthen Indian military capability which is in America’s interest. …An Indian military that is capable of operating efficiently alongside its American counterparts remains an important goal of our defence bilateral relationship. What we have achieved since 2001 builds a strong foundation on which to consummate this strategic objective which will promote peace and freedom across Asia and beyond".
It was instability in the Afghan-Pakistan region that really worried America; loss of nuclear-armed Pakistan to Islamic fundamentalists with close ties to global jihadists was unthinkable, and a new relationship with India was developed to project American power in an unprecedented way. As Dr Koshi says: "(T)he US has been engaged in a monumentally flawed and destructive campaign that President Bush described as "all-out effort against terrorism and terrorist groups of global reach" with devastating consequences for South Asia and West Asia in particular".
We need to supplement Dr. Koshi’s argument with a shared US-Indian economic objective as well, containing the other elephant in the global economy, China. Appointing Delhi as Washington’s satrap to deal with the war in this bothersome island was a by-product of these two objectives. It was also fair recognition that India, as the regional power, had special concerns and firsthand involvements.
How India screwed things up
The government in Delhi, egged on by the reactionary Madras Hindu, and not even abetted by the rightwing BJP, screwed things up almost from day one. Why, I cannot detail here, but only make passing mention of Premier Manmohan Singh’s monumental incompetence, the Sonia (Rajiv) factor and India’s legitimate odium for the LTTE, underestimating the effect of Lanka’s war on South Indian politics, but perhaps most important of all, a naïve inability to read how clever Colombo could be in taking Prime Minister, Home Minister, Chief Minister, High Commissioner and National Security Advisor, all for a right royal ride. Look, lets give the devil its due; the Colombo Administration has proved infinitely cleverer, craftier and cockier than the aforementioned Indian worthies – poor sods are in a daze; don’t even know what hit them!India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee declared for the umpteenth time last week: "Continuation of precipitate military actions leading to further civilian casualties at this time would be totally unacceptable". His colleague Home Minister Palaniyandi Chidambaram referring to a decision made by the Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister and Home Minister was quoted in the Hindu as follows: "It was decided to make a demand to Sri Lanka to announce ceasefire immediately. A ceasefire was not a demand or appeal, but a need of the Government of India". A few days earlier an anguished (about the prospect of losing his seat) Chidambaram told a Tamil Nadu election rally: "India would urge Sri Lanka to extend the ceasefire beyond April 15. The 48-hour ceasefire announced by the Sri Lankan government was a success for India’s external policy. But it was only a small development". And so they have gestured and gesticulated and gyrated for the better part of a year. Colombo responded by treating them all like a bunch of jokers from Jhansi and Jaipur.
The fact of the matter is that India has lost the plot; obvious, if one compares its present paralysis with the authority it seems to have had to call the shots a while ago. As recently as during preparations for the SAARC meeting in Colombo, and more so throughout 2008, GoSLwas anxious what conditions India might impose. It could indeed have had its way to a considerable extent, but rather, chose to allow Colombo a free hand, carte blanche, little realising that the genie once out of the bottle would be much craftier than the dumb master. De facto there are massive asymmetries of power between countries of such gigantic difference in clout as Lanka and India.
A situation such as now, when GoSL can give Sonia, Singh, Mukerjee, Chidambaram, Narayanan and Alok Prasad the two fingers up, with jolly impunity and positive conviviality, is really quite funny but for the humanitarian disaster, shockingly only on the sidelines as it were. Yes, this Indian government is caught by the short and curlies; it has no clout in Colombo anymore. Let us await the next thrilling instalment after the Indian general elections; things may change, who knows.
For the time being, Delhi has got itself discarded by both Colombo and the West and even Karunanidhi has begun to beat a retreat.
On April 17 the wily Tamil Nadu Chief Minister sent the following telegram to Sonia, Singh and a whole lot of others. "India should snap all ties with Sri Lanka, including diplomatic, if a ceasefire is not announced by the Sri Lankan government by tonight". Undoubtedly this is an election gundu (Tamil Nadu polls on May 14), but not only; the DMK is also buckling under the intense mass pressure building up in Tamil Nadu against GoSL and Delhi (for near unconditional support for GoSL in the war).
What’s new?
Colombo has shown Oslo the door, why? Science fiction fans were awaiting a Norwegian aurora borealis, that is, secret negotiations leading to safe passage and security for the LTTE leadership. (The Norwegian Ambassador has responded: "This is, with all respect, pure and simple rubbish. Neither Norway nor any other actors have to my knowledge been involved in such talks."). The more likely reason is that the United States has been using Norway as a conduit for contacting the LTTE about the humanitarian situation of the IDPs. Colombo is livid, but for obvious reasons reluctant to play hardball with the US, so it sent a signal, it shot the messenger. It is backing up this diplomatic message with a barrage of crudities about US ambassadorial romps with LTTE socialites and undiplomatic sniffing of e-substances (leaked by "top intelligence sources" in Colombo to the Asian Tribune 16 April). In tandem, the diaspora is boiling and pressure on GoSL from the West is becoming increasingly tough, nay hostile.
The first startling change was the Hilary Clinton-David Miliband joint statement which departed from previous practice by putting both the LTTE and GoSL in the crosswire. Then there was the EU Parliament’s demand for a ceasefire followed by similar demands from Canada, US Congressmen and British MPs. US State Department releases are becoming more strongly worded and calling upon "GoSL and the LTTE to immediately stop hostilities, and to respect the right of free movement of civilians in Mulaitivu area". The State Department quote given next must be giving GoSL goose pimples as such pronouncements are being made with increasing and strident frequency. "Durable and lasting peace will only (be) achieved through a political solution that addresses legitimate aspiration of Sri Lankan communities. . . . Further killing will stain any eventual peace … GoSL (must) employ diplomacy to permit a peaceful outcome of the conflict".
The UN Secretary General has sent seasoned diplomat Vijay Nambiar to the region. Gordon Brown appointed Des Browne, the former defence minister, as a special envoy to the island in consultation with GoSL - the latter, under pressure from its chauvinist constituents, denied any such consultation, but this regime, within three years, has a longer inventory of lies to its debit than any previous Administration. Then there was the videoed meeting between Boucher, Blake and the Tamil diaspora – come on, all this must add up to something! Maybe, but my view is that the international response to the humanitarian situation is so half hearted, lethargic and lacking in robustness, that maybe these most honourable gentlemen will all, only be just in time to close the coffin lid on the IDPs. Maybe toothless India will have the last laugh after all if Colombo succeeds in taking the West as well for a well-earned right royal ride.
Received wisdom for some years has been that Washington has developed a close understanding with Delhi on security issues relating to Lanka, and to put it loosely, had subcontracted its interests in this respect to India. It was assumed that the two countries had a working relationship, a similar understanding of terrorism and an adequate consultative process. American foreign policy, with its hands full in Iraq, Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iran and North Korea was glad to have a surrogate manage this theatre. Norway’s role as honest broker was different; India has a deep ‘own country’ interest, and recently, this partnership with the US.
The Indo-American understanding commenced before the Great Crash of 2008 which demanded Washington’s priority attention. And when the crash did come America should have been pleased to have a satrap deal with the mess in Lanka. But the Delhi government proved visibly incompetent in handling its delegated authority, failed to exercise power, lost control of events and allowed conditions that are acutely embarrassing for the Western powers to develop. Therefore, America and the Europe have clearly sidelined India on the Lanka issue. I give more weight to this thesis than the alternative that the change follows an Obama Administration decision to jettison the ‘global war on terror’, deeming it oversimplified paranoia. There has indeed been a shift in American foreign policy on this insane ‘war on terror’ posture, but Delhi was booted out on the Lanka issue for sheer incompetence; it was unable to forestall one mess after another.
The Indo-US partnership
First let me recount how significant the strategic partnership between the United States and India has become using a recent publication. The emergence of a new phase in this partnership is best outlined in a recent paper ‘War on Terror in South Asia’ by Dr. Ninan Koshi which appeared in several places and most conveniently on the website Lines: (http://lines-magazine.org/). The core of Dr. Koshi’s argument is that a fundamentally new phase in Indo-American relations commenced with the nuclear deal and a new partnership that places emphasis on strategic matters. A single extract from the paper conveys it.
"On the eve of his leaving the ambassadorial post in India, Robert Blackwill wrote in a leader page article (U.S. India Defence Cooperation) in The Hindu on May 12, 2003: ‘Taken together our defence cooperation and military sales activities intensify the working relationship between the respective armed forces, build mutual cooperation for future joint military operations and strengthen Indian military capability which is in America’s interest. …An Indian military that is capable of operating efficiently alongside its American counterparts remains an important goal of our defence bilateral relationship. What we have achieved since 2001 builds a strong foundation on which to consummate this strategic objective which will promote peace and freedom across Asia and beyond".
It was instability in the Afghan-Pakistan region that really worried America; loss of nuclear-armed Pakistan to Islamic fundamentalists with close ties to global jihadists was unthinkable, and a new relationship with India was developed to project American power in an unprecedented way. As Dr Koshi says: "(T)he US has been engaged in a monumentally flawed and destructive campaign that President Bush described as "all-out effort against terrorism and terrorist groups of global reach" with devastating consequences for South Asia and West Asia in particular".
We need to supplement Dr. Koshi’s argument with a shared US-Indian economic objective as well, containing the other elephant in the global economy, China. Appointing Delhi as Washington’s satrap to deal with the war in this bothersome island was a by-product of these two objectives. It was also fair recognition that India, as the regional power, had special concerns and firsthand involvements.
How India screwed things up
The government in Delhi, egged on by the reactionary Madras Hindu, and not even abetted by the rightwing BJP, screwed things up almost from day one. Why, I cannot detail here, but only make passing mention of Premier Manmohan Singh’s monumental incompetence, the Sonia (Rajiv) factor and India’s legitimate odium for the LTTE, underestimating the effect of Lanka’s war on South Indian politics, but perhaps most important of all, a naïve inability to read how clever Colombo could be in taking Prime Minister, Home Minister, Chief Minister, High Commissioner and National Security Advisor, all for a right royal ride. Look, lets give the devil its due; the Colombo Administration has proved infinitely cleverer, craftier and cockier than the aforementioned Indian worthies – poor sods are in a daze; don’t even know what hit them!India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee declared for the umpteenth time last week: "Continuation of precipitate military actions leading to further civilian casualties at this time would be totally unacceptable". His colleague Home Minister Palaniyandi Chidambaram referring to a decision made by the Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister and Home Minister was quoted in the Hindu as follows: "It was decided to make a demand to Sri Lanka to announce ceasefire immediately. A ceasefire was not a demand or appeal, but a need of the Government of India". A few days earlier an anguished (about the prospect of losing his seat) Chidambaram told a Tamil Nadu election rally: "India would urge Sri Lanka to extend the ceasefire beyond April 15. The 48-hour ceasefire announced by the Sri Lankan government was a success for India’s external policy. But it was only a small development". And so they have gestured and gesticulated and gyrated for the better part of a year. Colombo responded by treating them all like a bunch of jokers from Jhansi and Jaipur.
The fact of the matter is that India has lost the plot; obvious, if one compares its present paralysis with the authority it seems to have had to call the shots a while ago. As recently as during preparations for the SAARC meeting in Colombo, and more so throughout 2008, GoSLwas anxious what conditions India might impose. It could indeed have had its way to a considerable extent, but rather, chose to allow Colombo a free hand, carte blanche, little realising that the genie once out of the bottle would be much craftier than the dumb master. De facto there are massive asymmetries of power between countries of such gigantic difference in clout as Lanka and India.
A situation such as now, when GoSL can give Sonia, Singh, Mukerjee, Chidambaram, Narayanan and Alok Prasad the two fingers up, with jolly impunity and positive conviviality, is really quite funny but for the humanitarian disaster, shockingly only on the sidelines as it were. Yes, this Indian government is caught by the short and curlies; it has no clout in Colombo anymore. Let us await the next thrilling instalment after the Indian general elections; things may change, who knows.
For the time being, Delhi has got itself discarded by both Colombo and the West and even Karunanidhi has begun to beat a retreat.
On April 17 the wily Tamil Nadu Chief Minister sent the following telegram to Sonia, Singh and a whole lot of others. "India should snap all ties with Sri Lanka, including diplomatic, if a ceasefire is not announced by the Sri Lankan government by tonight". Undoubtedly this is an election gundu (Tamil Nadu polls on May 14), but not only; the DMK is also buckling under the intense mass pressure building up in Tamil Nadu against GoSL and Delhi (for near unconditional support for GoSL in the war).
What’s new?
Colombo has shown Oslo the door, why? Science fiction fans were awaiting a Norwegian aurora borealis, that is, secret negotiations leading to safe passage and security for the LTTE leadership. (The Norwegian Ambassador has responded: "This is, with all respect, pure and simple rubbish. Neither Norway nor any other actors have to my knowledge been involved in such talks."). The more likely reason is that the United States has been using Norway as a conduit for contacting the LTTE about the humanitarian situation of the IDPs. Colombo is livid, but for obvious reasons reluctant to play hardball with the US, so it sent a signal, it shot the messenger. It is backing up this diplomatic message with a barrage of crudities about US ambassadorial romps with LTTE socialites and undiplomatic sniffing of e-substances (leaked by "top intelligence sources" in Colombo to the Asian Tribune 16 April). In tandem, the diaspora is boiling and pressure on GoSL from the West is becoming increasingly tough, nay hostile.
The first startling change was the Hilary Clinton-David Miliband joint statement which departed from previous practice by putting both the LTTE and GoSL in the crosswire. Then there was the EU Parliament’s demand for a ceasefire followed by similar demands from Canada, US Congressmen and British MPs. US State Department releases are becoming more strongly worded and calling upon "GoSL and the LTTE to immediately stop hostilities, and to respect the right of free movement of civilians in Mulaitivu area". The State Department quote given next must be giving GoSL goose pimples as such pronouncements are being made with increasing and strident frequency. "Durable and lasting peace will only (be) achieved through a political solution that addresses legitimate aspiration of Sri Lankan communities. . . . Further killing will stain any eventual peace … GoSL (must) employ diplomacy to permit a peaceful outcome of the conflict".
The UN Secretary General has sent seasoned diplomat Vijay Nambiar to the region. Gordon Brown appointed Des Browne, the former defence minister, as a special envoy to the island in consultation with GoSL - the latter, under pressure from its chauvinist constituents, denied any such consultation, but this regime, within three years, has a longer inventory of lies to its debit than any previous Administration. Then there was the videoed meeting between Boucher, Blake and the Tamil diaspora – come on, all this must add up to something! Maybe, but my view is that the international response to the humanitarian situation is so half hearted, lethargic and lacking in robustness, that maybe these most honourable gentlemen will all, only be just in time to close the coffin lid on the IDPs. Maybe toothless India will have the last laugh after all if Colombo succeeds in taking the West as well for a well-earned right royal ride.
சனி, ஏப்ரல் 18, 2009
British journalist barred from reporting conflict - SL airport experience
Friday, 17 April 2009 22:21 administrator
The Sri Lankan immigration officer’s eyes narrowed as soon as she swiped my passport at Colombo’s international airport last week, Jeremy Page, reporter for the British paper, 'The Times' sharing his experience at the Sri Lankan Airport.
“Come this way,” she said, leading me into a side room, where a colleague typed my details into a computer. A message flashed up on his screen: “DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER THE COUNTRY”, With that, my passport was confiscated, I was escorted to an airport detention room, locked up for the night, and deported the next day.
Jeremy Page was denied a journalist's visa for Sri Lanka since August despite multiple applications, and he was identified and deported when he tried to enter Sri Lanka on a tourist visa. "I know why I'm blacklisted: the Government [of Sri Lanka] thinks, or pretends to think, that I support the Tigers. That is nonsense. I have no personal connection to either side of this 26-year civil war," Page.
I can’t say I was surprised – although it was my first deportation in 12 years of reporting from China, the former Soviet Union and South Asia, says Jeremy.
"For almost two years, the Government has prevented most independent reporters from getting anywhere near the fighting, taking only a hand-picked few on day trips arranged by the army since January. So I was trying to enter as a tourist (you can usually get a visa on arrival) to write about the 150,000 civilians the UN estimates are trapped in a no-fire zone with the remnants of the Tigers." Page says on the censorship of free media in Sri Lanka.
Comparing the danger local journalists face in Sri Lanka to what he experienced in other parts of the world where he has covered violent conflicts, Page writes, "I regularly interview members of the Taleban in Afghanistan. In Russia, I reported on both sides of the Chechen conflict. In China, I interviewed dissidents and Tibetan independence activists. To do the equivalent in Sri Lanka, however, is not only forbidden: it is highly dangerous if you are a local reporter."
Page cites two specific articles which he thinks might have irked the Government of Sri Lanka.
The first story that may have angered Colombo, "Lasantha Wickrematunga - Sri Lanka's hero editor," the Sri Lanka's Sunday Leader editor who was murdered in January. He left behind a partly-written obituary in which he accused the Government of assassinating him because of his criticism of the war. The Government denies this, but has yet to catch those who murdered him? or the 14 other media workers killed in Sri Lanka since 2006," Page writes.
Another story that annoyed the Government was about its plan to keep all Tamils fleeing the fighting in camps run by the army and ringed by barbed wire for up to three years. A February 13, 2009 article on "Barbed wire villages raise fears of refugee concentration camps" on which, he said the Government denounced him in a news conference for seeking the reaction from "representatives of the Tamil community (and one MEP with an interest in Sri Lanka), several of whom likened the plans to concentration camps."
Page adds, "[b]ut the most surreal response came in a letter from Rajiva Wijesinha, the head of the Government's Peace Secretariat, who accused me of sensationalising the use of barbed wire in the camps. "Unfortunately, a man from a cold climate does not realize that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views," Mr Wjesinghe wrote, Page says.
Courtesy: Times Online
http://tamilnational.com/human-rights/media-freedom/678-british-journalist-media-freedom-in-sl.html
The Sri Lankan immigration officer’s eyes narrowed as soon as she swiped my passport at Colombo’s international airport last week, Jeremy Page, reporter for the British paper, 'The Times' sharing his experience at the Sri Lankan Airport.
“Come this way,” she said, leading me into a side room, where a colleague typed my details into a computer. A message flashed up on his screen: “DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER THE COUNTRY”, With that, my passport was confiscated, I was escorted to an airport detention room, locked up for the night, and deported the next day.
Jeremy Page was denied a journalist's visa for Sri Lanka since August despite multiple applications, and he was identified and deported when he tried to enter Sri Lanka on a tourist visa. "I know why I'm blacklisted: the Government [of Sri Lanka] thinks, or pretends to think, that I support the Tigers. That is nonsense. I have no personal connection to either side of this 26-year civil war," Page.
I can’t say I was surprised – although it was my first deportation in 12 years of reporting from China, the former Soviet Union and South Asia, says Jeremy.
"For almost two years, the Government has prevented most independent reporters from getting anywhere near the fighting, taking only a hand-picked few on day trips arranged by the army since January. So I was trying to enter as a tourist (you can usually get a visa on arrival) to write about the 150,000 civilians the UN estimates are trapped in a no-fire zone with the remnants of the Tigers." Page says on the censorship of free media in Sri Lanka.
Comparing the danger local journalists face in Sri Lanka to what he experienced in other parts of the world where he has covered violent conflicts, Page writes, "I regularly interview members of the Taleban in Afghanistan. In Russia, I reported on both sides of the Chechen conflict. In China, I interviewed dissidents and Tibetan independence activists. To do the equivalent in Sri Lanka, however, is not only forbidden: it is highly dangerous if you are a local reporter."
Page cites two specific articles which he thinks might have irked the Government of Sri Lanka.
The first story that may have angered Colombo, "Lasantha Wickrematunga - Sri Lanka's hero editor," the Sri Lanka's Sunday Leader editor who was murdered in January. He left behind a partly-written obituary in which he accused the Government of assassinating him because of his criticism of the war. The Government denies this, but has yet to catch those who murdered him? or the 14 other media workers killed in Sri Lanka since 2006," Page writes.
Another story that annoyed the Government was about its plan to keep all Tamils fleeing the fighting in camps run by the army and ringed by barbed wire for up to three years. A February 13, 2009 article on "Barbed wire villages raise fears of refugee concentration camps" on which, he said the Government denounced him in a news conference for seeking the reaction from "representatives of the Tamil community (and one MEP with an interest in Sri Lanka), several of whom likened the plans to concentration camps."
Page adds, "[b]ut the most surreal response came in a letter from Rajiva Wijesinha, the head of the Government's Peace Secretariat, who accused me of sensationalising the use of barbed wire in the camps. "Unfortunately, a man from a cold climate does not realize that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views," Mr Wjesinghe wrote, Page says.
Courtesy: Times Online
http://tamilnational.com/human-rights/media-freedom/678-british-journalist-media-freedom-in-sl.html
How I was barred from reporting Tamil Tiger conflict
Jeremy Page, South Asia Correspondent
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The Sri Lankan immigration officer’s eyes narrowed as soon as she swiped my passport at Colombo’s international airport last week.
“Come this way,” she said, leading me into a side room, where a colleague typed my details into a computer. A message flashed up on his screen: “DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER THE COUNTRY”.
With that, my passport was confiscated, I was escorted to an airport detention room, locked up for the night, and deported the next day.
I can’t say I was surprised – although it was my first deportation in 12 years of reporting from China, the former Soviet Union and South Asia.
Times Archive
Call to Ceylon Tamils, 1956
Tamils' protest march to be banned
Hooliganism in Colombo
Related Links
UK Tamil Tigers 'chief' guilty of bombmaking
Fighting resumes in Sri Lanka
Tamil flags seized as Westminster protest grows
Despite multiple applications, I’ve been denied a journalist’s visa for Sri Lanka since August – making it impossible to report first-hand on the Government’s military campaign against the Tamil Tigers.
For almost two years, the Government has prevented most independent reporters from getting anywhere near the fighting, taking only a hand-picked few on day trips arranged by the army since January.
So I was trying to enter as a tourist (you can usually get a visa on arrival) to write about the 150,000 civilians the UN estimates are trapped in a no-fire zone with the remnants of the Tigers.
For the record, other countries where foreign journalists regularly have to pose as tourists include Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Burma.
I know why I’m blacklisted: the Government thinks, or pretends to think, that I support the Tigers. That is nonsense. I have no personal connection to either side of this 26-year civil war.
I have repeatedly reported that the Tigers are banned in the EU, US and India as a terrorist group that uses civilians as human shields, forcibly recruits children and has killed thousands of innocent people.
But I have also reported criticism of the Government’s strategy and tactics from ethnic Tamils and Sinhalese – mostly MPs, academics, aid workers, and former government officials.
This is what journalists do in a democracy – and even in more authoritarian states.
I regularly interview members of the Taleban in Afghanistan. In Russia, I reported on both sides of the Chechen conflict. In China, I interviewed dissidents and Tibetan independence activists.
To do the equivalent in Sri Lanka, however, is not only forbidden: it is highly dangerous if you are a local reporter.
The last time I visited (on a tourist visa after another failed application for a journalist’s one), it was to write about Lasantha Wickrematunge, a Sri Lankan newspaper editor who was murdered in January.
He left behind a partly-written obituary in which he accused the Government of assassinating him because of his criticism of the war.
The Government denies this, but has yet to catch those who murdered him – or the 14 other media workers killed in Sri Lanka since 2006.
Another story that annoyed the Government was about its plan to keep all Tamils fleeing the fighting in camps run by the army and ringed by barbed wire for up to three years.
I sought reaction – as any reporter should – from representatives of the Tamil community (and one MEP with an interest in Sri Lanka), several of whom likened the plans to concentration camps.
The Government responded by denouncing me personally at a news conference (although it later toned down its plans following protests from the UN).
But the most surreal response came in a letter from Rajiva Wijesinha, the head of the Government’s Peace Secretariat, who accused me of sensationalising the use of barbed wire in the camps.
“Unfortunately, a man from a cold climate does not realize that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views," he wrote.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6112835.ece
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The Sri Lankan immigration officer’s eyes narrowed as soon as she swiped my passport at Colombo’s international airport last week.
“Come this way,” she said, leading me into a side room, where a colleague typed my details into a computer. A message flashed up on his screen: “DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER THE COUNTRY”.
With that, my passport was confiscated, I was escorted to an airport detention room, locked up for the night, and deported the next day.
I can’t say I was surprised – although it was my first deportation in 12 years of reporting from China, the former Soviet Union and South Asia.
Times Archive
Call to Ceylon Tamils, 1956
Tamils' protest march to be banned
Hooliganism in Colombo
Related Links
UK Tamil Tigers 'chief' guilty of bombmaking
Fighting resumes in Sri Lanka
Tamil flags seized as Westminster protest grows
Despite multiple applications, I’ve been denied a journalist’s visa for Sri Lanka since August – making it impossible to report first-hand on the Government’s military campaign against the Tamil Tigers.
For almost two years, the Government has prevented most independent reporters from getting anywhere near the fighting, taking only a hand-picked few on day trips arranged by the army since January.
So I was trying to enter as a tourist (you can usually get a visa on arrival) to write about the 150,000 civilians the UN estimates are trapped in a no-fire zone with the remnants of the Tigers.
For the record, other countries where foreign journalists regularly have to pose as tourists include Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Burma.
I know why I’m blacklisted: the Government thinks, or pretends to think, that I support the Tigers. That is nonsense. I have no personal connection to either side of this 26-year civil war.
I have repeatedly reported that the Tigers are banned in the EU, US and India as a terrorist group that uses civilians as human shields, forcibly recruits children and has killed thousands of innocent people.
But I have also reported criticism of the Government’s strategy and tactics from ethnic Tamils and Sinhalese – mostly MPs, academics, aid workers, and former government officials.
This is what journalists do in a democracy – and even in more authoritarian states.
I regularly interview members of the Taleban in Afghanistan. In Russia, I reported on both sides of the Chechen conflict. In China, I interviewed dissidents and Tibetan independence activists.
To do the equivalent in Sri Lanka, however, is not only forbidden: it is highly dangerous if you are a local reporter.
The last time I visited (on a tourist visa after another failed application for a journalist’s one), it was to write about Lasantha Wickrematunge, a Sri Lankan newspaper editor who was murdered in January.
He left behind a partly-written obituary in which he accused the Government of assassinating him because of his criticism of the war.
The Government denies this, but has yet to catch those who murdered him – or the 14 other media workers killed in Sri Lanka since 2006.
Another story that annoyed the Government was about its plan to keep all Tamils fleeing the fighting in camps run by the army and ringed by barbed wire for up to three years.
I sought reaction – as any reporter should – from representatives of the Tamil community (and one MEP with an interest in Sri Lanka), several of whom likened the plans to concentration camps.
The Government responded by denouncing me personally at a news conference (although it later toned down its plans following protests from the UN).
But the most surreal response came in a letter from Rajiva Wijesinha, the head of the Government’s Peace Secretariat, who accused me of sensationalising the use of barbed wire in the camps.
“Unfortunately, a man from a cold climate does not realize that, in the sub-continent, barbed wire is the most common material to establish secure boundaries, to permit ventilation as well as views," he wrote.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6112835.ece
திங்கள், ஏப்ரல் 13, 2009
Sri Lankan Tamils organise protest in many countries -HINDU
Ottawa (IANS): Protesting Tamils in Canada have sought Sri Lanka's ouster from the Commonwealth and international trade and travel embargo against it for the "genocide" of innocent civilians in the conflict zone.
The Tamils, who have been protesting outside parliament for the past six days, have also launched a hunger strike to draw attention to the "use of chemical weapons by Sri Lanka to wipe out the community from the island nation."
They have vowed to continue their sit-in till the Canadian government and the global community take concrete steps to end the war in Sri Lanka.
A woman, who was among five Tamils on hunger strike, has been admitted to hospital, reports said. She was still in hospital while paramedics maintained a close watch on the remaining four strikers.
"Five of the protest organizers, who represent the Coalition of Canadian Tamils to Stop the War in Sri Lanka, are on hunger-strike and one of them - a young woman - has been admitted to hospital," Canadian Tamil Congress leader David Poopalapillai told IANS.
He said his organization has nothing to do with these protests which have been organized by the Tamil youth and students to give vent to their anger against Sri Lanka's atrocities on innocent civilians.
He said thousands of Tamils from Toronto, Montreal and other cities were still converging on the Canadian capital, and the Congress Tamil Congress was only acting as a bridge between the protesters and Canadian leaders.
"We have written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the weekend and sought a meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon to urge trade and travel sanctions against Sri Lanka.
"Sri Lanka is now using chemical weapons against the Tamils to annihilate the community from the island. We want immediate sanctions against Colombo...it should be thrown out of the Commonwealth," said Poopalapillai.
Last week, the Canadian foreign minister had urged Sri Lanka to stop the assault to let the civilians get out of the conflict zone.
"But we want the temporary ceasefire being observed by Sri Lankan forces to be made permanent. We want a political solution on the island so that the Tamils have the right to self-determination," said the Tamil leader.
Though the LTTE is banned in Canada, it enjoys a huge support among the 300,000-strong community in this country.
Canada has the largest concentration of Sri Lankan Tamils anywhere in the world outside the island nation.
PTI reports from Melbourne:
Hundreds of Tamils on Sunday staged a protest rally outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Sydney house demanding the Australian government to use its influence for a permanent ceasefire between Sri Lankan army and LTTE.
The protest began in Sydney's west on Saturday but moved to the prime minister's official Sydney residence amid reports that the Sri Lankan government had broken into the "no-fire zone" in the island nation.
While the protesters remained calm outside the Rudd's house on Sunday, the scene turned noisy with a group chanting slogans like "Australia, save the Tamils", "We want ceasefire" and "Stop genocide".
Men, women and young children waved red Tamil flags and banners saying "Impose sanction on Sri Lanka".
The protest remained peaceful with police monitoring the protesters and blocking many surrounding streets, media reports said. Many protesters had been lying on mats and pillows on the road since early morning. Few of the protesters are also on hunger strike.
One of the protesters Geetha Mano was quoted as saying by that the rally will continue till some response from Prime Minister Rudd or Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith was received.
Ms. Mano said the protesters were calling for the ceasefire, for food and medicine to be sent to the Tamil civilians and for Tamil people to have the right to live where they choose.
"We ask the international community and the Australian government to urge, to push the Sri Lankan government to call for a ceasefire and to meet these demands so that these people get the right to live freely and with freedom of choice," she said.
Mr. Rudd office, however, said it would not be commenting on the protest.
Sri Lanka on Saturday ordered its troops to halt their offensive against the LTTE for two days in view of the Tamil and Sinhala New Year to allow trapped civilians to escape the war zone.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200904130951.தடம்
The Tamils, who have been protesting outside parliament for the past six days, have also launched a hunger strike to draw attention to the "use of chemical weapons by Sri Lanka to wipe out the community from the island nation."
They have vowed to continue their sit-in till the Canadian government and the global community take concrete steps to end the war in Sri Lanka.
A woman, who was among five Tamils on hunger strike, has been admitted to hospital, reports said. She was still in hospital while paramedics maintained a close watch on the remaining four strikers.
"Five of the protest organizers, who represent the Coalition of Canadian Tamils to Stop the War in Sri Lanka, are on hunger-strike and one of them - a young woman - has been admitted to hospital," Canadian Tamil Congress leader David Poopalapillai told IANS.
He said his organization has nothing to do with these protests which have been organized by the Tamil youth and students to give vent to their anger against Sri Lanka's atrocities on innocent civilians.
He said thousands of Tamils from Toronto, Montreal and other cities were still converging on the Canadian capital, and the Congress Tamil Congress was only acting as a bridge between the protesters and Canadian leaders.
"We have written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the weekend and sought a meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon to urge trade and travel sanctions against Sri Lanka.
"Sri Lanka is now using chemical weapons against the Tamils to annihilate the community from the island. We want immediate sanctions against Colombo...it should be thrown out of the Commonwealth," said Poopalapillai.
Last week, the Canadian foreign minister had urged Sri Lanka to stop the assault to let the civilians get out of the conflict zone.
"But we want the temporary ceasefire being observed by Sri Lankan forces to be made permanent. We want a political solution on the island so that the Tamils have the right to self-determination," said the Tamil leader.
Though the LTTE is banned in Canada, it enjoys a huge support among the 300,000-strong community in this country.
Canada has the largest concentration of Sri Lankan Tamils anywhere in the world outside the island nation.
PTI reports from Melbourne:
Hundreds of Tamils on Sunday staged a protest rally outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Sydney house demanding the Australian government to use its influence for a permanent ceasefire between Sri Lankan army and LTTE.
The protest began in Sydney's west on Saturday but moved to the prime minister's official Sydney residence amid reports that the Sri Lankan government had broken into the "no-fire zone" in the island nation.
While the protesters remained calm outside the Rudd's house on Sunday, the scene turned noisy with a group chanting slogans like "Australia, save the Tamils", "We want ceasefire" and "Stop genocide".
Men, women and young children waved red Tamil flags and banners saying "Impose sanction on Sri Lanka".
The protest remained peaceful with police monitoring the protesters and blocking many surrounding streets, media reports said. Many protesters had been lying on mats and pillows on the road since early morning. Few of the protesters are also on hunger strike.
One of the protesters Geetha Mano was quoted as saying by that the rally will continue till some response from Prime Minister Rudd or Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith was received.
Ms. Mano said the protesters were calling for the ceasefire, for food and medicine to be sent to the Tamil civilians and for Tamil people to have the right to live where they choose.
"We ask the international community and the Australian government to urge, to push the Sri Lankan government to call for a ceasefire and to meet these demands so that these people get the right to live freely and with freedom of choice," she said.
Mr. Rudd office, however, said it would not be commenting on the protest.
Sri Lanka on Saturday ordered its troops to halt their offensive against the LTTE for two days in view of the Tamil and Sinhala New Year to allow trapped civilians to escape the war zone.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200904130951.தடம்
புதன், ஏப்ரல் 08, 2009
இலங்கை இராணுவத்தின் 2 படைப் பிரிவுகளில் இந்திய வீரர்கள்: பிரான்ஸ் செய்தி நிறுவனம்!!!
இலங்கையின் வட பகுதியில் சிங்கள இராணுவம் நடத்தி வரும் தாக்குதலில் இந்திய இராணுவ வீரர்களும் பங்கெடுத்துள்ளதாகவும், இந்திய வீரர்கள் இரு படைப் பிரிவுகளில் இடம் பெற்றிருப்பதாகவும், இந்திய இராணுவ அதிகாரிகள், இலங்கைப் படையினரை வழி நடத்தி வருவதாகவும் பிரான்ஸ் செய்தி நிறுவனம் ஒன்று தெரிவித்துள்ளது.
விடுதலைப் புலிகளுக்கு எதிரான போரில் இதுவரை இல்லாத அளவுக்கு இலங்கை படு வேகமாக செயல்பட்டு வருகிறது. இதுவரை பயன்படுத்தியிராத நவீன ஆயுதங்களையும் அது பயன்படுத்தி வருகிறது.
இதற்கு இந்தியாதான் முக்கிய காரணம், இந்தியா சகல உதவிகளையும் இலங்கைக்கு செய்து வருகிறது. இந்திய அதிகாரிகளும், வீரர்களும் இலங்கையில் முகாமிட்டுள்ளனர் என்று செய்திகள் வெளியாகிய வண்ணம் இருந்தன. ஆனாலும் இது உறுதிப்படுத்தப்படவில்லை.
இந்த நிலையில் பிரான்ஸைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு செய்தி நிறுவனம், இலங்கைப் போரில் இந்தியா முக்கிய பங்கெடுத்திருப்பதாக செய்தி வெளியிட்டு அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
இதுதொடர்பாக அந்த நிறுவனம் வெளியிட்டுள்ள செய்தி ..
இலங்கையின் 58வது இராணுவப் படைப் பிரிவு, விடுதலைப் புலிகளுடனான போரின்போது பெரும் சேதத்தை சந்தித்தது. அதில் இருந்த பெருமளவிலான வீரர்கள் உயிரிழந்தனர். இதையடுத்து அந்தப் படைப்பிரிவு ஆட்கள் இல்லாமல் திண்டாடியது. இதையடுத்து அந்தப் பிரிவில் இந்திய வீரர்கள் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
இந்தப் படைப் பிரிவில், தற்போது சிங்கள வீரர்களுடன் இணைந்து இந்திய வீரர்களும் வடக்கு இலங்கையில் தாக்குதல் நடத்தி வருகின்றனர்.
அதேபோல 59வது படைப் பிரிவிலும் 50 சதவீதம் பேர் இந்திய வீரர்களே.
இதுதவிர, இலங்கைப் படையினருக்கு போர் உத்திகளை வகுத்துக் கொடுத்து அவர்களை வழி நடத்தி வருவது இந்திய இராணுவ அதிகாரிகள்தான். கிட்டத்தட்ட இலங்கை இராணுவத்தை அவர்கள்தான் தலைமை தாங்கி நடத்தி வருகின்றனர் என்று கூறுகிறது அந்த செய்தி.
சமீபத்தில் இலங்கையில், விடுதலைப் புலிகள் நடத்திய தாக்குதலில் கொல்லப்பட்ட 200க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இந்திய வீரர்களின் உடல்கள் புனேவுக்கு இரகசியமாக அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டதாக ஒரு செய்தி வெளியானது.
மேலும் கல்மடுக்குளம் அணைக்கட்டை புலிகள் தகர்த்தபோது இந்திய வீரர்கள் ஏராளமானோர் உயிரிழந்ததாகவும் கூறப்பட்டது நினைவிருக்கலாம்.
மேலும், விடுதலைப் புலிகள் நடத்திய தாக்குதலில் இந்திய இராணுவத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ரேடார் நிபுணர்கள் 3 பேர் காயமடைந்ததாகவும் முன்பு செய்தி வெளியானது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
தற்போதும் கூட புதுக்குடியிருப்பில் விடுதலைப்புலிகளுடனான மோதலில் உயிரிழந்த சுமார் 125 இந்திய இராணுவ வீரர்களின் உடல்கள் சென்னையில் உள்ள நுங்கம்பாக்கம் மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனையில் அடுக்கி வைக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதாக மருத்துவமனை வட்டாரஙகளின் மூலம் உறுதிப்படுத்தப்பட்ட தகவல்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளன.
இந்த நிலையில், இந்திய வீரர்கள் இலங்கை இராணுவத்தின் இரு படைப் பிரிவுகளில் இடம் பெற்று தமிழர்களுக்கு எதிரான தாக்குதலில் ஈடுபட்டிருப்பதாக பிரெஞ்சு மீடியா செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
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