afp,  Tue Jan 10 09:08:57 EST 2006

    COLOMBO (AFP) - The United States warned Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels that a return to war would cost them dearly.
US ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jeffrey Lunstead, told a meeting of businessmen here on Tuesday that Washington wanted the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to stop its "violent activities" and return to peace talks with Colombo."If the LTTE chooses to abandon peace, however, we want it to be clear, they will face a stronger, more capable and more determined Sri Lankan military," Lunstead said. "We want the cost of a return to war to be high."
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Associated Press,  Tue Jan 10 12:34:09 EST 2006
The United States on Tuesday warned Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels against re-igniting a civil war against the government.

``If the LTTE chooses to abandon peace, however, we want it to be clear, they will face a stronger, more capable and more determined Sri Lankan military,'' U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka Jeffrey Lunstead said in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka, according to an embassy statement.

He was referring to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam by the initials of the group's official name.

``We want the cost of a return to war to be high,'' Lunstead said.

The Tigers began fighting in 1983 for a homeland for Sri Lanka's 3.2 million ethnic minority Tamils, claiming discrimination by the island's 14 million Sinhalese.

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I wonder the US ambassdor knows anthing about JVP+JHU policies towards ethnic problem of Sri Lanka? I agree LTTE should pay very high price if they start war but what about GOSL inability and dragging on to put forward a viable solution to Tamils in Sri lanka? I think US ambassdor should understand LTTE doesn't represent majority of the Tamils of Sri lanka and Tamils need a viable soultion for their griverences from GOSL!!

surya wrote:

I wonder the US ambassdor knows anthing about JVP+JHU policies towards ethnic problem of Sri Lanka? I agree LTTE should pay very high price if they start war but what about GOSL inability and dragging on to put forward a viable solution to Tamils in Sri lanka? I think US ambassdor should understand LTTE doesn't represent majority of the Tamils of Sri lanka and Tamils need a viable soultion for their griverences from GOSL!!

Keep wondering my friend.
There couldn't be a viable solution as long as LTTE is out there. The 'Tamils' want to have the LTTE as a 'weapon' for the negotiations, same way the North Koreans and thier nuclear capabilities.
Secondly, the US ambassador doesn't need to say about JVP/JHU. These parties don't have a terrorist agenda. You see, a political party can have policies that are not accepted by many, policies of supremacy etc., They are still working within the democratic frame work of the country. JHU is not going out there killing all the other moderate sinhala politicians who don't agree with them. Are they?
LTTE is a terrorist group, and would be treated and dealt with accordingly.

LTTE and Tamils rights are two different things. Solving the Tamil problem is a GOSL's and Tamils  internal problem in Sri Lanka.  LTTE terrorism is a concern for everybody.

Have you noticed the wordings.. "LTTE will face a more powerful, determined Sri Lankan army. And they will pay dearly". Not sure the bunker-Tiger will understand the msg.

Please read tamilnet news to find out exactly what the US ambassador to Sri Lanka said in that meeting.

Regards

vsuren wrote:

Please read tamilnet news to find out exactly what the US ambassador to Sri Lanka said in that meeting.

Regards

Ahhh another fan of the esteemed Tamilnet school of journalism Seriously why go to Tamilnet?? The full statement is published at the US Embassy site.


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This report is only deals with what the Ambassador said about LTTE.
I have read the full text from LA.

I think no one needs to get excited about the Ambassador's speech.
What he has said is what any western Govt's ambassador would have said at this juncture.

He has said many things about where SL is lacking behind on the business side.

On the matter of LTTE, he has given a veiled threat - hinting that SL forces would get help in training etc.

But like any Ambassador living in Sri Lanka, he would dare not say anything against the Govt of SL publicly.
Yet they can say anything about a gorrilla organisation.
What they want to say to the Govt may have been told privately to the leaders.

Here we go.Another US Ambasador's Speech.It sounds like President Bush's speech on Iraq.We all know how mighty US forces are getiing their butt kicked by rag tag insurgents.US should help tamils to get federal autonomy under united Sri Lanka then Tamils will decide LTTE's fate.
In 1983,LTTE probably had less then 100 cadres and military could't handle them then how they are going to defeat current LTTE.US shouldn't be advising others while they haven't won any war since world war 2.They haven't even caught the alqaeda leaders responsible for 9/11.Even US military can't defeat LTTE since they could always go back to their guerilla warfare roots and cause daily casualities.It's funny that US is losing people daily in Iraq and expect Sri lankan military to defeat LTTE with their training and assistance.

Insted of stupid public statements,US should talk to both side in private and bring them to negotiatiating table.We all need peace to develop our poor country.

surya wrote:

I wonder the US ambassdor knows anthing about JVP+JHU policies towards ethnic problem of Sri Lanka? I agree LTTE should pay very high price if they start war but what about GOSL inability and dragging on to put forward a viable solution to Tamils in Sri lanka? I think US ambassdor should understand LTTE doesn't represent majority of the Tamils of Sri lanka and Tamils need a viable soultion for their griverences from GOSL!!

You are correct Surya, Thats why US warned the tigers no the Tamils,  Even Superamania swamy urged not to deal with GOSL untils they agree some sort of federal systemYou are correct Surya, That’s why US warned the tigers no the Tamils,  Even Superamania Swamy urged the India not to deal with GOSL until they agree some sort of federal system. Who needs tigers if GOSL put forward some sort of federal solution on the table.

vsuren wrote:

Please read tamilnet news to find out exactly what the US ambassador to Sri Lanka said in that meeting.

Regards

Tamilnet as always has a distorted version. Read the statement from the U.S. Embassy web site if you want the truth. I hope the Sri Lankan armed forces can hold the ambassador to his words, and once and for all use the U.S. and Israel's help to eradicate the LTTE  thugs from our mother land. The time has come and the time is now.

hi janet
tigers are tamils tamils are tigers remember. tamils are not terrorist. keep that in mind. plus
take a moment and listen to your hart. what do u think all this time the west was doing turnnig
giving under hand support to the tamils. evey body knows who are the tigers and what they want and their agenda. if the tigers were even slitly resembles even an atom size with the any anti international anti western anti christian anti capitalist org we would have been in deep trouble long ago. but all knows who we are. people who were pushed to fight for their rights. so stop calling us terroist or tring to seperate the tigers frm the tamils for your justification. lets talk but productive talk with immediate action plan

tamils are tiger tigers are tamils think about it

SRICANADA wrote:

hi janet
tigers are tamils tamils are tigers remember. tamils are not terrorist.

Welcome to the forum. Tigers are Tamils but  Tamils are not Tigers. But that is what LTTE terrorists, and the terrosist supporters like you are trying hard to push. It is not working my friend. If Tamils are all tigers, then the leader doesn't have a need to hide in the bunker. being afraid of his OWN people. The bunker-tiger leader knows very weel, he can't move around is own community people, freely.

SRICANADA wrote:

keep that in mind. plus
take a moment and listen to your hart. what do u think all this time the west was doing turnnig
giving under hand support to the tamils. evey body knows who are the tigers and what they want and their agenda. if the tigers were even slitly resembles even an atom size with the any anti international anti western anti christian anti capitalist org we would have been in deep trouble long ago. but all knows who we are. people who were pushed to fight for their rights. so stop calling us terroist or tring to seperate the tigers frm the tamils for your justification. lets talk but productive talk with immediate action plan
tamils are tiger tigers are tamils think about it

Your LTTE-glory days are being numbered.  The leader is confined to the Vanni jungles, and the profound genius will die like a dog there.  After some 20 plus years of 'heroic' war, what do you have to show? More death to the Tamil pepole, more misery and destruction.. LTTE leaders have no place to go. The screws are getting tighter day by day.
Once the leadershp is eliminated, one way or the other, you can talk about peace. Still then, organise more Pongu Tamil and other carnivals, some more claymore mines and suicide attacks. nothing more. Patheitc and Frustrated, aren't we?

Janet wrote:

surya wrote:

I wonder the US ambassdor knows anthing about JVP+JHU policies towards ethnic problem of Sri Lanka? I agree LTTE should pay very high price if they start war but what about GOSL inability and dragging on to put forward a viable solution to Tamils in Sri lanka? I think US ambassdor should understand LTTE doesn't represent majority of the Tamils of Sri lanka and Tamils need a viable soultion for their griverences from GOSL!!

Keep wondering my friend.
There couldn't be a viable solution as long as LTTE is out there. The 'Tamils' want to have the LTTE as a 'weapon' for the negotiations, same way the North Koreans and thier nuclear capabilities.
Secondly, the US ambassador doesn't need to say about JVP/JHU. These parties don't have a terrorist agenda. You see, a political party can have policies that are not accepted by many, policies of supremacy etc., They are still working within the democratic frame work of the country. JHU is not going out there killing all the other moderate sinhala politicians who don't agree with them. Are they?
LTTE is a terrorist group, and would be treated and dealt with accordingly.

LTTE and Tamils rights are two different things. Solving the Tamil problem is a GOSL's and Tamils  internal problem in Sri Lanka.  LTTE terrorism is a concern for everybody.

Janet,

Do you remember? What happened to solutions put forward by SWRD Bandaranaike , Dudley and Chandrika,  I agree JHU they don’t go out there and kill people except few occasions,  They uses the religion as the weapon to   influence the physiologically weaker Singhalese people against the viable solution to country.  If Monks are not in the first place we could live in peacefully side by side since 1956.  I believe it is still not to late , if  south team  together and come up with a viable and acceptable solutions to ethnic problem (it can be  easily drive from the model countries of Swiss  and Canada ). You don’t need to listen to LTTE , if you just  listen to Sangaree , Douglas and  Karuna is more than enough of to Tamils.

Have you noticed the wordings.. "LTTE will face a more powerful, determined Sri Lankan army. And they will pay dearly". Not sure the bunker-Tiger will understand the msg.

it is the europe & usa who funded the worlds terrorist organization in the past. now the result has come to their door step. if we couldnt put a full stop for growing terrorist menace it will hinder the world peace & world econamic growth. becas of globalisation terrorism spreads rapidly like a cancer. but in sri lanka we still have chance to go for a peace if we have got correct government.mr was condemned in india by sending a third class delegation to greet him in airport. i cant understand why mr tried to lick jayalaithas feet in india. it is shame for our motherlanka. he shouldnt have avoided it as mr govt policy doesnt match wt thamilnadu politics.

You can say Prabakaran is an profound genius and Mr is a genious. May be true or not.  But time is going to tell who is clever and who is an profound genius.  Soon most of the people who cannot put forward valid arguments but obscene words will realize.  This clearly shows their family background and what kind of language their parents talk.  Please being participants of Lanka academic forum act like academic people but not like third class citizens.


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hanumanth wrote:

You can say Prabakaran is an profound genius and Mr is a genious. May be true or not.  But time is going to tell who is clever and who is an profound genius.  Soon most of the people who cannot put forward valid arguments but obscene words will realize.  This clearly shows their family background and what kind of language their parents talk.  Please being participants of Lanka academic forum act like academic people but not like third class citizens.

Sorry about that profound genius comment. Calling this terrorist an profound genius, is really an insult to the profound genius!