Associated Press,  Tue Jan 17 09:20:59 EST 2006

    DILIP GANGULY  -   Associated Press Writer  -              COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -  (AP)  European cease-fire monitors said Tuesday they were suspending operations in the restive port city of Trincomalee, hours after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a bus, wounding 12 sailors and sparking a gun battle that killed at least two civilians, officials and a pro-rebel Web-site said.        Members of the Sri Lanka -  Monitoring Mission, drawn from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, were deployed after the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels signed a Norwegian-brokered cease-fire in 2002. The truce has come under serious strain with almost daily killings. At least 75 Sri Lankan soldiers have died in the violence since Dec. 4.
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- The Academic

The SLMM should go home. They have done nothing other than making statistics. The SLMM has Norwegian leaders and they are receiving political directions from Norway.

Prior to Erik Solheims visit there has been given orders to the SLMM to be more outspoken against the LTTE, this in order to improve the Norwegian popularity in Sri Lanka. The SLMM blamed the LTTE for the Claymore attacks against the SLA. Needless to say this angered Prabakaran, who gave orders to plant a sophisticated bomb inside the SLMM compound.

In Norway a report (NAT report) on the Norwegian Peace Facilitation has been sent to the Norwegian Parliamentarians. I recommend everyone to read this report. The report can be downloaded from this link www.senter.no/norway.pdf .The report reveals how the LTTE has been able to dupe both the GOSL and Norway with the CFA. The report show the LTTE did not intended peace, but only a five year waiting period to rebuild and prepare for Eelam IV. During the CFA they have systematically killed the Tamil opposition.

During Solheims visit the LTTE should be given to options; 1. A new ceasefire agreement monitored by armed peacekeeping force, in order to protect the Tamil people against the LTTE. Option 2. War. There is not one military analyst in the world who believes the LTTE could win a war against the SLA, so the choice should be very easy for the LTTE.

Unfortunately, as the NAT report proves, with the help of Norway the LTTE probably will end up with a solution similar to today’s situation. The LTTE get the freedom to continue the genocide against the Tamil dissidents in areas controlled by them and assassinations of prominent Tamil leaders in the South. The LTTE crimes will be witness by a ridiculous unarmed SLMM.

today in SL we dont have peace or peace treaty in force.there is no ceasefire  now. army & ltte both are fighting each other. so SLMM is now counting the violance incidents. that is their job now. so best thing is if there is no peace, they should suspend their activities. its a waste of europian money to deploy SLMM becas we dont see any ceasefire in mr govt.

THE SLMM has revealed itself to be appeasers given to making pathetic lame statements.  They need to be replaced by an Asian military mission that is armed.  Will Norway ever give 45% of its landmass and 60% of its coastal area to a 12pct minority? they need to stop equating a seperatist group and a legitimate elected government. They need to realize that the LTTE only wants a racially exclusive nation for  Tamils and want to have the cake and eat it too.  Why cant they see 50 pct or more of T amils live peacefully elsewhere and ask this question?  Why cant sinhales and moslems live in Jaffna and own property there while a 12 pct minority can live anywhere(and they should too) and buy property and benefit from free education?  Norwegians are trying to convert people and are secretly backing Tigers annd they refuse to see reality. Because of this>?  

Tried this before & got nowhere.  Interesting as I ....forget it.

Bottom line the International community show no real understanding of SL politics and want to halve a country that would leave the top half in the hands of an IRA like group of thugs who care not one jot for their people but only for their personal gun toting power.  Frankly all of this defies belief.  Where is the backbone that can recognise nasty murderous Fascists for what they are, & stop appeasing the same cut throats who have no interest in their own people, and crack down/help take out these ..?

The International media are also a complete joke/circus.  We know they want to sell their product, but jeez, what a thoughtless ill informed bunch of useless amateurs!

Completely agree with RogerThis below, time to wake up and put the leaders of these LTTE Nazi poser . to sleep.  Permanently.  

With feeling, a non Sri Lankan member of the united honest Human Race that can no longer take the total hipocrisy of the 'diplomats and yes men'.

I never said Oops I'm such a bad boy, blah blah etc, who runs this site?

I mean what I say and make no apologies about being honest and without compromise as in this instance compromise is a guaranteed (Sri Lankan) excuse for failure!


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They say that people deserve the Governments they vote in. Discuss.

SLMM moving against GOSL.
India is moving aginst GOSL.
UNP is moving aginst GOSL.
International media writing against GOSL.
Co-chirs having statements aginst GOSL.
Everyone has some reasons. No one perfect at all except GOSL it seems.

THE_ACA_USR wrote:

SLMM moving against GOSL.
India is moving aginst GOSL.
UNP is moving aginst GOSL.
International media writing against GOSL.
Co-chirs having statements aginst GOSL.
Everyone has some reasons. No one perfect at all except GOSL it seems.

Actually you must have got some good stuff for the evening smoke?

The EU has slammed your rear ends smack on to Vanni. No more jaunts for  the toothy boy.
The US has slammed your rear and growled at you in no uncertain terms.
The SLMM has finally figured out where those proverbial round things all men are supposed to have and pointed a finger at you.
The UNP is in shambles with a whole bunch of MP's about to cross over.
And you have no idea what the Idians are going to do to you when they finally get their chance. Unlike previous times they don't go about it openly since there are domestic political considerations.
And the Co-Chairs ?? Ha.. good one..


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There are no minorities in Sri Lanka. --- Dr.Percy Mahinda Rajapakse Ph.D

SL Monitoring Mission (SLMM) consisting European cease-fire monitors

We need to make two changes.

First: change the title of the monitors from Cease-fire monitors to war monitors (if we want to be real about what is happening).  

The second: bring in Asian, African, Australian and American monitors.

But the problem is they will continue to be just score keepers and nothing else.
 

Perfect GOSL!
THE_ACA_USR wrote:
"SLMM moving against GOSL.
India is moving aginst GOSL.
UNP is moving aginst GOSL.
International media writing against GOSL.
Co-chirs having statements aginst GOSL.
Everyone has some reasons. No one perfect at all except GOSL it seems".

You've got it wrong. Your statement should be corrected as "no one perfect at all except the LTTE"

My observation:

-SLMM always move against all Sri Lankans (tamils, sinhalese, muslims) because their agenda and goal is not to make peace but spreading colonialism;
-India will move against GOSL if GOSL works towards a seperate Tamil State at India's doorstep;
-UNP always move against UNP not against anybody else;
-Co-chairs meet together one in a while and type different statements to formalise their meetings
while enjoying Red Wine;
-LTTE and the consecutive corrupted governments of SL have so far moved against Tamils, Muslims, Sinhalese and whole country;

This is kind of world we are living.  All the blessings should go for the innocent civilians caught in the cross fire, bombings, executions by LTTE and SLA.



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What kind of operations that the SLMM has been conducting to suspend? If they honestly suspend their hidden opperations, that is going to be a break through in making peace in SL.


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Mr. SILVA!!
You beged norway to come here for peace mediator. Now blame them.
MR and JVP said that India will come to help us. Now you realise that.
Co-Chirs are questioining the elected GOSL about the mass search in Colombo?
Every time you all make a move and go back more than you moved forward.
Sooner MR is going to give to LTTE more than everyone expect. SOuth will have no other way. As you say if LTTE are got wrong in all moves, why can't the GOSL make correct moves in political and could not beat LTTE / solve the problem.
If you all gave a solution to Tamils long before Tamils itself chase VP from north. But it is crystal clear that south is not ready each time, when they have a chance.

Dear THE_ACA_USR:
Behind the curtain episode is that all the Sri Lankans want to live in peace as one family in the Island except opportinistic politicians among sinhalese, tamils and muslims.  It is not the sinhalese or tamils people invited Norway, it was CBK, RW and later MR. It was not the sinhalese people responsible for 1983, it was UNP thugs. Mass killings of sinhalese and muslims was done by the LTTE not by tamils.  Now you see, both GOSL and LTTE are rushing for huge arms deals.  Recently revealed news indicate the deals of former navy cheaf and diffence secretary.  News even coming to light about the wealth of CBK.  This war is a huge earning for politicians and the corrupted top level military officers.  Everybody can understand why the war is being dragged on by both sides.  Neither GOSL nore LTTE wants to end the war.  This is where democracy doesn't work. As long as the voters could be duped democracy doesn't work.  If RW, CBK, MR, LTTE or anybody honestly want to end the war, they could have formally published their proposals first.  Have we ever seen the final solutions to the problems published by any so far? I think time has come to take over the peace process by civilians from all the ethnic groups.  Any coutry cannot afford to lose its backbone, the youths, regardless of the ethnic background. I cannot understand why GOSL request a peace keeping force from UN to end the civilians being killed by both parties. Will the LTTE agree for that?


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Today norway envoy declared that LTTE / Govt is not responsible for the attack on their batticalo office & they know who is it but will not disclose. Obviously he is referring to para-military karuna group. Also sometime back they have made statements to the effect that army has connections with para-miitary karuna group.

So it seems that now norway indirectly blame the govt for the attack.....not a good thing for the govt of MR with the IC.....looks like after all the hard work of kadir..this govt has spoiled its name again...

This link shows how Norway supported LTTE terrorism in the past. No doubt of continuation.

http://www.svik.org/ltte.htm

psilva wrote:

Dear THE_ACA_USR:
Behind the curtain episode is that all the Sri Lankans want to live in peace as one family in the Island except opportinistic politicians among sinhalese, tamils and muslims.  It is not the sinhalese or tamils people invited Norway, it was CBK, RW and later MR. It was not the sinhalese people responsible for 1983, it was UNP thugs. Mass killings of sinhalese and muslims was done by the LTTE not by tamils.  Now you see, both GOSL and LTTE are rushing for huge arms deals.  Recently revealed news indicate the deals of former navy cheaf and diffence secretary.  News even coming to light about the wealth of CBK.  This war is a huge earning for politicians and the corrupted top level military officers.  Everybody can understand why the war is being dragged on by both sides.  Neither GOSL nore LTTE wants to end the war.  This is where democracy doesn't work. As long as the voters could be duped democracy doesn't work.  If RW, CBK, MR, LTTE or anybody honestly want to end the war, they could have formally published their proposals first.  Have we ever seen the final solutions to the problems published by any so far? I think time has come to take over the peace process by civilians from all the ethnic groups.  Any coutry cannot afford to lose its backbone, the youths, regardless of the ethnic background. I cannot understand why GOSL request a peace keeping force from UN to end the civilians being killed by both parties. Will the LTTE agree for that?

Good point but there is one mistake....when the sinhala thugs attacked the tamils some part of sinhala people also was involved...same in bindunuwara the village people also involved. But never tamil civilians were involved in attacking sinhalese....some thing to think is it????

Given a chance the common sinhalese become racist thugs...but not the tamils so far...even "tamil resugence force" attack the armed forces not sinhala civilians....