BBC,  Wed Jan 18 14:26:55 EST 2006

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) say that Tamil Tiger killings of political opponents reached the rate of one per day by June 2005.
Issuing its world report for 2006 on Wednesday, HRW says that this "alarming rate" owed to to the killing of "particularly of Tamils in opposition to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam".Stating that "respect for human rights has been seriously eroded" over the past year in several Asian countries, HRW particularly names Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and China, "Tamil Tigers continued to assassinate political opponents with complete impunity," accuses HRW.Noting that the December 2004 tsunami "wrought tremendous destruction," particularly to the areas already most affected by the country's protracted civil war, HRW says "sectarian interests hijacked aid distribution mechanisms".
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- The Academic

I am waiting for the responses below:

1. HRW cannot be trusted.
2. BBC cannot be trusted.
3. What HRW actually said can be found on TamilNet.


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Some are wise, others are otherwise!

People in the south sould be generous enough to accomodate civilians (Tamil, Sinhala, Muslims) from NE in the south before the war starts in massive scale.  LTTE once again has proved that they don't care about lives, education or even day-to-day needs of even tamils.  That is why they stubbed every opportunities offered by all the governments.  Everybody knows how much RP and RW gave them and how both were treated by the LTTE in return.  We know, when the war starts SLA will not be better either in safeguarding civilians in the NE. We know what so called International comunuty will do.  If they genuinely want to see peace, they could have tamed the LTTE inseatd of appeasing them. These poor people are crushed from every sides and desperately need help.  We beg people in the south, all sinhalese and  muslims to work together to do somthing to save people in NE.  We know only thing they need is to live in peace.  It is very unfortunate that some expatriates living western world fuel the conflict without at least thinking about the people may be their own relatives trapped in NE.  It is a shame boasting about attacking SLA or LTTE while you are enjoying the safety in the western countries.


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agro

I think their tatics not going to work out,
Have u read about canada's planning to ban them
must read at here...
http://lankanpost.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=180

http://lankanpost.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10

Let me get this straight: You say because the Tigers kill a lot of their own race, the tamils will eventually stop supporting them (if the vast majority havent done so already)? Dream on comrade! Dream on!

How many people did the JVP kill in the 70s and 80s? Do you think for a second that if it came to the JVP and LTTE, we would not find every Sinhalese man, woman and child supporting the JVP (regardless of their past sins)? What about the GOSL? Again, how many JVP'ers did the SLFP erradicate in the 1970s? Now they're .. allies for crying out loud! And so, whatever grievances the Sinhalese have with their govt (or the JVP), it doesnt equate to factionalism and a lack of communal support in the midst of an ethnic crisis. We wont backstab "our side"and the same applies to Sri Lankan Tamils. If Tamils understand this, why is it that so many Sinhalese dont!

All this talk is far too "shocking" and "subversive" for the Sri Lankan newspapers. It's far too "subversive" and "politically incorrect" to receive air time on the TV news or BBC reports. It's not altogether surprising then that a band of self appointed "academics" on the forum, also keep harping this line verbatim. The logic of this appears to be one of self deception, ie. "if i keep saying it long enough, maybe other people will believe it and eventually it'll come true!" After all it's not in our 'comfort zone' to admit to there being a serious ethnic problem, is it? Well good! Because it's to you people I primarily address my little rant! Comrades these academic mahatayas dont walk the same ground as the common man, and I imagine they talk to far more Tamils than they do to everyday Sinhalese (wouldnt be surprised if all their friends comprised of foreigners and Tamils). These parasites make castles in the sky and sell them to gullible saps on the ground, thereby preventing them from doing anything constructive to end war. The full-time peacenik's (eg. academics, NGOs, Center for Policy Alternatives crowd, Tamils, Kalu Sudda's etc etc) perception of the ethnic crisis is very limited and he/she whelmently believes that everyone thinks and behaves like them (drinking wine, complaining about the heat and eating with a fork etc). If only it were so!

The reality is that the vast majority of Tamils living in Sri Lanka, secretly or otherwise, align themselves with the LTTE (if only out of distrust for the Sinhalese). Thus our 'enemy' lives among us, and for all intents and purposes appears to be "one of us". Of course they .. well won't openly claim to suport the LTTE! Who would under the circumstances!? But rest assured most Tamils do. The Sinhalese are in a dreamworld if they believe otherwise. Not altogether surprising though, it was living in a dreamworld that brought our race to its knees in the first place. Keep living there now and we'll soon lie face first and prostrate.

For the love of God turn around and face the music people! You only have yourselves in this. We cannot expect the international community or Sri Lankan Tamils to save us from the LTTE. This is our war, no one is here to help us.


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j2k5 wrote:

The reality is that the vast majority of Tamils living in Sri Lanka, secretly or otherwise, align themselves with the LTTE .  We cannot expect the international community or Sri Lankan Tamils to save us from the LTTE. This is our war, no one is here to help us.

Very true j2k5. Almost all the tamils support the LTTE deep inside them. May be most of them may not like the violent ways of LTTE, but all of them liked what LTTE did to them collectively from 1983 to date. The LTTE made the tamil dogs of SL to become tamil tigers of the world.

All those tamils killed by LTTE are considered traitors by them & they do this by considering the broad picture of tamil eelam.  LTTE never received any major protest from tamils after killing people like Kadir, Neelan, Amir, Mahathaya, sri sabaratnam...etc. This shows the state of the mind of the SL tamils.

Of course you dont get any tamils lining up to enlist to the armed forces...other than few mercenaries like karuna, razeek, mohan who are doing it for their own survival. You dont get any tamil politician talking against LTTE other than sangaree who has no vote base & douglas who is more a para-militry than a politician. Dont call kadir a tamil leader.

Yes..it is a war which the sinhalese had to fight alone .............

psilva wrote:

People in the south sould be generous enough to accomodate civilians (Tamil, Sinhala, Muslims) from NE in the south before the war starts in massive scale.  .

Dont worry, the major part of greater colombo already owned by tamils & muslims. Just walk thru the galle raod from colpetty to moratuwa.

So you dont have to accomodate anyone, just allow them to live in the places which they legally own.

If you refer another 1983 by word 'accomadating' then that is a totally different matter.

Two bomb explosions in trinco and Bati injures 18 security service pesonnel and 10 ( LTTE) civilians. Do you still believe that LTTE is serious about discussions?

J2k5 and kanju:

I am 100% sure that you are not living in NE or any part of SL and you are well safe in Europe, N. America, Scadinavia or else where you are totally safe.  I am also living in a western country safely but we should not be so selfish to encourage war in SL because there are many live there.  They are not so lucky to find the way out as we did.  Once the war starts, they will be the victims from both side not us.  This is an unwinnable war for both sides. GOSL cannot win the awr as long as the political leaders and top military guys try to make money from the war.  LTTE will never win or even if they declare seperate state, see what will happen. It is a real fact that India will never allow it to happen not because of their concirn on Sinhalese but to bury the LTTE's dream of setting up the "Great Tamil State".  Tamil Elam is only their first step.  Most of the tamils may not be aware of the move but India and leaders of the LTTE do. Many corrupted politicians in GOSL/UNP also not aware of the real goal of the LTTE.  LTTE has been fighting for Tamil Elam since 1975 (correct me if I am wrong) with corrupted SL governments but still nowhere near their goal. So imagine how long they will have to fight with India to declare the Great Tamil State.  According the predictions by CIA and EU intelligence, China will be the world superpower by around 2015 followed by India or Brazil.  Power from the west is very rapidly shifting towards Asia and south America.
Therefore, only dream of the tamils and others living in Sri Lankan (you and I may not come under this category) should be to find a way to live in peace.


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psilva wrote:

J2k5 and kanju:

I am 100% sure that you are not living in NE or any part of SL and you are well safe in Europe, N. America, Scadinavia or else where you are totally safe.  I am also living in a western country safely but we should not be so selfish to encourage war in SL because there are many live there.  They are not so lucky to find the way out as we did.  Once the war starts, they will be the victims from both side not us.  This is an unwinnable war for both sides. GOSL cannot win the awr as long as the political leaders and top military guys try to make money from the war.  LTTE will never win or even if they declare seperate state, see what will happen. It is a real fact that India will never allow it to happen not because of their concirn on Sinhalese but to bury the LTTE's dream of setting up the "Great Tamil State".  Tamil Elam is only their first step.  Most of the tamils may not be aware of the move but India and leaders of the LTTE do. Many corrupted politicians in GOSL/UNP also not aware of the real goal of the LTTE.  LTTE has been fighting for Tamil Elam since 1975 (correct me if I am wrong) with corrupted SL governments but still nowhere near their goal. So imagine how long they will have to fight with India to declare the Great Tamil State.  According the predictions by CIA and EU intelligence, China will be the world superpower by around 2015 followed by India or Brazil.  Power from the west is very rapidly shifting towards Asia and south America.
Therefore, only dream of the tamils and others living in Sri Lankan (you and I may not come under this category) should be to find a way to live in peace.

I live in colombo & ofcourse no one wants war...otehr than LTTE, JVP, JHU & power hungry politicians & arms dealers.

Tamils dont have a option they are controled by LTTE, bcos the SL forces dont know how to defeat LTTE.

But sinhalese decided to support JVP/JHU....so it means the sinhalese want war....so let them have it....can u & me stop it???