GulfNews,  Thu Mar 23 20:24:21 EST 2006

    Colombo: A breakaway group of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has joined hands with a nationalist organisation of majority Sinhalese calling for the delinking of the north and east provinces as one administrative unit, a long-time demand of the minority rebels.

Members of the "Karuna‚ group", former fighting cadres of the LTTE, who have hitherto been carrying out undercover military operations against the LTTE, have taken part in a meeting in Colombo organised by the Patriotic National Movement (PNM), an alliance of Sinhala nationalists to renew this campaign for "demerger" of the Tamil-populated provinces of the island, where the rebels are demanding a separate state.

Organisers of the event said the main aim of their campaign would be to de-merge the East from the Northern Province which is temporarily merged currently under the controversial 1987 India-Lanka peace accord, but other objectives would be to "protect the rights of the people in the east".
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So my enemy’s enemy is my friend.

Anyway this gives me some hope. If the JVP can forgive the person responsible for the massacre of the policemen who surrendered to them, they probably will be able to make up with the LTTE some day.

De merger and AITUK formation are not going to solve the problem but may be the very first step towards the solution but now the responsibility is with the Govt of Sri Lanka .as the alternative forces to LTTE are growing what is the Govt doing to encourage the forces and make them successful to  grow as alternative useful leadership to the north east people.
in the face of the hidden agenda of various out side forces using this conflict for their
end. the Govt is in real difficult position  but with genuine effort and keeping India as a
trusted friend and a consultant (any solution contrary to the Indian Govt interest will not survive),  SL Govt can present a realistic ,reasonable,responsible and neutral solution to the ethnic problem Either to these  alternative forces or even to the Parliament with the help of the coalition members and opposition willing members (without the LTTE) and pass the resolution, amend the constitution and let the Tamils and the alternative forces to implement and shift the  burden  to them and help if they want with all  possible means if they dont want it is upto them.
the govt should get out of the blame spot light of "not presenting the solution "and get out of the mind set of "LTTE should agree to the solution"
  Unless it is really not interested in solving the problem and let northern tamils to become an endangered species.

Jaypee wrote:
"Anyway this gives me some hope. If the JVP can forgive the person responsible for the massacre of the policemen who surrendered to them, they probably will be able to make up with the LTTE some day".

Agree. Why? in the name of peace.  Regarding the execution of surrendered policemen, how in the world you can put the responsibility to Karuna for that? It seems that you have no idea of the structure of the LTTE at all.  Can even Bala utter a word without the approval of its supremo VP? Can we ever sell the idea that Karua had an authority to act on his own when he was uder the comand of VP? If the LTTE leaders at that time were against for what Karuna did, why didn't they punish Karuna at that time? Same story came out after the death of Master. After killing Master, VP exposed that it was Master who conducted ethnic cleansing the NE.  Sri Lankan citizens are not that stupid to swallow these stories.


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JayPee wrote:

So my enemy’s enemy is my friend.

Anyway this gives me some hope. If the JVP can forgive the person responsible for the massacre of the policemen who surrendered to them, they probably will be able to make up with the LTTE some day.

Yes ofcaurse, but only if LTTE forget about dirty facism and terrorism!!

I am so curious to see what is the response of UNP head and LTTE's god father Ranil...
Bala is now playing new role of advisor to UNP
Only Ranil's UNP and Praba's LTTE is for facism, terrorism,,
All the other political groups/parties are marching on the democratic path, the path of cultured people....

JayPee wrote:

So my enemy’s enemy is my friend.

Anyway this gives me some hope. If the JVP can forgive the person responsible for the massacre of the policemen who surrendered to them, they probably will be able to make up with the LTTE some day.

A "set of people" regarded the provincial councils, established by Parliament in 1987 through a constitutional amendment, as anti-Sinhala and anti-national. "Those people" who used threats, intimidation, killings and political violence to stop the provincial council elections of 1988, now go to Srilankans to ask them to be elected the council elections.
I am not sure "these people" wear anything to hide their nakedness. Still SriLankans forgiven them or forgotten the past (to word it correctly).

With SriLankans anything is possible.
They will forgive 'genociders' and blast off 'peace makers'.
Only thing SriLankans need is a nice conspiracy theory.  

How can people from south decide the division of North East?
Currently there is a process to solve the ongoing problem; already we have lost 60,000 lives. This group was initiated to keep the problem alive so that they can benefit financially and politically at the cost of innocent lives.

There are no permanant friends or permanant enemies in politics.Some might say Karuna killed so many of their people and now joining them.While others would say he joins the enemies who killed thousands of his people.It's funny,JVP killed so many people and SL military not only killed thousands in north and east in the name of fighting LTTE but also killed so many in the south in the name of fighting JVP .Sri Lanka once ranked only second to Iraq in having high number of people missing .So LTTE is not the only organization with blood in it's hands.Sadly violent has become a way of life in Sri Lanka.

The fact that two extreme groups join hands against LTTE tells you the problems in Sri Lanka due are mostly due to Terrorism than Racism/Discrimination.


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De-Meger, Yes, it's the best? It was a one-of the spin-offs from JRJ.

Let the ethinic groups based on the propotion to be elected to the province to run.

Karuna's greivence was that they had been taken for a ride by the northern tamils.

Though the sun-god's is trying to hoodwink all international community saying that he is the sole-Tamil representative, under his arms so many oprressed people are exist due to cast and money.

Negombo wrote:

JayPee wrote:

So my enemy’s enemy is my friend.

Anyway this gives me some hope. If the JVP can forgive the person responsible for the massacre of the policemen who surrendered to them, they probably will be able to make up with the LTTE some day.

A "set of people" regarded the provincial councils, established by Parliament in 1987 through a constitutional amendment, as anti-Sinhala and anti-national. "Those people" who used threats, intimidation, killings and political violence to stop the provincial council elections of 1988, now go to Srilankans to ask them to be elected the council elections.
I am not sure "these people" wear anything to hide their nakedness. Still SriLankans forgiven them or forgotten the past (to word it correctly).

With SriLankans anything is possible.
They will forgive 'genociders' and blast off 'peace makers'.
Only thing SriLankans need is a nice conspiracy theory.  

You are white washing facist terrorists called LTTE and blaming democratic JVP.
Yes JVP has been in the violance path in the past,, But no longer there are in the path of violance... They have rectified their mistakes...
IS IT A BAD THING?

You think that is bad, and you never ever wish that same thing happen to LTTE, because you appreciate violance...

For you feeble clown called Ranil who never ever has courage to condemn LTTE's violance is a great fatherly figure and same for the dirty Norwagians who never hesitate to welcome these .. terrorists with red carpet welcome...

When other democratic loving sinhala and tamil people rally around under a common flag all the evil forces which hails facism , violance and terrorism get sooo upset...

Just because one mutter the word of peace does not maka a peace maker,,
Its acts and intention of people and not the words show ther true colours...
Good that you have given the right face icon revealing real "piece maker" face  

JVP007 wrote:

How can people from south decide the division of North East?
Currently there is a process to solve the ongoing problem; already we have lost 60,000 lives. This group was initiated to keep the problem alive so that they can benefit financially and politically at the cost of innocent lives.

Please read the artical its an organisation from eastern province itself,, Sinhalese, Muslims and tamils from Eastern province...

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When other democratic loving sinhala and tamil people rally around under a common flag all the evil forces which hails facism , violance and terrorism get sooo upset...

Just because one mutter the word of peace does not maka a peace maker,,
Its acts and intention of people and not the words show ther true colours...
Good that you have given the right face icon revealing real "piece maker" face  

So predictable,
the same conspiracy theory to fogive genociders and blast off peace makers.

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Breakaway rebel group joins call for delinking provinces

GulfNews, Thu Mar 23 20:24:21 EST 2006

Why are you guys wasting time in discussing these sort of calls?

Who cares what these sort of groups tell? They don't even have a name by which the world call them...

1) At the beginning, they named themselves as "Batti-Ampara Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam"... and they and some anti-LTTE writers desperately tried for sometime to bring a new name "Wanni-tigers" in a hope to make it the permanent name of LTTE. Now after a few years, the poor guys are still called "Karuna group" and "paramilitary group"... and the LTTE remains to be called as the LTTE.

2) Then after no body seriously took the name "Batti-Ampara Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", they suddenly said they have formed a new party and hereafter they will be called as "Thamileela Makkal Viduthalaip Pulihal" (TamilEelam People's Liberation Tigers). They did launch a website too. But now after a few years, the poor guys are still called "Karuna group" and "paramilitary group"... Their website says "underconstruction".

3) Few days after that, they said they are forming a new party called "Thamileela Iaikkiya Viduthalai Munnani", with a very much "forgotten group" ENDLF and launched a website too. For this too, both these rotten groups formed a website. Now after a few years, ENDLF remains to be called as ENDLF and Karuna and his associates remain to be called as "Karuna group" and "paramilitary group". Their website is outdated, still carrying the condolence message of ENDLF for tsunami destruction.

Those who take these calls as serious and discussing here, could better read the following news published, when the parties in point 2 above were launched:

http://www.lankanet.info/full%20story/east/17_10_2004b.htm

Sit and think...Where are we standing now after this new party was launched? Honestly speaking, how many of us at least still remember the names of these parties    ?

Acknowledgment:

Thanks to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, which helped me find out the names of the political parties mentioned above, as I have forgotten their names.

Certainly after another 2 years, Google will again help me find out the name of the party, Dr.Vikneswaran (is the name correct?... yes yes.. Dr.Vikneswaran, former EPDP!), formed, I think a few days back... what is the name of the party...? Ok guys.. who cares...? it is a very boring stuff...


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