Associated Press,  Thu Feb 22 15:07:19 EST 2007

    COLOMBO, Feb. 22 (Kyodo) _ Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Thursday they will resume their freedom struggle to achieve ''statehood'' after announcing that a cease-fire arranged by Norway had virtually collapsed.

The Liberation Tigers said the truce, which went into effect five years ago on Friday, was now nonexistent and warned that the government's ''war on terrorism'' campaign will add to the ''bloodstained pages of the island's history.''Full Story


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Signs that the Bunker guys are on the run,
trying very hard to motivate and keep their flock together as they do.

CFA 2002 signed by Ranil and Praba was not a valid document. Any body  can give or sell  their  land or property to any body.But the sovereignty of  Srilanka belongs to the head of the state-The President, not to the priminister or to me!. LTTE and Norway dancers must understand that Srilankan are not thick to worry about 5year completion of CFA..So LTTE should understand  that and  have to come to the term of united Srilanka without participation or land marks of  adreamland called 'Tamil Eelam'.
Terrorism should be treated  by weapons ,not by peace talks. Political and ethnic problem should be  solved  by discussions and negosiations, not by weapons.(VancouverSL =mage ingirisi harida?. naththan hadanna!)

migida wrote:

CFA 2002 signed by Ranil and Praba was not a valid document. Any body  can give or sell  their  land or property to any body.But the sovereignty of  Srilanka belongs to the head of the state-The President, not to the priminister or to me!. LTTE and Norway dancers must understand that Srilankan are not thick to worry about 5year completion of CFA..So LTTE should understand  that and  have to come to the term of united Srilanka without participation or land marks of  adreamland called 'Tamil Eelam'.
Terrorism should be treated  by weapons ,not by peace talks. Political and ethnic problem should be  solved  by discussions and negosiations, not by weapons.(VancouverSL =mage ingirisi harida?. naththan hadanna!)

Exactly!! This is the history of Sri Lanka. Put an agreement today and tear it off by tomorrow: easy.
So, why are we electing PM and MPs just to make the ministry fill OR why Mr. MR cannot tear ot off the CFA. The problem is not born today. It is a problem grown up with the history of SL. It will not just go away, even all the LTTE and young tamil guys died. We have to sort it out all the mistakes.  

Buddism became popular when King Ashok let down arms. But Buddist monks in SL wants war. As a buddist, it is never acceptable.

OK. What will happen if Ranil (??) become president!!

So let me get this straight Mr. LTTE - You violated this "unique document" time and time again all through its existance, killed our prominant tamil leaders, killed innocent civilians, preyed on children for recruitment, threw grenades at our patrols and checkpoints and commited countless other atrocities, and now you're upset about OUR actions?

Get over yourself guys...

And you call on the tamil people to "resume their struggle". Sounds like osama preaching jihad. however you forget the only people listening are the few left in your camps and the few who are still blind to your true ways.

Whether it be by war or negotiated political settlement, the tamil people will get their peace. But it is not through you VP. The only people fighting for everyones rights are the soldiers of the SLA.

The Academic wrote:

Associated Press,  Thu Feb 22 15:07:19 EST 2007

    COLOMBO, Feb. 22 (Kyodo) _ Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Thursday they will resume their freedom struggle to achieve ''statehood'' after announcing that a cease-fire arranged by Norway had virtually collapsed.

The Liberation Tigers said the truce, which went into effect five years ago on Friday, was now nonexistent and warned that the government's ''war on terrorism'' campaign will add to the ''bloodstained pages of the island's history.''Full Story

Hmm, there are some fundamental problems in the Tiger statement.

1) LTTE violated the ceasfire many many more times than the government.
2) When LTTE killed Lakshman kadiragamar, tried to kill the army commander, Douglas Devanandan, closed Mavil Aaru, attacked Trinco and Jaffna etc, was it all CFA in full swing?  If so, how does the current state of affairs change the CFA?
3) How does LTTE resume something they never stopped? As I remeber, Velu in his coward's day speech said that he is going to resume the struggle (which was never stoppped to begin with). What is the difference today?



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LTTE can only shout and screem now. They are now very old tigers without any tooth. They can't fight anymore. Norway and UK are trying to revive LTTE for their own purpose. They want to sell weapons to both side. LTTE is like the flattened boxer. The UK & Norway are pleading LTTE to get up fight. But LTTE is not even roaring, it is just screemimg. Thier end has already begun. Well done our Army boys and girls.

There are many democratic countries in the world with sizable minority groups demanding one right or other.  Just look at the U.S. with its African American and Jewish Minority groups.  Each of these groups does have agendas and they go about achieving them within a united unitary system.  It proves that it does not take blood to achieve goals.  It takes time, patience and most importantly, life.  When any minority group takes up arms to achieve what should be achieved with patience and time, it is doomed to failure.  Just look at the achievements of "non-violent" movements of Mahathma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.  Ask the descendants of these great men and the people who benefit from their suffering.
Sri Lanka is unique, where, its minority, with the help of the colonial power, were allotted far more than their share of the benefits of the state.  When Sri Lanka became a true democracy, the minority had to figure out a different strategy.  It was inevitable that the minority, with its expertise in the English language and English sensibilities which served their English masters well, was not going to cut it in the new reality.  While growing up in majority sinhala areas of Sri Lanka, I, a Sinhala, had Tamil friends who were better in Sinhala and English languages than I was.  Surely, they are still doing well in Sri Lanka or wherever they ended up.  Minorities in most cases are more motivated than the majorities and statistics prove this out.
Prabakaran has to figure a way out of this mess.  At some point, hopefully in the near future, he will realize that the path he has chosen for his well motivated gang was suicidal.  Unfortunately, if he does not want to die like Saddam, he is going to have to use that pill around his neck.  The SLA has woken up after a long slumber.  The attempted assassination of Fonseka was the straw that broke the Camel's back.  The SLA is no longer led by incompetent and unmotivated officers.  These guys are good...!  Go SLA...!  Jaya WEVA...!

In that joke (LTTE's statement), the terrorists scream that the international community is biase against them. The Sudanese, the PNG people, Kosovars.. all were given a choice of 'self determination' by the IC, but the 'Tamils' aren't given that choice.  Yes, Tamils have to seriously consider this- why they weren't given the choice?

Purely becuase you let a terrorist thug 'solely represent' you. The LTTE claim 'sole representation' by killing every other Tamil leader, continue to enagage in terrorism and killing is the only 'modus-operandi'.

The terrorists can't do anything other than issuing these fatwas. LTTE's honorable leader said 2 years ago, that he lost his patience. Tamil selvam said if GOSL can't open A-9, they will. What happened?  LTTE had to 'strategically withdrew from Sampur, Mutur, Vaharai.  LTTE's military operations in the east had been limited to killing Hindu preists. Your days are numbered, LTTE.

It is time for the Tamils to choose the right path.

kumaraS wrote:

OK. What will happen if Ranil (??) become president!!

Mmmmm... Pigs will fly??


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Just not clear what these bunker bandits are talking about. what does "resuming" about 'statehood' mean ?
When did they stop that they're talking about resumption ?
And lastly, what kind of state do they want ? An isolated, burnt, razed, graveyard ?
 And against the will of the IC ?

Why don't they just talk it out ?
If they just talk it out they *will* achieve far better and equitable results.

Someone in this forum invented a word 'Bunkerran' if he is on the run may say 'Bunkerrun'

If my memory is right when LTTE resorted to violence they 1st killed a Tamil mayor and guys of Hindu college who new at the time the path was wrong because this is not a freedom struggle like the one launched in India by Gandhi and it was the right struggle.
This proved LTTE's Christian connection they never killed any Christian minister.

If I am correct Sampur fell to LTTE after Ranil's involvement with CFA. A person who signs papers should be able to read and write!

When you are at war you can not preach Buddhism. Buddha him self never interfered with any kingdoms at the time to force his philosophy.

Janet wrote:

In that joke (LTTE's statement), the terrorists scream that the international community is biase against them. The Sudanese, the PNG people, Kosovars.. all were given a choice of 'self determination' by the IC, but the 'Tamils' aren't given that choice.  Yes, Tamils have to seriously consider this- why they weren't given the choice?

It is time for the Tamils to choose the right path.

You knowledge on Sudan, PNG and Kosova are amazing ( or amuzing..). We will haev to waut and see which path the Tamils will choose..

Janet, open your wisdom….UK, US and other countries are banned LTTE but they keep beseeching SL Government to talk with LTTE? Do you have an answer for it?

enation wrote:

Janet, open your wisdom….UK, US and other countries are banned LTTE but they keep beseeching SL Government to talk with LTTE? Do you have an answer for it?

isn't the answer obvious.

who would the GOSL talk to ? This is the biggest problem of the times, I reckon, equally as bad as terrrorism.
can you conduct a meeting with only one person in a conference sitting ?
can you conduct an interview with only the interviewer available, without the interviewee and vice versa ?
clap with one hand ?