bloomberg,  Tue Feb 10 22:07:56 EST 2009

    Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations called for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka, saying it is outraged by the deaths of civilians caught in the military’s drive to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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“UN Demands Truce in Sri Lanka”? This is how biased generalist report things!  “A spoke person for UN High Commissioner for Refugees” is not the UN. He uttered the same way when East was liberated http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/blnus/10101021.htm
 Mr. Ron Redmond did you shout the same way when South Mumbai was attached on the 26th  to 29th November 2008 which killed 173 people and wounded more than 300? There too a group (not even branded as terrorist or knew who they were) of men trapped innocent people, and the ruling Government in India was fighting terrorism with a bigger risk to civilians, including foreigners. So what is the big issue in Ceylon today? Or are you only worries that Ceylon will beg more funds for refugees.
No Sir, the present era is different in Ceylon. They have a plan for North development, same as East.
Better keep quite to finish terrorism and to avoid more refugees in future. You better go to Killinochchi and talk to people who came from LTTE area.. If you are feeding Ceylonese refugees in any country/location today, surely is solely because of so call Tamil Liberation Leader and not for any other reason.

The only way left for the LTTE to resurrect themselves and perpetuate violence is to keep killing the civilians. Then the do-gooders can demand truce.
GOSL, why do you make the LTTE murder these civilians?  

Mr Ron Redmond , are you foolish or you think others are fools?

If LTTE is the rock band playing to the world by killing civilians, they have the feedback now from UN.

The right tone to get the attention from the world is through killing civilians now.

UN has understood the language Terrorists speak and sending a wrong message to Terrorists.


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perl wrote:

If LTTE is the rock band playing to the world by killing civilians, they have the feedback now from UN.

The right tone to get the attention from the world is through killing civilians now.

UN has understood the language Terrorists speak and sending a wrong message to Terrorists.

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The right tone to get the attention from the world is through killing civilians now

Tamils got killed, tortured and cluster bombed in hospitals by the Sinhala army, The Sinhala army is the biggest rock band in Srilanka that plays the famous "Butham Saranam Gatchchami" tune when they drop the cluster bombs and launch multi-barrel attcak on civillians. The tamil civillians in that region were happy and did not invite the sinhala army to invade and occupy.

One Lanka for all the Sinhala Budhists - But the LTTE is the only blocade. Sinhala regime drops bombs indiscriminately thinking that at least there will be a couple of LTTE each time.

Those sinhalese who were lucky to be born in the Sinhala Budhist race listen to the Leader who was with the East Timor struggle:

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"Those who speak glibly of an end to conflict, however, show little understanding of history, human nature or what constitutes real peace." Ramos-Horta said in a statement. "Civil war generates frightening emotions of hatred and revenge that are immensely destructive."

East Timor was devastated by years of jungle warfare until it broke from Jakarta in 1999 after 24 years of foreign domination. A fifth of the population, or roughly 200,000 people, are believed to have died from military operations, disease and starvation.

The same is happening to the Tamil people as the sinhala budhists are celebrating in the south of their successes in the killing filelds of tamils in the north.

When I quoted Abraham Lincoln before I was told that he was refering to the individual freedom. But he had said the following too:

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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Abraham Lincoln

We tamils too want to be liberated from the arrogant Sinhala regime that is trying to occupy the Tamil areas with military force to deny the minority rights and promote Sinhala Budhism through colonisation.

He said the following too:

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This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
Abraham Lincoln

The sinhalease were not willing to make any constitutional changes to give devolution and we had to exercise out revolutionary rights ....

p4a;

Abraham Lincoln never approved of secessions. Change of govts yes, but not secessions. Maybe you are
confusing the two. He trusted passionately in preserving of the Union at all costs.

This is 100% proved by the fact that under his presidency the most vicious civil war was crushed militarily,
and the number of dead far exceeds the SL count.

All American presidents vigorously follow, and protect their constitution.

Trust me really, if SL were fortunate enough to have had a man of Lincoln's calibre as President,
l.t.t.e would have been crushed 20 years back. Lincoln did not approve of bullies; he
said 'bullies are the easiest to lick', i.e., bullies cannot last.

I'm extremely pleased that you are quoting the greatest president of America and perhaps the greatest elected
leader anywhere in the world, Abraham Lincoln.



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rm7000 wrote:

This is 100% proved by the fact that under his presidency the most vicious civil war was crushed militarily,
and the number of dead far exceeds the SL count.

Also, the opposing side had the grace and forethought to surrender and save lives.

Lincoln is easily the pick of the American Presidents. Worst was George Bush. But P4a how do you make sweeping statements like "Tamils got killed, tortured and cluster bombed in hospitals by the Sinhala army".... do you mean to describe LTTE as Tamils? justify that statement.

pro-LTTE diaspora disinformation samples available at:

www.thestar.com
www.globeandmail.com

search for "lanka" and check for the comments following the stories. My personal favourite " Spend 2 hours there, not too much and I bet you'd run home, hide under the bed and freak out of the injustice"

rm7000 wrote:

p4a;

Abraham Lincoln never approved of secessions. Change of govts yes, but not secessions. Maybe you are
confusing the two. He trusted passionately in preserving of the Union at all costs.

No Rm.
Peace4all not confused but you clerverly added salt and pepper to mimic he confused.
Anyway, if afraham lincoln born in SL and lived among us now as a tamil, his policies will definitely reflect what VP has done so far, given SL have/had the same policies and rulers. Abraham Lincoln cannot do anything differently if he really wants the freedom for his folk.

Romeo wrote:

But P4a how do you make sweeping statements like "Tamils got killed, tortured and cluster bombed in hospitals by the Sinhala army".... do you mean to describe LTTE as Tamils? justify that statement.

I agree with Romeo that we should include all the foreign forces including indians and pakistanis.

rm7000 wrote:

This is 100% proved by the fact that under his presidency the most vicious civil war was crushed militarily,
and the number of dead far exceeds the SL count.

All American presidents vigorously follow, and protect their constitution.

Why don't you tell americans to amend their constitution to allow MR to be the US president. He will eliminate all the american enemies within half of presidency period.

Mr pease4all
Most of us thought in the same way as you are. But now the things are different. Much of the answers to your posting are in www.tamilnet.tv Is good to read that site and do not miss http://www.tamilnet.tv/index.php/eelam-defacto?blog=1

ray wrote:

rm7000 wrote:

This is 100% proved by the fact that under his presidency the most vicious civil war was crushed militarily,
and the number of dead far exceeds the SL count.

All American presidents vigorously follow, and protect their constitution.

Why don't you tell americans to amend their constitution to allow MR to be the US president. He will eliminate all the american enemies within half of presidency period.

we could have done that.. unfortunately for this, the internal issues of US was over a century and a half-ago..

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Ray wrote:

Anyway, if afraham lincoln born in SL and lived among us now as a tamil, his policies will definitely reflect what VP has done so far, given SL have/had the same policies and rulers. Abraham Lincoln cannot do anything differently if he really wants the freedom for his folk.

Abe was a lawyer, and if we go by real track record,  he would have stood in elections and signed
the bills giving all groups a chance, even by risking his life.