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நித்திரை கொள்ளமுடியாமல் தவிக்கும் ராமனின் "அழல்" கருத்துக்கள்.. Paper no. 2182 26.03.2007 LTTE'S AIR STRIKE ON AIR FORCE BASE - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR---PAPER NO. 209 by B. Raman (To be read in continuation of my article dated June 2, 2005, titled "The World's First Terrorist Air Force" available at http://www.saag.org/papers14/paper1398.html. It is annexed below) The Tamil Eelam Air Force (TAF) of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which has been in existence for at least nine years without the Sri Lankan intelligence having the least idea about its location and capability, went into action for the first time since its cr…

India and USA largely dictate the so called international community’s (IC’s) policy on the Sri Lankan conflict. India and USA increasingly have common objectives to counter regionally and internationally making them strategic partners of the future. The conflict in Sri Lanka is no different when it comes to their partnership; in-fact they stand together to gain from it. Then... India as the regional bully/mercenary attempted the containment policy through a temporarily merged North-East back in 1987 in return for maintaining a military presence in parts of the island. In the process India dictated through military muscle of IPKF a weak and cosmetic political soluti…

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COP26 Cop26: Rude awakening as Tamils tracked foe to Dunblane Sri Lankan president was not the only world leader holed up in the sleepy town’s hydro Under the cover of darkness Tamil activists marched on the DoubleTree Hilton where Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president, was staying TAMIL GUARDIAN Marc Horne Friday November 05 2021, 12.01am, The Times Share …

CHENNAI: Nobody can deny the efforts British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken to put Sri Lanka on notice over genocide and war crimes, Union shipping minister GK Vasan said. The Congress minister from Tamil Nadu applauded Cameron's visit to Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) at a function in Chennai on Monday. On Thursday, Cameron, whose decision to attend the summit was criticised, has promised to highlight human rights abuses in the island nation. It was described as an "extraordinary visit" to the war-affected areas, which also made him the first world leader to travel to the Tamil-dominated northern regions of Sri Lanka after indepen…

A magnitude-7.7 undersea earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no danger of a tsunami, and no injuries were reported. The earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea about 120 miles south of Ambon city, the USGS said. It occurred at a depth of 212 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive tsunami threat existed. Amran, an official at Indonesia's meteorological agency in the capital, Jakarta, said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. Like many Indonesians, he goes by only one name. The Internet news portal Detik.com reported from Ambon that people fled their houses in panic when[Relate…

Realising that our struggle has long been used by powers in their engagements with the island, we as a nation must work towards a concerted foreign policy, although we don't have State, said Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) leader Mr. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam in an interview to TamilNet on Saturday. In meeting the challenge of achieving this, we should incorporate Tamil Nadu in creating a power centre in a geopolitical sense and the dynamics will change very quickly. Compared to the Congress, the BJP is little bit more blunt and more strident in containing the nationalist nature of the struggle. This is the carrot to the Sri Lankan State and the TNA is a co-partner. …

Swiss Tamils look to preserve their culture Tamils first came to Switzerland in the 1980s as refugees fleeing civil war in Sri Lanka and now make up a sizeable community in the country. Although they encountered prejudices at first, Tamils are now regarded as having adapted well to their new home. But they are still not fully integrated. In 1983 the Tamil Tigers group began fighting for a separate homeland for ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, claiming discrimination by the majority Sinhalese. The conflict escalated and many Tamils fled abroad to Europe and North America. An estimated 35,000 Tamils now live in Switzerland, of which ten per cent are naturalis…

When the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam met their demise in 2009 at the hands of the Sri Lankan army, no right minded person mourned their fall. Before the war, the Tigers ruled the Tamils of the north and east of the island with an iron fist and brutally murdered countless civilians. During their campaign for independence they took terrorism to new levels of barbarity; it was the LTTE, after all, which pioneered suicide bombing. The government of Mahinda Rajapaksa defeated a truly reprehensible terrorist organizations with great severity. While the exact number is disputed, the UN Panel of Experts concluded that thousands of civilians died during the end of the war…

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side” Aristotle If Lord Buddha were here now there is one thing he would do- ban Sinhalabuddhism in Sri Lanka! – With apologies to Mark Twain. As a Sri Lankan and a Buddhist by faith I take it upon myself, as others have not the right, to define the significant differences between the philosophy of Buddhism as per the teachings of Lord Buddha and what is practiced by the majority in this country unde…

The antics of Tamil Diaspora including its latest trump card, the controversial British TV Channel 4 seem to have succeeded in precipitating a chain reaction in fostering hatred in Tamil Nadu against Sri Lanka, shortly after the photographs of alleged killing of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s son were telecast on a TV programme a few weeks ago. The Tamil cause was taken up by students in Tamil Nadu who first started actively protesting in rallies which their police tried to settle amicably, but when some students were locked up and assaulted, the situation escalated and has resulted in the locking out of some of our cricketers from 10 IPL matches to be p…

CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, accompanied by Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka flew to Jaffna Friday (13) in the aftermath of the confrontations between government forces and LTTE terrorists in MUHAMALE. Both military chiefs met Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General G.A. Chandrasiri, Divisional Commanders, Brigade Commanders and Unit Commanders to review existing contingency plans and other areas that led to high casualty rates among soldiers. தகவல் தந்தது சிறீலங்கா இராணுவ இணையத்தளம்.

[TamilNet, Monday, 15 March 2021, 20:36 GMT] A newly formed letterhead organisation in London calling itself ‘Movement for Truth and Justice’ has claimed that “substantial changes were made to the resolution text” of the Core Group on Sri Lanka. The outfit has come with deceptive articulations while announcing the end of a 17-days long hunger strike that was waged by a courageous Tamil woman activist, Ambihai K Selvakumar, on Monday. The announcement was citing a letter written by the UK’s Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 10 March 2021. The letter and the text of the latest update of the draft submitted to the UNHRC on 12 Ma…

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa rejected claims yesterday that civilians had gone missing in the North during the last stages of the war, insisting that all records maintained by the Army and the ICRC tallied with no discrepancies. Responding to a question posed by a journalist, the Defence Secretary said that the people who came to the Army by sea, during the final stages of the war were registered with the ICRC and with the “Indian hospitals manned by the Indian Army, and not a single person is missing from that list”, when tallied. “This is another factor that many people have forgotten. Take the large number of people who were coming by sea. Where did …

It has come to light that K.P. has time and again urged Prabhakaran to negotiate with the Sri Lankan Govt. India took a lot of pains and interest to interrogate K.P. in connection with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi when he was taken into custody. At the outset, the Indian secret intelligence service, ‘RAW’ requested from the Sri Lankan Govt. to meet and question him unofficially. But, the Sri Lankan govt. turned down the request and informed India’s ‘RAW’ secret service that, until its interrogation is concluded pertaining to KP’s involvement in the terrorist activities in Sri Lanka, India cannot be granted the opportunity to question him. Thereafter…

India's foreign minister has said New Delhi must accept China's growing presence in its own backyard as Beijing steps up its investments and diplomatic efforts in South Asia. New Delhi has been wary of growing Chinese influence around the Indian Ocean, where Beijing has forged ties with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives and military-ruled Myanmar, often through funding and building infrastructure. Speaking at a conference in the Indian capital on Monday, Salman Khurshid said: "We will have to accept the new reality of China's presence in many areas that we consider an exclusive playground for India and its friends. "China for instance would give a right arm…

Pranab Dhal Samanta Posted online: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at 0000 hrs lSupplies: Colombo says it desperately needs spares for tanks, aircraft, UAVs NEW DELHI, MAY 2: While India grapples with limited options to somehow save the ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka, a desperate Colombo is gradually looking away, and has approached Pakistan for defence supplies after India dragged its feet for reasons rooted in domestic Tamil politics. While Sri Lanka sought to downplay the issue when its President Mahinda Rajapakse was in Islamabad last month, the fact is that Sri Lanka has given Pakistan a long shopping list which clearly shows the effort is to give …

Sri Lanka set for anarchy, warns rights group Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, December 18, 2006|08:49 IST Sri Lanka appears set for anarchy, a leading rights group has warned, adding that the situation in the strife-hit island mirrored the mid-1980s "where people count for nothing". The University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) has come down hard on both Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and raised doubts if President Mahinda Rajapakse is really in control of the state of affairs. "The political outlook for the Tamils is bleak," said a report, "A Note on Current Developments". "There is hardly any space for activists to m…

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US envoy to hold talks in Sri Lanka Last Updated 07/01/2006, 20:27:20 The United States says it plans to send a senior official to Sri Lanka to discuss the conflict between government forces and the Tamil Tigers. The announcement comes after talks in Washington between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Sri Lankan counterpart, Mangala Samaraweera. The two foreign ministers discussed the recent increase in attacks in Sri Lanka, and the importance of strengthening the ceasefire. In the latest violence, 15 Sri Lankan sailors were killed when their navy gunboat was attacked near the eastern port of Trincomalee early on Saturday. …

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S.Lanka president may ban rebels if attacks go on 17 Dec 2007 16:48:04 GMT Source: Reuters (Updates with analyst comment, details) By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka may outlaw the Tamil Tigers if the rebels continue to mount large-scale attacks, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, a move that would put the prospect of renewed peace talks further out of reach. "One or two more attacks, we have no option," Rajapaksa told reporters after hosting a Christmas gala in the capital Colombo. "(We will) have to ban." "There is a limit to our patience, our tolerance." He said he would seek peace while continuing to fi…

How Britain stole $45 trillion from India And lied about it. Jason Hickel There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that the empire was sustained for so long – the story goes – was a gesture of Britain’s benevolence. New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik – just published by Columbia University Press – deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two ce…

சிங்களம் தெரிந்தவர்கள், எனது நேற்றைய பாராளுமன்ற உரையை கேளுங்கள். ஒரு தமிழ் பேசும் அரசியல்வாதியால் சிங்கள மொழியில் இதைவிட அதிகமாக கன்னத்தில் அறைவதை போல் (அல்லது செருப்பால் அடிப்பதை போல்) எதை சொல்ல முடியும் என எவராவது எனக்கு சொல்லுங்கள்? இந்த உரையை கூட ஒரிரு ஊடகங்களை தவிர பல தமிழ் ஊடகங்கள் முழுமையாக ஒளியொலி/பிரசுரிக்க இல்லை. (எனது உரையை அடுத்து உரையாற்றிய நண்பர் சுமந்திரன், எனது உரையை வெகுவாக பாராட்டினார் என்பது வேறு விஷயம்)

UK orders the LTTE aid ship to return to Britain Saturday, April 11, 2009, 6:29 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 11, Colombo: The British government had ordered the Sri Lanka's battlefield-bound ship that was carrying cargo destined to the Tamil Tiger terrorist group, LTTE to turn back and return to Britain. The order has been issued to the captain of the ship, named 'Vanangaman' following a request made by the Sri Lankan Government. The ship set sail on March 31 bearing an insignia of the International Red Cross Society. The ICRC however had denied any connection to the vessel. The vessel in the guise of a mercy mission to Vanni carried 2,40…