Post Prabhakaran-to Ramans article in Lanka Guardian

In political analysis, it is often seen that the analyser delves in to his knowledge of history, similarities of situations to place them side by side with that which is being analysed. On the question of whether the LTTE could stage a come back B.Raman goes to Balochs and Talibans to compare situations with regard to the LTTE terrorists.

Leaving aside the Talibans and Balochs and looking purely at the LTTE as a terrorist group without side stepping to see other similar situations, do we see the possibility of the LTTE terrorists stage a come back ?

We do not know the nucleus of Prabhakaran’s initial idea that ventured him to form an armed group to wrench political power to form a homeland. Perhaps it was never his idea to commence an armed struggle to rival a government, to set up one of his own.

Perhaps the idea of a terrorist moment was not at all his, but an idea driven into his mind by some one outside to make of him a possible terrorist. It is in this process of thinking that one begins to see the possibility of the Indian RAW using a discontented youth to turn him into a terrorist.

Mr. Raman may perhaps have the answer . Prabhakaran was in fact given a training in the use of arms and guerrilla warfare tactics, in the jungles of South India by the Indian Intelligence Service. If that is a plausible argument then there is the possibility of another youth groomed to take Prabhakaran’s place.

But it would not be in India’s interest to embark on such an adventure, as from lessons learnt if there were to be such a come back India would be embroiled in a greater political problem that may result in its own destabilisation.

The Tamil Diaspora played not so much a pro-terrorist role, but it played the part of a wounded animal still licking the wounds left from the still not forgotten past communal conflict in Sri Lanka. The Tamil diaspora who still thinks that the Sinhala majority was the perpetrator of the 1983 racial conflict found the appearance of a group of terrorists a means to take vengeance from the Sinhala majority, by setting up a separate Homeland.

But this racial conflict of July, 1987, found its commencement in the act of the murder of the 13 policemen by the LTTE terrorists. This incident may have been stage set by the terrorists as a tactic to draw the Government’s attention to the presence of terrorists in the North, and take them as a serious challenge to its authority.

But this self same pro-terrorist players among the Tamil diaspora, may not remain to support a future terrorism, if there were to be another, in Sri Lanka. The mentality of the Tamil diaspora several generations from now may not be the same as that of their elders who had ”wounds to lick”. But it is possible that some of the NGO’s who may have their own agenda in a future Sri Lanka may use the Tamil diaspora for the setting up of a separate homeland by helping future discontented Tamil youth in the North.

But if the government could create a situation of contentment socially, economically, and culturally in the North and East of Sri Lanka bringing in a mixture of communities settled in these areas, it would be difficult to make terrorism stage a come back in a future Sri Lanka.

End of LTTE terrorism will probably be the end of terrorism in Sri Lanka. Before that there were rebellions against the Colonialism, and then there was a coup d’etat by the Army and thereafter there was the JVP that amounted to terrorism. But the terrorism of the LTTE was different it was ferocious, brutal and inhuman. That type of terrorism may not happen again. If it were to happens it will spring from among the Tamils, because the terrorism of LTTE had an inane hatred for the Sinhala Majority, and it was this same hatred that drove the Tamil diaspora to support terrorism.

The terrorism that we lived through showed every one of us the Sinhala , Muslim and above all the Tamil people themselves the ruthlessness, and the utter inhuman aspect of terrorism. Therefore, the Tamil people themselves will not support the arising of another group of terrorists from among them. Without the support of the people terrorism cannot exist. The LTTE terrorism suffered from lack of support from its people itself at least towards its end. There were Tamil people who were willing to give information to the army about the hiding places of bombs, suicide jackets , and even where abouts of the terrorist leaders.

There were many Tamil people who were against terrorism, but were frightened to come forward to declare their opposition openly.

Further more the Sri Lanka army is well experienced in anti terrorist warfare. The jungles of Sri Lanka are no more an unknown terrain for the army. In that situation too the terrorists will not find it easy to set up terrorist camps in future in Sri Lanka. The LTTE terrorists became very strong only after the CFA, had it not been there the terrorism would not have lasted so long.

It is wrong to try to understand LTTE terrorism in reference to Khalistanis, anger in Punjab and Pakistan. They have no relevance to terrorism we experienced in Sri Lanka. This may be the last time Sri Lanka experienced terrorism. Terrorism may be ruled out in Sri Lanka in the future.

B. Raman cannot stop comparing other terrorist, other places and other situations in analysing the terrorism in Sri Lanka . The West looked at LTTE terrorists differently, as they were open to the Western NGOs, Western Government Representatives, Ambassadors, and all sorts of humanitarian activists.

Therefore, most of them had a close friendly relationship with the terrorists, despite the fact that they were ruthless and inhuman towards the Sri Lanka Government, the Sinhala Majority, and the Muslims. Therefore there was no reason for the Western Governments to stand by the Sri Lanka Government against the terrorist.

The Tamil diaspora carried out a very forceful propaganda campaign in favour of the terrorists. If the Government of Sri Lanka did not put the terrorists into isolation from the influence of the Westerners, by removing NGOs, and Aid Workers etc., it would have been impossible to carry out the successful military operations against the terrorists. The victory over terrorist in Sri Lanka is partly due to what Raman says the , the total iron curtain in the Tamil area, where the West was debarred from entering.

It cannot be ignored that the NGOs and Aid workers had done no significant welfare work in the areas under terrorists control, to which they had access, but instead they had provided technical know how to construct airstrips, planes, submersible boats, suicide boats, bombs, bunkers, modern communication methodology, underwater passage ways etc. There would have been large numbers of Western technicians perhaps sent by Companies in the West who had earned large sums of money from the terrorists for the different projects they had undertaken for them.

Where did the terrorists get the Cement, Printing Presses, Steel plates, Earth moving machinery if not from the West ? And many of those material may have come with technicians to set them, and train the terrorist for such work.

Raman speaks of demands in the West for an enquiry into the civilian casualties in order to determine accountability.

If so how about an inquiry to determine how the terrorists were provided all that machinery and know how for different constructions, and transfer of technology. West has to explain much for making a small group of terrorists a “formidable military machine” and showing so much of sympathy to them.

Again in the conclusion of his question and answers Raman refers to World War II, and likelihood of the diaspora launching a Jewish style inquiry into the suffering of the Civilians. Raman knows very well that the military operation of a democratically elected government against terrorism that had committed ruthless murders and assassinations in the length and breadth of the country and created such a mayhem cannot be compared to the World War II and the suffering of the Jews in the concentration camps.

Sri Lanka had done what any country would have done in a similar situation of terrorism that had grown into its system like a cancer and lasted over a quarter of a century. The suffering of the Tamil civilians were not caused by the army, but by the inhuman brutality of the terrorists who cannot differentiate between what is good and what is bad.

The President Barack Obama of USA says in his book Dreams from my Father , “ And then, on September 11, 2001, the world fractured.” For him the world fractured just one day , but for Sri Lanka, its world had fractured hundreds of times.

Of course the world that fractured on the 11, September 2001, made the world aware of the horror of terrorism, but yet America fails to see that horror of terrorism when it happens outside its territory. That means the world has still not learnt lessons from the past terrorism when it fractured the world on the September 11,2001..

Fighting terrorism and fighting a world war are two different things. In the World war two millions died, and Hiroshima was razed to ground

In fighting terrorism in Sri Lanka the Government Forces have taken all precautions possible to avoid deaths and injury to the Tamil Civilians. But the West is attempting to white wash the terrorists and blame the Government Forces, for unknown reasons. But the fact remains that in fighting ruthless terrorists deaths to civilians are inevitable, with all the precautions in the world.

But the fault lies in the attempt to accuse a democratic government doing its duty to protect its territory and its people.

If we try to understand terrorism not as my terrorism and your terrorism, but simply as terrorism we will stop terrorism raising its head again in Sri Lanka, and any where else

Are there parallel incidents in American bombardments in Afghanistan, and military operations in conflict zone in Sri Lanka.

Navi Pillay the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights backs calls for an inquiry into possible war crimes in Sri Lanka. Her collaborator Rupert Colville dramatises the situation in Sri Lanka by the very choice of words, once it was the blood bath in the no fire zone and now it is killing field in the closed off conflict zone.

Their whole problem is not being able to have a peep into the no-fire zone. UNHCHR is also interest in figures, such as the numbers killed, numbers wounded. They of course have access to terrorist website and quote the figures there, believing that the figures provided by the terrorists are more reliable than those given by the Sri Lanka Government . And they are representing the United Nations !

For Rupert Colville the Government Military operations against the terrorists is a “war” He wants an independent commission of inquiry to count the number of dead bodies in the no fire zone. He does not want the Government to go scot free after the killings in the “war”. Both sides that is the terrorists and the Government are responsible for the killings, and both sides are bound by the “rules of war”

They often call the military operations against the terrorists in Sri Lanka a war without witnesses. As if there are witnesses of the war against talibans in Afghanistan and against Al Qaida in Iraq.

In the war without witnesses going on in Afghanistan, a recent report gives 140 civilian deaths caused by the American aerial attacks in Afghanistan. Both Navi Pillay and Colville are pre-occupied in Sri Lanka killing fields to pay attention to what is happening in Afghanistan. That war can go on without the application of the “rules of war”.

The only problem for Navi Pillay is the Sri Lanka “war” for which they want a UNMission in place to find out where exactly the bombs fall, and the artillery fire hits.

The war against the talibans is small fry for UNHCHR, the real stuff is in Sri Lanka the firing into the conflict zone on which it is preparing a report to accuse Sri Lanka for possible war crimes.

In Afghanistan the situation cannot be investigated as the Talibans are more ferocious, than the West friendly LTTE “rebels”, and a UNMission is not so safe in Afghanistan, for preparing field reports to accuse America for war crimes.

Further more Reuters report that , “……the European Union and various aid agencies are also calling for international scrutiny of the conflict between the army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that has pushed the Indian Ocean island into a humanitarian crisis”.

A few hundred deaths in Afghanistan, is perhaps normal as it is America’s war. Navy Pillay’s collaborator has said that the UNHCHR had sought the deployment of human rights monitors in Sri Lanka for years, but the Government had not allowed.

Today the Sri Lanka has won its “war” against the terrorists because the Sri Lanka Government kept away the Western intruders including the UN interferers out of the conflict zone. That was a wise move on the part of the Government. Had they been there the government would have lost against the terrorists.

Sri Lanka should pursue this in future, stopping the Western humanitarian activists, the INGOs, and Aid workers from free entry into IDP camps.

It is strange UNHCHR or the EU has not bothered to deploy Human Rights monitors in Afghanistan. That is a serious lapse on the part of both Pillay and Colville. After all Afghanistan is also a member state of UN and the civilians dying their are also human beings.

It is important as Colville says , to allow, “…. independent monitors, media, aid workers or other international observers to see for themselves what is actually going on has made it very difficult to cut through the mass of propaganda. It also heightens the impression that those blocking the access have something to hide."

What does it matter to UNHCHR it is our war and the people involved are our people . We have a responsibility to them more than the UN and the Western Humanitarians.

It is Sri Lanka that had suffered thirty years of ruthless terrorism , not the UN and not the EU and not the International Community. It is imperative for the government of Sri Lanka to finish off its military operations against the terrorists at its own pace. That cannot await the pleasures of the UN and the Western Humanitarians.

The UN, the EU and the Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International had given false hope for the terrorists of a possible intervention for a reprieve. Hence they did not surrender or hold back fire with their heavy weapons keeping the Tamil civilians as a human shield. Therefore the UN, UE and the rest of the human rights activists are responsible for every death in the no fire zone, whether the shots were fired by the terrorists or the Government Armed Forces.

It is only the Government and its security forces who know when to stop military operations. Therefore it is the duty of these “do gooders” to make way for the government to carry on its duty by its people according to the mandate it has given to the people. Until then the UN Security Council and Barrack Obama have to abide.

What UNHCHR, EU, IC, and Barrack Obama do not know, or care to know, is that the Sri Lanka Government Forces had carried out a remarkable rescue operation bringing into safety two hundred thousands Tamil Civilians who had been held as a human shield by the terrorists, who were continually given hope by these UN, EU,IC and latterly Barrack Obama, the well wishers of a possible cease fire to escape into safety.

The Member States of the UN are fed up with the arrogance of the UNHCHR, the EU , Human Rights Activists and the Amnesty International. They should adopt a different method of speaking to the Member States- the developing countries. The fact that the member states are only developing countries does not give a licence for the officials of the UNHCHR or the EU to adopt an attitude of haughtiness, arrogance and meanness in dealing with them.

The developing countries fighting terrorists have no rules to follow , because the terrorists do not follow rules laid by the Geneva convention. It is these UN and EU Officials that should be taken to the International Courts for interfering into the successful military offensives against ruthless terrorists banned in not less that 33 countries who are bent on massacring its opponents without respect for rules or without any sense of morality.

The EU statement, that the “EU foreign ministers are due to call for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed not just by the Tamil Tigers, who have long been on the EU's list of banned terrorist groups, but also by the government.” is beyond comprehension.

It puts in par with the terrorist, a Government which is carrying out its duty of defending its people and territory against its enemy, and more so against a group of terrorists.

Which would be the Court that would accept allegations of war crimes against a country with a democratically elected government, which having failed all its attempts for a negotiated peace settlement resorted to the only available military solution, to wipe out a group of ruthless terrorists, who terrorised the country and its people for thirty long years ?

21500 or more Sinhala Buddhist soldiers gave their lives, some their limbs, and others risked their lives , to save their Tamil Compatriots.

21500 or more Sinhala Buddhist soldiers gave their lives, some their limbs, and others risked their lives , to save their Tamil Compatriots.

Words are inadequate to express the great joy and happiness that rise within us on the news of the victories of our valiant Armed Forces against an enemy many thought they will not be able to vanquish. The victory has its price, and as we rejoice the victory we also weep for those who paid for it with their lives and others with their limbs.

It is said nearly 21500 soldiers made their supreme sacrifice to wrench the much awaited victory from an enemy who with a misconceived idea was determined to set up a separate State for a part of the Tamil population mostly of the Tamil diaspora.

The claim to belong to a motherland is acquired through birth in the land or living in it with the determination to protect it as ones own, sharing it with others who claim the same devoted ownership, ready to lay down one’s own life to defend it against its enemies or those who want to break and mutilate it.

The terrorists who came from the Tamil Community, seeking separation from the main body of the Nation, played to the sentiments of the Tamil Community promising them a separate Tamil Homeland.

However, the people of the Tamil community, who are a part of the people of the motherland along with the Tamil, Muslim and other communities, do not seek to be separated from the motherland, though they wish not to be subordinated to the majority Sinhala Community. Therefore, to maintain their parity of status the political leaders among the Tamil Community ask for a “devolution” of political power.

Whether that claim is justifiable or whether such “devolution” would create a scission of the “Sri Lankan Nation body” is debatable. The Sinhala people greater by numbers, had never attempted to impose their majority status on the minority communities.

But those Tamils who had left Sri Lanka and live a different life in foreign countries- the Tamil diaspora, hailed the idea of a separate Homeland claimed by the terrorists. It is these Tamils of the diaspora, who had left the motherland to live abroad, who support the separatist war of the terrorists, to help them to fight against the government to wrench away a part of the territory of Sri Lanka to set up a Tamil Homeland .

In doing that they gave a “licence” to the terrorists to recruit young girls and boys of tender age for their fighting carder, to kill or maim even their own people if necessary for the ultimate success of their effort to set up the Eelam State-the Tamil Homeland.

The Sinhala Community did not agree with the terrorists and the Tamil Diaspora. Therefore, they challenged the project of the terrorist to set up a separate Homeland. They were against any one giving a “licence” to a terrorist group to use the Tamil people, kill and maim them, as much as they do not want the Sinhala people, or the Muslim people to be killed and maimed by the terrorists.

Therefore, the Sri Lanka Armed Forces composed mainly of the Sinhala Buddhists, were ready to fight any enemy of the nation to keep the territorial integrity of the motherland, and protect the compatriots made up of the Tamil, Muslim and other Communities.


Historically, the Sinhala Buddhists kept the country Territorially Integral and the People United.

Sri Lanka is what it is today- a territorially integral motherland of the Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other communities, because of the heroism of the Sinhala Buddhists. It had been so not only now, but also many times before when ever Sri Lanka was invaded by the conquerors in the past or colonised by them.

Though Tamils of the diaspora such as Narapalasingham are attempting to write a history of Sri Lanka giving historical evidence of Tamil Kingdoms in Sri Lanka even before the advent of the Sinhala, the fact remains that the Tamils even in the historical past, neither contribute for the unity of the different communities of people living at any time in Sri Lanka, nor defend its territorial integrity.

There was the more known period when a Chola invader Elara, set up a kingdom in Anuradhapura, defeating the reigning King Asela. King Elara was supposed to have been a just King. But, other than being a just king, he did not contribute to social, or cultural development of the country. He did not seek to have any diplomatic relations with the Kings of the South. Therefore it could be said that even the Chola King Elara was not a uniting force in Sri Lanka.

The pro terrorist Tamil diaspora had been using lot of time studying the history of the Tamil presence in Sri Lanka, but they have not found much evidence to show the contribution of the Tamils to the development of ancient Lanka.

Had they built tanks, or irrigation systems as the Sinhala Kings had done ? In what way had they contributed to the cultural and social development of ancient Lanka ? How had they approached the question of inter communal relation of the different habitants of Lanka ?

It was after Kind Dutugamunu recaptured Anuradhapura, that Lanka was united. He brought in prosperity to the country and built Dagabas and a Monastery, and renewed tanks, the land was put to the plough and rice fields were plenty. He even showed his respect to his enemy by cremating the King Elara and building a tomb over the ashes. He decreed that all going past the tomb to maintain silence.

Sinhala Buddhists rebelled against the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Britishs Colonialists, while the Tamils Collaborated with them.

The more significant rising of the Sinhala people against the British Rulers was, when they taxed the people and forced males over 18 years to work for the construction of roads, and were disrespectful to their religion and culture. In 1817 the Sinhala people revolted against the British Rulers for the enslavement of the people. The Buddhist priests who had always taken the fore front to defend the people and the religion became the object of hostility of the British Colonial Rulers.

They took revenge from the Buddhist Priests by changing the Clause five of the Kandyan Convention signed in 1815, which held Buddhism inviolable, requiring its temples and priests protected and maintained as before. The British changed it to read the " priests and the ceremonies of Buddhism shall receive the respect which in former times was shown to them."
The Rebellion of 1817 against the British colonial rule, began with the support of Keppetipola Maha Nilame, and led by Puran Appu, Gongalegoda Bandara, and Venerable Kudahapola Therunnanse, in Dambulla in the Matale.District.

The British Army was said to have gone on rampage to stop the rebellion killing masses of people, burning their houses and looting their property. The rebellion was quelled after executing Puran Appu, Gongale Bandara and eighteen others after a summery trial. The Venerable Kudahapola Therunnanse was shot dead in his yellow robe, symbolically insulting Buddhism the religion of the Sinhala people.

The British Colonial Rulers were the first terrorists, who terrorised the Sinhala Buddhists. The People in Matale and Kuranegala suffered the most. As an aftermath of the rebellion Marshall Law was declared in the Kandy District.

The British Governor who was responsible resigned after a Parliamentary inquiry held in the British Parliament, found him guilty of excessive harassment of the people during the rebellion.
It was only when Tamils joined with the Sinhala, that they contributed to develop Sri Lanka.

Even to-day the Tamil struggle is to divide the country and its people.

The Tamils in the diaspora do not call for unity of the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim Communities, they want the Tamil Community separated from the rest, with their own Homeland. Even liberal minded Anandasangaree does not call for unity, he too speaks of “ my people” meaning the Tamils, and never of “our people” meaning all communities.

The Independent struggle was a united effort of the Sinhala, Tamil, and Malay. We then had Ponnambalam Ramanathan, and Ponnambalam Arunachalam along side the Sinhala. Later on the Tamil politicians had their separatist Agenda with G.G.Ponnmbalam , Chelvanayagam, Sundaralingam and all the rest calling for a Federal Constitution.

Moment the Tamils joined with the Sinhala they contributed to the growth of Sri Lanka and became real patriots of the Country.

Lakshman Kadirgamar, stands a giant among us, a beacon of unity. He carried marvellously well his diplomatic “war” against terrorism. He held high the banner of Sri Lanka in the West. He was a fearless fighter for an independent Sri Lanka without being interfered into its affairs by the West.

The other Tamils who joined with the Sinhala in the Government of the President Rajapakse, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, and Douglas Devananda remarkable people they were contributed to the unity of the people and understanding among communities. They contributed massively for the development of the country and above all for communal unity..

Most remarkable development in respect of “ Tamils joining with the Sinhala community” is undoubtedly the Minister of National Integration Mr.Vinayagamurthi Mulitharan or more popularly known Karuna Amman, and the Chief Minister of Eastern Province Mr. Chandrakanthan or Pillaiyan. Mulitharan went a step further becoming a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, making history of Tamils entering a political Party along with the Sinhala and Muslims.

The Tamil diaspora is not all together, anti-Sinhala , anti Unity and for a separate Tamil Homeland. There are remarkable people among those in the Tamil diaspora who want unity and development of Sri Lanka as a Nation. Some of the names that come to my mind among others are Noel Nadeson, and Thomas Johnpulle.

YouTube - H.E the President Arrives Sri Lanka, Received a Hero's Welcome

YouTube - H.E the President Arrives Sri Lanka, Received a Hero's Welcome

UN should defend its Member Nations, not accuse a Member Nation for defending itself against its enemies.

UN stands for United Nations. UNHRC stands for United Nations Human Rights Commission. The Human Rights Commission of the United Nations should not be there to accuse a Nation for violation of human rights, but to defend the Nations against violations of Human Rights by groups that had infiltrated into its territory.

That is to say if human rights of a group or an individual has been violated, the Nation or the Country involved should not be accused for such violations, but reasons for such violations should be investigated and remove the causes that resulted in human rights violations. But condemning the country for such violation should not be the role of the UN. Because the UN stands for all Nations, and the UN is made up of different Nations. Each Nation is independent and has a right not to be interfered into its internal affairs.

In Sri Lanka for instance a group of terrorist had created quite a mayhem marring its peaceful existence. Murdering its civilians, assassinating its officers of the security forces, Ministers, Presidents, and intellectual. The government despite all those wilful murders and assassinations made many efforts to come to a negotiated peace settlement with the terrorists, and failing in all such efforts resorted to a military operation to end terrorism.

Sri Lanka was neither helped by any other Member States of the UN in its military operations against the terrorist, nor did any of the Member states of the UN intervened to interact with the terrorists to dissuade them from continuing their terrorist activities.

The government had to end terrorism before it could start any development projects for the country. Therefore, the Government called upon its defence forces to plan strategies and take steps to end terrorism. The terrorists had with ruse and help from outside recourses grown into a considerable military force. The Government Forces had great difficulty in standing upto the terrorist forces, but sacrificing men and material the Government Forces were able to bring the terrorists under control.

It is only at the point when the terrorists were getting the heat from the government forces that the Foreign elements that had found entry in to Sri Lanka as NGOs and INGOs due to an unexpected tsunami began defending the terrorists in different ways. These foreigners, became friendly with the terrorists, by supporting them in various ways to strengthen their military capabilities. Becoming friendly with the terrorist they turned out to be an antigovernment force working along side the terrorists.

These INGO elements also influenced the foreign media to carry propaganda against the government and in favour of the terrorists. It was at this point that the foreign human rights activists appeared in the scene visiting Sri Lanka openly and secretly. They had right of access to terrorists controlled areas., to which the government officials were not allowed. These human rights activists openly accused the Government Forces who were engaged in military operations to bring the terrorists under control, for violation of human rights.

Fighting a ruthless terrorist force enriched by a rich diaspora and helped by the foreign NGOs was already a difficult task and to face accusations of violation of human right was uncalled for. The Government Forces were carrying out military operations avoiding death an injury to civil population. But nevertheless, the propaganda in favour of terrorists and against Government forces redoubled with the Tamil diaspora dishing out millions of Dollars, buying up media space, attorneys, journalists, and television , and radio time.

Into this vast antigovernment network fell the UN System. The UN which is to defend its Member Nations against unjustified critics, took sides with the critics to accuses its own Member Nations. UN Charter recognises a Nation’s inherent right to defend itself against its aggressors, enemies and terrorists. The UN System has therefore to stand by the Nations affected by external and internal enemies., to give it moral support and defend it against its accusers.

But what happened is quite the opposite. The UN is accusing its own Member Nation for violation of human rights. The UN has changed its role. Ban Ki Moon of UNO defends the terrorist, Koichiro Matsuura of UNESCO gives Prizes for journalists who discredit Member Nations.

How can the UN system become an enemy of its own Member Nation ? It is the setting up of the UN Human Rights Commission that corrupted the UN Role. In addition to the UNHRC there are the Human Rights watch and the Amnesty International. They are all doing the same job accusing Nations for Violation of Human rights in its duty of defending its territory and protecting its people. They are unable to sort out in what situation a Nation could be accused of violation of human rights. A Nation in its rightful defence of its territory and its people against an “enemey” cannot be accused of violation of human rights !

The mandate to the UNHRC reads, “ The Commission on Human Rights was intended to examine, monitor and publicly report on human rights situations in specific countries or territories (known as country mechanisms or mandates) as well as on major phenomena of human rights violations worldwide (known as thematic mechanisms or mandates).

The mandate speak of human rights situations in specific countries, as well as major phenomena of human rights. This falls outside countries that is fighting terrorism. Sri Lanka unlike the USA, UK, France and other developed countries of the West has not gone outside its territory to fight terrorism. Terrorism in Sri Lanka is within its territory. Therefore fighting terrorism within Sri Lanka is to defends its territory and protect its people.

Why should therefore the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights collect evidence to inculpate Sri Lanka for crimes against humanity ? She is surely going out side her mandate to accuse a Member Nation for its right of defence which is a legal right of a country . She can accuse the terrorists because they have no”human rights” to be protected because they are the perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

Sri Lanka as the world should know is fighting against terrorism, and against a group of terrorists ruthless and inhuman. Therefore, the UN or the EU cannot if they are of sound mind accuse Sri Lanka fighting against the Tamil Civilians who are its own people.

On the other hand All these Countries of the west including the UN System, and Human Rights activists of all sorts stand accused for deliberate interference in to the affairs of Sri Lanka debarring it from fighting terrorism that had settled within its territory for the last 30 years.

Hillary Clinton with her political experience, uses old American method of economic sanction against a developing Nation.

During the USA Presidential Elections Hillary Clinton bragged that she is more qualified to be the President of USA being the more experienced candidate , and that her rival Barrack Obama was only a junior Senator. Today, Hillary Clinton does not show any mature political experience being lead by the nose by a David Miliband whose political experience or political maturity is nothing to write home about.

She is defending a ruthless terrorist group in Sri Lanka, refusing to accept a Sovereign Government’s version of the situation. She has not dared to question Miliband’s desperate interest in stopping the on going military operations against a terrorist group that had for thirty years devastated a developing country, assassinating using snipers, pistol gangs, grenade lobbers, claymore bombs, and worst of all suicide human suicide bombs, innocent people, Officers of the Security Forces, Ministers of the Governments, Prime Ministers, Presidents, and intellectuals .

Hillary Clinton has ventured to help Miliband without knowing what exactly is his interest in the terrorists in Sri Lanka.

David Miliband’s interest in Sri Lanka is not in the safety of the Tamil Civilians in the conflict zone, but the safety of the terrorist leaders trapped in the zone.

Why ?

Because the Labour government of which Miliband is the Foreign Secretary is loosing its popularity, and has to assure a sound vote base at all costs for its future victories. The Tamils in UK are a sizable Community, which is a floating vote in many British Constituencies that could determine the results of the coming British elections.

Therefore, Miliband is interested in winning over the UK Tamil voters. He cares less for the Tamil Civilians caught in the no fire zone, of whom he makes an excuse to help the terrorists his main interest. Miliband has hidden some of the facts that interest, him from Hillary Clinton.

What now are these facts that Miliband had hidden from Hillary Clinton, to make her issue a statement in favour of the terrorists, and unfavourable to the Government of Sri Lanka ?

The Tamil Voters in UK are Tamils, with a divisive mind. They do not want to preserve the unitary status of Sri Lanka, but want to set up a separate State as a Homeland of the Tamils. For this purpose the Tamils in the diaspora- that is those Tamils spread all over the world, more importantly in UK, Canada, Norway, USA, and France had been contributing large sums of money to strengthen the terrorists in Sri Lanka, to fight the Government Forces and set up the Tamil Homeland.

If the terrorists are wiped out from Sri Lanka the dream of the Tamil diaspora to set up their homeland fizzles out as well. Therefore, the desperate attempts of the Tamils in the diaspora are to force foreign governments to intervene to declare a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, to thereby provide a safe passage out of the conflict zone to the terrorist leaders. Their removal to safety to an unnamed destination, would assure the diaspora a return of terrorism to Sri Lanka on a later date with renewed force to set up their Homeland.

The Tamil diaspora had made financial contributions to the terrorists for the last 25 years which is estimated by the UK Based Jane’s Magazine, as being between 200, to 300 millions of Dollars per annum. This money they had used primarily to acquire arms and armaments, and produce destructive material such as bombs , war planes, ships for arms, drug and human trafficking, bombs, suicide boats, and train young men and women to explode themselves as living human bombs.

These terrorists still have large sums of money which they use through their proxies in UK, USA, Canada, Norway, France etc., for a grand scale propaganda campaign, buying American Attorneys, Associations and Institutions such as the human rights watch. They create an image of the terrorists in Sri Lanka as a “civilised group” who can hobnob with American Senators, Foreign Ministers, Ambassadors, and now even recognised by the American Secretary of State and even the President of USA to make statements in favour of them.

It is a shame for America, which called from housetops that the election of Barack Obama is the dawn of a “change” in America, not to allow that change to be reflected in its Foreign Policy.

Hillary Clinton’s statement that “ it is not an appropriate time to consider a massive International Monetary Fund loan for Sri Lanka “, because of the determined effort of the government of Sri Lanka to end a terrorism that had lasted thirty long years killing over 70 000 of its people, is a shameless reminder to the world, that America still stands by reactionary forces, and against developing Nations.

Clinton told reporters that the United States has been "trying to convince both sides," the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger guerrillas, to stop fighting.

Who does she refer to as “both sides” in her statement ? The both sides she refers to are the Government of Sri Labka and the Terrorists. This itself makes one regretfully come to the conclusion that America whether it is of Bush or Obama will remain a country self centred, and against progress of developing countries of the world.

America had always in the past treated developing nations that do not toe its line with disdain refusing aid, imposing economic sanctions, trade and financial embargoes, for example Cuba, and Iraq. It used CIA agents to change governments such as Chile of Salvador Allande, or just change political leaders, such as in Panama and Grenada.

Today it appears Hillary Clinton uses 1.9 million IMF Loan to Sri Lanka, to force Sri Lanka to come to terms with terrorists !

Is this the political experience Hillary Clinton is putting into practice ? The American claim to be the leading nation of the world demands assistance to elected governments to defend itself against different enemies of those Nations, such as invaders or terrorists. But Hillary Clinton has on the other hand taken it on herself on the advice of a speculative politician David Miliband to help a terrorist group, against a Sovereign State.

A respectable politician will never equate a government, and a group of terrorists. In doing that Hillary Clinton raises terrorism to a higher pedestal. How can America fight Talibans in Afghanistan and Al Qaida in Iraq and at the same time defend a group of terrorists because they terrorises only Sri Lanka a developing country, not America or the West ?

If Hillary Clinton is an experienced politician as she claims, she should have consulted the President of Sri Lanka before issuing the questionable statement placing a Sovereign State in par with a despicable group of terrorists. Hillary Clinton perhaps thinks she is too great a politicians to come down to speak to a President of a small Nation. That sense of superiority comes from inexperience and lack of modesty.

We hope that better wisdom prevail and Hillary Clinton will not mix up issuing statements to save the interest of the Civilians in a conflict zone ,and grant of loans to a developing Nations.

Further more, the Tamil civilians in the no-fire zone are a part of the Sri Lankan Nation and the Government of Sri Lanka is fully aware of its responsibility towards them. Therefore every thing is being done by the Government of Sri Lanka, as much as is possible, to safeguard the interest of the civilian population while subjugating and destroying the terrorists.

If it gives Hillary Clinton a pleasure in causing harassment to a government by not coming to its help at a time it needs friends, America may as well stop the IMF loan. There would be other countries, such as Russia, China, or Iran who will certainly come forward to help Sri Lanka.

Jayalalitha dreams she is playing a role in a film of an Indian Mythology.

Jayalalitha Jeyaram has a big mouth to talk with, but a considerably small brain to think with. Therefore, what she talks and what she thinks seem to be in constant conflict. She is against terrorism she once said but she is now for an Eelam in Sri Lanka. Why not an Eelam in India ? That would avoid a war against the Sri Lanka Army ? TamilNadu could easily be converted to an Eelam State to accommodate the Tamils in India, Sri Lanka and those in the Diaspora.

Sometime back she also said she is a patriot. As a patriot she probably does not want to make TamilNadu an Eelam State. Therefore, she claims other peoples’ property to set up the Eelam for Tamils.

If she would spend as much time as she talks to think, she may be able to say something intelligent, which would be useful to Tamilnadu Tamils and India of which she says she is a patriot.

She asserts her patriotism by proposing political devastation in neighbouring Sri Lanka. If she loves the Tamils of Sri Lanka, she should not fight to have a Eelam State set in Sri Lanka, but start a Tamil Eelam in Tamil Nadu and bring down the Tamils from Sri Lanka into it. That way she can have all Tamils around her, and be the grand thalaivar after Prabhakaran.

Jayalalitha is a recent comer to politic, after playing Valli Amma the consort of Muruga in South Indian film sagas. She played many divine roles and she seems to be thinking that she is still playing a film role. It is time that she wakes up to understand that playing politics is different from playing the role of Valli Amma or Durgha –the evil.

She who prides herself of being the saviour of the Tamils should be ashamed of her haughty declarations for the world to hear , and her miserable performance at home. It was none other than Sr Sri Ravishankar who visited Sri Lanka refugee camps providing accommodations to thousands of Tamils who had run away from the “ Eelam Makers”, who said that the IDP camps in Sri Lanka ,are far better than those in India.

If Jayalalitha wants to refurbish her celluloid image, it is better she takes up the cause of the refugees in TamilNadu. If she cannot look after the refugees as human beings in her own back yard, how can she create a Eelam for Tamils.

Let alone sending an army Jayalalitha will not be able to even send a brigade of sweepers, to clean the mess Prabhkaran and his terrorists had made in Vanni. Before she speaks for the Tamils in Sri Lanka she should speak for the Tamils in Tamil Nadu and the untouchables in India. Sri Lanka that way is more civilised and there are no untouchables treated as animals in Sri Lanka. The Tamils in Sri Lanka are treated as part of the Nation with due respect.

We are no more in 1987 and Jayalalitha will have to think, not twice but many times before she even speaks of sending the Indian Army to Sri Lanka. Jayalaitha may still be the beloved “Ammu” of the former South Indian film fans, but her pronouncements shows her political immaturity, which would be an impediment to rope in more educated voters of Tamil Nadu.

Perhaps the Sri Lanka Tamil diaspora whose minds have lately been affected by the calamities that had befallen their dear terrorist heroes may support her, as they are desperate to have the blood thirsty Prabhakaran saved.

Jayalalitha has still not understood that she is batting on the wrong side, taking terrorists for Tamils. If she is defending the Tamils in Sri Lanka then she has to demand her terrorist friend Prabhakaran to release the thousands of Tamil Civilians he is keeping as a human shield to save his skin, and for once in his life fight like a man at least now. Prabhakaran as Jayalalitha should know had been the greatest cowered, who had been terrorising the length and breath of Sri Lanka, hiding in a bunker and getting among others , Children, and women to fight his terrorist war.

He also like Jayalalith makes speeches for the world to hear but his activities had been that of a cowardly psychopath. Jayalalith is in a dream land talking about sending an army like Rama, with Hanumans and Kumbhakarnas. Only thing is there is no Rama in India, though there is a Rawana in Sri Lanka.

Rawana in Sri Lanka has the solution for the Sri Lankan Tamils and nobody else can usurp that role, least of all Jayalalitha.