If the Bush regime can do it, why can’t the Sri Lankan Government …
From today’s Daily News:
Army Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka paid a special visit to the area yesterday as the LTTE violence gathered momentum in Vavuniya.
From today’s Daily Mirror:
The Defence Ministry yesterday warned that following a severe setback in the east, the Tigers were planning a major offensive against the …
I don’t know much about Burma, or Myanmar as it’s now known… but according to today’s Daily Mirror:
The Myanmar (Burmese) government yesterday assured its support to Sri Lanka in the fight against terrorism and reaffirmed it would never allow any group or individual to use its territory to engage in any hostile activities against neighboring countries, including …
A few days ago I was looking through old newspapers - clippings from the late 80s.
Back then, the JVP were referred to ’subversives’ and the terrorists were - um - I guess they must have been fighting the IPKF and the SL Army.
But the JVP were the ’subversives’ and in late 1989, their leadership was hunted down and killed. In the next couple of years, the Army and so-called vigilante groups killed tens of thousands of young men and women. A whole generation was wiped out.
I guess the violence by the State put an end to the violence being committed by the JVP. And now, the JVP are in the political system.
So, when the JVP advocate a military solution to …
A few days before I arrived, friends told me the roads of New Delhi were blocked. No, it wasn’t a parade for Mahinda or Chandrika or Ranil. It was a a rally “to condemn the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka”.
Posters like the above were easily found in the city.
Now, I don’t know much about the MDMK or Vaiko - but from Google-glancing, it appears like they are quite supportive of the LTTE.
Now, India is a big place and the people I spent time with didn’t seem to give a damn about Sri Lanka. It just didn’t feel like a priority. But maybe it is for the Indian Government, especially if there’s voices …
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