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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Sri Lanka rebels 'call ceasefire'
The LTTE, who sought to partition Sri Lanka, and thus give themselves, a religious minority, a veto over the unification of their island have been defeated by the national army.
BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Sri Lanka rebels 'call ceasefire'
Irony overload that you started this thread centauro.
Funny that, how the minority had to fight there for a seperate state (and lost) while the minority Unionists got theirs handed to them on a plate, just from threatening violence.
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So do you consider the Tamil Tigers to be the 'bad guys'?Originally Posted by centauro
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Although i dont like the methods of the LTTE but we should not portray the Sri Lankan government as fair and balanced.
For decades they have mistreated the Tamils and treated them brutally,is it any wonder they want a seperate state. Although the LTTE attacks are deplorable you have to ask yourself this Why do some people hate that government so much they are prepared to kill themselves to get rid of it?
It is worth noting that most tamils just want devolution and the Sri Lankan government has told them were to go numerous times.
'A defeatist attitude now would surely lead to defeat, it primarly a question of whether we have confidence in ourselves and the dilligence and determination of our people,We can't opt out of the future.' Sean Lemass (1965)
Sri Lanka has won a victory at the UN Human Rights body, in a vote in which such human rights luminaries as India, China and Egypt sided with the Sri Lankans the Sinhalese government won a one-sided condemnation against the Tamils for 'using human shields' with no mention made of the shelling of no-fire zones by the Colombo authorities or the continued detention without access to aid agencies of several hundred thousand Tamils....
Sri Lanka forces West to retreat over ‘war crimes’ with victory at UN - Times Online
Apparently the Israelis were particularly aggrieved at the result, a similiar UN meeting forced an investigation of Israel's invasion of Gaza in January... I am normally loathe to find myself agreeing with the Israeli government on anything but i think they have a point here. Sri Lanka's behaviour during the war has been very disturbing, the hiding of the details of the war from the outside world by blocking journalists should always in this day and age be taken as tacit to an admission of guilt in planning war crimes, Israel-Gaza was another war in which journalists were banned and in addition shelled the UN (maybe that was the reason for the extra step, however extra steps or not Israel suffered no UN consequences in the end either it must be said).The resolution also supported Colombo’s insistence on allowing aid group access to 270,000 civilians detained in camps only “as may be appropriate”.....
“The vote is extremely disappointing and is a low point for the Human Rights Council. It abandons hundreds of thousands of people in Sri Lanka to cynical political considerations,” Amnesty International said.
Whatever the political motivations behind this decision, it certainly makes the plight of the hundreds of thousands of Tamil prisoners seem even more uncertain, you have to worry when an international body seemingly gives the Sinhalese the green light to do what they want. These UN bodies should be placed beyond politics somehow, if their decisions are to be able to do any good, i don't know how that would work exactly - perhaps place their deliberations in the hands of academics and change the format so they have to scientifically arrive at (and defend) their conclusions (eg consistent reports of shelling civilian areas repeatedly is BAD)?
Hang on, a drunk in the pub last night told me that the Sri Lankan government massacred the leadership who came out of their safe areas for what they thought was a ceasefire ceremony. Is this true? Fairly disturbing if it is.
As the great warrior poet Ice Cube once said, 'if the day does not require an AK, it is good.'
Gollygosh that was caustic that was, i am exfoliating at the touch of your pungent wit.
Yes and the war cost more than 80,000 live in a country in a country with a population just over three time the population of the island or Ireland.
Thankfully in Ireland, we were spared this kind of carnage. We should be eternally thankful for the border for saving thousands of Irish lives.
The Mahon Tribunal found Olivia Mitchell to have received an inappropriate payment from Frank Dunlop at the time of the 1992 Election. F.G. Gael has taken no action against her.
So you can smell wit? A mighty power.
What are you so touchy about? Just asking a question. The Times seems to suggest this is what happened although are a bit vague on the detail, at least in the story I've read.
It also didn't mention on of the facts that my drunken mate filled me in on - the supposed ceasefire ceremony.
As the great warrior poet Ice Cube once said, 'if the day does not require an AK, it is good.'
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