LTTE have massacred thousands of Sinhala and Muslim civilians to justify a bogus 'homeland' for tamils.
The US ban on the LTTE is indeed a major victory in the country’s war against the LTTE terrorists. The move coming in the wake of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar’s successful visit to New York and Washington recently clearly categorize the LTTE as a terrorist organization unmasking it from the role portrayed by its leaders and the pro-Eelam lobby in the US, as a freedom fighting movement. No doubt the Oklahoma and New York bombings had their impact but the Central Bank and Ceylinco House bombing in Colombo followed by the Dehiwela train bombing soon after had surely been the death knell rung by the LTTE for itself vis-a-vis international opinion with regard to their activities here. It was apparently not the brutal night massacres of innocent Sinhala peasant farmers and their families, nor so much the CTO, JOC and Pettah bombings of a few years ago, but the recent Central Bank and train bombings that came as the last straw for the LTTE as far as world opinion of their cause went.
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LTTE have massacred thousands of Sinhala and Muslim civilians to justify a bogus 'homeland' for tamils.
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While US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has ruled out the United States as a safe haven for terrorists with whom she has lumped the LTTE and also spoken about making terrorists of all hues an endangered species prior to their becoming altogether an extinct lot, it was evident that what was done was more in their own national interest rather than as a foil to international terrorism. However it is commendable for the US to have finally agreed to implement the Lyon Declaration on international terrorism and we hope Canada, Europe and Australia will follow suit. But we are perplexed as to why Sri Lanka has not banned the LTTE yet.
These criminals have murdered a president and a prime minister, massacred so many innocent civilians to ethnically cleanse their ‘purist Eelam’, murdered so many innocent civilians whose only crime was not sharing their views, including over 2000 Tamil civilians, murdered so many innocent civilians during their terror campaign in capital Colombo, and caused billions of Rupees worth of damage and destruction to property. The Government is hoping to have more peace talks with these murderous despite on every occasion we had talks it has lied, cheated and used the much vaunted 'Peace Process' to strengthen itself militarily at the cost and expense of the country at large and the lives, limbs and misery of her loyal citizens. The proven facts show that a political solution with the LTTE is as impossible.
LTTE Terrorist who blew up R. Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka. |
LTTE Terrorist who blew up Rajiv Ghandi, former Prime Minister of India |
The forthright US ban must come as a heavy blow to some expatriate Tamil groups who have funded this long drawn out war for an illusive Eelam in which not their own but other people’s children are dying if only for them to get a high on seeing the Sinhalese whom they see as enemies getting a kick up their backs.
| It was certainly good news for Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar before his departure from Washington D.C. to hear that the US had decided to take positive action to stem LTTE activity in the US. He can justifiably take much of the credit for his convincing pleas with his US counterpart Albright on this issue. Yet it was not simply as if he had spoken to her and it was done the next day. We have to remember that it was the culmination of a great deal of hard work that had already been done.largely by him. Former US Ambassadors Teresita Schaffer and then Peter Burleigh’s reporting to the State Department had all a part to play. What Mr. Kadirigamar did when in Washington was to drive the message home and cap it all. He has stuck his neck out on behalf of his countrymen. |
LTTE Terrorists, Armed and Dressed by Foreign Money. |
Kadirgamar, him self a Tamil said "I hope very much the ordinary, peace-loving, sensible Tamil expatriates will say enough is enough. Let us instead put money into the rebuilding of northeast Sri Lanka. I would imagine that the effect will be that the Tiger subscriptions begin to decline as people reassess the situation."
He has no doubt gone beyond the call of duty in the service of Sri Lanka - a united Sri Lanka of one country, one people.
