[b]LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence[/b]
[b]Colombo, 19 April, (Asiantribune.com):[/b] The Tamil Tigers put the next round of Geneva talks in doubt for the third time by escalating their demands. First, they postponed talks from 19 April to April 24 after escalating violence. Second, they refused to come to talks saying that the Navy was threatening their commanders by escorting them from the north to east and rejected the offer to travel in a commercial vessel from the north to the east. Now they insist that violence against ethnic Tamils should be stopped before they go to Geneva for the second round of talks.
Political analysts say that the Government has not refused to go to talks because the LTTE has escalated violence. Nor have they insisted on the LTTE stopping violence against the Security Forces and civilians -- two volunteers in NGOs and a Tamil boy who were victims of a LTTE claymore mine. More than 70 people have died in LTTE claymore mine attacks and ethnic rioting in Trincomalee since the first week of April. Ethnic rioting began after the LTTE exploded a bomb tied a bicycle near a Sinhalese vegetable market.
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LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
If anyone tries to explain LTT(E)s present behaviour should also consider,
[b]"The deeper we delve in search of these causes [of war - ed.] the more of them we discover, and each single cause or series of causes appears to us equally valid in itself, and equally false by its insignificance compared to the magnitude of the event."[/b]
[i][b]- Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace[/b][/i]
This is not something written by the great philoshoper, negotiator Mr. Anton Balasingham
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
[quote="1/LTTE"][color=red]''Besides, this new demand for "conducive environment" comes after the government agreed to transport the rebel commanders in a private helicopter. The JVP and JHU have argued that the LTTE which demands a "conducive environment" for them has never agreed to create a "conducive environment" for peace even after Erik Solheim negotiated the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in 2002.''MODERATOR [/color]
In sinhala there is a saying about "nokerena deege.......", which says when they want to agree only to their solution, nothing else will work.
If two USA - B2s can fly low altitude flying over Kilinochchi, this would be very different.[/quote]
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
[color=red]''Besides, this new demand for "conducive environment" comes after the government agreed to transport the rebel commanders in a private helicopter. The JVP and JHU have argued that the LTTE which demands a "conducive environment" for them has never agreed to create a "conducive environment" for peace even after Erik Solheim negotiated the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in 2002.''MODERATOR [/color]
In sinhala there is a saying about "nokerena deege.......", which says when they want to agree only to their solution, nothing else will not work.
If two USA - B2s can fly low altitude flying over Kilinochchi, this would be very different.
Re: LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
[quote="indrajith"]
They blow 17 people in Trincomalee to pieces and create ethnic unrest and are trying to use the situation created by them as an excuse to scuttle the peace talks.No APOLOGY for killing human beings like nothing.
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Correction:
As per the reports, suspected LTTE terrorist killed 7 people in a bomb blast and Sinhalese thugs killed and burned 10 people in front of SL forces.
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Re: LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
''Besides, this new demand for "conducive environment" comes after the government agreed to transport the rebel commanders in a private helicopter. The JVP and JHU have argued that the LTTE which demands a "conducive environment" for them has never agreed to create a "conducive environment" for peace even after Erik Solheim negotiated the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in 2002.''MODERATOR
The conducive environment according to LTTE is to have an environment where they can go on butchering Tamil civilians,dissidents,security forces personnel and extort money without any hindrence.Where as the people who are not with them should patiently await their death and destruction as and when they please.
They blow 17 people in Trincomalee to pieces and create ethnic unrest and are trying to use the situation created by them as an excuse to scuttle the peace talks.No APOLOGY for killing human beings like nothing.
We people of Sri Lanka are expected to accept the right of the LTTE to butcher people forever just because of the CFA.What is the point of having a cease fire agreement if we don't have rule of law,democracy in the North and East?
Can a nation go on like this forever?What about the fundemental rights,democratic rights,right to self determination,legitimate aspirations and the right to live in their homeland of Muslims,Sinhalese and Tamil population of the North and East?Don't these inalienable rights apply to the communities other than the Tamils?Don't they have the right to a just and fair solution?
If LTTE as an organisation is violating the above mentioned rights of people and intend to have a ruthless undemoctratic government in the North and East, Don't we Sri Lankans have the right to defend the rights of the people?
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
Otrawas:
In case of you, is "Karuna" the wrong button to push.
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
If LTTE has the same military quality like 1/LTTE than SriLankan Army
already won the Eelam War IV.
Maybe I'm right,because there is a small difference between LTTE and 1/LTTE.
Man, go and teach Gen.Sunil Tennekoon and his collegues a modern military tactic and strategy. They will promote you to be at least Colonnel.
Your idea to put Commander Karuna on the top to fight LTTE
is straight from Kindergarten-childish but effectiv-if a child starts to cry
gets a milk.
What a pity, but without perspectives for future-short range howitzer.
Do you think SLArmy without Karuna is nothing?
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
GOSL is keep on defending what LTTE does assuming that oneday LTTE will rehabilitate.
While defending, GOSL has to go on offence too. Other wise, Mr. MAhinda Rajapakse never will be able to reach an honourable peace. HONOURABLE PEACE is not something you give into the enemy which is LTTE.
Right now, it is a losing game and a nuisance.
Every time LTTE attack, they need to be hit back where they hurt the most. That is their camps. Select small camps and just finish tem.
GOSL, can start from one end, just attack LTTE camps. There need to be very good communication with Karuna and other tamil groups in order to prevent harm from infiltrated LTTE caders in those camps.
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
You are right if you consider Sri Lanka with only 7 provinces.
People of north-east overwhelmingly voted for separation in 1977.
If you respect democracy, north-east is not part of Sri Lanka since 1977.
There is no proper approach has been taken by either side to unite the island since 1977.
Therefore they are still divided.
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LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
[quote="varathan"][quote]They argue that Solheim has reduced the CFA to a piece of worthless paper [/quote]
[b]Every pack ever signed and promissed by the Sinahala leaders became piece of worthless paper even before the ink dry[/b]. [/quote]
I think by now it should be crystal clear, GOSL with the backing of majority SLankans(S+T+M) do not want to seperate the country.
They want to recognise the rights of the srilankans(S+T+M).
So, GOSL will play the game to buy the time and see who is going to give up first. [b](CFA as the name applies is just to stop the fighting. It has been violated many times by GOSL and many many many times by TIGERS before the ink drys.)[/b]
GOSL has the luxury to do that.
Tamils are led by a dictator. The day he is gone no one knows what happens?
GOSL is made up of elected politicians, so they have the time as long as the people are on their side.
LTTE escalates demands after escalating violence
[quote]They argue that Solheim has reduced the CFA to a piece of worthless paper [/quote]
[b]Every pack ever signed and promissed by the Sinahala leaders became piece of worthless paper even before the ink dry[/b]. Now this CFA was signed with the supervision of a non asian country and the sinhala government is unable to play the way they wanted as this black and white document indicating the foul play by the government so the government is calling it a piece of worthless paper. Aaha, is this world a circular object?????
This sinhala government was hoping to cash from this karuna guy (who had 6000+ men who ran like a micky mouse) as he can understand how these tigers will think. "Inside an illusive mind" no one will be able to predict what will be next????? not even karuna.
Mark my words, in two years, there will be loud cry in Srilanka that "we should have had the Norway stay with the peace process, we should have had the CFA fully implemented".