[b]Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war looms[/b]
Despite international pressure for the resumption of peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), violence in the war zones of the East and North of the island is continuing unabated.
After months of attacks and reprisals, for which both sides denied responsibility, hostilities erupted into open warfare last week. On April 25, a suicide bomber killed eight people in a carefully planned attack on the heavily guarded military headquarters in Colombo. While it denied involvement, the LTTE almost certainly organized the bombing, targeted against army commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka.
The Sri Lankan military immediately retaliated with air raids on targets in the LTTE-controlled Sampur area near the eastern city of Trincomalee. At least 11 people were killed and many more were injured. Fearing further attacks, hundreds of people streamed out of the area. Both the suicide bombing and the retaliation are clear breaches of the shaky ceasefire agreement signed in 2002.
http://www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=3155
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
Anonymouse
thanks for your thanks
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
[quote="An-Gam-Pora"]
and if you ask me [i]whether Mahinda's assurances will be kept[/i], [b]the whole voting public in Sri Lanka has given a BIG 'Yes' two times![/b]
8)
[/quote]
Wasn't he the guy who said.
- Get rid of Norway (They are still there)
- End the current CFA (It's still on table)
- No talks with Tigers (They are talking)
- Unitary state (has plans for a federal solutions)
- Get India more involved (India is still not part of the co-chairs, even more the government still didn't receive the weapons they ordered from India. So now they turn to countries like Pakistan and China)
What happened to MR?
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
[b]I want to clearify some stuff on here[/b]
First of all, I condemn everyone who kills another soul (may it a human, animal, bird) without good reason. It doesn't matter whether the Tigers kill people for no reason, or the government or the paramilitary or your dad because your sister was a shame for the family. It's all bad!
[b]secondly as a response to An-Gam-Pora 2 things.[/b]
First of all. The medical care is free, yeah but you have to wait after you have died before you get help. I've been last year to Sri Lanka. I was ashamed to see how my cousin paid huge amount of money to the docters to get help. Well yes he didn't need to, but then my mother had to wait 3 years in a row like animals before she got help from the docters...
Secondly. I have been living in The Netherlands since I was 5. So it wasn't the Sri Lankan school system which made me this way. My other cousin is the prinicpal of a school with 2000 pupils in Sri Lanka, so I know how things go there.
[b]To otrwas[/b]
You have been very friendly to me on this forum which actually made me a little bit uncomfortable, because people got suspious about your behaviour towards me. But that's over now.
I never thanked you for you support. So I want to do that now. Thanks a lot!, good to have you around :wink:
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
[quote="Anonymouse"][b]To Sukumaran[/b]
Yes I am scared. I don't want to see innocent people getting killed. Do you? Every innocent Tamil who dies will be marked as a LTTE, never a ordinary Tamil according our beloved media....[/quote]LTT killed a lot of innocent people with claymores recently; it was widely reported in all media. In fact SLA shown restraint and protected the innocent public. This won’t be guaranteed all time.
“People force” What does it mean? Do you think this is to protect the public?
LTT are further exposing, endangering the public for their safety or rather survival.
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
Am-Gam-Pora,
your comments are good, but you can yet improve a quality;
you should stop to insult another members, who write also good comments. Present us interesting facts or your interesting ideas,
so we can discuss nicely. Anonymouse is one of the best on this message board. I can understand,that you not agree with some of her arguments,but you should respect her.
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
just as LTT is [i]getting crappy with [/i]their killing/fighting these days, the silly LiTTlE mousey is meting out crappy posts (in her own eyes worhwhile, though) to AT these days! read on to find out...
[quote="Anonymouse"]
[b]Some reasons why these weapons will be useless[/b]
1. You can't be serious as the [b]government of Sri Lanka[/b] to bomb some of the most important (historically speaking) cities of [b]Sri Lanka[/b].
[/quote]
yeah, right! :x
but we can be serious for the [b]government of Sri Lanka[/b] [b][color=red]to prevent LTT from bombing[/color][/b] some of the most important (historically speaking) cities of [b]Sri Lanka[/b]! - right? :?
[if it's any consolation to you, digest it that way silly LiTTlE mousey!]
[quote="Anonymouse"]
2. When you fight against the Tigers big weapons are useless.
[/quote]
[otrwas has responded (though not in full - [i]guess that's his style [/i]:wink:) to this. so, i will not waste my time.]
[quote="Anonymouse"]
3. Weapons cost a hell of a lot money! Instead of wasting so much money on it, do other useful stuff.
[/quote]
yeah, right again! :evil:
[i]do other stuff[/i], [b]so that LTT can destroy those stuff!?[/b] :shock:
[FYI, GOSL has got its priorities right this time :idea: ]
[quote="Anonymouse"]
The medical care in Sri Lanka is absolutely useless.
[/quote]
yeah, ... [you know what!]
the medical care in Sri Lanka is [b]absolutely FREE[/b], and for a developing country with absolutely FREE medical care, [b]Sri Lanka's is second to none![/b]
[quote="Anonymouse"]
The education system in Sri Lanka is bad.
[/quote]
hmm..., is that so? :twisted:
[b]it created me and you into what you and i are now[/b], ain't it? says a lot! :lol:
[quote="Anonymouse"]
The media is biased.
[/quote]
where isn't it? :?:
besides, there is media biased to one side, and media biased to the other side - that achieves a balance of sorts, ain't it? :idea:
in that sense, [b]we, living in Sri Lanka, are [i]very balanced [/i]media-wise![/b] :wink:
[quote="Anonymouse"]
It cave between rich and poor is only getting bigger. Those are more important things to invest.
[/quote]
where isn't it, again? :?:
[quote="Anonymouse"]
[b]What's happening with the Tsunami victims?[/b]
There are still many Sinhalase living without a house after the Tsunami. What's happening with them, why not help these guys instead..
[/quote]
they are all being provided with housing, even at present.
all of them ([i]not just the Sinhalese[/i]) will be fully settled by the end of this year. - that was an assurance by Mahinda! :idea:
and if you ask me [i]whether Mahinda's assurances will be kept[/i], [b]the whole voting public in Sri Lanka has given a BIG 'Yes' two times![/b]
8)
[quote="Anonymouse"]
Hate and Greed are ruling our country at the moment....
[/quote]
[color=red][b]yeah, that's what GOSL will put an end to soon! - [i]hate [/i]of the Sinhalese by the LTT (not Tamils), and [i]greed [/i]for a non-existent homeland by the LTT (not Tamils)![/b][/color]
[b]ordinary Tamils and Sinhalese co-exist happily and peacefully, as always![/b]
[the scenario i witness in my neighbourhood on a daily basis :) ]
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
[quote="Sukumaran"][b]You sound scared Mr Anonymouse.[/b]
Don’t worry, GoSL only placed requisition orders, no weapons arrived yet. If and when war breaks out then only GoSL will acquire them. Co- Chairs and EU had been trying hard to bring LTT to the table. They will be making the decision and take the necessary step.[/quote]
[b]spot on, Sukumaran! you've hit the nail right on it's head![/b] 8) :lol:
the people who [i]preach about fear [/i](see http://www.asiantribune.com/node/43940 [b]are the easiest to fall prey to it! [/b]:wink:
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
I am not an expert on the weapons the Tigers have. But for me the most lethal weapon the Tigers have, and will ever get is their suicide squad (Black Tigers). And big weapons is really useless when fighting against these guys.
I think you can imagine how it's going to be when the GOSL start using big weapons on the Tigers. They will place a couple of black Tigers in Colombo, and the whole of Colombo will be terrified for a couple of months. And you don't even have to kill a important person. You just need to blow up important places and everyone will be terrified. When the war escalates, that's how the Tigers are going to fight. There is really no use in comparing the Tiger weapons with that of the SL Army. The Army has far more sophisicated weapons than the Tigers, they really don't need to worry about that. They should use their inteligence unit to check whether everyone in Colombo is there for the right reasons....
[b]To Sukumaran[/b]
Yes I am scared. I don't want to see innocent people getting killed. Do you? Every innocent Tamil who dies will be marked as a LTTE, never a ordinary Tamil according our beloved media....
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
Sorry Anonymouse, I find your comments very interesting
and I like to read them so don't be disappointed, because of my answer.
I can not agree 100% with your explanation to point 2 of your comment:
"When you fight against the Tigers big weapons are useless...."
SLArmy has also very good intelligence units and they can judge
exactly actually level and armament of TTigers units, so they decided
to buy "big weapons".
As you know Tigers develop and transform their skill really fast
and you can not compare TTigers units from the year-2002 with units
2006. Some TTigers gunmen who run left and right make of course
some troubles for SLArmy, but the reason why they decided to buy
"big weapons" is another reason.
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
You sound scared Mr Anonymouse. Don’t worry, GoSL only placed requisition orders, no weapons arrived yet. If and when war breaks out then only GoSL will acquire them. Co- Chairs and EU had been trying hard to bring LTT to the table. They will be making the decision and take the necessary step.
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
Instead of buying weapons from Pakistan the GOSL can simply do some other things from which they will gain more than with these weapons.
[b]Some reasons why these weapons will be useless[/b]
1. You need weapons when you want to fight another country. The [b]Government of Sri Lanka[/b] is using weapons to bomb [b]Sri Lanka[/b]! How crazy is that. Well if you attack another country you can be proud you have destroyed the cities of your enemies. [b]Jaffna[/b], [b]Trinco[/b] are all part of [b]Sri Lanka[/b]. You can't be serious as the [b]government of Sri Lanka[/b] to bomb some of the most important (historically speaking) cities of [b]Sri Lanka[/b].
And don't give me the non-sense about precision weapons. Even the Americans who arguably have the most sophisicated weapons on this planet miss their targets on a regular basis.
2. When you fight against the Tigers big weapons are useless. The Tigers blend in the population. They shoot some soldiers and run away. And you want to retalatiate with tankers and canons? And who do you want to kill this this then? I bet the guy who shot the soldier is somewhere save in the jungle. You will only kill innocent people. This will anger these people, and if these innocent people are Tamils they will join the Tigers. If you accidently bomb the Sinhalase, these people think it was the Tigers who bombed them and they will flock together and go on a rampage on innocent Tamil civilians in the neighbourhood.
3. Weapons cost a hell of a lot money! Instead of wasting so much money on it, do other useful stuff. The medical care in Sri Lanka is absolutely useless. The education system in Sri Lanka is bad. The media is biased. It cave between rich and poor is only getting bigger. Those are more important things to invest.
[b]What's happening with the Tsunami victims?[/b]
There are still many Sinhalase living without a house after the Tsunami. What's happening with them, why not help these guys instead..
Hate and Greed are ruling our country at the moment....
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war
It is now full scale war.
AT present, LTT is using it's full capability to weaken the SLDFs by killing soldiers/sailors and destroying boats. They are training LTT caders in the battle in the form of gurilla attacks and occasional confrontaitons. As soon as they start winning a few of these occasional confrontations, they know there forces are ready.
then, suddenly these "CIVILIANS" become elite LTTE caders. and they would attack Trinco and JAffna. LTT does not hide anything. Indirectly they talk their plans. Only the implementation is not clear to out side unless we are keen in understnding it.
I am very suspicious about the wrangling going about the need for an aircraft for their Eastern caders to be transported. That may pretty well be the beginning of the EELAm war 4 by using that aircraft or some thing related to that trip or trips.
SLDFs need to understand and it is imperative to show in every "battle" that SLDFs are pretty strong and determined.
GOSL also need a strong INTEL within the SOUTH. GOSL should infiltrate all the underworld gangs and should be ready to arrest them in any moment.
At present, LTT is using all the techniques from old OLD - COLD war intel tactics which included money and women as bait. There are cheaper and more responsible tactics that GOSL can use.