We, Sri Lankans are quite familiar with the Sinhalese idiom 'Burana
Ballo Hapa Nokai'
Many an event has already spoken to the truth of the above adage. It
needs no re-statement. Now who is the dog? The dog is non other than
blood thirsty Prabhakaran, the real vampire who has been manifested due
to a sin of Sri Lanka. Oh! what a pity? How can they be dogs? They are
now spreading their tentacles of terrorism throughout Sri Lankan land
under the convulsions of claymores.
You should have fathomed the ground reality. Now the LTTE is cutting
their path of destruction by themselves.
In my opinion, what they want to create their so-called Eelam are
international acclamation and money.
Thanks to the expatriates of Sri Lanka throughout the world, the LTTE
will never gain it. But the Tamil diaspora is showering money on the
LTTE with the greatest reluctance. So that is the international
community should take steps to address this before the blame is laid at
their doors.
Proscribing should be rendered through deed as they tell. Countries
in the international arena, specially Norway should bring the LTTE to
heels to quit their modus operendi of whopping unreasonable taxes on the
people of the North and East.
But to call out this plethora of troubles, the countries of
international forum should put the LTTE much more under their pressure
before this germ turns into a damp squib.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has already made his mark as a
straightforward leader who sweating blood to come to a possible
consensus through the medium of dialogue.
Why is dialogue so important? Because he is enormously experienced
and knows that dialogue is the blood vein of democracy. But the LTTE's
incompetence to enlighten this language made Mr. Rajapaksa to put the
gun-language into practice.
The LTTE has just eloquently spoken to the whole world of their
feebleness vis a vis the Sri Lanka Armed Forces by embracing the
debacles through the Muttur and Narya Kovil fights.
The LTTE should come to know that cock won't fight with the
sophisticated guns of the Sri Lanka Army.
To replace their immense debacles they shot at unarmed Kethesh
Loganathan to death who valued peace only. They hammered on Pakistan HC
spreading and setting an ideal example for their obnoxious audaciousness
beyond the Indian Ocean once again.
They are just only barking. What they gain through this audacious and
swashbuckling effort? Only exposing their true nudity by unfastening the
camouflage of 'Liberation'.
Now they are very much weakened in their military power. It candidly
unfolds to the fullest through their desperate attempt to hold their
cadre who are feeling from their claws hostage.
But the leaders in the seats of power should focus their urgent,
acute attention on the defence of the south which may be the pandemonium
of demonic suicide bombers.
No one should allow them to bathe Sri Lanka in tongues of fire to
war. If the LTTE has a military power, why they are attacking and
absconding. The very fact itself endives their cowardliness.
Is it an enormous thing to do an army with 150,000 trained manpower
and with its modern sophisticated gun power to intercourse with an army
with 8000 capacity of hit and run swashbucklers.
The LTTE is just barking over and over again. Because they enjoyed
the rights of the comprehensive agreement by gaining synonymous
acclamation akin to Government in the international scene through the
CFA. But they are now losing it due to shooting from their hips.
Sometimes they may be totally ignorant to be sensitive to criticism
as this matter has been given the publicity over and over again in the
print media.
It is high time for them to return to the negotiating table without
splitting hairs.
They should ascertain that the barking is not the answer for this
crisis and they should come to a democratic main stream of politics not
at the nick of the time; but now. In other words, the last possible
moment may be impossible because the crisis may be on the edge by that
time.
Helpless Prabhakaran should fathom that the jungle law was nullified
many moons ago, it means at the very first stage of human civilization.
UVINDU ILLEPERUMA - Baddegama.
I am not trying to pass judgment on these killings. A few questions
and elusive answers that baffle me are penned in the belief that someone
will provide the answers.
On August 6 there was no food shortage at all in Muttur.
What was the necessity for an 'Action Against Hunger' group to be at
Muttur on this particular day?
What and where was the daily work they were engaged in during the two
weeks immediately preceding that fateful day?
When were these 'Aid workers' recruited to this charitable
organisation?
From where were these workers recruited and on what basis and on
whose recommendation?
Who funds this organisation?
The town of Muttur has a majority population of Muslims and a
considerable percentage of Sinhalese and Tamils.
In a country with an ethnic population distribution of 74 per cent
Sinhalese, 18 percent Tamils and 7 per cent Muslims. what made it
possible to recruit all 17 aid workers in a group of 17 (100 per cent)
from the Tamil community?
Does this organisation (as is apparent) give preference to the Tamil
ethnic group?
Is it not likely that this organisation is in fact a LTTE front
funded by the LTTE themselves?
What are the credentials of the two French males who were supposed to
be with the group of 17 who were killed?
With the recent revelations in the USA, is it not likely that grave
concern should be expressed by the international community on the bona
fides of the alleged workers.
K. B. WICKRAMA - via email
Reference to the letter published on August 31.
As a Sri Lankan living in South Africa, I did enjoy your letter in a
mean way. But I must say that they did not leave because of the bomb
blast, but they were threatened by some Tamils in South Africa to
comeback.
It looks like they have got many letters to the newly formed South
African Embassy in Sri Lanka demanding them to comeback to South Africa.
Though our Tamils living in South Africa are getting on well among
themselves in South Africa, the pain is more with the South African
Tamils probably because they get money from the LTTE. So, I would look
at it in a more fair manner.
SUJATHA PELPOLA - via email
The recent statements issued by the National Peace Council and
Christian Bishops on the escalation of violence in the North East
published in the Daily News is unfair and irresponsible as they
implicitly impute equal guilt on the Government and the LTTE for the
escalation of violence and the humanitarian problem arising from it.
Surely the proportion of the number of violations of the CFA by the
LTTE, as confirmed by the SLMM, far exceeds the number laid at the door
of the Government.
And who cast the first stone after the CFA was signed? The whole
world knows (hence the reason for the banning of the LTTE by the
developed nations) that this terrorist outfit is hell bent on unleashing
death and destruction, despite the commitment to desist from acts of
violence, disregarding the possible harm caused to the civilian
population.
Those responsible for these irresponsible utterances, instead of
condemning the brutality and malfeasance of the LTTE are only promoting
their cause.
Have they forgotten the murder of the 600 policemen who surrendered
after a pledge of release given by the LTTE, the more recent instances
of imminent death to 700 unarmed members of the Forces en rout to KKS
and Trincomalee, the massacre of about 100 Muslims in Mutthur, the
blasting of a bus carrying 70 civilians in Kebbitigollawa?
One begins to wonder if the NPC is toeing the line of Norway being a
beneficiary, whose CFA almost forced on the previous Government is
responsible for the current state of undeclared war by the LTTE which
very recently attempted unsuccessfully to invade the Jaffna peninsula.
Norway has so far failed to rebut the allegations made by various
parties about its role in training LTTE cadres and funding them.
It is time Norway does or quit gracefully.
LEO FERNANDO - Battaramulla
I read two letters appeared in the 'Daily News' of July 12 and August
1 under the caption Widows and Orphans Pension. The two writers had
exposed the necessity of providing relief to age-old unmarried female
orphans.
The suggestion for the Government to continue the payment of orphans
pension to senior spinsters is a welcome proposal.
I am aware that age-old senior spinsters who were living with their
aged mothers until their deaths are undergoing immense hardships without
proper income for their existence. Some such senior spinsters had sought
the shelter of homes for the aged.
As a consolation to age old senior spinsters who are isolated and
living in the wilderness payment of orphans pension will be a blessing
in disguise to them.
It appears that the Secretary of the Ministry of Public
Administration and Home Affairs has requested the Director of Pensions
take necessary action at the earliest to arrange payment of orphans
Pension to such elderly spinsters.
K. A. J. F. DALPATHADU - Negombo |