The LTTE's true intentions
While the State is going the extra mile
to raise awareness in the world on what it has been doing by way of fair
means to defuse the conflict in Sri Lanka, all that the LTTE is doing is
beefing-up its military muscle with the aim of heightening Lanka's
strife and agony.
This is evident from the frequency with which the Navy has been
expertly demobilizing and destroying LTTE vessels carrying heavy arms
shipments to Sri Lanka.
The latest in this series of superb demolition jobs by the Navy came
on Sunday when two such shipments were blasted in the seas off Arugam
Bay.
The two strikes by the Navy brought to three the number of such LTTE
arms shipments which were wrecked and put out of action over the past
three weeks.
Before we go any further, we need to see here the superior combat
capability of the Armed Forces. Their expert demolition jobs on our seas
explode for good the myth concerning the LTTE's fighting prowess.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The LTTE has never been a match
for the Security Forces.
It is simply that their fighting capability was blown out of
proportion by LTTE supporters and some sections of the media. Now we
know for a fact that the LTTE is no match for the Armed Forces.
Besides, the Armed Forces are coming under the correct leadership and
guidance under President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa and Army Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka. Needless
to say, these leaders have instilled in the Security Forces
unprecedented morale and confidence.
Coming back to the developments in the North-East, it is all too
obvious that the Tigers are brazenly scoffing at the world community by
deliberately and uncaringly going ahead with their arms procurements and
shipments.
This is also proof that the international community is yet to clamp
down effectively on the LTTE's anti-Lanka operations abroad.
It is high time the world acted in concert to end these sinister
operations of the LTTE. Here is clear proof that the Tigers are not at
all inclined to cooperate in bringing peace.
We hope the world would now draw the correct inferences and act. |
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