Archive for May, 2006
Politics of Duplicity
The LTTE are masters of the politics of duplicity. Speaking to the LTTE front Tamilnet over the weekend, Tamilchelvam lamented that the LTTE never pulled out of the Geneva II talks.
But the fact remains that the advance party of the Sri Lankan government delegation comprising its support staff were in Geneva in April as scheduled, [...]
Tigers stewing in their own juice
The LTTE has suffered the worst ever setback. The EU ban has come at a time when the outfit is making grand preparations for the ‘final war’ to establish Eelam. Its separatist project has manifestly come a cropper, with another twenty five nations proscribing it as a terrorist organisation.
Now, the LTTE has two options: It [...]
A ray of hope as LTTE agrees to Oslo talks
The LTTE yesterday formally announced it would take part in the upcoming Oslo talks on the safety of the SLMM monitors in Sri Lanka in what would be the first time the government and the rebels sit at the negotiating table since the February Geneva talks.
LTTE media spokesman Daya Master said the LTTE had already [...]
Ulf’s Sisyphean task and other matters
The Head of the Nordic monitoring mission Maj. General Ulf Henricsson is on record as saying that the Wanni Tigers and the Eastern Tigers are not agreeable to patching up differences through negotiations. He has, according to one of our front page reports yesterday, said the SLMM is willing to help the two warring factions [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LTTE deception will be exposed with EU ban Karuna group
The LTTE, the most brutal and barbaric terrorist organisation in the world, will stand exposed in the eyes of the world after the EU imposes its ban on the Tigers. Whatever little sympathy the world community had for it has evaporated. There is a saying that you can fool some of the people for some [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )EU’s proposed ban and probable LTTE tactics
Wide publicity has been given in the local and foreign media about the proposed ban on LTTE by European Union (EU).
EU in October imposed a ‘travel ban’ on the LTTE after holding the outfit responsible for the August, 2005 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar. The simple question that comes to mind immediately [...]
Wilpattu National Park landmine victims identified
Top Businessman and award winning writer among the dead
Several army and police teams accompanied by Wildlife Department trackers, yesterday afternoon reached the spot at the Wilpattu National Park where a vehicle carrying six local tourists and a guide got caught to a suspected LTTE landmine.
The group of six, reportedly from Colombo, have been identified as [...]
EU ban of LTTE likely today
The European Union is expected to ban the LTTE as a terrorist group when it meets today in Brussels.
The proscription will go ahead even with protests against it planned by the Tamil diaspora in at least 12 European cities.
Europe accounts for an estimated 200,000 Tamil diaspora, whose financial support over the years strengthened the LTTE.
The [...]
Cabinet reshuffle postponed
Mahinda waits for auspicious time
Ranil upset over crossovers
With the controversial Cabinet reshuffle now put on hold, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed surprise over the move by certain party stalwarts to join government ranks, saying he never expected them to do so.
Mr. Wickremesinghe had reportedly told MP Ravi Karunanayake in the Parliament lobby recently, about [...]
Exclusive: India will do anything to prevent Eelam
by S. Venkat Narayan
Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 28: Even as Sri Lanka and the international community are urging India to take a more active role in helping resolve the island-nation’s festering ethnic conflict, weary policy-makers here are grappling with a dilemma: What precisely should India do?
“We are still figuring out what we want and [...]
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