New Delhi is caught in a dilemma in trying to balance its interests in protecting minority rights on the one hand and providing military assistance to the Government to take on the Tigers on the other.
B. Muralidhar Reddy, Uneasy lies the island, The Hindu, May 20, 2007.
The Lankan Tamil militant group finds itself damned all over again for abducting Indian fishermen and their vessels, besides the horrific incident of March 29 when five fishermen of Kanyakumari were gunned down by the Tigers suspecting that they were spying on their sea sorties to transfer weapons from the 'mother' ship to the land base in north Lanka.
R. Bhagwan Singh, LTTE is getting damned, for the second time after Rajiv assassination, India Interacts, May 20, 2007.
The cost of the ongoing undeclared Eelam War IV, for which the public will be compelled to pay more, is rising equally faster. This is despite the new policy of fight now with foreign equipment and pay later - a burden that will fall on the next Government, whichever that may be.
Iqbal Athas, Fight now and pay later, Sunday Times, May 20, 2007.
Though some people were critical of the decision to acquire Russian made MiG 29 fighter jets to face the challenge posed by the LTTE saying that the Government is going for more expensive means to counter the threat, the decision has been taken considering all aspects, not just the LTTE air threat.
Ranil Wijayapala, Speedy acquisition of air threat negation systems builds people’s confidence, Daily News, May 18, 2007.
Sri Lanka is a developing country centrally and ideally situated with a highly developed and educated work force too struggling for more and more resources for development. Therefore obviously there are agitations within in various forms.
Sarath Wijesinghe, Concern about concerns of Human Right violations, Sunday Observer, May 20, 2007.
LTTE's focus is on developing an ambitious capability in space, using it to best effect in its communications offensive against Sri Lanka, and it aims of being a dominant force in the South Asia region.
Tigers take terror ops to space, Daily News, May 19, 2007.
"A large majority of the island's Tamil minority would like to have a solution based on federalism and a decentralization of power", says Kadirgamar.
Nora Boustany, Moves by Sri Lanka Military Worry Human Rights Group, Washington Post, May 18, 2007.
Most foreign governments that are playing an important role in Sri Lanka are subject to democratic pressures from their constituents. They have a problem when they are seen as giving public funds to governments that are violating human rights.
Dr. Jehan Perera, Confronting The International Community Is Not In Sri Lanka’s Interest, NPC, May 14, 2007.
While India has not been unduly concerned about Sri Lanka's arms acquisitions from China and Pakistan, it will have to keep a close watch on agreements Sri Lanka has reached with China for the development of the Hambantota Port, for which Beijing has extended Colombo a loan of $375 million.
G. Parthasarathy, Rising tensions in Sri Lanka, Business Line, May 17, 2007.
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There is a need to examine all the related issues with out emotionalising and politicising either the fishing or the security issues in Tamil Nadu coast line.
Major incidents involving the LTTE outside Sri Lanka, SATP.
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