Sunday, September 02, 2007

Sri Lanka Update: September 2, 2007.

A United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (USSFRC) report has revealed that Eritrea was providing direct military assistance to LTTE.
Sri Lanka should not ignore Eritrean aid for LTTE terrorism, African Path, September 1, 2007.

The bigwigs of the Foreign Ministry cannot be unaware of the fact that UN Human Rights Commission which was established 60 years ago shortly after the birth of the UN, worked out of Geneva as does its successor body, the Human Rights Council.
Neville de Silva, On the flight path to diplomatic lunacy, Sunday Times, September 2, 2007.

Holding elections without evolving a proper mechanism to resettle all the IDPs would be a crime and this would certainly boomerang on President Mahinda Rajapakse when the time comes for him to stretch his arms again, seeking for votes to extend his office for another term.
Wilson Gnanadass, Where do the IDP’s go from here? Nation on Sunday, September 2, 2007.

One key factor contributing towards increasing the national security, under the present administration was the shutting down of all the possibilities available with the LTTE to bargain on issues threatening to keep the national security at a risk.
Forces launch humanitarian mission to liberate 6,000 population in Silavatura,
Nation on Sunday, September 2, 2007.

The subcontinent achieved independence due to a few thousand mutinies. We achieved it peacefully and went onto create a few thousand mutinies.

Nikhil Mustaffa, Long walk to freedom, Daily Mirror, September 1, 2007.

Also See:

Tamil people are in LTTE’s bondage, Hard news, September, 2007.

Separate state leads Tamils to extinction - Prof. Hoole, Sunday Observer, September 2, 2007.

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