Dilrook Kannangara

One manƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s terrorist is a terrorist to the entire mankind. This is the right approach to terrorism. Unfortunately, the dominant ideology on terrorism is the exact opposite. One manƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s terrorist is another manƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s freedom fighter. As long as this division continues, terrorists will be the only winners. Influenced, instrumented and inducted by Tamil Tiger terrorists, Taliban rebels detonated a human bomb in Kabul on October 29, killing 10 coalition troops and 7 civilians. A troop transport vehicle was attacked in an area known to be safe.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tamil Tiger terrorists carried out a similar yet more devastating attack on Sri Lankan troops in 2006 killing over 116.

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http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/liberation_tigers_te1.asp

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Without a doubt, Taliban rebels have copied this tactic from the LTTE.

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ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Knowing this very well, western nations associate hardcore LTTE terrorists and believe their war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka. It is this hypocrisy that drives terrorists to success. Australia never banned the LTTE and as a result Australia has become a key target of LTTE terrorism including human trafficking, terrorist hideouts, credit card scams, individual fraud (AustraliaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s largest individual financial fraud was committed by a Tamil woman sympathetic to the LTTE cause in Sydney), heinous crimes of murder, riots at detention centres and terrorist fund raising. Three Australian diggers were also killed on the same day of the deadly suicide attack.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ It is now time Australia and Sri Lanka cooperate genuinely in wiping out terrorism that affects both nations and the region. Australia should ban the LTTE and its affiliated organizations while Sri Lanka should do more to stop Tamil Tiger operated human traffic leaving Sri Lanka and reaching Australia illegally. Sri Lanka should also consider banning Jamah Islamiya although it has not affected the island nation directly. The fact that a particular terrorist group does not affect a nation is not a consideration in the war against terrorists. Only such broad cooperation on terrorism and goodwill gestures can save humanity from the greatest threat to human civilization today – terrorism.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ As Martin NiemƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¶ller said:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ [Martin NiemƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¶ller (1892-1984) was an ardent German nationalist and a prominent Protestant pastor. He fought in the German Navy as a commander of a U-boat unit in WW1. Under the stipulations of the armistice of November 11, 1918, that ended hostilities in WW1, NiemƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¶ller and other commanders were ordered to turn over their U-Boats to England. Driven by national pride, NiemƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¶ller and some others refused to obey this order, and, as a consequence, he was discharged from the Navy.]