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Statement Made By Ms. Parker at Tamil Rally in Washington

Ira de Silva London, Ontario, Canada

Dear Ms. Parker,

I have just read the statement you made at the rally by the Tamils in the United States last week. I am aware that you have for many years been the paid advocate for the Tamils and as a lawyer you are presenting the views of your client. However, is it too much to hope that you will make some small effort to ascertain the truth of what you are told by the Tamil terrorist sympathizers, (your clients) BEFORE you make your biased statements? Surely as someone who claims to be a "humanitarian lawyer" attention to facts should be important particularly when the "human rights" of all Sri Lankans are been violated by Tamil terrorism.

You state that because of the right to self-determination the Tamil areas belong to the Tamils. It is their land. Unfortunately, there are no areas in Sri Lanka that "belong" to the Tamils. The land of Sri Lanka belongs to all the people of Sri Lanka. To make the claim that there are Tamil areas is false. Obviously you have not made any attempt to research the history of the country. Perhaps you base your statements on the history of the United States where the invading Europeans set aside land for the indigenous population, (American Indians), and that these lands (reservations) "belong" to the Indians. In Sri Lanka the indigenous population for over 5000 years was Sinhalese. The Tamils were the invaders from south India where the state of Tamil Nadu is the Tamil homeland. In the north of Sri Lanka which the Tamils now trying to claim as their "homeland", the Tamils for over 30 years have systematically driven out the Sinhalese and Muslim populations to create their "homeland". However, even today according to the laws of Sri Lanka, all Sri Lankans have the right to any part of the country. Would you not agree that this in keeping with human rights? For your information over 55% of the Tamil population live in peace OUTSIDE the north and east of Sri Lanka amongst the Sinhalese and Muslim population. Would you state that because they live amongst the Sinhalese and Muslims that these areas belong to the Tamils?

The Sri Lankan government is not "occupying" part of the "historic Tamil Eelam". There is NO "historic Tamil Eelam". You are merely presenting the opinions of your clients even though you are probably aware that it is not the truth because you are paid to do so . If you know even a little of the long history of the region you would know that Sri Lanka belonged to the Sinhalese. Although there were constant invasions of Sri Lanka by the Tamils from Tamil Nadu, the earliest permanent settlement of Tamils from India was in the Jaffna peninsular in the 13th century. For your information, Jaffna is a small part of the north of Sri Lanka.

There are numerous stone inscriptions, documents and other archaeological evidence to support what I state. There was NO Eelam in history. Even the word Eelam refers to the land of the Sinhala people - refer Tamil lexicon, published by the University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, the true "homeland" of the Tamils. If the Tamils know that Eelam refers to the "land of the Sinhala people" I wonder how you are able to make statements calling a part of Sri Lanka the "historic Tamil Eelam". These are the FACTS which makes it the legal right of the Sri Lankan government to be anywhere in the island of Sri Lanka.

I could refer you to many other documents which refute the statements you have made should you have any interest in the truth rather than merely representing the warped, biased statements of Tamil terrorist sympathizers who are paying you to keep repeating falsehoods.

In reading some background information on you prior to writing to you I noted that you quote violations of the Geneva Conventions including indiscriminate attacks against civilians. If you read any of the news reports from Sri Lanka you should know that it is the Tamil terrorists who have been doing this on a continuous basis for over 30 years. The Tamil terrorists invented and perfected the art of suicide bombings and take pride in "celebrating" the horrific acts of these suicide bombers.
If you are aware of the impact of suicide bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan against civilians as well as the U.S. and other forces, you should be aware of the carnage and destruction by the Tamil terrorists on the civilians of all communities of Sri Lanka Are you promoting the actions of the Tamil terrorists because to you lives of Sri Lankans are of less value than American, British etc? Is that what "humanitarian law" is about? One for the west and another for the rest of the world?

In conclusion, you must be paid well to lend your name as a humanitarian lawyer to justify one of the most ruthless terrorist organizations in the world today. For your information there is no "humanity" in the actions of the Tamil terrorists.

Yours truly,

Ira de Silva

London, Ontario, Canada

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