Exterminate the LTTE Leaders
before the Next Attack
Dilrook Kannangara
Some media played it again. They published articles that cricket
builds goodwill between the GoSL and the LTTE. Why did the LTTE declare
that they would hold a truce during cricket matches? This terror plan
culminated on the day of the Cricket WC final. Some fools claimed
cricket can heal war wounds and the terrorist leader is a big cricket
fan. We now know the reasons why the murderer of Alfred Durraiappa,
Gamini Dissanaike and R Premadasa loves cricket so much! The most
important lesson from the cricket finals is that dont let him
stay for too long like Adam Gilchrist did; its time to take his life.
A reciprocal truce was declared by military authorities according
to some reports. Why defense authorities are so feeble minded to accept
the terror truce? How long are they going to fool the
financiers of the war, the people of this poor country? If not for
my article that appeared in the Lankaweb yesterday, there were dozens
of articles drawing attention to the possibility of terror air attacks
on economic nerve centres.
After the 29 April attack the incumbent defense secretarys stay
may not be so certain. Public support for him is definitely waning
if you listen to the men out there in the streets. Inaction or slow
response now will result in more attacks. It should have been expected
that terrorists will target economic targets with their new found
air power. Surely, not all LTTE air assets have been destroyed. However,
as the terrorists web site reported, they have targeted, among
others, SLAF fuel supply. This speaks volumes about the effectiveness
of the recent SLAF campaign against the LTTE. Terrorists are petrified
that the SLAF will soon take the priced target, the LTTE leader. Also
the terror website made an undue emphasis on the allegation that terrorist
air attack took place after the SLAF raid same morning. All this point
out to the persistent victories SLAF scored against the terrorists.
What should we do now? The best response is to continue air raids
on LTTE controlled areas with greater magnitude. Modern day warfare
is also about endurance; the party seems on the outward as less enduring
becomes the target of more attacks.
There is surely some damage to LTTE air assets; only one (or may be
two planes) carried out terror attacks. Given the gravity of the situation
affecting the LTTE, they got to have used their full capacity as threatened
by the terror supremos barber. What happened to the other planes?
Most likely destroyed. It is important that the remaining assets are
also destroyed soon by the SLAF. There are real-time satellite imagery
service provided by few companies specialized in this area. This type
of images would provide unquestionable information on where the TAF
is hiding. The terrorists web site gives us another hint; it
claims repeatedly that the TAF planes returned safely to VANNI. This
means these planes arent in Vanni, at least in Vanni main area.
North Mullaitivu, Mannar and North West areas can be strong candidates
for providing a hiding place for LTTE air assets.
There is also another intriguing matter in one of the very famous
free satellite image providers (they are even more famous for their
search engine). Certain parts of the LTTE controlled areas are grayed
out for some reason! I personally do not think this is a mistake,
omission or a technical matter; mystery deepens when you carefully
analyze these areas. They have not been purified to some
extent; cloud cover and shades of clouds are visible. I do not think
this image provider has anything to do with collusion; but there is
the slight possibility of a request from an interested party not to
treat this area like any other; may be it is for a good reason and
requested by the GoSL, etc. May be not
However, the point
is there are some important locations hiding in this vast geographical
area.
It is may be atypical that some UNP supporters are jubilant about
the terror attacks. They should realize that if the advent of the
raja yoga for Ranil is thus, it is surely a henahuru
yoga for the country when Ranil attains raja yoga.
Do we need such a bad ominous individual to lead the country? Not
if you are right minded.
We again urge the authorities to consider cheep but effective airborne
surveillance systems. It is anybodys guess that if the terrorist
positions are left un-neutralized, they will again cause havoc around
May Day and Vesak days. They may even try to repeat the bloody 1993
May Day.
Another nonsense that we have to live with is the circus of human
rights clowns. Terrorizing millions of civilians by the flying terrorists
(in Sri Lanka) doesnt fall into human rights violations in their
texts. They value the liberation struggle of the terrorists
more than human rights violations of law abiding citizens. We should
learn from this; we should place our liberation struggle
(liberation from terrorists) above human rights concerns. There is
no practical justification to disregard the majoritys human
rights for the protection of rights of a few terrorists/ terror suspects,
etc. This is the view held the world over by all civilized countries.
Consider capital punishment levied on drug traffickers in Singapore;
the offender is put to death to protect the large society.
We urge Gotabhaya Rajapakse to live up to his name. Whatever with
Gota; Abhaya refers to an individual who alleviates
fear from the minds of the population. We have passed the tipping
point in this 24 year old war; there is no going back. It is either
the terrorists or us. It is upto the powerful defense secretary to
make the choice; although it is so obvious, majority Sri Lankans do
not believe as at this day that the correct choice is made firmly.
Let us go the extra hard mile now to finish off the terrorists than
rest for now and start it all over again. Kick start this by launching
a scintillating retaliation attack; lest the fate of the ostrich will
befall us.