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Terrorism & It's Brutality-Who Wants to Protect it?

By Darmitha-Kotte

It is no secret that where there is terrorism, there will always be brutality & there is no difference whether it is in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, USA, UK, EU, Philippines, Indonesia or Sri Lanka-the results are equally gruesome and gory. However, when the problem of terrorism raises its head and thrives in small countries like Sri Lanka we seem to be having many "pundits" who love to advise on humanitarianism, peaceful co-existence, peaceful negotiations or what is termed as "political solutions" rather than military solutions!

Whether such pundits happen to be foreign governments(whether western or Asian), foreign funding organisations, NGOs, INGOs or religious institutions the very fact that they pamper terrorists and terrorism in the name of "humanitarianism" should open our eyes to the fact that they are in reality aiding and abetting the existence and propagation of terrorism while we may also say openly, that they actually thrive & enjoy the mayhem and brutality wreaked out by terrorists for their own personal agendas. This situation is by no means any different here in Sri Lanka.

For 30 years Sri Lanka has suffered untold misery at the hands of LTTE terrorists where the entire country has been held to ransom. The yearning to enjoy freedom and democracy, educate our children, lead harmonious lives, and lead normal lives has so far been a dream to the citizens of this country while successive Governments in this country have also benefited in no uncertain terms to remain in power using " Emergency Rules" to control our people.

Things have been getting rather hot for LTTE terrorists in Sri Lanka as well as their fund raising organisations like TRO during the past 3 years. Our incumbent GOSL has for once had the backbone, to hand over the duty of protecting our sovereignty and eliminating terrorism without political interference to the Combined Armed Forces and they have truly exhibited their military prowess by systematically encroaching into lands once held under LTTE control. The Armed Forces have also been able to provide a "ray of hope" to the peace loving citizens of this country, that LTTE terrorism can definitely be wiped out from the face of this country. Today, they have proved this beyond doubt that the once considered "invincible" Prabhakaran and his LTTE outfit are by no means unbeatable! The ordinary Tamil community who hold no grudge against the southern citizens of this country are awaiting anxiously for the day to dawn, when they can resume their harmonious lives and cooperation with the rest of the country; when they can live without fear that their school going children will not be kidnapped by LTTE cadres to be used as human fodder in their child brigades.

Now, Sri Lanka is at a very crucial and decisive stage in the bid to eliminate terrorism with very encouraging victories being gained by our Armed Forces on a daily basis. It is our fervent wish that our brave soldiers will continue their bravery in their duty towards protecting our Mother Land for the sake of the entire country- not just for a minority group of terrorists and their foreign funding cahorts who support them.

At this crucial stage the entire country must stand by our soldiers and the entire world must support our GOSL and Armed Forces with sincerity. They must be happy in the thought that Sri Lanka will hopefully be able to wipe out the most notorious and brutal terrorist organisation in the world and ensure peace not only in this country but in the entire region. However, it is sad to say that we now see certain sectors raising their heads to speak out on behalf of the desperately cornered LTTE leader Prabhakaran & his brutal terrorists!

Who Protects These Terrorists?

Reports being received on a daily basis have shown us that foreign INGOs as well as UN organisations have in the name of socio-development projects, conflict resolution, peaceful co-existence and humanitarianism have in reality been pampering, protecting, supporting the nefarious activities of the LTTE. Recently ACF or Action Contre Le Faim, ZOA and earlier Oxfam and UNICEF have been found fault with for aiding and abetting with the LTTE.

Various governments in the EU including the most notorious supporter of the LTTE-the Norwegian Government have even been working against the incumbent GOSL in no uncertain terms until it became evident to the GOSL that the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was doing more harm to our country than good and decided to cancel their Terms of Reference and request them to leave. Their impartiality was found to be very faulty and detrimental to the extent that they were even involved in providing arms to the terrorists!

Throughout the 30 years of mayhem wreaked out by the LTTE, the Christian Churches including the Catholic Churches and Evangelical Churches operating in the regions in Mannar and further up in the North and East, have directly and indirectly been protecting the LTTE and paying obeisance to them while endangering the entire nation! As religious groups they have been trusted by the GOSL until it has been proven and detected that Christian Priests have actually been even transporting and storing suicide kits and explosives back and forth from the LTTE held areas to other parts of the country to destroy civilians and transport systems and state institutions which points a finger at their direct involvement in terrorism! Rev.Father Raiyappu Joseph has exposed himself very badly in every action of his in the recent past. In relation to the Madhu Church issue where he intentionally sabotaged the Madhu Festival to implicate the Armed Forces and insecurity in the region for his own lapses. Happily he entertained the LTTE and permitted them to plant landmines within the Madhu Church premises for kilometres in extent without saying "boo or bah"!

Can anyone say that there will be no IDPs in a war torn region in any part of the world? Today, Rev.Father Raiyappu Joseph is crying pathetically on behalf of dangers to civilian life in the Mannar and Wanni areas which in any way never had any security from LTTE brutality for the last 30 years-then he worked harmoniously with the terrorists but now, when the Armed Forces are attempting to free the Wanni of terrorists he is shedding crocodile tears for the IDPs and civilian life! The task is first to eliminate terrorism and then for the GOSL to sort out the IDP problem-not to solve the IDP problem before eliminating terrorism as any sane thinking person will understand. There is absolutely no doubt that civilians sandwiched between the LTTE and the war against terrorism are facing hardships and no one is happy about that.

When the GOSL and Ministry of Defense requested all NGOs and INGOs to leave the Wanni, SEDEC-Caritas refused to do so on the grounds that they cannot abandon "their work and their people"- may we ask-is it to protect terrorism and the LTTE or not? The Armed Forces want to avoid harming as least as possible civilians in the region and it is upto all organisations to support and cooperate with the Armed Forces instead of creating wedges in between!

Our "Big Brother" and neighbour India is also beginning to twist the arm of the GOSL as per recent reports we have seen. BBC Tamil Service, Chennai carried a report by TN Gopalan on 7th October 2008 titled "Karunanidhi Steps Up Pressure" in which it is stated that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi has stepped up his campaign for Indian intervention in Sri Lanka by requesting Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Sonia Gandhi to intervene into the internal affairs of Sri Lanka in their bid to eliminate terrorism from our country.

In another report in BBC Sinhala.com on 6th October,2008 titled " India Expresses Grave Concern" it is stated that " India has expressed grave concern and unhappiness of the growing casualties of Tamil civilians as a result of military action in northern Sri Lanka."

While appreciating the concerns of the Indian Government about the situation in the Kilinochchi region as the Armed Forces are advancing into LTTE held areas to eliminate terrorism and clear the area which will eventually provide Tamil civilians who are sick and tired of LTTE harassment for the last 30 years, Mr. Karunanidhi and the Indian Government must fully cooperate with the GOSL if we are to consider India as our best friend and "Big Brother" at this crucial moment without hindering the progress. All this harassment and inconvenience to Tamil civilians in the North would not have happened, if the LTTE was not trained in India originally to wreak terror in Sri Lanka! Therefore, the Indian Government and the people of Tamil Nadu also have their fair share of "aiding and abetting "with the LTTE to create mayhem in a once peaceful & harmonious country called Sri Lanka!


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