Ajit Randeniya

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It is interesting to note that the UN employs independent ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”expertsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ on ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”summary executionsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, right to health, food and water and sanitation.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ For heaven’s sake,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ what skills do make one an ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”expertƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ on summary executions? It could only be US army experience in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan!

What expertise do you need to work out that human beings need food, water and, sanitation to survive? If the UN wants to contact them, there are more than six billion poor people in the world (out of a total of 6.7 billion) who can testify for this need and to the fact that their ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”rightsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ to these essentials are violated by the greedy and selfish Western nations.

The relevance of this issue arises from the latest ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”cardƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ being played by the long-noses in their never-ending campaign to use Sri Lanka as a diversion from the civilian killings in Afghanistan and the recently released report on Israeli atrocities in the Gaza.

Four of the so-called experts have now asked the Human Rights Council of the UN to ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”urgentlyƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ set up an international inquiry to address the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”criticalƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ situation in Sri Lanka. While salivating over the first-class junket to tropical Sri Lanka, paid for by the poor, theyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ justify it by lyingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ that: ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”the current humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka gives cause for ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”deep concernƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, not only in terms of the number of civilians who have been and continue to be killed, but because of a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”dramatic lack of transparency and accountabilityƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. They have found a good reason to believe that ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”thousands of civiliansƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ have been killed in the past three months alone, and still the Sri Lankan government is yet to account for the casualties, or to ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”allow journalists and humanitarian monitors in the war zoneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢.

In addition to the notably emotional language used, it must be noted that the experts – Philip Alston, Olivier De Schutter and Catarina de Albuquerque Anand Grover ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” are white, and European, and of course, the long-nosed type (like nearly 90% of the UN staff who deal with similar issues). Grover is an exception; he, with an anglicised name, used to be an AIDS activist and lawyer in Mumbai!

This latest elaborate conspiracy clearly shows that it is designed to divert focus away from the world condemnation of the dastardly NATO (US and UK) massacres of civilians in Afghanistan. The ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”event managementƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ of the totally indefensible killing of poor village communities in Afghanistan provides one of the clearest examples of this sinister conspiracy being hatched by their propagandists within and outside the US government and other associated fronts who pose as guardians of Human Rights and Humanitarian values.

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Here is the evidence: according to the local organisation ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”Afghanistan Rights MonitorƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, more than 4000 civilians were killed, more than 6,800 wounded and 120,000 were forced to leave their homes in Afghanistan last year by foreign troops. These killings took place beneath the veneer of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”concernƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ for civilians in Darfur, Sri Lanka and any other place they could get hold of.

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Following the latest massacre, there is civilian backlash including the storming of the main government building in the capital of Farah province, and in the Bala Buluk district by the villagers justifiably enraged over the 147 killings, clearly one of the biggest massacres of civilians by the US forces since Vietnam and Iraq.

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This is the reason why the key partners of the conspiracy (the imperialist establishment, the self-appointed guardians of Human Rights and the wires Reuters, AP and AFP) keep on hatching distractions and diversions: Sri Lanka just happens to be the most convenient place at the moment, in addition to the benefits for them to be gained by getting Prabhakaran and the Tigers off the hook.

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Take the reaction of the so-called Human Rights Watch for an example: any similar issue involving another country that is ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”of interestƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ to them would have created complaints to the UN, US Congress and threats to the government concerned. But the silence of the long noses who operate under this organ of the conspiracy, funded by George Soros and the Ford Foundation (the CIA front) is deafening. None of their usually vociferous condemnations, demands from governments and suggestions to the UN seem to arise in this particular case: wonder why!

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While the Afghan villagers were rioting in protest and bodies were being buried, Kenneth Roth, the HRWƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s leading long nose was telling a gathering of journalists in PRAGUE, Czech Republic about how ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”appalledƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ he was by Afghan puppet-President Hamid Karzai’s selection of Mohammad Qasim Fahim Khan as his running mate in upcoming elections! This conspirator called it a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”disastrous choice for Vice PresidentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, and that the move ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”sends a bad signalƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ about Karzai’s commitment to fighting corruption and ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”upholding the rule of lawƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. Obviously, removing Karzai from power due to non-performance of their agenda is clearly their priority, rather than condemning the killings of 150 Afghans!

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Then the HRW moved on to issues relating to South Africa, writing a letter to President-elect Jacob Zuma about how his government should make human rights the centre of its foreign policy agenda! The long noses expressed ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”concernƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ that South Africa has sided with ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”some of the worst human rights abusersƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ including Iran, Burma, Sudan and ZimbabweƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢; the US is not included in the list! These shameful attempts of diversion show that HRWƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s real mission is to provide cover to the CIA and the neocons within the US system to politically interfere in other countries; not protecting Human Rights.

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In view of this evidence, the Sri Lankan government needs to reconsider issuing visas for the HRW agents to Sri Lanka for any future ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”investigationsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢. This flagrant display of duplicitous and conspiratorial behaviour shows that their concern for Human Rights is just a sham, and what ever they want to do, they can do at home!

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The best the other guardian of the powerless, Amnesty International could do was to ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”emphasise the need for a transparent investigationƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in to the killings; this backbone-less Western obsession with ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”investigationsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ following massacres as compensation shows the perverted nature of their thinking on the value of human life and its ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”ready dispensabilityƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ in order to achieve their aims. The AI statement added that ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”if the figures are verifiedƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, the civilian death toll from the attack in Farah will be one of the highest: tell us something we did not know!

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Then come the snakes, posing as news wire ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”servicesƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢; the chief weapon of the conspiracy that carries out the task of influencing perceptions around the world. They brand respected nationalistic leaders whom they canƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t buy as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”war criminalsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢, without hesitation, and are ready to smear entire nations with accusations of various crimes.

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Reuters blatantly and shamefully ignored the Afghan killings and instead, reported the killing of four British soldiers in Helmand, southern Afghanistan; it appears that in their arrogant and corrupt minds, a British life (even that of a murderous soldier in a foreign country) is worth ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢at leastƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ 25 Afghan lives!

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The Associated Press highlighted the US ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”denialƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ of the 147 civilians killings; the AP was ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”generous enoughƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ to point out that the US military did not contest that civilians died but called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”extremely over-exaggeratedƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ a report by an Afghan official that 147 were killed. One needs to ask the question, in corrupted English they understand, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”who are you kiddingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢?

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The remarkable feature of this conspiracy is that it is played before the full view of the leading bureaucrats of the UN, but without attracting their ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”concernsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ or moral indignation the seem to be reserving for the poorer countries of the world.

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The UN do-gooders and bleeding hearts, Ban-Ki Moon and Navaneethan Pillay in particular, seem to be incapable of doing anything for the Human Rights of these poor people in Afghanistan whose only ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”crimeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ is to inhabit a part of the world, for millennia, the conspirators want to lay an oil pipeline over.

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Under the smoke and mirrors being created by these many helpers, on 7 May, the US House Appropriations Committee approved more than $94 billion for US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming months. The approval exceeded Obama’s request by more than $9 billion.

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Afghan civilians may have to buy la lot more umbrellas to protect themselves from the bombs that will be ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”rainingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ on them in the coming months!