{"id":114781,"date":"2021-06-01T23:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T05:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=114781"},"modified":"2021-06-01T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T23:55:32","slug":"this-communication-was-sent-to-the-house-and-senate-members-by-the-sri-lankan-american-action-coalition-on-may-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/06\/01\/this-communication-was-sent-to-the-house-and-senate-members-by-the-sri-lankan-american-action-coalition-on-may-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"This communication was sent to the House and Senate members by the Sri Lankan American Action Coalition on May 27, 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lankan American Action Coalition (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Menendez, Robert
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne
Sen. Coons, Christopher
Sen. Murphy, Christopher S.
Sen. Kaine, Tim
Sen. Markey, Edward J.
Sen. Merkley, Jeff
Sen. Booker, Cory
Sen. Schatz, Brian
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris
Sen. Risch, Jim
Sen. Rubio, Marco
Sen. Johnson, Ron
Sen. Romney, Mitt
Sen. Portman, Rob
Sen. Paul, Rand
Sen. Young, Todd
Sen. Barrasso, John A
Sen. Cruz, Ted
Sen. Rounds, Mike
Sen. Hagerty, Bill
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE<\/strong>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Meeks, Gregory W.
Rep. Malinowski, Tom
Rep. Sherman, Brad
Rep. Sires, Albio
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E.
Rep. Deutch, Theodore
Rep. Bass, Karen
Rep. Keating, William R.
Rep. Cicilline, David N
Rep. Bera, Ami
Rep. Castro, Joaqui
Rep. Titus, Dina
Rep. Lieu, Ted
Rep. Wild, Susan
Rep. Phillips, Dean
Rep. Omar, Ilhan
Rep. Allred, Colin Z.
Rep. Levin, Andy
Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis
Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy
Rep. Kim, Andy
Rep. Jacobs, Sara
Rep. Manning, Kathy
Rep. Costa, Jim
Rep. Vargas, Juan
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott
Rep. McCaul, Michael T.
Rep. Smith, Christopher H.
Rep. Chabot, Steven
Rep. Wilson, Joe
Rep. Perry, Scott
Rep. Issa, Darrell E.
Rep. Kinzinger, Adam
Rep. Zeldin, Lee M.
Rep. Wagner, Ann
Rep. Mast, Brian J.
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Rep. Buck, Ken
Rep. Burchett, Tim
Rep. Green, Mark E.
Rep. Barr, Andy
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory
Rep. Meuser, Daniel
Rep. Tenney, Claudia
Rep. Pfluger, August
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole
Rep. Meijer, Peter
Rep. Jackson, Ronny
Rep. Kim, Young
Rep. Salazar, Mar\u00eda Elvira
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE TRUTH ABOUT SRI LANKA –  BEFORE YOU BELIEVE STORIES OF\nGENOCIDE\u201d,  MARGINALIZATION\u201d , \nDISAPPEARANCES\u201d AND FORM MISIDEMOCRACY AND THE CHOICE MADE BY THE TAMIL PEOPLE\nLIVING IN SRI LANKA, CONSIDER THEIR DESIRES TOO AND NOT ONLY THOSE WHO COME\nTHROUGH YOUR DOORS TO FEED MISINFORMATION. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING LEGISLATORS IN THE USA ABOUT SRI\nLANKA.  PLEASE READ THE ATTACHMENT. (The content below was sent as\nan attachment to the members of both The Congress and Senate in foreign\naffairs.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW CAN YOU BE GUIDED BY PROXIES OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AGAINST A\nDEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT THAT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL CITIZENS WHEN SUICIDE\nBOMBERS AND FORCED CONSCRIPTION OF CHILDREN AND TERROR TOOK PLACE FOR 30 YEARS?\nDID THE WESTERN POWERS EXPECT THE COUNTRY\u2019S GOVERNMENT TO TURN THE OTHER WAY?\nTHEY PROTECTED ALL PEOPLE BUT FACE HUMAN RIGHTS ALLEGATIONS\u201d WITHOUT ACCURATE\nPROOF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF WITH THE TRUTH BEFORE SPONSORING RESOLUTIONS\nAGAINST THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT DEFEATED TERRORISM AND IS ENJOYING PEACE.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PANDERING TO THE PRO LTTE DIASPORA DOMICILED OUTSIDE SRI LANKA AMOUNTS TO\nMISERY FOR THE TAMIL PEOPLE LIVING IN SRI LANKA AND TO THE 17 MILLION SINHALA\nMAJORITY THAT ALSO INCLUDES MUSLIMS WHO WERE ETHNICALLY CLEANSED AND MURDERED\nBY THE LTTE.  WITHIN THE COUNTRY THE\nREALITY IS THAT THE MAJORITY REFERRED TO, THE SINHALA PEOPLE ARE A MINORITY IN\nTHE WORLD WITH NO OTHER COUNTRY THAT SPEAKS THEIR LANGUAGE. THE MINORITIES\nREFERRED TO \u2013 TAMILS AND MUSLIMS HAVE ALMOST 6 TIMES THE POPULATION OF SRI\nLANKA IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE REGION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 IF THE US PRESSES THEIR AGENDA,\nREMEMBER THAT THE AGENDA TO PANDER TO THE PRO TERROR PROXIES IS A PUSH TO\nOPRESS A WORLD MINORITY OF SINHALA PEOPLE. \nTAMIL PEOPLE HAVE 60 MILLION IN TAMIL NADU ACROSS THE SEA AND THE INDIAN\nCONSTITUTION DOES NOT PERMIT SEPARATION BUT THEY HAD TERROR TRAINING CAMPS ON\nSOUTH INDIAN SITES. NOW INDIA OPPOSES ANY FURTHER TERROR ACTIVITIES AFTER THEY\nLOST THEIR LEADER TO SUICIDE BOMBING BY THE TAMIL TIGERS AND A WOMAN BOMBER. A\nMAJORITY OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE LIVING IN SRI LANKA DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE AGENDA\nOF THOSE WHO COME THROUGH YOUR REVOLVING DOORS WITH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND\nLIES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE THE PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA OPPOSE ANY PUSH AND STRONG DEMANDS BY ANY\nRESOLUTIONS TO TAKE AWAY THE FREEDOM AND PEACE OF OUR PEOPLE.  DO NOT OPRESS A WORLD MINORITY BASED ON\nMISINFORMATION.  GO TO SRI LANKA AND SEE\nTHE GROUND SITUATION. IT CAN BE ARRANGED FOR ANY POLICY MAKERS WHO SO DESIRE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU ARE CAVING INTO PRESSURE FROM THE GROUP THAT IS LOOKING TO EXPLOIT THE\nUNITED STATES.  OPERATING ILLEGALLY TO\nUNDERMINE A SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENT WITH THE TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL\nELAM (TGTE) UNDER THE RADAR, OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES?  HOW CAN YOU IGNORE SUCH ACTIONS?  HOW CAN YOU IGNORE THE GALLEON SCANDAL\nINVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING FOR THE LTTE? \nHOW COULD YOU DISMISS SOME OF THE GLARING VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF\nINNOCENT CIVILIANS THAT INCLUDED A VAST NUMBER OF TAMIL PEOPLE FORCED INTO\nTHEIR WAR MACHINE FOR 30 YEARS . WITH SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT TOOK THOUSANDS OF\nLIVES IN THE STREETS, SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, TRAINS, BUSES AND THE LIST\nGROWS BUT THE WESTERN NATIONS IGNORE?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW CAN YOU IGNORE THE FBI CLASSIFICATION OF LTTE AS THE MOST BRUTAL\nTERROR GROUP EVER KNOWN?  HOW CAN YOU\nENTERTAIN AND BE DICTATED TO BY PROXIES OF SUCH A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT\nIS PROSCRIBED IN THE UNITED STATES AND 31 COUNTRIES?  HOW CAN YOU CONDONE TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION,\nASYLUM AND HUMAN SMUGGLING THAT HAS BECOME A BUSINESS FOR THOSE WHO COME\nTHROUGH YOUR DOOR WITH LONG AND FALSE STORIES OF ABUSE AND MARGINALIZATION\nUNFOUNDED AND UNPROVEN. REFER TO THE DATA IN THE REPORT MYTH OF\nDISCRIMINATION\u201d BELOW.  REFER TO THE\nVIDEO CLIPS OF THE LTTE BRUTALITY. LISTEN TO LORD NASEBY SPEAK IN THE  UK HOUSE OF LORDS AS PROVIDED BELOW.  WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES IGNORE SO MANY FOR\nSO FEW WHO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT IS THEIR SELF SEEKING RACKET OF HUMAN SMUGGLING\nAND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HERE\u2019S THE DATA AND THE TRUTH.  PLEASE DO NOT LEGISLATE BY REMOTE CONTROL.  WE WARN YOU THAT YOUR ACTIONS DO NOT HELP THE\nPOOR AND INNOCENT TAMIL PEOPLE.  YOU WILL\nSOON HEAR FROM THEM TOO.  THEIR VOICE\nWILL BE HEARD AND IT IS NOT WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE DIASPORA THAT FINANCES\nPOLITICAL CAMPAIGNS CLAIMING TO BE THE SAVIORS OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE.  THE TAMIL PEOPLE IN SRI LANKA HAVE NOT BEEN\nHEARD.  THEY NEED A VISIT FROM SOME OF\nYOU TO PLEASE CONTACT THE Jaffna Civil Society that will enlighten you.  These are Tamil people who have a story to\ntell that the United States needs to hear. Contact the Jaffna Civil Society\nPresident Arun Arulampalam on email at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arun Siddharth Arulanandam -President of the Jaffna Civil\nSociety of Tamil People living in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:  jaffnacivilsociety@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile:\n+ 94 77 484 2464<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLAIMS\nOF GENOCIDE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED WHEN THE VERY DIASPORA PROXIES WHO COME TO YOU\nARE VISITING THE COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA, AND RETURNING WITH NO ATTACKS OR RISKS\nDUE TO RACE.  THEY OBTAINED DUAL\nCITIZENSHIP AND ARE LARGE SCALE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSMEN ENJOYING\nTHE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.  IF GENOCIDE\nAPPLIES TO SRI LANKA, HERE\u2019S THE DEFINITION AS PER THE UNITED NATIONS.  I URGE READERS TO QUESTION WHETHER THIS\nAPPLIES TO SRI LANKA BY A GROUND VISIT OR BY CONTACT WITH THOSE LIVING THEIR\nLIVES THERE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definition of Genocide as per the UN<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The deliberate and systematic destruction of a\nracial, political, or cultural group.  In\nSri Lanka we are looking at ALLEGATIONS of accusations of deliberate and\nsystematic destruction of a racial group. On the other hand, the terrorists\n(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam \u2013 LTTE) are inaccurately named as non-state\nplayers and have escaped any accountability for destroying over 60,000 civilian\nlives in suicide bombings and an additional 29,000 uniformed security personnel\nwho were acting to save civilians of all ethnicities.  Their sacrifice for peace in 2009 was not\ndished out based on ethnicity.  All\npeople are relieved to see the end of an era when indiscriminate suicide\nbombings and mass scale killings have been almost a daily occurrence.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the UN Definition Article II as it\napplies to the accusations of acts committed to destroy in whole or in part an\nethnic group as accused, examining the acts one by one as below, it is clear\nthat Genocide as applied to Sri Lanka by the UNHRC contradicts the UN definition\nto the core. The UNHRC picture is that it applies to the entire the Tamil\ncommunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definition according to Article II<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the present\nConvention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to\ndestroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group,\nas such: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Killing\nmembers of the group; <\/em>The LTTE participated in mass killing\nof their own Tamil citizens for not participating in the extremist, terrorist\nactivities that they executed starting with killing the Mayor of Jaffna and\nanyone who was a dissident. We know personal stories from sibling of one such\nTamil youth member who expressed objection to their criminal activities and he\nwas murdered. There are many such cases. The JAFFNA CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS ARE\nFAMILIES THAT HAVE MORE STORIES OF ABDUCTION AND KILLING OF THEIR TAMIL FAMILY\nMEMBERS AND FRIENDS.<\/em><\/li>
  2. Causing serious bodily or mental\nharm to members of the group; <\/em>If there was such serious\nbodily harm, how can 60% of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka live in the South\nof the country mingling and even intermarrying with the Sinhala people among\nwhom they live amicably. Some even express that they are more comfortable\noutside of the Elam\u201d area where the caste system is predominant and\nintolerable. The civilians living in Sri Lanka do not want a return to the LTTE\ndominated separatist agenda that the US believes in as a solution.  It is to the Tamil people a return to\nviolence as they will state fearlessly today in 2021.<\/em><\/em><\/li>
  3. Deliberately inflicting on the\ngroup conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in\nwhole or in part; <\/em>This is absent in the country because\nthere is equal opportunity in education, employment, business, and property\nownership.  There is no infliction or\nphysical destruction.<\/em><\/em><\/li>
  4. Imposing measures intended to\nprevent births within the group; <\/em>There are no\nstate controls set for the Tamil community in by the government or ethnic\nmajority as controls on the population growth among the Tamil minority. <\/em><\/em><\/li>
  5. Forcibly transferring children of\nthe group to another group.  <\/em>Forcibly\ntransferring children was brutal action by the LTTE when they conscripted\nchildren as young as age 10 forcibly taken from the clutches of their parents\nand school rooms or even abductions. \nWhen the LTTE recruiters met with resistance from parents or teachers,\nthey killed the adults for protecting kids. \nKids were removed dragged crying for their parents and assaulted for\nasking to go home.  This fits into one of\nthe conditions in the UN definition of forcible transfer for terrorism a\nviolation of children\u2019s human rights. Some of these occurrences are evidenced\nin the supporting videos included in this document.<\/em><\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    THE TRUTH ABOUT SRI LANKA \u2013 CHALLENGING FALSIFIED PROPAGANDA <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    EXPLOITING WESTERN COUNTRIES WITH LUCRATIVE ASYLUM\nOPPORTUNITIES USING UNVERIFIED LIES, EXPLOITING SRI LANKA FOR FREE EDUCATION,\nFREE HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT AND FREEDOM TO OWN PROPERTY WHILE COMMITTING HUMAN\nRIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST CHILDREN AND POOR HELPLESS TAMIL PEOPLE WITH THREATS\nAND MASS KILLING FOR DISSENT. ELIMINATING MODERATE TAMILS IN VISIBLE\nINTELLECTUAL ROLES AND THE LESS POWERFUL WHO REFUSED TO BE PARTICIPANTS TO\nTERRORISM OR BECOME PROXIES OF TERROR TODAY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The war of 1983-2009\nended with peace for all people.  Twelve\nyears later in 2021 the proxies of terror continue to bury the truth with\nfabricated lies offering no proof.  The\nUSA is among 32 countries that banned the LTTE but their proxies continue to be\npart of the campaign against Sri Lanka while western nations including the USA\nare caving into proxies of terror.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The FBI declared the LTTE one of the most brutal terror\ngroups. The crimes committed against children is unquestioned by any Western\nnation or the United Nations that have become prey to pro LTTE proxy\ndiaspora.  Their complacency is\ntantamount to  accepting and being pro\nterroism and anti democracy. The USA needs to seek the truth if it is a leader\nto promote democracy against all forms of proven terrorism against civilian life\nwith suicide bombings that destroyed innocent people going about daily life.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sri Lanka\u2019s suffering under domestic terror lasted almost 30\nyears and the real civilian victims never received justice or even a passing\nconsideration at the UNHRC in the resolution given leadership by the USA and\nnow UK.  It is time for the US\nAdministration to wake up to the truth by  a desire to seek the truth and not the\npropaganda forced on them.  If there is a\ndesire to do so, there is no shortage of opportunities to seek the truth about\nSri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The current situation in 2021 is that those who cry\nGenocide\u201d and continue to be proxies of the terror supporting LTTE remnants\noperating in the US and other western nations that have banned the LTTE,\ncontinue to carry out illegal fundraising for a terrorist cause.  They however, obtained foreign citizenship,\nand made use of the dual citizenship privileges given by Sri Lanka and  continue to return to the Land of Genocide\u201d\nthat their lies provided and foreign governments fell for without\nverification.  Concurrently, claims of\nGeocide and their trips to Sri Lanka continue without opening a dictionary to\nfigure out the true meaing of Genocide that would not permit their existence if\nit was the land of Genocide.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Today, the biggest new found wealth and financing of\nrealestate are owned by those who deceived Sri Lanka, and their host\nnations.  It will only be a matter of\ntime when their power will deprive democracy to Sri Lanka due to the short\nsighted, unverified biases of western countries that followed their trail of\nlies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Data that disproves claims of race based discrimination\nthat became the reason for the internal insurrection that became full blown\nterrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They Myth of Discrimination Against\nTamils in Sri Lanka ACSLU-.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Supporting LTTE war\nfunding and suicide bombings with criminal activities on par with the top\nterror groups recognized by the United States that fails to compare the\nsimilarities to LTTE \u2013 Mackenzie Institute Canada.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
    Funding Terror: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and their Criminal Activities in Canada and the Western World<\/a><\/blockquote>