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US identifies a new foe - close to India
IANS/NewKerala, January 27. By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi: After allowing the Afghan mujahideen to blossom into Taliban and Al Qaeda, the US is taking a hard look at Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, undoubtedly the world's most lethal insurgent group. The question is: can this lead to a confrontation between the two?
This might sound farfetched to many today. But one only has to remember that even in the middle of 1987 no one remotely feared a showdown between India and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Indeed, that was when LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had publicly declared: "We love India!"
No such bonhomie today exists between the US and the LTTE.
India's reluctance to get actively involved in Sri Lanka's unending ethnic conflict and, unlike earlier times, be vocal beyond a point is one reason why Washington has started playing, to the discomfort of some in New Delhi, an increasingly activist role in the island nation.
In a space of a fortnight this month, two senior US officials - Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead in Colombo and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns - came out with Washington's strongest denunciation of the LTTE, coupled with unflinching support to Sri Lanka. More... Discuss this story
Published: Fri Jan 27 14:15:25 EST 2006
siehe: http://www.theacademic.org/
IANS/NewKerala, January 27. By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi: After allowing the Afghan mujahideen to blossom into Taliban and Al Qaeda, the US is taking a hard look at Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, undoubtedly the world's most lethal insurgent group. The question is: can this lead to a confrontation between the two?
This might sound farfetched to many today. But one only has to remember that even in the middle of 1987 no one remotely feared a showdown between India and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Indeed, that was when LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had publicly declared: "We love India!"
No such bonhomie today exists between the US and the LTTE.
India's reluctance to get actively involved in Sri Lanka's unending ethnic conflict and, unlike earlier times, be vocal beyond a point is one reason why Washington has started playing, to the discomfort of some in New Delhi, an increasingly activist role in the island nation.
In a space of a fortnight this month, two senior US officials - Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead in Colombo and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns - came out with Washington's strongest denunciation of the LTTE, coupled with unflinching support to Sri Lanka. More... Discuss this story
Published: Fri Jan 27 14:15:25 EST 2006
siehe: http://www.theacademic.org/