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The Focus on Sri Lanka Tamil Conflict
[ IFT ] [ 01:46 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
The President's unilateral decision to revoke the CFA and the P-TOMS with complete disregard for the opinion and acquiescence of the parties involved, questions the efficacy and the bona fide of any understanding or agreement the Tamils may be asked to forge with any future Sri Lankan government. History has already taught Tamils a bitter lesson where, agreements made with past Sinhala governments during times of crises have been thrown overboard once tension eased.
TamilNadu: Villages in Tiruvallur district marooned
[ News Today ] [ 02:19 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
Following a breach in Pichatoor lake in Andhra Pradesh, water flow in Arani lake has increased resulting in several villages of Thiruvallur district getting marooned. Over 13,000 residents from these villages have been evacuated to safer places. The Pichatoor lake located at Nagari on the Andhra Pradesh - Tamilnadu border breached early this morning. It resulted in a huge discharge of water to Arani lake in Tiruvallur district. Several villages located near the lake were surrounded by water on all sides. Oothukottai, Periya Palayam, Ponneri and Pazhaverkadu were among the 23 villages in the district that witnessed huge water flow. A warning was issued by the district authorities urging people to move to safer places. Already, residents of few villages including Thalavadi, Kosavan-palayam, Thandalam and Palavakkam have moved to safer places.
S.Lanka stocks sink after fresh attack on military
[ Reuters ] [ 07:05 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's stock exchange fell sharply in early trade on Tuesday after a second deadly attack on the military by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in three days prompted fresh panic selling, dealers and analysts said. Five soldiers were killed in the attack in the military held town of Jaffna, in Sri Lanka's far north -- after a similar claymore fragmentation mine attack killed 7 soldiers on Sunday. The Colombo All-Share was down 5.0 percent at 2,076.88 points by 0520 GMT. The index closed 3.1 percent lower on Monday after a separate weekend attack killed 7 soldiers. The attacks follows on the heels of a series of intensifying attacks which some fear could pressage a return to the island's two decade civil war, which has been in limbo since a 2002 ceasefire.
US asks Sri Lankan government, Tamil Tigers to prevent violence
[ AFP ] [ 07:06 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
The United States has called on the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Tamil Tigers to take immediate steps to prevent violence that has undermined efforts to revive a peace process stalled for more than two years. Washington also condemned Sunday's attack on a Sri Lankan army vehicle that left seven soldiers dead, blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It was the worst attack against government troops since a ceasefire went into effect in February 2002. "Such violence is inconsistent with LTTE claims to be committed to the peace process," deputy US State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said, calling on Colombo and the LTTE "to take immediate action to prevent violence and to uphold the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
India takes a more direct hand in Sri Lankan affairs
[ WSWS ] [ 07:09 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
New Delhi has responded to last month's election of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse by stepping up pressure on Colombo to revive the island's so-called peace process. Amid fears of a breakdown of the current ceasefire, the Indian government is concerned that any return to armed conflict will have a destabilising impact throughout the region. Rajapakse won the November 17 election with the backing of the Sinhala chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU). His electoral pacts with these parties included provocative measures to revise the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), abolish a joint mechanism for the distribution of tsunami aid and rule out a federated state as part of any peace deal.
Five troops dead in S Lanka blast
[ BBC ] [ 07:14 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
A landmine blast in northern Sri Lanka has killed at least five soldiers, an army spokesman has said. The soldiers were on a "routine" patrol in Jaffna town, some 400km (250 miles) from the capital Colombo when the mine exploded, the spokesman said. The attack followed last weekend's landmine blast in northern Jaffna peninsula which killed six troops. Sri Lanka's government had blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack. The rebels have not commented on the violence. No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, which the military spokesman said was caused by a claymore mine. The soldiers "had done routine clearing operations of the area and were returning back on a tractor" when the landmine exploded, spokesman Brig Nalin Witharanagee told the Associated Press.
Sri Lankan Military Torturers in Australia
[ SMH ] [ 12:26 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
THIS man, once a captain in the Sri Lankan Army, arrived in Australia on a visitors' visa in 1998. Within two months he applied for a refugee visa. When he was interviewed by immigration officer Kate Watson, he admitted that in Sri Lanka he had inflicted "low level" torture of Tamil detainees, which included suspending them over an iron bar above burning coconut shells. He said he had witnessed the torture and death of a Sinhalese detainee and was present when fellow soldiers raped and probably killed a Tamil woman.THIS Sri Lankan naval officer admitted to immigration officials that in 1993 he massacred civilians in a refugee camp, which housed children as young as five. Around 40 Tamil refugees died when the officer and eight men under his command opened fire with M16s. They entered the camp disguised as Tamil Tigers.
[ IFT ] [ 01:46 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
The President's unilateral decision to revoke the CFA and the P-TOMS with complete disregard for the opinion and acquiescence of the parties involved, questions the efficacy and the bona fide of any understanding or agreement the Tamils may be asked to forge with any future Sri Lankan government. History has already taught Tamils a bitter lesson where, agreements made with past Sinhala governments during times of crises have been thrown overboard once tension eased.
TamilNadu: Villages in Tiruvallur district marooned
[ News Today ] [ 02:19 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
Following a breach in Pichatoor lake in Andhra Pradesh, water flow in Arani lake has increased resulting in several villages of Thiruvallur district getting marooned. Over 13,000 residents from these villages have been evacuated to safer places. The Pichatoor lake located at Nagari on the Andhra Pradesh - Tamilnadu border breached early this morning. It resulted in a huge discharge of water to Arani lake in Tiruvallur district. Several villages located near the lake were surrounded by water on all sides. Oothukottai, Periya Palayam, Ponneri and Pazhaverkadu were among the 23 villages in the district that witnessed huge water flow. A warning was issued by the district authorities urging people to move to safer places. Already, residents of few villages including Thalavadi, Kosavan-palayam, Thandalam and Palavakkam have moved to safer places.
S.Lanka stocks sink after fresh attack on military
[ Reuters ] [ 07:05 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's stock exchange fell sharply in early trade on Tuesday after a second deadly attack on the military by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in three days prompted fresh panic selling, dealers and analysts said. Five soldiers were killed in the attack in the military held town of Jaffna, in Sri Lanka's far north -- after a similar claymore fragmentation mine attack killed 7 soldiers on Sunday. The Colombo All-Share was down 5.0 percent at 2,076.88 points by 0520 GMT. The index closed 3.1 percent lower on Monday after a separate weekend attack killed 7 soldiers. The attacks follows on the heels of a series of intensifying attacks which some fear could pressage a return to the island's two decade civil war, which has been in limbo since a 2002 ceasefire.
US asks Sri Lankan government, Tamil Tigers to prevent violence
[ AFP ] [ 07:06 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
The United States has called on the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Tamil Tigers to take immediate steps to prevent violence that has undermined efforts to revive a peace process stalled for more than two years. Washington also condemned Sunday's attack on a Sri Lankan army vehicle that left seven soldiers dead, blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It was the worst attack against government troops since a ceasefire went into effect in February 2002. "Such violence is inconsistent with LTTE claims to be committed to the peace process," deputy US State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said, calling on Colombo and the LTTE "to take immediate action to prevent violence and to uphold the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
India takes a more direct hand in Sri Lankan affairs
[ WSWS ] [ 07:09 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
New Delhi has responded to last month's election of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse by stepping up pressure on Colombo to revive the island's so-called peace process. Amid fears of a breakdown of the current ceasefire, the Indian government is concerned that any return to armed conflict will have a destabilising impact throughout the region. Rajapakse won the November 17 election with the backing of the Sinhala chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU). His electoral pacts with these parties included provocative measures to revise the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), abolish a joint mechanism for the distribution of tsunami aid and rule out a federated state as part of any peace deal.
Five troops dead in S Lanka blast
[ BBC ] [ 07:14 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
A landmine blast in northern Sri Lanka has killed at least five soldiers, an army spokesman has said. The soldiers were on a "routine" patrol in Jaffna town, some 400km (250 miles) from the capital Colombo when the mine exploded, the spokesman said. The attack followed last weekend's landmine blast in northern Jaffna peninsula which killed six troops. Sri Lanka's government had blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack. The rebels have not commented on the violence. No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, which the military spokesman said was caused by a claymore mine. The soldiers "had done routine clearing operations of the area and were returning back on a tractor" when the landmine exploded, spokesman Brig Nalin Witharanagee told the Associated Press.
Sri Lankan Military Torturers in Australia
[ SMH ] [ 12:26 GMT, Dec. 6, 2005 ]
THIS man, once a captain in the Sri Lankan Army, arrived in Australia on a visitors' visa in 1998. Within two months he applied for a refugee visa. When he was interviewed by immigration officer Kate Watson, he admitted that in Sri Lanka he had inflicted "low level" torture of Tamil detainees, which included suspending them over an iron bar above burning coconut shells. He said he had witnessed the torture and death of a Sinhalese detainee and was present when fellow soldiers raped and probably killed a Tamil woman.THIS Sri Lankan naval officer admitted to immigration officials that in 1993 he massacred civilians in a refugee camp, which housed children as young as five. Around 40 Tamil refugees died when the officer and eight men under his command opened fire with M16s. They entered the camp disguised as Tamil Tigers.