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LTTE could gain from Tamil Nadu realignments
[ IANS ] [ 04:33 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Tamil Nadu's close race for power might prove a mixed bag for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, rather than the windfall it could have been for the insurgent group outlawed in India. Some gains are already visible.The Indian state keeps a close watch on the LTTE although it does not see the Tigers with the same prism it looks at Islamists and Maoists. A recent meeting in New Delhi on threats to India did not even discuss the LTTE.In the opinion of one Indian official, if the AIADMK wins the elections and if Vaiko enjoys a close working relationship with the chief minister, the Tigers might slowly start laying support networks in Tamil Nadu in six months or so.However, that would only happen if Jayalalitha wins and leans on Vaiko to govern. If and when the LTTE decides to resume its war in Sri Lanka or get out of the Western-brokered peace process, Tamil Nadu's politicians will be expected to speak - in India and abroad - in favour of the Tigers.
The EU Contribution to the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
[ TCHR ] [ 04:41 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Indeed it really does seem very bizarre that there has been no Resolution in either the UN Commission on Human Rights or the Sub-Commission for nearly twenty years. This is due to the heavy lobby conducted by the Sri Lankan state. What happens to all the facts documented in the UN system? They do not appear in the international media, due to this heavy lobbying. For instance, take the Sri Lankan media, such as the English media in Colombo, all the newspapers (except one, which also has reservations) do not publish much on these facts and figures concerning the reality of the conflict in Sri Lanka.When we come to the news agencies based in Sri Lanka, and look at the people responsible for them, the vast majority of the international correspondents are Sinhalese. In other words, the same as the journalists of the Colombo papers. Therefore the international media coming from Colombo is not independent, it is not unbiased.
LTTE could gain from Tamil Nadu realignments
[ IANS ] [ 14:41 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Tamil Nadu's close race for power might prove a mixed bag for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, rather than the windfall it could have been for the insurgent group outlawed in India. The moves by Vaiko's MDMK and T Tirumavalavan's Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) to contest the May assembly elections with Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK may provide the Tigers political access to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa they lacked - if she retains power. But if India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ousts the MDMK for aligning with its foe in Tamil Nadu, it could be a setback for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) whose cause Vaiko advocated with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
A socialist answer to the danger of war in Sri Lanka
[ WSWS ] [ 14:43 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Every time a new Sri Lankan president is elected, it is customary to promise “a new approach” will be undertaken to solve all political and social evils. When Mahinda Rajapakse narrowly won the election in November, he pledged to immediately implement his grand plan—Mahinda Chinthana or Mahinda’s Vision. More than 100 days into Rajapakse’s rule, however, the situation in Sri Lanka has taken a drastic turn for the worse. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) warned in its election manifesto: “Rajapakse is backed by layers of the state bureaucracy, military, Buddhist hierarchy and business whose interests are bound up with the maintenance of Sinhala supremacy and opposed to any concession to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the country’s Tamil minority.
[ IANS ] [ 04:33 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Tamil Nadu's close race for power might prove a mixed bag for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, rather than the windfall it could have been for the insurgent group outlawed in India. Some gains are already visible.The Indian state keeps a close watch on the LTTE although it does not see the Tigers with the same prism it looks at Islamists and Maoists. A recent meeting in New Delhi on threats to India did not even discuss the LTTE.In the opinion of one Indian official, if the AIADMK wins the elections and if Vaiko enjoys a close working relationship with the chief minister, the Tigers might slowly start laying support networks in Tamil Nadu in six months or so.However, that would only happen if Jayalalitha wins and leans on Vaiko to govern. If and when the LTTE decides to resume its war in Sri Lanka or get out of the Western-brokered peace process, Tamil Nadu's politicians will be expected to speak - in India and abroad - in favour of the Tigers.
The EU Contribution to the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
[ TCHR ] [ 04:41 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Indeed it really does seem very bizarre that there has been no Resolution in either the UN Commission on Human Rights or the Sub-Commission for nearly twenty years. This is due to the heavy lobby conducted by the Sri Lankan state. What happens to all the facts documented in the UN system? They do not appear in the international media, due to this heavy lobbying. For instance, take the Sri Lankan media, such as the English media in Colombo, all the newspapers (except one, which also has reservations) do not publish much on these facts and figures concerning the reality of the conflict in Sri Lanka.When we come to the news agencies based in Sri Lanka, and look at the people responsible for them, the vast majority of the international correspondents are Sinhalese. In other words, the same as the journalists of the Colombo papers. Therefore the international media coming from Colombo is not independent, it is not unbiased.
LTTE could gain from Tamil Nadu realignments
[ IANS ] [ 14:41 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Tamil Nadu's close race for power might prove a mixed bag for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas, rather than the windfall it could have been for the insurgent group outlawed in India. The moves by Vaiko's MDMK and T Tirumavalavan's Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) to contest the May assembly elections with Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK may provide the Tigers political access to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa they lacked - if she retains power. But if India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ousts the MDMK for aligning with its foe in Tamil Nadu, it could be a setback for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) whose cause Vaiko advocated with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
A socialist answer to the danger of war in Sri Lanka
[ WSWS ] [ 14:43 GMT, Mar. 11, 2006 ]
Every time a new Sri Lankan president is elected, it is customary to promise “a new approach” will be undertaken to solve all political and social evils. When Mahinda Rajapakse narrowly won the election in November, he pledged to immediately implement his grand plan—Mahinda Chinthana or Mahinda’s Vision. More than 100 days into Rajapakse’s rule, however, the situation in Sri Lanka has taken a drastic turn for the worse. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) warned in its election manifesto: “Rajapakse is backed by layers of the state bureaucracy, military, Buddhist hierarchy and business whose interests are bound up with the maintenance of Sinhala supremacy and opposed to any concession to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the country’s Tamil minority.