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India will not intervene
[ TCNR ] [ 05:30 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
General Mehta, who commanded the IPKF from 1988 until its departure in 1991, was responding to a point raised by The Sunday Leader during a brief interview, that as LTTE Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan has set his sights on the emergence of Tamil Eelam and therefore even if GOSL - LTTE negotiations lead to a political settlement, the name Tamil Eelam has acquired a significance that is unlikely to be relinquished by the LTTE. However, General Mehta emphasised that "due to the baggage of the past, India is not prepared to get involved in the political resolution of the conflict, as it sacrificed over 1,248 of its soldiers during the peace keeping process. The sequel had left some residual bad blood in the Indian military, particularly among the officers of the IPKF, as one Sri Lankan government invited us and the next asked us to leave." When this writer pointed out that the IPKF period has also left bad blood for the people of Jaffna, General Mehta stated "it could have, but we should overcome the burden of the past and look to the future."
Sri Lanka seeks new truce after Swiss talks - chief negotiator
[ AFX ] [ 12:39 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
Sri Lankan negotiators have vowed to honor a deal reached with Tamil Tiger rebels after talks in Switzerland, but said a new truce is still needed to resolve 'legal infirmities' in the current ceasefire brokered in 2002. 'Whatever the steps needed will be taken by the government to implement the agreement (reached in Switzerland),' chief negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva said. He declined to specify what measures will be taken to deliver on a promise to stop pro-government armed groups attacking Tamil Tigers, particularly in the island's restive east. A legal expert in Colombo's delegation, H L de Silva, told reporters that the truce is still flawed and the only way to make it a proper legal document is to have a brand-new ceasefire signed by the new president. The 'original weakness and legal infirmity remains,' he told reporters, adding that the Swiss talks recognized a 'de facto agreement, a de facto arrangement, outside the law, but nevertheless binding between the parties as far as their future conduct is concerned.'
London terrorist cadre arrested in Geneva
[ The Island ] [ 16:08 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
An anti-peace talks protest held in Geneva was disrupted and the chief organiser was arrested by the Swiss police for several criminal offences, including that of being in the country `illegally`. Virajah Ramaraj, (ENDLF Office, 131 Pinner Road, Harrow, HA1 4EU UK) a former member of the PLOTE the current head of international operations for the ENDLF paramilitary group was arrested outside the United Nations offices in Geneva on Wednesday, 22 February 2006. The ENDLF operates under the Karuna banner and has carried out several attacks against civilians in eastern Sri Lanka. Sources from Geneva reported that as only a handful of paramilitary supporters and sympathisers had took part in the `sideshow`, frustrated organisers resorted to ranting filth in order to get attention. They seem to have received their due from the Swiss police who were on high alert. `The police officers had initially approached Ramaraj to apprehend him for anti-social behaviour,` sources added. Only then did the police officers become aware that Ramaraj was in the country illegally.
[ TCNR ] [ 05:30 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
General Mehta, who commanded the IPKF from 1988 until its departure in 1991, was responding to a point raised by The Sunday Leader during a brief interview, that as LTTE Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan has set his sights on the emergence of Tamil Eelam and therefore even if GOSL - LTTE negotiations lead to a political settlement, the name Tamil Eelam has acquired a significance that is unlikely to be relinquished by the LTTE. However, General Mehta emphasised that "due to the baggage of the past, India is not prepared to get involved in the political resolution of the conflict, as it sacrificed over 1,248 of its soldiers during the peace keeping process. The sequel had left some residual bad blood in the Indian military, particularly among the officers of the IPKF, as one Sri Lankan government invited us and the next asked us to leave." When this writer pointed out that the IPKF period has also left bad blood for the people of Jaffna, General Mehta stated "it could have, but we should overcome the burden of the past and look to the future."
Sri Lanka seeks new truce after Swiss talks - chief negotiator
[ AFX ] [ 12:39 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
Sri Lankan negotiators have vowed to honor a deal reached with Tamil Tiger rebels after talks in Switzerland, but said a new truce is still needed to resolve 'legal infirmities' in the current ceasefire brokered in 2002. 'Whatever the steps needed will be taken by the government to implement the agreement (reached in Switzerland),' chief negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva said. He declined to specify what measures will be taken to deliver on a promise to stop pro-government armed groups attacking Tamil Tigers, particularly in the island's restive east. A legal expert in Colombo's delegation, H L de Silva, told reporters that the truce is still flawed and the only way to make it a proper legal document is to have a brand-new ceasefire signed by the new president. The 'original weakness and legal infirmity remains,' he told reporters, adding that the Swiss talks recognized a 'de facto agreement, a de facto arrangement, outside the law, but nevertheless binding between the parties as far as their future conduct is concerned.'
London terrorist cadre arrested in Geneva
[ The Island ] [ 16:08 GMT, Feb. 26, 2006 ]
An anti-peace talks protest held in Geneva was disrupted and the chief organiser was arrested by the Swiss police for several criminal offences, including that of being in the country `illegally`. Virajah Ramaraj, (ENDLF Office, 131 Pinner Road, Harrow, HA1 4EU UK) a former member of the PLOTE the current head of international operations for the ENDLF paramilitary group was arrested outside the United Nations offices in Geneva on Wednesday, 22 February 2006. The ENDLF operates under the Karuna banner and has carried out several attacks against civilians in eastern Sri Lanka. Sources from Geneva reported that as only a handful of paramilitary supporters and sympathisers had took part in the `sideshow`, frustrated organisers resorted to ranting filth in order to get attention. They seem to have received their due from the Swiss police who were on high alert. `The police officers had initially approached Ramaraj to apprehend him for anti-social behaviour,` sources added. Only then did the police officers become aware that Ramaraj was in the country illegally.