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Terrorism not totally annihilated

As the Prime Minister has very correctly stated, there are still embers of terrorism which might flare up in future. Here is one such ember which is an extract from a news item which appeared in the Asian Tribune website on 10th June, 2009 written by Gopal Ethir.

"Sri Lanka Tamil Rehabilitation conference organised by Tamil Centre on Monday, Dr. Boyle, Professor of International Law at University of Illinois College of Law said he was sure the Government of Sri Lanka committed genocide on Tamils from January 2009 to May 2009. He said that this genocide eclipsed that committed by Serbia between April 1992 and August 2005. "The genocide of over 50,000 Hindu, Christian Tamils by the Sinhala Buddhist regime should be taken up before the International Court of Justice," he said.

The only way to counter this malicious propaganda is to compile a book explaining in detail, LTTE’s crimes such as massacres, bombings, attacks on places of religious interest, murder of nearly 700 innocent policemen who surrendered to the outfit during the last 30 years. Some of these incidents are now being published on daily basis in some newspapers. All such details should be incorporated into a book, with photographs wherever possible. Such books should be made available to all our High Commissions/ Embassies abroad, for distribution among all individuals/organisations who are making statements similar to those quoted above. They will be surprised at the tremendous restraint and patience exercised by the majority community in the midst of grave provocation, unparalleled in the history of the entire world.

Of course, reference should be made to the July ‘83 incidents as well; but not in the way some critics rush to the press in July each year, none of whom for reasons best known to themselves care to state what caused the July, 83 riots. To put it very simply, there would not have been a Black July, if not for the cold blooded murder of 13 innocent soldiers in Jaffna who were not on any combat duty.

Such a book is absolutely necessary, not only for the enlightenment of those who are groping in the dark, but also for the benefit of our future generations who should know what exactly took place in this country during the last 30 years.

D. Siriratna

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