Gen.Sarath Fonseka-Downfall of a once Hero...

"General Fonseka has had official discussions with the UNP, and other opposition parties, and the opposition groups including the JVP and the UNP had discussions about the strategies for elections" General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake told the BBC Sinhala Service yesterday.

So there seems to be a process in motion within the Opposition,least the UNP to get Gen.Sarath Fonseka as the Oppositions main candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election.

Even JVP is strong about the inclusion of the Gen.as their common candidate.how UNP and JVP going to go to bed is one thing but if they indeed get him in as their 'common' candidate..well thats a major achivment itself i think.

whtever said and done, i think its a very good development..least we know that our democratic proses is such that even people of different views and beliefs could get to gather for a common cause, that of making about a change in Government. or is it?

Yesterday, addressing the media Gen.Sarath Fonseka said "In military, you can't talk but have to take action! In politics, you can talk even without action" ...that made me think.. i read his letter of resignation.. and the annex to it too.. marked supposedly 'confidential' but was made available to the media as soon as he walked out of the Presidential Secretariat after tending it!!!

But the best came out of his interview with Frederica Jansz of Sunday Leader ..where he goes on and on ranting about all the perks he lost but more than anything else.. his claim to be the unconditional holder to the title of 'man who wiped LTTE off the Map of Sri Lanka' ..if you read the interview, then its better to read D B S Jeyaraj's excellent write up on dellima of Sarath Fonseka. 

Then it all adds up..this General is clearly losing his mind..sadly this is all about his Ego and his urged to be the center of all...

I sure hope some sanity will prevail and he ends this period of madness and take up the life of a retired General .. and may be take up some thing alternative to politics ..if he is genuine about his intention to serve the country..as he stated at Kelaniya Temple just after he handed his letter of resignation.

So far i haven't seen any indications of that happening and more and more the people are realizing who this guy really is.so, come next week or so, we will see this guy coming in to the foray as some sort of candidate for whatever the party or alliance and when that happens (if not its happening already) the Govt will start its own 'PR' campaign .. 'educating' the public on virtues of Gen.Fonseka.

Out comes the worms when the cans start to pop out and soon we all will be in knee high mud..but one thing is for sure, unlike the excitements that's shared by the pro LTTE lobby over the 'rifts' that's crated within the Govt over exit of Gen.Fonseka.. its not going to hurt this Govts Anti LTTE drive nor it will roll back the momentum started with the defeat of the LTTE and its proxies.

Reality is that, Gen.Sarath Fonseka is a spent force and he has exceeded his shelve life and now just like he claims, has the right to do anything but whatever he dose, its not going to hurt the Crusade against Tamil Eelamist-Separatist Cause.others have taken on the fight and the fight will continue..with or without Gen.Fonseka.

So Good Luck General Sir, but like most Sri Lankans I'm not going to Vote for you!

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Serious Allegations against Army of Abuse & Torture of Prisoners -is this Govt policy?

Allegations against the Army of serious abuse and torture on terrorists detainees and suspects have been uncovered by a leading news agency and I'm shocked by some of the details of such abuse.

Some of the former detainees have alleged they were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs at detention facilities.this news agency had interviewed 27 former inmates from around the country over a period of two months.

They were held at times between 2002 and 2008 and they were all accused of belonging to or helping terrorists.None were charged with any offense or put on trial; some even received apologies when they were released.

Defence authorities has denied the charges and insisted that all inmates in the facility are treated 'humanely' but the list of abuses is horrifying..to list a few...

a. physical abuse ( i guess this means assault etc)
b.use of stress positions (including tied down upside down and left hanging from ceilings etc..)
c. excessive heat or cold (being immersed in cold or hot water,being kept inside freezer trucks for prolong hours etc)
d.exposure to unbearably loud noise (loudspeaker played in to a enclosed holding cell etc..)
e.forced to remove clothes presence of female soldiers...(every one understands this well...he he)

In some cases detainees were threatened with death at gunpoint in what i figure is a staged mock execution and one former inmate had allegedly stated that "They did things that you would not do against animals let alone to humans" while another had said "They poured cold water on you in cold days and hot water in warmer days. They used dogs against us. They put a pistol or a gun to your head and threatened you with death"...

"They put some kind of medicine in the water to make you sleepless and then they would interrogate you" said another..

But when the news agency took up these allegations of torture with Defence Authorities a senior officer had denied the allegations and had said that their conduct "meet international standards for care and custody".

They also argue that granting legal rights to detainees could harm their "ability to succeed in armed conflict and to protect their Governments' forces" by limiting their powers to conduct military operations.

Having read the allegations and follow on description I'm shocked by the details of such horrific practices and as a Sri Lankan who had experienced violence and fear that was part of LTTE's thirty year war of Terror against this country i understand some measures may be needed when it comes to interrogation of captured terrorists but by no way i condemn the use of such horrible and inhumane methods on suspects ,who in the end turned out to be Innocent civilians..

I wonder what the leadership of the country has to say about this and also the Defence Authorities who constantly claim they 'follow and defend Rights of people" ...especially the President who wants to portray himself as a champion of Freedoms and Justice...




by the way i forgot.. this is all about the US Army in Afghanistan and allegations mainly centred around its detention facility in Bagram Air Base North of Kabul..according to BBC..

Tehran burns, Western Govts feel the pain...

Its several days now since the demonstrations and protests started over the outcome of the Iran's Presidential election and today Iran's Council of Guardians, the panel of clerics who act as the country's top political authority, have invited opposition candidates to share their grievances in Iran's disputed election. seems all quarters of Iranian life wants everyone with power to act now to resolve the ongoing political drama in Iran.

Whats more interesting is to watch all the Western Media coverage over this issue, so many commentaries ,assessments and analysis given throughout the day by an extensive panel irrespective of what news agency you watch.. but strangely most majority of the 'experts' tend to be westerners themselves and hardly any Iranians, locals nor expatriate Iranians! BBC i think takes pride in showing repeatedly the 'death to the dictator' and some other slogans which BBC interprets as 'anti-revolution',while CNN can't let go of its 'experts' from Christian Science Monitor.

Makes me wonder, it may be the Iranian public or least a section of the public who may be protesting over the outcome but its the Western Governments ,especially Mrs.Clinton who seems to be having sleepless nights over this 'crisis' and right wing Israeli politicians who are feeling the pain of the chaos in Tehran...and suddenly North Korea is benign, Kim Jong IL is not toying with the 'button' .. nor Taliban at the 'gates of Islamabad' is irrelevant.

It was the same Western media who played down the Iranian Revolution three decades back,when their favorite Shah Pahlavi was feeling the peoples power over his despotic rule and now the Iranians are on the streets and rest assured they will know what to do with the destiny of their country and they will do whats best for them, what they are able and capable and not what the Western Governments wish.

I hope Mrs.Clinton finds some peace and time to focus on more burning issues closer to home!

CPA receives a 'threatening' letter- about time i say....

Seems CPA received a 'threatening' letter via post and i have read the content as they have made it available on their web, including English and Tamil translations.some individuals within CPA I'm told, attempts to paint that the 'threat' is made by a Sinhala nationalist group but i doubt the source or origins of the letter according to them.

Groups who oppose CPA ,whom with a capability to strike, if there is such that is in existence don't give damn about CPA..nor JHU,PNM or NMAT dose! if that was the case then the JHU/PNM/NMAT hordes would have demonstrated in front of CPA and would have done some vandalism like what we saw over last couple of weeks at UK,Canada Embassies..

Forget the actual 'threat' for now but the fact is that I'm sure CPA will put this 'threat' to very good use to make noise (and raise funds! ) calling for more foreign meddling in furthering its interests (CPA's interests that is !) .

So who can be the source of this letter? look no further but i think its none other than Mr.Sunanda Desha-Apriya and his cahoots from FMM.

Am i making baseless allegations? No, i have solid reasons to think its him..and if someone from CPA or least connected to CPA is reading this post, please make note and dig a bit around FMM boys who used to hang about CPA..buy then few drinks and they will tell how this letter originated and why (?) it was sent.

As for CPA, its shameless how they go about with a Pro LTTE agenda but i think its more to do with CPA's funders' than CPA itself and the best way to fight them is to expose CPA's unethical practices to the world,not send stupid letters threatening them to comply with 'Ranaviru Celebrations' . after all why do we need CPA to celebrate when we have the whole country irrespective ethnic divisions celebrating the victory over LTTE terrorism as one!

Whether Prabakaran..?

I've been hearing so many rumors and speculation on the fate of LTTE Chief V.Prabakaran for the last couple of weeks now.. many include Prabakaran escaping via speed boat under cover of a massive Sea Tiger assault on the Navy petrol units (which happened last week..), and to be met by a LTTE charted/owned Freighter off the coast of Eastern Sri Lanka .... to claims such as Prabakaran escaped using a submarine..(which i think its too far fetched ,since we saw the embryonic state of LTTE R&D on building a Sub..when Forces captured some of such crafts under construction last month/Jan 09) .

And yesterday and today, there were speculations and rumors of Prabakaran's body found among group of LTTE dead, and is now in a Military base outside Colombo awaiting forensics (may be DNA testing..?). then according to a claim by surrendered (again cannot confirm) 'Senior Memeber' (as he is called!) and one time leader of EROS, T.Balakumar states that LTTE Chief V.Prabakaran was killed by LTTE when his attempt to escape failed or he got caught in a failed attempt to escape! [that's according to #LTTE on Twitter..]

However, i have no 'confidencial/highly placed sources' within the Military establishment nor Political leadership to verify or claim on the fate of Prabakaran but my simple question is, Is Prabakran any more relevant after the crushing defeat of the LTTEs Terrorist structure?

I think the more important strategic issue is to redirect focus on strengthening Unity of this country and may be establishing rule of law with the defeat of LTTE and its reign of Terror!

In the case of Prabakarans demise,the remnants of the LTTE both here and overseas (including ,now head less chicken like TNA,NGO mafia,Jehan Perera etc and of course not to forget those 'genocide' chanting hordes carrying LTTE terror flags in Western capitals ), i think this claim of "Silencing Guns" is a hint that under the helm of K.P or Kumaran Padmanadan or Selvarasa Pathmanathan ,the LTTE will go global with its war of Terror against Sri Lanka and best indications of such 'second genaration' terrorist campaign for a Eelam is the continued fire bombings and attacks on Sri Lankan missions abroad and other places of significance such as Buddhist temples etc.

Most LTTE sympathisers will continue to believe in a stay behind LTTE and a Continuation LTTE but the Government here will start the hearts and minds campaign to win Unity and Equality among the communities and the people living (and continue to call this home) in Sri Lanka.

Time has come for that and the people too are ready to embrace such change. i saw that walking on the streets of Anuradhapura today and I'm hopeful!

Karunanidhi too wants an Eelam...

This is getting better and better...i was reading crap on the Indian elections and hey presto..news wires say M.Karunanidhi, current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK chief had claimed that he too wants an Eelam..

Now I'm not certain if he was calling for a Eelam in India but assuming this Eelam is the same as this mythical Eelam, LTTE is trying or was trying to crate for the last 30 years in Sri Lanka then i must say things are certainly getting interesting.

I say interesting because , unless you believe in Tamil movies it can't be true and realistic..even if its true, Sri Lanka is not part of Tamil Nadu nor Greater India.we are a separate,sovereign country and whatever ruckus happens in Tamil Nadu stays there,only the Movies and the amateur theatrics of the Tamil Nadu politicians come here in form of news!

So the story is that, at an election rally for DMK trade unions Mr.Karunanidhi ,who just only last week or so, championed a 'ceasefire' for the LTTE in Sri Lanka following a 3 hour fast unto death (read my earlier post on that drama) stated that he had assumed the responsibilities of making all efforts so that an 'Eelam' is created.

Karunanidhi had said  "We have ensured a fair quantity of relief for Sri Lankan Tamils. As a next step, they should get Eelam and I assumed responsibilities of making all efforts to ensure that 'Eelam' is created"...OK, now its clear.. its not a Eelam in India as i feared in the start but the same old tune ..in Sri Lanka...!!!

Now I'm panting, getting sweat on my palm.. I'm nervous..nervous that if Mr.Karunanidhi says he is assuming responsibilities of making all efforts to ensure a Eelam is crated for Tamil people of Sri Lanka , then ITS GOING TO HAPPEN!

Now I'm worried, in loss of words..

But then, senses return, i catch hold of a breath and realise it was the same Karunanidhi who, for the last 20 years who promised so many for LTTE and the Tamil Political stooges of LTTE in Sri Lanka, that is making these claims..

So, rest assured i'm going to sleep tonight with no nightmares as long as i know its Karunanidhi who is at the helm of 'crating a Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils' project.

I've said this before, but wanted state again..i don't know the people of Tamil Nadu but i know for sure the Tamil people of this country are not idiots as Karunanidhi may expect to be, so i feel sad for the fellow..his armature theatrics may win him the election in Tamil Nadu but not the hearts and minds of the Sri Lankan Tamils..they have moved on after 30 years of suffering under an imposed nightmare called 'a separate state'.