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Sri Lanka's victory may offer lessons
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by lalith | May 22, 2009 at 09:50 pm
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Mark Magnier Reporting from New Delhi
May 22, 2009
Sri Lanka's victory this week after a 25-year battle against the Tamil Tiger rebels represents a rare success story for governments that are fighting insurgencies.
Even as leaders in Colombo declared a national holiday and citizens danced in the streets, military planners and analysts around the world have begun scrutinizing the war for lessons on how to fight Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups.For more than two decades in the conflict in Sri Lanka, neither side was strong enough to overcome the other. That changed three years ago, when the army adopted more mobile tactics, overhauled its intelligence system, promoted young commanders and steadily hemmed in one of the world's most ruthless and innovative rebel movements.
At its peak, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the rebels are formally known, controlled one-third of the country, had their own army, a sizable navy and nascent air force, and served as a role model for insurgencies worldwide with their pioneering use of suicide vests and female suicide bombers. This week, the army displayed in triumph what it said was the portly, bullet-riddled body of Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in his signature fatigues.
Mark Magnier however, forgot to comment on the forcibly conscripted LTTE child soldiers who were used as cannon fodder. Like teaching the world's terrorists the art of suicide bombing, Prabhakaran could also be marked as the first in this field too.
The LTTE though called rebels by Magnier, were never rebels. These was no rebellion in Sri Lanka. They were down and out terrorists who were recognized as a terrorist organization by over 30 countries and banned. They killed Tamils, Sinhalese, Muslim, Malays and anybody else who got in their way.
It is now time for the super powers and their "yes" countries to take a lesson from the Sri Lankan Forces to eliminate Al Quaida, Taliban and many for terrorist organizations in the world.
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at 22:01 on May 22nd, 2009
What a short-sighted analysis!!!
The analysis has also left out that the Sri Lankan state terrorist government is abusing the Tamils IDPs and veils its faults by still banning media and aid workers.
The analysis also has left out that the same Sri Lankan government which accuses the LTTE of child solidering has been aiding the the para military group known as Karuna group to forcibly recruit Tamils children as young as 10 from these camps. Many of these children are interrogated by the Sri Lankan Army under the name of investigation on LTTE.
at 23:21 on May 22nd, 2009
Sri Lanka offers lessons to the world; how to...
Kill thousands of innocent civilians and call it a humanitarian operation
put innocent people in detention camps and call it liberating
Control the media
kill journalists
Celebrate 'victory' while civilians are mourning the death
Shed crocodile tears
at 00:10 on May 23rd, 2009
You are still in the mourning and denial stage. Mourning the death of your big brother.
In your long list, you forgot to include:
Doctoring Videos
Kill Prabhakaran the idiot and his major Goons
at 22:39 on June 1st, 2009
Kill all singhala arrogant terrorist. Then human can alive peacefully
at 22:43 on June 1st, 2009
Suja,
What's your last name? Prabhakaran or Pathmanathan or Balasingham?
at 13:22 on June 2nd, 2009
my name.. lalith aka bull****
at 00:18 on May 23rd, 2009
Tamiya,
Now you are really behaving like your brother, Prabha the terrorist. (Late)
You edited your comment after I replied "Take it or leave it" to it.
Sneaky, huh?
My answer still is:
Take it or leave it. Don't extend your denial period by trying to bull your way through.
at 21:54 on May 22nd, 2009
Take it or leave it! No problems.
at 22:18 on May 22nd, 2009
Thanks for the post Lalith.
"military planners and analysts around the world have begun scrutinizing the war for lessons on how to fight Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups."
It is graitfying to know that the world appreciates and had realized the importance of learning the lessons. Hope our success will be a trend worldwide soon and the world will be rid of parasites like Vellupillai and Osama. Also the online parasites who wage war and not afraid to die and kill as long as the dying and killing is not by them and theirs.... hopefully will learn that parasites are despised world over.
at 22:41 on June 1st, 2009
It is a lesson for how to HANG or death sentence. You arrogant singhalam wil pay for GENOCIDE
at 00:47 on June 2nd, 2009
suja,
paawam da!
at 20:33 on June 6th, 2009
The analysis has also left out that the Sri Lankan state terrorist government is abusing the Tamils IDPs and veils its faults by still banning media and aid workers.
These people were not made IDPs yesterday. Prabakaran herd them from town to town in his tactical retreat march for years just to save his coward life. Sri Lanka has enough and more experience on the LTTE paid or infiltrated media and aid workers in the past.
For an example the Gosl allowed the aid groups and the INGOs to bring heavy earth moving machinery to then LTTE controlled areas for Tsunami reconstruction work. Non of these groups loged complaints to the effect that their mechinery were forcibly taken away by the LTTE. However these very equipment were found using to build earth bunds against the SLA or converted as battle tanks to fight the SLA. This is why free access to these groups should not be allowed. Furthermore we had instances of these INGOs hiring the LTTE members as their local staff (may be without knowledge) thus allowing free access to terrorists to places of importance to national security.
The analysis also has left out that the same Sri Lankan government which accuses the LTTE of child solidering has been aiding the the para military group known as Karuna group to forcibly recruit Tamils children as young as 10 from these camps. Many of these children are interrogated by the Sri Lankan Army under the name of investigation on LTTE.
Wrong interpritation of what is happening.
The GoSL will use all its resources (Kauna group members, Daya Master, Gorge Master, the wife and clan of the sea tiger chief, good doctors who returned from NFZ and the surrendered LTTE members etc.) to screen & properly identyfy the Tamil children as young as 10 who attended infamous "Prabakaran School of Fine Arts of Killing" They cannot be sent to ordinery schools with other children. They need special care and attention.
at 01:37 on May 23rd, 2009
Goode one Bimsarsa.
I do not know how you are going to penetrate the helmets these guys are wearing so that they do not blindly, in a mood of fury, say things.
at 05:51 on May 23rd, 2009
"I do not know how you are going to penetrate the helmets these guys are wearing..."
Even somehow manage to penetrate, we find only vacuum there.
What supposed to be there would have deposited at the safe custody of LTTE (erstwhile) peace secretariat.
Lost cases..!
.Agent.
at 22:43 on June 1st, 2009
Arrogant singhala terrorist ethnic must be removed from the world
at 23:47 on June 1st, 2009
True! Your intentions are reported in the FBI website as follows:-
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan08/tamil_tigers011008.html
"Needless to say, the Tamil Tigers are among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world. For more than three decades, the group has launched a campaign of violence and bloodshed in Sri Lanka, the island republic off the southern coast of India.
Its ultimate goal: to seize control of the country from the Sinhalese ethnic majority and create an independent Tamil state. Along the way, it has launched suicide attacks, assassinated politicians (including a government minister this week and even the Sri Lankan President), taken hostages, and committed all of kinds of crimes to finance its operations. "