The best indication of a terrorist outfit's failure to get out of a cul-de-sac it fights its way into is an offer of a truce. When it is strong and cocky, it doesn't give a tinker's damn about peace; it unleashes hell on others. But, when it sees the writing on the wall, it waves an olive branch tied to a gun barrel hoping that its enemies would fall for the trick.
This exactly is what the LTTE terrorists have reported to have done. According to a statement attributed to LTTE terrorist Nadesan, it has become amenable to a ceasefire all of a sudden! This has come as no surprise. A ceasefire is the only hope for the LTTE terrorists, which is being encircled in the Wanni. The history of its armed struggle shows it sues for peace every five or six years to gain a boost for its war effort.
Having carried out its first major attack on the military in 1983, the LTTE terrorists formally entered into a ceasefire with the Premadasa government in 1989 and their honeymoon lasted till June the following year. After the PA formed a government in 1994, the LTTE terrorists, having lost a part of the Eastern Province due to a military campaign by the Wijetunge government, lured the Kumaratunga government into accepting its offer of a truce, which it torpedoed in 1995 by sinking two naval gunboats in the Trincomalee harbour. Terrorist Prabhakaran made peace overtures again in 2001 and signed a Norwegian drafted CFA with the UNF government the following year.
RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by selven on Jul 22, 2008 06:32 PM Permalink
Bloody Sinhalese- talking crap on our web site. Why don't you talk about Black July instead?
RE:RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by James on Jul 22, 2008 06:41 PM Permalink
Then stay out of our internal matters, dunce.
LTTE is a terrorist problem in Sri Lanka, so you need not concern yourself or support the LTTE terrorists, and you can certainly loose some sleep and worry about the Maoists killing Indian soldiers, in India.
RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by selven on Jul 22, 2008 08:24 PM Permalink
Then stay out of our web site. Killing Indian fishermen is our business - you bloody sinhalese.
RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by James on Jul 23, 2008 08:32 AM Permalink
Have the highest regard for Indians and their decent behaviour and erudite learning, but your the exception to that rule.
Your conduct is also like a petulant child.
Without running around like a headless chicken, educate yourself of the real facts.
It is the LTTE terrorists murderers who killed Indian fisherman.
If your ignorant read this, what your own Commissioner of Police in India’s Tamil Nadu has said.
"The Commissioner of Police in India’s Tamil Nadu said that the murder of five Indian fishermen, which had been blamed on the Sri Lankan Navy by many political parties in Tamil Nadu, had been actually committed by gunmen of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Police Commissioner D.G.P. Mukherjee said six LTTE cadres, arrested April 11, have admitted that the Sri Lankan terrorist group had killed those fishermen, and 12 more Indian fishermen had been abducted by them and are in their custody.
They have said that the LTTE marine wing, Sea Tiger members shot and killed them, thinking the Indian fishermen were spying on their gun running activities."
The LTTE terrorists, by the heinous crimes committed against humanity are digging their own grave, six feet and beyond, every day.
Indian Govt., will never ever support the LTTE terrorists, after the LTTE terrorists killed Rajiv Gandhi and killed innocent Indian civilians.
It is only the sick and deranged, who support the LTTE terrorists and get swayed by terrorists propaganda.
RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by selven on Jul 23, 2008 02:20 AM Permalink
If Sinhalese are killing Indian Fishermen - its our business you bloody sinhalese murderer.
What now you come and kill people here because they are tamils now? Who the hell you people think you are? This is still an Indian website- for Indians to give their thought and views. Views like yours are just disgusting- but then its good to see what kilers of Indian fishermen , thinks and says. This is our business, you've made it our business. Sinhalese will feel Indian steel.
RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by James on Jul 22, 2008 06:36 PM Permalink
Contd.
The last truce, unlike the previous ones which had lasted only a year or so, dragged on despite serious violations thereof by the LTTE terrorists for about five years. Its extraordinary life span was due to three factors: The post 9/11 anti-terror drive by the leading western nations and the attendant apprehension on the part of all terrorists groups the world over, the 2004 tsunami disaster, which had a heavy toll on the LTTE terrorists and, most of all, the benefits that accrued to the outfit from CFA such as some legitimacy for its macabre cause through peace talks held in foreign capitals, freedom of movement and opportunity for arms smuggling and infiltration.
The LTTE terrorists would still have been benefiting from its wish-granting CFA, while violating it with impunity, having scuttled peace talks in 2003 under the UNF government, unless the present regime had abrogated it officially last year after the LTTE terrorists plunged the country back into war in 2006 by capturing the Mavil Aru reservoir.
Until 2006, the war had been fought according to the LTTE terrorist's time table.When it wanted war, governments responded militarily and when it sued for peace, governments naively reciprocated its peace offers.
Thus, it was able to bring about a discontinuity in State military policy under successive governments. In 1989, the LTTE terrorists managed to make the Premadasa regime depart from JRJ government's and India's military campaign.
RE:RE:'A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous'
by James on Jul 22, 2008 06:46 PM Permalink
Contd.
Well, that is all in the past history, and now the LTTE terrorists, receiving what they deserve ... and the Government will no longer get hooked by nonsensical truce by the LTTE terrorists.
The LTTE terrorists better, flog another donkey now, because the 'truce' donkey is dead.
LTTE terrorist Truce "donkey", which was flogged many a time on previous occasions for the LTTE terrorists to gain time, procure arms and ammunition and gather more terrorists to cause death and destruction in Sri Lanka has fortunately died. Cause of death, of the LTTE terrorist's truce donkey - death by suicide bombing - not been genuine on the previous ocassions.
No longer will any government ever accept farcical truce by the LTTE terrorists.
car una will never help tamils. he will help increase the conflicts where he can gain popularity. . has car una helped the farmers in tanjavur when they were starving, , did he help the tamils and other hindus in malaysia when they were being kicked. . he was busy writing poems about t.selvam just to antagonize the north indians. . *********** why do our fishermen daily go into the international waters,? ,. they should avoid it. . u cant contest or dispute a firing of another nations army when we cross our territorial waters. . the TANA govt is playing tricks, why does it not agree to the coast gaurd/navy advise of patroling as they can warn fishermen not to cross international waters.? . are thepolitical parties in TaNa getting comissions from motorised rich fishermen? . recently a few men in fishermen's disguise were caught with LTTE rations,fatigues. . Some elements bring disrepute to the whole community
RE:Excuse!!!
by ramabhadranS on Jul 22, 2008 11:14 AM Permalink
I think Rajapaksa should accept this offer to minimse deaths of innocents in both sides. i dia and norway must pressurise him to do so. whatever the reason, LTTE has now offered olive branch. Anyway, even a bad peace is better than a good war.
RE:What about the killing of TN fishermen almost every week by the Sinhalese
by James on Jul 23, 2008 01:30 AM Permalink
LTTE terrorists have killed Indian fisherman. Read the news.
In India we have 1000 things to think about. who in India will care for srilankan Internal problems. I hope that is the reason no body commented on this article.
Sorry Rediff very untimely article. When everything about India is squared out then I will think about LTTE bla bla bla.
