President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his official visit to the UK has observed that there should be no double standards when dealing with terrorism.
According to The Times of the UK, President Rajapaksa has revealed that the LTTE terrorists have been allowed to "raise millions of pounds each year from the Tamil Community in Britain". Also, he has revealed that some of the Tamil civilians are being coerced into give away their money by the LTTE extortionists
"You can't have two different attitudes towards terrorism" the President has told the Times. "I don't agree that there are good terrorists and bad terrorists. There is only one kind of terrorist", the President has said.
Elaborating further on the LTTE fund raising in the UK the President has told the newspaper that about 70 million pounds have been sent for the LTTE collected from about 150,000 Tamils living in Britain.
"These are not voluntary contributions, the money is taken by force, usually a percentage of their income...the money is sent back to buy weapons. London is not the only place; money is also sent from Europe, Canada and other places".
"Commenting on the Human Rights situation in the country, President Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka's "poor" reputation on the issue is due to the "clever propaganda" of LTTE terrorists.
"We have failed in the propaganda fight", the Times further quotes the President.
Expressing his firm stand against terrorism, President Rajapaksa said that he would not resume peace talks with the terrorist until they agree to disarm.
"When they are weak they call on the international community to arrange a ceasefire. During this period they train and rearm and then fight back. This time if they want to talk, they should disarm first," The Times quotes the President.
Commenting on the realty of LTTE leadership the President said "This man [Prabhakaran] and the three or four henchmen around him are blood-thirsty killers. They have no feelings. It is very difficult to deal with them."
Defence
According to The Times of the UK, President Rajapaksa has revealed that the LTTE terrorists have been allowed to "raise millions of pounds each year from the Tamil Community in Britain". Also, he has revealed that some of the Tamil civilians are being coerced into give away their money by the LTTE extortionists
"You can't have two different attitudes towards terrorism" the President has told the Times. "I don't agree that there are good terrorists and bad terrorists. There is only one kind of terrorist", the President has said.
Elaborating further on the LTTE fund raising in the UK the President has told the newspaper that about 70 million pounds have been sent for the LTTE collected from about 150,000 Tamils living in Britain.
"These are not voluntary contributions, the money is taken by force, usually a percentage of their income...the money is sent back to buy weapons. London is not the only place; money is also sent from Europe, Canada and other places".
"Commenting on the Human Rights situation in the country, President Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka's "poor" reputation on the issue is due to the "clever propaganda" of LTTE terrorists.
"We have failed in the propaganda fight", the Times further quotes the President.
Expressing his firm stand against terrorism, President Rajapaksa said that he would not resume peace talks with the terrorist until they agree to disarm.
"When they are weak they call on the international community to arrange a ceasefire. During this period they train and rearm and then fight back. This time if they want to talk, they should disarm first," The Times quotes the President.
Commenting on the realty of LTTE leadership the President said "This man [Prabhakaran] and the three or four henchmen around him are blood-thirsty killers. They have no feelings. It is very difficult to deal with them."
Defence
