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Anything is fair' when fighting LTTE - Gothabaya
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 15:14 GMT]
Sri Lanka's hardline Defence Secretary launched a bitter attack on the international community Tuesday, saying Sri Lanka was being bullied by Western states over human rights. "We have to defend ourselves. I'm talking about terrorists. Anything is fair," Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Reuters and the BBC. He said the United Nations agencies had been infiltrated and misled by the Liberation Tigers over 30 years.
Gotabaya, who is also President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother, accused foreign powers of applying double standards when it comes to human rights violations, saying all measures were fair to defeat "terrorists".
Last week the Sri Lankan government evicted hundreds of Tamils from Colombo triggering a chorus of condemnation from Western states.
"This is discrimination and bullying by the international community," Rajapaksa told Reuters and the BBC in an interview Tuesday.
"Without understanding the problem, they are trying to bully us, and we won't be isolated. We have all the SAARC countries, the Asian countries," he added. "Britain or Western countries, EU countries, they can do whatever. We don't depend on them."
"They think that they we get aid. No, they are not giving anything."
Both Britain and the United States have suspended small amounts aid to Sri Lanka this year citing rights abuse concerns – though both countries have sharply raised their arms sales to the Sri Lankan military this year.
President Rajapakse last month shrugged off Britain's move to cut aid and vowing that his government would not be held hostage over aid.
And Japan, Sri Lanka's biggest donor by far, has refused to cut aid. Last week Japan's peace envoy, Yasushi Akashi, visiting Sri Lanka said human rights may sometimes have to suffer in the war against terror.
Although Prime Minister Ratnisri Wickremenayake apologised for last Wednesday's expulsions in which hundreds of Tamils were put on busses at gunpoint and sent to the North and East, Mr. Gotabaya defended the government's actions.
"It is a good example where the whole world was misled," he said. "Everyone knows the LTTE is infiltrating [the south] ... We can't arrest 300 people and detain them. What is the best option?"
"So you can tell them, if you don't have any legal business in Colombo ... we don't want to detain you, you go back to your homes. In fact this operation was much better. We could have put all of them in detention."
He dismissed criticism by international human rights groups and international ceasefire monitors of the SLMM that Sri Lankan security forces are engaged in human rights abuses, including killings and abductions of civilians.
"We have to defend ourselves. You can't risk the country ...," Rajapaksa said.
"What I am saying is, if there is a terrorist group, why can't you do anything? It's not against a community... I'm talking about terrorists. Anything is fair."
"When the U.S. does operations, they say covert operations. When something is (done) in Sri Lanka, they call it abductions," he added. "This is playing with the words."
Rajapaksa said British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells, who visited the island on Monday, had been "completely misinformed".
"Howells didn't talk a single word against the LTTE, a single word against terrorism," Rajapaksa said. "They are threatening isolation, they are stopping aid.
"They want us to suffer," he added. "When America is attacked ... every country (calls it) war against terrorism, but why are the terrorists being treated in a different way in Sri Lanka? Is Britain talking about isolating America?"
Rajapaksa also said U.N. agencies in Sri Lanka, which have also urged the government to halt rights abuses, had been misled by local staff sympathetic to the LTTE.
"For 30 years or so, this LTTE planned this, they infiltrated the U.N.," Rajapaksa said. "The problem is the U.N. organisations, they took a lot of locals (on)."
"There are a lot of things happening in the UN," he said.
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 15:14 GMT]
Sri Lanka's hardline Defence Secretary launched a bitter attack on the international community Tuesday, saying Sri Lanka was being bullied by Western states over human rights. "We have to defend ourselves. I'm talking about terrorists. Anything is fair," Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Reuters and the BBC. He said the United Nations agencies had been infiltrated and misled by the Liberation Tigers over 30 years.
Gotabaya, who is also President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother, accused foreign powers of applying double standards when it comes to human rights violations, saying all measures were fair to defeat "terrorists".
Last week the Sri Lankan government evicted hundreds of Tamils from Colombo triggering a chorus of condemnation from Western states.
"This is discrimination and bullying by the international community," Rajapaksa told Reuters and the BBC in an interview Tuesday.
"Without understanding the problem, they are trying to bully us, and we won't be isolated. We have all the SAARC countries, the Asian countries," he added. "Britain or Western countries, EU countries, they can do whatever. We don't depend on them."
"They think that they we get aid. No, they are not giving anything."
Both Britain and the United States have suspended small amounts aid to Sri Lanka this year citing rights abuse concerns – though both countries have sharply raised their arms sales to the Sri Lankan military this year.
President Rajapakse last month shrugged off Britain's move to cut aid and vowing that his government would not be held hostage over aid.
And Japan, Sri Lanka's biggest donor by far, has refused to cut aid. Last week Japan's peace envoy, Yasushi Akashi, visiting Sri Lanka said human rights may sometimes have to suffer in the war against terror.
Although Prime Minister Ratnisri Wickremenayake apologised for last Wednesday's expulsions in which hundreds of Tamils were put on busses at gunpoint and sent to the North and East, Mr. Gotabaya defended the government's actions.
"It is a good example where the whole world was misled," he said. "Everyone knows the LTTE is infiltrating [the south] ... We can't arrest 300 people and detain them. What is the best option?"
"So you can tell them, if you don't have any legal business in Colombo ... we don't want to detain you, you go back to your homes. In fact this operation was much better. We could have put all of them in detention."
He dismissed criticism by international human rights groups and international ceasefire monitors of the SLMM that Sri Lankan security forces are engaged in human rights abuses, including killings and abductions of civilians.
"We have to defend ourselves. You can't risk the country ...," Rajapaksa said.
"What I am saying is, if there is a terrorist group, why can't you do anything? It's not against a community... I'm talking about terrorists. Anything is fair."
"When the U.S. does operations, they say covert operations. When something is (done) in Sri Lanka, they call it abductions," he added. "This is playing with the words."
Rajapaksa said British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells, who visited the island on Monday, had been "completely misinformed".
"Howells didn't talk a single word against the LTTE, a single word against terrorism," Rajapaksa said. "They are threatening isolation, they are stopping aid.
"They want us to suffer," he added. "When America is attacked ... every country (calls it) war against terrorism, but why are the terrorists being treated in a different way in Sri Lanka? Is Britain talking about isolating America?"
Rajapaksa also said U.N. agencies in Sri Lanka, which have also urged the government to halt rights abuses, had been misled by local staff sympathetic to the LTTE.
"For 30 years or so, this LTTE planned this, they infiltrated the U.N.," Rajapaksa said. "The problem is the U.N. organisations, they took a lot of locals (on)."
"There are a lot of things happening in the UN," he said.
rapa said:thanx nemei ban mona hari kiyapan
naduth hamuduruwange baduth hamuduruwange
Ayi ayi.. Makokda aula... mama nam kiyanne karapu wade hari machang...
oya kathawa mehe Adelaide wala saahenna giya ada dawal. Bahutharaya kiyanne karapu wade hari and Gothabaya sira kathawak kala kiyala...
eka thami machan math kiyannex-pert said:
kiyapu kathawa niyamai
mama ehema kiwwe USA eunta
una karana one jara wedak hari api mokak hari kaloth thami merenna hadanne
mehe inna $ kenahiluth ekkahu karagena
Sri Lanka Defence Secretary says western countries bullying Sri
Lanka
Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6:10 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
June 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
yesterday slammed western countries for bullying Sri Lanka over
human rights. "This is discrimination and bullying by the
international community," Rajapaksa told Reuters news agency.
He said that, "Without understanding the problem, they are trying to
bully us, and we won't be isolated. We have all the SAARC countries,
the Asian countries. Britain or Western countries, EU countries,
they can do whatever. We don't depend on them."
Commenting of the evicting Tamils from lodges from Colombo, the
President's brother said, "It is a good example where the whole
world was misled. Everyone knows the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) is
infiltrating ... We can't arrest 300 people and detain them. What is
the best option?
"So you can tell them, if you don't have any legal business in
Colombo ... we don't want to detain you, you go back to your homes.
In fact this operation was much better. We could have put all of
them in detention," the defence Secretary said.
Responding to a question, that several rights groups, Nordic truce
monitors and a U.N . envoy have accused government security forces
for human right violation etc. Mr. Rajapaksa said "We have to defend
ourselves. You can't risk the country ..., I'm talking about
terrorists. Anything is fair."
"When the U.S. does operations, they say covert operations. When
something is (done) in Sri Lanka, they call it abductions. This is
playing with the words."
"British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells, who visited the island
on Monday, didn't talk a single word against the LTTE, a single word
against terrorism. They are threatening isolation, they are stopping
aid."
"They want us to suffer. When America is attacked ... every country
(calls it) war against terrorism, but why are the terrorists being
treated in a different way in Sri Lanka? Is Britain talking about
isolating America?" he asked.
He also said U.N. agencies in Sri Lanka, had been misled by local
staff. "For 30 years or so, this LTTE planned this, they infiltrated
the U.N. The problem is the U.N. organizations, they took a lot of
locals (on)."
The British High Commission in Colombo denied the defence
secretary's allegation of bullying by the international community.
Lanka
Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6:10 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
June 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
yesterday slammed western countries for bullying Sri Lanka over
human rights. "This is discrimination and bullying by the
international community," Rajapaksa told Reuters news agency.
He said that, "Without understanding the problem, they are trying to
bully us, and we won't be isolated. We have all the SAARC countries,
the Asian countries. Britain or Western countries, EU countries,
they can do whatever. We don't depend on them."
Commenting of the evicting Tamils from lodges from Colombo, the
President's brother said, "It is a good example where the whole
world was misled. Everyone knows the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) is
infiltrating ... We can't arrest 300 people and detain them. What is
the best option?
"So you can tell them, if you don't have any legal business in
Colombo ... we don't want to detain you, you go back to your homes.
In fact this operation was much better. We could have put all of
them in detention," the defence Secretary said.
Responding to a question, that several rights groups, Nordic truce
monitors and a U.N . envoy have accused government security forces
for human right violation etc. Mr. Rajapaksa said "We have to defend
ourselves. You can't risk the country ..., I'm talking about
terrorists. Anything is fair."
"When the U.S. does operations, they say covert operations. When
something is (done) in Sri Lanka, they call it abductions. This is
playing with the words."
"British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells, who visited the island
on Monday, didn't talk a single word against the LTTE, a single word
against terrorism. They are threatening isolation, they are stopping
aid."
"They want us to suffer. When America is attacked ... every country
(calls it) war against terrorism, but why are the terrorists being
treated in a different way in Sri Lanka? Is Britain talking about
isolating America?" he asked.
He also said U.N. agencies in Sri Lanka, had been misled by local
staff. "For 30 years or so, this LTTE planned this, they infiltrated
the U.N. The problem is the U.N. organizations, they took a lot of
locals (on)."
The British High Commission in Colombo denied the defence
secretary's allegation of bullying by the international community.
ratawal oya 2ka nounata ape un puka uda dagena inne oya deka dihatane banx-pert said:Thawa tika kaalayayin bung... Balannako wena dee ikmanatama... ooka kiyanne US and UK witharai... ee 2 witharada thiyanne ratawal walata mee loke..
Japan and China support eka thiyanawa, India, Pakistan thiyanawa.. ithin mokatada thawa...
Well said! 
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