UN chief knew Tamil civilian toll had reached 20,000; The Times says it can reveal
The United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes disputed a report appeared in ‘The Times’ newspaper of London that cited a “UN source” to support an estimate that at least 20,000 people were killed during the months-long final siege.
“That figure has no status as far as we’re concerned,” Holmes said. “It may be right, it may be wrong, it may be far too high, it may even be too low. But we honestly don’t know, he said.
Prabakaran’s satillite phone found. Information regarding his contact revealed through Sim Card (Where comes Sim Card in Satillite phone?)
Sri Lanka army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka says intelligence authorities have seized the satellite phone used by LTTE chief Vellupilai Prabhakaran and calls made by him will provide information about the terror chief’s contacts.
In interview with an television in Sri Lanka, General Fonseka “revealed that the cellular satellite phone used by Prabhakaran is in the hands of the government and the army has received highly important information from the sim card obtained from that phone.”
Till Government treats all its citizens fairly, no chance for the peace that Rajapaksa promised – New York Times
Supporting UN High Commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay’s, call for the investigation of war-crimes of both sides to the conflict, the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers, the New York Times, in its Wednesday editorial said, “The government claims it must screen out rebels hiding in the camps. But aid workers suspect other motives, including a desire to deny access to witnesses who may have seen abuses by government forces.”
Tamil Diaspora deeply disappointed in outcome of HRC Special Session
The conclusion of the 11th Special Session of the Human Rights Council examining the situation of Sri Lanka was a disappointing blow for Tamils around the world who were counting on the international community to take a strong stance against Sri Lanka’s brutal and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and abysmal human rights record.
Unravelling the mystery of the death of political heads of LTTE
As the Sri Lankan army closed in, rebels made a desperate plea to a Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin to help stave off annihilation.
IT was a desperate last phone call but it did not sound like a man who would be dead within hours. Balasingham Nadesan, political leader of the Tamil Tigers, had nowhere to turn, it seemed.
War for Justice Will Continue: Intellectual thinking is the need of the hour
In Colombo and other parts of Sinhalese areas, the Sri Lankan government is celebrating the victory of the killing, wounding, and damaging the properties of tens of thousands of Tamils in their homeland. The Tamils in Eelam and elsewhere must intensify their diplomatic actions in their adopted countries. But they should use intellectual actions, which is the need of the hour and only to serve the liberation of Tamil Eelam from occupying Sri Lankan armed forces.
Matthew Lee on the grim reality in Vanni
In Manik farm camp, children forced to sing to Ban Ki-moon holding Sri Lankan national flag and no questions were taken from press only one way briefing. Then a short hospital visit and from there taken on helicopter tour for a quick fly over previous conflict zone, to show the blown out land devoid of people, Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN, reports from Sri Lanka. He has now more unanswered questions than earlier.
The Ferrocious war of tigers in last moment makes the leader to escape – the information about the master plan
The media publishing the news of Prabakaran in various dimensions. The real happening at that time are had from some reliable news sources. From that source, when people are keen to know about the election result on Saturday the tigers are supposed to execute their master plan. When SLA comes nearer, there should be a ferrocious and tremendous attack over them, where on the other end the tiger prominents including the leader should get away from that place was that plan.
LTTE Chief Pirapharan, Pottu Amman, Soosai alive and safe: Tiger intelligence official
Rejecting the claim of Sri Lankan Government that Leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Velupillai Pirapharan has been killed, Head of International Secretariat of the Intelligence Wing of the LTTE, Arivazhakan, on Friday told media that Mr. Pirapharan is alive, totally safe and he will emerge in appropriate time.
