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Aiding and Abetting Terror Under the Cover of 'Human Rights'

THE EU and some members of the “International Community” (IC) have unfortunately joined the LTTE international wing in adding their voice to alleged Human Rights violations during the last stages of the “civil” war in Sri Lanka states a Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc. (SPUR) in a media release.

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It said: ‘What are these countries doing in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan and what have they been doing in many other countries in S. America, Africa and Asia - if not committing human rights violations and possible war crimes and crimes against humanity?

They marched into Iraq - declaring there were weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons in Iraq.

The country was strip-searched but no weapons of mass destruction or chemical weapons were found. Was that not a war crime - to invade a sovereign country on a pretext - on a made up story and destroy that country’s infrastructure and put the population through hell? Was that not a violation of human rights?

Having given Iraq permission to invade Kuwait, the US attacked Iraq and imposed sanctions on the government so stringently that the children were malnourished - was that not a war crime and violation of human rights?

Is not the constant bombing of Pakistan border villages and killing civilians by the US and her partners, a human rights violation and a crime against humanity?

Some of the vociferous members of the International Community who left no stone unturned to save the LTTE leadership stand indicted of committing human right violations and also war crimes against Sri Lanka.

1. By allowing the LTTE to collect money to purchase heavy weapons, these members of the IC have aided and abetted the LTTE to commit war crimes and human rights violations against the entire population of Sri Lanka.

2. The US by providing training to Theepan - an LTTE leader.

3. India - by initially training and arming the LTTE and other terrorist groups to destabilise Sri Lanka and allowing many intransigent South Indian politicians to act as if Sri Lanka is a part of India.

4. Human rights violations perpetrated by the UK. a. UK for allowing the LTTE to establish their head office in London and to formulating their war activities from the UK,

b. Giving the LTTE front organisations grants which were used to equip the LTTE with weapons,

d. Providing facilities for the LTTE print and electronic media to propagate anti-Sri Lanka cold war with the intention of harming the interest of Sri Lanka and her people.

5. France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Norway etc by allowing the LTTE to carry out terror attacks on various Sri Lankan establishments on their soil and not taking action against the perpetrators of these crimes have aided and abetted in those crimes against Sri Lankans.

6. All those countries that allowed LTTE front organisations to raise money in millions of dollars to provide weapons that were turned on the Sri Lankan population, indiscriminately killing civilians - are guilty of human rights violations.

7. Norway, the biggest violator of human rights against the Sinhalese, Tamils, Malays, Burghers, the entire population of Sri Lanka by their encouragement, support and supply of equipment to the LTTE, by providing them with information of the movements of the Armed Forces while acting as the monitoring mission during the infamous ceasefire they brokered.

Norway should be tried for carrying out an undeclared war on a sovereign country without any provocation. And directly strengthening a UN banned terrorist organisation. (Courtesy: Daily News)