Tuesday, December 12, 2006
War minus...
...concentration camps
The recent killing of Tamil National Alliance MP Nadarajah Raviraj has brought to focus the vulnerability of the voice of dissent in the region. While the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) supremo V. Prabhakaran was magnanimous in conferring ‘Maamanithar’ (Great soul) on Raviraj, the highest award of his organisation, the role of his group in the killing has not been ruled out. As the blame game continues, LTTE’s deliberate cleansing of opponents and dissident voices within and outside its ranks has been intriguing. Dreaming of a ‘Maha Eelam’ spread across the northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka as also the whole of Tamil Nadu, the nihilistic terrorist organisation has been more than ruthless in silencing any opposition. Their role in annihilating the Muslim and Sinhalese population has few parallels in modern human history. It has been observed that the percentage of Sinhalese population living in the Jaffna peninsula has dwindled from 4.5% in 1971 to 3% by the 1980s.
The recent killing of Tamil National Alliance MP Nadarajah Raviraj has brought to focus the vulnerability of the voice of dissent in the region. While the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) supremo V. Prabhakaran was magnanimous in conferring ‘Maamanithar’ (Great soul) on Raviraj, the highest award of his organisation, the role of his group in the killing has not been ruled out. As the blame game continues, LTTE’s deliberate cleansing of opponents and dissident voices within and outside its ranks has been intriguing. Dreaming of a ‘Maha Eelam’ spread across the northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka as also the whole of Tamil Nadu, the nihilistic terrorist organisation has been more than ruthless in silencing any opposition. Their role in annihilating the Muslim and Sinhalese population has few parallels in modern human history. It has been observed that the percentage of Sinhalese population living in the Jaffna peninsula has dwindled from 4.5% in 1971 to 3% by the 1980s.
Source: IIPM, 4Ps, B&E
# posted by IIPM @ 10:03 AM
