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- April 2007 -30 April 2007 Tamil National Forum - Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan on Boris Yeltsin, LTTE and the Indian Gumshoes 30 April 2007 International Relations in the Age of Empire | Shanghaied: Shanghai Cooperation Organization & the US - Suzanne Nossel in the New Republic.. | 
| | "...the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - has emerged as a potential rival to Western groups. Formed in June 2001 as a regional coalition between Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the group endeavors to become "a mature and confident regional force" focused on counter-terrorism, trade, and other economic policies. Its influence may ultimately extend far beyond its current member states... While the United States has chosen to stand aloof from bodies like the ICC and HRC, at the SCO the tables are turned: In 2006 the SCO denied America's request for observer status, though India, Pakistan, Mongolia, and Iran all got the nod the previous year. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal have lined up to participate next. ..By fostering collaboration on the exploitation of the region's rich energy resources, the SCO could be in a position to ensure China's privileged access to oil and gas. Cambridge academic David Wall judged that its members' control over oil and gas reserves could make the SCO into an "OPEC with bombs."" more |
29 April 2007 Tamil Nation Library - International Relations in the Age of Empire to include | Noam Chomsky - Failed States - The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy "..Among the most elementary of moral truisms is the principle of universality: we must apply to ourselves the same standards we do to others, if not more stringent ones. It is a remarkable comment on Western intellectual culture that this principle is so often ignored and, if occasionally mentioned, condemned as outrageous... Reigning doctrines are often called a "double standard." The term is misleading. It is more accurate to describe them as a single standard... The single standard is so deeply entrenched that it is beyond awareness. Take "terror," the leading topic of the day. There is a straightforward single standard: their terror against us and our clients is the ultimate evil, while our terror against them does not exist—or, if it does, is entirely appropriate..." more |
29 April 2007 Armed Struggle for Tamil Eelam: Reports on Armed Conflict - | Liberation Tigers air attack on Fuel Refinery in Kollonawa in retaliation to Sri Lanka bombing of Killinochchi suburb in Tamil Eelam "We sent two squadrons to target facilities that provide fuel to military aircraft after two Sri Lankan airforce jets bombed a suburb of Kilinochchi (inside rebel-held territory) just past midnight"... more 
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28 April 2007 Cricket & Politics 1. சிறிலங்கா துடுப்பாட்ட அணியை தமிழர்கள் ஏன் புறக்கணிக்க வேண்டும்? கலாநிதி என்.மாலதி in Puthinam "...விளையாட்டும் அரசியலும் பிரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்பது பலராலும் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு விடயமானாலும் அது ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று பிணைந்தே இருக்கிறது என்பதனையும் எவரும் மறுப்பதற்கில்லை... "நாடுகள் விளையாட்டின் மூலம் தேசியத்தை வளர்த்து எடுக்கின்றது. விளையாட்டு ஒரு நாட்டின் பரப்புரைக்கான முக்கிய கருவியாகப் பயன்படுகின்றது". " 
| | 2. "Come on you Sri Lankan Lions! Let's hear you roar" say UK High Commissioner & Staff in Sri Lanka "The British diplomatic mission in Colombo shed diplomatic neutrality on Friday to support Sri Lanka's cricket team in their World Cup final against Australia, AFP reported..." more |  
| | 3. "President Mahinda Rajapaksa's presence will inspire us" says Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardana - Sri Lanka State Controlled Daily News Report "...Captain Mahela Jayawardana told the media in Barbados that the Sri Lankan cricketers were very happy that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be present to watch them in action during today’s final. 'The President’s presence will inspire us to give our best and we will endeavour not to let him down.' Jayawardana said. " | | Inspiration?..... | |
27 April 2007 Reflections | “Culture is the way people conduct themselves in an organization or in a community and the beliefs they hold and share. Culture is born of a need or cause which galvanises a group because of the intrinsic underpinning values which appeal to them personally...Culture is bought and not sold. People buy into culture when the leader ‘walks the talk'. If there is an alignment between what the leader says and what he or she does, people will embrace that change and it will create a momentum of its own..." Satyendra Chelvendra, 10 February 2007 more |
27 April 2007 Tamils a Trans State Nation - Canada  Usha Sri Skandarajah on Her Husband's Fast "For those who have shown concern, I am writing to share my inner thoughts...I am 13 years younger to him, he is the best husband and father ever; we do everything together; we share happiness and sorrow together, face life's challenges together and pray together; I cannot imagine my life without him... If Bavan's fast had helped to change some people and draw attention to the plight of the Tamils in NorthEast Sri Lanka in some small way, he would have accomplished his goal. For all the support he received both he and I feel indebted and humbled..." more |
26 April 2007 Tamils a Trans State Nation - France 26 April 2007 Tamil Armed Resistance & the Law to include  What is Terrorism?
"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less'. 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things'. 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all'." Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol - Through the Looking Glass, c.vi "The most problematic issue relating to terrorism and armed conflict is distinguishing terrorists from lawful combatants" - Terrorism and Human Rights - Final Report of UN Special Rapporteur, Kalliopi K. Koufa "Throwing a bomb is bad,
Dropping a bomb is good;
Terror, no need to add,
Depends on who's wearing the hood."
R.Woddis 'Ethics for Everyman'
Quoted by Igor Primoratz in State Terrorism & Counter Terrorism
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26 April 2007 Velupillai Pirabakaran - Leader of Tamil Eelam to include 26 April 2007 What is Terrorism? - European Union to include 25 April 2007 US & the Tamil Struggle for Freedom World Tamil Coordinating Committee representative arrested in New York says U.S. Justice Department 25 April 2007 Sri Lanka's War on Eelam Tamils - in the Shadow of a Ceasefire  Bloodbath looms in war-torn Sri Lanka says a Special Correspondent, in News Weekly (for 60 years Australia's Independent News Magazine) - "Sri Lanka's "dirty war" against its Tamil minority has surpassed the level of abuses seen in General Augusto Pinochet's Chile, and is now increasingly being compared with Pol Pot's murderous rule in Cambodia.In the last 15 months alone, more people have been killed by Sri Lanka's Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (DSRSL) Government than were killed by Pinochet in the 17 years of Chile's "dirty war". .. The growing influence of China in Sri Lanka accords with what is happening in many countries around Australia. From the deep-water ports of Sri Lanka, communist Chinese naval power could one day straddle the Indian Ocean." more
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25 April 2007 Democracy Continues, Sri Lanka Style  It is Just a Few Animals that Run the Farm - S. Jayahanthan "The Sri Lankan state is not run by President Mahinda Rajapakse and the Parliament but instead by President Mahinda Rajapakse and his two brothers, Gothabaya and Basil. It is like a farm having been taken over by the animals from human beings with the humans ejected and now standing in the periphery. It reminds one of George Orwell's classic, Animal Farm written in 1945..." more |
25 April 2007 Tamil National Forum | 1.Oru Paper on Amnesty and Cricket "..The Cricket World Cup games will come to an end soon. People will congratulate the new champions and wish them more fine achievements in the future. Now lets return to `less' important matters, such as the daily killings and the destruction, the abductions, the launching of expensive rockets to set fire to farmlands which were ready to be harvested, and everything else connected with the current Eelam War IV..." more 2. Sanmugam Sabesan on அவுஸ்திரேலியா - நியூஸிலாந்து நாட்டு மக்களின் ANZAC தினம் |
24 April 2007 Armed Struggle for Tamil Eelam: Reports on Armed Conflict - 23 April 2007 Tamils a Trans State Nation: Canada 22 April 2007 Sathyam Commentary | | Amnesty, Cricket and the War in Sri Lanka - Nadesan Satyendra "..The current Amnesty Campaign slogan calling upon Sri Lanka to play by the rules is unfortunate. It is unfortunate not because it brings politics into sport. It is unfortunate because it suggests that the genocidal war in which Sri Lanka is engaged is a game and that all that needs to be done is to secure that the rules of the "game" are observed. The armed conflict in the island of Sri Lanka is not a game. War is not cricket. It is bloody. And Amnesty's call for umpires, borders on farce. Amnesty says "just as cricket flourishes through respect for its rules so all sides in Sri Lanka must respect the rules of armed conflict. Monitors are needed to act as an impartial watchdog in order to document and investigate the increasing number of abuses." But where will these 'impartial watch dogs' come from so that 'just as cricket flourishes through respect for its rules' armed conflict may also 'flourish'? .." more |
22 April 2007 Tamil National Forum 19 April 2007 Fourth World - Nations without a State to include Revisited Fourth World - Nations without a State - Nadesan Satyendra "...If the 1950s and the 1960s were the decades of the anti colonial liberation movements directed against rule by First World countries (albeit, weakened by the Second World War), the 1980s and the 1990s proved to be the decades of the post colonial national liberation movements, directed mostly, against the occupying forces of Third World states. And this process continues in the 21st century..." more |
18 April 2007 Struggle for Tamil Eelam to include 16 April 2007 Reflections 15 April 2007 Tamil Language & Literature  மொழி என்பது வாழ்க்கை! பிரகாஷ்ராஜ், in Ananda Vikatan "‘வெறும் கம்யூனிகேஷன்தானே மொழி!’ன்னு இந்தத் தலைமுறை யோசிக்க ஆரம்பிச்சுட்டாங்க. அதைத் தாண்டி மொழியின் அருமை அவங் களுக்குப் புரியலை...மக்களோட வாழ்வை அப்படியே பிரதிபலிக்கிற கண்ணாடி, மொழி... வெள்ளைக்காரங்க ஒரு நாட்டின் மேல் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்த முக்கிய ஆயுதமாப் பயன்படுத்தியது, அவங்க மொழியை! மனிதன் எந்த மொழி பேசுறானோ, அந்த நாட்டுக்காரனா ஆகிடுவான் கிற உண்மையை அவங்க தெரிஞ்சுவெச்சிருக்காங்க." more |
15 April 2007 Tamil National Forum to include  1. Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia - தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டா. .? " "தனித்துவமான மொழியைப் பேசுகின்ற தனித்துவமான பண்பாட்டைக் கொண்டுள்ள தனித்துவமான கலைகளைக் கொண்டுள்ள தமக்கென பாரம்பரிய மண்ணைக் கொண்டுள்ள மக்கள் ஒரு தேசிய இனத்தவர் ஆவார்கள். அவர்களுக்கு சுயநிர்ணய உரிமைக் கோட்பாடு உரித்தானதாகும் என்று உலகச்சட்டமொன்று சொல்கிறது. இப்போது எமக்கு ஒரு தனித்துவமான பண்பாடு இருக்கின்றதா? என்ற கேள்வி எழுவதை தவிர்க்க முடியவில்லை..." more2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan On Leadership: Emory Bogardus Revisited – part 1 |
15 April 2007 United States & the Tamil Eelam Struggle for Freedom 14 April 2007 Reflections - Hindu New Year "...Nation building ... is not confined to national liberation movements, charismatic leaders and liberators, wars of national independence, and the struggle of national entities to emerge to independence from a position of relative powerlessness and subservience to a dominant power. Nations are as much cultural as political forms, and the creation of a unique high culture of world significance is often central to their legitimation." John Hutchinson, European Institute, London School of Economics and David Aberbach, Department of Jewish Studies, McGill University, Quebec, Canada in Nations & Nationalism, Volume 4, 1999) 
"..மொழியும், கலையும், கலாசாரமும் வளம் பெற்று வளர்ச்சியும் உயர்ச்சியும் அடையும பொழுதே தேசிய இனக் கட்டமைப்பு இறுக்கம் பெறுகின்றது. பலம் பெறுகின்றது. மனித வாழ்வும் சமூக உறவுகளும் மேன்மை பெறுகின்றது. தேசிய நாகரிகம் உன்னதம் பெறுகின்றது.." Velupillai Pirabakaran |
14 April 2007 Comments to include 13 April 2007 Tamils: a Trans State Nation - Mamanithar Thillai Nadarajah to include 11April 2007 Revisited  On Terrorism & Liberation - Nadesan Satyendra "...Do we not deliberately obfuscate when we conflate the two words 'terrorism' and 'violence'? ... The Cuban revolution was violent but it was not terrorism. The war against Hitler was violent but it was not terrorism...What are the circumstances in which a people ruled by an alien people may lawfully resort to arms to resist that alien rule and secure freedom? Or is it that there are no circumstances in which a people ruled by an alien people may lawfully resort to arms to liberate themselves? And if all resort to violence to secure political ends is not terrorism then, by all means let us address the question: what is terrorism? " more
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10 April 2007 Tamil National Forum | Oru Paper - World is Flat "...as Sri Lanka spins out of his control - with the strategic interests of Buddhist fundamentalism at stake - Rajapakse's logic is to double down, escape forward, and to fight this out in a larger Northern theatre and also to attack anybody who questions his regime's human rights abuses... The whole bullying tactics of the GOSL and its allies show their view of the world as one-dimensional, as limited as the flat world before Galileo....This is a world where there is no past and no future, no lessons of history and no foreseeing things to come. Whatever exists now will exist forever...The world of a Stalin, who once asked contemptuously: "How many divisions has the Pope?".. The human craving for freedom is invincible, and so is the struggle of oppressed nations for liberation. To ignore this is not realism, it is blindness. And the Pope does indeed have divisions, even if they don't march on the parade ground...." more |
10 April 2007 Tamils - a Trans State Nation 9 April 2007 Revisited 9 April 2007 Tamil National Forum | M.Thanapalasingham from Australia...  சிட்னி தமிழ் அறிவகத்தால் நடாத்தப்பட்ட வசந்த மாலை 2007 இல் ஆற்றிய உரை "ஒரு மக்கள் எதையும் இழக்கலாம், அகதிகளாகலாம் , அன்னியரின் ஆக்கிரமிப்பிற்கும் உள்ளாகலாம். ஏனெனில் போர்க்குணம் இருப்பின் இவற்றில் இருந்து மீளலாம். ஆனால் தாம் யார், தமது பாரம்பரியம் என்ன, தம் முன்னோர் விட்டுச்சென்ற ஞானக்கருவூலங்கள் என்ன என்பதை மறப்பார்களாயின் முகம் அற்றவர்களாக, முகவரியைத் தொலைத்தவர்களாக, வரலாறு இல்லாதவர்களாக, வம்பிலே பிறந்தவர்களாக ஆக்கப்படுவர். இதன் உடன் நிகழ்வாக தன்னம்பிக்கை அற்றவர்களாக மீளா அடிமைக்கு ஆளாவர்... " more
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8 April 2007 7 April 2007 Tamils - a Trans State Nation: Reunion to include Video: Reunion 2006 Tamoul 6 April 2007 Comments to include | Krishna Chaitanya from India "I have one request for you. I am working on a paper examining empirically the determinants of Military Expenditure of Sri Lanka from 1980 to 2006... the problem is that I do not know where to get the data on LTTE's Military expenditure. If you have any data or information about LTTE's military expenditure, I kindly request you to inform me..." together with response by tamilnation.org "We do not have the information that you have requested - and, in any case, our remit does not extend to acquiring or storing or supplying information of the kind that you have requested.. Given that the LTTE is banned in India (and in a few other countries) we understand the difficulty that you must be experiencing in getting the information that you appear to require for your research study. Perhaps, the Sri Lanka Defence Ministry may be in a position to help. " more |
6 April 2007 Tamil National Forum to include Brian Senewiratne writes from Australia - President Rajapakse sends an emissary to Australia 5 April 2007 What is Terrorism to include Four Years in Guantanamo - the man who said no to MI5: Lead Story by Vikram Dodd in The Guardian UK 5 April 2007 Reflections  "...In all regions of the world conflicts turn violent over the desire for full control by state governments, on the one hand, and claims to self-determination (in a broad sense) by peoples, minorities or other communities, on the other. Where governments recognise and respect the right to self-determination, a people can effectuate it in a peaceful manner. Where governments choose to use force to crush or prevent the movement, or where they attempt to impose assimilationist policies against the wishes of a people, this polarises demands and generally results in armed conflict. The Tamils, for example, were not seeking independence and were not using violence in the 1970s. The government response to further deny the Tamil people equal expression of their distinct identity led to armed confrontation and a war of secession..." Implementation of the Right to Self Determination, as a Contribution to Conflict Prevention , UNESCO International Conference of Experts, Barcelona 1998 |
3 April 2007 Tamils: a Trans State Nation - Australia to include  Mamanithar Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar - A Good & Honest Human இறுதி வணக்க நிகழ்வு: கிழக்குத் தீமோர் தூதரகம் இரங்கல், 3 April 2007
Sri Lanka Tamil National Alliance Members of Parliament pay tribute in Tamil Eelam 
Jeyakumar: A Proud Son of the Tamil Diaspora - International Federation of Tamils, Switzerland, 30 March 2007 மாமனிதர் தில்லை ஜெயக்குமாரும், பன்முக ஆளுமையும் - Sanmugam Sabesan, Melbourne, Australia 2 April 2007 more நண்பர் மாமனிதர் ஜெயக்குமாருக்கு வீரவணக்கம் - Ana Pararajasingham from Luzern, Switzerland, 30 March 2007 more மாமனிதர் தில்லைநடராஜா ஜெயக்குமார் - உன் நண்பன் - M.Thanapalasingham, Sydney, Australia, 30 March 2007 more திரு. தில்லை ஜெயக்குமாருக்கு "மாமனிதர்" விருது: தமிழீழ தேசியத் தலைவர், வே. பிரபாகரன் அறிவிப்பு Remembering Mamanithar Jeyakumar - Nadesan Satyendra ... "..A struggle for freedom is no evening tea party. But, a struggle for freedom also produces its heroes and heroines – men and women who have displayed strength, ability and courage far beyond the call of duty. Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar will always remain in our memories as one of the heroes of the struggle of his people for freedom. I respectfully salute Jeyakumar's sustained contribution to the cause of his people during these many years - sustained through many trials and tribulations..." more |
2 April 2007 Armed Struggle for Tamil Eelam: Reports on Armed Conflict  Lanka Air Security Strategy : Perimeter Defence & Over the Horizon "Radar" - Namal Suvendra "Sri Lanka’s military has adopted a near fool-proof system to ensure that the main air force base and the adjoining international airport are protected against possible Tiger aerial strikes, a top defense source said today... "We will send airmen to man coconut tree tops and look out for any enemy aircraft," the source said adding that the failure of the Indian-installed radar made the military look closer home. "This is a fool proof system. There are built-in safeguards against an airman sleeping on the job. If he does, he will fall off the tree like a coconut," he said. more |
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