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In Sri Lanka, Quarter-Century of War Ends
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18 May 2009
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Update: Sri Lanka's state television station has announced that Tamil Tiger
rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead. Earlier media reports said
he was killed while trying to flee the war zone early Monday in an
ambulance. On Sunday the rebels' international relations
chief said in a statement on the Web site TamilNet that their battle has reached "its bitter end." President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared victory on Saturday. | More from VOA News
___ Transcript of radio broadcast, posted 15 May 2009: This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
The
Sri Lankan army has been leading what it called a "final push" against Tamil
Tiger rebels. A military spokesman told VOA that the army hoped to free all
civilians trapped in rebel territory by Sunday. The military said troops were moving
in from the north and the south on the narrow area of coastline still held by
the rebels.
 | A Sri Lankan army photograph of Tamil civilians arriving in a government-controlled area after escaping the war zone
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On Friday, the United Nations
human rights office called for an investigation of possible war crimes in Sri
Lanka. The office said the behavior of the military and the rebels could meet
the legal meaning of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A
U.N. spokesman expressed concern about reports that government shelling has
killed civilians. He also expressed concern over reports of rebels shooting those
trying to flee to safety.
This
week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent his top aide to press for an end
to the Sri Lankan conflict.
Almost two hundred thousand Tamil civilians in the
north have been displaced since fighting intensified in January. Some people
have been able to escape across the waters of a lagoon to a
government-controlled area. But thousands of civilians reportedly have been
killed and many thousands more wounded.
The
International Red Cross has described the humanitarian situation as "unimaginable."
The Red Cross has been unable to bring in food or remove the wounded and sick
from the area of fighting.
Sri
Lanka has been seeking a two billion dollar loan from the International
Monetary Fund to help its economy. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
said this week that this was, in her words, "not an appropriate time to
consider" the loan. But I.M.F. chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday
that Sri Lanka clearly needs help. Reuters news agency reported that he said the
I.M.F. is working to find a solution in the next few weeks.
 | | A Defense Ministry photo shows army soldiers patrolling Friday in the war zone |
Sri Lanka is an island of twenty-one million people in
the Indian Ocean. Three-fourths are ethnic Sinhalese. The conflict began more
than twenty-five years ago, when minority Tamils began fighting for an
independent homeland.
The Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam once controlled a large area of the north and east. But now, military
officials say the area held by the Tamil Tigers has been reduced to just a few
square kilometers of beachfront.
The
government says the military offensive is also a hostage rescue operation. It
says the rebels are hiding among civilians. On Wednesday, President Obama
deplored the rebels' use of civilians as human shields. But he also called on
the Sri Lankan government to act responsibly.
There have been reports in recent days that shelling killed
hundreds of civilians. On Wednesday, artillery shells hit the only remaining
hospital in the area of fighting.
The
government promised last month to end its use of heavy weapons. It says the
rebels are the ones killing innocent people. The rebels blame the government. And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm
Steve Ember.
Comments:
1. Leaders are responsible
All the leaders "LEAVE EGO AND SUPERIOR FEELING" and feel the peace and its fragrance
Submitted by: Kishore (india)
05-26-2009 - 12:37:13
2. terrorism never solve the problems
The biggest problem of the world is terrorism. It's olso big problem for my country. All county must get together and establısh an effective policy against terrorism. Some countries says ' my terrorist is bad but other terrorists are good or not interrest me'. All countries in the world must support and help the country which fight against the terrorism. We belive in Turkiye peace at home, peace in the world.
Submitted by: can (turkiye)
05-25-2009 - 18:26:21
3. two-faced Janus
I wonder why USA is still not involved?! Those disastrous mass killing, terror and all...Let me guess. Perhaps it is because american cars don't run on tea?
Submitted by: Peter Mikhailov (Russia)
05-25-2009 - 03:15:30
4. Thanks God!
The war 's usually terrible for people in the world
It ends in Sri Lanka and remains many problem for this country.I think U.N have many work to do in Sri Lanka.
Submitted by: TRIET LE (USA)
05-22-2009 - 04:07:34
5. feeling sorry for the war
They all are on the same land! Poor the innocent killed civilians!! Who will be responsible for the losses? THINKING...
Submitted by: Binbie (China)
05-22-2009 - 03:16:06
6.
war is bad bad bad
Submitted by: ali (Iraq)
05-20-2009 - 08:12:02
7. Peace accompanying you and me
The civil war of Sri Lanka ends, which is good news for all Sri Lanka's people. A war is ruthless. It deprived of countless lives around the world.Yet there is not a leader or a government who wants to stop a war indeed though they always say that the world needs peace. Loving peace is only their slogans. When peace conflicts with their interests, they will start a war until they gain their goals.We need not to look back ancient wars, only in the 20th century, wars have killed thousands of millions of innocent people around the world especially the world war II. I hate war. I hate then-Japanese government of world war II. The Japanese miliary viciously slaughtered 300,000 innocent lives in NanKing in December,1937, raping women, burning up houses and so on.But their government never formally admits their crimes, which has deeply hurt the feelings of Chinese and Asian people.I always think why our human beings like to solve conflicts using war. I never find the answer. But I sincerely h
Submitted by: Tornado99 (China)
05-20-2009 - 03:40:30
8. don't fire soldier
"war , war , war ,....."!!!!! result dead , dead ,dead !!!! , stop soldiers , we want live , we are human, we are loving , trees , seas and mountains ,
stop soldiers , don't fire
my baby is sleeping,*
I am human , god created me similiar to every one
I am tamil,Similiar you,I like tea ,stop fire
come on ,site down ,drink a cup tea with me
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*my baby is sleeping is a free translation of a kurdish famouse poetry
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I love srilanka but with peace and human right and tamil people
Submitted by: hossien (kurdistan)
05-19-2009 - 10:58:35
9. The terrorist groups fight against their town
This article is similar to the Colombian conflict where terrorists groups like Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC and ELN are actively involved in cocaine trafficking and has carried out thousands of kidnappings for ransom. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and colombian people have condemned the FARC for the deaths of many colombian politicians, policemen, military, children, farmers, foreigners, during many years. They are communist rebel forces and they hope overthrow the democracy in our country.
Submitted by: Jairson Salazar (COLOMBIA)
05-18-2009 - 22:28:37
10. Second task is difficult too
The second task Sri Lanka faces is to make the majority of Tamil Sri Lankans feel welcome, safe, and part of Sri Lankan society. If they cannot do this, the military victory will only be a partial success.
Submitted by: Pat Gunn (USA)
05-18-2009 - 13:22:34
11. Only One Thing We Want
Why can't we stop fighting with each other? I want to live in the peaceful world. And I think most people is same to me. I only hope for world peace!
Submitted by: Seeny (SouthKorea)
05-18-2009 - 13:21:14
12. Throw away.....
Throw away your ethnic group divisors and join the human race. Are we all the same. Divided groups of humans through race is a waste of time and gives power to humans that don't deserve it.
Submitted by: Blazestop (USA)
05-18-2009 - 13:19:39
13.
I had experienced the Viet Nam war on my country. So I very sympathize with situation of Sri Lanka's people. I hope that this terror war will end in some days.
Submitted by: Long ()
05-18-2009 - 02:21:01
14. International tribunal for Sri Lanka
The mythology indoctrinated fanatical Rajapakse regime in Sri Lanka is conducting mass killing of Tamils to achieve its chauvinistic goals. Beside, the terror regime is involved in terror tactics such as: torture and disappearances and mass imprisonment of Tamils, killing of journalists, execution of aid workers and the subsequent cover-ups.
All these crimes are committed with deceptive propaganda, with the help from certain external media outlets, political forces and hired agents. An international tribunal for Sri Lanka is urgently needed to account for serious violation of minority rights and crimes committed by Rajapakse and his henchmen and to account for Prabakarans terrorist acts.
Submitted by: Richard (Canada)
05-18-2009 - 00:04:53
15. War Crimes!
Did United Nations order an Investigation into 'WAR CRIMES' when the American and British forces bombed Iraqi cities and towns killing scores of Iraqi civilians? Any denials?
Submitted by: Leeladitya Andukuri (India)
05-17-2009 - 18:47:04
16. the war is over.
the usa and uk commit much more worse hr violations but where is the condemnation for that? lets not forget that sri lanka is demicratically elected govt. uk and usa are in other sovereign countries soil kiling the country's civilians. the SL armed forces have been rescuing tamil civilians from ltte clutches. spending its money on keeping these people alive. if the usa blocks the imf loan then sri lanka can't afford to feed these people. what will happen then. western double standards are so easily seen. atleast countries such as china and india are more straightforward. india helps sri lanka with aid and so does china. both are competeing for regional influence and sri lanka is benefiting from it. whereas the usa and uk just invade countries to "increase influence". american so callled soldiers are raping woman in iraq. where is the condemnation? i am not anti west but some actions by western countries sometimes tip the balance. who supported the ltte? western countries? at the very l
Submitted by: harina (uk)
05-17-2009 - 18:41:42
17. Genocide
It is humorous to hear the LTTE fabricated propaganda machines cry out `Genocide'. They are the true perpetrators of Genocide on their own innocent Tamil civilians. The LTTE are the real vultures who committed ethnic cleansing of Muslim & Sinhala villagers. People were slaughtered in Mosques & Temples.
We urge the UN to investigate the heinous crimes committed by the evil US & UK around the world.
Submitted by: Nigel-P (Australia)
05-17-2009 - 18:38:04
18. Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi. May his soul rest in peace
Submitted by: bharat (india)
05-17-2009 - 17:51:02
19. International community must take the responsability of tamils killings.
Im honestly dissapointed the way how this world behave. Very much hypocrits and Ignorants in the top power. All they want is business, unless nothing. They are all well aware and know exactly what is happning in Srilanka for Tamils. But, as Tamils are minority and got nothing to trade with. So, this is the end. Tamils must understand this. War will never ends but changed the dimention. Coz, what is done by Srilankan govt, so far unable to stop by International community. This is the way world gave its green light for gnocide. Many trips from top lobby guys to Srilanka recently, i just wanted to ask them, how was your hotel room and meal you had? No point act by saying We are concernd, We are worried...for how long you gonna say this same crap?, after harm was done, families has been destroyed, women been raped, children been killed. So, directly or indirectly you have blood on your hands cos, you let it happen in front of your eyes. You're as well responsible for killing.
By saying
Submitted by: kanna (Switzerland)
05-17-2009 - 17:49:46
20. Who is the terrorist
Sri Lanka endangered 200,000 civilians and civilians were used to bring down LTTE to their knees. News are reaching almost 20,000 civilians were dead within last 4 months and many more were injured and deprived from access to medical facilities. Repeatedly hospitals were attacked by government to demoralise LTTE and give up their arms. Any local media publish these news were attached and media personnel were beaten and many were killed. My question is who is the terrorist group in Sri Lanka?
Submitted by: Eswarran (canada)
05-17-2009 - 17:39:41
21. Violence breeds violence
The history of Sri Lanka has been rife with inequity. The majority of Sri Lankans populated the island in about the 5th century BC from North India, with the Sinhalese emerging as the most dominant tribe among them. Tamils began migrating to Lanka in about the 3rd century BC, and admittedly, additional Tamils were brought to the island in the 18th/19th century by the British to work on tea plantations.
But even this migration is a full 100 years before Sri Lankan independence (1948). Post-independence, the Sinhalese majority - led first by Bandarnaike, and then his hawkish wife, systematically stripped the Tamil people of their rights. And these were basic rights - for example, the right to citizenship; or the right to vote. What were they supposed to do? Return to India? - a land that their forefathers left at least 100 - 200 years ago. That's an absurd position, and tantamount to the sort of ethnic cleansing imposed by the Turkish on the Armenians, the Russians and Germans
Submitted by: Ashok (USA)
05-17-2009 - 17:37:24
22. SRILANKANS THE MIGHTY LIONS!!!!
A bright future awaits for the young srilankans!!!
I still cant believe that the terrible war is over............... yipee!!!! Iam not a fan of politicians or the president mahinda but today i would say 'keep up the good work' to the srilankan government, president and to the most important team the srilankan navy who fought day and night for us, GO SRILANKA!!!!! today we have proved that the MIGHTY LIONS are more powerful compared to the COWARD TIGERS!!! the tamils say that ltte fought for them but what they didnt understand was that prabakaran fought for himself, for his greed and wishes only and not for the people, he used them as a shield to hide behind. So today lets forget about OUR RACE instead will keep in mind the only thing that is important now that is WE ARE THE MIGHTY LIONS AND ARE PROUD TO BE SRILANKANS and let us hold hands and travel in one path that is towards the path of light, freedom,liberty, equality and unity.... Togetther as one we say GOOD MORNING NEW SRILANKA!
Submitted by: shenaz (srilanka)
05-17-2009 - 17:30:07
23. Finally the terrorist is dead
I congratulate the nation of Sri Lanka and all its citizens of every ethnicity that the terrorist brigand that employed child soldiers and killed Sinhalese, Muslims and Hindu Tamils alike who did not like his dictatorship idea of Eelam.
I congratulate further the courageous work done by SLA and excellent leadership provided to them, something that was amiss before. LTTE is dead. Now I hope peace returns for every Lankan irrespective of ethnicity.
P.S. Prabhakaran publically admitted he wanted a dictatatorial state in North and East, he can now hope to get that in the other world. Peace
Submitted by: Tyagi (India)
05-17-2009 - 17:21:55
24. Down with LTTE
I don't belong to wither of the ethnic groups but I am happy that finally the worlds deadliest terrorist group has fallen. This was the same group that killed Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, President Premadasa and are responsible for so many assassinations, the mosque massacres, violation of human rights, hostage taking and recruiting of child soldiers.
What I don't understand is the west trying to stop preventing the army from taking control from these terrorists and rescuing the Tamil civilians from the LTTE while they go around killing people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Vietnam and many more.
WAR is BAD. The sad truth is some blood is shed to win peace. Lets hope that peace lasts forever.
Long live Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan People, the Sinhalese, the Tamils, the Vedhas, the Muslims, the Moors and the Burghers.
Submitted by: subbaiah (USA)
05-17-2009 - 17:16:12
25. LTTE forever!!!!
till the last tamil on earth, LTTE and LTTE's goal will remain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO ONE IN THIS WORLD CAN CHANGE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by: viraj devendra (canada)
05-17-2009 - 17:09:03
26. tamilan liing without their own rights
tamilans every where strgguling !!!! no ones helps to save them. why?no one ready to fight for tamilan right except Mr.prapagarn army.please dont comments against tamilan.
Submitted by: robert (atar)
05-17-2009 - 16:54:24
27. sri lankan army not killing tamis..
sri lankan army not killing tamis.. or any civilians.. they only killing LTTE terrorist... this country is our... all Sinhala, Tamil , Muslim and Burger .. not only for Sinhala or Tamil... All of you put some comments from your country(USA, Canada, Norway.. Etc) . How is it possible you guys no about our country than us... how many of you know how long sri lankan written history... how many years... pls dont comment without knowing full story...
Submitted by: randima senanayake (sri lanka)
05-17-2009 - 16:32:33
28. Both sides are fanatics
Tamils have been fighting for so long they can't remember what they are fighting for. SL govt has no need for the Tamil areas, but they refuse to let them separate. They are both messed up in a big way. I was born there, but thank god I don't live there anymore. I feel bad for people still there like me, who disagree with both sides, but are forced to take sides.
Submitted by: AS (USA)
05-17-2009 - 16:14:03
29. Dimnishing HINDUISM
Its the India who should have created separate land for Tamils in order to protect Hindus. Unfortunately thats not the case. This is how Hinduism dies. Look at the other religion how they are supporting and protecting their relegion.
Save Hindus, save Hinduism.
Vinoba.
Submitted by: Vinoba ()
05-17-2009 - 16:05:51
30. Sad future for the western world
Little does the western world know the fate that will befall it. Much of the Tamil diaspora, now left with the reality of finding peace in Sri Lanka finally setting in, will find itself in a predicament of not knowing when they'll be 'shipped' back when they lose their refugee status (except for those who have been fortunate to gain citizenship in their respective countries of domicile.)
With the inevitable reconciliation and granting of governing rights through devolution etc. by the Rajapksa governmenent, the West is finally going to have to 'eat its words' and grant the fact that the whole 'Tamil Issue' had been blown totally out of proportion by the media and the financial beneficiaries of the LTTE movement, and give in to pressure to send the 'excess' immigrants back to ther country of origin.
No wonder the Tamils are agitating in the West since they know their days are numbered. Their not agitating because of their love for the Tamil civilians caught in the middle of the
Submitted by: Maximus Profundus (Sri Lanka)
05-17-2009 - 16:02:04
31. Finally the worlds most ruthless terrorists defeated by SL army with no help from the west
A poor 3rd world country managed to defeat terrorists against all odds. The SL army did this at the loss of lot of men from the forces, unlike how the west fights in Iraq and Afghanistan these are close quarter face to face fighting.
We know who stood by us and who were trying to save the terrorists. So called countries in the west tried to save the terrorists after we stood by them in their wars against terrorism. What a let down.
Submitted by: Manesh (UK)
05-17-2009 - 15:54:31
32. learn from a victim of this war
hi, i was in this war about 10 years ago. and escaped with minimal injury ( mental torture). lost my family members, friends, and neighbors. I don't believe end of this war will bring any peace to the Tamil citizens because they are fueled with anger and they know who killed their families and who tried to help. I seen it and experienced it when i was in the war zone. if one country commits war crime, it doesnt give another country the rights to commit the same crime and get away with it. Srilankan government and the Rebels have to face the consequences for taking many lives and violating the international law. So many times many people tried to have a peace talk but neither group agreed. the government who is suppose follow certain rules couldve done so much more to avoid these casualties of innocent Tamils. I WAKE UP EVERYDAY WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL FROM MY FAMILY TO SEE IF THEY ARE ALIVE OR Dead.????? WHO WILL GIVE JUSTICE TO THESE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND LOVED ONES? does
Submitted by: banu (canada)
05-17-2009 - 15:53:54
33. LTTE are terrorist
Finally Sri Lankans as one nation defeated terrorism in the country.
First of all, western media, do not try to create ethnic cleansing in Sri Lanka. Its not the Tamils who has been defeated, it's the LTTE terrorist. It is a known fact that the LTTE is NOT the sole representatives of the Tamil people. 65% of the Tamils live with the majority of the Sinhalese. Prabakaran was good at creating ethnic cleansing, hence issues arise with the SInhalese/Muslims/others vs Tamils.
Been Tamil, we are glad that the LTTE is over, however, it is a must that their propaganda machines are stopped to ensure total freedom to the Tamil people. LTTE is a terrorist outfit that would do anything to destroy races. Now Interpol, do your job and track down KP, the arms smuggler!
Submitted by: Nadaraj (UK)
05-17-2009 - 15:44:26
34.
VOA , your information still based on Pro-LTTE web site liek many other western media. This is Sad situation you people always like to publish terrorists voice than legitimate govt information even without verifing wther they are true or not.
Tamils in Sri Lanka legally has the equal right as others. But real peace not comes throughlaw but ready tò compromise with sinhalease people which is 74% of the population.
Submitted by: Dave D alwis (Sri Lanka)
05-17-2009 - 15:44:04
35. so this is how hitlerism was?
there is no more tears in our eyes....
there is no point talking about human rights. no body in this world no the meaning of human rights. they care about an animal dying but they dont care about people dying in vanni, thats because they are tamils...and tamils are no human? we tried explaining to the world but what is the point? the world is been deaf, blind and dumb. today the sri lankan government is happy nd celebrating the loss of 1000 and 1000 of tamils. what would animals do when they are hungry and what would animals do after they had their food? this the situation in sri lanka. you will only feel the pain when you face a situation like us tamils...until then there is no point. anyways, a very big thanks to all who are helping us to die.
Submitted by: nisha J (uk)
05-17-2009 - 15:42:40
36. The war is finally over
The war is finally over!BUT,the Tamils still have less rights which is not fair.They have been fighting for only the rights and many civilians including my relatives have died.Mahinda should just have given them the rights and the war would have been over, a long time ago.
Submitted by: Pranavan (United Kingdom)
05-17-2009 - 15:33:57
37. Equality for Tamils
In Sri Lanka everyone have equal rights.Every Tamil have access to they want to in the island,access to free education,Health care,access to Higher Education,employment,open up businesses,live in any part of the island.Run for Parliment of Sri Lanka. Voting rights, What more Tamils need to be equal partners of the Sri Lankan society? They can get Married to anyone they like . Tiger leadership fail to provide none of these to the Tamil people.
Submitted by: RJAY (Canada)
05-17-2009 - 15:32:36
38. Nice
For all those terrorists who are supporting the LTTE from other countries should take note. An armed struggle whether its right or wrong, will never achieve the intended goal. Sinhalese in Sri Lanka do not hate Tamils, I myself lived with a Tamil family when they lost their house in 1983 and we are still good friends. Sinhalese in Sri Lanka hate Tamil terrorist. Just ask yourself this question, who did Prabhakaran killed first? The answer is, the mayor of Jaffna who was a Tamil. Who did killed the Foreign Minister Kadhiragamar who was an ethnic Tamil, Prabhakaran. The LTTE never fought for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
Submitted by: Concerned (USA)
05-17-2009 - 15:31:05
39. Rights!!!
how many tamils are there in the world. if they need a separate land why dont they fight in India. tamilnadu is their popular part in the world. why did they choose sri lanka. they thought sri lanka is a weak organization & they could get best support from Indian government. they thought India will hand over their problem to sri lanka. but time wasn't their side. India was afraid of they ll be coming after them. we have to believe all tamils like to have their own country. but its not a fault of others. please dont disturb other countries as LTTE did in sri lanka. they ll not be like sri lanka.
Submitted by: Ranil Wickramasinghe (sri lanka)
05-17-2009 - 15:30:03
40. the tamil fight
just cause the ltte is defeated doesnt mean tamils will stop fighting for their rights
Submitted by: Tamil cause will never end (canada)
05-17-2009 - 15:28:09
41. Appeasers of Sri Lanka atrocities
Harsha (Austarlia), Yours is sort of the attitude what appeasers of Sri Lanka atrocities propagate. Please keep in mind no other country you mention is bombing and shelling they claim their own. Plus none of them is carrying out a war without witness nor bar any humanitarian assistance. You very well know how the Sri lanka Army was kicked out of Hiaiti for sexually abusing teens in Haiti, while on a UN mision in 2007. When the light is shed on Sri Lanka forces this is what the world come to know about them.
Submitted by: Kumaran (USA)
05-17-2009 - 15:06:06
42. Genocide
Tamils is been struggled since 1948 until now. Tamils were asking for the equal rights since Britain left. Voice of Tamils been killed since 1948 By Sri lankan armed force, but In 1983 3000 TO 4000 Tamils been killed by Sri Lankan. "The evidence points clearly to conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to acts of Genocide" by ICJ,
That's proved Sri lankan state have intent to destroy Tamils before LTTE fully function.
Because LTTE preventing the sri lanka continue they Genocide on Tamils. So Sri lanka want to defeat LTTE first. And Channel 4 news Team also Kicked out because they showing world planed Genocide by Sri lanka State in the Consternation camps.
Submitted by: jeevan (uk)
05-17-2009 - 14:12:28
43. Peace
This war has been going on for so long. As a Sri Lankan I'm finally so glad it's over. You can talk about Tamil people not getting equal rights, but how much of these so called "rights" was their leader allowing them? Can you actually say that innocent tamil children got a "right" to an education? "right" to a family? "right" to proper living conditions? It's a major misconception in the international community that the government is killing civilians, which is far from the truth. The Sri Lankan government has rescued these poor people from these terrorists and trying to give them a new start to their lives. I think it's time that we all forget these stupid racial prejudices. We are all Sri Lankans, and Sri Lanka belongs to all of us, sinhalese, tamil, musilm, alike. And the governement has every right to wipe out terrorists who threaten our soveriegnity.
Submitted by: Dehara (Sri Lanka)
05-17-2009 - 04:54:39
44. I am studying English
I listen to the programme every morning,and sometimes I fail to persist. now I still feel it is a little hard for me to understand completely the whole report .Give me some advice.China is still a developing country,and I have also heard news China government sold the weapons to some countries at a low price. If it is true ,I have to say sorry for our country's behavior .
Submitted by: maomaochong (China)
05-16-2009 - 15:02:39
45.
If American can kill Sadam Hussain for murdering 150 people why SL government can't kill bloody ltte leader prabakaran who is killed thousands of innocent sri lankans?
Everyone knows that pro-ltte groups spent thousands of dollars for mrs.clinton's election campaign in recent past so now its her time to save those bloody terrorist who gave money for her. we'll like to remind one thing for her that is she is only state secretary for US government only but not for the Sri Lanka, she should be understand that....
Submitted by: naveen (sri lanka)
05-16-2009 - 14:12:27
46. communication
VOA is a very good program to lean english and know more about American。。。
Submitted by: York Peng (china)
05-16-2009 - 14:09:12
47. Sri Lanka's Ultimate Step
Finally after 25 years of brutal fighting, economic near ruin and thousands upon thousands of lost lives the Sri Lanken government has put political correctness behind it and ended this civil war. By finally refusing to bow to international crys for political corretness they have eliminated the terrorists and now the business of righting the country can begin! Now if all the other countries who have been fighting decades long similiar wars would do the same so their countries can take their rightful place among the rest of the world!
Submitted by: Curtis Gwin Jr (USA/Thailand)
05-16-2009 - 10:37:32
48. Equality for Tamils
After this war is over, Would the Srilankan Govt give equal rights to the Tamil People? Who will make sure that it will happen? If they had given that equality in the first place, Tamils in SriLanka would not have taken to armed struggle.
Submitted by: hari (usa)
05-16-2009 - 01:57:14
49. War crimes
Most of the worlds war crimes are committed by US and UK (who is just the tail of the dog). There is enough evidence of such crimes in Vietnam, Afgnistan, Sudan, and Iraq. One of the only modern day torture chambers was maintain by USA in Guantanamo Bay. I really wonder the real moral justification of these countries to accuse other countries for doing lesser crimes. World is fast changing in the next 25-40 years these countries will have to answer to the world when the next two super powers (India & china ) start flexing their mussel.
Submitted by: Harsha (Austarlia)
05-16-2009 - 01:29:03
50. In Sri Lanka, a 'Final Push' to Defeat Rebels
The government of Sri Lanka is elected by the people of Sri Lanka for the people of Sri Lanka. It has the right to defend it self from terrorism just as any other elected government. In any war it is the bystanders that suffer the most, just as the civilians in Afganistan. If the government let the terrorists get away, like it had on many occasions in the past, a few civillians will be saved, but many thousands will be killed in the long run.
Submitted by: George (USA)
05-16-2009 - 00:53:27
51. India intelligence and china's weapons are the main sucess to srilanka
Hello All,
Main India intelliegence , money and china's weapons are the mail sucess to srilanka goernmnet.
They are killing civilan's.
Submitted by: madhan (usa)
05-16-2009 - 00:15:31
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