Warna Hettiarachchi Toronto, Canada

Mr. Stephen Rapp,

Here are some questions for you:

1. How many terror suspects do you currently have imprisoned  at Guantanamo Bay?

2. How long have they been incarcerated for?

3. Where is the investigation of US military abusing prisoners of war (POW’s) at Abu Gharib Prison in Iraq, where terror suspected were subjected to inhumane extreme humiliation, torture, killing and  denigration?

4. Where is the investigation of US AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship killing two Reuters journalists and ten other innocent unarmed  civilians including children in Baghdad during invasion of Iraq?

5. Where is the independent investigation of US War Crime of using highly radioactive Depleted Uranium Shells in Iraq, exposing both the US military and innocent unarmed Iraqi civilians to dangerous levels of ionizing  radiation? This tantamount to a crime worse than using chemical or biological  weapons, as the half-life of Uranium is very long and it will kill Iraqi  civilians in those areas for generations to come… Does the US think they can  do whatever suits them at their own convenience, no matter how ghastly a war  crime can be?

6. Where are the independent investigations of the US, UK  military bombing unarmed Iraqi and Afghan civilians, including schools while in  session? How many millions did you kill in Iraq and Afghanistan under the disguise of War against Terror?

7. After more than a decade, how many US troops still occupy Iraq and Afghanistan?

8. Why did the US force UK’s Chilcot inquiry / report NOT to be published and its content were secretly hidden away from publicity?

    What do you have to hide? In your legal expertise, did the US not commit any war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan?

    Do you say what happened during the US’ forceful invasion of Iraq with UK’s support was perfectly TRANSPARENT?

    How many Iraqis were ACTUALLY killed to this date?

    How many innocent, unarmed civilians were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan separately, by the invading US and British military forces,

    including “in the line of fire” and “Collateral Damage”?

    Is America afraid of all the garbage it tucked under the carpet would be exposed and its stench and stink be released?

    If you are fair and play by the rules and if the US of A has fought wars according war conventions, then you got nothing to hide or be  

    concerned about a report by Mr. Chilcot. UK will soon release this report through tabloids… Perhaps Edward Snowden may tell

    us about it. Its the law of Karma that eventually prevails in the Universe. Not American  Law.

    In fact, America has no shame of guilt. It will shrug its shoulder and plan for the next invasion to destroy more nations and kill more people. 

    Humanely or inhumanely.
Mr. Rapp, can you go to sleep at night in peace, KNOWING the absolute truth in your heart? You can speak the lie, you can act the lie and you can even smile the lie just to please your masters back home, who in turn expect kickbacks from Tamil Diaspora in votes and millions of dollars worth campaign and other funds…But your inner conscience, Mr. Rapp: it knows well what you and the US is doing to Sri Lanka. You cannot lie to your inner conscience. Many Americans still respect their ethics and absolute truth, not the convenient truth or controlled truth in the mainstream media that your colleagues directed last night to support your objectives.

Now, think about how the whole world look at the United States of America today! Does Americans have respect they had in the 70’s and 80’s? America should walk the talk. Not dance to the tunes of liars and dirty politics.

Sri Lanka fought and WON one of the hardest wars of our planet… much more protracted and hard fought and destructive than Vietnam war, which you lost. It was not conventional guerrilla warfare… Tamil Tigers had a four-dimensional fighting mechanism, thanks to European and Canadian raised funds feeding its war machinery. Their front line was decorated with kidnapped and brainwashed little children of 10-16yrs forced to wear a cyanide capsule and carry heavy weapons. LTTE had a powerful naval wing, an air force, submarines, world-wide well-orchestrated shipping mechanism to smuggle contraband, drugs, money laundering, human trafficking, weapons and artillery, gun running, and they had a vicious army with more powerful weapons that would take a small country down in a day. They smuggled explosives and invented SUICIDE JACKET. They killed innocent civilians no matter what their ethnicity, religion or cast or creed.. mainly killed Sinhalese and Muslims to ethnically cleanse the north-east parts of SL. the list of their destruction is all too well known to you, the State Dept, FBI and the CIA.

And Finally our army saved tens of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians who were forcefully herded like animals by LTTE to form a human shield. You have seen the satellite photos. SL Govt gave them sufficient time to lay down weapons and surrender, and release the civilians trapped. It was SL military that saved those civilians while LTTE fired at them and even attacked them with suicide bombers. Our military gave these innocent folks shelter and gave them their rations to eat… then they cooked for them and fed them..until proper resettlement after mines were cleared and infrastructure was restored.

Mr. Rapp, These criminals killed one of our elected Presidents, killed a Prime Minister of India, our truest statesman Mr. Kadirgamar, several Tamil leaders, our cabinet ministers, destroyed the airport, burned oil storage tanks, rammed explosives-laden trucks into buildings.. killed Buddhists worshiping at temples… Why are you not subjecting Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam and GTF to independent investigation of ALL THESE CRIMES, for which we have REAL PROOF AND EVIDENCE?

Why are you not prosecuting Adele Balasingham, the Tamil Tiger woman from the UK who was in charge of abducting children, training them as child soldiers and directing them to bite the cyanide capsule? Is not subjecting children (minors) to such torture, violence and abuse a crime punishable by law? Does the silence of US that barks on human rights reflect political agenda? Are these not violation of human rights? When is the UN prosecuting her?

Just as LTTE leadership on terror front in Sri Lanka was wiped out, its legacy continues overseas through TGTE, GTF, Tamils for Obama, Etc.. Why doesn’t your itinerary include investigating them for crimes against humanity? Is it not a bit suspicious why this one-sided finger-pointing, Mr. Rapp? Come on, now, you are a legal expert. You know its not always the real criminal that gets punished, right? The richest client, with the most cunning lawyer wins the case and gets declared not guilty. No further questions, Mr. Rapp.