Shame, Shame UN and UNICEF-

Ratnajeewa Halpita Singapore

The issue about the killing of 40 individuals from the LTTE baby brigade seems to be blown out of proportion. Anybody pointing a gun at you or threatens you with a bomb is a deadly threat and has to be dealt accordingly. If anybody is asking us to hug such individuals is either insane or stupid. The real culprits are those who gave guns and bombs to these unfortunate minors instead of toys and those who mollycoddled these terrorists.
The LTTE has once again started their dirty game of misleading the world with its effective lying machinery in the cyber and electronic media. The irony is that the rest of the world finds it convenient to believe any callous lie that is put forward by this bunch of murderous criminals. This is a very sad situation as it will only strengthen this ruthless organisation and make the Sri Lankan masses suffer at the hands of the suicide bombings and other terror activities of the LTTE.

The UN once again has proved its inefficiency to grasp the true ground situation of a conflict and appears to be issuing the ever common ineffective pointless statement “for both parties to abide by the CFA”.This does not contribute one single bit towards resolving the conflict yet gives the terrorist organisation a moral boost in their status recognition. The head of the UN seems to be trusting LTTE terrorist media more than what a legitimate government has to say about a situation regarding the recent bombing incident where 40 odd underage combatants were killed. The UN has been bold enough to refute the view of the Government of Sri Lanka without any proper evidence or investigation. They seems to be influenced by the Pro terrorist media and the view of a couple of laymen who were taken for a joy ride to some where in the tiger territory to show some bodies of dead girls. It is pertinent to ask a few questions from these individuals including the UNICEF resident representative who were busy giving their opinion on this issue
How and with whom did they go to this site-as this area is still not readily accessible to civilians due to ongoing fighting
How did they identify the exact site of bombardment-ground identification
What criteria did they use to identify tiger military training site
On what criteria did they say that the girls who died were not forced recruits or child soldiers
Could not the dresses of the dead have been changed after death
Who conducted these training classes to these individuals in the middle of fierce battling and what was being taught

Further more what credentials do these pundits who visited these sites have, to voice their opinion on a combat ground and identification of dead in a conflict? I am sure that these jokers would dare not try such heroic feats in places like Lebanon, Iraq or Afghanistan nor even in England where the antiterrorism law is creating problems to non white civilians. They should be grateful that Sri Lankans are a nation who has a very high tolerant threshold!

The UN and the UNICEF has miserably failed their duty in not being able to stop the LTTE from recruiting children to military combat and suicide missions. Thus now they are busy issuing statements to “Both parties to keep children out of conflict” This is a very bias situation as it is very clear to any impartial observer that those underage individuals killed in the recent bombing were LTTE child soldiers. There is no reason for “children” to be away from home for a 10 day workshop in the middle of a raging war and no correct thinking parent would allow their children to be on their own in such an environment. In any other country the parents and the organisers of such an event would be punished by law for negligence and irresponsibility. The UNICEF has no right to issue statements or give directives to a democratically elect government of a country where the UNICEF has failed to protect children from being forcefully recruit to military combat. What has UNICEF an the UN got to say about the 3000 strong baby brigade of the LTTE and the recent revelation of training children for the final war by the LTTE?

Please let the Sri Lankan government do their job. The Sri Lankan military has probably the best tract record for keeping the civilian casualties so low, compared to any army in the present world situation, especially considering the civilian casualties in Lebanon and Iraq. The human right violations are minimal in Sri Lanka and negligent when compared to the situation in occupied Iraq and stories from it’s prisons. There is no place for terrorism in the present world and they have to be hunted down and destroyed.