Silavathurei- Political Stunt
for the Losers, Treasure Trove for the Winners
Dilrook Kannangara
The mourning leader is mourning again; this time for the fall of Silavathurei.
He tries to comfort himself and his fellow losers by calling it a ‘political
stunt’. Ironically, he himself is engaged in many political stunts
for the UNP.
If it was a political stunt, how come
a very large haul of explosives were found there?
Again these losers have turned their backs to the truth. Tiger military
spokesman had said that only humanitarian workers of the LTTE were stationed
there. Then what on earth were they doing with landmines, detonators,
small mortars, attack boats and APMs? Is this the way LTTE conducts
its ‘humanitarian missions’? No wonder the army had to intervene
and stop the LTTE ‘humanitarian mission’ of guns and bombs!
It further affirms that the LTTE regularly uses refugees, human shields,
civilians and other ‘humanitarian nonsense’ to transport,
store and use weapons. This is how tents provided as tsunami aid ended
up sheltering LTTE camps in the East.
Jungle warfare
Where do the terrorists live? Naturally in the jungles, and in Vanni
which is mostly a jungle. Therefore, real military victories should
be recorded in these jungles and not in London or anywhere that harbours
the cowards who only finances (never fights along the child soldiers)
the doomed Tamil Elam struggle. However, the security forces have beaten
the tiger in its den; if anyone thought that only the LTTE is capable
of guerrilla warfare, think again. LTTE leaders and cadres alike are
shivering in terror knowing too well that the ‘Mahasohon Brigade’
is coming to get them and there is no way out.
The LTTE spokesman challenges the army to take Vanni. This is a shrewd
attempt to divert attention from LTTE’s supply routes. The army
is busy engaged in cutting the arteries that supply vital resources
to the LTTE. Over 510 kilometres of beachfront in the East has been
taken barring any LTTE attempt to land arms shipments in the East; satellite
camps of the LTTE around their main Vaharei sea bases that were supposed
to be used as the launching pads for a Trinco bound assault have been
destroyed; Mannar LTTE supply route is also being closed. It was a few
months ago that many LTTE trawlers loaded with arms were destroyed off
Manar. Destroying LTTE weapons supply routes is much more important
than attacking where these weapons are consumed. If all LTTE supply
routes are taken by the army, there won’t be a battle for Vanni,
it will fall automatically! That is exactly what the security forces
are doing and they have stopped getting orders from the LTTE after Ranil
yet again went into political wilderness.
Unnamed Operations
Just as the names of most gallant soldiers in the battlefront are not
revealed, their victorious military operations are also anonymous. If
the government wants to take political mileage out of military operations,
they would surely have used fancy names like ‘Balawegaya’,
‘Akunu Pahara’, ‘Indrakheela’, etc.
LTTE’s handicapped sea tiger
wing
Photos were afloat showing the sad face of ‘Soosai’ in a wheelchair;
the Tamil Elam struggle has taken away both his legs; he can never lead
the sea tigers again. Many have conveniently forgotten that it was during
‘Soosai’s’ reign that the Sea Tigers achieved most of
its success. Mullaitivu attack, many attacks on Trinco and even the
Elephant Pass attack were all seaborne amply supported by Soosai’s
cadres. All other significant LTTE attacks in the past decade were launched
by Karuna Amman. It is widely expected that their absence would spell
disaster for the LTTE in the all important battles ahead.
Chemical warfare
There is enough evidence that the LTTE is trying to use chemical weapons.
Truck loads of sulphuric acid have been apprehended by the security
forces. Tigers have always had potassium cyanide which they used for
their ‘suicide pill’. Recently they have replaced it with
the suicide belt that can cause destruction in addition to a harmless
suicide. This plan also saves them a lot of potassium cyanide. Their
chemical plan is very clear. Potassium cyanide plus sulphuric acid gives
hydrogen cyanide gas (heavily used in the World War Two and was banned
thereafter) and Potassium Sulphate (a fertilizer which is not harmful
unless inhaled or consumed deliberately). Hydrogen cyanide gas (HCN)
is a highly toxic agent that can kill a large number of living beings
in one attack if used effectively. There are many instances of its attempted
use in the recent past. Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo cult attempted to
use this gas (named ‘serin’ in the incident) in 1995targeting
an underground train station. Al Qaeda also planned an attack on a New
York rail station using it in 2003 but failed. And the LTTE is surely
following these. Their first chemical attack came before all these in
1992 where a group of army soldiers were killed using chemical agents.
However, a LTTE chemical attack is going to make things even worse for
them. Firstly there will be violent retaliatory attacks by the security
forces that will be so deafening that it will awaken the sleeping International
Community even after a LTTE chemical attack.
Secondly, the security forces can also use chemicals that are not banned
by any Convention, if they so wish to. A very good example is the use
of herbicides. Dioxins and other agents were used by the US Air Force
in Vietnam; it was not a banned substance although it created severe
birth defects in children born in both Vietnam and America. However,
there are advanced herbicides that are used by local farmers; these
may be used to clear the jungles where LTTE cadres are hiding. Even
a wild tiger cannot survive where the jungle canopy is not there!
Alternatively the security forces can use fuel bombs with a devastating
impact on LTTE bases and hideouts that will not leave any stone unturned!
According to published reports, fuel bombs were in the list of weapons
in the multi-million dollar deal with Pakistan.
By any count the defence establishment of the country will have to reverse
the very damaging impact on the morale of security forces following
a LTTE chemical attack. This can only be done by a savage retaliatory
attack using whatever means available. Given the modes operandi of the
Lankan authorities in the recent past, they would rather use such means
than perish like Sunil Thabru and hundreds of security officers (for
no fault of theirs though) during the second short reign of Ranil.
Tigers back the proposed ‘No
Confidence’ Motion
LTTE military spokesman has also revealed that they support the proposed
‘No Confidence’ Motion of the UNP. According to him the only
way to ‘peace’ (as defined by the LTTE terrorist organisation)
is by toppling this government and reinstating a UNP led government
so that the now defunct CFA could be salvaged. It was just three months
ago that he rejected with contempt the existence of an alleged SLFP-LTTE
pact. During the last presidential election Ranil received an overwhelming
majority votes from the Northern and Eastern Provinces, most notably
from Vanni (the tiger den) where Ranil recorded his highest percentage
votes from all the districts.
Silavathurei liberation and Amirthalingam’s
eighty
It was no coincidence that both events happened within a short space
of time. These are only the two sides of the same coin; though contrasting;
both converge on the same point – liberation of ordinary Tamils.
Although the former Opposition Leader initially sided with the LTTE,
he soon realized the difference between liberation and aberration. His
post was stripped by the present Opposition Leader’s uncle and
was killed by his sweetheart. Delivering the memorial lecture Dr Rajan
Hoole made some very valid points which Mr Amirthalingam came to know
only too late. He challenged the Tamils to go beyond LTTE propaganda
and see for themselves the truth, accept the Sinhala community as a
group of friends and neighbours and respect others’ views and opinions.
It is a very timely message to save the Tamil community as a section
of it is likely to follow the LTTE to defeat, death and destruction.
The absence of TNA members and the participation of Mr Anandasangaree
speaks volumes of who the real Tamil representatives are.
Cowards of the Tamil Diaspora
The recent operation was another loss for the cowards of the Tamil Diaspora;
their money is being wasted by Parabakaran on personal gratifications.
These cowards should rather be fighting for their ‘Tamil Homeland’
in Vanni than merely sending a few thousand dollars for the LTTE. LTTE
has enough and more dollars, what they lack is fighting cadre. Unless
these cowards come forward, the LTTE is going to run-out of cadres to
use their expensive weapons. Along with it, the Tamil Elam will perish.
Money cannot buy courage as it has only bought child soldiers and cowards.
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