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NOT ONLY THE DEHIWALA TRAIN
BOMB BUT ALSO THE KILINOCHCHI BOMB THAT KILLED CIVILIANS COULD BE THE
WORK OF THE TAMIL TIGERS
-V.ANANDA SANGAREE
By Walter Jayawardhana
President of Sri Lanka’s oldest Tamil political party, Tamil United
Liberation Front (TULF) Leader V.Ananda Sangaree while condemning the
Kilinochchi claymore mine attack and the Dehiwala train bomb attack
that killed sixteen and nine civilians respectively queried how could
the army or paid agents of the army strike so close to the LTTE headquarters
in Kilinochchi , as claimed by some Tamil newspapers.
Blaming the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) also for the Kilinochchi
Claymore Mine explosion Sangaree said, “how is it possible for
the armed forces to reach areas so close to their Head Quarters. Even
if one assumes that it is the work of the paid agents of the armed forces,
the LTTE must seriously consider winding up the fighting and come to
terms with the Government, since their days are numbered. Secondly even
if one accepts that army can reach these areas through their paid agents,
it cannot be true all the time.”
He said, “My strong suspicion is that the Tamil Media is pressurised
by the LTTE to put the blame on the forces soon after some incident
takes place, merely to gain sympathy from the International Community
after themselves doing it either intentionally or by mistaken identity.
I call upon H. E. the President to appoint a presidential Commission
to find out who is responsible for such attacks taking place in the
LTTE held areas and how within a few hours the Local papers claim that
all such attacks are by the deep penetrating unit of the forces.”
Following is his full statement: “A claymore mine attack at Murugandy
in Kilinochchi on Friday afternoon took the lives of 16 innocent men,
women and children and also left 3 seriously injured. A bomb blast in
a crowded train on Monday left 9 killed, 73 injured and out of the four
women killed one was a pregnant mother. I strongly condemn both incidents
and grieve with the kith and kin on their losses. This is not a cricket
match for anyone to announce the score and celebrate it with a party.
How many widows, widowers, orphans and destitute persons, these two
horrible incidents had created. One who left home, happily in the morning
returns home in a beautiful coffin, some in pieces and some others beyond
identification. Thousands of innocent non-combatants had died and also
thousands in the war front. Now we have in our country several thousands
of widows, widowers, orphans and destitute persons, not to count those
who had lost their eyesights, limbs etc. The pain of the loss of a life
is felt only by the victim’s dear ones and not by those who promote
the war and who gain by the war. Is there no end to this? - is the question
every one of us should ask.
“As I had been repeatedly pointing out, the Human Rights Violations
continue unabated both in the Government controlled areas and in the
LTTE controlled areas, the only difference being that there is transparency
in the former and complete blackout in the latter where people open
their mouths only when asked to do so.
“I am misunderstood by some for accusing the LTTE and holding them
responsible for the claymore mine attacks taking place in their areas.
My reasons for doing so are two fold. One is My strong suspicion is
that the Tamil Media is pressurised by the LTTE to put the blame on
the forces soon after some incident takes place, merely to gain sympathy
from the International Community after themselves doing it either intentionally
or by mistaken identity. I call upon H. E. the President to appoint
a presidential Commission to find out who is responsible for such attacks
taking place in the LTTE held areas and how within a few hours the Local
papers claim that all such attacks are by the deep penetrating unit
of the forces. His Excellency can refer a few selected cases for a Presidential
Commission to inquire into. As one who had represented the Kilinochchi
Electorate for over 14 years, I have an interest in knowing whether
what the papers say are voluntary or under compulsion.
“At least at this stage, if the Government comes out with a reasonable
proposal acceptable to the International Community, not out of fear
for the LTTE, but only to give confidence to the International Community
to take a bold step forward to help to find a solution. Every one who
has sympathy for the poor innocent man on the street who falls a victim
to the LTTE’s claymore mine, bomb or even their bullets must without
any hesitation support my proposal. The TULF condemns all types of violence
on the innocent civilians.”
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