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Sri Lanka - War Savvy American citizen Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, under A genocide inquiry?

Courtesy: Washington Times
FEIN: A genocide inquiry?
Bruce Fein
COMMENTARY:
Bosnia has its Radovan Karadzic, Sudan has its Omar Bashir and the United States could have its Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. He is a United States citizen serving as Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist defense secretary who may be complicit in an ongoing genocide against Sri Lanka's Tamils. While Mr. Rajapaksa enjoys a presumption of innocence, the United States should be investigating to ensure it is as scrupulous in genocide enforcement as is expected of foreign governments.

Strike Force Panima has been established to investigate two incidents that occurred in Sydney's west yesterday.About 6.30pm a cash-in-transit van was parked outside a bank in George Street, Parramatta. Two of the guards have entered the bank and were approached and threatened by two men, both carrying firearms and wearing dark clothing with hoods and beanies. It is alleged one of the guards shot at the men who then ran from the premises. As the two armed men ran from the bank it is alleged a third guard waiting outside the premises has also fired his weapon.

People force are getting ready to retaliate the recent invasion by Sri Lankan military forces into Tamil Homeland in Northern part of Sri Lankan, popular Tamil Daily Puthinam reported today. Sri Lankan military under the leadership of trio brothers, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa and Gotapaya Rajapaksa are waging a genocidal war against minority tamil community in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka : Walter Jayawardhana scores big after years of bootlicking

Prominent Sinhala extremist and a long time 'image polisher' of the Rajapaksa brothers, Walter Jayawardhana has been given the posting of Counsellor of Information at the Sri Lankan embassy in London. Positions at the London embassy are most revered by Sri Lankans, according to sources in Colombo. "These positions offer world class education for the children and a prospect of eternal foreign citizenship," according to one source. The Sri Lankan tax payers foot the bills of officials in the Foreign Service. Walter Jayawardhana's annual burden on the Sri Lankan tax payers is expected to be about SLR 16million.

The Rudd Government will undertake a transparent, merit-based selection process to recruit five senior members for the independent refugee and migration review tribunals instead of just re-appointing existing members. The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said advertisements had been placed for suitably qualified people to hold full-time senior member positions on the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) and Migration Review Tribunal (MRT).

More than 13 000 people who have fled war, persecution or political strife in their troubled homelands began new lives in Australia last year, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said today.The 13 014 humanitarian visas granted in 2007-08 shows our commitment to helping some of the world’s most needy people rebuild their lives in Australia,’ Senator Evans said. Burmese people who had been living in camps on the Thai-Burma border and in Malaysia and India were among the major groups assisted last year.

A 22-year-old Sydney man faced child exploitation charges today following his arrest by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday. Search warrants were conducted by the AFP’s Child Protection Operations Team (CPOT) at his workplace on 30 July 2008. During the execution of the search warrant a laptop computer was located and seized.
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‘My Daughter: the terrorist’- An in-depth insight into the mind of a Black Tiger

The long awaited showing of ‘My Daughter: The Terrorist’ took place on Monday 11th August to a fully sold out mixed audience at the ‘The Frontline Club’, a media club promoting independent journalism. Following the controversy courted by the film, not least for the Sri Lankan Government’s attempts to block showings globally at numerous film festivals in addition to the reported death threats against the producers, the crowd was in an expectant mood. The film itself was directed by Norwegian Beate Arnestad during the period of the ceasefire between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government.

20-08-2008
Kachchativu in war-field silence! – Pushkin Rajakumar
Today’s Kachchativu ! Direct visit of our correspondent
"Can we go? Can’t assure of our return if we go? Sri Lankan army might shoot us when we go: our army might shoot us while returning. We can identify the territory in which we sail, only by looking at the direction from which the gun firings sounds are heard…. I am not just telling this to scare you. Because I myself had suffered a bullet injury"…. Michael says while removing his shirt and showing his shoulder injury. Doctors had operated and taken out a bullet which pierced his left shoulder.

Tamil Youth Organisation of Australia wishes to highlight the continuing targeting of Tamil civilians in military operations by the Sri Lankan State. Family and friends of our members have been informed of several incidents where Tamil civilian targets have been attacked by shelling. On Friday 8 August, the Sri Lankan Government Forces targeted Mullaitivu District Hospital. The shelling killed an 18-month infant and injured 16 others.

Thousands of families who fled the recent fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must be allowed to move to safer areas and to receive necessary humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International said today. "These people are running out of places to go and basic necessities," said Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International's Sri Lanka researcher. "The Tigers are keeping them in harm's way and the government is not doing enough to ensure they receive essential assistance."

By Australian Prime Minister - hon Kevin Rudd
When I arrived in Singapore this morning, the first place I visited was the Kranji War Cemetery.There is no more permanent reminder of the connection between Australia and Singapore than that sacred place.More than 2,500 Australians are buried at Kranji or are remembered on the Singapore Memorial to the Missing. These brave Australians do not lie alone. Together with the Australians are honoured many thousands of others, including at Kranji some 2700 British, 670 Indians and many others who gave their lives also for the defence of this island.

In the ongoing displacement of people inside Vanni, Sri Lanka, forced out from their settlements by indiscriminate bombing and shelling of the Sri Lanka military, Kilinochchi district has received greater number of the displaced putting the humanitarian efforts of all agencies in the district under great pressure.
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Tamil MPs speach in Parliament on 23rd July 08 relating to the National Conflict the Tamil Question

Speech delivered by Mr.R.Sampanthan, Member of Parliament, Trincomalee District, and Parliamentary Group Leader, Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi ( Tamil National Alliance ), on the Adjournment Motion Debate in Parliament on 23rd July 2008 relating to the National Conflict the Tamil Question.
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Sri Lanka doesn't have Tamils on its side: India

Sri Lanka may win the battle against the Tamil Tigers but not the war as 'they haven't got the Tamil population on their side', India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan said in an interview published Tuesday.In comments that are bound to prove explosive in Sri Lanka, Narayanan told The Straits Times newspaper: 'I know the Sri Lankan government will be unhappy (at this advice).
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