POST KILINOCHCHI - ALJAZEERA INTERVIEW WITH SUREN SURENDIRAN
Dear All,
This report on Aljazeera was broadcasted on 2 January 2009 in their
live news at 1pm from Doha.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R-SpWZHj3h8
Summary:
"....An empty ghost town Kilinochchi has been 'captured' by the
Army...no people, no LTTE fighters, no LTTE military equipments or
infrastructure...Until you win the hearts and minds of the people,
Tamil people, you may win battles but not the war...LTTE didn't take
up arms from the start. Tamils negotiated for their rights in a
peaceful manner for decades. Successive Sinhala governments ignored
their pleas and only after many failed attempts LTTE took up arms.
Even the LTTE agreed to an internationally sponsored ceasefire in
2002. However the government abrogated from the ceasefire agreement
unilaterally in January 2008...There is no history in the world that
any organisation winning the war by holding onto land. LTTE held on to
land for this long against Sri Lankan aggression that was supported by
the international community....Take ANC in Republic of South Africa or
the KLA in Kosovo, it is the will of the people that wins wars...The
will of the people is behind the LTTE and that is the strength...."
Kind Regards,
Suren
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