Saturday, January 17, 2009

RELATIONS WITH INDIA AT AN ALL TIME HIGH

TAMILNADU politicial circus and the LTTE heirarchy must be devastated. The Indians have delivered the final nail in the coffin for tribal racist tamil terrorism in Sri Lanka in no uncertain terms.

The visit of the Indian Foreign Minister was demanded by the South Indian political bloc with the expectation that such a visit would be one in which India will feel compelled to support the LTTE by demanding a cessation of military action in Sri Lanka against the terrorist outfit. But what happened was completely the opposite, a deliberate policy declaration by India in which they provided their complete and resolute support for anti-terrorism operations not only in Sri Lanka, but in the whole region.

In the meanwhile, rumors about Pottu's capture continue unabated. While it was initiated by the pro-LTTE lobby itself when the government denied it openly, recent precision strikes causing massive casualties to the tigers and also other gains in intelligence operations seem to indicate the military having unrestricted access to ground information on the reapidly shrinking terrorist controlled region. This could be due either to holding top Tiger sources or simply having the ability to effectively gather intelligence from a number of sources, including SLDF, TVMP and other groups, electronic surveillance etc.

In any case, India's commitment to providing rehabilitation assistance to the Killinochchi district while US aid develops the eastern province holds promise of a better future for the battered people of those areas.

From war must come peace and peace must lead to prosperity. The next challenge before Sri Lanka's leadership would be to ensure all necessary steps toward prosperity are implemented without delay.

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