Listening Post - Conflict coverage in Sri Lanka - 13 Feb 09

[tamildeztiny]

lttp have hatred against sinhalese people because of the ways they portray themselves, always putting up with our suicide attac , talking ceas-fire 24/7, u dont see tamils r been killed by lttp compared to you guys.. and theirs 10 times more tamils than sinhalese in the world.. cause all that's nonsense... however, i just can't take it when a lttp person talks ceas-fire so of course im gonna have some hiding.. but dont blame the ltte in hiding.. and sl gov needs to treat tamils with equality.

[babannigaa]

Pls Watch the latest human rights VDO made by David Miliband about Prabhakarans current plight "SHITTING IN FEAR WHILE SMELLING DEATH" He is currently very busy showing this documentary at the UN Security Council trying to save Prabhakarans sorry ass. This VDO will be broadcasted on the BBC very shortly. You can see Miliband pushing his nose inside Prabhakarans ass in the VDO.

[Sarj22]

I have hatred against sinhalese people because of the ways they portray themselves, always putting up fake videos on youtube, talking shit 24/7, u dont see tamils doing that much compared to you guys.. and theirs 10 times more tamils than sinhalese in the world.. cause all that's nonsense... however, i just can't take it when a sinhalese person talks shit.. so of course im gonna have some hatred.. but dont blame the ltte.. the war needs to stop.. and sl gov needs to treat tamils with equality.

[babannigaa]

Sarj22 you fool, however much you hate someone else it will do absolutely nothing to that person. Your hatred towards others will make ur blood go bad, make u sick and kill u much sooner instead. Come and talk to the victims themselves and try to do something genuine, help them lead happy and prosperous lives help their kids get a good education, provide them with good health care. U sitting on ya fat ass just hating will do absolutely nothing to help those whom u claim to love.

[nihwij]

Sarj22

Aren't you the same so called white boy,who happened to write crap supporting LTTE about 1-2 years ago? Sinhalese don't talk shit you junk,it's your community,who pump up all these Genocide,descrimination & racism garbage to gain access to better life abroad. Get real you son of father unknown son of a whore, our Raja showed the world how to wipe out terrorism & clean up our country. Whether you hate sinhalese or our country irrelevent to us cos you are a WHITE BOY,well tamil refugee!

[Sarj22]

are you fucking stupid... why would i support and others support ones that are killing innocent tamils... its proven in history, its in the news.. your government even knows of its unethical behavior... you can't say all that is false.. even in meetings they mention doing so and it was a mistake from the past.. however they still manage to be racist... don't put blames on the ltte..we all know that the sl gov are the true terrorist.. no matter what you say.. we all know the facts and the TRUTH

[ponnapille]

LTTP TERRORIST has been showing only their side of the news point..... they have succeeded in hiding the truth and brainwashing everyone with their false and misleading information... however us tamils and the ones who have been in Sri Lanka know the truth. LTTE is the TRUE TERRORIST.. I HATE EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS THE LTTP... ARE YOU THAT HEARTLESS AND RACIST TO BE THAT BLIND.. YOUR LTTP IS KILLING INNOCENT POEPLE

[Sarj22]

I'm trying to understand both sides... but i know for a fact the SL government has done numerous unethical things to the tamils... very gruesome acts, and they block the media.. why? because of course there hiding something.. they don't want the international world to know what's going on in Sri Lanka.. I am not supporting the LTTE.. either some of their tactics are unagreeable.. but they are the only ones who are doing something about this.. plus everything there doing is the only option

[ponnapille]

aioooo GADHAPI,

aioooo NAAGESH

ammoo DURGHAA

engaaa VIDUSHAA

kadaulee BAHNUU

[Sarj22]

The Sri Lankan Government has been showing only their side of the news point..... they have succeeded in hiding the truth and brainwashing everyone with their false and misleading information... however us tamils and the ones who have been in Sri Lanka know the truth. The Sri Lankan government is the TRUE TERRORIST.. I HATE EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT... ARE YOU THAT HEARTLESS AND RACIST TO BE THAT BLIND.. YOUR GOVERNMENT IS KILLING INNOCENT POEPLE...

[babannigaa]

Sarj22 filling ur heart with hatred will only make u sick and kill u much sooner while doing nothing to help them innocent victims who are being held against their will by the most ruthless terrorists on the planet! So, instead of sitting comfortably on ya ass in some far away country and point ur finger at the government because that is the most easiest and the safest thing to do at the moment, come to Sri Lanka talk to those who escaped from them terrorists and form ur own openion arsehole

[TamilVoice]

Given the years of brutality and betrayal by sucessive Sinhala Goverments, it is unrealistic to expect Tamils to now accept political accomodation within sinhala srilanka.Sinhala Srilanka has demonstrated over the past sixty years that it is structurally incapable of bringing peaceful resolution to this conflict. peace in this island can be acheived through self-determination and the resolution of the historic TamilHomeland ,i.e. the recognition of TamilEelam.

[lightspreader]

da west takes liberty 2 calll their enemies terrorist and ours, mere rebels.

Gota only emphersiced da "bush thing" cos he obviously thot da westerns wud understand it better dat way.

[lightspreader]

it is true dat BBC service has 4 a long tym supported ltte. may b Briton thinks it stil rules SriLanka.. i dont know..

and having listened 2 these services, i know they do, look @ da issue with 1 eye closed. nobody knows y those services were allowed air tym on government frequencies in da 1st place! and now they hav stopped their allowance indirectly.

even 2day bbc doesnt call ltte as terrorists! altho they're da 1st terror org 2 hav invented suicide attacks etc. etc.

[lightspreader]

there is no evidence 2 accuse da gov on Mr.Lasantha's death.

it's true he had probs with people in high places of da gov, bt he also had affiliations with such people.

bt, da murder was obviously conspiracy, by a 3rd party.

[sindhu02143]

there obviously won't be any evidence because the govt is doing such a good job at hiding all of it..and even if the murder was caused by a 3rd party, it was with the authorization of the government. This is a crucial time for the govt, and Gothabaya can't go around saying that decent is treason without acting on it himself to prove his point. He not only chose to laugh off the question by the reporter but didn't once mention that such acts should stop immediately.

[kabaali3]

What else can we expect from India which supplies arms & army to Sri Lanka ? This video is absolute truth. How long can a country hide a genocide ?? Now the cat ie getting out ...

[liondaking26]

Our government is going off the roof. its not justifiable when government kills innocent people for their politics purposes. its unacceptable everyone should be free to live. Our government killing Tamils everyday and lying to us and covering up the killing and brain washing us about winning the war against the LTTE's.

[JohnAlwis]

Couldn't have said it better bro..!

[madhubran]

Your post is completely irrelevant to the topic being discussed which is goverment interference with media freedom. But since you have brought up the topic......Pranab Mukherjee knows nothing of the suffering of Tamils, nor does he care. He was sent by the ignorant Indian goverment to go have a tea with Rajapakse and return to India and release a primitive statement like this.

[ponnapille]

We are deeply sad and puzzled at the attitude of the apex institution of humanity, the United Nations, in not taking effective measures to protect the life, security and interests of innocent makkal-padai," said LTTE's Political Head B. Nadesan on Tuesday

[uchinna]

If Sri Lankan government is honest then why they lock the media? Why killing the media people? Why block the BBC in Sri Lanka? Only reason they are killing Tamils using the name of war against terrorism.

[llBthere]

This report is a reflection of the truth..! Come on, the proof is in the pudding..! Fourteen journalists have been killed by the Sri Lankan government in cold blood during the past two years..! The authorities are lying through their teeth and covering up their inhumane activities.

Last month's killing of Sunday Leader's editor Lasantha in broad day emphasizes what would happen if you don't obey the Govt mafia..!

SICK..!!!

[QuebecHenri]

I think anyone in the right mind would agree what happened in Rwanda was a tragic thing and should never be allowed to repeat in any country. That should answer your question E30LUV!!!!

[QuebecHenri]

From what I heard SL was eliminated from UN Security Council recently for violating human rights. I think other nations should impose economic and militaray sanctions on these goverments who think what happens inside their country is nobody's business. That is the easiest way to get rid of this kind of dictatorship mentality of threatening media people.

[dlevele]

The only perpetrators of genocide in Sri Lanka is the LTTE. They sent a suicide bomber intoa welfare camp wherechildren were eating food, soldiers were sharing the rations with IDPs and female soldiers were preparing to search the bomber. She killed many many cvilians and children. Why? To stop the LTTE loosing their human shilds.

[QuebecHenri]

Who is your source of above information? The point of this video report is the improper ban of outside media by the SL goverment. Freedom of media is one of the fundamental aspects of a democratic goverment. If the gov has nothing to hide why are they murdering journalists, destroying tv stations and interfering with international media broadcasts? When a goverment personnel explicitly admits "CRITICISM OF GOVERMENT DURING A TIME OF WAR IS TREASON" we are no longer dealing with democracy!!!

[E30LUV]

When Israel bombed the shit out Gaza and killing everything that moves no one gave a rats ass about that.

In 1994, Rwanda, Hutus began massacring Tutsis while US and other western countries pull their troops out of Rwanda and refused to send additional troops. That allows Hutus to kill almost a million Tutsis.

Now where were these media back then?

Why there's a special interest on Sri Lanka?

[JohnAlwis]

I'm ashamed by the acts of my own Govt..! This is getting too far..! Right minded people should assume power and clean this mess up..!

[nippyisasexcake]

free media should be allowed in sri lanka

[tamilboii]

The "real terroism" will only be created after the "genocide on eelam tamils" has been carried out succesfully. Trust me, I will be the NO.1 terrorist and I dont give a f**k about what others say.

[DiasporaTamils]

Genocide on EelamTamils...

[01abiramir]

why? they are saying it how it is. Infact the only thing they havnt said is that its an outright process of GENOCIDE OF TAMILS.

[FATBOITHEREAL]

WAT IS THE DEFENITION OF A TERRORIST

[Bunkerhunter1]

honor men of all sorts (1 peter 2:17)

[systemlord1111]

One question is it hard to find common people in Sri Lanka then why are u travel to India to find common person to get the what they think about conflict in Sri Lanka

[tdonkey1]

thanks AlJazeeraEnglish

[seruwan]

forget about history, forget about Hitler. Can it work for you and me......

We hold the power to change the world. First life then motherland , language, religion etc. Why not try .....

[micahgee]

LOL large scale event coordination bhahahaha that is so classic

[seruwan]

How come those who talk about sacrificing for the country, send their children out of the country How come we have money for arms and ammunition but not for food and shelter How come we believe that killing another human being is our duty to the mother land How come when an animal doesn't kill one of their own, man is willing to kill a man How come when Gandhi said Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind ,we became deaf

[ATrueSriLankan]

Pacifism is good as an ideology, but it didn't work with some guys like Hitler. Revisit the history how appeasement of Chamberlain did not muster the solution.

I know the liberal pacifist state of mind of self proclaimed self actualization. But thousands of years of human history is marked with war. To think otherwise is overly naive.

War is continuation of politics by other means - Von Claswitz