Shadow War - Sri Lanka

April 2006
Tamil Tigers claim the government is secretly arming paramilitaries. But the government refuses to even acknowledge the paramilitaries' existence, leaving both sides poised for war.

"We have a military wing, political wing, intelligence wing", boasts Pradeeb, Head of the largest paramilitary force, the Karuna Group. Militias like his, made up of disenchanted Tigers, have vowed to take on their former colleagues, the Tamil Tigers. They're accused of working as a proxy force for the government, jeopardising the cease-fire. But the government refuses to accept their existence. "There are definitely no armed groups", states Secretary of Defence, Gotabhaya Rajapaska. However, as long as the government seems unwilling to tackle the paramilitaries problem, a return to full-scale war looks inevitable.

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[ponnapille]

then what about the atrocities done by your lttp. The killing of the tamil mp when he was in the ponamblavaneshwarar temple in kocchikadai, the kidnappings of the priest's daughterby lttp, white van abductions of -jaffna-muslim and the strangling to death of an old woman in vavuniya so these are not lives too..lol

any proof?.lol

[Lanken145]

don´t lie ur son of a bitch.. no one here belevies u maybe ur LTTE fuck friends do but the SL army would never do that to a person who haven´t done them anything

so go and lay those lies in your mother´s ass

[Chamath5A]

Long Live Sinhalese people

[Chamath5A]

well fuck the extremists

[shitassfulone]

this is shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!my best friend is a tamil and i am sinhalese. Most of my friends are tamils. we are made of the same flesh and blood. it hurts me that i myself as a sri lankan don't know the real truth

[shussey100]

Worst thing is don't allow these white evil scumbags who are the devil incarnate to make decision for you.

[lumpie79]

as i was in lanka i see tamil an shinegalese people together living under one roof...that people showed me how they can live together in peace and harmony!

[IronLionZionDion]

Also see what sports can do... For example the sri lankan cricket team.

[thampiprasanthg]

tamils or singahales they all are our brothers,live and let live...............

[siegmergius]

Buddhism is a derivative of hinduism. The true practice of buddhism is nonexistent in Sri Lanka. You could only call these people as Sinhala not buddists.

[babannigaa]

ElGenaroRojas who says they are "Nazis"? Just U? U have indisputable evidence to show that they are "Nazis"? Go fuck ur self u piece of shit we don't take any advise from interfering bullshit blabbering foreigners and fucking refugees. If u are so fucking concerned go get what u have written above tattooed on ya bum and walk about in the city naked u fucking moron.