GORDON WEISS, FORMER UN SPOKESMAN IN SRI LANKA - Interview with ABC April 26, 2011

Gordon Weiss was spokesman for the United Nation's humanitarian mission in Sri Lanka during the civil war.
GORDON WEISS: Well I think that the decisions over the war and the execution of the war come down to a very narrow circle of people that surround the Rajapaksa family. The Defence minister was a Rajapaksa, the president was as a Rajapaksa, there was a range of Rajapaksas in the administration, but also people like Palitha Kohona, who was the secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there.

ALI MOORE: Who also has Australian citizenship.

GORDON WEISS: Who has also Australian citizenship. And these were the people who were busy pedalling the notion to the rest of the world that there was nothing very untoward happening at all, that the war was going along merrily and ultimately that the war was won without a drop of civilian blood being spilt, which the Government maintains to this day, despite all this evidence to the contrary.

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[Uduwerage]

Gordon Weiss puts forward a very interesting and strong argument for an investigation to be established. He appears fairly balanced in his opinions, and is acutely aware of the external international political influences that could be called upon to aid the SL Government to 'do the right thing'.

[1982mockingbird1982]

Hey Australia's on board? Well only 1 independent network that refuses to toe the party line is on board. Yes let us hope the world nations rise to the occassion. Though Im skeptical that will happen

[Lord6of9Uk]

sri lankan army should be hanged! those tamils were fucking innocent.

[AUSworldcuphosts2022]

As he clearly states tamil tigers were holding the tamil civilians as hostages, we've seen the pictures of the Sri Lankan government forces freeing these civilians from being held captive, end of the story.

The barbarian LTTE in Sri Lanka who ruined a beautiful little country have been finished,congrats to the Sri Lankan government for finishing these scum,it's a shame that the scum who managed to flee overseas continue peddling absolute utter rubbish

[68lanka]

@sls119

written like the Banda who came to town in our local papers. I have read your other inputs: all have venom even though spewed in fractured English ? / Lankan ??

[tamilan107]

@sls119 killing who? any facts?

have u ever heard of 1983 rougly 3000 tamils burned alive by tamils?, or chemmani massacre by sl army, or the Mullivaikal genoicide.

[wisdom2500]

Last 26 Years tamil tigers killed thousands of innocent civilians in Sri Lanka & India including Rajiv Gandhi. Well done Sri Lankan government . Sri Lanka is ok now. I think other countries should aware where big tamil populations such as Canada, UK. They might ask Independence tamil land from your countries. If you dont give, they will start to bomb.

[deadleader1]

@sigma0608 atrocities done by ltte?..never!! this man is good man!

[sigma0608]

@sls119 listen carefully he mentions the atsrocities done by the LTTE as well