6.30 - Sri Lankan war criminals

Questions raised over Australia's role in protecting those accused of committing war crimes during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war. See more at tennews.com.au

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[SinhaHelaya]

@1982mockingbird1982 About the shelling, did you expect the Army to just stand still while TERRORISTS (oops I hope that's not a dirty word for you) placed heavy weapons in the safe zone and fired at them and the civilians who were running away from the LTTE? Obviously a few civilians would have died in the crossfire, but that's nothing compared to the millions killed by NATO in their "wars of democracy."

[SinhaHelaya]

@1982mockingbird1982 And here's a couple more names of "journalists" who were "abducted" by the govt, only to reappear magically in the west to escape prosecution for fraud, libel or worse: K. Rushangan and Kasun Yapa Karunaratne. These guys now have a comfortable life providing "evidence" against the land of their birth.

[roshan2137]

@1982mockingbird1982 Your attitude on US & China is welcoming.But one has to be realistic!One can't be dogmatic and want Bush & Hu Jintao and all of them hanged.....

[roshan2137]

@1982mockingbird1982 You seem to be extremely pessimistic and dismissive about positive Sri Lankan developments.I advise you to visit Sri Lanka or volunteer to help Sri Lankans to get a better grasp of everything back home!

[SinhaHelaya]

@1982mockingbird1982 Speaking of colonization, the Portuguese, Dutch and British faced their first battlefield defeats in Asia at the hands of the Sinhalese (unless I'm much mistaken). We still sing folk songs about the thrashings our ancestors gave yours, so you must understand where we're coming from: we're an intensely proud people and we always mind our own business unless provoked by the Cholas or European colonists.

[roshan2137]

@1982mockingbird1982 Things are better for other communities but not the Tamils.So it'll take time to get them back on their own feet.That is understandable because this is still a post war scenario.Election violence has been a reality in Sri Lanka since 1977.But govts were toppled.However,violence has dropped during the last 10 years.And Rajapaksa recently lost Colombo MC elections.So your argument is incorrect.Plus,the public admitted the 2010 Presidential elections were free & fair!

[SinhaHelaya]

@1982mockingbird1982 I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure int'l law upholds the principle of "innocent until PROVEN guilty". For a war crimes trial, you'll need more credible proof than satellite photos and paper trails. We buy weapons from Israel, Russia, Ukraine along with China and even the UK and USA. Of course I have a pro-SL bias. It's my country, after all, and we don't appreciate foreigners meddling in our affairs. We've had enough of that over the centuries of colonization, thank you very much.

[1982mockingbird1982]

@SinhaHelaya The post war census is unreliable unless it was taken by a reasonably independent source that isn't controlled by the SL government. A number of NGO's kept records of the civilians in the Vaani region so if they were allowed to go back and complete their own census, without any foul play, this could confirm that the SL governments census is truthfull and accurate.

[1982mockingbird1982]

@SinhaHelaya ....indicate that the weapons used were most likely purchased from China. Its unfeasible that the LTTE smuggled heavy weapons like this out of China but the paper trails prove that SL did purchase the weapons. Now Im no expert on war or physics but I have yet to hear the pro-SLA side dispute the allegations by disputing this evidence.

If u ONLY support your country then I have to suspect you have a pro-SL bias.

[1982mockingbird1982]

@SinhaHelaya Taken together, this evidence is incriminating enough for a trial. Firstly the satellite photos dont show bodies (they are satellite photo's). They show craters and other damage that appeared within a certain date range in no-fire zones and hospital areas that pruportedly could only have been caused by heavy shelling or cluster bombs originating from the SLA Army's position. The paper trails show us who had what weapons and.....