LTTE must stand before a mirror...
The Government delegation was keen to take up
core issues of the Tamil population. But, the LTTE insisted that
priority be given to the A9 issue. The Government quite rightly
rejected the demand stating that if the road was to be opened, the
Tigers should cease all hostilities. It is a known fact that due to
the closure of this road, the LTTE is faced with a financial crisis.
It cannot demand ransom from people and vehicles using this road due
to the closure.
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A road to nowhere: A-9 opening scuttled peace talks
In Geneva, the LTTE delegation insisted on the
opening of the Muhamalai entry- exit point of the A 9 road linking
the LTTE held Wanni with the rest of the country. Why was the LTTE
so obsessed with the A 9 opening?. General impression in the South
is that the LTTE wants the road opened so that it could "tax" goods
convoys bound to Jaffna.
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Of 'Ruhuna' and the Rajapaksas
It was on Don Alvin (D.A.) with whom I
personally had the fortune of meeting on many an occasion, on whom
the elder brother's mantle fell in 1945, thus recognising his simple
but highly principled character. And, inclusive of D.M's own
nine-year period from 1936, this family's political connection with
Ruhuna has lasted an un-interrupted seventy years.
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