2. 1. R. Vijay Kumar - State Sponsored Terror and Genocide of Eelam Tamil People of the Island of Sri Lanka

1. Fr.Chandi Sinnathurai - Brian SEN

2. Sachi Sri Kantha from Japan on Perversity of Pyromaniacs Part 2: Amirthalingam’s Speech on the Torching of Jaffna in May-June 1981 [also revisited: Nadesan Satyendra on Appapillai Amirthalingam, July 1999 "...It may, perhaps, be said for Amirthalingam, that his lasting political contribution was to clarify for many Tamils (who may have thought otherwise) that 'effective leadership of an armed....struggle requires a new style of leadership' and that guerrilla warfare cannot be directed from outside but only from within, by a leadership which accepts 'its full share of the risks involved.' .."]

3. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia - சிறிலங்கா உண்மையிலேயே சட்டரீதியான இறைமையுள்ள நாடா?  உலகநாடுகளும் உண்மையாகவே சமாதானத்தை விரும்புகின்றனவா?

4. Brian Senewiratne from Australia - Selected Writings "There has been an unprecedented reaction by the Singhalese community by way of offensive e-mails and telephone calls. The verbal abuse is serious and disruptive. They have taken the form of telephone calls, both to my home phone and my mobile every half an hour throughout the night, ever since I published the Trinco bombing. The calls are disruptive not only of my sleep but, what is more serious, of my medical practice. I’m on call to several hospitals and it is impossible, and quite irresponsible in the interest of patient care, to knock off both my mobile and home phone. ...Although it does not bother us too much, it may be one reason why so few Singhalese (and others) have been reluctant to come forward and say what has to be said..." more

5. Usha Sriskandarajah from Canada - An Ode to Brian Senewiratne

2. Sri Lanka government can still avert new war - Anton Balasingham

2. Tamil blamelessness? - Editorial, Oru Paper, London  "...Today it is clear beyond all reasonable doubt that the Tamils in Sri Lanka are facing another major war. Already a well planned low intensity war is slowly leeching our people of their futures. Daily people are being injured, intimidated and killed by Sri Lankan institutions, while the moral and ethical guardians of the world, India and the US-European-Japan Bloc are trying to politically stabilise and militarily strengthen the Sri Lankan state in order to promote and consolidate their respective strategic and economic interests. Again and again we see the carrots of political recognition and economic assistance being dangled and verbal and diplomatic threats splayed before the Tamils..." more

1. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan  - Perversity of Pyromaniacs; part 1 – Revisiting the June 1981 Torching of Jaffna

2. Father Chandi Sinnathurai writes from Tontaimanarru about Looking on the Bright Side

They wanted to “talk peace”
So they gave us the soother (or dummy)
And we were told to look on the bright side
For the peace dove to descend on our roof tops! more

1. Extrajudicial killing of Tamil civilians by  Sri Lankan Armed Forces (SLAFs) - Report by LTTE Political Wing

2.Sri Lanka Navy murders 13 civilian Tamils (including a 4 month old baby and a 4-year-old child) in Mandaithivu, Jaffna on 13 May 2006   "The (international) monitors - God bless them all - are investigating! Let us all hope that the SLMM comes out forcefully and fast with a statement!! ... What is happening now in parts of the North - East is unadulterated state terror. Why is it that the international community which is quick to condemn LTTE “terror” harshly is by contrast painfully slow and soft in condemning state “terror”? Is there any justification for killing sleeping infant and child? ... The Allaipiddy massacre and Velanai violence has sent shock waves down all decent people who came to know of it.. It was committed the day after Vesak. Mahinda Rajapakse has once again promised a full investigation. The world is keen to know the fate of his earlier full investigations like the murder of five Tamil youths in Trincomalee... It is customary to end articles of this type with the appeal that justice should be done and the culprits be punished. In the Sri Lanka of Mahinda and Gothabhaya Rajapakse that is not likely to happen..." D.B.S.Jeyaraj

Murdered: Ketheeswaran Yathursan (4 months), Ketheeswaran Thanushkanth (4), Palachamy Ketheeswaran (25), Ketheeswaran Anex Ester (23), Abraham Robinson (28), Sellathurai Amalathas (28), Kanesh Navaratnam (50) , Joseph Anthonymuttu ,(64) Sinnathurai Sivanesan(46), Murugesu Shanmugalingam (72), S Kantharoopan (29), Shanmugalingam Parameswari (65), Ratnam Senthuran (38)

ஓ....எங்கள் குரல் கேட்கிறதா ?
REST IN PEACE
Rev. Father Chandi Sinnathurai

Look what the peace talkers have done!
Much could be understood
From that which is not said..
We shall take control of our very own destiny
We shall rule our land and the sea...
Upon our dead we promise… more

Silent Complicity: International Silence is Encouraging Killings says Tamil Guardian "...Some Tamils suspect the international community is allowing Colombo a space to terrorise the rebellious minority into pressuring the Tigers to be more accommodative. Such logic ignores the history of the conflict. Indeed, Tamil media report a sudden flood of recruits to the Tigers, rather than a flurry of petitions..." more

2. A Tamil University Student, United Kingdom  "Even now writing this e-mail, I struggle to write coherently as I am overwhelmed with great sadness. I have too many questions, although many of those had been addressed by your very great articles, I still find myself asking those very same questions time after time. So to sum it up in a few lines..." more

"Some quarrellers do not realise that in this world
We must all at some time cease to live
But there are others who do realise,
And they will settle their quarrels." (from the Dhammapada, quoted by a Sinhala teacher in a tribute to Somasunderam Nadesan on his 10th death Anniversary in 1996)

2. Tamil civilians murdered, by and under the supervision of, Sri Lankan Armed Forces (SLAFs) - Since Geneva talks on 24 February until 8 May 2006 - Report by LTTE Political Wing  "...Another very important aspect of these civilian murders that is missed by most international observers is the fact that a total 12 Tamil civilians were killed on February 27, March 5, 6, 9, 20, 22, 24, 25, and 28. Then on April 7 Tamil activist, Vigneswaran, was killed. The first attack on SLA posts after the Geneva talks took place on April 8th. Readers can now draw their own conclusion about who is responsible for the deteriorating situation following the Geneva talks..." more

3. Eight ‘missing’ Tamils from Manthuvil feared killed by Army - D.B.S. Jeyaraj

2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia ஊடகவியலாளர்களின் உயிர்களை உறிஞ்சுகின்ற சிறிலங்காவின் பயங்கரவாதம்  "...தமிழ் ஊடகங்கள் மீதும் தமிழ் ஊடகவியாளர்கள் மீதும் சிறிலங்கா அரசுகள் தொடர்ச்சியான வன்முறைகளை மேற்கொண்டு வருவது குறிப்பிடத் தக்கதாகும். நிர்மலராஜன், சுகிர்தராஜன், நடேசன், சிவராம் போன்ற தமிழ் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் கோரமாகக் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டது மட்டுமன்றி எண்ணிலடங்காத் தமிழ் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் சிங்கள அரசுகளாலும் தமிழ் ஒட்டுக் குழுக்களாலும் தொடர்ந்தும் அச்சுறுத்தப்பட்டே வருகின்றார்கள்..." more

3. Chandiravarman Sinnathurai from Tamil Eelam - The Life of Job "Job wanted God to reveal the meaning of his life. What is the purpose? Where do I fit into God’s divine plan? As the conversation with God progressed Job grew in maturity. Job paid a heavy price for this deepening experience. He experienced dark mental torture. His friends proved to be flimsy, superficial, and shallow. However, in the end, Job’s life was enriched. He recovered everything he lost. Perhaps much more than he thought he had lost." more

“December 1987: President J.R.Jayewardene [JRJ] vows to destroy the LTTE in the North and the JVP in the South. At a public rally in Hambantota, President Jayewardene stated, ‘I am a military leader. I am like Hitler. There is no doubt that there is a war on. We cannot win a war without killing the enemy. If they destroy me – I do not know whether this is the correct word to use – avenge me.’ ”

While Jayewardene died 10 years ago, his vow of ‘destroying the LTTE’ had remained as a mere fantasy."... more

2. Father Chandi Sinnathurai - What Questions Are Worth Asking? " Many Sinhala commentators, however, believe that even if the ‘bomber’ were to pose as a pregnant wife of an army official, the guards would have checked her carefully. In the process of a thorough security body check, a female guard would have easily discovered the plot. That was not to be. If the human bomb was a Tamil, suspicions would have doubly risen owing to her accent. Gone are the days of any Tamil army officials in the Sinhala army – no decent Tamil would ever want to join such a genocidal killing system. Was this “human bomb” then a Sinhala? Did the human bomb bribe the guards in order to sneak her in to the complex and to be close to the intended target? What does this story line tell about the security system in the heart of the Army HQ? How did the so-called human bomb glean intelligence, including of the precise timing of the Commander’s exit? " more

3. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia on உரிமை இல்லாத சமாதானமா? அல்லது சமாதானம் இல்லாத உரிமையா? "...சர்வதேச நாடுகள் தங்களுக்கு உண்மை நிலையும், களநிலையும் தெரியாது என்பது போல் நடிப்பதை இனியாவது நிறுத்த வேண்டும். இல்லாவிட்டால் எதிர்காலத்தில் தமிழர் பிரச்சனைகளுக்கான தீர்வு முயற்சிகளில் சர்வதேச நாடுகள் பங்கேற்க முடியாமல் போவது மட்டுமல்ல பார்வையாளர்களாகவும் இருக்க முடியாத நிலைதான் ஏற்படும்..." more  [together with Translation in English]