The Heroic Twenty One

"...நீங்கள் வீழ்ந்ததனால்
நாங்கள் வாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
உங்கள் உடல்கள் சாய்ந்ததால்
எங்கள் தலைகள் நிமிர்ந்தன..
இன்று..
நாங்கள் வெறும்
கவிதை பாடிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
நீங்களோ..
காவியமாகி விட்டீர்கள்..
காலம் வரும்..
உங்கள் கனவுகள்
நனவாகும்..."
ManNin Maintharkal, Raj Swarnan

"வாழ்க ஈழத் தமிழகம், தலை நிமிர்ந்து வாழ்கவே..."

"...A feeling or a thought, the aspiration towards liberty, cannot be estimated in the terms of concrete power...The idea or sentiment is at first confined to a few men. The attempt to work brings them into conflict with the established power which the idea threatens and there is persecution. The idea creates its martyrs. And in martyrdom there is an incalculable spiritual magnetism which works miracles... It is at this moment that the idea begins to create its heroes and fighters, whose numbers and courage defeat only multiplies and confirms until the idea militant has become the idea triumphant. Such is the history of the idea, so invariable in its broad lines that it is evidently the working of a natural law. But the despot will not recognise this superiority, the teachings of history have no meaning for him... " Sri Aurobindo, 1907

LTTE's Anuradhapura Raid: Determination, Bravery & Precision - B. Raman, South Asia Analysis Group, New Delhi, 23 October 2007 " Reliable details of the combined air and land attack launched by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the Anuradhapura air base of the Sri Lankan Air Force early in the morning of October 22, 2007, indicate that it was neither an act of desperation as projected by the embarrassed Sri Lankan military spokesmen nor an act of needless dramatics as suggested by others. It was an act of unbelievable determination, bravery and precision successfully carried out by a 21-member suicide commando group of the Black Tigers---significantly led by a Tamil from the Eastern Province--- with the back-up support of two planes of the so-called Tamil Eelam Air Force." more together with Comment by tamilnation.org

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan - Sixty Cheers for the Central Intelligence Agency "Even though I�m not an American, I have nothing but admiration for some of the spunk and spirit of the Central Intelligence Agency (aka CIA), the American institution which many non-Americans love to hate. Who (other than those in the league of some iron-willed �Lefties� like Fidel Castro) cannot wilt to the dramatics, spunk and the �never give-up spirit� promoted by the CIA, in its 60 years of existence? Yes, CIA celebrates its 60th birthday this year." more

2."... There are in every part of the world men who search. I am not a prisoner of history. I should not seek there for the meaning of my destiny. I should constantly remind myself that the real leap consists in the introduction of invention into existence. In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself..." Frantz Fanon in Black Skin, White Masks, 1952

Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia மனித உரிமை ஆணையாளரின் வருகையால் விளைந்த, மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் "...மேற்குலகத்தினூடாகத் தமக்கு ஏதேனும் பிரச்சனைகள், அழுத்தங்கள் என்று சிலவேளைகளில் வந்தால், தன்னுடைய(!) நாட்டின் கேந்திர ஸ்தானத்தை வைத்து, மேற்குலகிற்கு எதிரானவர்களோடு உறவாடுவதன் மூலம் இவர்களையும் எதிர்க்க முடியும் என்பதுவும் மகிந்தவின் கணிப்பு. இந்தக் கணிப்புக்களின் அடிப்படையில்தான் மகிந்த ராஜபக்ச செயல்படுகின்றார்... " more

1. Sathyam Commentary Thank you, Ambassador Robert Blake... - Nadesan Satyendra

"..The Sri Lankan military has achieved important victories in the past year, including the defeat of the LTTE in the east and the sinking of many rebel tankers used to deliver military and other supplies to the Tamil Tigers. Such victories and US support for Sri Lanka should demonstrate to the LTTE that they cannot hope to win this conflict..." US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake, 13 October 2007 more

2. Thank you, President Bush - Paul Coelho "...Thank you for allowing us - an army of anonymous people to know what it feels like to be powerless and to learn to grapple with that feeling and transform it. Thank you, because, without you, we would not have realised our own ability to mobilise. It may serve no purpose this time, but it will doubtless be useful later on. Thank you for not listening to us and not taking us seriously, but know that we are listening to you and that we will not forget your words. So, enjoy your morning and whatever glory it may yet bring you.Thank you, great leader George W. Bush" more

George Foreman

1. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan Is That All You Got, Karuna? "The recent newsreports that the erstwhile LTTE Colonel named Karuna had fled to a faraway land prompted me with the title, �Is That All You Got, Karuna?�. It is a borrowing from boxing champ Muhammad Ali�s 1974 quip [�Is That All You Got, George�?] to his rival George Foreman in the ring, when they squared in the then Zaire for the boxing heavyweight title. " more

2.Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia மகிந்தவின் (சிங்களப் பேரினவாதத்தின்) இன்னுமொரு முகம்தான் ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க! "...இலங்கை இனப் பிரச்சனைக்குச் சமஸ்டி முறையில் தீர்வா? அல்லது ஒற்றையாட்சி முறையில் தீர்வா? என்று கேட்டால், முதலில் பாணின் விலை குறித்து ஊடகங்கள் செய்தி வெளியிடட்டும். அந்தப் பாணை உண்ட பின்னர் ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி சமஸ்டியையா ஒற்றையாட்சியையா ஆதரிக்கின்றது என்பது குறித்து, ஊடகங்களுககுப் பதில் சொல்லும் என்று ஏளனமாக ரணில் பதில் கூறுகின்றார். அதாவது பதில் சொல்ல மறுக்கின்றார்..." more

"Can we say of Reich, as Andre Gide did of Dostoevsky, that he 'remains ever the man of whom there is no way to make use! He is of the stuff which displeases every party. Why? Because he never persuaded himself that less than the whole of his intelligence was necessary to the part he chose to play, or that for the sake of immediate issues he would be justified in forcing so delicate an instrument or upsetting its balance.'" Wilhelm Reich: Life Force Explorer - James Wyckoff Indictment against Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Undeclared War on Eelam Tamils - in the Shadow of a Ceasefire

Reflections

Tamils: A Trans State Nation - Australia

I am not a terrorist - Loga Prasanna Chandrakumar Mr.Chandrakumar currently serves as Programme Coordinator, Centre for Just Peace & Democracy (CJPD), Switzerland and recently Co-Chaired an International Seminar in Geneva on Humanitarian Action in the 'Undeclared' War in Sri Lanka "..The Tamil people have paid a high price for their dreams of freedom. The social fabric built on family and kin, music and dance, and an ethic of hard work has been torn to shreds as families have been separated by death and forced migration. Their homeland is dotted with orphanages and a whole generation has missed out on basic education. Why don�t I leave my war where I came from? I am burdened by the knowledge that it is a random twist of fate that has me fighting with the pen and not a rifle..." more

Struggle for Tamil Eelam:The Intelligence War

Revisited: 1.Special Forces -The Changing Face of Warfare - Mark Lloyd,"..First rate HUMINT (Human Intelligence) can often only be obtained from within an organisation either by infiltrating an agent into one of its cells or by turning an existing member. Turning is best achieved by targeting a participant whose heart is not in it or who is suffering from obvious family pressures..." more 2. Thirukural on Espionage - ஒற்றாடல்

International Frame of Tamil Eelam Freedom Struggle

Tamil National Forum

Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan: Prelude to the Indo-LTTE War (1987-90) - Part 5 - The Rage of Sinhala Buddhist Monks "...If in 1987, Rajiv Gandhi�s mandarins had a monkey brigade as an appurtenance to advance their strategies in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese political elements who opposed the Rajiv � Jayewardene Accord had the powerful Buddhist monk brigade as an appurtenance..." more

Week Ending: Sunday, 7 October 2007

Reflections

Conflict Resolution: Tamil Eelam - Sri Lanka to include

International Frame of the Struggle for Tamil Eelam

Commemorating the 138th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the United Nations International Day of Non Violence - 2 October 2007

Comments to include

The Strength of an Idea to include

Mahatma Gandhi's Pledge of Resistance in Transvaal, Africa, 1906 "It is quite possible that.. some or many of those who pledge themselves (to resistance) might weaken at the very first trial. We might have to go to jail, where we might be insulted. We might have to go hungry and suffer extreme heat or cold. Hard labor might be imposed upon us. We might be flogged by rude warders. We might be fined heavily and our property might be attached and held up to auction if there are only a few resisters left. Opulent today, we might be reduced to abject poverty tomorrow. We might be deported. Suffering from starvation and similar hardships in jail, some of us might fall ill and even die. If someone asks me when and how the struggle may end, I may say that, if the entire community manfully stands the test, the end will be near. If many of us fall back under storm and stress, the struggle will be prolonged. But I can boldly declare, and with certainty, that so long as there is even a handful of men true to their pledge, there can only be one end to the struggle, and that is victory... " more