SAVE THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS FROM THESE SAVAGES
I strongly condemn the explosion in a C.T.B bus at Piliyandala that took the lives of 25 innocent civilians and left over 60 seriously injured. This is undoubtedly another savage act of the blood thirsty LTTE. Is it with these barbarians that the International Community wants the Government to start talks with? In all seriousness I wish to pose a question to the Internationals Community as to what it intends to do with the people who had fled their traditional places of residence for fear of the LTTE and are living with the Sinhalese and the Muslims peacefully in the South. Also I wish to know what the fate is going be of those in the Eastern Province, just liberated and of those who fled the country out of fear for the LTTE and wanting to return when peace is restored. Above all no one has bothered so far to find out the views of those who are living in the areas under the control of the LTTE.
The LTTE is fighting a war with the Government. They take pride in sending the bodies of a few Sinhalese Soldiers through the ICRC to the South everyday and receive with pleasure bodies of their dead cadre from the ICRC daily. The soldiers are fighting in defence of the country and the LTTE cadre, thoroughly brain washed, is fighting in defence of their leader’s pride. But why should innocent civilians die for no fault of their’s? How will that help the warring LTTE other than sparking off a backlash in the country. The Sinhalese are now wise enough to keep the few trouble makers, under control and have successfully prevented any such person from getting involved in spreading or sowing the seeds of communalism. The Ordinary citizens have become wiser. It is only some highly educated who should learn many things from the ordinary civilians in this connection. The credit also goes to the Government for keeping the country under control inspite of several and frequent provocations the LTTE give.
I want peace in this country and protection for everybody. Unfortunately now the people need protection only from the LTTE. Let those who are reluctant to condemn this type of killings that keep the people in constant fear and tension, put themselves in the place of the victims and realise the pain the kith and kin undergo. Those poor victims are also having kith and kin who love them dearly and are there to weep and wail for them. I am glad that on a tip off 2 ½ hours before this fatal incident took place, a claymore mine of 11 kg had been detected by the police. Every one of us has a duty to pass on any information we get, promptly to the authorities.
I convey my deepest sympathies to the kith and kin of the victims of this unfortunate incident and plead with the LTTE to give up their brutal attacks forthwith.
V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
