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| Learn from us, LTTE tells U.S., Iraq |
| 2003-03-21 |
| The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today said the United States and Iraq should learn from its example of making peace with the Sri Lankan Government and urged the United Nations to prevail upon the two warring parties to restore normality. ``It is regrettable that the U.S. attacked Iraq without proper endorsement of the U.N. though we are also against the dictatorship of the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, and his not respecting the U.N. resolution,'' the LTTE's chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, said. ``The LTTE is known for violence but we are renouncing it and pursuing the path of peace. Our example should be followed by other countries,'' he said at the conclusion of the sixth round of peace talks between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tigers here. ``Our effort to achieve peace is an example to the world that the solution to any long-standing problem can be achieved through negotiations,'' he added. Fish - Barrel - Both triggers: A Chinese trawler was attacked and sunk off Sri Lanka's eastern shores on Thursday morning, leaving 17 fishermen ``missing'', officials of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said. The Navy has blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the attack, which took place at 4 a.m., 40 nautical miles off rebel-held Mullaithivu. The SLMM has begun investigations. Nine crew members of the trawler, who escaped on a dinghy, were rescued by another Chinese trawler. ``The Navy quoted the rescued members as telling them that they were attacked by Sea Tigers,'' SLMM sources said here, adding that they were awaiting a report from their field monitors who would question the rescued members with the help of interpreters. I guess this is what we are supposed to learn. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 The Tigers at it again, eh? Piracy was always popular there. But attacking a Chinese vessel probably wasn't smart. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-03-21 23:58:15 |