Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Thepro-separatist­viewmentio­ned above is being heavily promotedby,

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The network of NGOs and INGOs

politician­s who are publicly expressing leftist and liberal political views, whilst depending on the support and sponsorshi­p of western diplomatic circles, and

organisati­ons with a covert anti-Buddhist agenda. Throughout the time of the war against terrorism those elements were lobbying for a federal solution, strongly propagatin­g the view that the so-called ‘freedom struggle’ of the LTTE cannot be militarily defeated. Clearly, the intention was nothing but political strengthen­ing of Neo-Nazi Separatism of the North.

Today, those elements are striving hard to push the nation back to the approach followed during the days of “peace-war’ from 1981 to 2005, for the political blunders committed during which the

Yugoslavia, nation had to pay a heavy price in terms of the destrucBos­nia, Syria, tion that resulted from those Libya, Iran, bad choices. Their intention

Afghanista­n and is the weakening of the

Ukraine, that those nation in the name of democracy and underminin­g the fundamenta­list stability Sri Lanka has movements can thrive achieved through untold sac

in a destabiliz­ed rifices.

country. It is a similar One fact that we need to emphasize is that terrorism orchestrat­ion that was defeated, acting on a those Muslim nationalis­t ideology and not

fundamenta­list a so-called neo-liberal or left

groups are targeting ist ideology. The same will be the case in defeating the in Sri Lanka, as they Geneva- challenge. are carrying totally What is being manifested

unfounded and in Geneva is an attack on Sri

baseless tales of Lanka with the ultimate aim of containmen­t, destabilis­religious oppression ing, derailing and forcible to the anti-Sri Lanka interventi­on, in keeping with

forces. the interests of the anti-Sri Lanka forces behind this dangerous, provocativ­e strategy.

Certain sections of the government seem to believe that the resentment of the West and India towards Sri Lanka is based merely on economic motives, and that their interests could be satisfied by offering them an economic ransom in the form of petroleum reserves, petroleum distributi­on, power generation, handling of ports, valuable plots of land etc. The fact that this could only destroy the economic independen­ce of the nation needs no reiteratio­n.

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