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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 09.45 GMT |
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No time for ceasefire: time yet for
surrender - President |
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We have at no time gone for a ceasefire. We
will not do so now. There is no time for
that now. In the five or six days remaining
we have given the opportunity for the LTTE
to lay down their arms and surrender to the
Armed Forces and, even in the name of God,
free the civilians held by them. If they
have no regard for their own lives they
should even consider the lives of others.
So said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the
50th Anniversary of the commissioning of the
Chandrikawewa at Embilipitiya, today (30).
All television channels of the world are now
directed towards Sri Lanka. With satellite
technology the whole world can now see how
the LTTE uses tanks to fire at the Tamil
people fleeing from them. Of what need
special observers to know of this? Why do we
need special representatives to study this?
This is known the world over, the President
said.
However it is a great surprise that some
members of the international community do
not see this. I must warn the world that
this lack of vision could leads to a
international tragedy, he added.
You would have seen how our troops rescue
mothers, carrying their little children at
Puthumathalan. How they carry the aged, yet
even seeing this, some international forces
point accusing fingers at us.Daya Master
says that he was carried to safety like a
child carrying one’s father. Some parents go
on their knees to respect our troops for
saving them from terror.
The world must see and know all this. That
is why we call this a humanitarian
operation. This is not how wars are fought
in other countries. We have seen how Iraq
was bombed. We have seen how Afghanistan is
bombed. Those who come to preach to us seen
how Afghanistan is bombed. It must be made
clear that before accusing others, you must
have the strength to know what you do
yourself.
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