Comments on: Free Tiger tour, anyone?

By: Kayabala Wardena

Kayabala Wardena — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:16:44 +0000

Dear Dear Me Morten !! – U sound like Horten from Horton hears who !
Now – it was kind of clearly mentioned in your write up that you were taken within 4-5 km range of the battlefront – What R U complaining of ?? Not taking you to the range where you get shout in your empty head ?? I expected you to thank the foresight of the SL forces for safeguarding you than let you get shot.
It also might come as a big surprise to you “Not So Cultured” People that we in Sri Lanka are extremely friendly and no matter what the situation is, will accept you and receive you with a smile and ensure that you are relaxed and looked after to the best of our ability. What if they had started running like headless chicken? Who would have guided you and given you information ? So, I would like to see you praise the Cool Headed generals who relax and chat with you than try to ridicule them with your ignorance. – This goes on to show your immaturity and the lack of knowledge at war front – Again – you should thank that you were kept 5 km away, because with the attitude you are showing, you probably would have been the first to get shot.
As for the media who went on to say that the end was nearing the Mentally Challenged Terrorist Leader – it did happen right ? So they did read the situation right – this is probably what you could call good media coverage. Also, why not the soldiers 5 km away relax? They can be agile when they are in the front when their turn comes ha ? At this point I seriously wish to ask you whether you had ever been at any kind of a war front ? (At least a street battle where a few people would throw a stone or two at another party) If you are such a good journalist, try get access to war front in Afghanistan – I don’t think that you’d get closer than 25 km, keep aside the 5 km range.
Also, let me come to the point where you say that SLA did not use modern weaponry. Isn’t that a good enough reason for the SLA to be called one of the bravest in the world?? What would NoWay army do ? Fire weapons from a continent away ? So, ideally you should not call the SLA cowardly – may be the NoWay army.
I also think it’s very immature of you when you try to ridicule the name of the location – FYI, it is a Tamil word. Trust me, Sighala words could be even tougher to pronounce and also the easiest to pronounce as ‘Maho”. Now, being from a differnet region altogether, it would be tough for any party to pronounce another parties location. Try Russian towns for a change. So, if you don’t have the simple knowledge of differentiating, hence respecting cultural differences, you are by no means suitable to be a write or an opinion provider to the world. It is guys like you who turn this world 500 years backwards.
Last but not least – LTTE or any Terrorist Group sympathizers indeed are stupid. Why sympathize an entity who’s mission and vision is killing for each and everything ?? America and Briton got their returns on 9/11 and the Tube station bombing and NoWay is on it’s way to taste the bitter truth in the near future too. Give our good LTTE friends a few years to enter in to your political stream and see how you would get beaten big time. In Sri Lanka we have a saying to describe this kind of scenario. “Redda Asse nai Dagena Kanawa Kiyanawa” – A modified English version for you to understand better – “Letting a snake in side your pants and screaming that it’s biting you” – Mr. Horton, Try remove your trouser and see, you already might have a few eggs – don’t let them hatch !!

By: Bollox

Bollox — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:00:14 +0000

Hey Morton Machang, You still refusing to accept the truth about Norwegian government/state assistance to the LTTE? Thanks to the internet & archive.org, here are some wiretaps of Norwegian Ambassador to SL, Westborg, talking about comms kit with Duleep of the LTTE in 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20070925164359/www.svik.org/Videos/ambatamil.mp3 There's another wiretap of a ridiculous Norwegian General called Trond Furuhovde (leading the SL Monitoring mission) and LTTE political leader Puleedevan. http://web.archive.org/web/20070925164739/www.svik.org/Videos/GENTAMIL.mp3 But the best bit if from the official Norwegian Army website, hailing LTTE visitors to their camp in 2003. http://tinyurl.com/ygcu5os "They [the LTTE] will retain the knowledge gained about military matters, as well as knowledge about the ways of a democratic government, as practised by the Nordic countries. Later they [the LTTE] will come up with their own ways of establishing similar practices in a peaceful Sri Lanka, alongside the Sinhalese." Truly, satire is dead. Oh, how I had to laugh at the arrogance of that cretinous Norwegian General. The LTTE leadership is indeed "establishing similar practices in a peaceful Sri Lanka" by being very dead. And you know the worst of it? The LTTE were entertained by the Telemark Battalion. If the heroes of the incredible Telemark Raid knew that their glorious name was being soiled by the presence of these racist terrorists, they'd be turning in their graves. I think its time for you to do some investigative reporting in Norway, about how your government and armed forces were engaged in subverting a democracy in Asia. Now, that would take real guts.

By: Bollox

Bollox — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:26:52 +0000

Hi Morten,
Of course its not my real name. This is the internet and until I know and trust you I’ll stick to this name. It proves nothing about my bravery, cowardice or otherwise.
Karuna gave up the fight for a racially exclusive Tamil state after he realised that that Fat Boy VP would only ever offer war to SL and the Tamil population. To successfully rebel against the LTTE, when a total and crushing victory against the LTTE wasn’t thought even remotely possible by so-called Western experts, took real backbone and balls. We know of Karuna’s previous crimes, yet the SL state has welcomed his presence into the mainstream, just like many JVP people from the JVP insurgencies.
Your absurd claim that the Norwegian state didn’t covertly support the LTTE is laughable. I’ll give you a few pointers.
â€“ Norwegian Navy training LTTE commandos in Norway & Thailand
http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive/00019/Video_-_Tamilske_Tig_19484a.mpg
â€“ Norway assisting with LTTE boat-building, providing ultra hi-tech comms kit.
â€“ SLMM Gen Tellefsen giving military intelligence information about the SL Navy actions to stop a LTTE arms smuggling vessel,
http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/30/stories/2003103004181200.htm
With the above, Norway ensured the premature and violent deaths of many Sri Lankans. Tusen takk (or ‘a thousand thanks’ in Norwegian).
You’re a Norwegian speaker & fearless reporter/snapper aren’t you? Why don’t you investigate in Norway and prove me wrong.
How do you know that all SL artillery strikes were inaccurate? Of course civilians were unfortunately killed during the final phase of the battle when they were being used as human shields by the desperate LTTE. Did you have a better solution to that issue? Perhaps we could’ve tempted VP give up the fight by offering him asylum in Oslo or bombarded him with finest Norwegian lutefisk?
Your poor knowledge of Gen. Fonseka’s military career only betrays your inability to use Google to get the basic facts. So let me help you and any other dim-bulb ‘reporters’ and snappers.
“…[he was] Deputy General Officer Commanding of ‘Riviresa’ to capture Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers, in December 1995. Later, troops commanded by Fonseka offered stiff resistance to Tamil Tigers in 2000, following the fall of Elephant Pass, ultimately having to flee since they were unable to withstand the attack.
Fonseka, was also involved in the operations ‘Balawegaya’ and ‘Jayasikuru’, which led to the capture of the Elephant Pass and Mankulam. The 6th Battalion of his Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment, which was under siege at Elephant Pass in 1991, repulsed the LTTE attack with reinforcements. He was wounded in 1993 in the Yaldewee operation.
In 1993, as the Jaffna Fort was under siege.. the then Colonel G.S.C. Fonseka led troops in the operation “Midnight Express” to rescue the besieged troops. The current Secretary of Defence Lieutenant Colonel Rajapakse was with him. Several hundred soldiers were saved in this operation.”
I think he’s done is bit on the front lines and is entitled to as much lunch as he wants. I couldn’t care less whether he has a US Green Card or Norwegian Herring Eating Medal. What matters is his reformation of the SL Army and single-minded struggle to destroy the LTTE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka
The commanding officers of the SLA divisions tasked with destroying the LTTE, were in the front lines, to the last day. Didn’t you watch the daily battlefront reports, or were you smoking some specially sweet Moneragala ganja?
As for “giving the game away”, I’m sorry that your grasp of English isn’t as good as I thought it was. It was a subtle and sarcastic point to highlight your contempt for the story you were supposed to be covering. i.e. you couldn’t be bothered to learn how to pronounce the ‘difficult’ name of Puthukkudiyiruppu and made of point of saying so. If you still don’t get it, I suggest a short course in remedial English.
Finally, I understand that Norway now has enough LTTE supporting SL Tamils to start their own ‘parliament’. I’m sure the indigenous Norwegians are ‘Lovin’ It’ (Â© MacDonalds Corp, the LTTE hunger striker’s favourite snack) for the cultural enrichment they’ve brought with them.
Good Luck and watch out for the pregnant bra-bombers! VÃ¦r sÃ¥ god (or as they say in Norwegian, ‘you’re welcome’).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:48:43 +0000

Dear Ms/Mr Bollox (Another strange Sri Lankan word, but I’m assuming that it is your real name, since a brave and proud Sri Lankan like yourself would obviously never cowardly hide behind anonymity.),
Speaking of bravery and such, you are of course absolutely correct about Quisling, who like many Norwegians, changed to what they believed would be the winning side. We simply can’t let leading politicians and military men get away with such spineless collaboration, can we? Unless of course, they happen to be Karuna.
Your dim view of Norway’s contribution to ending the conflict in Sri Lanka also has some merit. Anyone who bothers to study the cease-fire agreement and read up on the diplomatic efforts of Norway in Sri Lanka can see that it’s a lethal mess of incompetence, personal ambition and naivety, with disastrous results. But anyone who claims that the Norwegian state at any point knowingly supported the LTTE needs to produce evidence beyond the advice of astrologers. So far no one has.
You are right, western military men prefer “surgical” killing from a safe distance. Remove “surgical”, and you have an accurate description of the Sri Lankan military’s use of inaccurate long-range artillery shelling. Neither tactic is much to be proud of.
Your praise of the supposedly brave Sri Lankan general officers “who have continually been at the battlefront and faced death, rather than hanging around in the rear areas, as Western general officers tend to do. You do remember the suicide attack on Gen. Fonseka, don’t you?”, is interesting. General Fonseka was attacked by a pregnant woman inside an army base in Colombo, while he was on his way to lunch. How much further could he have been from the battlefront, without using his United States Green Card?
And I am of course sorry if I’ve given the game away by not being able to pronounce Puthukkudiyiruppu or for that matter GuhkesluovttadÃ¡lut properly. The latter being in Norway, this will undoubtedly cause the Norwegian government to charge me with treason for being a partial and corrupt journalist. A few years of hard labour will teach me a lesson, don’t you think?

By: Bollox

Bollox — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:09:50 +0000

You gave the game away with your phrase “unpronounceable locations”. I’m really sorry that we in Sri Lanka didn’t think to name our towns and villages for the convenience of whingeing Norwegians. How about Puthukkudiyiruppu or Puddakkarachchai or Pulinkatevaninurippu or even Pulithariththapuliyankulam? Haven’t you bothered to learn how to pronounce these locations?
How’s Steinkjer pronounced? Stinker? Or what about SandnessjÃ¸en? Sand… ness .. or something. Unpronounceable locations in Norway, no?
A further slur on the “Sri Lankan Army’s most important general officers” who have continually been at the battlefront and faced death, rather than hanging around in the rear areas, as Western general officers tend to do. You do remember the suicide attack on Gen. Fonseka, don’t you? Its exceedingly ironic to be lectured on military matters from someone whose country gave us the shorthand for spineless collaboration. Quisling.
Your writing on Sri Lanka’s war against the LTTE (who it musn’t be forgotten were supported by Norway) is shot through with disdain for the Sri Lankan armed forces. Eelam War 4 wasn’t fought for the benefit of a partial and corrupted Western media. If you don’t like it, tough.
I’m also sorry that we haven’t yet perfected the Western art of war — killing safely from a distance using drones and super smart guided weapons. Our war is a bit less sophisticated. It was long, debilitating and brutal. But now, in the words of Col. Kilgore “Someday this war’s gonna end…”