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To: macquire

Well, I really haven’t kept up with it, but the Tamil Tigers were terrorists who spent about 20 years committing war crimes and stirring up trouble in Sri Lanka. If he put an end to their crimes, then he deserves some credit. Did he break the rules of war? Well, maybe. He is accused of it by his enemies.

But if he put an end to the horrible civil war brought to Sri Lanka by the Tamil Tigers, then most likely he has saved more lives than he has taken.

I think I’d like to hear more about it from a truly impartial source before attacking him.


7 posted on 11/21/2010 12:17:01 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: Cicero

“truly impartial source”? Wrong place are’t you?

“The war started in 1983 after the Tamils, a Hindu ethnic minority, were denied power by the ruling Sinhalese, Buddhists, and formed a violent resistance group, the Tamil Tigers.

“Thousands were killed or starved. There were massive human-rights violations and he’s the No. 1 suspect,” said the investigator, a human-rights group expert who asked not to be identified.”


9 posted on 11/21/2010 1:04:42 PM PST by macquire
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