Gen.Sarath Fonseka-Downfall of a once Hero...

"General Fonseka has had official discussions with the UNP, and other opposition parties, and the opposition groups including the JVP and the UNP had discussions about the strategies for elections" General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake told the BBC Sinhala Service yesterday.

So there seems to be a process in motion within the Opposition,least the UNP to get Gen.Sarath Fonseka as the Oppositions main candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election.

Even JVP is strong about the inclusion of the Gen.as their common candidate.how UNP and JVP going to go to bed is one thing but if they indeed get him in as their 'common' candidate..well thats a major achivment itself i think.

whtever said and done, i think its a very good development..least we know that our democratic proses is such that even people of different views and beliefs could get to gather for a common cause, that of making about a change in Government. or is it?

Yesterday, addressing the media Gen.Sarath Fonseka said "In military, you can't talk but have to take action! In politics, you can talk even without action" ...that made me think.. i read his letter of resignation.. and the annex to it too.. marked supposedly 'confidential' but was made available to the media as soon as he walked out of the Presidential Secretariat after tending it!!!

But the best came out of his interview with Frederica Jansz of Sunday Leader ..where he goes on and on ranting about all the perks he lost but more than anything else.. his claim to be the unconditional holder to the title of 'man who wiped LTTE off the Map of Sri Lanka' ..if you read the interview, then its better to read D B S Jeyaraj's excellent write up on dellima of Sarath Fonseka. 

Then it all adds up..this General is clearly losing his mind..sadly this is all about his Ego and his urged to be the center of all...

I sure hope some sanity will prevail and he ends this period of madness and take up the life of a retired General .. and may be take up some thing alternative to politics ..if he is genuine about his intention to serve the country..as he stated at Kelaniya Temple just after he handed his letter of resignation.

So far i haven't seen any indications of that happening and more and more the people are realizing who this guy really is.so, come next week or so, we will see this guy coming in to the foray as some sort of candidate for whatever the party or alliance and when that happens (if not its happening already) the Govt will start its own 'PR' campaign .. 'educating' the public on virtues of Gen.Fonseka.

Out comes the worms when the cans start to pop out and soon we all will be in knee high mud..but one thing is for sure, unlike the excitements that's shared by the pro LTTE lobby over the 'rifts' that's crated within the Govt over exit of Gen.Fonseka.. its not going to hurt this Govts Anti LTTE drive nor it will roll back the momentum started with the defeat of the LTTE and its proxies.

Reality is that, Gen.Sarath Fonseka is a spent force and he has exceeded his shelve life and now just like he claims, has the right to do anything but whatever he dose, its not going to hurt the Crusade against Tamil Eelamist-Separatist Cause.others have taken on the fight and the fight will continue..with or without Gen.Fonseka.

So Good Luck General Sir, but like most Sri Lankans I'm not going to Vote for you!

proud imports..

some of the prominent imports to be proud of...

Serious Allegations against Army of Abuse & Torture of Prisoners -is this Govt policy?

Allegations against the Army of serious abuse and torture on terrorists detainees and suspects have been uncovered by a leading news agency and I'm shocked by some of the details of such abuse.

Some of the former detainees have alleged they were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs at detention facilities.this news agency had interviewed 27 former inmates from around the country over a period of two months.

They were held at times between 2002 and 2008 and they were all accused of belonging to or helping terrorists.None were charged with any offense or put on trial; some even received apologies when they were released.

Defence authorities has denied the charges and insisted that all inmates in the facility are treated 'humanely' but the list of abuses is horrifying..to list a few...

a. physical abuse ( i guess this means assault etc)
b.use of stress positions (including tied down upside down and left hanging from ceilings etc..)
c. excessive heat or cold (being immersed in cold or hot water,being kept inside freezer trucks for prolong hours etc)
d.exposure to unbearably loud noise (loudspeaker played in to a enclosed holding cell etc..)
e.forced to remove clothes presence of female soldiers...(every one understands this well...he he)

In some cases detainees were threatened with death at gunpoint in what i figure is a staged mock execution and one former inmate had allegedly stated that "They did things that you would not do against animals let alone to humans" while another had said "They poured cold water on you in cold days and hot water in warmer days. They used dogs against us. They put a pistol or a gun to your head and threatened you with death"...

"They put some kind of medicine in the water to make you sleepless and then they would interrogate you" said another..

But when the news agency took up these allegations of torture with Defence Authorities a senior officer had denied the allegations and had said that their conduct "meet international standards for care and custody".

They also argue that granting legal rights to detainees could harm their "ability to succeed in armed conflict and to protect their Governments' forces" by limiting their powers to conduct military operations.

Having read the allegations and follow on description I'm shocked by the details of such horrific practices and as a Sri Lankan who had experienced violence and fear that was part of LTTE's thirty year war of Terror against this country i understand some measures may be needed when it comes to interrogation of captured terrorists but by no way i condemn the use of such horrible and inhumane methods on suspects ,who in the end turned out to be Innocent civilians..

I wonder what the leadership of the country has to say about this and also the Defence Authorities who constantly claim they 'follow and defend Rights of people" ...especially the President who wants to portray himself as a champion of Freedoms and Justice...




by the way i forgot.. this is all about the US Army in Afghanistan and allegations mainly centred around its detention facility in Bagram Air Base North of Kabul..according to BBC..

Tehran burns, Western Govts feel the pain...

Its several days now since the demonstrations and protests started over the outcome of the Iran's Presidential election and today Iran's Council of Guardians, the panel of clerics who act as the country's top political authority, have invited opposition candidates to share their grievances in Iran's disputed election. seems all quarters of Iranian life wants everyone with power to act now to resolve the ongoing political drama in Iran.

Whats more interesting is to watch all the Western Media coverage over this issue, so many commentaries ,assessments and analysis given throughout the day by an extensive panel irrespective of what news agency you watch.. but strangely most majority of the 'experts' tend to be westerners themselves and hardly any Iranians, locals nor expatriate Iranians! BBC i think takes pride in showing repeatedly the 'death to the dictator' and some other slogans which BBC interprets as 'anti-revolution',while CNN can't let go of its 'experts' from Christian Science Monitor.

Makes me wonder, it may be the Iranian public or least a section of the public who may be protesting over the outcome but its the Western Governments ,especially Mrs.Clinton who seems to be having sleepless nights over this 'crisis' and right wing Israeli politicians who are feeling the pain of the chaos in Tehran...and suddenly North Korea is benign, Kim Jong IL is not toying with the 'button' .. nor Taliban at the 'gates of Islamabad' is irrelevant.

It was the same Western media who played down the Iranian Revolution three decades back,when their favorite Shah Pahlavi was feeling the peoples power over his despotic rule and now the Iranians are on the streets and rest assured they will know what to do with the destiny of their country and they will do whats best for them, what they are able and capable and not what the Western Governments wish.

I hope Mrs.Clinton finds some peace and time to focus on more burning issues closer to home!

CPA receives a 'threatening' letter- about time i say....

Seems CPA received a 'threatening' letter via post and i have read the content as they have made it available on their web, including English and Tamil translations.some individuals within CPA I'm told, attempts to paint that the 'threat' is made by a Sinhala nationalist group but i doubt the source or origins of the letter according to them.

Groups who oppose CPA ,whom with a capability to strike, if there is such that is in existence don't give damn about CPA..nor JHU,PNM or NMAT dose! if that was the case then the JHU/PNM/NMAT hordes would have demonstrated in front of CPA and would have done some vandalism like what we saw over last couple of weeks at UK,Canada Embassies..

Forget the actual 'threat' for now but the fact is that I'm sure CPA will put this 'threat' to very good use to make noise (and raise funds! ) calling for more foreign meddling in furthering its interests (CPA's interests that is !) .

So who can be the source of this letter? look no further but i think its none other than Mr.Sunanda Desha-Apriya and his cahoots from FMM.

Am i making baseless allegations? No, i have solid reasons to think its him..and if someone from CPA or least connected to CPA is reading this post, please make note and dig a bit around FMM boys who used to hang about CPA..buy then few drinks and they will tell how this letter originated and why (?) it was sent.

As for CPA, its shameless how they go about with a Pro LTTE agenda but i think its more to do with CPA's funders' than CPA itself and the best way to fight them is to expose CPA's unethical practices to the world,not send stupid letters threatening them to comply with 'Ranaviru Celebrations' . after all why do we need CPA to celebrate when we have the whole country irrespective ethnic divisions celebrating the victory over LTTE terrorism as one!

Whether Prabakaran..?

I've been hearing so many rumors and speculation on the fate of LTTE Chief V.Prabakaran for the last couple of weeks now.. many include Prabakaran escaping via speed boat under cover of a massive Sea Tiger assault on the Navy petrol units (which happened last week..), and to be met by a LTTE charted/owned Freighter off the coast of Eastern Sri Lanka .... to claims such as Prabakaran escaped using a submarine..(which i think its too far fetched ,since we saw the embryonic state of LTTE R&D on building a Sub..when Forces captured some of such crafts under construction last month/Jan 09) .

And yesterday and today, there were speculations and rumors of Prabakaran's body found among group of LTTE dead, and is now in a Military base outside Colombo awaiting forensics (may be DNA testing..?). then according to a claim by surrendered (again cannot confirm) 'Senior Memeber' (as he is called!) and one time leader of EROS, T.Balakumar states that LTTE Chief V.Prabakaran was killed by LTTE when his attempt to escape failed or he got caught in a failed attempt to escape! [that's according to #LTTE on Twitter..]

However, i have no 'confidencial/highly placed sources' within the Military establishment nor Political leadership to verify or claim on the fate of Prabakaran but my simple question is, Is Prabakran any more relevant after the crushing defeat of the LTTEs Terrorist structure?

I think the more important strategic issue is to redirect focus on strengthening Unity of this country and may be establishing rule of law with the defeat of LTTE and its reign of Terror!

In the case of Prabakarans demise,the remnants of the LTTE both here and overseas (including ,now head less chicken like TNA,NGO mafia,Jehan Perera etc and of course not to forget those 'genocide' chanting hordes carrying LTTE terror flags in Western capitals ), i think this claim of "Silencing Guns" is a hint that under the helm of K.P or Kumaran Padmanadan or Selvarasa Pathmanathan ,the LTTE will go global with its war of Terror against Sri Lanka and best indications of such 'second genaration' terrorist campaign for a Eelam is the continued fire bombings and attacks on Sri Lankan missions abroad and other places of significance such as Buddhist temples etc.

Most LTTE sympathisers will continue to believe in a stay behind LTTE and a Continuation LTTE but the Government here will start the hearts and minds campaign to win Unity and Equality among the communities and the people living (and continue to call this home) in Sri Lanka.

Time has come for that and the people too are ready to embrace such change. i saw that walking on the streets of Anuradhapura today and I'm hopeful!

Karunanidhi too wants an Eelam...

This is getting better and better...i was reading crap on the Indian elections and hey presto..news wires say M.Karunanidhi, current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK chief had claimed that he too wants an Eelam..

Now I'm not certain if he was calling for a Eelam in India but assuming this Eelam is the same as this mythical Eelam, LTTE is trying or was trying to crate for the last 30 years in Sri Lanka then i must say things are certainly getting interesting.

I say interesting because , unless you believe in Tamil movies it can't be true and realistic..even if its true, Sri Lanka is not part of Tamil Nadu nor Greater India.we are a separate,sovereign country and whatever ruckus happens in Tamil Nadu stays there,only the Movies and the amateur theatrics of the Tamil Nadu politicians come here in form of news!

So the story is that, at an election rally for DMK trade unions Mr.Karunanidhi ,who just only last week or so, championed a 'ceasefire' for the LTTE in Sri Lanka following a 3 hour fast unto death (read my earlier post on that drama) stated that he had assumed the responsibilities of making all efforts so that an 'Eelam' is created.

Karunanidhi had said  "We have ensured a fair quantity of relief for Sri Lankan Tamils. As a next step, they should get Eelam and I assumed responsibilities of making all efforts to ensure that 'Eelam' is created"...OK, now its clear.. its not a Eelam in India as i feared in the start but the same old tune ..in Sri Lanka...!!!

Now I'm panting, getting sweat on my palm.. I'm nervous..nervous that if Mr.Karunanidhi says he is assuming responsibilities of making all efforts to ensure a Eelam is crated for Tamil people of Sri Lanka , then ITS GOING TO HAPPEN!

Now I'm worried, in loss of words..

But then, senses return, i catch hold of a breath and realise it was the same Karunanidhi who, for the last 20 years who promised so many for LTTE and the Tamil Political stooges of LTTE in Sri Lanka, that is making these claims..

So, rest assured i'm going to sleep tonight with no nightmares as long as i know its Karunanidhi who is at the helm of 'crating a Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils' project.

I've said this before, but wanted state again..i don't know the people of Tamil Nadu but i know for sure the Tamil people of this country are not idiots as Karunanidhi may expect to be, so i feel sad for the fellow..his armature theatrics may win him the election in Tamil Nadu but not the hearts and minds of the Sri Lankan Tamils..they have moved on after 30 years of suffering under an imposed nightmare called 'a separate state'.

A list visitors and fall of LTTE

A quick one..

I got on to a threeweeler today for a short hop and strike a conversation with the driver about the current state of the military operations in Vanni .he had an interesting theory on the steady stream of international A lists that come here to talk to the Govt and show sympathy to the Tamil people who are held by the LTTE as a human shield and shrapnel sponge! so this is his take...

He had seen the Defence Secretary Gota having a huddle with Yasushi Akashi today on TV..and recalls all the previous foreign emissaries who may have sat there in the same couch,thinking more or less the same..according the the threeweeler malli.."damn.. this mother fucker is sharp.." !!!! however, this had prompted him to think more into this 'phenomina' and ....

Then he says,"OK lets not talk about Gota",and start focusing on the A list again...and his fear is that the International community is sending plane loads of International high flyer's not only to cut out a bailout plan for the LTTE but also to buy time for them too...he (threeweeler malli!) explains each minute Gota spends with the IC reps is a minute saved from LTTEs ultimate destruction...

so his point is that western countries,failing to prevent the war are sending people constantly to talk to Govt hierarchy just so to tie them down from running the war effort! sounds more like a Machiavellian kind of conspiracy but still ....

hehe.. i think threeweeler malli's theory is an original worth an academic study!!!!!

Karunanidhi's Farce Unto Death for 'Sri Lankan Tamil cause'

It was a memorable day and a truly historic day too..just the day for me to write something down on this damn blog of mine..so as the day started there was Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi,who just of a whim realized the 'plight of the Sri Lankan Tamils'' and decided the only way for a solution is to make the supreme scarifies..

So he goes to some memorial in Chennai and then states " Despite the LTTE calling for a ceasefire, the Sri Lankan government has done nothing. Rajapakse has killed so many Tamils. Let him consider me also. I am fasting for the Sri Lankan Tamil cause" and thus the great hero of Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu started his farce, a farce unto death as his faithful daughter Kanimozi stated to media.

They say the decision to go on a farce was a spontaneous decision and Karunanidhi did not consult anyone,and of course can you consult any one on this? in your right mind you can't, especially if you had just finished a massive Breakfast in the first place!

To make matters worse DMK President and Karunanidhi's son MK Azhagiri (who is also contesting in election by the way!!) too went on a farce in Madurai saying "I am fasting for the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka in the same way as DMK leader Karunanidhi is doing"... "We will stop this only when there is ceasefire in Sri Lanka where innocent Tamils are being killed," he had further stated.

And then , pronto..some miracle happens..the Government in Sri Lanka 'yealds' to Indian Government pressure 'capitulates' and announce an end to all hostilities.jubilant Indian home Minister P.Chidambaram was heard on NDTV saying something like we didn't pleaded nor request with the Sri Lankan Government but India insisted (?) that war should be stopped and rehabilitation should start...

So according to Indians, the Sri Lankan Government has agreed to stop the war and let the LTTE return to its rightful place as the ruler of all Tamils in Vanni..wow,what a major achievement..but i read the statement of the Govt of SL on this and to my sheer horror finds nothing of sorts just something that says we're going to stop use of heavy weapons,Aerial bombardments,use of jets etc..WTF...was that not stopped last week since troops were more focuses on surgical strikes inside the small territory?

Then i realize...poor basterds were duped by the MR boys!

Anyway, lets forget all that and move back to Karunanidhi's farce..so, just as this 'break through' was announced , the jubilant Karunanidhi realising his efforts, his sole efforts had turned the tables on the Sri Lankana Government and realizing he,single handed had saved the LTTE from brink of decimation and also the realizing the fact that the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils have been won, got up and ended his farce, just in time for a humongous Lunch!

However, Jayalalitha,leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) said the fast is a drama to gain political mileage out of the Sri Lankan Tamil issue and said "I accuse him of staging this drama of fasting just to fool the people..," but we need not listen to her..she had called for a Separate State for Tamils in India or Sri Lanka (not so sure where exactly..) last week..and this drama talk is irrelevant here...

So with that i end my post about the escapades of the great 'champion' of Sri Lankan Tamil people, M Karunanidhi who only today started a farce unto death, just after his Breakfast and ended it just in time for Lunch.....


[P.S- i can't speak for people of Tamil Nadu but as for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, they have stopped eating such dead 'lanu' long ago..and that's something the leadership of the LTTE has realized recently, in a painful way too! ]

Captured LTTE Terror Tech and Armament in Vanni sector

Army reported today and then saw on Rupavahini news of the #13th Artillery that was captured from the LTTE so far..although the gun had sustained considerable damage following an air attack some weeks back, it still had the markings and the main components and was seen being towed away by a Military Truck.

And then there is a this latest acquisition, the destroyed LTTE T-55 Main Battle Tank! this tank was hit by counter fire from Sri Lanka Army Tanks while it engaged in LTTE defensive attacks in Puttukkudirippu area and was destroyed by sustained fire from Army Tanks and had toppled over into a ditch..

It was ,again shown on news today after it was upturned and taken out of the ditch. news claimed that it had remains of the bodies of three LTTE carders, presumably the crew of the tank, some unidentified type of shells, and some other contents intact along with the manufacturers operating manual!

Apart from the fact that its now being use as a weapon to attack Ranil Wikramasingha and his "Peace Talks' as the Rupavahi claim that it was brought to Sri Lanka by the LTTE from overseas during Peace talks...but so far they didn't claim it was brought inside bags of LTTE peace talk delegates..as that's the regular practice for any significant weapon found on the battle field.

However the methods of procurement, its time the Ministry of Defence set up a proper Weapons Forensics Team to look into all this captured equipments and chart out the origins of the such technology and armaments , just so that in the coming future the Government can engage in whatever way to thus deny such sources from being used by the LTTE or any other of its successors!

Also, it will be a good lessons learned for the International Community and interested States to clamp down on illegal arms trade that fuel so many bloody conflicts of the world.

May be by doing so,we might be able to uncover some of the missing 'humaniterian aid and funds' that poured into Vanni during the last couple of decades too..

Fwd: FW: Gas [ pada / fart?] Attack in Colombo VERY SOOOOONNNNNNN.......

I'm getting sick of this 'Gas Attack' Threat Advisory that i got 13 times so far from different people within the last 10 days!

PEOPLE WHO SEND THIS KIND OF E-MAILS HAVE NO F..KING CLUE!
  
There is no effective way to survive a Chemical warfare agent on a civilian population, unless advance warning is issued to the population ( not this kind of warning!!!)  who have some sort of prior training/access to protective equipment etc.!and are supported by Early Warning system including Air Sampling/Remote Sensors etc.

Only marginally successful awareness/training/preparedness of a population on NBC attacks was in Israel,when they prepped their Northern Settlements for possible NBC attack in the 90s just before first Gulf War and few years later according to a leaked Israel Govt.report had stated that they perceived the 4 year long prep was with marginal results and in an event of such attack ,even in the scale of Tokyo attack would have left the population to mass panic ,with only people who may have a chance of escape using the gas masks/shelters would be families of Israel Defence Force personal while rest of the general population would perish/survive with injuries!

Someone needs to write to this Police guy and the ANCL lady as this is nothing but blatant scare mongering and spamming exercise!!! ! the ANCL Lady seems to be in close contact with 'MI' and her list of threat locations are at times hilarious! fact is the list covers all the urban towns of Colombo city minus majority Tamil areas!

And if there is a likely threat, then it should be the responsibility of the Govt (??) to prep the people of such threats.[we know well, thats not going to happen!!!!]
  
I kinda like the one of the ways of surviving Mustard Gas " 4. Do not vomit, drink milk "..
what the f..k..? Allied forces in WW1 should have issued such warnings/advisory with loads of milk to its troops in the western front during the height of Mustard gas attacks !!!!!

I'm not an expert on chemical warfare but from what i understand, CS gas is a non-lethal riot control agent that's whats called 'tear gas' in normal parlance, and the Military version of the CS is much stronger and are used in fighting in urban areas to flush out people from closed places without harming them.however, Military use of CS is now banned following the 1997 Chemical Warfare Convention,but Law Enforcement agencies and Police use the more toned down version of CS, and known as, like i mentioned before 'tear gas' in crystallized form for riot control.

The deadly Chlorine attack in Japan took place in an underground subway and the culprits , the Aum Shinrikio Sect used a big 100kg drum to kill a dozen ppl..

Since October 2008, LTTE has being using tear gas (not Military version of CS [TZ342] against Army Troops in Vanni, especially in defending LTTEs FDLs ,with not much impact on the troops other than as a delaying tactic as the forward assault units in practice don't carry masks with them as its a hindrance for their mobility to carry extra stuff, though front line troops are equipped with such protective masks!
  
In the context of mass attack as expected in Colombo, the LTTE would need huge supply of gas, have to have a way to transport it to a staging area and would need elaborate ways of delivering it to its targets, ie. open public spaces etc..

But we all know that we are at a time when the LTTE is finding hard even to blast a small parcel bomb in a remote part of Colombo,against their capability to strike as they wised just a few years back..its hard to believe in a mass attack in this context and the use of Aircraft to drop chemical bombs too.

LTTE Aircraft (provided if any operational planes survived the Army attacks so far..) have a payload of around 250-350kg, as seen from previous attacks! so even if they undertake a, one off Air attack (provided they have take off strip /manage to counter the present Air Defence network ) using chemical agents , it might not yield that much of a kill ratio that's enough to make a considerable impact.
  
Therefor dissemination of bogus/spam messages, even with good intentions, can harm the public . Besides, the dissemination of such messages quite often creates unnecessary panic/anxiety, prompts public to take wrong/counterproductive measures and otherwise puts unnecessary strain on already overloaded Security/Health resources.  

I really hope these people would take note and refrain from forwarding similar messages in the future.

        below is the 'Threat Advisory' thats being circulated en mass!

BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY...

Subject: !!!!! Gas Attack in Colombo VERY SOOOOONNNNNNN.......
   Dear All Friends TO BE ALERT ..
According to latest Intelligence reports, the LTTE has decided to
attack both military and civilian targets in the South to disrupt
civilian life as much as possible. MI warns of an LTTE plan to attack
   several major cities simultaneously including Colombo and cause
widespread panic and fear among civilians.
Borella
Nugegoda
Pettah
Kottawa
Homagama
Maharagama
Buses and Railway
Kandy-bus stand and railway station
   Gampola
The WTC twin towers,
Colombo
harbour and
the city of Kandy
are said to be among primary targets of the LTTE. According to MI,
LTTE intelligence cadres 'disguised as beggars', differently-abled
   people and sales representatives have already been
deployed to gather intel on these targets...
Send this to all your relatives & friends in Sri Lanka and inform them
to be alert.
Miss.Nadira.Gunatilleke
   Staff.Journalist
Daily.News(www.dailynews.lk)
ANCL
--
Gas Attack in Colombo VERY SOOOOONNNNNNN.......
   Its always beyond our comprehension, it's unimaginable sometimes. But
it always happened making us helpless and ashamed. Our defenses denied
LTTE having aircrafts. Proclaimed to shoot them down the moment they
   are airborne. Blamed people like Iqbal Athas as traitors for reporting
it. But now it has become a fact, they managed to invade our airspace
six times and escape without a scratch.
Recently media reported that LTTE is planning to use chemical weapons.
   Our defenses denied it bluntly, weeks after that they attacked our
army using chemical weapons. Well its said to be none lethal version,
CS gas. But this news is startling. It's reported that some of our
soldiers became ill after that.
   What if LTTE use these weapons on civilians, CS gas in a fully packed
bus could be lethal enough to kill many innocent people. Or they could
even use a lethal gas like Chlorine.Like in Japan.LTTE will only have
  minor effect on our army. If they use gas in open areas .Chemical
weapons are successful only if they are deployed in large amounts,
Possibly from air. But there is a possibility of LTTE using chemical
weapons on civilians. Government should take necessary steps in
advising the public of ways to survive a gas attack.
   Lets not wait to close the gate after the horse has run away. These
are some ways to survive Mustard or chlorine attack.
Chlorine Gas
1.Yellow,green gas with the strong smell of bleach might be chlorine
2.Move quickly into an area with clean air
   3. try to hold your breath until you move away.
3. Don't stay indoors
4. Move to higher ground ( chlorine is denser than air)
5. Pee on a cloth and hold it to your nose (urine crystallize
chlorine, this could be very useful . for our army).
   6. Remove cloths which touched the gas.
7. Do not vomit.
8. Wash your body throughly.
9. Stay calm, panicking may increase the amount of gas that you inhale
10. Don't try to cover your kids face, try to cover your nose first
   then you can help the kids
Mustard Gas
1. Burning or itching on the skin or onion smell gas is a sign of musted gas
2.Move to higher ground
3.Cover your skin to avoid burning
4. Do not vomit, drink milk
   5. Wash your body throughly.
If you have any other information please add-up, Can anyone translate
this into sinhala and tamil post in a blog, or circulate among people.
It Could be useful, lets not wait until the government do it, they are
   always late.
----
Dear All,
Please take all possible preventive measures on the interest of
security in your work places, homes, markets, schools, banks,
vehicles, trains, bus stops, temples, churches or where ever you move
   out. It may be on the road during your day to day business in the
future because, information has been received that very serious
calamity is been planed out by the LTTE to cause in the south or
central, in the coming period.
   Take care of your children more than any other times and educated all
inmates of homes, office,schools or else where.
Special attention have to be taken for those in the security services
and their homes etc.
   Please educate all your friends and relations on this to take adequate
care to avoid mass escalations to human lives and their properties.
if any suspicious person even a beggar is noticed by you, take steps
quickly to inform security authorities and the people around.
   See mail below for your interest.
With best regards
Caesar Ranaweera,

Contingent Commander for Sri Lanka ,
Team Leader/ Internal Evaluation Unit,
Police Commissioner's Office,
United Nations Mission in Timor Leste
   Caicoli, Obrigado,
Dili,
Tel:+670-3312210 Ext. 4606
Mobile :+ 670-7319012
Via Australia +61(8)89463900 Ext.4607
Via NY+212-9630099 Ext 4607
ranaweerac@un.org
   decaesar49@hotmail.com


    

Happy New Year - a Peaceful 2009

Let us hope that this new year provides Peace & Justice to a world in need and usher an era of Peace & Prosperity to Sri Lanka, with an end to this murderous War and the Scourge of the LTTE.

My prayers to all the innocent who lost their lives amidst the war,
the ones who died fighting for the freedom of this country and..
for those who lost their lives while fighting for a myth,
after all they too are one of us!

Let this new year bring peace of mind to all ordinery people of Sri Lanka and rest of the World..to all those who are tired of war and destruction,dirty politics and bad economics!

Tinker of Colombo.