Velupillai Prabhakaran, líder da LTTE"It has been revealed that the LTTE supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been killed owing to the attacks of the advancing troops today, in the morning"
Sri Lanka ha puesto fin a 26 años de guerra civil contra los Tigres de Liberación de la Tierra Tamil (LTTE). El jefe del Alto Estado Mayor del Ejército, general Sarath Fonseka, ha confirmado la muerte del fundador de la guerrilla -a quien los tigres veneraban como a un dios-, Velupillai Prabhakaran, y de sus dos comandantes más cercanos, cuando trataban de huir del último kilómetro de tierra en que se habían atrincherado. "Hemos liberado todo el país", ha declarado Fonseka tras anunciar la derrota total de los LTTE.Não é surpresa que a população Tâmil do estado indiano de Tamil Nadu, tenha se desesperado com a morte de seu líder e da destruição do exército que por anos a fio financiaram e depositaram as esperanças de um pátria independente.
La muerte de Prabhakaran se ha difundido de inmediato a través de SMS por toda la isla y entre la extensa comunidad tamil de India, cuyos líderes llegaron a pedir al Gobierno durante la pasada campaña electoral que invadiera Sri Lanka e impidiera que el Ejército cingalés siguiera "matando civiles tamiles indiscriminadamente".
Pelas informações que lemos nos jornais internacionais é fácil notar que o medo de um genocídio ainda maior não é injustificado.
According to United Nations data, 7,000 civilians have died in the conflict. International rights groups have accused the military of shelling the rebels in the war zone, killing large numbers of civilians who were being used as human shields. The government has denied the allegation.
Não é surpresa também que a China e a Rússia tenham se colocado contra qualquer discussão ou solução apra o conflito na ONU. Ambos tem questões internas de separatismo e nacionalismo para se preocupar, o primeiro massacra e acultura Tibetanos e Uigures e o segundo os mais de 50 povos que vivem em seu interior, como mostrei aqui e aqui.
China y Rusia han impedido hasta ahora que el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas abordara la cuestión de Sri Lanka. Ambos países, con derecho de veto y buenas relaciones con el Gobierno de Colombo, consideraban la guerra "un asunto interno".Interessa à China não levantar a questão dos direitos humanos e do genocídio visto que pratica os mesmos atos internamente e não interessa à Rússia levantar as mesmas questões, basta nos lembrarmos da Chechênia, Ingushétia e etc...
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Como mostrei aqui, os protestos continuam pelo mundo, agora (ou novamente) em Londres.
Tamils and their supporters demonstrating outside Britain's parliament on Monday refused to believe that Sri Lanka's long civil war was over or that separatist Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated.
Protesto em frente ao Parlamento Britânico"It's not true, no way," Sri Lankan-born Jey Moorthy, 23, said of Sri Lanka's declaration of total victory in one of the world's most intractable wars.
Police said 2,000 people took part in a noisy demonstration in central London calling for a ceasefire and help for civilians caught up in the conflict.
The protesters, some waving red Tamil flags or wearing fake bloodied bandages, sat down in a major intersection outside parliament, disrupting traffic.
They blocked a road leading to a key bridge over the River Thames, trapping buses and cars in the crowd. Scores of yellow-jacketed police officers faced the protesters, but police said the protest was peaceful and there were no arrests far.
Moorthy, who said he was "proud to say I'm a Tamil Tiger," did not believe a Sri Lankan state television report that rebel leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran had been killed.
"I don't think my leader (is) dead," he said. Even if he was killed another leader would emerge in his place, he said. "It's going to continue. We are not going to leave it like this."
The United States, the European Union and India regard the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a terrorist group.
Samsunnisa Noorhul-Halim, 25, born in London to South Indian Tamil parents, said the war was "never ever over" and the Tamil Tigers were never defeated.
"I do want peace, don't get me wrong, there's a lot of people that have suffered from this, but at the same time ... it's (about) human dignity," she said. "There's civilians there who are trapped. There's innocent people who are being killed."
Indra Poopalapillai, 34, a Tamil, accused the Sri Lankan government of telling lies. The Tamil Tigers were not finished, he shouted emotionally, adding: "They are coming back again."
While the London protesters demanded action from Britain, demonstrators in Colombo threw rocks at the British High Commission and tossed a burning effigy of Foreign Secretary David Miliband inside. Miliband is seen in Sri Lanka as sympathetic to the pro-rebel lobby.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in a phone conversation on Monday the United Nations and other international agencies would have access to people who fled the conflict, Brown's spokesman said.
Em Paris também houveram protestos, segundo a Reuters.
Protesto próximo ao Grand Palais, Paris
Supporters of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) stage a protest near the Grand Palais (in background) in Paris, May 18, 2009. Sri Lanka declared total victory on Monday in one of the world's most intractable wars, after killing the separatist Tamil Tigers' leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran and taking control of the entire country for the first time since 1983. Special forces troops killed Prabhakaran as he tried to flee the war zone in an ambulance early on Monday, state television reported.
Paris
