<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:21:31.962-07:00</updated><category term='eelam'/><category term='ஈழம்'/><title type='text'>Justice in Sri Lanka through a referendum</title><subtitle type='html'>The Sri Lankan ethnic conflict has taken more than 80000 lives with no solution in sight. The most peaceful and just solution to the conflict is for the suffering people to be able to vote in an UN administered referendum on whether they would like to remain in Sri Lanka or separate to form Tamil Eelam.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148.post-3331523913606729628</id><published>2009-05-11T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T14:29:05.755-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Please sign the online petition for help suffering Eelam Tamils</title><content type='html'>Yesterday (May 10, 2009) saw the Sri Lankan government escalate its genocide of its own citizens. More than 300 killed and 1000 wounded. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please sign this petition to the US Congress:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rallycongress.com/2/1893/please-stop-government-sponsored-genocide-in-sri-lanka"&gt;Please stop the genocide in Sri Lanka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5357600442682300148-3331523913606729628?l=foreelam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/3331523913606729628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5357600442682300148&amp;postID=3331523913606729628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/3331523913606729628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/3331523913606729628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/2009/05/please-sign-online-petition-for-help.html' title='Please sign the online petition for help suffering Eelam Tamils'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148.post-2752653664127282114</id><published>2008-09-10T08:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T08:34:26.679-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sri Lankan government creating another Darfur</title><content type='html'>The Sri Lankan government has asked all international aid agencies to leave the Tamil minority region under assault from government forces. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reqion in the North of the country referred to as "Wanni" is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster as the government continues with its "slow genocide" of the Tamils.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI11Df03.html"&gt;Asia Times&lt;/a&gt; says that the Sri Lankan government even operates camps similar to the Nazi camps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;These camps are strictly policed and offer very limited freedom of mobility for inmates. Since civilian escapees from Wanni are all suspected of loyalties to the LTTE, the camps are subject to screening and "weeding out" operations by security forces. One informed international aid official likened them to Nazi concentration camps.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will the international community act in time to save the suffering people of Wanni?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5357600442682300148-2752653664127282114?l=foreelam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/2752653664127282114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5357600442682300148&amp;postID=2752653664127282114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/2752653664127282114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/2752653664127282114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/2008/09/sri-lankan-government-creating-another.html' title='Sri Lankan government creating another Darfur'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148.post-5962323359087987102</id><published>2008-08-13T11:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T11:52:25.844-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ஈழம்'/><title type='text'>Desperate plight of Tamil civilians</title><content type='html'>This BBC article brings to light suffering Tamil people in Sri Lanka are bearing due to the war strategy of the Sri Lankan government:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7558467.stm"&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7558467.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article also touches upon the fact that the international community (India especially) has sought to ignore the plight of the Tamils.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much better it would be if the people of the North and East of Lanka are provided with the opportunity to vote in an UN administered referendum to decide how they want to be administered (in a new country - Tamil Eelam or as part of Sri Lanka).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5357600442682300148-5962323359087987102?l=foreelam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/5962323359087987102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5357600442682300148&amp;postID=5962323359087987102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/5962323359087987102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/5962323359087987102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/2008/08/desperate-plight-of-tamil-civilians.html' title='Desperate plight of Tamil civilians'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148.post-8739416255965170601</id><published>2008-08-08T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T14:27:31.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The US role in Sri Lanka</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;There are two possible view points for the US to approach the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Justice view&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Incumbency view&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Basis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;All freedom loving people have the right to self determintaion and happiness like the American people.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;We are a sovereign nation and we will always support another sovereign nation even if they treat their minorities badly.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Its obvious that a great nation like the United States of America should primarily base its opinion on the justice view. However, in reality the US has been a friend of the Sri Lankan government and its anti-minority war.&lt;table border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;USA&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sri Lanka&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Tamil Eelam (future)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Form of government&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Secular, open democracy&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td&gt;Theocractic oppressive democracy&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Secular, open democracy&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Minority Rights&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Best standards in the world&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td&gt;One of the worst in the world - only nation to have aerially bombed its minorities for 22 years.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Will seek to establish minority rights based on the western model&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Will the United States of America help secure justice for the suffering people of Tamil Eelam by supporting a referendum?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5357600442682300148-8739416255965170601?l=foreelam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/8739416255965170601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5357600442682300148&amp;postID=8739416255965170601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/8739416255965170601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/8739416255965170601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/2008/08/us-role-in-sri-lanka.html' title='The US role in Sri Lanka'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357600442682300148.post-2879516656358331003</id><published>2008-08-08T13:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T13:54:44.322-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eelam'/><title type='text'>Why is a referendum in the North East of Sri Lanka the best option to solve the ethnic conflict</title><content type='html'>A referendum is the most peaceful and democratic means of solving the ethnic conflict that has already taken more than 80000 lives. The referendum is not just for Tamils, but for all traditional inhabitants of the North and East provinces along the lines of Quebec/Canada, Eritea/Ethiopia, Indonesia/East Timor etc.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5357600442682300148-2879516656358331003?l=foreelam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/feeds/2879516656358331003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5357600442682300148&amp;postID=2879516656358331003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/2879516656358331003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5357600442682300148/posts/default/2879516656358331003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreelam.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-is-referendum-in-north-east-of-sri.html' title='Why is a referendum in the North East of Sri Lanka the best option to solve the ethnic conflict'/><author><name>Peace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07175447472127023158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
