"It is a day very, very significant - not only to us Sri Lankans but to the entire world, we have been able to defeat one of the most heinous terrorist groups in the world", said the Srilankan President after their self-proclaimed victory over the Tamil tigers. Amongst all these victory speeches, sweets and fire-crackers, the pain and plead of thousands of Tamil citizens entrapped between the two forces remain unnoticed. On one hand the LTTE used them as human shields and on the other hand Srilankan forces made no discrimination between LTTE terrorists and Tamil citizens during war.
Over 3,00,000 people are living in camps in northern Srilanka, where situations are worst than it were in the Nazi camps. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was the first international figure to get the first hand experience of war affected areas. Moon during his visit to Sri Lanka accepted that the situation in most camps were unhygienic and unlivable, with possibility of epidemics. The world community have jumped into the relief work including India, which played a silent spectator while this genocide took place.
Prabhakaran is dead, LTTE has been beheaded and probably a lost entity now. The 25 years of terror and fierce existence of LTTE has come to an end, but the basic problem remains the same. Without a pressure group will the Tamils get justice in Sri Lanka. Inorder to please the international community Rajpakse has also promised to provide Tamils with equal status in Sri Lanka. On the other hand the UN has accused Sri Lankan Govt. of war crimes. Time will tell if the Sri Lankan President will get an opportunity to keep his promise or not, but as of now the bruises are deep and it needs lots of care and affection to cure so that another Prabhakaran doesn't take birth.
Over 3,00,000 people are living in camps in northern Srilanka, where situations are worst than it were in the Nazi camps. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was the first international figure to get the first hand experience of war affected areas. Moon during his visit to Sri Lanka accepted that the situation in most camps were unhygienic and unlivable, with possibility of epidemics. The world community have jumped into the relief work including India, which played a silent spectator while this genocide took place.
Prabhakaran is dead, LTTE has been beheaded and probably a lost entity now. The 25 years of terror and fierce existence of LTTE has come to an end, but the basic problem remains the same. Without a pressure group will the Tamils get justice in Sri Lanka. Inorder to please the international community Rajpakse has also promised to provide Tamils with equal status in Sri Lanka. On the other hand the UN has accused Sri Lankan Govt. of war crimes. Time will tell if the Sri Lankan President will get an opportunity to keep his promise or not, but as of now the bruises are deep and it needs lots of care and affection to cure so that another Prabhakaran doesn't take birth.
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