President Mahinda Rajapaksa launched a most surprising attack on me in a speech he made in Kurunegala on November 15th.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Norwegian International Development Minister and former special peace envoy Eric Solheim in Geneva Pic by Sudath Silva
I will not speculate as to what motivates such an attack, coming as it does at the start of the election campaign. Since I have no intention whatsoever of letting myself be dragged into the upcoming elections, I will thus only restate obvious facts well known to everyone – President Rajapaksa included:
– Norway as the third, facilitating party to the Sri Lankan peace process financed neither the LTTE in general nor its military operations in particular.
– Norway made economic resources available to the LTTE peace secretariat in order to assist them in engaging more fully with the ongoing peace process. This included a radio transmitter. This, moreover, was done with the full knowledge of the Government of Sri Lanka under different leaders, including during the period when Mahinda Rajapaksa was prime minister. As with all our peace efforts in Sri Lanka, transparency with respect to the government in Colombo was total.
– In the years before Mahinda Rajapaksa became President I met him dozens of times, and kept him fully informed of all the main elements of the peace process. As a government minister, and later as Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa was always fully supportive of our peace aims, and both encouraged Norway to continue and asked us to keep him informed of developments. We were and are grateful for that fruitful cooperation.
– After the 2005 presidential election President Rajapaksa publicly asked Norway to continue in its role as facilitator of the peace process, and invited me personally to visit Sri Lanka. Thereafter President Rajapaksa made a number of political requests that he asked me to convey on his behalf to LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. All these messages were duly communicated on to the LTTE leadership, and the killings ceased for a period. At the time the president also expressed his gratitude for this both to Norway and to myself personally.
– When we last met in 2010, President Rajapaksa as a recognition of Norway´s peace efforts invited me to come back to Sri Lanka, visit the country and experience the peace.
Further details on all these issues will be made public in spring 2015 in a book detailing the Norwegian peace engagement in Sri Lanka authored by UK journalist and author Mark Salter, in co-operation with Vidar Helgesen and myself.
Regarding the enquiry initiated by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2014, I consider it the duty of everyone with relevant information – Sri Lankans and foreigners alike – to provide the best possible knowledge – and in full honesty – regarding war crimes allegedly committed by both the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka. The United Nations can only function as the leading global organization if we all assist in implementing important decisions taken both by the Secretary General and the UN’s subsidiary bodies.
Erik Solheim,
Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee
srilal / November 17, 2014
Wow , Earth shattering revaluations by Eric S !
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Davidson Panabokke / November 17, 2014
Decent, logical and courteous.It’s
Not earth-shattering to me.
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Ben Hurling / November 17, 2014
Well done Solheim!
For revealing what a hypocrite our King is. Behind the scene he worked very eagerly with both VP & Norway.
Only to turn around and mislead the stupid, ethno-religious minded Sri Lankan electorate. Only a moment later. When it suited his dynasty building project.
What a deception! This is how most Sri Lankan politicians roll. King Kong is the champion among all of them though.
Cheers!
PS: Solheim, just like our King skillfully avoided very valid questions about fund flow from Norway to LTTE war chest for 30 years. And why LTTE was never considered a terrorist outfit. Do not forget Solheim is a politician too.
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J.muthu / November 17, 2014
Don’t forget Ben dummy
u r another Sinhala fool too….typical fool never use his thick skull…
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Taraki / November 18, 2014
We all are aware that our shameless Joker muthu talks from both ends and would utter anything that come to his mind that he feel is in favour of Eelam.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
Taraki
“our shameless Joker muthu”
Could we hear a few muthu’s joke.
“talks from both ends”
Thanks for your info.
I always thought J muthu was a ventriloquist.
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Native Vedda / November 17, 2014
Ben Hurling
“Solheim, just like our King skillfully avoided very valid questions about fund flow from Norway to LTTE war chest for 30 years.”
Please be more specific, do you want to know whether the government of Norway funded LTTE for its war efforts. Are you complaining about the funds collected from LTTE supporters?
“And why LTTE was never considered a terrorist outfit.”
It depended on a general consensus among the players, Hindia, USA, and Sri Lanka, rules were decided based on nature of of the game they were going to play with LTTE and what was the goal they set out to achieve.
Note Sri Lanka didn’t reimpose ban on LTTE until early 2009. Sri Lanka was part of the game.
Ben don’t think like Weerawansa, Champika, K A Sumana, Nuisance, Lal loo, and other rural folks (goday thinking).
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Ben Hurling / November 18, 2014
Native,
LTTE front groups were collecting funds from the Norwegian organizations, the public & the Diaspora for 30 years.
To finance, to provide material support & to run propaganda. For what was the worst terror outfit the world had ever seen. Can you show me a single persecution of LTTE front groups in Norway? There is none. Zero. There was total tolerance. A blind eye policy, if you wish. Solheim should make an effort to explain all that to Sri Lankan people.
In sharp contrast to how Norway reacts to any terror outfit that would threaten Western interests. This was hypocrisy at its’ best.
May I remind you Norway has been fighting Taliban for 10 years. Will soon send military support against Islamic State. Rightfully so. However, they had concluded Sri Lanka somehow did not have the right to stand up and fight the LTTE. Why?
Coz’ Norway’s response & solution to bloody LTTE destruction of Sri Lanka was very much “White Man’s Burden” driven. Arrogant, ignorant & patronizing to Sri Lankan people.
All that naïve stupidity of Solheim was cunningly used by the LTTE. Who of course had no intention of negotiating a dignified solution from day one. It was all an eyewash by LTTE.
LTTE killed thousands of people during the “Please Process”. Stocked more weapons. Prolonged the agony of war for all Sri Lankans.
Only benefit to Sri Lanka was the split in the LTTE as Karuna broke away. After seeing the world outside Vanni. Karuna realized it was possible to co-exist with the enemy in the 21st century. Largely thanks to the Norwegian backed “Please Process”. That was an un-intentional, only positive by-product of Solheim’s Circus.
Beyond that, we owe hell of a lot to average SLA soldier. They perished in mosquito infested trenches of Vanni. A whole 25 000 of them. To make sure you and I can walk anywhere in our own country. Again.
Cheers!
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
Ben Hurling
“LTTE front groups were collecting funds from the Norwegian organizations, the public & the Diaspora for 30 years.”
You have to be more specific
Norwegian organizations –
name them,
state whether they are part of Norwegian state or charities, or private owned institutions.
Is it illegal to raise funds from public?
“To finance, to provide material support & to run propaganda.”
Please state what or how much exactly the Norwegian state offered to LTTE in terms of finance, material, and propaganda?
“Can you show me a single persecution of LTTE front groups in Norway?”
Prosecution on what ground?
“Solheim should make an effort to explain all that to Sri Lankan people”
If you have specific concerns, you should let us know the details of all such concerns, name, date, address nature of crime, value of funds, who paid whom,……
What was Sri Lankan Embassy doing in Oslo while those “illegal” activities were being actively pursued by LTTE? What were the military attaches doing there in Norway for the previous 30 years? Having a good life? Has the Embassy prepared a dossier on LTTE containing all its dodgy activities? If yes why is the Embassy sitting on it? If no why didn’t the collect, prepare and provide all information to Norwegian police? The Embassy also has its own operatives among Tamils. What the hell were they doing all these years. Does the SL government seriously want to take up the issue with the Norwegian government?
The public spatting by clan and its cronies has always been for domestic consumption, preserving MR’s image, keeping an eye on vote banks and its own wealth.
Let see your charge sheet supported by evidence then we could collectively decide to hand it over to Norwegian.
“we owe hell of a lot to average SLA soldier.”
You owe hell of lot to Hindians, VP, …bringing the war to close and you should bring mass murder charges against your Sinhala/Buddhists politicians for killing the soldiers in large numbers.
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Javi. / December 11, 2014
Maravilloso!
Yet it would never go into the head of Ben the Bad Guy Hurling.
Success is relative. Western Democracy permits scum to write verse while neither Russia, China or Cuba tolerates them.
Like the rest of rattons he has moved ship but fear to jump because of his fascist visors.
Ciao
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Native Vedda / November 17, 2014
Ben Hurling
FYI
LTTE was not banned by Sri Lanka between February 2002 and January 2009.
Why?
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AVB / November 18, 2014
Group of Scandinavian countries are the most respected group of countries in the world. Their per capita donations for less fortunate countries/people are usually highest in the world.
When Sinhalese political leader like MR says even a Scandinavian country is bad, then whole S-Buddhists says that country is evil.. Even when a specific person from these respected country who come forward( ask by their Gov) to help SL using his countrymen’s TAX money, MR says that person is bad, he is a womaniser, then for all S-Sinhalese Buddhist Guppies, it is a fact. Then MR type leader says Putin and Sadam Husain are great leaders.. Whole Sinhalese Guppies just believe it like God’s truth….
When MR type leader says NGOs are bad, then whole bunch of Guppies says NGOs are the cruelest Orgs in the world.
when IMF ask how the loan money is utilised, the S- Leader says , IMF interfere with internal affairs, then for S-Buddhist Guppies, IMF is the cruel face of West or Loan shark….
S-Buddhists are Just like Guppy fish, follow the leader.. When a single Goldfish crosses Guppy line, Guppies see Goldfish as ugly beast going in the wrong direction….. How sad…
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george / November 18, 2014
AVB do you belong to the wonderful Goldfish race? A pity this Goldfish has no brains to show. Don’t waste valuable space by posting irrelevant comments. If you dislike sinhala buddhist guppies that is your problem, but remember if you do not like living with them you ought to find a different fish tank than the Ealam tank.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“Don’t waste valuable space by posting irrelevant comments.”
It is up to CT to decide, and may I remind you its none of your business.
“If you dislike sinhala buddhist guppies that is your problem,”
Sinhalese and Buddhists too dislike Sinhala/Buddhists. Those Sinhala/Buddhists are not just AVB’s problem they are the real menace to this entire island.
“but remember if you do not like living with them you ought to find a different fish tank than the Ealam tank.”
Much easier if the Sinhala/buddhists went back or relocated to their ancestral homeland in North/South India.
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george / November 18, 2014
Ben it amazes me to read your comment. In one sentence you call MR “our King” and in the next sentence you call the nation “the stupid, ethno-religious minded Sri Lankan electorate”. Are you or are you not a SriLankan, if so thanks for describing your intelligence.
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Ben Hurling / November 18, 2014
George my man,
“Our King” is sarcasm. Heard of it?
Sri Lankan electorate is indeed stupid. How do you think we ended up in this bloody mess otherwise?
With a whopping 18 tinkering jobs to our constitution alone since independence. And still counting.
Sri Lankan electorate is also ethno-religiously “narrow minded”. A large chunk of it.
Cunning, power-hungry politicians have been exploiting this insecurity since 1948. This stupid state of mind applies to Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in equal measure.
Cheers!
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Javi. / December 11, 2014
George his destination is Utopia concept.
While Mugabe loves him and elk like him- sihala buddhist.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 17, 2014
What more do you need? Do you want Solhein to say that he was the person who carried the ransom/bribe to VP in 2005?
Considering the much awaited elections here, Solheim is being very discrete and diplomatic. However, he is hinting at revelations in the book expected in early spring’2015.
Dr.RN
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soma / November 19, 2014
No Doctor. Why wait so many years to “expose”?
Surely killing innocent civilians is a serious matter. If he came out with with what he knew immediately after the war I certainly would have considered him in high regard. If MR flattered him on his marvelous job as a facilitator he would not have come out with his revelations of civilian deaths. Dear Dr what level of significance and urgency YOU attach to civilian deaths? Would YOU have waited till someone launches an investigation long years after?
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MirakRajBanda / November 17, 2014
MaRa will regret now why he dragged Solheim intentionally or unintentionally by the day before booze into his foot and mouth lies. He thinks he owns a silver tongue in between his beer lips!!!!
It reminds me he invited channel 4 journalists to ”tea with the president” and sent goons to attack them on their way to Jaffna.
He knows the double game!!!!
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george / November 17, 2014
Mr. Solheim even after reading your response you have not convinced me of your transparency. All what you have stated is what we have read in the past. Nothing new. You failed to respond to the main allegation levelled at you. It is no secret that GOSL and even MR invited you to be a facilitator (they had no option but to obey the west dominated UN) but the crux of the matter is your continuous closeness to the LTTE organisation during this time at the expense of GOSL. You as a facilitator was assigned to do an impartial task but you embarked on a skewed job throughout.
Just answer if there were financial gains
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Native Vedda / November 17, 2014
george
“but the crux of the matter is your continuous closeness to the LTTE organisation during this time at the expense of GOSL.”
As they say, keep your friends close, your enemies closer.
Norway was sent to weaken and destroy LTTE.
This is something similar to how Norwegians helped to stop Palestinian first Intifada and then weaken it. They never recovered from the day Arafat signed the peace deal.
You need bit of a sophisticated approach to your analysis and comment. I don’t expect it from a Tamil or a Sinhalese.
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george / November 18, 2014
” They say , keep your friends close, your enemies closer”. Who was the idiot who made this remark? never heard this before. Also get your facts correct before you attempt to laud Norway as a successful negotiator. They failed in every attempt in negotiating in the past including that with the Palestenians. They are being used by the west to portray them as being neutral. In reality they are no different to US and Europe. Let us be realistic. If the US, Britain or France become facilitators they will not be called impartial, would they?
My approach and analysis is correct and do not want your patronising. Also don’t bring in the race issue (Tamil or sinhalese). It is you who need a different analysis of this matter before commenting on my views. So over to you MATE!!
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“” They say , keep your friends close, your enemies closer”. Who was the idiot who made this remark?”
None other than the Chinese general & military strategist
Sun-tzu – (400 BC)
Read his other wise quotes if you really want to learn about the idiot:
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
(I suppose this is what the Norwegian did which is so subtle the stupid Sinhala/Buddhists were unable to comprehend.)
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy
“Also get your facts correct before you attempt to laud Norway as a successful negotiator.”
This what I wrote:
-Norway was sent to weaken and destroy LTTE.-
“They failed in every attempt in negotiating in the past including that with the Palestenians.”
This is what I wrote:
-This is something similar to how Norwegians helped to stop Palestinian first Intifada and then weaken it. They never recovered from the day Arafat signed the peace deal.-
“My approach and analysis is correct and do not want your patronising.”
Approach and analysis by stupid Sinhalese/Tamils can never be correct. Both people rage 24/7/52 basis hence both have no time to sit up and think through.
If you are wrong you are wrong. Wise up no one will dare to patronize you.
You have seen who the stupid Sun Tzu was. Sit up and ponder his thoughts. FYI he was not an arm chair general but a thinking man’s soldier.
“Also don’t bring in the race issue (Tamil or sinhalese).”
This island has been built on race hatred, race related violence and envy. So whats your problem?
I have the right to raise race issues because both of you have stolen my ancestral land.
Please think first before you start your next session of typing. I can wait.
Here is the home for the next twelve months, read, think(?), discuss. Let me know your progress every three months;
The Art of War
By Sun Tzu
http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
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AVB / November 18, 2014
George,
You guys are in mud, killing each other.. Then when an outsider come to tell both parties to stop killing each other and start talking.. guys like you are not bothered to use this help to stop this madness of killing each other, but instead putting all effort to judge and criticize the competence of negotiator/facilitator… Isn’t that sad…
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Lanka Muslim, UK / November 17, 2014
Dragging in ES shows desperate situation in which MR is. There will be more blunders MR will continue to make which will in turn make him getting involved in controversies and expose his fallacies further.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 17, 2014
Eric Solheim, in his words is only revealing what is known to everyone. He is holding back facts that are known to him and other Norwegians closely associate with him.
Dr.RN
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Sellam / November 17, 2014
Norway tried hard to bring peace to the country. Having negotiated a peace settlement, both parties were preparing for war. What can the Norwegians or anybody else for that matter can do. The people don’t expect what is being done in the background of a peace negotiations. Giving money or getting money or materials is another hypocritical move. Rajapaksa gave cores of Rupees to Prabaharan to win the first presidential elections.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
“He is holding back facts that are known to him and other Norwegians closely associate with him.”
During the peace process Hindians were briefed on a regular basis before and after meeting VP, MR, Chandrika, and SL officials.
If and when necessary Hindians are in a position to leak what went on between Eric and VP and MR. They had other sources to brief them on the information Eric shared with them.
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Namal Perera / November 17, 2014
We all are aware that our shameless Joker talk from both ends and would utter anything that come to his mind that he feel is in favour of him. He lies to all and would do anything to remain in power until his death as he cannot face anybody if the Regime changes and the family atrocities are exposed, the crazy family has no where to run.
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george / November 18, 2014
Namal try not to do the dirty work for Solheim. This isn’t the time to turn the gun on MR. Stick to the main issue. Deal with MR’s atrocities separately. You haven’t mentioned anything about Solheim’s nefarious activities during the war with LTTE. Does that mean Solheim was a true facilitator?
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“Stick to the main issue”
The main issue is MR, his clan, cronies, all those Sinhala/Buddhists who support MR, all MR’s ba**s carriers, you included.
“You haven’t mentioned anything about Solheim’s nefarious activities during the war with LTTE.”
What do you consider Solheim’s nefarious activities. Let us hear it from you.
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Sarwan / November 17, 2014
Why now after so many years.? To get the masses who are asses back into anti Tamilism/
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george / November 18, 2014
Sarwan,
Answer to your question is NO!. It is the UN that is hounding SL for so many years. It is relentless pressure from them to bring in an investigation. This Solheim guy who was the most corrupted facilitator has indicated his willingness to expose the GOSL and LTTE hiding behind the safety screen of the UN.
UN will not even want to consider a plea from GOSL to hold an impartial inquiry into Solheim’s activities. So you either lie back and take the flack or expose UN short comings. It isn’t the so called impartial body that is meant to be. We know how decisions are made to please the dominant players.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“It is the UN that is hounding SL for so many years.”
The UN has been protecting war mongers, war crime deniers and war criminals for many years, actually from 5th April 1971 to date. If UN meant business it would not have accepted the appointment of alleged war criminal as representative of this island.
If UN has been really hounding SL, it could have easily got some sort of resolution to stop killing between 1987 and 1990. It didn’t. UN did not interfere in Vanni war until after killing of civilian had been complete and the crime scene was wiped clean.
“This Solheim guy who was the most corrupted facilitator has indicated his willingness to expose the GOSL and LTTE hiding behind the safety screen of the UN.”
You got the answer as to why the clan is on Eric’s back.
“It isn’t the so called impartial body that is meant to be.”
When did you discover the obvious? Bravo.
“We know how decisions are made to please the dominant players.”
Seriously how?
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sunil / November 17, 2014
Dear Mr. Soleheim, That I feel your are not a honest clean man.I don;t understant why you are so much interest in Srilankan Tamil affaires. We will be able to solve what ever the problems they have with them amicabaly, because they are our brothers. But you are crying foul for your selfish goals. So I kindly request from you to stay away from our affairs. You cannot be a JESUS. you are Judas only. [Edited out]
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Lorenzo / November 17, 2014
Hey Sunil
Rajapakse dragged Soleheim to this argument so why keep quiet
Soleheim should tell the truth
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sunil / November 18, 2014
Do you think that Mr. Solleheim telling truth. Never, He is a dangerous gambler. He gamble with innocent human lives. He realy enjoy terroism and their brutial acts.This is what I feel so far through his activities.
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J.muthu / November 18, 2014
Sunil mahathaya don’t fool your self, just watch what NP chief minister said in india…..
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truth / November 18, 2014
” We will be able to solve what ever the problems they have with them amicabaly, because they are our brothers.”
This must be the joke of the century!! How many times since independence, the Sinhala brothers have killed, burnt alive, raped, robbed, imprisoned, white vanned, disappeared, bombed shelled, strafed, their helpless Tamil brothers!!!
How many agreements were thrown into the dustbin.
Are you guys not ashamed to say this. I have never seen a violent ethnic group than the Sinhalese. Something wrong with their Budhist religeon!! Every day you hear stories of people being wantonly killed by thuggish army navy and the police, illegal arrests, people being held in captivity without any reason up to now.
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Rajash / November 17, 2014
MR’s accusation of Mr. Solheim was carried in al Sinhala newspapers for the Sinhala Moadya’s to read.
Soleheim response will not even see the light of the day in Sri Lanka
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george / November 18, 2014
Rajash, Don’t underestimate sinhala modayas. They are perfectly able to read and understand other languages. I would like to read a transparent explanation from Solheim in English without the usual denial.
You like to consider Tamils are more intelligent than Sinhalese. This is the myth that brought your downfall. If that myth is correct why on earth are you not able to have a government of your own in any where in the world? Try to live peacefully with other races and respect them. You demand equal rights to Tamils, but would you give the same rights to sinhalese if you gain power one day without regarding them as unintelligent and subversive race? Your comments don’t convince me.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“They are perfectly able to read and understand other languages.”
They are perfectly able to read but miserably fail to grasp the finer points.
” I would like to read a transparent explanation from Solheim in English without the usual denial.”
It is perfectly alright to seek an explanation from Solheim. We too would like to read a transparent explanation from MR, Clan, money bag, … a few important issues:
We love to see a transparent statement from MR on the issue of bribing VP just before his first presidential elections, disclose the size of the bribe, where did he get that kind of money from?
The second issues is for him to disclose the nature and extent of war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated on this soil together with a list of names and details of victims?
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
george
“without regarding them as unintelligent and subversive race?”
I am not sure whether the Sinhala/Buddhists are/were subversive (you need bit of brain to be a subversive) but I am damn sure they are stupid like their Tamil brethren, your genetic make up and the comment you wrote about Sun-tzu are evidence to prove it.
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lakputhra / November 17, 2014
Well trust our president MR . He is our Leader, Protector and our Hero . As about you, we DO NOT trust you at all. You Keep off your Eyes, Ears, Nose,Tongue ,Body, and Mind off our country. In Common Language, you mind your own business and leave us alone.
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Know All / November 17, 2014
It is interesting to note that Solheim does not directly refute MR’s allegations. The gist of what he is saying that they always kept MR in the loop in regard to what was happening with the LTTE. One may even suggest that it is because MR was kept in the loop that he was aware of what Solheim was doing behind the scenes.
Anyway, for most of us, I don’t suppose, what either of these fellows says matters – we don’t trust either of them.
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Double standards / November 18, 2014
MR is may be the greatest crook on earth but Solhiem will come worse off everytime in comparison for us Sri Lankans- he played with human lives with little care – He should be tried for war crimes before anyone else.
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Shiro / November 17, 2014
That was said very diplomatically and with class. Unlike our Sri Lanka diplomatic goons, who assault and threaten, erik Solheim has nice exposed MR’s attempt to rally the naive in the country around him, and vote for him again. The Rajapaksa’s have many tricks in the bag to win the election, and this is one such trick.
It is strange he should bring Norway into the mix at this time. Cheap tricks.
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Lasantha / November 17, 2014
Another Hambanthota “Gan Kabaraya” Village Crocodile Master Crook “Game Baiya’s” game plan gone bad.
He though of scoring points at the next Presidential elections by further deceiving 70% Village voters by telling lies while giving Dana at his Araliya Gaha Dansala.
Also he uses his famous “Condom”…..use and dump theory whichever way and as and when it suits him on who ever who comes across him.
Where is interpol wanted man KP today. Where is LTTE Karuna Amman, Daya Master, Wigneswaran etc, today. What happened during 2005 Presidential elections.We need answers.
I think all opposition parties should bring up this matter in Parliament and also during their Presidential election campaign to educate public on this master crook.
Thank you Mr.Solheim for your service to Sri Lanka and for straightening up this matter. Do not allow to make use of you by Liars, thugs and Master crook con men.
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ajith / November 17, 2014
MARA is a good liar particularly to Buddhist Sinhala. He thinks that Sinhala masses are modayas and they will agree with them. It is time to show this third grade Mahinda that Sinhalese are not modayas.
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Lorenzo / November 17, 2014
Sri Lanka is a Sinhala Buddhist country.
Sinhala Buddhist will bring Rajapakse to power for the 3rd time.
We always believe Mahinda Rajapakse
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Mahela / November 17, 2014
Mahinda Rajapakse will get the same treatment what SWRD Banda got from Somarama after deceiving the Buddhist Sinhalayas.
SWRD Banda played tricks and double game with BS to win elections and got his head blast off by Somarama. Same will happen to MR through BBS drunkard Gonsara.
Let MR open more free meal Danselas to BS and get free “Parippu” Dhal sambol during elections results.
Already Ven. Athureliya and Ven.Sobitha Theros at work.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
Mahela
“and get free “Parippu” Dhal sambol during elections results”
Are you expecting Hindians to drop Parrippu bags from their Antanovs?
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Mervin Silva / November 17, 2014
Mahinda Rajapakse opened another Pandora Box. First it was Geneva UNHRC HR violations, then it was Channel 4, then Geneva Gate contract scandal and now Erik Solheim LTTE connection.
Surely it’s going to be “Guti Kemata Niyamithai” when the Book is published.
Someone should educate the 70% Village folks as to what really going on Rajapakse politics in Sri Lanka.
More drama will occur when the elections get closer.
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gamini / November 17, 2014
What horse deals all these people and countries have had with MR and VP? Does one really believe that MR alone had the guts to defy all including the UN Sec Gen who visited a couple of days after the so called LTTE defeat where genocide was committed and all of them were unaware with the availability of satellite information what was happening at ground level? Could MR alone have shut the door for the UN and Red Cross getting everyone out for the hoax of a war without witnesses to have been enacted?
What I see is that, like how VP was led to his death by these forces, now they are at it again to take the voters of the country for suckers to help MR win the PE.
This is all Theatrics for the consumption of the gullible.
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Lanka Watch / November 17, 2014
One cannot understand why the Govt. is locking horns with leading countries in the West, US, Canada, UN, India to a certain extent and now with Eric Solheim of Norway. He is currently not a member of the Norway Govt, otherwise Norway, as a country, would have come forward with a statement to UN and rest of the world,defending solheim’s work as he was delegated by the govt of Norway to mediate on the request of Govt of Sri Lanka
We remember the days When Eric Solheim took up all the challenges and was doing and honest broker’s job. If he was suspected of supporting the Ltte, financially or otherwise ,the Govt had every right to kick him out while doing the mediation work, which never happened. It is not fair on the part of the Govt of SL to blame a person,long after his mission failed, purely due to non cooperation of both parties involved in the conflict. He was a diplomat on a govt. mission to seek peace in the country and was not doing the job playing a personal role
Govt. should not play to the gallery due to election time as it can hurt the feelings of other countries. Govt could not prove that Ranil of UNP had talks with Ltte sympathisers in UK and now Eric Solheim denied any wrong doing and threatening to expose everything what happened in a book to be released by him in 2015.The ruling party is not doing well in this field of blame game, as people are not buying Ltte stories this time as they know that ltte is no more in SL and more over it is the time for them to talk about their bread and butter
as cost of living is skyrocketing.
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Ravi / November 17, 2014
This is the man who got involved forcefully in Sri Lankan internal matters with a big ego that he knows how to settle problems. With Norwegian money a lot of people and INGOs were bought to work for him. Well, Eric Solheime messed up for a long time and the situation got worse. ONLY after this man and his goons were kicked out Sri Lanka could eliminate the cancer. Now he is back again!!! Beware.
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Lanka Watch / November 18, 2014
Ravi, you got it all wrong. No one can get involved forcefully in
internal affairs of a sovereign state. They can talk from out side
but No one can enter Sri Lanka without explicit permission from the govt.by way of visa or an invitation from the government in power.
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AVB / November 18, 2014
George,
You guys are in mud, killing each other.. Then when an outsider come to tell both parties to stop killing each other and start talking.. guys like you are not bothered to use this help to stop this madness of killing each other, but instead putting all effort to judge and criticize the competence of negotiator/facilitator… Isn’t that sad…
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Pot Shot / November 17, 2014
Excellent response by Eric. S. I wish all his evidence will haul him and Gota to the Hague soon.
MR talking is the bloody crook here. He funded the bloody LTTE to win the 2005 election for $2 million through Tiran Alles to prevent the Tamils in the North from voting which makes him guilty beyond reasonable doubt. The video tape of the transaction was robbed from Tiran’s house when he fell foul of the government. MR and Family are worse than the Tamil Diaspora.
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Marwan / November 17, 2014
MR made allegations against Solheim to drag in the LTTE bogey which he hopes to use effectively to boost his own self esteem and ego, and further arouse a national feeling of euphoria, and himself as a fearless warrior leader who crushed the might of the LTTE. This is MR politics at it again as only he knows how, to be the best choice for the country. He will use this type of cheap talk to capture the public imagination, create a new villain to suit his strategy, and then expose them as working against him and the country. This has always been his modus operandi to capture votes as wwe have seen in all previous elections.
The reply from Solheim says it all. In fact there is nothing new or earth shattering in it, but his quick, sharp and bold response may catch MR by surprise. This may also make MR to rethink his strategy, since although he hopes to gain political mileage on the home front, the noose put by the UNHCR can only get more taut with more exposures of new evidences of HR violations. However, there is bound to be more than what has been written in this open letter, and we can only wait to learn of new revelations in his new book to be published next year.
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carlion / November 17, 2014
This man Solheim never admits to how much help financially and intellectually he offered to the LTTE during the war. He was a snake under grass pretending to be an honest go between but giving all advise and assistance to the LTTE. He may write books but I hope he has a conscience that will keep haunting him.
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marlan de silva / November 17, 2014
now comes out a P.E election gilmart,that about with ES.these are all political tricks,with all this they cannot play with this innocent peoples vote.hope now the country is in a turning point,every body is expecting achange.now the terrarisem is over,now they have to up lift the economy and the standerd of the people bymaking stedie jobs to the people.interdiucing facteries by useing loacal raw meterials,giving hand to the people who has there skills and tecnology, not only by making highways and high rise buildings for a certain class to enjoy,and making artificial islands to enjoy for tourists and high socaitie people.how many of the countries population can afford to travel in this highways and go to these modern buildings and places,innocent people has to do the same like every day in their life that they cannot afforde only thing can watch how the others enjoy.there is enough and enough land to devolop in the main land,by the money they making unnessasary projects.with out making anew port would make the galle port bigger and devolop adomestic air port like weeravila or another to a international stannderd would have saved money for more projects.sad story what MR want is to stay in power hand over in to his next genaretion like MRs position to namal,defence sec yoshita,econ and ect.. to the youngest,like the way they are doing now.please dont do like [ hinganna ge thuwale wage]by repeatingsdo some thing to the country for every citizen and do a corruption free lawful election and hand it over to the newly elected in good manner that will be graet as aleader.last to say Mr. president you have lots of currupt MPs and ministers that got bad for you,most of them are the ones who are shouting and agressive behavier in TV discussions affraid of loosing their posts,benifits and facilities once the govenment loose more than you Mr.MR.
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Devil's Advocate / November 17, 2014
I remember that it was former Secretary Defense Austin Fernando who described how Westborg (Norwegian Ambassador) had tried to help LTTE on Balasingham’s first sea plane air movement. I think Fernando said somewhere in his book that he suspected Solheim as helping LTTE at sea. I cannot remember details. Do President and his advisers know of these incidents? They can inquire from Fernando and get details to defend!
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K.A Sumanasekera / November 18, 2014
“LTTE Peace Sec was fully funded by the Royal Norwegians ” says Mr Eric Solheim..
Was the boss of this outfit Mr Oxymoron ?…
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 18, 2014
Please find the answer as to who funded the government’s Peace Secretariat and the Muslim Peace Secretariat, around the same time. The answer will be quite interesting.
Further, the Norwegians were obliged to divulge all dealings and conversations relating to the peace process to all those involved in the process , including the GOSL and the LTTE. They did so.
Did not the GOSL oblige every demand of the LTTE including helicopter transport and special medical treatment for its senior cadres, both before and during the MR tenure!
It was the Norwegian sponsored peace process that softened the LTTE to the point it became vulnerable. It was a peace trap that the LTTE fell into, because they tried to make fools of everyone involved, principally the Tamils. The GOSL too used the peace process to convince the international community that it was holier than the LTTE , while rearming itself.
The Norwegians, were intermediaries who tried to cajole and offer sweets to both parties to the conflict, who were in my estimation not interested in the objectives of the peace process. The GOSL played a wiser game and Ranil Wickremasinghe should receive much credit for the government strategy. The LTTE committed Harakiri by playing a game far beyond its capacity and capability against the international community. MR is playing the same game, which is beyond its intellectual, tactical and moral capability against powerful members of the international community, which he cannot win. He and his government have become vulnerable internationally and locally as a result.
Dr.RN
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ken robert / November 18, 2014
Dr. R.N
Your comment succintly wriiten on what I thought of the whole fiasco. It is RW who was able to set the platform for the demise of LTTE.
Role of Norwegians, was facillitating between the warring parties. I do not think they have a good opinion on srilankans whether it is sinhalese or tamils.
It is also clear that most of educated srilankans wants a change in our (sinhalese) political culture.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
Ken and Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
Please read this research paper written by Iravatham Mahadevan.
Published by Indus Research Centre Roja Muthiah Research Library
Chennai, India.
Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study
http://203.124.120.60/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/Bulletin4%20IRC-RMRL.pdf
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 18, 2014
Dear Native Vedda,
Thanks for the link. I shall read the material with much curiosity and interest. CT is indeed providing us an opportunity to learn.
Dr.RN
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Ken robert / November 20, 2014
Dear native
many thanks
Mr Iravadham Mahadevan’s views mirrors Prof A Parpola. However Prof Witzel and M Danino have opposing views on the Dravidian Harappan connection.
I have not heard from your damsel/child DR, is she submerged in the fantasy world of Jataka stories?
Ken
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Native Vedda / November 20, 2014
Ken
google the following you find Darshanie Ratnawalli is interviewing professional archaeologist of this land:
nation.lk Darshanie Ratnawalli
Excavating Sri Lankan archeology with Raj Somadeva (Part 1)
By Darshanie Ratnawalli
Sunday, 09 November 2014
DR takes a dig at Pushparatnam:
DR: There are ideological differences within your discipline. What is the nature of your relationship with the archeologists of the University of Jaffna?
RS: I have a very good relationship with Professor Pushparatnam.
DR: There are concerns in certain quarters over the intellectual rigor of Professor Pushparatnam’s interpretations. Could you comment?
RS: That is the scholarly tradition. If you are an academic, you have the privilege of doing your interpretations independently. We can deal with them very diplomatically.
Excavating Sri Lankan archeology with Raj Somadeva (Part 2)
By Darshanie Ratnawalli
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Please read both articles.
Hilarious.
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ken robert / November 20, 2014
Dear native
I will have a look.
ken
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Native Vedda / November 20, 2014
Ken
Please note following except from the interview:
[DR: As per the above reading, the donor is not Upasona but aya Maha Shiva?
RS: Yes, Upasona is the grandfather of the donor. The mean height of the letters of this inscription is 25cm. The peculiarity of this inscription is there is another short line engraved in small letters below the main text of the inscription. It reads as ‘yagasha’. This word appears as a signature to the inscription. The word yagasha is in genitive case and masculine gender. The consonant ‘ga’ here stands for the consonant ‘ka’. Consonant ‘ka’ transformed to ‘ga’ and vice versa in the early language in Sri Lanka. The change of a surd between vowels to its corresponding sonant is familiar in the early inscriptions. The letter ‘ga’ is a sonant and it could change into the corresponding letter ‘ka’, a surd. This rule is only valid for sonants of guttural and dental classes. We know that the letter ‘ka’ and ‘ga’ are guttural. It is one of the grammatical rules of writing Prakrit words in ancient Sri Lanka. As Paranavitana has clearly stated this phonological change is only sporadically noticed in the early inscriptions in Sri Lanka. It also a regular feature in many other prakrit languages in South Asia. Therefore the word ‘yaga’ is synonymous to the word ‘yaka’ and the last letter ‘sha’ appears in this case as the postfix of the genitive case. Then the word ‘yagasha’ could be translated as ‘belonging to Yakshas’ or ‘who wrote this inscription are Yakshas’.]
The online Sanskrit dictionary gives different meaning
याचक – yAcaka – beggar
याचका – yAcakA – female beggar
याचक – yAcaka – requester
याचक – yAcaka – asker
याचक – yAcaka – petitioner
Please work it out for yourself.
It could also mean “donee” – a person who receives a gift.
or a beneficiary
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ken Robert / November 21, 2014
Native
I scanned both part 1 and 2. My impression of the discussion between Prof R Somadeva and DR involves establishing the following opinions
1. Srilanka has it unique protohistoric culture separate from south India.
2. During this period yakshas seems to be the main focus group.
3. Opinions of prof sudharshan aeneviratne, one Robin coningham are flawed
4.challenge the intepretation of Tamil brahmi.
5. some of the historians are biased (Pushparatnam)
Intention of DR was clear from the outset. That is to hide the umbilical connection between south india and ancient Lanka.
This was eloquently written by DR in ” demise of my inner south Indian” previously
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2014
Ken
Thanks for the summary.
I agree with you on all your points.
Judgement may be right or wrong however one must always question their intention.
Have you had time to look at the word yagasha?
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ken robert / November 21, 2014
Native
I will try to look soon
ken
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marlan de silva / November 18, 2014
SLFP musnt forget that wiped out terrarisam from this country is not threir sole plan thatscomes under UPFA with many parties MR has idias like discustions,but mainly JVP has the tuffest idia like war has to stop by war,[aviyata aviya]then allthe parties got to gether and fight til they achive freedom by MRs leadership as a president.everybody in this front are partners of this operation not one person or a party can claim and injecting to the peoples brain and say Iam the person who did and there is no one els can do.being a sri lankan we know about forieng policies and ther interfiarences,if we are doing well by our govenments we have nothing to worry about solhaim or anybody in the world,by maintaining goog governance same law and order to every citizan,majority sinhalese buddhist,mainaroties like tamile hindus,muslimes islamic,bughers cristians, maley and ect..under one flage and anthem by every body is a sri lankan thats it thats all,no fighting no seperrations.we know how the forieng contries financed and support LTTE,forget the past by reapeating arrange good security system to protect the island look for the future prospects,who ever wants to come back and live like good lawful citizan and do something,make them wellcome.who wants to ruin the musnt allow and do the law and let them where there living.any rulers who come to power musnt forget how they came to power and who brought to them power, serv to the nation and to the country by traveling,living and doing thingshigher than the countryman.please dont do dirty family politicsthis country belongs to all citizans in this island let any body who qualified,wealth and ability to do good politics.the way MR told to police now no more kosthapal punyasomas,the same way the thugs first making stages,pasting posters and doing thuggery during elections,becommingparty orgernaisers,JP posts, miunicipalcandidate,provincial councile then gradguely comes to parliament,no manners,discplean and behevier people can see when there is parliament sessions.this is what the young and new genaretions see,by seeing this things MR tells to the youngs to be good like the crabs story.
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Native Vedda / November 18, 2014
K.A Sumanasekera
“Was the boss of this outfit Mr Oxymoron ?…”
You would have been a qualified candidate. I still wonder why the job was not offered to you. Were you over qualified at the time.
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Abhaya / November 18, 2014
What a shithead . Economic resources ? wtf . why not say yes I gave money . and at the same time putting in a plug for his book . what a classy diplomat .
Cheers
Abhaya
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thrishu / November 18, 2014
Soleheim should know as a man dabbling in other peoples messy situations that people in public position pretend to be polite and diplomatic only in front of the camera and in public gaze. It does not mean that they like you, and in fact most often they hate your guts for what you are doing to mess up their lives. You may camouflage the radio transmitter as an educational gift (whom are you trying to kid still), but the fact is that 90 per cent of Sri Lankans recognized that it was another form a killer tool in the hands of terrorist murderers. MR was playing the ball with you, when his balls were between the crackers of western imperialistic financial aid. But once he got his nuts free and gained financial strength supported by the long standing ancient friends of the country, he made sure that the sungod got shot between his nuts. You too have been send with your head spinning. Your childish essay does not mean much; it may be OK at the diplomatic primary school, but not in realistic Sri Lankan politics.
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Spring Koha / November 18, 2014
This is no big shakes.
MR is only preparing the cuckoos in the electorate with the story that ‘there is a foreign conspiracy’ and therefore what is needed is strong leadership for which he is the only one qualified.
Only the Sinhala Modayas will fall for this one.
In good time, Eric will spill the beans and stuff the potty-mouth government of Sri Lanka.
Kattae pus!
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shankar / November 18, 2014
Now people going to say “now enough of this solheim and LTTE and all that shit,let us know how we are to eat.By mid month our salaries are over and we have to go ask for loans to put food on the table till the end of the month.How to go over and over again to the same people who gave us the loans when we have not paid it back.So here is our protest vote and you can put that bugger solheim up your arse.
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