{"id":194764,"date":"2018-10-30T00:22:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=194764"},"modified":"2018-11-01T01:11:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:41:16","slug":"responding-to-rajan-hoole-assessing-casualties-in-eelam-war-iv-examining-the-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/responding-to-rajan-hoole-assessing-casualties-in-eelam-war-iv-examining-the-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding To Rajan Hoole: Assessing Casualties In Eelam War IV & Examining The Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Roberts<\/a> –<\/b><\/p>\n

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Dr. Michael Roberts<\/p><\/div>\n

I chose to respond to Rajan Hoole<\/a>\u2019s Comment directly and privately on the 18th October\u2026 at about the same time that I addressed ALAN KEENAN of ICG privately re his Twitter comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The issues are complex and cannot be efficiently tackled within the confines of a COMMENTS BOX with word limits because one needs supporting citations, maps and pictorial insights. In fact, it is difficult to investigate this topic without a lengthy report that is perhaps one\/third the size of the UNPoE Report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While paying respect to the dead may be important, respect for the evidence and for discerning methods of evaluation are the overriding requirements. So is honesty of purpose: Keenan did not want me to present his answer in the public realm, but both that request and his response are patently an attempt to deflect the lines of analysis I am pressing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have no knowledge whatsoever about the International Crisis Group\u2019s source of funding. But their initial alteration of a key phrase in the UNPoE\u2019s Report was just one gunshot in a volley of fire from a cohort of Western institutions and media giants. The prima facie indication is that of an alliance of minds and a grand strategy (in effect if not that of design)<\/p>\n

The thrust of my summarizing article<\/a> REVEALED that all these organisations, led by USA and its Secy-of-State\u2019s Department, bought into the LTTE\u2019s grand strategy in 2009 and sought to save the main core of the Tiger leadership [ditching the talaivar<\/i>, but not making that public]. Given such a background, HOW can compromised segments of this Western conglomerate \u2013including ICG, AI and various UN agencies implicated in that effort \u2013 be entrusted with an investigation in Sri Lanka!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My question is rhetorical. There is a Mafia out there in the Western world. To prove me wrong they have to address the literature I have produced (including the summary that the C\u2019bo Telegraph has kindly carried) \u2026 as well as the evidence associated with the Marga team\u2019s representations in Geneva and Washington.<\/p>\n

Rajan is a friend with an honesty of purpose. I would gladly have him in some commission of inquiry. But he must have personnel alongside him with military and technological experience. Your Note, RAJAN, does not indicate to me that you grasped the significance of the arguments based on relationship between WOUNDED and DEAD in any battleground situation. This is central. If there were 40,000 dead where were the 80,000 wounded.<\/p>\n

In brief, Rajna, it seems that you\u00a0 <\/span>have not transcended the bourgeois- cum-office desk reasoning that continues to bedevil engagements with this complex topic. Honesty of purpose and compassion are not adequate modalities given such a serious deficiency. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To you, I say, \u201cDo send me Chapter 8 of PALMYRAH FALLEN so that I can study it \u2026. And also place it in Thuppahi\u2026 and\/or send a summary to this erstwhile web site, viz. Colombo Telegraph<\/i>. Indicate in what PRECISE ways it undermines my summary presentation. But perhaps you should consider going through the PARANAGAMA COMMISSION and its subsidiary appendices — with Holmes, De Silva, Crane etc involved \u2013 before you do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

To this add all the Reports of Lt Col Gash –\u00a0 <\/span>now conveniently available in \u2018clumps\u2019 in my web site; my essay \u201cINTERPRETING THE GASH FILES: REFLECTIONS<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>will lead one to the lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A final note: when I drafted the article you have challenged I myself failed to look at the Paranagama Report again and to go through NUMBERS GAME again. I will have to do this over time. In brief, I will be continually tackling this topic \u2026because I learn something new when I do so. So, too, incidentally, when I began addressing the \u201dsacrificial devotion\u201d of the Tamil Tigers\u00a0 <\/span>in 2003\/04: I\u00a0 <\/span>kept churning out essays till 2012\/13 because there were some new dimensions revealed as one explored deeper and engaged with scholars (Sivathamby, Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Schalk, Natali, Harman, etc) researching the field.<\/p>\n

NOTE SENT to RAJAN, 18 October 2018<\/p>\n

DEAR RAJAN<\/p>\n

Thank you for your civil and restrained note in Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n

My review essay was based in part on distillations from previous essays \u2013 some of which I had to re-read (and there are other essays I had no time to read). Though\u2019\u00a0I cited NUMBERS\u2019GAME, I only went to one segment of that huge essay.<\/p>\n

The problem of hugeness bedevils\u2019 your two UTHR reports.\u00a0\u00a0And Yes I confess to having missed PALMYRAH FALLEN.<\/p>\n

Another reason for skipping your UTHR work was that your warm heart led you to sympathise with the fate of young Tiger recruits \u2013deemed \u201cconscripts\u201d and with civilians caught up as conscripted workers fo r the LTTE armed efforts. A young Tiger of 13 years with a gun and some training is a \u201cbelligerent\u201d in war reviews { and many US army personnel in the World wars were conscripts by\u00a0\u00a0the way] \u2026Likewise civilian cooks and fetchers and carriers were \u201cbelligerents\u201d because an Army cannot survive without such support.<\/p>\n

Another reason I did not re-visit your work was because I considered Narendran Rajasingham\u2019s estimate the best of the lot in comparison with Sarvananthan, Nadesan, UTHR and Citizen Silva [when I set out post 2011 to check Rohan Gunaratna\u2019s absurdly low estimate]<\/p>\n

TWO SIDE POINTS<\/p>\n

A = The Marga team included DAVID BLACKER and PADRAIG MICHAEL O\u2019LEARY. Blacker\u2019s mother is Tamil and more to the point he is the only local investigator who has infantry experience.<\/p>\n

B =Thangavelu\u2019s estimate lists 113 Tigers executed and I have cited that item + White lies + Weiss on the Killing of some Tiger personnel, IN MY essay to OISL (reprintd in Thupppahi with another using Pics)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026. BUT I am not sure that these sources\u00a0 can support the statement that\u00a0\u201clarge numbers of cadres and civilians disappeared after surrender to the Army.\u201d<\/p>\n

May I request a fresh article from your pen distilling the evidence you have in the works cited \u2013set against my work and others. Place it in any venue you wish but do have the temerity to offer it to me as well for Thuppahi.<\/p>\n

I am including several persons in this MEMO who are au fait with the issues. I do not think they will threaten you \u2026.<\/p>\n

I LOOK FORWARD TO AN\u00a0\u00a0ARTICLE WHERE YOU SUMMARIZE\u00a0Palmyrah FALLEN IN WAYS pertinent to the thrusts in my article.<\/i><\/p>\n

MICHA<\/i>EL<\/i><\/p>\n

Dear Rajan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I forgot something vital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

C = Is your estimate of 100.000 dead all told for the period 2006-09 or just the last phase in 2009? And to what extent is it dependent on Parthipan\u2019s estimate of total population in February \u2013a dicey one?<\/p>\n

D =\u00a0 <\/span>Morevitally, do you address the MAIN PROBLEM with all the estimates: where were the 200,000 WOUNDED?<\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/b><\/p>\n

De Silva-Ranasinghe, Sergei<\/b>\u00a02009b \u201cThe Battle for the Vanni Pocket,\u201d\u00a0Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter<\/i>, March 2009, Vol. 35\/2, pp. 17-19. \u2026 and http:\/\/www.dtic.mil\/dtic\/aulimp\/citations\/gsa\/ 2009157395\/156554.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Gamage, Daya<\/b>\u00a02014 \u201cThe American Agenda for Sri Lanka\u2019s National Issues,\u00a01970s-2014<\/b><\/a>,\u201d<\/b>\u00a05 July 2014,\u00a0 https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/05\/the-american-agenda-for-sri-lankas-national-issues-1970s-2014\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull, C. Bryson<\/b>\u00a02009 \u201cSri Lanka opens eye in the sky on war zone,\u201d 20 April 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/mobile.reuters.com\/article\/idUSCOL450259<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull, C. Bryson & Ranga Sirilal 2009a \u201c<\/b>Sri Lankan War in Endgame, 100,000 escape rebel zone,\u201d 23 April 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-srilanka-war-idUSTRE53J0IZ20090422<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull, C. Bryson & Ranga Sirilal 2009b<\/b>\u00a0\u201cSri Lanka\u2019s long war in bloody final climax,\u201d 17 May 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2009-05-17-sri-lankas-long-war-in-bloody-final-climax<\/a><\/p>\n

IDAG [i.e. Citizen Silva]<\/b>\u00a02013 \u201cThe Numbers Game: Politics of Retributive Justice,\u201d http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/132499266\/The-Numbers-Game-Politics-of-Retributive-Justice<\/a>\u00a0OR \u00a0<\/b>http:\/\/www.satp.org\/satporgtp\/countries\/shrilanka\/document\/TheNG.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeyaraj D. B. S. 2011 <\/b>\u201cKP\u201d Speaks Out,\u201d <\/i><\/b>Vavuniya: NERDO, Mum Pvt. Ltsd<\/p>\n

Mango<\/b>\u00a02014 \u201cSri Lanka\u2019s War In Its Last Phase: Where WIA Figures Defeat The Gross KIA Estimates,\u201d 14 February 2014,\u00a0https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankas-war-in-its-last-phase-where-wia-figures-defeat-the-gross-kia-estimates\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Marga \u00a02011\u00a0<\/b>Preliminary Summary re the Marga Seminar on the UNPoE Report\u201d drafted by Godfrey Gunatilleka,http:\/\/www.margasrilanka.org\/Darusman-Seminar%20Report.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Marga<\/b> 2011\u00a0An Analysis and Evaluation of The Report of the Advisory Panel to the UNSG nn the Final Stages of the War in Sri Lanka,\u00a0<\/i>https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/0eybj1ynej6spaa\/The%20Darusman%20Report-%20Final%20doc-2.doc<\/a><\/p>\n

Marga\u00a0<\/b>2011\u00a0Truth and Accountability. The Last Stages of the War in Sri Lanka<\/i>,\u00a0http:\/\/www.margasrilanka.org\/Truth-Accountability.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roberts, Michael 2013 <\/b>\u201cIntroducing \u201cNumbers Game\u201d \u2013 A Detailed Study of the Last Stages of Eelam War IV,\u201d 30 April 2013, <\/b>https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/30\/introducing-numbers-game-a-detailed-study-of-the-last-stages-of-eelam-war-iv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Roberts, Michael<\/b> 2014 <\/b>Tamil Person and State. Essaysl<\/i>, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications.<\/p>\n

Roberts, Michael 2014 <\/b>Tamil Person and State. Pictorial<\/i>, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications.<\/p>\n

Roberts, Michael 2014 <\/b>\u201cGenerating Calamity, 2008-2014: An Overview of Tamil Nationalist Operations and Their Marvels,\u201d<\/b> 10 April 2014, http:\/\/groundviews.org\/2014\/04\/10\/generating-calamity-2008-2014-an-overview-of-tamil-nationalist-operations-and-their-marvels\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Roberts, Michael<\/b> 2015 \u201cLilliputs in a World of Giants: Marga and CHA bat for Lanka in the Propaganda War,\u00a02009-14<\/b><\/a>,\u201d<\/b> 18 November 2015, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/18\/lilliputs-in-a-world-of-giants-marga-and-cha-bat-for-lanka-in-the-propaganda-war-2009-14\/#more-18467<\/a><\/p>\n

Roberts: Michael 2015\u00a0<\/span><\/b> \u201cSturdy Advocacy: Marga\u2019s Questioning of the UNPoE\u2019s Assassination Job,\u201d 25 November 2009, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=18544&action=edit&postpost=v2<\/a><\/p>\n

Roberts,<\/b> Michael <\/b>2018 \u201cThe Gash Files III: Trapped Tamils out by Sea,\u201d 20 April 2018, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/09\/the-gash-files-iii-trapped-tamils-out-by-sea-in-2009\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday Times 2015 \u201c<\/b>Marga\/CHA confront the OISL Investigation in Geneva, September 2014: Godfrey Gunatilleke in Q and A with Lasanda\u00a0Kurukulasuriya<\/b><\/a>,\u201d<\/b> <\/b>19 November 2015, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/19\/margacha-confront-the-oisl-investigation-in-geneva-september-2014-godfrey-gunatilleke-in-q-and-a-with-lasanda-kurukulasuriya\/#more-18492<\/a><\/p>\n

Thiagarajah, Jeevan 2015 \u201c<\/b>Confronting the OCHR Investigation in Geneva, September 2014: Memorandum from Jeevan\u00a0Thiagarajah<\/b><\/a>,<\/b>\u201d 19 November 2015,<\/p>\n

https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/19\/confronting-the-ochr-investigation-in-geneva-september-2014-memorandum-from-jeevan-thiagarajah\/#more-18481\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thiagarajah:, Jeevan 2015<\/b> \u201c<\/b>Marga\/CHA in Advocacy with BRIC Nations at Geneva, September\u00a02014<\/b><\/a>,\u201d <\/b>19 November 2015, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/19\/margacha-in-advocacy-with-bric-nations-at-geneva-september-2014\/#more-18498<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMarga & CHA Press Their Views in the Washington Den,\u201d <\/b>via Jeevan Thiagarajah: \u201c<\/b>Memo on Visit to Washington, 16-23<\/b>rd<\/sup><\/b> October 2014: Resetting the Discourse on Post-War Issues of Accountability<\/b>,\u201d <\/b>19 November 2015, <\/b>https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=18505&action=edit&postpost=v2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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