Thursday, April 30, 2009

THE TRUTH BEHIND REAL AND ‘PERCEIVED’ THREATS OF TERROR

(DM)The real threat to global terrorism is the duplicity adopted by the superpowers in what they term their fight against terror, than that posed by terror groups like the LTTE. The US suggestion that the LTTE leader be allowed to surrender to a third party, reeks of the duplicitous nature of policy it has adopted towards the reality of terrorism in Sri Lanka as opposed to that perceived in the US. It is not difficult to see the clear differences in tone in applying such rules against terror from one country to another. Given that the suggestion comes from a country that has banned the LTTE and its terror network termed the most ruthless in the world by the US’ own FBI; one needs to ask; if the US policy on LTTE has changed. Even f its own policy has changed on what grounds does the US seek to negotiate with criminals wanted by Interpol? Full text