[ BBC ]

The Indian government has protested to Sri Lanka over a statement by the Sri Lankan army commander who described some Indian politicians as “jokers”. In an interview with a state-run newspaper, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said that the Indian government would not listen to Tamil Nadu “jokers”. The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has a population of about 65 million people. It is overwhelmingly made up of Tamils, some of whom are sympathetic towards the Tamil Tiger rebels of Sri Lanka.

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[ Telegraph ]

I want to return to Sri Lanka today where, while the world focuses on the fallout from Mumbai, SL government forces are reportedly closing in on the key rebel strongholds of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. It now seems that, in the name of ‘national interest’ and ‘war spirit’ Sri Lanka’s government has effectively crushed all opposition, even from those who would ordinarily be considered patriots of the Sinhala cause.No dissent or counter-argument to the war strategy is tolerated by President Mahinda Rajpakse, his brother Gotabhaya (the defence secretary) and chief of the army staff Gen Sarath Fonseka.

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[Tamils Against Genocide]

Description: In this video broadcast, Bruce Fein traces Sri Lanka’s genocidal history against Tamils, and focuses on the urgent need to prosecute, in the U.S. Courts, high-level Sri Lankan Government officials, Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Sri Lanka’s Army Commander, Lt.Col. Sarath Fonseka, and Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapakse for crimes against humanity

[Tamils Against Genocide]

Description: Bruce Fein, a representative of US-based non-profit organization, Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), and former Deputy Associate Attorney General in the Reagan administration, on the mission and objectives of TAG. TAG was formed by Tamil Activists in the U.S. to seek criminal indictments against Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Sri Lanka’s Army Commander, Lt.Col. Sarath Fonseka, and Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapakse, for war crimes against Sri Lanka’s Tamils