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The threat of the LTTE raising its ugly head once more
Thursday, 20 January 2011 00:00
The Ottawa Citizen yesterday reported information from Canadian security intelligence authorities that exiled Tamil rebel leaders are in the process of re-establishing the LTTE. They claimed it was still unclear how far advanced it is, but suspect intentions of setting up a base-in-exile there for the leadership.
According to the news, this follows a report which reveals information of two Southeast Asian smuggling syndicates reportedly in the process of launching two more shiploads of Tamil migrants to British Columbia in the coming weeks. According to this information at least 50 former LTTE leaders and senior cadres are expected to board the ship.
It is still unclear what action our representatives in Canada have initiated to thwart this illegal exercise. If we are to go by its actions with the previous entrance of LTTE cadres to Canada, then a lot would remain desired of both our Foreign Office and our representatives there. Approximately 500, a majority of which were LTTE senior leaders and cadres, entered Canada as refugees last August. By the time our Foreign Office moved in with protest the damage was done and the rebels are today safely on Canadian soil.
While the very act by the Canadian government to continue to provide refuge to members of a banned terror organization on its soil itself demands our condemnation, the total apathy by our Foreign Service in its failure to initiate a process whereby such infiltrations are stopped cannot be emphasized more. Time and again this sub servile attitude of our representatives in the West to address issues related to the activities of the LTTE has given cause for serious concern.
It is both shameless and shocking to note the continuation of this scenario even at a stage when the LTTE remain vanquished here and banned as a terror outfit in many parts of the world. The inability of these officials then to push for the easier part of the process, begun and successfully completed by our security forces, demands our unequivocal condemnation.
The longer the Service continues to pander to the West, enjoy its comforts and neglect its duties paid for by the tax payers here, the greater the threat of the LTTE raising its ugly head once more.