September 19.12.15 PM:
The first organized rally against terrorism in Australia will be held on
September 20 at 11.00 AM. The rally will march from Federation Square to
State Parliament where a public meeting will be held to condemn terrorism
destabilizing democratic societies.
The focus of the rally will be to condemn terrorism in all parts of the
world. In the post-September 11 phase of terrorism the Western world
targeted specifically the terrorism of the Islamic fundamentalists. This is
understandable because the West is threatened by these forces.
But terrorism has many faces and non-Western countries too are experiencing
the political violence of those who refuse abide by the democratic norms of
changing societies. This rally will focus primarily on the Tamil Tiger
terrorists in Sri Lanka who have set the pattern for other terrorists.
WHY?
The Tamil Tigers terrorists, banned by the international community,
including USA, UK, India, Australia, have refined and perfected the latest
technology and the methodology for other terrorists groups to follow.
Here are four examples:
1) Their refined technology produced the human bomb, which targets
non-combatants indiscriminately. It is the best precision bomber far
superior to that produced by sophisticated American technology. The first
human bomb of the Tiger terrorists exploded in July 1987 in Jaffna. Since
then it has targeted with 100 % precision Rajiv Gandhi, India's Prime
Minister, President R. Premadasa of Sri Lanka, and a string of other leaders
including Tamil
2)In 1991 Tiger terrorists suicide bombers rammed the SL Navy ship "Abitha"
carrying food to the people of Jaffna. The identical technology and
methodology were adopted to attack US Cole in Yemen. In Nov. 2002, Soosay,
the head of the Tamil naval suicide squad, claimed on BBC that the attack on
US Cole was a copybook reproduction of their techniques and tactics. Tamil
Tigers are proud to have transferred their technology to other terrorists
groups.
3) On October 15, 1997 Tamil Tigers rammed a truck loaded with explosives
into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in Colombo. 13 civilians were
killed and 104 others including 36 foreigners were injured. The pattern was
set for September 11 by the Tamil Tigers.
4) Prof. Peter Chalk, the resident expert on terrorism of the Rand
Corporation, told a Melbourne audience that the Tamil Tigers were the first
to use chemical warfare. How long will it take for others to get hold
biological, chemical, nuclear and radiation weapons?
Australia has been - and continues to be - one of the leading centres for
raising funds to purchase arms for the Tamil Tiger terrorists. SBS
"Dateline" exposed the connections and though Australian government is aware
of it no action has been taken.
Yan Wendt of SBS in a comprehensive report exposed how agents of Tamil Tiger
terrorists have infiltrated the highest levels of the political structure in
Australia, including the Federal government, and the media. Dr. Jay
Maheswaran now advising Prabhakaran, the leader of the Tamil Tigers as his
right-hand man, was a coordinator of the SBS Tamil program in Sydney. SBS
pinpointed him as the international fund-raiser for the Tamil Rehabilitation
Organization (TRO) which channels funds to purchase of arms.
The TRO is now headed by Tillai Jeyakumar, computer lecturer, attached to
the Chisholm Institute. SBS revealed that he purchased hand-gliders from
Australia for the air-wing of the Tamil Tiger terrorists.
The ALP has fielded agents of the Tamil Tigers as candidates (e.g Bradbury
seat in NSW). ALP MPs have been most vociferous in the Federal Parliament
raising issues in favour of the Tamil Tigers.
The Australian media has been pussyfooting around the issue of Tamil Tiger
terrorists. Recently Channel 10 ran Jamie Oliver's cooking in which he
sported a T-shirt advertising the Tamil Tigers. Will it - or any other media
outlet - dare to advertise Jemmah Ismailia or Osama bin Laden?
The Australian Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978 "makes
it an offence to recruit people, or to train and organise in Australia, for
armed incursions or operations on foreign soil. It is an offence to 'engage
in hostile activity in a foreign state' or to 'enter a foreign state with
intent to [do so]'. It is also an offence to do preparatory things for the
same purposes. And it is an offence to 'give money or goods to, or perform
services for, any other person or any body or
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association of persons for the purpose of supporting or promoting [these
activities]'. 'Hostile activities' include any acts done for the purpose of
overthrowing a government by force or violence, engaging in armed
hostilities in a foreign state, placing a foreign public in fear and causing
damage to foreign public property."
Some of the agents of Tamil Tiger terrorism are openly violating the
Australian Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978. Why is the
arm of the Australian reluctant to touch these violators of the law?
Australia's act of banning the Tamil Tigers and Alexander Downer's refusal
to talk to the agents of Tamil Tiger terrorists in Australia until they give
in writing their rejection of violence to achieve political goals are
commendable. But to date the Tamils have thumbed their noses at the Federal
government and brazenly defied the request to give that undertaking in
writing by siding with violence of the Tamil Tiger terrorists.
The half-hearted approach to tackle terrorism in all its manifestation gives
the terrorists the opportunity to win. THE AGE editorial, commenting on the
current peace talks (which has stalled now due to the intransigence of the
Tamil Tigers) ended on up this note: "There is good and bad news out of the
peace talks. The good news is that the fighting may be almost over; the bad
news is that terrorism can produce results." (THE AGE - September 24, 2002)
THE AGE is right: "terrorism can produce results" because a) the
international community is focused narrowly only on their interests and b)
the international community has not developed a comprehensive strategy to
target terrorism in all its manifestation. Terrorism is a transnational
operation deriving sustenance from their far-flung tentacles into Western
bases. The international community cannot hope to have regional or global
peace until effective action is taken to wipe out the bases in their own
territories.
We call upon all concerned institutions and individuals to join us in the
battle against terrorism, which is the primary force that is threatening
global peace, stability and progress.
