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Bruce
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US lawyer lands in Toronto
on Sri Lankan mission
Saying he's not a lobbyist for the Tamil
Tigers, US Attorney Bruce Fein is in Toronto
on a mission to bring three high-ranking Sri
Lankan officials to face US justice.
The Washington Times columnist, a
functionary in the Ronald Reagan
administration, also seeks to get the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam off his
country's list of terrorist groups and for
Tamils around the world to vote on creating
a Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
Curiously, neither Fein nor Justice for
Tamils, the group who sent him here, will
offer any opinion on whether the separatist
LTTE or the World Tamil Movement (branded an
LTTE offshoot this week) should stay banned
in Canada,
"Every state or government has its different
laws," Fein said in his Radisson Hotel room
off Victoria Park Avenue this week. "I'm not
a Canadian lawyer and I'm not talking about
what Canadian law is."
But Fein is asking Canadians for money, last
night at the Radisson and twice (tonight
from
6:30
to
9 p.m. and tomorrow from 4 to 9 p.m.) at the
Canada Kanthaswamy Kovil Hall on
Birchmount Road.
The donations, he said, are to cover legal
fees and the cost of gathering evidence
against two brothers of current Sri Lankan
president Mahinda Rajapakse (one a US
citizen) and that nation's army chief,
Sarath Fonseka, who Tamils for Justice claim
are responsible for "daily atrocities" in
Sri Lanka.
Fein said the three have homes and other
assets in the US and US Congressional
hearings and court cases can make their
alleged crimes known to the world.
He admitted he doesn't expect the Sri Lankan
government, which recently called Fein "a
carrion bird of LTTE terrorism" paid to run
a misinformation campaign, to hand them
over.
"That doesn't mean you don't go forward
anyway," Fein said, adding his group will
gladly trade criminal indictments of the
three to secure a UN-monitored referendum on
a Tamil state in Sri Lanka's north and east.
Meanwhile, Fein is arguing the LTTE should
be dropped from the banned list because it
doesn't meet important criteria: Tamil
Tigers have not killed Americans or
threatened
US
security, he said.
Asked why it's so important for the US, to
de-list the LTTE, to which he said he has no
connection, Fein said, "it will encourage
the Rajapakses to think they would not
prevail with a military solution," in the
island's lengthy civil war.
"Our goal as a moral matter is trying to
bring the bloodshed to an end as quickly as
possible."
And though maintaining he has no view on
whether Tamils should vote for statehood in
territories the LTTE claims, Fein said the
US Declaration of Independence says people
under a despotic government "have a right or
duty to revolt."
Tamils in
Sri Lanka,
he argued, are "way past that" standard
after decades of bombardment of civilians
and internal displacement under the island's
Sinhalese-dominated government.
As it happens, Fein is trying to impeach US
President George Bush (a man he voted for
twice) because he objects to Bush's use of
executive powers to defeat legislation, for
example, or to transfer prisoners to secret
overseas jails.
"The institution of the executive branch is
becoming despotic," he said.
- Mike Adler, insidetoronto.com
Bruce Fein - Stay Home!
I smiled with amusement when I read Bruce
Fein's article that appeared on June 8 on
TamilNet. Just in case you don't know who he
is, he's the media mercenary from Washington
D.C., a former US Deputy Attorney General,
who is paid an alleged $100,000 per month to
campaign for an independent Tamil State in
Sri Lanka.
His retainer fees come from "Tamils for
Justice," which I and many others believe is
a transparent front organisation funded by
the LTTE. Fein, of course, says that it's
not, but it would be interesting to
investigate where the money comes from that
supports TFJ - as well as Fein's website
organisation dedicated to the same cause
called the "Bruce Fein Project."
The latter is a clever name, don't you
think? Sounds like something for science
class or a '70s rock band. What these two
organisations promote, however, is far from
benign. They plot and promote separation,
death, and the destruction of a sovereign
nation - yours!
Applause
I applaud the Canadian federal authorities
who followed the "money trail" and yesterday
published the following in "Public Safety
Canada," an official government website:
"The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of
Public Safety, today announced that the
Government of Canada has listed the World
Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist group,
effective June 13, 2008, pursuant to the
Criminal Code of Canada. The decision to
list the WTM meets the legal threshold set
out in the Criminal Code...which requires
the existence of reasonable grounds to
believe that the entity has knowingly
participated in or facilitated a terrorist
activity or is knowingly acting on behalf
of, at the direction, or in association with
such an entity.
"The listing of the WTM is meant to support
the Tamil Community of Canada, which
consists of law-abiding and hard working
people who have left their country of origin
to build a better life for themselves and
their families in Canada. The government is
taking this step to help ensure that
Canadians, including the Tamil community are
protected from the activities of this
organisation.
"The WTM, created in 1986, is the leading
front organisation for the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada. The various
offices of the WTM in
Canada
transfer funds to bank accounts in
Sri Lanka
meant for the LTTE. The leadership of the
WTM acts at the direction of leaders of the
LTTE. WTM representatives canvas areas in
Canada
with large Tamil populations demanding large
donations on behalf of the LTTE. Refusals to
contribute often lead to threats and
intimidation."
Dead serious
Does WTM smell anything like TFJ - or "Bruce
Fein Project"? These terrorists don't fool
around. They are dead serious, and as we all
know, they won't stop with a well-planned
public relations smear campaign. They are
dedicated and determined (though brainwashed
and misguided), and they will continue to
use their suicide bombers and international
funding schemes to create chaos and
disruption in order to get their prized
Eelam.
In Bruce Fein's recent article cited from
TamilNet above he says, "I readily accept
your invitation to visit Sri Lanka to talk
with Tamils in confidence in Colombo and
elsewhere to obtain direct and candid
testimony of Tamil sentiments toward a
unitary state as opposed to separate Tamil
statehood."
Please, Government of
Sri Lanka,
do not buy this load of you know what. This
dangerous man really wants to go to Sri
Lanka and privately interview LTTE plants
and supporters so he can drum up false
allegations about government human rights
abuses. I see clearly now that this former
prosecutor's end-game is to file charges
with the international courts so he can drag
the Defence Minister and the Army General to
trial.
This, of course, would just about finish off
any hopes for a peaceful, unified Sri Lanka.
Once the government and these two officials
are dragged through the mud, international
peacekeepers would soon flood into
Sri Lanka
and start doing things their way. Then the
LTTE media machine would kick into full
gear, and because the government
unfortunately doesn't have adequate
representation in the world press,
international opinion would be so swayed in
the LTTE's favour that the barn door would
swing wide open.
Eelam
After the peacekeepers descend, the next
step would be for the establishment of the
desired Tamil state of Eelam, which I feel
is only a stepping stone for the LTTE to
take over the whole island. Please don't
think this is as far-fetched as it may
sound. It would be a relatively easy goal to
realise if international public opinion was
so far stacked against the government that
it was forced to capitulate - very much like
recent situations we have witnessed in other
parts of the world. Yep, they could wind up
with the whole enchilada.
Fein sarcastically comments, "You insinuate
that Tamils in Sri Lanka exult in living
with Sinhalese in a unitary state. If you
have the courage of your purported
convictions, then you should have no fear of
a free and fair referendum on Tamil
statehood. If you are correct, a commanding
or simple majority would vote to retain a
unitary Sri Lankan state. TFJ is not
demanding a Tamil state, but only making
that an option in a free and fair
referendum."
Such a referendum makes absolutely no sense
when you consider the fact that only 12% of
the Sri Lankan population is Tamil, and most
Tamil people are living peaceably with the
Sinhalese majority.
Bound to fail
If the referendum proposed by Fein is a
national referendum, then even if the entire
12% voted for the independent state it would
surely fail. After all, what is the
incentive for the Sinhalese people? Why
would they vote for allowing a minority
group to carve out a piece of its homeland
for a separate country? The peacefully
co-habiting Tamils certainly won't go for it
either. What would be their incentive? Do
you think they'd want to give up everything
they have, go up north, and live in the
abject poverty of an isolated fourth-world
dictatorship?
The whole idea is insane, and there are
absolutely no good reasons whatsoever to go
through the costly and painful exercise of
conducting such a pointless national
referendum.
Can you imagine the local advertising and
media campaign for such an electoral event?
Talk about picking the scabs off of fresh
wounds!
The idea does make sense, however, if it is
used by the LTTE and its supporters as a
tool for getting the international media and
political spotlight focused on such a
referendum, which will give ample
opportunity for the terrorists and their
front organisations to air their litany of
ancient grievances - no holds barred.
Welcome, peacekeepers!
So please, Government of Sri Lanka, do not
give this pretentious Beltway prostitute the
time of day. Letting him into your country
is like inviting in the Trojan Horse. No
good can come of this soulless man's cold,
calculated visit, which I have no doubt will
be turned into something nasty for
inflicting irreparable harm upon you, the
good people of Sri Lanka. Beware!
- Stephen Long (Courtesy www.defence.lk)
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