| By Susantha Goonatilake | ||||||
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Desperately searching for a terrorist in Norway A Sri Lankan might think that I was describing the Norwegian Ambassador Westborg. As a supporter of those who are against our sovereignty, Westborg fits the bill. As head of Redd Barna years ago, he transported thousands of estate Tamils to the jungles of the Vanni to later become soldiers of the last stronghold of Prabhakaran. His country has through its Tromso University given considerable academic support to what it insists in calling Tamil Eelam, Prabhakaran's dream. He personally was recently involved in the import of radio equipment so that the Tiger propaganda could be heard far and wide. No, it is not about Westborg I am now speaking. But about an Iraqi Muslim Kurd, who was being chased by the US. The Norwegian resident being charged is Mullah Krekar accused of being the leader of an Islamic terrorist group. The US calls him a dangerous man. Jordan wants him extradited on drug trafficking charges. The Iranians arrested him and expelled him to the Netherlands. The Dutch imprisoned him for four months. The Norwegians admitted that it was the Norwegian Foreign Ministry that had got him arrested in the Netherlands. Now, he is being questioned in Oslo. The charges relate to the leadership of an armed Kurdish group, asylum fraud and terrorist activity. Clearly, the Norwegians with the help of the Iranians, Jordanians, the Dutch and Americans are trying to track a possibly very dangerous man. Norwegians one must always remember are internationally very correct. They always keep their obligations to other countries. That is, as long as it is not Sri Lanka. But there is one terrorist, guilty of far greater crimes than this Kurd, which Norway can easily arrest and fulfil her international obligations. He is the self confessed theoretician of the LTTE, Balasingham. He is the key advisor and planner for Prabhakaran, the latter is only the executor of plans. And some of the deeds that Prabhakaran as executioner did included mass murder, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, blowing up sacred sites, and slicing up children through its women's brigades. These women's brigades were trained by Balasingham's wife Adele and documented in Western journals and video. Crimes, that Prabhakaran did as executioner are found in Interpol sites, Indian court decisions and judicial documents in both Sri Lanka and India. Arresting Balasingham would therefore be a necessity if Norway were to stick to its international obligations. But like Norway preaching environmental bana but simultaneously demanding that she catch whales, she talks with double tongue. Norway is conspiring with other neo colonial countries to hoist a new Constitution on Sri Lanka. But if it were Norway, its constitution only allows any international body to influence its internal affairs with a prior "three-fourths majority" of its parliament. Its Constitution specifically mentions that such international bodies shall not have the power to alter the Constitution. While Sri Lanka is multicultural and multi-religious, Norway calls its particular sect the "Evangelical-Lutheran religion" its "official religion". It also requires its natives who believe in this belief to bring up their children in this sect. The Head of
the Norwegian State must also be of this sect as must the majority
of the King's Council. And senior state officials are required to
speak Norwegian. Norway, as indeed the majority of the world's countries,
has cultural restrictions. Although Moragoda has evidently now gone up market, by an apparent desire to be a puppet of a greater power the USA, he then had equally subservient attitudes to the Norwegians. His approach to Solheim in the interview was definitely neo colonial and supine, hardly searching or aggressive. It was not only the lack of searching questions that marked this Moragoda-Solheim talk. Solheim's words revealed that this adventurer's lack of grasp of our realities would have embarrassed any old fashioned British colonial. A few of the throw away lines by Solheim: "other countries notably Israel and Palestine had trusted the Norwegians" [ignoring that the Oslo agreement had collapsed]; "the solution should rest on the Sinhalese accepting Tamil aspirations" [accepting only one side of a complex problem]; and "Sri Lanka should accept regional and global realities" [meaning accept Norwegian and other domination]. He added "Sri Lanka - and Norway - could never be a great country". He should only speak for his country. Yet, Norway attempts "greatness" by subduing us to its will. It recently sweetened this bitter pill by claiming it was increasing its aid to $30 M - a piddling amount. Her indirect sponsorship of terrorist activities causes far greater damage. That demands high compensation be paid, not "aid". |
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