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Sri Lanka: EU demands war crimes inquiry --of both sides
European Union foreign ministers have called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by Tamil Tiger militants and the Sri Lankan military during the fierce conflict in the country's north.
Oh, how even-handed.
At a meeting in Brussels on Monday, ministers from the 27 member states said they were appalled by the high number of civilian casualties.
Did they mention any feelings they may have had on Lanka's restoration of its territorial integrity, on Porky's ejection from the gene pool, and on the suppression of terrorism within an entire nation?
The ministers called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed not just by the Tamil Tigers, who have long been on the EU's list of banned terrorist groups, but also by the government.
Busybodies. Don't they have an economic crisis to deal with?
"There have been very grave allegations on all sides and the British position is always that whenever serious and credible allegations are made they should be properly investigated," British foreign secretary David Miliband said. "Secondly, there's obviously a crying need for an inclusive political settlement - the tens of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians want to be Sri Lankan citizens of equal rights and equal value."
Yes, and so they already are, I think, although perhaps I'm wrong. The Tamil Tigers wanted extra-special privileges, and were willing to kill for it.
The Tigers wanted approximately half the country for their very own, where they could oppress the Sinhalese, who've had the impertinance to occupy the country for the past 3000 years or so. So the political settlement's been reached, in spite of the Norwegian-brokered ceasefires.
The EU is pushing for the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session on Sri Lanka next week, as it did in Burma,
That worked well...
Darfur
Sheer brilliance...
and the Palestinian territories.
It's all about the process -- who cares that nothing has come from our special sessions except some fabulous dinners... and a very few fabulous working breakfasts (for a given value of working, of course).
Another gathering of "veteran peacemakers"...
The European action came as Sri Lankan security forces claimed to have killed Tamil Tiger leader and founder Vellupillai Prabhakaran as he tried to flee the war zone on the northeast of the island. State television announced the death of the 54-year-old on Monday.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the Tamil Tigers are commonly known, are trained to commit suicide rather than surrender. The guerrilla leader reportedly wore a cyanide capsule around his neck, like many other Tamil Tigers.

The EU urged the Sri Lankan government to allow United Nations aid workers access to the war zone to ease the humanitarian crisis.
Busybodies running to get in front of the parade. The Indian medical corps are already on their way.

Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-19
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=270016