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| Sri Lanka extends anti-terror laws |
| 2009-06-10 |
| Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday extended tough anti-terror laws, arguing that remnants of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels could still try to stage a comeback. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake told parliament that the government wanted to extend the state of emergency by a month despite last month's defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the deaths of their leaders. "There could be fire beneath the embers," he said. "If there are elements who still support terrorism, we will deal with them." The state of emergency allows the government to arrest and detain suspects for indefinite periods without trial. The military has detained more than 9,200 Tigers, but fear that rebel cells may still be active across the island. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 CHINESE MIL FORUM > MORE INDIAN TROOPS IN DISPUTED [Sino-India]TERRITORIES. ARUNSCHAL PRADESH = SOUTH CHINA REGION [Tibet]. India occupes approxi 90.5MILYUHN SKMS of CHINA'S ANCIENT 12.0MILYUHN TERRITORY. * WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC SOUTH ASIA IN TURMOIL. DESPITE THE DEFEAT OF THE LTTE BY SRI LANKA [Tamil Tigers], CHINA'S ENCIRCLEMENT OF INDIA IS STEADILY TIGHTENING. FORMERLY PRO-INDIA SRI LANKA TURNING TOWARDS CHINA; + INDIA TO DEV MISSLE AND AIR BASES, RAISE ARMY FORCE LEVEL TO NEARLY 100,000 IN DISPUTED ARUNSCHAL PRADESH REGION. NUCLEAR WAR BY CHINA, INDIA UNLIKELY DUE TO CHINA'S PAST SUCCESSES IN MILITARILY DEALING WITH TECH-SUPERIOR INDIA [conventional forces only]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-10 22:57 |
| #2 Except that they don't want to let their guard down and have Prabhakaran, Junior, sneak in through the back door. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-06-10 16:40 |
| #1 Uh-oh. This is not good. They need to ease off and start economic development, otherwise they'll blow this priceless chance to start over. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-06-10 12:18 |