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January 9, 2005
Tsunamis won't stop jihadis
Topics: TerrorismIt would be wishful thinking to believe that because of the enormous tragedy, the jihadi terrorists will refrain from acts of terrorism in the tsunami-ravaged countries due to a fear that this could antagonize the local population. The tragedy in Thailand has not prevented jihadi terrorists from continuing their acts of terrorism in the Muslim-majority provinces of southern Thailand. They have never cared for public opinion and fears of public revulsion have never been an inhibiting factor for them.
Asia Times Jan 9
Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the December 26 tsunamis have not received the attention they deserve.
The first aspect relates to the fact that areas inhabited by ethnic minorities have been very badly affected in the Tamil-majority Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka and in the Car Nicobar area of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
The fact that about half, if not more than half, of the fatalities in Sri Lanka are of the Sri Lankan Tamils in these two provinces has not been highlighted either by the Sri Lankan authorities or by the media. Even international media have been focusing their coverage of the tragedy on the areas inhabited by the Sinhalese majority, and there has been very limited coverage of the impact on the Tamil minority.
According to statistics circulated by the websites of pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organizations in the West, 16,656 Tamils have been killed - 14,212 of them in the eastern province and the remaining in the Northern province. More than 18,000 are missing; 18,481, including 13,731 of them in the Eastern province and the remaining in the Northern province.
Posted by Hyscience at January 9, 2005 10:52 PM
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