The subtle terror of the International Relief Organizations

By Christian Eckert

(February 28 , Kogal, Sri Lanka Guardian) The war against the LTTE terrorism in Sri Lanka is heading towards its bloody end. The Sri Lankan security forces, as united and, thanks to Chinese and Pakistani arms deliveries, strong in numbers as never before, have corralled the last still-fighting cadres of the LTTE in a 72 square kilometer patch of their utopian state of Tamil Eelam. As thousands of civilians wait, caught between the fronts, for the next development, yet another dilemma becomes more and more clear: there had been an unholy alliance between many international relief organizations active in the hotly fought-over north and the terrorist LTTE.

Numerous 19-foot containers of the INGOs, sent to Tamil-Tiger areas shortly after the Tsunami, were not returned, and the relevant INGOs never questioned nor did the freight companies complained. Now it is clear why – they were used by the LTTE to construct subterranean bunker systems. The LTTE has used those containers also as components for cleverly disguised plane hangars. Seven landing strips, constructed using the most modern western know-how, were also found.

55 electricity generators from Sweden, intended for use in hospitals in and around Jaffna, were found in the deserted shelters of the LTTE-Tigers, withdrawing under the Sri Lankan offensive. These generators were sufficient to supply the whole population of the north with electricity – instead they supplied the fighting units of the LTTE. Tiger leader Velupilai Prabhakaran, suffering from diabetes, not only had a hospital constructed especially for him in one of the headquarters, as well as ordering a bullet-proof vehicle to be constructed for him use, which has also been discovered. For the refurbishing of the vehicle, special metal sheets were used that had been ordered by one of the INGOs for the purported purpose of reconstructing destroyed bridges in the north.

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About Writer:Christian Eckert (50), born in Germany, raised in Vancouver Canada is a vetran media personality and a working journalist in Germany. He has been visiting Asia, specially Sri Lanka for the past 30 years. Eckert is a 2004 Tsunami survivor in Sri Lanka. Form the Tsunami devastated south of the Country, Christian Eckert walked three days from Galle to the German Embassy in Colombo and returned home with a desire to help the needy in Sri Lanka. Since then he has been actively working with many humanitarian projects with Sri Lanka.Christian Eckert just returned back to Germany from a long trip to Sri Lanka. During his stay he travelled extensively in the country. The Story filed to Sri Lanka Guardian is a view of a foreign Journalist that most western media don't like to expose in their own country.