26 August 2021
American Forces & IPKF
The
more I learn about American troops pulling out of Afghanistan, the deeper I
dwell on Indian Peace Keeping Force’s role in Sri Lanka. This has been
highlighted by some sections of the Tamil Diaspora.
As per Economy Next report - ‘Sri Lanka recognizes
Taliban authority in Kabul, accepts ‘amnesty’ – one is entitled to
conclude that they are also of similar views as Tamil MP Sritharan who referred
to the Taliban as ‘Freedom Fighters’. Given that Mr Premadasa of the UNP was
the then leader who partnered the LTTE to eliminate the IPFK. The IPKF’s
actions were no different to that of the Sri Lankan Army accused of war-crimes.
The reasoning from Wikipedia is as follows:
[From October 1987, the IPKF
commenced war on the LTTE in order to disarm them. During this
conflict, the IPKF raped thousands of Tamil women. One IPKF
official excused these rapes by stating the following: "I agree that rape
is a heinous crime. But my dear, all wars have them. There are psychological
reasons for them such as battle fatigue."]
This
was because like the American forces in Afghanistan, IPKF was a foreign force
in Jaffna. It was LTTE that failed to pass on that intelligence despite their
training in India. When there is no common belief each side takes its benefit
as it thinks fit.
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