ரோஸ்

தீக்சித்தின் இரட்டை நாடகம். றோவும் இந்தியபிரதமரும் உடந்தை. தளபதி கரிகிரத் சிங்கின் திறந்தப் புத்தகத்தால் வெளிவரும் உண்மைகள்.

பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்கு வரும் பிரபாகரனை கொல்ல சொன்ன தீக்சித்.
புலிகள் ஆயுதங்களை கையளித்தப்போது, மற்றைய இயக்கங்களுக்கு ஆயுதம் கொடுத்த றோ


Frontline
Volume 24 - Issue 18 :: Sep. 08-21, 2007
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BOOKS

Intervention in Sri Lanka: The IPKF Experience Retold


Shocking disclosures

A.G. NOORANI

In his memoirs Maj Gen. Harkirat Singh has reproduced contemporary documents that reveal a lot that was not known about the IPKF in Sri Lanka.

This brings us to three important disclosures. First, RAW began rearming other Tamil groups even while the LTTE was being disarmed in August 1987. The author gave Dixit the damning videotapes which the LTTE had given him. Secondly, on September 11, 1987, he met Dixit. “According to Dixit, the ultimate objective of the IPKF was to discredit the LTTE in the eyes of the local Tamil population. In short, the IPKF was expected to play a double game. I realised that these tactics would not work since the Tamils had already understood that their aspirations for Eelam could be met only by the LTTE. Dixit then turned towards me and said, ‘General, please ensure that the actions of the IPKF are in line with my discussions with the Prime Minister at Delhi. You should adopt a posture of gradual change from negotiations to coercion. The junior commanders during their contact should ascertain the view of the Tamils on the above approach.’”

The last one is shocking: “On the night of 14/15 September 1987, I received a telephone call from Dixit, directing me to arrest or shoot Pirabakaran when he came for the meeting. Telling Dixit that I would get back to him I placed a call to the OFC. Lt. Gen. Depinder Singh directed me to tell Dixit that we, as an orthodox Army, did not shoot people in the back when they were coming for a meeting under the white flag. I then spoke to Dixit in Colombo and conveyed the message, emphasising that I would not obey his directive. I pointed out that the LTTE supremo had been invited by the IPKF in order to find a solution to the problems in the implementation of the Accord. Dixit replied, ‘He [Rajiv Gandhi] has given those instructions to me and the Army should not drag its feet, and you as the GOC, IPKF will be responsible for it.’ The next morning I received a call from Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi, the then Director General Military Operations, who supported my stand on Dixit’s directive. However, the COAS, Gen. Sundarji, expressed his annoyance.” In fairness to Rajiv Gandhi, Dixit’s claim that he spoke on his behalf must be rejected. Dixit was prone to bragging and braggadocio.

புத்தகம் குறித்த கட்டுரையை முழுதாக வாசிப்பதற்கு இங்கே போங்கள்
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070921505807900.htm


Intervention in Sri Lanka: The IPKF Experience Retold (Hardcover)
by Harkirat Singh; Major Gen. retired
Hardcover: 190 pages
Publisher: Manohar (February 2, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8173047057
ISBN-13: 978-8173047053
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches