E: விடுதலை வீரன் விக்டரின் நீங்கா நினைவு நீடூழி வாழ்க...

E: விடுதலை வீரன் விக்டரின் நீங்கா நினைவு நீடூழி வாழ்க...: மாவீரன் விக்ரரின் நினைவு நாள் விடுதலை முழக்கங்கள்! மன்னார் மாவட்ட விடுதலைப்புலி மூத்த தளபதியும் மகளிர் தாக்குதலணியின் முதற் தளபதியும் ஆன...

புதிய ஈழம்: புலம் பெயர் தமிழர்களின் போராட்டம் தத்தம் நாடுகளின்...

புதிய ஈழம்: புலம் பெயர் தமிழர்களின் போராட்டம் தத்தம் நாடுகளின்...

Keiser Report 195

ஏகபோக நிதியாதிக்கக் கும்பல்களும், அவர்களின் நலன்காக்கும் ஏகாதிபத்திய அரசுகளும் சேவகம் செய்யும் புல்லுரிவிகளின் சனத்தொகை
1%

Boston Police Attack Veterans for Peace

*Walls St ஏகபோக நிதியாதிக்கக் கும்பலின் ஏவல் நாய் ஒபாமாவே,

வேலைவாய்ப்பு கோரி போராடும் அமெரிக்க உழைக்கும் மக்கள் இயக்கத்தின் மீது வெறி கொண்டு பாயும் சமூகப் பயங்கரவாதத்தை உடனே நிறுத்து!

*அமெரிக்க ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளில் வாழும் ஈழத்தமிழ் உழைக்கும் மக்களே இந்நாடுகளின் அரசுகளை எதிர்த்து போராடும் மக்களின் உள்நாட்டு ஜனநாயக இயக்கத்துடன் தமிழீழ தேசிய விடுதலைப் புரட்சியை ஒன்றிணையுங்கள்!

* புலம்பெயர் தமிழர் பேரவைகள்,மற்றும் உருத்திரகுமாரன், நெடுமாறன்.TNA-சுரேஸ் பிரேமச்சந்திரன்,Tamil Net அடங்கிய நவீன காலனியாதிக்க ஆதரவு அணியின் இடைவழிச்சமரசப் பாதையை நிராகரியுங்கள்!

*சுயநிர்ணய உரிமைக் கோரிக்கையை உயர்த்திப்பிடியுங்கள்!

சுதந்திர ஈழம் காண ஊற்றெடுங்கள்!

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ஆறுபடை வீட்டோடு அறுவடைக்கலையும் `இலட்சியவாதி` மனோ கணேசன்

எத்தகைய ஐக்கியம்!

File Photo: Mano with Tamilchelvan

Mano Ganeshan to decide about his alliance this evening
Mon, 2011-10-10 15:10 — editor
News
Colombo, 10 October, (Asiantribune.com):

Mano Ganeshan, the leader of the Democratic People’s Front said he will be deciding about their position in the two Municipalities and in the Urban Council after a decision at the Presidium meeting schedule for this evening in Colombo.

He told Asian Tribune that UNP has already approached him for the support of his 6 councilors, whom his party has bagged in the Colombo Municipality.

He said that he can’t decide anything alone, but it is his party that has to resolve and direct him of the future course action.

Given below the excerpts of the Interview Asian Tribune had with Mano Ganeshan, the leader of the Democratic People’s Front:

Asian Tribune: Congratulation for winning 6 seats in the Colombo Municipality and one each in the Dehiwela Mount Lavania Municipality and at the Kolonnawa Urban Council elections. I want to know your next move?

Mano Ganeshan: Thank you very much. We will be deciding tonight. Our Party’s Presidium Committee is meeting tonight. We will have to discuss all the available options and come to a conclusion.

Asian Tribune: There is a report to say that UNP has already approached you?

Mano Ganeshan: Yes UNP… obviously they will approach, you know.

Asian Tribune: What else you like to tell?

Mano Ganeshan: Well at the moment, I don’t want to commit anything. Our party is a democratic party, not only in name, but also in the real sense of it.

Therefore, as I said in the beginning that we will have to discuss and then come up with our next move. I also take this opportunity thank my voters who have placed confidence in us. I also wish to assure them that we will never betray the mandate.

Asian Tribune: What is the mandate you are speaking of?

Mano Ganeshan: The mandate specially the Tamil people in the region of Colombo, Dehiwela and Kolonnawa have placed confidence in me. During the election campaign those in the Government, as well as in the opposition made accusation against me and some of them went up to the level of character assassination and amidst all these things, a sizeable number of people has placed confidence in me and that is a respectable mandate which I have received against all the odds.

Asian Tribune: In fact according to reports, 60% of the voters in the Colombo municipal area are non Sinhala people. But you have only got 6 seats. Why you couldn’t get more from the non Sinhala speaking voters?

Mano Ganeshan: The problem is that this is being a local government election and a large section of the Tamil people has simply kept away from voting in this election. So this mental tendency of the voters also had an impact.

Asian Tribune: If all those Tamils would have voted, how many seats you would have got.

Mano Ganeshan: we got 6 seats. But that cannot be answered.

Furthermore, under this proportionate voting system nobody can foresee the number seats one party can win. We have polled 26,000 votes and have 6 seats, but some parties have received very less votes, but they have received two seats.

- Asian Tribune -

இந்தியாவைத் தொடர்ந்து ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில் அமெரிக்காவுக்கு முண்டுகொடுக்கும் இனப்படுகொலை கோதபாயா இராணுவம்!

“Assistant secretary Robert Blake raised the possibility of Sri Lanka contributing to US – led coalition operations in Afghanistan, noting that would be a significant step in support of improving military – to – military engagement.” a leaked US diplomatic cable reveals.


WikiLeaks – Gota to provide mercenaries to Afghan war
Posted by Colombo Telegraph ⋅ October 6, 2011 ⋅ 20
By Colombo Telegraph

“Assistant secretary Robert Blake raised the possibility of Sri Lanka contributing to US – led coalition operations in Afghanistan, noting that would be a significant step in support of improving military – to – military engagement.” a leaked US diplomatic cable reveals.

In an attempt to avoid the stigma associated with mercenaries
The Colombo Telegraph found the leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” and recount details of a meeting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake had with Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on 8th December 2009. They discussed the subjects such as accountability and reconciliation, security and reconstruction, ICRC and ex- combatants, military missions, LTTE links to Eritrea and potential Sri Lankan contributions to peace keeping operations and US – led coalition efforts.

“Rajapaksa replied that contributing forces for combat operations right now would be too politically sensitive during the current election season in Sri Lanka. He added that the GSL would have to consider seriously the implications for its Muslim minority as well as the danger of drawing the ire of groups like Al – Qaida and Lashkar –e –Taiba by becoming a force provider. He said possible alternative for Sri Lanka might be to provide training assistance to Afghan security forces under the auspices of a non – governmental organization or private company.” the cable reveals.

The cable further says “Blake warned that Lakshar – e – Taiba, which had used Nepal and Bangladesh as staging posts to attack India, could next turn to Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa related that GSL had arrested two men transiting Sri Lanka to Nepal based on information provided by India’s research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The GSL has since turned them over to RAW. Rajapaksa noted that the GSL has assigned separate officers to watch extremists. Blake suggested that the GSL exchange further information about LTTE networks with US counter – terrorism experts.”

Contributing forces for combat operations right now would be too politically sensitive during the current election season in Sri Lanka
“Private Military Companies (PMC) refer to their business generally as the private military industry, in an attempt to avoid the stigma often associated with mercenaries.” a military analyst told Colombo Telegraph.

The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of governmental military or police forces, most often on a smaller scale. While PMCs often provide services to train or supplement official armed forces in service of governments, they can also be employed by private companies to provide bodyguards for key staff or protection of company premises, especially in hostile territories. However, contractors who use offensive force in a war zone could be considered unlawful combatants in reference to a concept outlined in the Geneva Conventions and explicitly specified by the US Military Commissions Act.

Many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, are not signatories to the 1989 United Nations Mercenary Convention banning the use of mercenaries.
Read the full cable below.

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 001159 

SIPDIS 

DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INSB 

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/08/2019

TAGS: PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE

SUBJECT: DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH

A/S BLAKE 

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Classified By: DCM VALERIE FOWLER.  REASONS: 1.4 (B, D) 

¶1. (C) SUMMARY:  In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri

Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed

accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency;

disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups;

reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation

Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ex-combatants; LTTE child

soldiers; access to LTTE ex-combatants for the International

Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); potential Sri Lankan

contributions to peacekeeping operations and to U.S.-led

coalition efforts, and Sri Lankan military expansion plans.

A/S Blake noted that ICRC access to LTTE ex-combatants and

GSL action to hold members of the military accountable for

any human rights abuses or possibly war crimes would be

important for the normalization of our military-to-military

relations.  END SUMMARY. 

ACCOUNTABILITY AND RECONCILIATION

--------------------------------- 

¶2. (C) A/S Blake emphasized American and international

expectations and concerns about accountability and

reconciliation, and urged the GSL to make every effort to

show it had investigated and when appropriate held

accountable members of the military alleged to have committed

human rights abuses or war crimes.  Rajapaksa asserted that

the military was taking action, and -- in response to A/S

Blake's request -- agreed to provide the United States with a

copy of the Ministry of Defense's input into the GSL response

to the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP)-Plus report.  (NOTE: The Embassy subsequently received

a copy of the "Observations of the Government of Sri Lanka in

respect of the 'Report on the Findings of the Investigation

with Respect to the Effective Implementation of certain human

rights Conventions in Sri Lanka'."  The Observations were

essentially a narrative defense of the GSL position, appeared

to have little input from the Ministry of Defense, and

contained no statistics on military investigations of

potential criminal acts.  The Embassy has continued to try to

get the report on military investigations that the Defense

Secretary promised to A/S Blake, as well as to Ambassador

Butenis, but thus far has been unsuccessful.  END NOTE.) 

SECURITY AND RECONSTRUCTION

---------------------------- 

¶3. (C) A/S Blake suggested that lifting the State of

Emergency would help demonstrate GSL progress addressing

long-term human rights concerns.  Speaking hours after

Parliament had extended the State of Emergency for another

month, Rajapaksa replied the provisions remained necessary,

primarily to keep in detention the 1,000 or so hard-core LTTE

cadres.  He said the GSL was trying to figure out a way ahead

to process the detainees within the judicial system, but if

the Emergency were lifted now, the GSL would have to release

them.  Rajapaksa emphasized that most of the other security

restrictions had already been eased or lifted, including

restrictions on air travel, transportation, and those related

to the fishing industry. 

¶4. (C) In response to A/S Blake's suggestion that the GSL

disarm paramilitary groups in the North as it had done in the

East, Rajapaksa noted that the government had disarmed all

militant groups, including those in Vavuniya.  He said every

day the security forces are collecting arms and ammunition,

uncovering many hidden caches from information provided by

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and LTTE ex-combatants.

He dismissed recent media reports of a Tamil group

identifying itself as a Peoples' Liberation Army and calling 

COLOMBO 00001159  002.6 OF 003 

for an independent homeland for Tamils.  Rajapaksa said the

GSL has excellent security controls in the Eastern Province,

and had seen no indication of any such group. 

¶5. (C) Rajapaksa said the GSL had encouraged the Tamil

diaspora to take a greater role in reconstruction.  He said

that there was a critical need for construction of housing

and hoped the diaspora would provide assistance as they had

done after the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami in the

North, the South, and in the Eastern Province.  A/S Blake

mentioned his trip to the IDP camps and resettled areas in

the North.  He noted few patients in the hospital in the

camps.  He said the area around Madhu Church had not appeared

as damaged by the war as expected.  He said the resettled

IDPs had expressed the need for two types of assistance,

namely more computers and more bicycles, adding that the IDPs

had told him that the Sri Lankan Army had passed out a lot of

bicycles to them, but they would like more.  Rajapaksa

responded that the Army had carried out most of the clearing,

reconstruction and renovation around the Madhu Church. 

ICRC AND EX-COMBATANTS

---------------------- 

¶6. (C) In response to A/S Blake's support for the ICRC's

mandate, Rajapaksa said the ICRC continued to visit LTTE

cadres in prisons and there was no problem with ICRC visiting

the LTTE ex-combatant camps.  Rajapaksa said he had no issue

with ICRC performing its monitoring mission.  He said it was

inappropriate, however, for the ICRC to interfere in the

rehabilitation programs that were the purview of

International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the GSL.

He blamed the ICRC for undermining international donor

support for IOM rehabilitation programs, and encouraged A/S

Blake to discuss the problem with IOM representatives.  Blake

clarified that the ICRC was not undermining such support.

Rather, by granting ICRC periodic access, the GSL could

improve prospects for international support. Rajapaksa

highlighted that the LTTE child soldiers' education program

at Hindu College in Ratmalana was going well.  He said that

during his recent visit to the facility, he had spoken to the

children and that most wanted to continue their studies and

rejoin their families.  Rajapaksa noted that there were two

or three cases of children with no families and that one

child thought his parents had gone to London, but no one had

been able to trace them. 

MILITARY MISSIONS

----------------- 

¶7. (C) Rajapaksa discussed his future plans for the Sri Lanka

military to participate in UN Peacekeeping missions.

Rajapaksa said he could make 10,000 peacekeepers available

"today" for deployment on UN missions.  Although Sri Lankan

Air Force (SLAF) aircraft were also available, deployments

were impractical given the unaffordable up-front costs the

GSL would incur just to deploy them.  Regarding participation

in maritime coalition operations to counter piracy and the

trafficking of persons and narcotics, Rajapaksa noted that

Sri Lanka would be very open to the idea.  Regarding reported

plans to expand the military, Rajapaksa said he had

instructed the military to develop a plan for expanding

maritime capabilities, with the primary intent of preventing

the LTTE from once again smuggling arms and ammunition into

Sri Lanka.  He said the Sri Lankan Navy would be critical to

stopping any LTTE smuggling operations, and would also play a

significant role in countering the LTTE's human trafficking

operations throughout the region to destinations such as

Australia and Canada. 

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AFGHANISTAN

----------- 

¶8. (C) A/S Blake raised the possibility of Sri Lanka

contributing to U.S.-led coalition operations in Afghanistan,

noting that would be a significant step in support of

improving military-to-military engagement.  Rajapaksa replied

that contributing forces for combat operations right now

would be too politically sensitive during the current

election season in Sri Lanka.  He added that the GSL would

have to consider seriously the implications for its Muslim

minority as well as the danger of drawing the ire of groups

like Al-Qaida and Lashkar-e-Taiba by becoming a force

provider.  He said a possible alternative for Sri Lanka might

be to provide training assistance to Afghan security forces

under the auspices of a non-governmental organization or

private company.  He recalled a local precedent for this

approach, dating back to 1985-1986 when a South Africa-based

company had provided security assistance to Sri Lanka in the

early years of the war with the LTTE.  He said the company

had provided military and security experts from a host of

countries, including the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth

nations, and even some Russians.  For four or five years, the

company was based in Jaffna and had trained Sri Lankan pilots

and taught infantry tactics, including close quarters combat

skills.  He said that while the South African company had not

participated in combat operations, it had closely monitored

Sri Lankan military operations, assisting in de-briefing

patrols and conducting after action reviews. 

LTTE LINKS TO ERITREA AND LET

----------------------------- 

¶9. (C) Rajapaksa briefed that the GSL knew of five planes

that the LTTE had purchased in Eritrea, where they remained.

The LTTE had also established boat-building operations in

Eritrea, he added.  The Eritrean government has rebuffed GSL

attempts to open a diplomatic mission.  He claimed that LTTE

operatives also helped train Somali terrorists in Eritrea.

Rajapaksa outlined that the LTTE employed middlemen in India,

Philippines, Eritrea, Thailand and Malaysia, and used

Singapore as the financial hub.  The brokers usually married

a native, started a business, and bribed officials to

facilitate deals.  The shipments originated in North Korea,

and usually contained Chinese-origin goods. 

¶10. (C) A/S Blake warned that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which

has used Nepal and Bangladesh as staging posts to attack

India, could next turn to Sri Lanka.  Rajapaksa related that

the GSL had arrested two men transiting Sri Lanka to Nepal

based on information provided by India's Research and

Analysis Wing (RAW).  The GSL has since turned them over to

RAW.  Rajapaksa noted that the GSL has assigned separate

officers to watch for extremists.  A/S Blake suggested that

the GSL exchange further information about LTTE networks with

U.S. counter-terrorism experts.

BUTENIS

வெளிவந்து விட்டது! ஈழத்தில் வர்க்கப்போராட்டம்

வெளிவந்து விட்டது 

ஈழத்தில் வர்க்கப் போராட்டம் 

இணைய நூல்

(உதய சூரியனை உறுமும் புலி வென்ற கதை)

ஈழத்தில் வர்க்கப் போராட்டம் 

தேசிய இன விடுதலையில் தமிழ்த்தரகு முதலாளிய வர்க்கத்தின் பாத்திரம்,

(`தமிழர் மகாசனசபை` இலிருந்து தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணிவரை 

1921-1976) 

குறிப்பு: இக்கட்டுரை நவம்பர் 1989 இல் (22 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னால்), எழுதப்பட்டு புதிய ஈழப்புரட்சியாளர்களால் தமிழீழத்தில் தலைமறைவாக விநியோகிக்கப்பட்டது. 22 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னால் பிரச்சாரப்படுத்தப்பட்ட இச் சிறு பிரசுரம் எந்தக் கருத்துத் திருத்தமும் இல்லாமல் இங்கே அப்படியே மறு பிரசுரம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது

http://senthanal.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html 

   ஈழத்தில் வர்க்கப்போராட்டம்

படியுங்கள்!                                                                                            பரப்புங்கள்!!

Russia and China veto UN resolution on Syria

Many Security Council members do not want Syria to turn into another Libya.

RT.COM

Members of the UN Security Council have voted on a draft resolution on Syria on Tuesday. The resolution was not passed with nine votes in favor, two against, and four abstentions, with Russia and China voting against the proposed resolution.

In order for the resolution to be adopted, nine of the 15 Security Council members had to support it, with none of the veto-wielding members voting against.

The vote followed weeks of debate over whether to impose sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's regime. Many countries had been working on finding a text that could result in a compromise among the 15 Security Council members.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, said that the current resolution was “unacceptable” as it envisaged sanctions and did not call on Assad's government to start talks with the opposition, Interfax news agency reports.

Many Security Council members do not want Syria to turn into another Libya. Russia and China cast a veto on resolution, as its text left the door open for further sanctions.

Russia repeatedly said that it would not support any text in a resolution that would leave the door open for sanctions, so Britain, France, Germany and Portugal dropped the word ‘sanctions’ from their draft resolution.

The US, Turkey, and other countries had independently imposed sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But all this time Russia was spearheading more negotiations, and rejected resolution drafts put forward by other UN members. 

Protests in Syria erupted in March and during the government’s harsh response more than 2700 people have since died, according to the UN’s own figures.

அமெரிக்காவால் சுமக்க இயலாத சிலுவையை இறக்கி, இந்தியமக்களின் தோள்களில் சுமத்துகிறது விரிவாதிக்க,அரைக்காலனிய அமெரிக்க அடிமை மன்மோகன் இந்திய அரசு!

Karzai Sets Closer Ties With India on Visit
Mr. Karzai told reporters that regional powers, and India in particular, are key to helping his country pursue peace. He praised India as a "steadfast friend and supporter" of his country.

Mr. Singh said India would "stand by the people of Afghanistan as they prepare to assume the responsibility for their governance and security after the withdrawal of international forces."

India has pledged to train and equip Afghan's army and police force, according to a copy of the partnership agreement, expanding on limited training it conducted for the army in India four years ago.

Mr. Singh also urged neighboring countries to do more to help Afghanistan reach its goals of greater peace and stability. "All countries of the region must work to facilitate this outcome," he said.

The U.S. is eager to see India and other countries help train Afghan's security forces to beef up their capacity to fight Taliban insurgents ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. forces, scheduled for completion in 2014. But the greater involvement of India in this training role is likely to anger Pakistan, which sees Afghanistan as within its sphere of influence.

Afghanistan's relationship with Pakistan has deteriorated after Mr. Karzai said last week he was calling off nascent peace talks with Taliban militants and would focus instead on reaching out to Pakistan, which Afghan officials say support the Taliban. U.S. officials also have blamed Pakistan's military for supporting Taliban attacks against U.S. and Afghan government targets inside Afghanistan, a charge Pakistani officials say is untrue.

The policy shift follows last month's assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president and lead negotiator with the Taliban. Mr. Rabbani was killed outside his house by a purported Taliban peace envoy who Afghan government officials allege was a Pakistani citizen supported by the country's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. On Tuesday, Mr. Singh expressed his condolences for the death of Mr. Rabbani.

An official with the ISI denied the charges made against it by U.S. and Afghan officials and said both countries are unfairly blaming Pakistan for their failure to make progress in peace talks, from which Pakistan has so far been excluded.

India has poured more than $1 billion in aid money into Afghanistan in the past decade, mainly for infrastructure projects. Those projects have caused anger in Pakistan, especially when Indian paramilitary forces were deployed to guard Indian road-construction workers in Afghanistan. Islamabad also has complained about the opening of Indian consulates in Afghanistan.

India trained Afghanistan's army in 2007, when two platoon-sized infantry units took sessions in India, said Ashok Mehta, a retired Indian general and defense analyst. India has been careful never to send army units to Afghanistan, because it realizes that it also needs to avoid antagonizing Pakistan to the point of conflict, instead only conducting these limited training sessions at home on Afghan request, he added.

"India realizes it would unnecessarily aggravate the situation in Afghanistan if it made an open-ended declaration about security assistance," Mr. Mehta said.

Mr. Mehta said Afghanistan had requested for 150 army officers to receive training at Indian defense and military academies and that appears likely to happen soon. India also is expected to soon begin hosting training sessions for Afghan police officers.

India and Afghanistan on Tuesday also agreed to strengthen trade and economic ties, announcing two agreements to cooperate in mining and hydrocarbons. The state-run Steel Authority of India is among bidders for the right to mine iron ore at the Hajigak mine in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan province. If the Indian bid is successful, the company plans to build steel plants in Afghanistan and possibly even rail lines to improve access to the mines.
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Afghan Army to train in India
Afghan Army to train in India | StratPost
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
By Saurabh Joshi

The Indian Army is to provide basic training to officers and men of the Afghan National Army (ANA) in India. This training is expected to begin by August and will be conducted at various regimental training centers of the Indian Army, according to sources in the Indian Ministry of Defense.

The first batch of ANA personnel will consist of 25 officers and 30 Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR). Their training will also include certain specialized modules, especially in Counter Insurgency (COIN) warfare.

While ANA personnel have attended courses at Indian military training establishments before, this is the first time basic training is being provided to them. And while the first batch consists of 55 ANA personnel, it is unclear whether this number is likely to go up later and would depend on requests from the ANA, available vacancies in regimental training centers and Indian government policy.

England Home Secretary: 'Scrap Human Rights Act'

Home Secretary: 'Scrap Human Rights Act'

By David Bowden, senior correspondent
Sky News –

Theresa May wants to scrap the Human Rights Act because she says it is hampering moves to deport dangerous foreign criminals and terrorist suspects, but her comments have sparked a furious debate.

The Home Secretary said: "I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have some problems with it.

"I see it, here in the Home Office, particularly, the sort of problems we have in being unable to deport people who perhaps are terrorist suspects.

"Obviously we've seen it with some foreign criminals who are in the UK."

David Cameron shares Ms May's view, but they are both at loggerheads with their coalition partners and the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference last month about the Human Rights Act, Mr Clegg said "it is here to stay".

Ms May's comments will strike a chord with many at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester this week, who see the legislation in their view being abused by criminals and terrorists.

Paul Houston certainly thinks the legislation is being abused.

His 12-year-old daughter Amy was knocked down and killed by a failed Iraqi asylum seeker.

Also Mohammed Ibrahim has been allowed to stay in the UK because judges ruled it would infringe his right to a family life if he was deported to Iraq.

Mr Houston said: "It's about time they put the viewpoints and rights of victims above the rights of criminals."

However, Shami Chakrabarti, director of the human rights organisation Liberty, said: "It is completely hypocritical to promote human rights in an Arab Spring whilst seeking to scrap them in a British winter."

Miss Chakrabarti believes Ms May is not giving the full picture on human rights and insists that getting rid of the Act will not mean Britain is no longer subject to human rights legislation, just that it will be administered from Europe rather than the UK.

The Government has already agreed to set up a commission on a British Bill of Rights, which if implemented could replace the Human Rights Act.