2.4.2008
Eelam
Revolutionary Organization (EROS) has urged the United
States Government to ban the “Black Tiger”
documentary in the United States of America, as it was
a blatant propaganda film glorifying suicide bombers and
terrorism in Sri Lanka and would entice would-be suicide
bombers to join terrorist organizations that are a threat
to the interests of the United States.
Nesan
Shankar Raji, a senior leader of the EROS in a statement
said “My daughter the terrorist," a documentary
on the lives and faiths of two female Black Tigers, produced
by Norwegian film maker, Beate Arnestad, is to be featured
in a premier documentary film festival in the United States
to be held in Durham, North Carolina 4th of April.
He
said that this is a propaganda film in favor of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a banned terrorist organization
in the E.U and many other countries including the United
States of America and it clearly glorifies suicide bombing
and terrorism. It has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
This is blatant propaganda.
He
added “This kind of media propaganda will have a
devastating effect and will entice would-be suicide bombers
to join terrorist linked organizations such as Al-Queda
and other groups. There is clear evidence of the LTTE’s
links in terrorist organizations linked to Al-Queda and
the technology used in developing suicide bomb jackets
etc is often shared between these terrorist organizations
for their own mutual benefits.”
Full
statement by Nesan Shankar Raji of EROS is as follows:
:
As one of the leaders of a mainstream, political party
in Sri Lanka and a representative of peace loving Sri
Lankan’s, I urge the United States Government to
ban “My daughter the terrorist," a Black Tiger
documentary, due to be screened in the United States and
take appropriate measures to prevent the film being screened
at the film festival to be held in Durham, North Carolina
from 3rd to 6 April.
This
documentary is a propaganda film in favor of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a banned terrorist organization
in the E.U and many other countries including the United
States of America and it clearly glorifies suicide bombing
and terrorism. This kind of media propaganda will have
a devastating effect and will entice would-be suicide
bombers to join terrorist linked organizations such as
Al-Queda and other groups. There is clear evidence of
the LTTE’s links in terrorist organizations linked
to Al-Queda and the technology used in developing suicide
bomb jackets etc is often shared between these terrorist
organizations for their own mutual benefits.
The
Norwegian film maker Beate Arnestad and architect of this
documentary film has been on the payroll of both the LTTE
and the Norwegian Government. The Norwegian Government
has been responsible for funding the LTTE for several
years. Referring to the “Norwegians Against Terrorism”
- NAT website, there is ample evidence of the Norwegian
Governments role in supporting, arming and funding the
LTTE.
As
the LTTE is proscribed as a terrorist organisation within
the United States, the Government of the United States
of America should ensure that this Norwegian filmmaker
Beate Arnestad is prevented from screening this documentary
publicly.
Beate
Arnestad stayed in Vanni under the hospitality of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during the filming of
this documentary; secondly Black Tiger cadres of the LTTE
were hand-picked by the Norwegian filmmaker to take part
in this documentary.
This
is clearly propaganda in favor of suicide bombing and
killing many hundreds of innocent civilians. This documentary
has nothing to do with free speech or media censorship.
The United States Government has a moral duty in stopping
this film from being screened and having it banned in
the United States of America.
Courtesy - Asian
Tribune