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Call Sign asked
that question to Dial-a-Cab’s Roman Way Manager, Dana Thananjeyan,
himself a Tamil who has been greatly affected by events in Sri
Lanka… Very disturbing news is leaking out from the safety zone in Mullaitheevu district in my home country of Sri Lanka, where a cruel war has been waged for several months and has now reached its peak of devastation. Current news coming out from the war zone must disturb all human hearted people. In the last few days, there have been many massive excavation machineries established near the perimeter of the safety zone and huge holes are being dug day and night by several thousand Sri Lankan armed and supporting forces. These holes are being dug for no valid reason other than to facilitate a witness-free mass murder of the remaining Tamil population in the event of the Sri Lankan army advancing into the safety zone and killing everyone. Internationally prescribed and prohibited dangerous weapons such as cluster and phosphorus bombs, plus other chemical bombs have been used recently in the war zone by Sri Lanka armed forces. Those in the safe zone were originally living in four districts in the Vanni region and have been forcefully confined into the safety zone due to the advancing Sri Lankan armed forces with its massive artillery and air attacks. The Sri Lankan government has barred international media and aid agencies from accessing the affected people. The International Red Cross is the only non-governmental organisation managing to be present. The absence of independent media and international humanitarian agencies allows the Sri Lankan government to easily continue the war in such a cruel manner. Currently, The Sri Lankan government has been using every |
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means to destroy the integrity of the Tamil people in
Sri Lanka. We, the Tamils living all over the world, are very disturbed by these terrible happenings to our beloved kith and kin there. We want international leaders and human rights organisations to take effective and immediate steps to prevent the Sri Lankan government from making any more attacks on the innocent Tamil civilians in the name of releasing them from LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). The suffering people need immediate assistance and protection by the UN and other world organisations. I am one of the Tamils affected |
by this. I have lost contact with my mother, my
sister’s family and other relations for over 3 months now. I have no
idea what has happened to them. Please help the innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka by giving your support. They are being killed and genocide is silently taking place there under the cover of "war against terrorism." Thank you to all DaC drivers for reading this and considering the plight of Tamils. These two websites may interest you; www.tamilsforum.com/unspeaka-bletruth.html and www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29090 Dana Thananjeyan |
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Knowledge via SatNav! |
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A Dial-a-Cab driver, who wishes to
remain anonymous, sent this photo to Call Sign. Having
read this magazine’s views on the danger of passengers believing us
to be the same as minicabs if a SatNav is on show on the front
screen of the taxi, he took this pic of a Knowledge student riding
around town with a satnav clearly attached to the bike. The question now is whether the PCO will work out that he is obviously trying to offload the hard work involved, or will they just |
 The Knowledge boy is clearly using a SatNav ask what difference it now makes as taxi drivers are using them anyway? Hence the destruction of our trade continues... |
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