Colonel Rooban, one of the two Black Air Tigers who flew LTTE aircrafts hitting Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Headquarters and the SLAF base at Katunayake Friday, in a letter left behind, urged the Tamils in Vanni to join the Liberation Tigers and strengthen the LTTE's military forces in the fight against the Sri Lanka Military forces.
English translation of excerpts of Rooban’s statement in Tamil:
“You are aware that our expatriate Eelam Tamils are very active on conductive non-violent protests including extreme self-sacrifice of self-immolation world-wide to show solidarity with us. While the enemy is single-mindendly on a mission to destroy us, I urge you to strengthen our Leader’s hands, and join in this inevitable last battle against our enemy.
“The intensity of destruction unleashed against our people exceeds that of the similar acts by Adolph Hitler engineered to exterminate Jews. I am grateful for your continued fight against our enemy, especially amidst the recent atrocities in the hospitals and safe areas by the genocidal State armed forces.”
“You are aware that our expatriate Eelam Tamils are very active on conductive non-violent protests including extreme self-sacrifice of self-immolation world-wide to show solidarity with us. While the enemy is single-mindendly on a mission to destroy us, I urge you to strengthen our Leader’s hands, and join in this inevitable last battle against our enemy.
“The intensity of destruction unleashed against our people exceeds that of the similar acts by Adolph Hitler engineered to exterminate Jews. I am grateful for your continued fight against our enemy, especially amidst the recent atrocities in the hospitals and safe areas by the genocidal State armed forces.”
“Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is not discriminating different age-groups while it slaughters our people. I joined the movement during my college days to combat the harassment meted out to my family and relatives through forced displacement. We need more and more youths and able people to join our forces to increase our military strength.
“We have enough armaments. We urgently need man-power. Only safeguarding our nation and land, you will be able to perform your sacred duty of providing safety and security to your parents and relatives. I ask you to have faith in your Leader, and to strengthen him; we will reach our goals towards liberation very soon.
“Dear beloved people of Vanni, while we march with explosives inside the lion’s den, let’s show the strength of Tamil people. I have never dreamed of wasting one’s precious life; However, I feel privileged and proud that I can become a black tiger to earn respect for my people and my homeland.”
“Thirst of Tamils, Tamil Homeland.”
“We have enough armaments. We urgently need man-power. Only safeguarding our nation and land, you will be able to perform your sacred duty of providing safety and security to your parents and relatives. I ask you to have faith in your Leader, and to strengthen him; we will reach our goals towards liberation very soon.
“Dear beloved people of Vanni, while we march with explosives inside the lion’s den, let’s show the strength of Tamil people. I have never dreamed of wasting one’s precious life; However, I feel privileged and proud that I can become a black tiger to earn respect for my people and my homeland.”
“Thirst of Tamils, Tamil Homeland.”
