Sri Lanka undeterred by 8216;surprise attacks8217;: Mahinda Rajapaksa

The President said he was expecting such attacks from the pro-LTTE diaspora and anti-Sri Lanka elements when he was leading his army to militarily crush the LTTE8217;s separatist campaign.

He also termed all allegations against his government as 8220;false accusations with ulterior motives8221;. Recalling Sri Lanka8217;s historical annals,the President drew parallels of the Norwegian-backed ceasefire which ended in 2008 with various invasions of the nation. 8220;A section of this country before 2009 was identified as an Eelam Tamil separate state region. The ceasefire agreement had even acknowledged some recognition to that effect. 8220;How would it be the situation today unless we managed to annual the international community-engineered ceasefire?8221; he asked.

India along with 24 other countries on March 21 backed the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council UNHRC in Geneva against Sri Lanka asking it to conduct an 8220;independent and credible8221; probe into allegations of human rights violations.