11. Hakeem said the Muslims had been overlooked in earlier peace bids which ended in disaster. 12. He added the US, Britain, India, Japan and the European Union strongly supported the Norwegian-led peace bid aimed at ending decades of ethnic bloodshed. 13. He said previous peace bids failed because the military was not ready to launch an all out drive against the LTTE. 14. He invited Norway to revive its peace bid which had been on hold since June. 15. Indonesia on Wednesday emphasised its neutral role in trying to launch the new Korean peninsula peace bid. 16. All peace bids since then have collapsed. 17. All previous peace bid have led to more violence in Sri Lanka. 18. All previous peace bids have failed and led to more bloodshed. 19. And while some opposition leaders said they would consider a peace bid, others like Mahdi vowed to step up the offensive. 20. Balasingham has said he wants a meeting on the Norwegian-sponsored peace bid with LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who is hiding somewhere in the north. |
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