Canada Free Press [Friday, March 21, 2008 10:20] Brit
spies confirm Dalai Lama's report of staged violence
By Gordon Thomas
London, March 20 - Britain's GCHQ, the government communications
agency that electronically monitors half the world from space,
has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered
the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured.
GCHQ analysts believe the decision was deliberately
calculated by the Beijing leadership to provide an excuse to stamp
out the simmering unrest in the region, which is already attracting
unwelcome world attention in the run-up to the Olympic Games this
summer.
For weeks there has been growing resentment in Lhasa, Tibet's
capital, against minor actions taken by the Chinese authorities.
Increasingly, monks have led acts of civil disobedience, demanding
the right to perform traditional incense burning rituals. With
their demands go cries for the return of the Dalai Lama, the 14th
to hold the high spiritual office.
Committed to teaching the tenets of his moral
authority---peace and compassion---the Dalai Lama was 14 when
the PLA invaded Tibet in 1950 and he was forced to flee to India
from where he has run a relentless campaign against the harshness
of Chinese rule.
But critics have objected to his attraction to film stars. Newspaper
magnate Rupert Murdoch has called him: "A very political
monk in Gucci shoes."
Discovering that his supporters inside Tibet
and China would become even more active in the months approaching
the Olympic Games this summer, British intelligence officers in
Beijing learned the ruling regime would seek an excuse to move
and crush the present unrest.
That fear was publicly expressed by the Dalai
Lama. GCHQ's satellites, geo-positioned in space, were tasked
to closely monitor the situation.
The doughnut-shaped complex, near Cheltenham
racecourse, is set in the pleasant Cotswolds in the west of England.
Seven thousand employees include the best electronic experts and
analysts in the world. Between them they speak more than 150 languages.
At their disposal are 10,000 computers, many of which have been
specially built for their work.
The images they downloaded from the satellites provided confirmation
the Chinese used agent provocateurs to start riots, which gave
the PLA the excuse to move on Lhasa to kill and wound over the
past week.
What the Beijing regime had not expected was
how the riots would spread, not only across Tibet, but also to
Sichuan, Quighai and Gansu provinces, turning a large area of
western China into a battle zone.
Yesterday (March 27, 2008) His Holiness
the Dalai Lama spoke directly about the troubles in Tibet, asking
all supporters worldwide to help in any way they can, providing
that this happens in a strictly non-violent way. He explained
that this is a moment of crisis, and that it is all of us, rather
than the Tibetans in exile, who have the potential to shift the
situation.
His Holiness specifically stated, not for the first time, that
Tibetan dharma cannot survive without Tibetan freedom. He explained
that only Tibetan Buddhism has been able to preserve the full
Nalanda tradition and its message of universal compassion, its
techniques to promote inner values and its teachings on interdependence,
with their extraordinary potential to bring peace and harmony
to the modern world.
One of the only ways that we can influence the decisions of the
Chinese government is to show that there is widespread and increasing
public condemnation of their actions in Tibet. How can we do this?
How can we link together all the feelings of individuals, who
by themselves may feel powerless, but as a group could have an
unforgettable impact?
We have a simple suggestion. We all want to stand up for Tibet.
Let's do it, literally. Every day, let's commit to simply standing
up. just for a few moments, with either a printed or digital photo
of the Tibetan flag in our hands. Individually or in a group.
Quietly or noisily. In the most creative and spectacular way imaginable.
On the street, in schools, on trains and buses, in the workplace,
in bars and restaurants. Let's be visible, newsworthy, fun and
contagious. We want to make our feelings public throughout the
world, and we want millions of people to join in.
March 31st has been designated an international day of
action by the International Tibet Support Network. Will you stand
up that day, wherever you happen to be? And then continue, as
long as the situation lasts.
We are not only standing up for one country that is experiencing
oppression, but for every act of injustice and repression that
has happened personally to us, or to other people in the world.
This is something we can all do for Tibet. Who can you phone,
text or email and encourage to join in? Can we make this happen
across the globe, particularly during the next weeks, before it
is too late? We need your help and are very grateful for anything
you can do to make this happen.
With a big prayer for peace in Tibet
Valentina and Alison
Spread at the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
