Terrorism is no longer a crime but an extension of war; soldiers are privileged to engage combatants in war. Hence, Sri Lanka is no exception with its legal authority in defending itself, writes opinion columnist Mike Ferdinandaz. Referring to the UN-US double twist in dealing with arbitrary and extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza and [...]
The necessity of a Sri Lanka counter-insurgency operations institute The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been considered as one the most ruthless terrorist organizations in the world. But almost four months ago they were successfully defeated by the Sri Lankan armed forces. This success is the main talking point presently among international and local [...]
THIS article was provoked by the recent armed rebellion in Nigeria led by a religious sect which goes by the name Boko Haram. But I have decided to situate the bloody “affair” in a broad historical context. A college dictionary defines rebellion as ” an attempt by some of the people in a country to [...]
Fears that British weapons were used against civilians in Sri Lanka’s war against the Tamil rebels have prompted calls for a review of the arms trade. In its annual report due to be published today, the Commons Committee on Arms Export Controls argues that all existing licences to Sri Lanka should be investigated. MPs specifically [...]
Aitken Spence Plc., Sri Lanka’s biggest operator of resorts, plans to expand its hotel and shipping businesses as the end of a 26-year-old civil war heralds an economic revival in the island nation. Spence, which runs 27 properties in Sri Lanka and overseas, is “looking at” building a hotel on the northeastern coast, Deputy Chairman [...]
The great Palestinian theorist Edward Said reminded intellectuals that their duty was to “Speak truth to power”. A necessary corollary is that when the masses believe in false gods it is the duty of intellectuals to exorcise these demons, to speak truth to the masses. A heavy burden today is to exorcise Sinhala racism and [...]
With Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias ‘KP’ formally taking over as the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after the death of Tiger founder leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lanka’s fight against an independent ‘Tamil Eelam’ takes on an entirely new dimension. After winning the war on the home turf, the Sri Lankan government now [...]
1. Introduction In the aftermath of the defeat of the LTTE in Sri Lanka, many expected the government to put forward the promised political solution to the problems of the Tamils which led to the war. Those who expected this were disappointed when the President said at a recent interview with the ‘Hindu’ newspaper that [...]
MR WHO WON THE WAR CAN WIN PEACE: MANMOHAN President Mahinda Rajapaksa had won the war against the LTTE and its terrorism, and can now win the peace. His enormous talent should help solve the long drawn out issue in Sri Lanka permanently, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh told President Mahinda Rajapaksa. These sentiments [...]
Prabhakaran did Prabhakaran did not die as a hero: PLOTE By Romesh Madhushanka Leader of the People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) Dharmalinagam Siddarhthan said that Prabhakaran who used violence and arms to become the sole leader of the Tamil people finally reached his end as a person who was not accepted by the [...]
More than 2,000 years ago, a Sinhalese king named Dutugemunu saddled up his elephant and headed north to fight and kill Elara, an invading Tamil king from India. The battle between the men is one of the most celebrated moments in Sri Lankan history, and the last time, until two months ago, that a Sri [...]
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