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S.Lanka president may ban rebels if attacks go on 17 Dec 2007 16:48:04 GMT Source: Reuters (Updates with analyst comment, details) By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka may outlaw the Tamil Tigers if the rebels continue to mount large-scale attacks, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, a move that would put the prospect of renewed peace talks further out of reach. "One or two more attacks, we have no option," Rajapaksa told reporters after hosting a Christmas gala in the capital Colombo. "(We will) have to ban." "There is a limit to our patience, our tolerance." He said he would seek peace while continuing to fi…

16 SLA troopers loose their limbs in Mannaar FDLs More than sixteen Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops have lost their legs caught in booby traps at the Front Defence Line (FDL) positions in Pa’ndivirichchaan, Mu’l’likku’lam and Vi’laaththikku’lam in Mannaar district, since Friday, Mannaar LTTE Operations Command said. The disabled troopers are members of the SLA Deep Penetration Unit and those deployed by SLA in the intermittent advance attempts to break into LTTE FDLs. http://www.tamilnet.com/

Tamil New Year [TamilNet, Sunday, 13 April 2008, 02:30 GMT] The Tamil New Year day falls on Sunday, 13th April, since 2008 is a leap year. On other years, it is 14th April. It is not only the Tamil New year, but also the New Year of Sinhalese and Malayalis. It is not appropriate to call it a Hindu New Year since vast majority of Hindus in India don't celebrate it a New Year. Yet, it is an auspicious day called Mesha-samkraanti for them. In Orissa, it is observed as Paana-samkraanti. It is also equally inappropriate to call it a Buddhist New Year, as Buddhists other than the Sinhalese don’t celebrate it. The calculation for the commencement of this New Year and the cal…

https://mises.org/wire/fearful-fed-keeps-pouring-money-repo-market A Fearful Fed Keeps Pouring Money into the Repo Market 01/09/2020 Ryan McMaken The Fed announced on Thursday it is adding another $83 billion in "in temporary liquidity to financial markets." And, in a development that will surprise no cynic anywhere, the Fed also noted that it "may keep adding temporary money to markets for longer than policy makers had expected in September." Specifically, this was another move to shore up and bail out the repo market, which has required the Fed's ongoing revival of quantitative easing (but don't call it that…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay tells Channel 4 News that she is "deeply disturbed" by the shooting of a Sri Lankan journalist and calls on the Sri Lankan government to protect him. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, Navi Pillay urged the Sri Lankan government to "provide immediate protection" for Faraz Shaukatally, who is currently in intensive care after being shot by three unidentified gunmen on Friday night. Ms Pillay said: "It's an act of attempted assassination so he needs to be protected immediately." Mr Shauketaly, 52, who holds joint British and Sri Lankan citizenship, is a reporter for the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunda…

LTTE Posses 3 Single Engine Helicopters (LeN-2007 Jan. 02, 7.00pm) The government defense spokesperson minister Keheliya Rambukwella warns, of a possible air strike on the Parliament or the Presidents house, based on the information received by the security forces about 3 single engine helicopters said to be in the possession of the LTTE. He was answering a question raised by a journalist whether there were plans of arresting the Editor of the Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickremetunga on charges of writing about a bunker, said to be built for the President. When the minister categorically stated that Lasantha Wickremetunga was not arrested, the journalist requi…

Author: Vaakai Via: Thesaththinkural magazine, 03/2022 ------------------------------------- A Stealth boat is a type of vessel that is especially used as a war vessel, and it employs Stealth technology construction techniques in an effort to ensure that time is hard to detect by one or more radar, visual, sonar, and infrared methods. The main detectors that find out whether a Navy vessel of an enemy is in the oceanic water are the sander, the radar, and the infrared. Stealth boats are designed in such a way that they are invisible, but unlike a Navy ship, which is not, it gives a very big boost and advantage to the stealth boat to launch an attack. These techniques bor…

Colombo, March 11 (Daily Mirror) - In response to recent findings published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, concerning child malnutrition and underweight girls, Sri Lanka's health authorities have rejected the content referred to the portrayal of Sri Lanka. According to the study, approximately 410,000 girls in Sri Lanka are categorized as underweight, representing a prevalence of 16.4%. Despite efforts and initiatives aimed at improving nutrition and healthcare access, the report claims no detectable change in this distressing statistic since 1990. The Lancet publication, which covers data from 1990 to 2022 and was released on February 29, also rank…

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Osama bin Laden warned Iraq's Sunni Arabs against fighting al-Qaeda and vowed to expand the terror group's holy war to Israel in a new audiotape Saturday, threatening "blood for blood, destruction for destruction." Most of the 56-minute tape dealt with Iraq, apparently al-Qaeda's latest attempt to keep supporters in Iraq unified at a time when the U.S. military claims to have al-Qaeda's Iraq branch on the run. The tape did not mention Pakistan or the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, though Pakistan's government has blamed al-Qaeda and the Taliban for her death on Thursday. That suggested the tape was made before the assassination. …

Kanni Wignaraja, who is from Sri Lanka, is set to assume duties as UNDP’s Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific on December 1, UNDP Sri Lanka said. Ms. Wignaraja was earlier appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The UNDP said Ms.Wignaraja brings to the Asia-Pacific Bureau and region a wealth of experience in the field of development that includes a long and distinguished career with the UN system. Ms. Wignaraja said the Asia-Pacific region is an economic powerhouse, a driver of innovation and invent…

Nambiar, India's proxy in UN, complicit in white flag killings? While the International Community which, blinded by the 9/11 terror, architected the annihilation of Tamils' primary safeguard, the LTTE, is left to savor the resulting horror state and the autocratic dystopia in Sri Lanka, Rights groups have accused the U.N. of being derelict in its duty to protect civilian lives. Vijay Nambiar, the Chef de Cabinet, who was a key official in shaping UN's Sri Lanka policy, is also accused of complicity in the "Whiteflag" incident where several surrendees were executed by the Sri Lanka military after being given assurances of safety by International actors. Nepotism and fa…

How Britain stole $45 trillion from India And lied about it. Jason Hickel There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that the empire was sustained for so long – the story goes – was a gesture of Britain’s benevolence. New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik – just published by Columbia University Press – deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two ce…

23 November 2013 The intelligence operatives of the occupying Sri Lankan military have threatened Tamil Catholic priests in Mannaar and Jaffna, who have been active in exposing the genocide of Eezham Tamils by the Sri Lankan State. The threats against the priests in escalated following the visit by UN Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights and have topped after British PM visited North on 15 November. The Catholic priests were active in exposing the recent genocidal experiment of birth control carried out by the Sri Lankan authorities and the priests joined the peaceful march by the kith and kin of the missing persons when they wanted to berate their plight to the…

Curfew re-imposed in Trincomalee [TamilNet, April 17, 2006 16:21 GMT] Curfew was re-imposed in three police divisions, Trincomalee town, Uppuveli and Chinabay in the Trincomalee with effect from 6 p.m. from Monday till Tuesday 6 a.m. The police said the curfew has been imposed as a precautionary measure. Earlier today, police and Sri Lanka Army personnel cordoned off and conducted a house-to-house search in Varothiayanagar, a Tamil suburb about 3 km. north of the eastern port town. About 50 Tamil residents were detained for questioning. All vehicles, motorbikes and push bicycles passing through the village were stopped and throughly checked by the government tr…

Callum Macrae 02/10/14 00:00 Just over 200 days ago the Sri Lankan authorities arrested a Tamil mother, Balenderan Jeyakumari, and her teenage daughter. Mrs Jeyakumari had been campaigning to find out what had happened to her 15-year-old son, Mahindan, who disappeared after apparently being taken prisoner by the Sri Lankan authorities at the end of the war in 2009, accused of membership of the Tamil Tigers. Mrs Jeyakumari and her daughter were well known activists who had been among the crowds which mobbed British prime minister David Cameron when he visited the former war zone in Jaffna in November last year. Three months later Mrs Jeyakumari sent me a video …

Sri Lanka: Looking beyond consolidation - Update No. 118 By Col R Hariharan (Retd.) [This up date may be read in continuation of SAAG Note No 367 "Sri Lanka: Revisiting LTTE's options Update No 114 " dated February 24, 2007 available at URL http://www.saag.org/notes4/note367.html] Consolidation in the East The consolidation operations of Sri Lanka Security Forces are now nearing the final stage. During the last four weeks Security Forces have made good progress both in Trincomalee and Batticaloa sectors. However, two recent incidents in the east have highlighted the type of threat the Security Forces and the public would face from the Liberation Tige…

ANOTHER PRE-EMPTIVE LTTE AIR STRIKE - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR--PAPER NO. 220 By B. Raman In an attempt to pre-empt an apprehended military offensive by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces on the territory controlled by the Lberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, the LTTE Air Force has carried out a successful air strike on the Palaly military base of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in the Jaffna peninsula. The Palaly military base serves as the headquarters for operations against the LTTE in the north. It is also the supply base for the thousands of soldiers stationed in the region. Any serious damage to the base could hamper …

சிங்களம் தெரிந்தவர்கள், எனது நேற்றைய பாராளுமன்ற உரையை கேளுங்கள். ஒரு தமிழ் பேசும் அரசியல்வாதியால் சிங்கள மொழியில் இதைவிட அதிகமாக கன்னத்தில் அறைவதை போல் (அல்லது செருப்பால் அடிப்பதை போல்) எதை சொல்ல முடியும் என எவராவது எனக்கு சொல்லுங்கள்? இந்த உரையை கூட ஒரிரு ஊடகங்களை தவிர பல தமிழ் ஊடகங்கள் முழுமையாக ஒளியொலி/பிரசுரிக்க இல்லை. (எனது உரையை அடுத்து உரையாற்றிய நண்பர் சுமந்திரன், எனது உரையை வெகுவாக பாராட்டினார் என்பது வேறு விஷயம்)

Saudi crown prince pledges $20b investment PHOTO: PID ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said the first phase of investment of $20 billion in Pakistan has been completed while more investments will be made in the future. Saudi crown prince sees Pakistan as ‘very important country in future’ Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed contracts and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) pertaining to investments in various projects on Sunday during the crown prince’s maiden visit to the country. The MoUs were signed in diverse fields, inclu…

Ground Surveillance Since the earliest days of flight, aircraft have been used to monitor troop movement, to patrol borders, and to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities. Today, Beech King Airs are the ground surveillance platform of choice for several reasons. They are: capable of flying low enough to visually observe ground activities; capable of flying high enough to evade ground weapons defenses; adaptable to carry radars, FLIRs (forward looking infrared), and cameras to document intelligence data and evidence. King Airs have been provided to the US Army, US Navy, and US Air Force as the C-12 military aircraft. They are actively used today to perform s…

Under SOFA, American troops need no passports or visas to enter Sri Lanka; its vessels or aircraft cannot be checked; not liable to taxes A draft copy of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), now under negotiation between the United States and Sri Lanka, obtained by the Sunday Times, reveals a number of Washington’s demands that would impinge on Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. The US is seeking that aircraft and vessels of the US Government to be free from boarding and inspection. This means none of the state security arms, like the Navy, Coast Guard or the Customs can board any US military vessel or aircraft when it is in a Sri Lankan airport or sea port — or even ve…

Police have charged a New Zealand man with five counts of murder following the mysterious “witchcraft” deaths of a Fijian family last month. Husband and wife Nirmal Kumar, 63, and Usha Devi, 54, their daughter Nileshni Kajal, 34, and Kajal’s daughters Sana, 11, and Samara, eight, were all found dead in the Nausori Highlands in August. According to reports and police testimony, a one-year-old baby was found alive among the bodies. The case has shocked Fijians. With no visible injuries present on the bodies of the five family members, police suspected poisoning as their cause of death. The father of the two dead children told the Fiji Sun that his father…

UK orders the LTTE aid ship to return to Britain Saturday, April 11, 2009, 6:29 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 11, Colombo: The British government had ordered the Sri Lanka's battlefield-bound ship that was carrying cargo destined to the Tamil Tiger terrorist group, LTTE to turn back and return to Britain. The order has been issued to the captain of the ship, named 'Vanangaman' following a request made by the Sri Lankan Government. The ship set sail on March 31 bearing an insignia of the International Red Cross Society. The ICRC however had denied any connection to the vessel. The vessel in the guise of a mercy mission to Vanni carried 2,40…

TRO caring 10 000 IDPs, seeks assistance from ICRC, GoSL, SLMM [TamilNet, August 04, 2006 12:35 GMT] Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) on Thursday said the organisation was taking care of ten thousand IDPs in Trincomalee district. Food and water has been provided by the TRO to the IDPs since 01 August 2006. "Stockpiles of food are running low and TRO is appealing to the ICRC, Government of Sri Lanka, and the SLMM to facilitate the transportation of humanitarian relief to the displaced persons," the organisation said. TRO has also received requests for assistance from the Muslim Council in Kinniya, a community TRO has assisted post-tsunami. Full te…

Water poisoned Colombo vavuniya Rain service curtailed Liberty Plaza Bomb Rumerous World Trade centre -free of vehicles No schools http://www.dailymirror.lk/