Archive for January, 2006
Why did UNP National List MP help Karuna to flee Batticaloa?
If the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) collaborated with Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharaan alias ‘Colonel’ Karuna, UNP MP Ali Zahir Moulana would have been a covert DMI operative responsible for a major intelligence operation.
Karuna declared his split with the organisation on March 2, 2004 and held sway until a lightning strike on dissidents on the banks of [...]
Yapahuwa 13 th century
YAPAHUWA An ancient fortress and capital built in the year 1301. Yapahuwa is a rock rising to a height of 90 meters. Many traces of ancient battle defenses can still be seen, while an ornamental stairway remains its biggest showpiece
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“Yapahuva” the the 13 th. Century capital in Sri Lanka was made King Buvanekabahu I.Here [...]
Karuna’s doosra
Former LTTE commander and Leader of Eastern Tigers Karuna seems to be making his moves adroitly. He has unilaterally suspended what he terms ’self defence campaign’ against the Wanni Tigers. However, Eastern Tigers, he has said, have no confidence in the SLMM and will be compelled to retaliate, if attacked. He has given the Wanni [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sri Lanka truce may collapse: Study
New Delhi January 31 (IANS)- Sri Lanka’s ceasefire between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government can collapse and trigger renewed fighting, a path-breaking international study on the peace process has cautioned.
At the same time, it is “too early to talk of success or failure” of the Norwegian-mediated peace process between Colombo and the Liberation [...]
Is LTTE the Sole Representatives of Tamils?
By
Professor Shantha K. Hennayake
About the Author – Shantha K. Hennayake obtained his B.A (1982) and M.A (1988) in Geography from University of Peradeniya. His received Ph.D. in Political Geography from Syracuse University, New York. USA. He is a Professor at the Department of Geography at University of Peradeinya and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Story of Sigiriya
The following story of Kasyapa as obtained from the documents of Ananda-Sthavira, translated by Senarath Paranavitana, differs from the story that many learned as school children; that King Datusena had been plastered alive to a wall by his son Kasyapa who later died in battle facing his brother Moggallana. Perhaps this is the story accepted [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tony Fleming – www.UNSG.org
UN reforms must accommodate rising powers – Dhanapala
Comments to the above post of Saturday, January 28, 2006 by Tony Fleming
I found your post interesting, but it includes speculation I have not heard yet, incluing Ban’s formal candidacy and the announcement by the UN of frontrunners. I suspect you may have taken my reporting of [...]
Candidate for Top U.N. Job Sets Out Vision for Reform
Interview with Jayantha Dhanapala
By Ayca Ariyoruk
January 23, 2005
With the Secretary General Kofi Annan’s term expiring in the end of 2006, aspirants for the job have begun presenting their qualifications. Among them is Jayantha Dhanapala, an expert in international arms control and one of only two candidates to have officially received their country’s endorsement for the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Failure of LTTE obsolete strategy
While the Iraqi war against terrorism was in full swing after the capture of Saddam Hussein, the number of US casualties from terrorist ambushes and suicide attacks was of great concern. During this time a member of a specialist British law enforcement agency who is at present active in Intelligence operations involving Islamic terror groups [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hamas has startled the West beyond wits
Hamas has startled the West beyond wits. Its dramatic electoral victory, which has relegated the Fatah to near political wilderness, has caused more worry to the world powers than its anti-Zionist military campaign. Paradoxically, in Palestine, to the west, the ballot has come to be as abhorrent as the bullet.
The Western media has chosen to [...]
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