R Chandrasoma India will gain the most if it can make Sri Lanka a “ƒ”¹…”client state’ and thus treat the Island Nation as a protege that will always act in ways favourable to its larger and more powerful neighbor. This strategy of imposed subservience will be stoutly resisted by Sri Lanka as it is patently […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando-The Island March 16, 2012, 9:37 pm Having failed to throw a fresh lifeline to the LTTE, an irate former British Foreign Secretary David Wright Miliband called President Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior Sri Lankan political and military figures liars. “ƒ”¹…”Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields II: War Crimes Unpunished’ telecast on Wednesday in support of […]

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Tilak Dissanayake I am not sure who you are, but please don’tƒ”š‚ get suckered by theƒ”š‚ LTTEƒ”š‚ Diaspora who wants to see the war continue on so that they can realize their dream of a mono-ethnic Tamil separatist homeland.ƒ”š‚  Please look at Israel as living proof of how wrong this aspiration is.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ Most peopleƒ”š‚ who liveƒ”š‚ in Sri Lanka (Tamilsƒ”š‚ included), other […]

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Ira de Silva London, Ontario.Canada The Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka Dear Sir: It is not only Blake that does “doublespeak”. What about the spokespersons of the U.K., Canada, EU and Australia? No doubt as seen at the UN in Geneva at the present sessions, it is the U.S. that has spearheaded the resolution,ƒ”š‚ which […]

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Malin Abeyatunge In the light of the following report with regard to the Amnesty International’s recent attempt to humiliate Sri Lanka for having defeated the most brutal terrorist organization-LTTE, I thought it would be appropriate to reproduce the letter I wrote and published in many patriotic websites on 1 March 2012.. ƒ”š‚ Quote”ƒ”š‚Ahead of a crucial […]

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