We have received credible information on the arrest of two individuals, one a middle aged man traveling on a non-Sri Lankan passport at an undisclosed location in Bangkok in a joint stint launched by Thai and Sri Lankan authorities. The travel documents and said identity confirms with an alias of LTTE operative Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingham.
The man was carrying travel documents both under his own birth name and under other aliases at the time of arrest. A group of Sri Lankan officials is expected to fly the said two individuals to Sri Lanka shortly. Please await further information as it is made available.
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i haven't got time for ducks and drakes and to the right of d too. tired man,just hit London after the Coservative conferance in Manchester but I was assured of a whore house in killinorchi but those guys have gone six feet under.
Why weren't your patriots in Blighty there in machester?I suppose keyboard is an easy option?Must take taht G&T and get to bed without the that duck.
Hemantha said
'Offering the secretary position of the Sports Ministry to SF is a disgrace.
He should reject this offer.'
I fully agree.he must not enter the political cesspit.we would like to remember him for his great achievement in eradicating the terrorists.
I think he should be useful in charge of a defence training establishment like a defence academy where his services could be used by foreign personal who may wish to be trained in SL.
offering the secretary post of the sports ministry to SF is a mockery.
UNLESS SF wanted it which is dubious. he was a brilliant sportsman but that doesn't mean he has to be made the sec.
with a MASSIVE 20% increase in defence budget and no war, SL should be STRATEGISING defence which means SF, SF and SF should be in the scene.
CBK the madcow had many advisors who were paid agents by her opponents.
she didn't know she was digging her own grave.
has anything similar happened to MR??? his opponents know that there are only 2 ways to get rid of MR.
1. physically get rid of him.
2. bring SF or GR to contest the next presidential election
by creating disrespect between Mr and SF, someone may be trying to separate the 2 of them.
Hunger striker's £7m Big Mac: Tamil who cost London a fortune in policing was sneaking in fast-food
He was the hunger striker at the centre of one of the longest-running demonstrations ever mounted in Britain.
For weeks Parameswaran Subramaniyan lay in a tent outside the Houses of Parliament as Tamils protested about the plight of relatives under attack in Sri Lanka.
At one stage, his supporters claimed he was 'critically weak'.
Tamil takeaways: 'Hunger striker' Parameswaran Subramaniyan, sitting outside the Houses of Parliament, secretly ate McDonald's burgers
The protest finally ended in June, but two revelations put it back in the spotlight yesterday.
First, police said it had left them with a £7.1million overtime bill.
Then it emerged that Mr Subramaniyan, 28, had eased his ordeal by secretly eating McDonald's burgers.
Scotland Yard surveillance teams using specialist monitoring equipment had watched in disbelief as he tucked into the clandestine deliveries.
A police insider said: 'In view of the overtime bill, this has got to be most expensive Big Mac ever
Hunger striker's £7m Big Mac:
Thusitha,
No, my Comment is #18 at DBSJ's blog.
He did not delete it, but responded as well.
http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1187/comment-page-1#comment-14838
Wonderful News News News...
Female LTTE cadre arrested in Southern Sri Lanka
Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 06:45 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Oct 08, Colombo: Special Investigation Unit of the Kalutara police has arrested a prominent female LTTE cadre from Pahalawatta area in Kalutara last night.
Police spokesman Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Nimal Mediwaka said this female Tiger was a resident of the Kilinochchi area. It was confirmed that she had direct links with the LTTE and also was a key female cadre of the now vanquished revel outfit, he added. Further questioning of the suspect is continuing.
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
Another Sakkili-Whore snatch (hik!)!
Likely thought it was going to be life-as-usual after the war...that we will forget how her kind of filthy twat used to hack our captured SLA boys with swords/axes and make them bleed a slow death - while they danced in a frenzy around the screaming/dying SLA boys.
I hope they give this LTTE whore bitch the "works"...that will make her remember the milk she drank from her whore mom's tits!
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
'Do not dictate terms affecting country’s sovereignty'
Oct 8 (Island)
"Several International Non Governmental Organizations and Non Governmental Organizations work with the Government. But, some of them think they could do anything in our country by providing cash aid. Such attitudes should not be encouraged in Sri Lanka," Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said, at a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Department of Wildlife Conservation at the BMICH.
Neat! Truly neat!
It is time we told off these meddling white LTTE biased gooks/bastards/bitches where to get off - and did so with utterances from no less person than our PM!
When the country's PM speaks, it becomes news (as opposed to a minister/dep-minister saying it).
As such, yes, Thusitha, I agree with you that PM Rat Wick did the right thing by reminding one-and-all about the Monika Lewinsky "the cigar that never lit up" episode!
ha ha ha...
The key is for Prez MR to keep away from these types of below-the belt utterances and today in GOSL we see it.
So, there appears to be a method to our madness one can say...
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
Asithri, brother ..
Sri Lanka is protesting NGO interference in Sovereign Sri Lanka.
Here is Pakistan Army's protesting US Congress interference in Pakistan as an "Unacceptable Infringement on Pakistan's Sovereignity!"
Carpetbaggers are being PUSHED BACK EVERYWHERE!
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Kerry Lugar bill not a threat to Pakistan: US
Pakistani protesters rally against the United States in Multan,
ExpressBuzz.com
October 8, 2009
WASHINGTON
: Dispelling fears raised by the Pakistan Army that the Kerry Lugar bill is a compromise on the country's sovereignty, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley said "we are not going to impose US solutions on Pakistani problems".
The bill provides unconditional non-military US aid to Pakistan but imposes conditions for military assistance. The Pakistan Army said the bill is not in line with the official position of Zardari's government, GEO TV reported Thursday.
The Obama administration believes there was no threat to the democratically elected government in Islamabad in view of the Pakistani Army's public opposition to the bill, Crawley told reporters Wednesday.
Asked about the differences that have emerged between the Zardari government and Pakistan military on the issue, Crawley said: "I don't think it is a threat to the civilian government in Pakistan."
"Quite the opposite. I think that actually what you are seeing is a government in Pakistan that is becoming more confident. It is becoming more assertive. It is doing things that are important to, you know, the Pakistani people," Crowley said.
"We are working very diligently, very closely with the Pakistani government. That's why the Secretary (of State) and the (Pakistani) foreign minister met yesterday (Wednesday). It's why the secretary and President (Asif Ali) Zardari met in New York," he added.
Noting that the US recognises that Pakistan is shouldering a significant burden on the war against terrorism, he said the administration wants to make sure that there is proper international support for Pakistan.
Asserting that the Obama administration is committed to help Pakistan, he, however, said the US would not impose its will or dictate things to Islamabad. "We are committed to work closely with Pakistan. We are not going to impose US solutions on Pakistani problems."
http://www.lankaenews.com/Sinhala/news.php?id=10650
This is the same mongal who told that 'army commander is not good even for salvation army'. (I am not sure he talks by mouth or ****) Mongal first get some foreign money and buy a lot of "thanakola" and make our people eat it instead of rice, then some people may believe these losers. (I am also amazed to see how these gal kollas became a military expert overnight.) Its ironic too Mongal has to praise now the same person he wanted to destroy while ago.
/hemantha said...
Offering the secretary position of the Sports Ministry to SF is a disgrace. He should reject this offer.
(Does this mean the post "Chief of Defence Staff", he currently holds has no value? I am afraid even to think about such a scenario. How much hope we had on everything?)/
CDS was just a honorary position and when SF was given it its said amendments were done so that CDS plays a bigger role. However, we don't see any such change. Also, it seems there is some issue between SF and Rajapakshe bros (precisely with GR) probably for who is better than who.
So this is more than enough for RW/ UNP/ Mongal clan to hit on the nerves of sinhala nationalist vote base. This is already in progress, with a mix of twisted truths, half truths, total lies and exaggerated events on LNW, etc. (Seems this is their one big trump card in hand for next elections..)
We just need to back and correct MR and his men. (moona ekka tharaha wela nahe kapa ganda epa kiyanawane..)
Also, we should not be victims of well organized propaganda of UNP/mongal clan. (Recall what happened to the son and dad who tried to take advice of every one about their donkey.)
If MR gives a powerful position for SF mongal will say military junta is on the way, lets send all of them home. If MR gives a low profile position for SF, mongal will say 'see, how bad and ungrateful to disregard our war hero'. If MR gives embassy position for SF, mongal will say 'MR chases away our war hero out of country'.
In general, whatever MR does we can criticize him. Even I can do this even on daily basis (better than mongal). But that's not my country needs. My country needs true patriotic leaders and not power hungry losers.
I am hungry, can I have a Big Mac please?
"My country needs true patriotic leaders and not power hungry losers."
Exactly. But, is valid for MR too. What Mongal bitch and Ranilika say is irrelevant. Now I am pretty sure R clan screwed SF and that is terrible (I did not believe the rumor initially). I was never comfortable with DJ. But the way MR screwed him wasn't good either. And they are not the only people got a similar treatment.
Yes, the country needs a great leader (opposition bitches have no chance in this regard). But I feel we are loosing the one could have been such(MR).
It more and more looks like the time for the 'yes men' and opportunists. Lack of criticism from proper corners doesn't help either.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1084
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it.
Sorry. My above comment was meant for Ninja.
Hemantha;
100% agree. And I've been saying the same.
MR seem to have got deceived in his own flamboyance. And in the newly acquired political acquaintance of Duminda Silvas, Anarkalis, Thilangas [note the 's' there. I mean categorically, not individually]. And he's flattered too much by the "yes"men Dullases, Boggles, Sajins etc.
Latest philosophy has become "I saved the nation, so what?" or "let's talk about May 19th".
With all due respect to heroes [forever] we need to erase May19th from our memory and move on. If you remember well, I was very crossed by 20th May, and I wrote "victory is poison, pls do not get contaminated". I feel that it is exactly what is happening.
Behind the mega blast parades of "May 19", endless propaganda and endless elections, lots of limbless soldiers are finding nobody to ask for what they lack in their life. So many war heroes are forgotten, although it is publicly stated every now and then that "we shud take care of our heroes".
MR has done a great service to our nation. But I am not a believer that MR dreamt of this from his kid age or even when he entered politics in 1970. MR was a silent minister in a cabinet where a megalomaniac peace lunatic CBK passed a P-TOM. MR could have been anyone.
But he turned our savior. That was because the situation was set to be so. He was left only with that political path by CBK and RW. He found that his own party [mostly peace hawks then] would reject him. Patriotic elements of JVP and JHU gave him temp shelter ideologically. MR blossomed.
Today, I wonder where those patriotic forces are. [let me clear you that I do not align with JVP/JHU politically, but in the context of war they are my allies] Some have left MR and protesting against him [rightly or wrongly]. some have been forced to become yes men, or the frontline dancers for the May 19th praising procession. Wholly they're ignored.
MR who took temporary shelter in patriotic camp, owns it now, leaving its original landlords as borders, with the chance of being kicked out anytime. MR brings Anarkali and Duminda and tells everyone to accept them in his patriotic camp. Duminda will show his arm and Anarkali would say "haanee, harii sweet paytriots laa".
I am not against Anarkali, and her right for politics. But i am against Anarkali-brand [not person, but category] of politics chosen by MR. Sometime back I had a discussion on this with Asithri too. It is not a personal matter. But being a strong supporter of Mr and his war I am failing to see what I can discuss about her. She'll have to grow up first. And even in that case her upbringing raises doubts in me, whether we'll share anything to discuss in THIS context.
I am one man. Hemantha is another. But there are hundreds more. They [and us too] still vote for MR, with total displeasure. MR says "he he patriots" and makes his walk further into anarkali-brand politics.
Where is the plan for north? Where is ethnic integration? How did terras get away? Why do we not have a grand inquiry? Is Rishard Baduddin not liable to the legal proceedings over Lakshman Cooray? What are we doing to these IDPs? Are we grooming a vote base for TNA? There is a lot of other things than Anarkali-brand topics for the president to look. He overlooks them.
And they seem to loose their common sense. After so many years, MR no longer feels the heart beat of our nation. Look at the mockery of elephant cubs. Look at the mockery of Boggles. Dullas's historical ad. Whole hell-break-loose times with Mervyn. MR is resonating with these, isn't he? Otherwise, where is the humble apology.
Today ppl are compelled to support him. We still have hopes. But the big % votes do not mean that public have lost conscience. On a different day with a different Sun, these ppl may teach him the lesson he forgot in his newest anarkali-brand politics.
Again i wish to be wrong.
Sam Perera said...
I am hungry, can I have a Big Mac please?
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We should give this news item maximum publicity.
It clearly shows the way ordinary Tamils think.
First they think that they can hoodwink the west.
Secondly they think that the country they live in have a debt to them. Being minority gives them special rights.
It is disgusting to see how these people waste the public funding, otherwise could be put to good use. Further they are lie to the host nation that have given so much to them.
This appalling behaviour should be brought up in as many forums as possible.
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Hemantha;
100% agree. And I've been saying the same.
MR seem to have got deceived in his own flamboyance. And in the newly acquired political acquaintance of Duminda Silvas, Anarkalis, Thilangas [note the 's' there. I mean categorically, not individually]. And he's flattered too much by the "yes"men Dullases, Boggles, Sajins etc.
Latest philosophy has become "I saved the nation, so what?" or "let's talk about May 19th".
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Sujeewa and Hemantha,
Don't you think you are asking too much from a MR? There is a limit a political leader can do. There are so many wrongs in our country. They cannot be address within few months. They takes years to do. MR cannot micro manage every body. He cannot stop the corruption in the country. They will stop when peace come to the country and when the nation start developing.
Also about SF. What if MR and GR screw SF? What is the big deal. SF is a soldier. He had one duty. He completed that brilliantly. Every person in the country knows that. Every Child born in SL would know that in the future. No one can take that away from him. If he is a true patriot, that is all he should require. Also now the army is in the hands of really good soldiers. So he can relax and let the next generation do what needs to be done.
Therefore all these things about MR, GR screwing him should not matter. The more we talk about this BS, more we would divide our nation. There would be lot of vultures waiting for this type of situation to occur.
So let us try to avoid this situation.
Hey guys,
Breaking news....
Obama deciding against increasing troops in Afghanistan, claiming going after Al Quaida in Pakistan is more important!
In my view, this is just dodging the problem, and allowing the problem to GROW in the future .. and is a BIG mistake! NOT GOOD FOR THE USA AT ALL!
Fur is gonna fly among the Republicans!
AP source: Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban
By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven, Ap White House Correspondent
October 8, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan's political future and will determine how many more U.S. troops to send to the war based only on keeping al-Qaida at bay, a senior administration official said Thursday.
The sharpened focus by Obama's team on fighting al-Qaida above all other goals, while downgrading the emphasis on the Taliban, comes in the midst of an intensely debated administration review of the increasingly unpopular war.
Aides stress that the president's decision on specific troop levels and the other elements of a revamped approach is still at least two weeks away, and they say Obama has not tipped his hand in meetings that will continue at the White House on Friday.
But the thinking emerging from the strategy formulation portion of the debate offers a clue that Obama would be unlikely to favor a large military increase of the kind being advocated by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. McChrystal's troop request is said to include a range of options, from adding as few as 10,000 combat troops to — the general's strong preference — as many as 40,000.
Obama's developing strategy on the Taliban will "not tolerate their return to power," the senior official said in an interview with The Associated Press. But the U.S. would fight only to keep the Taliban from retaking control of Afghanistan's central government — something it is now far from being capable of — and from giving renewed sanctuary in Afghanistan to al-Qaida, the official said.
The official is involved in the discussions and was authorized to speak about them but not to be identified by name because the review is still under way.
Bowing to the reality that the Taliban is too ingrained in Afghanistan's culture to be entirely defeated, the administration is prepared to accept some Taliban role in parts of Afghanistan, the official said. That could mean paving the way for Taliban members willing to renounce violence to participate in a central government — the kind of peace talks advocated by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to little receptiveness from the Taliban. It might even mean ceding some regions of the country to the Taliban.
In Kabul on Thursday, a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside the Indian Embassy and killed 17 people in the second major attack in the city in less than a month. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
Obama has talked positively about reaching out to moderates in the Taliban since he first announced a new Afghanistan strategy in March. It would be akin to, though more complicated than, the successful efforts in Iraq to persuade Sunni Muslim insurgents to cooperate with U.S. forces against al-Qaida there.
Obama has conferred nearly every day this week on the war, and continued that Thursday afternoon with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
AP source: Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban
.....continued 1.....
On Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the war launched by President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Obama and more than a dozen officials in his war council met for three hours to focus on Afghanistan's neighbor, Pakistan. Another of those larger discussions — the fourth of five currently scheduled — is set for Friday, on Afghanistan. That meeting also could feature the group's first discussion of specific troop options.
In the first two of the sessions, which are taking place in the secure Situation Room in the White House basement, Obama kept returning to one question for his advisers: Who is our adversary, the official said.
The answer was al-Qaida, as it was back in March.
Amid changing circumstances in Afghanistan, the renewed determination has big implications for the current war debate.
There now are no more than 100 al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Instead, the U.S. fight in Afghanistan is against the Taliban, now increasingly defined by the Obama team as distinct from al-Qaida. While still dangerous, the Taliban is seen as an indigenous movement with almost entirely local and territorial aims and far less of a threat to the U.S.
Obama's team believes some elements in the Taliban are aligned with al-Qaida, with its transnational reach and aims of attacking the West, but probably not the majority and mostly for tactical rather than ideological reasons, the official said.
"They're not the same type of group," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. "It's certainly not backed up by any of the intelligence."
That leaves the primary aim in Afghanistan to deny al-Qaida any ability to regroup there as it did when the Taliban was in power before the U.S. ousted them.
A focus on al-Qaida is the driving force behind an approach being advocated by Biden as an alternative to the McChrystal recommendation for a fuller counterinsurgency effort inside Afghanistan.
Biden has argued for keeping the American force there around the 68,000 already authorized, including the 21,000 extra troops Obama ordered earlier this year, but significantly increasing the use of unmanned Predator drones and special forces for the kind of surgical anti-terrorist strikes that have been successful in Pakistan, Somalia and elsewhere.
There also is increasing reluctance among Obama's advisers to commit large additional numbers of troops because of concerns about the impact on already severely strained U.S. forces and the troubled Karzai government.
In Pakistan, however, the administration has been encouraged by the government's recent willingness to aggressively battle extremists inside its borders. Getting additional cooperation from Pakistan is delicate, as the anti-extremist operations remain extremely controversial there and the U.S.-backed civilian government in Islamabad is weak. But the administration sees opportunity there nonetheless.
Clinton has not revealed how she is leaning in the sessions, according to aides. While she is broadly supportive of building up troop levels — although not necessarily in the bigger numbers favored by McChrystal — she also believes economic and other civilian efforts must be prominent parts of the plan too, said the aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to detail her views.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, long wary of a large troop presence in Afghanistan, appears to have grown more comfortable with the prospect of a moderate, middle-path increase.
AP source: Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban
......continued 2........
Many lawmakers from Obama's own Democratic Party do not want to see additional U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan. According to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, public support for the war has dropped to 40 percent from 44 percent in July.
Rep. David Obey, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee who led an effort in 2007 to block money for the Iraq war, emerged with deep concerns from an hourlong Capitol Hill briefing Thursday for House lawmakers of both parties by Obama national security adviser James Jones. Obey cited the high cost to the country of a ramped-up war, as well as doubts about the ability of the Afghan and Pakistan governments to be effective partners.
Republicans, meanwhile, are urging Obama to heed the military commanders' calls soon or risk failure. "Unnecessary delay could undermine our opportunity for success," House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said Thursday.
Tamil takeaways: 'Hunger striker' Parameswaran Subramaniyan, sitting outside the Houses of Parliament, secretly ate McDonald's burgers..
The 7 million Big Mac!
THE WHOLE WORLD HOODWINKED!!!
Gen. Sarath Fonseka is a rare breed indeed.
Here is my wish..
"Appoint him to, by special act of parliament or whatever, to clean the Police service"
The article I posted just now on Obama administration's developing approach to the Afghan war said:
1. "Obama's developing strategy on the Taliban will "not tolerate their return to power," the senior official said in an interview with The Associated Press. But the U.S. would fight only to keep the Taliban from retaking control of Afghanistan's central government — something it is now far from being capable of — and from giving renewed sanctuary in Afghanistan to al-Qaida, the official said."
2. "Bowing to the reality that the Taliban is too ingrained in Afghanistan's culture to be entirely defeated, the administration is prepared to accept some Taliban role in parts of Afghanistan, the official said. That could mean paving the way for Taliban members willing to renounce violence to participate in a central government — the kind of peace talks advocated by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to little receptiveness from the Taliban. It might even mean ceding some regions of the country to the Taliban."
It is a PIPE DREAM to believe the Taliban
1. will accept not being the dominant force in any Afghan govt,
2. would be willing to accept only regional power,
3. would be willing to abandon their medieval theocratic approach to governing,
4. would be willing to abandon the Al Quaida, which they refused to do after 9/11.
When this news, that the Obama Administration is contemplating essentially acommodating the Taliban, becomes clear to the middle and upper classes in Afghanistan, those Afghans will feel VERY INSECURE, and will PRECIPITATE THEIR MASS EXODUS OF from Afghanistan. Furthermore, all the REGIONAL WARLORDS will begin to move towards consolidating their own power bases annticipating the return of the Taliban. ALL HOPE of a STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT in Afghanistan will go up in smoke, together with development of the Afghan economy on a national scale. If this news true, I fell sorry for the Afghans.
Furthermore, the Karzai Govt will COLLAPSE in short order, and then. LACKING AFGHAN ALLIES WILLING TO FIGHT BACK, the US will evacuate and abandon Afghanistan in a HURRY.
This is my personal opinion on what will happen if the US goes lukewarm on pursuing the war Afghanistan as this news suggests.
Do you have any different prognostications?
Leopard Commandos.. WOW!
Imran Pandian...... INVINCIBLE!
Victor Anti Tank unit.... SIMPLY FANTASTIC!!!
Black Sea Tigers... OVERWHELMING!
Ratha Regiment.... MY GOD!
POOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
Hak hak hakkkkk!!!!!
Ananda-USA, aka the meanest gun in the west.
We will give you our prognostications if you tell us what that means.
In the meantime have a few ducks.
Welcome back Thambala, you forgot EAT.
Hemantha,Sugeewa and Thusitha,
What you have written above I totally agree. Since 19th of May MR seems to have abandoned us the grass roots who supported him. I don’t want to wash any dirty linen for patriotic reasons as the enemies of the country would love it. We are sad that our investments are at a loss in some instances in danger of losing for ever. We appealed to the people there when those elephant cubs were beaten by the thuggish looking handellars.Then my friend was refused a visa who have been doing a great job sorting out the mess in our collage, some of our houses have been forcibly occupied by thugs. Then the sad state of the srilankan.To me it looks like the people up there haven’t got the will or good sense to tackle these. Law and order situation is truly bad which had come down to the street level even to your own home. I constantly have to finance the upkeep of my business from abroad. Last August I had to leave a fair bit of money with my people to pay for overheads but was stolen by a 16 year old nephew of my partner while his sister came down to the airport. Kandy police doesn’t know what to do with this case where the offender is a minor who excelled in a prestigious school in Kandy. Some involved is a lot and he and his mates have gone down to Colombo stayed in hotels with some Colombo girls blew most of it ,perhaps gambelled it on a casino? When the leadership was allowing those cubs to be beaten up then what do you expect the rest of the population to do. Leaders and their aids must set an example to the nation and they live a very arrogant life accountable to no one.This is sad and we have no victory to celebrate after the 19th.
guys,
we are critisising MR with the intention of CORRECTING him, not destroying him.
i sincerely hope he would listen to patriots and listen to himself.
even a BAD MR is many times better than a GOOD ranil!!! but there is no need for him to go bad.
ananda,
mate, remember we discussed this recently???
looks like oba-ma is following my strategy.
concentrating on AL QAEDA and not on the taliban is a very wise decision. only problem is it is going to very difficult to make the distinction. taliban may not allow the annihilation of al qaeda.
also the russians got something with the taliban. taliban was used to CONSUME the mujahidin which was pro-US. this relationship can be disrupted, if the war on taliban stops.
looks like a BPR project.
but as you say, the next step must be to take on the taliban. otherwise taliban will become the next big thing!! a never ending cycle.
kevin, and others,
In your posts, you assign to MR and the GOSL all of the ills of Sri Lankan society, that have taken root in Sri Lanka over several decades. These problems grew primarily due to weakening of the law and order situation in the country; these things cannot be SWITCHED OFF the day after the war is won.
Some of the problems kevin describes are personal issues best addressed within his own family by its elders; we cannot hold MR responsible for those too!
The gradual degradation of respect for the law in the country was a direct result of the weakening of government control over various segments of society, both regionally and demographically.
The free availability of powerful weapons and explosives, the existence of parts of the country beyond the jurisdiction of government to which miscreants could flee, the ability of people to escape the law by fleeing abroad through uncontrolled borders, the corruption of state and local government officials and security personnel, and so on, was made possible by the availability of vast sums of underground money circulated by the LTTE, and by other criminal elements.
Don't forget that it was only a few months ago that it was quite uncertain in Sri Lanka whether you would be able to return home in one piece without being blasted to bits at the bus stand, or the train station.
The lack of security guaranteed that there would be little investment, or business and employment growth in Sri Lanka. This translated into high inflation and high interest rates ensuring a high cost of living, and too little money in the hands of people to pay their bills. People unable to earn enough to live through their regular jobs, resort to stealing, and taking bribes to make ends meet .. and the moral fiber of the nation as a whole declines, degrades, dissolves.
Now, Peace and Security on the national front has finally been achieved. Strengthened Law and Order, and increased CIVILITY in interactions between people, are sure to follow, but that takes TIME.
Not enough TIME has elapsed since the end of the war for these things to take root again, and grow. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his crew did something that no other govt or party was able to achieve in the past, and few people believed it was even possible. Remember that our "human rights heroes" CBK and RW were getting ready to accept a de-facto partitioning of the country.
We are still in the midst of attending to MANY PROBLEMS at the national level: resettling IDPs, chasing after the residual LTTE and hidden traitors, fending off foreigners who want to prosecute the leaders who rescued our country from terrorism and disintegration, coping with the loss of international loans and trade benefits (e.g., GSP+), are among them.
In the meantime, the UNP, the TNA, the JVP and other assorted political opponents are attempting to disrupt society, being incurably jealous of the achievements of the current GOSL, just so they can propel themselves to power. Patriotism is NOT FOR THEM, if it were we would have them coming together to form a UNITY GOVERNMENT.
How then, do you expect Sri Lanka to become an overnight VALHALLA?
I say to ALL PATRIOTS, please understand that Mahinda Rajapaksa and his GOSL cannot reverse all the accumulated ills of Sri Lanka overnight.
Cut them some slack, and assist them where ever you can. HAVE SOME OF THAT FAITH you showed in them during the height of the war .. these people have done more for you, me and all citizens of Sri Lanka than any other government of Sri Lanka since Independence!
I see some of the same things you talk about; but I don't expect MIRACLES.
I see the HIGH PRIORITY PROBLEMS BEING SOLVED .. ONE BY ONE.
Accordingly, I am COMMITTED to doing all I can to help all patriots, including the current GOSL, succeed in achieving a more perfect Sri Lankan society.
But, HAVE PATIENCE, my friends; Rome was not built in a day!
oba-ma wins nobel peace prize!!
will it change his ways????
Sexual violence in US forces: Details and cases
Hillarious Rotten Cit-on what can you say? Yeah i know, it will be a series of clarifications.
Obama "steals" Nobel Peace Prize See the list i the prediction, and see how surprised they are.
I am not sure whether the NPP was misused for propa boosting Obama, as I fail to understand his glorious contribution.
Only thing I remember was that he was accepted by many ppl all over the world as a good president.
Thusitha/Hemantha/Kevin;
RE: MR
I am not complaining for not doing the big list of items. My cry is more about what he's doing. As I see no initiative into any.
Pls note that I am yet to believe that there is a parting between MR and SF. So I did not talk about that. I still see taht it is more of a wish item among many.
Since Thusitha spoke about it, here is my take. SF is soldier you're right but by being the highest ranked soldier on national security he's got the right to question some actions of politicians. All politicians are not above every soldier.
But in any case, we do not know any such problems regarding SF.
My blame on MR is purely in choosing seeni bola politics. RW, of all ppl pioneered that. Now, when he shud move forward gracefully, MR seem to have found scoring for a chosen lot of his.
Ex:
- Pussycats running away from camps
- The nonsense he made with two elephants. The minister and Nilame didn't even consider what he said.
- Deterioration of foreign service
- Sajin Vass Gunawardena, use of PSD and all the rest of nonsense
- Anarkali
- Duminda/Thilanga politics in colombo [this may be fair as they had to win some votes in colombo]
- Dayan Jayathilaka
- Mervyn
- Most ministers are messing around and he keeps closed eye
- Way they did war against underworld [looks like only one side of under world]
- P B Jayasundara
List is endless. I believe MR Prez has to do something soon.
Let's say they're mistakes, still how come no acceptance or inquiry has happened.
what !!!!
Obama won the nobel peace prize.
For doing what ?
At least he will not bomb Iran now.
Moshe, Sujeewa, others,
If Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, thereafter he will be constrained to be a "man of peace".
As such, it is likely that he will be unable to effectively wage war in Afghanistan. From now on, all we will hear of is "peace" with people who would rather have "pieces" of other peoples property.
Is this a Norwegian plot to tie Obama's hands? If it is and it succeeds, the US is Right Royally Screwed!
I wonder whether the award of the Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on the eve of WW-II would have resulted in a negotiated "peace" with Hitler, leaving Hitler occupying a large part of his ill-gotten gains in Europe!
Pander to the EGOs, and buy-off the leaders before they can act in the best interest of their nations!
WoW .. what a SLY strategy!
The TNA terrorist scummy racist Ariyerathnam says that CM of the eastern province has failed to prevent Sinhalese settling there. How about CM's of western and central provinces failing to stop Tamils settling here?
Somebody shall remind this scummy that no place is Sri Lanka belongs to one ethnic group exclusively.
Sujeewanidhi Kokamaran,
You could say that Obama was right royally ducked by our old friends.
Mahendraraja,
Yes indeed, entire USA is ducked by this with a partially disabled president.
Biling Sam,
They'd rather get porked than ducked eh?
ananda,
60% chance that's happening.
but 40% chance the opposite may happen. they cannot withdraw the prize!! but for some time, oba-ma will behave like gorbachev.
iran and afghanistan trouble makers will have a field day.
But porking is an essential part of ducking.
Aanada
‘Some of the problems Kevin describes are personal issues best addressed within his own family by its elders; we cannot hold MR responsible for those too!
Yes! You have a valid point there but as I see it we have seen siblings of politicians misbehaving openly with impunity. So are the likes of Mervin and others.They take most of the TV and media time in SL, that is if you care to go there and live and see to your self. Kids follow these guys as something glamorous and even ‘cool’ as they say. These days parents have little control. This is why we always expect people who are in the limelight by virtue of their privilege positions to set examples to the nation.
When Tony Blair’s son was held by the cops for being drunk, to protect his father’s name he gave a false name but when one of our leaders’ son was arrested here in UK he boasted who he was.
When there's lawless and corruption that compromise the well being of a nation and it's security.Somalia is a good example of a such a nation.We have one of the highest number of people trying to get out of the country and that must say loads about our situation and we must every effort to put things right.It's within our our power but we must have the will to do it.
Ananda, I think you got it spot on. Afterall, everyone finds that Obama as a weakest of US presidents, so why not try their own agenda.
Like it or not Us had long before right royally screwed in at least three places, Afg, Pak, and Iraq. Obama is getting the harvest.
- Afg, where lunatics ruled, they failed to create a proper opposition from within. They jumped in, and now the afgans love lunatics over americans
- Pak, good old general was suppressing teh call for islamic state. Neo-liberal Us troubled their true ally until he stepped down. Enjoy now...
- Iraq was held from Islamic fundamentalism by none other than secular sadam. He even banned some religious acts in most gruesome ways suppressing them. And America found him in worng end. Now Iraq is inevitably heading towards Islamists. In 20 yrs, WOMD will truly be produced by Iraqi islamist govt using Sadam's facilities.
So now we have Norwegians making their way over remaining option for Obama too.
I wonder how much Iranian funding was involved in changing the winner. It looks like a last moment selection too.
Kevin;
Most of the issues you're pointing have been there for ages. It is true that things are getting worse, but the very nature of them cannot easily be sorted.
My idea is that we shud work hard for at least one generation to fix them.
Ananda;
I haven't lost faith. But I am failing to see the initiative just yet. I'm assuming that they are stuck with endless elections and hoping to see them start it in mid next year hopefully.
My biggest criticism over MR's politics is the kinda ppl he's associating these days. If it continues, even he won't be able to reverse it easily.
Here is a brilliant brain;
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Former LTTE networks being transferred to smuggle arms and drugs – Kohona
October 9, 2009 01:47 pm
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Dr. Palitha Kohona speaking at the UN said that after the defeat of the LTTE it has been discovered that their networks were being transferred to arms smuggling and drug trafficking on the international arena.
He further added that this development underlined the need for intelligence-sharing and joint operations among States. He stressed the importance of achieving global consensus on a comprehensive normative framework for international cooperation on terrorism.
He said this at the UN General Assembly Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) during the general debate on crime prevention, criminal justice and international drug control
We are willing to give our precious time if MR wants, without seeking a penny from him. We hardly came to these countries with any money and we made our money due to sheer hard work and honest dedication. We have a glorious country and if you could get the rust out and start it afresh. But must make many sacrifices that may attract unnecessary opposition from the usual political bandits of the opposition parties. Just think of the IDP issue and the GSP+ issues where the opposition parties are not standing by the government’s just cause, just play silly buggers with politics. For the last two days we were trying to explain this to the future Conservative party leaders in Manchester and we hope that the salaried people gosl do likewise.
Nobel comedy, what you don't know.
The committee selected two finalists: MR and Obama. Months of hard work and web sites by MR promoters, not to mention the noise at DW, to nominate MR for this coveted price has finally been heard by the Nobel committee.
Some of the members did not want to award it to MR due to LTTE diaspora influence and fear of another McDonald sponsored starving event by Tamils.
So, they ended up giving it to Obama for future promise.
MR supporters now feel that they have been robbed.
Kevin;
It is a good plan ti target Conservatives. I really wish you'd succeed. SL foreign service not equally good at every place. Having a bad minister is one thing. Some officers are half tiger. It has brilliant guys too.
Good thing is taht the new guys who come around are lot better now. Hope they will improve.
Pls do keep it up.
Fake Sam Perera;
Nice joke. But come in a genuine ID.
Well, I believe nobody lobbied for MR to Nobel Peace Prize committee. You can correct me where I'm wrong.
This time a very good speech by Mr Premier
So when in cool mind, he is good.
Is is wise to publish their names?
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කොටි අවි ජාලයට සම්බන්ධ නියෝජිතයන් පස්දෙනා
පිළිබඳ කේපී විස්තර හෙළි කරයි
කීර්ති වර්ණකුලසූරිය සහ නෝමන් පලිහවඩන
කොටින්ට කොළඹ හමුදා සහ ආර්ථික මර්මස්ථානවලට ගුවන් ප්රහාර එල්ල කිරීම සඳහා කටයුතු කළ ප්රධාන පෙළේ කොටි ඒජන්තවරුන් පස්දෙනකුගේ සියලු රහස් කේ. පී. හෙවත් කුමාරන් පත්මනාදන් නමැත්තා විසින් මෙරට ආරක්ෂක බලධාරීන් වෙත හෙළි කර ඇත.
මේ කොටි ඒජන්තවරුන් නම් කොටි ගුවන් ප්රහාර සැලසුම් කළ අම්මුදන් සිවරාසා හෙවත් සුරේෂ් ද, ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ සිට කොටින්ට අවි නැව් එවූ ෂංගලි හෙවත් රවිශංකර් ද අග්නිදිග ආසියානු කොටි නෞකා ජාලය භාර බහිදරන් හෙවත් බගාමි ද සිංගප්පූරුවේ සිට කොටින්ට අවි එවූ නරෙන්ද්රන් රත්න සභාපති හෙවත් නරෙන් හා කේ පීගේ දෙවැනියා ලෙස ක්රියා කළ ආනන්ද රාජා පොන්නයියා හෙවත් අයියන්නා නමැත්තන්ය.
මින් අම්මුදන් නමැත්තා ගුවන් කොටි ඒකකයට නෝර්වේ සිට අධි තාක්ෂණික චන්ද්රිකා දුරකථන පද්ධති සපයා තිබේ.
කොටින්ගේ ආයුධ ජාලයට සම්බන්ධ ප්රධානීන් පස්දෙනාගේ සුලමුල මෙරට බුද්ධි අංශවලට අනාවරණය වූයේ මුල්වරටය.
මෙම කොටි ඒජන්තවරුන්ගෙන් ෂංගිල් නමැත්තා විසින් පැනමා හොන්ඩුරාස් සහ බෙලියේa යන රටවල කොටි නැව් ලියාපදිංචි කර ඇතැයි කේපී විසින් හෙළි කර තිබේ.
මේ කොටි කණ්ඩායම අල්ලා ගැනීම සඳහා ආරක්ෂක බුද්ධි අංශ විසින් දැන් පුළුල් මෙහෙයුමක් අරඹා ඇත.
Hooo Ho Guys read this, read this..
Hot off the Press.. directly from the McDonalds.. the most Expensive Big Macs ever....!!
http://tinyurl.com/yjdkljj
I think they shoved it up through David Millaband's rear side too.
"Hunger striker's £7m Big Mac: Tamil who cost London a fortune in policing was sneaking in fast-food
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What a comedy.. great comedy here!
They always took their White Masters for a ride.. didn't they?
Obama (but not the Tamils for Obama) won the Nobel peace price.
Ananda-USA said...
Moshe, Sujeewa, others,
If Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, thereafter he will be constrained to be a "man of peace".
As such, it is likely that he will be unable to effectively wage war in Afghanistan. From now on, all we will hear of is "peace" with people who would rather have "pieces" of other peoples property.
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Don't under estimate Obama. If and when he decides to hit some one, he will hit very hard. The good thing about it is, the world would not complain, because every one would say, he is a man of peace and he was pushed to the limit and that is why he acted the way he did. So this will give a huge advantage to Obama when it comes to diplomacy.
From this peace prize it is clear that the whole world have high hopes for Obama and hopefully he can deliver peace that has eluded middle east for a long time.
I hope this is not a fake news due to some grudge between Thilanga and Harry. Thilanga had locked horns with Rientzy of HNB
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Sri Lanka Insurance probed for funding LTTE
A number of well - known foreign and local business institutions operating in Sri Lanka, including private banks and financial institutions, are believed to have donated millions of rupees to the LTTE.
The police Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) has initiated investigations on these business establishments and the giant in the insurance industry, the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) is a key suspect in this regard.
According to the TID, in 2005, SLIC has made large scale contributions to the North Eastern Development Organization, an NGO operated by the LTTE. The TID has already brought this to the notice of its managing director, Nalaka Godahewa.
SL in India
Venues of 3 Test, 5 ODI, 2 T20 tour are decided. Dates roughly in November.
Will the winner of test series go to no 1 slot in Tests? What an unfortunate tour for us. We'd choose anywhere other than India.
SL has not won a test in India. Closest they came was their first in 1982 where Mendis and Dias almost took us there. This time we have some chance with Ajantha.
It will be interesting how eelam agents would react now. Nothing staged in Tamilnadu.
puligal.blogspot.com is updated.
merci!
puligal.blogspot.com is updated.
/Tamil hunger strikers' condition deteriorates in London
[TamilNet, Friday, 10 April 2009, 02:36 GMT]
Two British Tamils, 21-year-old Sivatharsan Sivakumaravel and 28-year-old Parameswarn Subramaniyan, who are on a hunger strike in the Parliament Square since 10:00 p.m. Monday, have refused to consume any food or water until there is a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
The main demand of the hunger strike is "immediate and permanent Ceasefire."
Thousands gathered around Parameswaran Subramaniyan's tent early Monday morning demanding the British Government to take immediate action against the carnage of Tamils in Sri Lanka to avoid another Tamil life being forsaken at Parliament Square in London, according to sources in London. Parameswaran, 28, on his 14th day of hunger strike, reiterated his calls to the British Government to impose for urgent ceasefire in Sri Lanka. Doctors by his side reported that his condition is critically weak. Dr Arundkumar Velauthapillai said "His condition is deteriorating rapidly. He is not taking enough water but he is stable for now."/
Ha Ha
/A Sri Lankan secretly ate McDonald's burgers while on a hunger-strike outside the British Parliament to highlight the plight of Tamils during war with the LTTE, it was revealed. According to The Daily Mail, Parameswaran Subramaniyan, 28, had eased his ordeal by eating burgers. The Scotland Yard surveillance teams using specialist monitoring equipment had watched in disbelief as he tucked into the clandestine deliveries./
Its amazing how these kazhuthais become eezhaam tamiz, sri lankans, sri lankan tamils, british tamils, diaspora youth time to time...
Ninja,
The kazuthai lover Jay Haan may have a different twist to this joke. Has anybody seen Jehan Perera recently.
/The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 to US President Barak Obama. The Nobel Peace Prize is an international prize which is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee according to guidelines laid down in Alfred Nobel's will./
Congratulations Sir, you deserve this, thanks to you there is 100% peace in Afghanistan now, and even in Iraq. Its so amazing how you achieve peace in Afghanistan and Iraq without a single blood drop in such a short time.
Parameswar and the £ 7.1 m, Big Mac.
We all knew the media and the MPs were taken for a ride. Check this clip. From start to 3:00 min and 4:00 min to 4:50min - Poor Simon Hughes.
During the fast, four doctors looked him after ( 4 doctors….. where have I heard that before …)
I found 3 names:
1) Dr Velauthapillai Arudkumar, one of four Tamil doctors monitoring Mr Subramaniam, said: "He is very weak and we are worried that he might slip into a coma in the next few days unless he takes some water. We keep asking him to drink but he simply refuses."
Audio link.
2) Dr Jayendran Namasivayah said: “When they started they didn’t have any medical support and then my daughter received a call from one of the organisers and so I offered to help.
3) During the protests, Dr Josephine Francis, consultant microbiologist at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, conducted blood and urine tests on Mr Subramaniyan. She warned he was on the brink of kidney failure through starvation.
Were they taken for a ride too??
Or have we been taken for a ride by all of them???
[Sujeewa Kokawala said...
Well, I believe nobody lobbied for MR to Nobel Peace Prize committee. You can correct me where I'm wrong.]
Any Questions?
Ahh, those were the days…
Bugger! What a blooming idiot this hunger striker fellow was. Why didn't he have a Gin&Tonic instead of a Big Mac? Nobody would have bothered him then.
Cheers!
Chena boys and Veddha girls,
You will never ever be able to discredit our super duper fast unto death Parameswarn. Lies, all lies! He had a double whopper, not a big mac.
Modayas will always be modayas.
NoMessilingam,
You seem to be good at digging up clips, any chance you are able to dig up even more scandalous clips?
..hic..
Wenappu Bandakka,
The bugger wouldnt need to step out of his tent to take a dump, shitting inside tents is second nature to them.
By the way, who are those fat men in your profile pic? Looks like they had one too many big macs.
Mahen, old chap, you are absolutely spot on there. In fact if this bally fool did No 2 in the tent, his malodorous deposit would have attracted more poopheads to the protest.
Cheers!
KB
‘Bugger! The coppers should have laced his Big Mac with laxative - that would have got the idiot out of his tent!’
He did go out of the tent in the night to a bog house nearby and very little the cops could do to stop any one going out for a s…. It’s all to do with civil liberties and human rights. During the day passing H2O
Was cleverly concealed just as Mr Howe in the tent next to him had been doing for the last 2 years though he once tried to do it into a hole dug that was not allowed.
BBC into rescue of bigmac faster
We shud have thought of this. It shows how deep rooted their pussycat support is.
BTW, it is a good thing that this crook is challenging them. In the ongoing debate media will unearth more of his crap.
I saw Jay clearing his throat and was quite certain that he'd deny the faster's bigmac connection. But BBC has beaten Jay into that.
/ Sujeewa Kokawala said...
BBC into rescue of bigmac faster/
Ha Ha too much for the so called tamiz peezaam struggle.. I think McDonald can make a nice AD from this..
Bugger! Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Cheers!
Philip Alston, who is the UN's special rapporteur on real or fake hunger strikes, explained whether he thought the report on Parameswaran Subramaniyan secretly eating McDonald's burgers while supposedly holding a prolonged hunger strike was authentic.
He said: "This report seems to have most of the characteristics of a genuine article and that in itself is sufficient to impose an obligation upon the Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam to undertake a sustained, effective, impartial investigation to ascertain the truth."
[I think McDonald can make a nice AD from this..]
Ninja, old boy, how about "Our Big Macs are better than Eelam."
Cheers!
KB
[Bugger! The coppers should have laced his Big Mac with laxative - that would have got the idiot out of his tent!]
I disagree.
I think the Scotland Yard should have tripled-laced his Big Mac with Viagra - that would have got this FukkFace out of his tent and humping all the UK LTTE whore-thangaatchis right on the parliament lawn!
Never in the annals of English history would this have occurred I assure you!
Imagine a man-about-to-die transforming to be the stable stud in 5 minutues!
he he he
My Comment at DBSJ's blog on his article on TRO staff massacre by TMVP cadres
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BBC report on Fast Unto Death on McDonald's Hamburgers!
In Post #18, I referred to the LTTE supporting Tamil Diaspora as CON ARTISTS par excellence who channeled funds to the TRO and aided and abetted in the blood letting in Sri Lanka as underserving of any sympathy. They hoodwinked the entire world, front and centre.
Well, now the BBC reports that the "Fasts Unto Death" by LTTE Diaspora protestors in front of the British Parliament in April, 2009 were entirely sustained on the nutritional strength of fast food, to be more precise McDonald's Big Macs!
I wonder how the British Parliamentarians who gave them support, and the three Tamil Doctors treating them and pronouncing "imminent kidney failure" of one faster Parameswaran Subramaniyan, feel now about the ride they were taken on!
Did they work hand-in-glove with the protesters to dupe the public too?
We will hear much more about these CON GAMES practiced by these CON ARTISTS on one and all in the future, spin doctors not withstanding! Stay tuned folks!
Sujeewa and Kevin,
Here is a news report on the law and order situation in Sri Lanka.
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Underworld diminishing, Sri Lanka Police says
ColomboPage.com
October 8, 2009.
Oct 08, Colombo: Due to the operations conducted by the Sri Lanka Police in the recent past criminal acts by the underworld gangs and leaders are virtually fading away giving a sigh of relief to the public, police officials say.
Police officers behind these operations are well committed towards hunting for members of the underworld and many of them were killed in shoot outs, an official said.
According to the police, once the terrorism was eliminated from the country, the underworld, which had strong links with the LTTE earlier, started their secret operations to threaten the public and politicians. The criminals have made money by hijacking and selling vehicles to the LTTE, the police said.
I say this as a person who continues to support President Barack Obama: Has he earned the Nobel Peace Prize .. NO! Does he deserve it .. NOT YET! I am VERY CONCERNED that this award seeks to PREMPT his military options in confronting terrorism in Afghanistan and elsewhere. This is a naked BRIBE.
Furthermore, I STRONGLY disagree with the notion that only "peace activists" preserve and protect lives and promote peace, but not those who engage in war to confront aggression. To my mind, Abraham Lincoln, and later Roosevelt & Churchill deserved the Peace Prize more than most who have been awarded it; yet among their greatest accomplishments was the defence of innocents through confronting aggressors MILITARILY!
good work!!
punish them ALL.
"cases are filed only on four Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians accusing they had addressed ‘Pongu Thamizh’ rallies in countries like Germany and Australia in 2006 with the intention of partitioning Sri Lanka."
Ananda-USA said...
I say this as a person who continues to support President Barack Obama: Has he earned the Nobel Peace Prize .. NO! Does he deserve it .. NOT YET! I am VERY CONCERNED that this award seeks to PREMPT his military options in confronting terrorism in Afghanistan and elsewhere. This is a naked BRIBE.
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Remember Arrafat, he won the Peace Prize and then went on for a second Intifada. So, I don't think winning Peace Prize would preclude military action (Might be bit embarrassing thought).
re: obama
i too think he will make the nobel prize a mockery!!
already the US is producing a 30,000 pound MOP bomb to drop on iran under specific instruction from OBAMA.
norwegians should not dictate what PEACE is.
Ananda
‘Underworld diminishing, Sri Lanka Police says’
Perhaps true but I was told these underworld guys under scrutiny are that of the opposition parties mainly the from the UNP.We hope all these guys should be rounded up for the good of the country. We have almost cleared the terrorists from the island and the next task should be the clear these criminals from our streets and from our homes they have occupied. Terrorists can easily use them to penetrate the cities and establishments. Their only allegiance is to money and the tiger terrorists will fully exploit it. Ask KP as he knows all about it.
Tiger IT man arrested
October 10, 2009 11:55 am
The head of the LTTE run computer institute ‘Vanni Tec’ has been taken into custody, say Police.
He was taken in during a Sri Lanka Army and Police joint search operation, said Police media spokesman Senior DIG Nimal Mediwaka.
This person identified as Velayudan who had been in charge of the Vanni Tec’ in Kilinochchi was arrested in Negombo, according to the Police spokesman.
Jaffna fort being readied for new colonial masters
[TamilNut, Saturday, 10 October 2009, 10:35 GMT]
In the name of archaeology the Dutch fort of Jaffna is going to be renovated by the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka as an abode for visiting Colombo’s dignitaries and Sinhala Buddhist ‘pilgrims,’ news reports say.
Bugger! About time we reclaimed our Yapapatuna back from these LTTE barbarians. Tamilnut having diarrhea after eating laxative laden Big Macs.
Cheers!
It is a bold act to do this, but let me try. [pardon me to take the defence blog to a diff topic]
Here are my predictions for SPC election result:
Galle: UPFA 70+%, UNP 25-%, JVP 5%
Matara: UPFA 75+%, UNP 20-%, JVP 5%
H'tota: UPFA 70+%, UNP 20-%, JVP 10%
// Note: Added 5% to UNP due to sajith factor in H'tota. It is a volatile factor and not sure how deeply he got involved. He's sidelined by RW clan.
Galle district pref top ranks: Muthuhettigama, Randima Gamage, Anarkali, Sajin, Shan.
CM: Shan [due to lots of internal conflicts MR ends up w/o no better choice]
Ministries [excluding CM]:
Forgot how many there are. If 3 then 1,1,1 for each district. If 4 then 1,2,1, with Matara getting additional.
Ministers: [a very hard one to predict]
Galle: Sajin
Matara: Hemal, Rasaputhra/Wijesekara
H'tota: Indika
Did this for fun. Do not think I'm a fortune teller or a know-it-all. I'm more likely to go wrong anyway.
Story behind the 'secretry post given to SF'
-Lakbima
click here.
Hemantha,
I quite don't get the full truth out of the newspapers. MR,GR,SF,WK,and RG have their own places cast in stone of Sri Lankan history. If General Fonseka doesn't want to get involved in politics, others shall leave this hero alone. Nobody shall disrespect an outstanding hero of 2550 year history of Sri Lanka.
Sam,
He is being gradually sidelined. Things are murky because 'ponna samagama' and the 'koti samagama' together are using it to the hilt for their own political advantage. News are created and exaggerated by them (but based on some truth).
Gen SF was the greatest hero in our 30 year war against terrorism. I think it is time for him to seek some foreign employment. Foreign, defence related advisory jobs would queue upon him if he shows a slightest interest. That would save him from this political muddle.
Hemantha,
In our history, not only we have rewarded heroes like General Fonseka (Mahasenevi Gaardihewage Sarath Fonseka) who protected our motherland with land deeds, we have granted preemptive pardons to anybody descending from him from even from death sentence for three times. That is where General Fonseka stands today. Same goes to GR, WK, and RG. I am perplexed by others interest in pushing him towards politics against his will.
Sam/Hemantha;
I'm failing to compile a firm comment w/o concrete facts. Knowing that Lakbima is owned and articulated by a man whom I still believe as a UNP/Tiger covet operator whom contested under UPFA for western PC, I am seeing this news doubly vague. There can be 101 plots underneath this news.
Having said that, and despite some of my fellow patriot's vision on this, I find a diff MR after May 19th. And I feel [pure gut feeling] almost all his decisions after that were going the other way.
And we all know that the specialty of the victory was SF. MR/GR and ministers and secretaries etc stood with a backbone and backed up the operation. WK/RG cordinated in their ways. But the thinking brain and the chief architect is none other than SF. SF's brilliance, clarity of mind, great perception, anticipation and purity [not at all corrupted] are unmatched by [still great] likes of MR. So Sf should remain the special case he is. And he shud contribute for whatever many years he can.
Had he been fired this year, it will come after MR in more than one way.
And had this been for jealousy created on SF for 2010 campaign, as teh news suggests, oh hell, we all know it was initiated by a class A eelamist. Goodness me !!!that was a set plot, and what this news reveal is exactly what the plotters wanted.
Yet the extra-ordinary nature of this news and the evil bias of Lakbima makes me skeptical.
I always see MR as a strong man but void of opinion. I have seeing him from days of paa gaman and what I see is MR always needs an ideological frame to be borrowed. And once he does that he leads the gang and stands firm to get there.
Right now I sincerely fear that and evil gang has taken over this ideological drive of MR. Pardon me for repeating this for many weeks now. But I am failing to see the happenings of today, in a different way.
Mind you, with all isolation of exe pres role, and other zillion happenings it can happen to any good man.
Guys, we are having good fun over here with the big Mac story.
The eelamist are getting a dose of their own medicine: people are no longer interested whether the story is true or not, but how and why Parmesan managed to cause such chaos.
Few comments from blogs:
Frankly - I'm sick and tired of others preventing me from going about my own business in my own country, and disfiguring the environment. Go somewhere else and protest!
how did he pass a university student exam, as I am damn sure english is one of the criteria to getting in and a visa
Isn't it time we found out how he managed to come to this country and flaunt his immigration status?
After all, his face must be well known to the Mitcham Police!
how can this person be studying in the UK and need and interpreter?????
He failed to attend lectures for a month or more, his action resulted in traffic jams around Westminster causing inconvenience to office workers, tourists and businesses alike and left us with a policing bill of a few million pounds. He did all the above on a student visa.
First, just to check I got it right, a student can have 24 days without going to college and can only talk English via an interpreter? So what is he actually studying?
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Join the fun, two good links:
Tamil hunger striker: I did NOT break my fast
Hunger striker denies eating Big Mac
Thusitha said...
Sujeewa Kokawala said...
But the thinking brain and the chief architect is none other than SF. SF's brilliance, clarity of mind, great perception, anticipation and purity [not at all corrupted] are unmatched by [still great] likes of MR. So Sf should remain the special case he is. And he shud contribute for whatever many years he can.
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All you comments about MR might be right. Also you might be right about MR going bad. But remember if it was not for MR, and his use of the Chinese connection, we would have never been able to complete this war. Not with the international pressure. SF could have been replaced by any other brilliant commanders we have (But of course not have won the war so quickly), but MR can not be replaced. I cannot think of some other politician who would have taken us to the completion of the war. Not with the kind of International pressure we got near the end of war.
Therefore the end of war is much a political victory rather than a military victory. I believe the architect of that is MR. The rest of the leaders, either used war for their advantage or backed down for various reasons.
Sam,
Agree with you 100%, my friend.
Sujeewa,
I saw your earlier analysis (day before yesterday)on MR too. Excellent. I have the same thoughts regarding the situation.
No_MESS said...
Guys, we are having good fun over here with the big Mac story.
The eelamist are getting a dose of their own medicine: people are no longer interested whether the story is true or not, but how and why Parmesan managed to cause such chaos.
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Did daily mail make the story up?
It is bit unlikely that he went inside a Mackers. But it is good to exploit the situation, the same way we they did in Ch4 news.
No_Mess,
I am waiting for the video with Subramanian having a big mac in his hand. It would be the day.
Thusitha / Hemantha,
I think we are on to a win-win situation: If Parmesan is caught with a cheeseburger in his mouth, MPs / Media / Diaspora / Doctors will all look stupid.
If on the other hand, they take legal action against the police and win, then there won’t be a nice Mr constable to help them with their next illegal protest.
No_MESS said...
Thusitha / Hemantha,
I think we are on to a win-win situation: If Parmesan is caught with a cheeseburger in his mouth, MPs / Media / Diaspora / Doctors will all look stupid.
If on the other hand, they take legal action against the police and win, then there won’t be a nice Mr constable to help them with their next illegal protest.
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Haha. You are right. If they protest too much, I am sure the paper would get this guy kicked out from U.K. since he is just a student who arrived in the country few months prior to the hunger strike.
Also the paper might start publishing all the dirty deeds of LTTE in U.K. Plus this would piss the coppers off as well.
What a nice reprieve for SL.
Folks;
Let me retire from the debate of SF vs MR. Firstly we lack concrete facts. Secondly it is not a simple matter for casual discussion. Thirdly it is not a time for talking but watching.
Thusitha;
I may not agree with you mate. There was something unique about victory at ground level, and I am 100% sure no other military leader would achieve it. And that is my greatest fear too, when I take it in a futuristic way.
I never undermined the great work done by MR and his diplomatic generals, and of course GR.
BTW, I'm not a man who'd VOTE someone for WHAT HE DID. I believe that is a base minima for every voter. Gratitude is one thing future is another.
Hemantha;
We both feel worried, and it makes us write about this alleged tragedy we fear. But I think at this uncertain stage we both shud stop it and watch. We shud only write about it if our writing can stop such catastrophe or it has already happened and our writing has no impact. I hope you read me.
Let's leave it there.
Guys,
Do not get me wrong, but I do stand by Parameswaran. [Asithri read more... :)]
- Stop bashing his eating of the big mac.
- Stop talking about kicking him out of UK
- Stop all personal attack on P'maran
Because it wasn't his personal tactic. F**king pussycats did the same all over the world. If they did not, that was when they decided to kill the protester due to infighting. Otherwise how do they become fasting record holders?
Take the whole bloody mishmash of tamil/eelamist fasting. Think of Karunanidi, Tol Thirumalavan, US-tamil babe who fasted with vitamins on a schedule given by her physical trainer. And another 101 cases all over.
They all did cheating in diff ways.
So stop bashing P'waran personally and talk about the common hoodwinking, cheating and fake claims made by the tamil-eelamist/racist/separatist/diaspora elements.
If you do that general study you'll see how a student can do all those things. It wasn't his individual plan, but he was just a small part of the major plan.
Sujeewa,
"Hemantha;
We both feel worried, and it makes us write about this alleged tragedy we fear. But I think at this uncertain stage we both shud stop it and watch. We shud only write about it if our writing can stop such catastrophe or it has already happened and our writing has no impact. I hope you read me.
Let's leave it there."
Yes. I think I agree with you here (unfortunately).
SK
/But I think at this uncertain stage we both shud stop it and watch. We shud only write about it if our writing can stop such catastrophe or it has already happened and our writing has no impact./
I don't think this is good. When war was there I preferred to watch rather than criticize as I am no military expert. But any citizen has a right to criticize politics. And our writing may have an impact. The reason I m reluctant to discuss this issue is I have no reliable information other than rumors.
I know its not fun to discuss internal rifts inside own camp but may be better than say nothing do nothing approach, (assuming such rift exist.)
BTW, your predictions are very close. (Did you involve in changing ballot boxes as DayasiriJ says? Ha Ha)
Hemantha
I ll respond to you lately.
No_Mess / Hemantha,
It's looks like matter of hours or days before some of those pictures and videos might come out to public.
Let's hope those will come out sooner :)
Ninja;
So far I'm getting amuzed by how the random numbers that I guestimated line up close with the released results.
There was no need to do any ballot box play for the overall votes, but seeing how ugly they fought for pref votes, yeah, I also wouldn't be surpised if they have done it.
It showed all the evils of pref votes.
Seriously there is no solution for a middle plan right? You know 50% old system and 50%pref vote or something.
No not really, I'm beaten quite well by Matara voters. I predicted 75-20-5. We're getting for a ~67-28-5.
It appears people missed me from a few comments I read.
Aaaah how sweet..
KB- I'm sure you meant MR and his cabal for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize not 2009. We all make mistakes!
But then again what do these "salmon eating busy bodies" know about Peace!
Rather premature for Obama to win this coveted prize, but he wasn’t against worthy candidates. What has Obama done? (Is it strategic move?)
I'd rather see the NPP differed until a truly deserving contender earns it.
Devalues the concept, why award it every year if there are no worthy winners?
MR would have been a worthy contender had he not incarcerated 300k of his own citizens in “concentration” camps, allowed independent observers and media to report on the war and camp conditions to counter allegations of human rights violations and not taken the “raised sarong” mode against any local and international critics. Cie la vie..
Breaking news about the Big Mac advert! (Sam P I like that comment you made! But then I found it was your fake. He appears to have better sense of humour than you have!)
Wonderful news for Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) owned McDonald Bun supplier in Leicester.
Incredible publicity stunt did bring a smile to my face. This guy has now got a job for life at McDonalds (yuck!). This guy should be locked up or sentenced to do community service guy
What a waste of tax payers money and inconvenience to the traveling British public but then why would a toilet cleaning tax exile in Monaco complain about the wastage of a “politically correct” British establishment.
SL PM comments to Hilary- I'm sorry does he know the difference between Rape and consenting adults? Or were these comments for local consumption. Stool pigeon
Kevin’s comments vis a vis lack of common sense and principles.
It all stems from the caliber of politicians and their capabilities.
Everybody "Tom Dick and Harry," wants to be a politician in SL. It's easy money
Value of life, money, human dignity, and respect has been lost for votes!
It goes back possibly to JR or Premadasa's time when politicians can be bought for money "screw" principles. There have been more crossovers that one can imagine purely to please owns pocket. MR has made it worse (by his own insecurity) by having over 130 ministers and “carte blanche” and fleecing the country whilst the hard working lankans suffer in silence.
No doubt we will hear about all the corrupt dealings that went on, on his ‘watch” after he is gone. Isn’t that always the case? Lankans have very short memories!
MR decision to appoint SF as Sports Ministry Secretary. An insult to SF and the intelligence of Lankans. A typical knee jerk reaction that proves MR is slowly losing it or feeling very insecure. I’d rather see SF appointed to a “law and order” Ministerial position with unfettered authority to clean up the corrupt police, judiciary and internal security (including miscreant ministers).
His vision, determination and foresight will be lost if MR or any other leader is unable to grasp his skill sets.
GSP +
This concession was never going to be long term. Granted after the Tsunami to give a helping hand to the apparel industry.
Regrettably, the EU and GOSL have started playing a game with each other to the detriment of the industry.
Most “savvy” apparel companies (eg MAS) have diversified and formed joint ventures in India, China and Japan knowing the “hand outs” will not last.
It’s about time the apparel industry stand up on its own feet and compete on an international level without depending on handouts
GSP + , I believe will be granted but phased out by 2011.
Hic…I’m off to clean the toilets..
Thusitha said...
[ It is bit unlikely that he went inside a Mackers.]
Perhaps, the Big Mac was ground up like a sherbert, and he drank it through a straw? LoL!
Thusitha said..
[All you comments about MR might be right. Also you might be right about MR going bad. But remember if it was not for MR, and his use of the Chinese connection, we would have never been able to complete this war. Not with the international pressure. SF could have been replaced by any other brilliant commanders we have (But of course not have won the war so quickly), but MR can not be replaced. I cannot think of some other politician who would have taken us to the completion of the war. Not with the kind of International pressure we got near the end of war.
Therefore the end of war is much a political victory rather than a military victory. I believe the architect of that is MR. The rest of the leaders, either used war for their advantage or backed down for various reasons.]
Agree with you 100%!
Sujeewa said... to Thusitha
[BTW, I'm not a man who'd VOTE someone for WHAT HE DID. ]
This comment implies that the past history of a man, has little or no bearing on how he will act in the future.
On the contrary, the past activity and performance of a person is the best indicator we have of how he/she will ACT and PERFORM in the future, and of his/her ABILITY to so ACT and so PERFORM in the future.
That is why, all of us diligently polish our RESUME'S, because people rely on our past performance to predict our future performance, and ask for our resume's before they trust us in some capacity.
And it is also precisely for that reason, that if we find a person with a good RESUME, we are PATIENT with that person, and are TOLERANT of mistakes, because we have EVIDENCE of the person's good CHARACTER and excellent ABILITIES which we VALUE HIGHLY!
In short, lacking a divining stick that allows us to predict the FUTURE, we rely on PAST performance, grounded in the belief that people don't change radically in CHARACTER and ABILITY with time.
There are, of course, exceptions, to every rule, and to every belief.
Everybody,
What Jay Haan meant by cleaning toilets is brushing his mouth.
Bugger! McDonals's has now become the official supplier of burgers to hunger strikers around the world.
Cheers!
It is in Aussie News as well. This is great. I think this guy is completing the job SF started. Finishing off the Diasporra. SL should consider funding his education in UK. Hehe.
Hunger strike man 'secretly ate Big Macs'
One last note on SF.
Some suggest here that SF could have been replaced but not MR. Not quite correct. Non of the above two (and roles played by them) could have been replaced by others under the prevalent situation at that time. They were unique in their own fields. SF was a great general even before 2005 presidential election. He was fighting against politicians to save high security zones in 2002. He was fighting on the front line to save Jaffna in 1998 and was successful in both instances. But without MR he would have been a retired great general now (Which was bound to happen around the end of 2005). Even if he wasn't retired under a president like Ranil(Thank you god for preventing that) his resolve and courage would have been useless. But without him Mahinda wouldn't have had the courage to continue on. SF never wavered from his belief on our ability to defeat terrorism and fortunately his point of view prevailed in the security council(specially during the harder times of the war). With somebody else in that position, like earlier Commanders of Army the war would have been dragged on. The political leadership would have ended up with no option.
Two last suggestions:
1. MR can rectify the situation by giving him the post of "Inspector General of Police". He will clean up the Police Force.(I honestly do not know weather the politicians would like this idea or not)And he won't be a threat either. (Even a civilian can hold this post. There is a precedence during the SWRD Bandaranayaka time)
2. SF should leave the country honorably and seek a job elsewhere. He could fight with terrorists and win. But he won't have a chance against politicians (many Kitchen sinks can be expected in such a scenario).
The first, almost impossible. The second, looks most probable to me.
This would be one of the biggest jokes and hope it would end up on a Late Show or The View.
The will show who Eezham Tamils are; a bunch of Con artists.
Bugger! Chaps, hold on tight to your seats because the next big shocking news in the Peelam saga is about to break.
The LTTE fellows in the fake Channel 4 video caught eating Big Macs after staging their own execution!
Cheers!
KB,
that doesn't surprise me. lol!
the MACCA story is spreading like wildfire around the world.
soon those who were deceived by the DUMB tamilelam DIE-ARSE-PORA will realise whom they have been RELYING ON for information!!
“McDonals's has now become the official supplier of burgers to hunger strikers around the world| -
Ha Ha Konnapu B – very funny!
You should send it to their Marketing Dept.
Thusitha,
From Mail ON Sunday:
Mr Subramaniyan, a student from Mitcham, South London, vehemently denied eating a Big Mac during the fast, which he said left him seriously ill.
[that doesn't surprise me. lol!
the MACCA story is spreading like wildfire around the world]
Moshe, dear chap, what's more shocking is I hear they were chomping on the burgers 'Full Monty', as naked as a jaybird.
Cheers!
hemantha said...
[SF should leave the country honorably and seek a job elsewhere. ]
My God! What are we saying here? That we have no honored place in Sri Lanka for our great hero who saved our collective skins?
What ingratitude! What absolute foolishness is this!
No way I would want SF to go abroad to serve elsewhere. We need this patriotic son-of-Lanka right here at home to lead and guide the patriotic defenders of Lanka, and be honored till the end of his days!
Guys, Kunt-Mozi is in Sri Lanka!
Here’s what she said before departure:
“Asked whether the MPs would be taken on a ‘guided tour’ of the Lankan camps, Kanimozhi denied the possibility and expressed confidence that they would be taken to other parts of the country — that were not opened to others so far — as well.”
Wow!
What the media failed to report was this was a reciprocal agreement. She had agreed to let the Sri Lanka Army’s Vanni commander “unfettered access” to her “other parts – that were not opened to others so far – as well” ….it remains to be seen if the SLA commander took her up on this offer…although, I doubt very much as our SLA boys are well known to have minimum standards when bartering a deal!
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
Yes, the sovereign proud nation of Sri Lanka owes no obligation to these LTTE supporting JOKER bastards/bitches from ToiletNadu and any unfettered access (Gosh, I love that term!) must be strictly done on a fair and equitable exchange basis…as such, alas, it is doubtful whether we will have a deal.
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
ha ha ha...see what I saw at http://www.expressbuzz.com
Here's just one example of what a bunch filthy liars and cheats these Sri Lankan Tamil separatists are..www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219112/Hunger-strikers-7m-Big-Mac-Tamil-cost-London-fortune-policing-sneaking-fast-food.html....ha ha ha...what a story uh? Looks like it is only the Indian Govt. that refused to be taken for a ride by these bloody liars during the lead up to the fatal whacking their LTTE terrorists got in SL! Congratulations Govt. of India for being wise to these liars' tricks!
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
Ananda_USA,
"My God! What are we saying here? That we have no honored place in Sri Lanka for our great hero who saved our collective skins?"
Are you the fake one? I wouldn't think the real one would take my comment out of context and reply like that. (I should have taken Sujeewa's advice seriously)
Anyway this is my clarification on that. He is my hero. He did so much for the country. Yes, he can do much more. But I am not sure he will get the opportunity. If that is the situation the best thing for him would be to leave the political muddle for now and think about his well being. (He is not a rich man. A foreign job would pay him a lot.)
More than any of you, I would like to be wrong in this regard. Let's wait and see. I won't be elaborating on this any more, unless the situation changes.
Bugger! Here is a Canadian advocating the same thing we have been doing. We need to get this chap over to SL and give him a nice vacation.
Cheers!
Jonathan Kay: Giving Barack Obama the Nobel peace prize is ridiculous
What seems clear from all this bafflegab is that Mr. Obama is being given his award for mere words — for striking fashionable poses in favour of multilateralism, for making a nice speech in Cairo, for offering “hope.” Months after Americans learned to dismiss Mr. Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign slogans as the bromides they were, Scandinavians apparently are still drinking his Kool-aid.
So who should have gotten the Nobel peace prize?
Instead of droning on about “hope” and “a new international climate,” a group of people charged with awarding an annual peace prize might find it useful to focus on a more mundane and obvious inquiry. To wit: What part of the planet was beset by bloody war in 2008, but is now entirely at peace?
The only nation that fits the bill is Sri Lanka. And the reason for that is a ruthless military campaign waged by President Mahinda Rajapaksa against a militarized Tamil death cult known as the Tamil Tigers. This conflict has taken nearly 100,000 lives since it began three decades ago. But Rajapaksa ended it definitively at one stroke, killing or capturing virtually the entire Tiger leadership. It is one of the only times in the history of modern warfare that a guerrilla/terrorist movement has been utterly destroyed in such a fashion. Overnight, war became a stranger to Sri Lanka.
Sounds like a pretty good candidate for a “peace” prize, don’t you think?
But of course, actually making peace is not what this nominal peace prize is about. It’s about going through the motions of pursuing peace in a touchy-feely UN-approved way.
Mr. Rajapaksa has done some fairly nasty things en route to destroying the Tigers — including imprisoning and perhaps even killing pesky journalists and human-rights activists. More importantly (from a Scandinavian point of view), Mr. Rajapaksa committed an unpardonable foreign-policy sin en route to his victory: flouting “multilateralism.” Which is to say that he ignored the bien pensant voices from abroad urging him to let the Tigers go just as the Sri Lankan military was about to administer the coup de grace. Had he listened, the war would continue to this day.
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Aus U19 Vs. SL U19
Aus 122
SL 57/2
Bhanuka Rajapaksha 32 n/o from 14 balls.
Let's compare the results so far with my prediction...
My prediction:
Galle: UPFA 70+%, UNP 25-%, JVP 5%
Matara: UPFA 75+%, UNP 20-%, JVP 5%
H'tota: UPFA 70+%, UNP 20-%, JVP 10%
Result:
Galle: UPFA 68%, UNP 27%, JVP 4%
Matara: UPFA 68%, UNP 26%, JVP 5.5%
H'tota: UPFA 67%, UNP 22%, JVP 11%
I was slightly over estimating UPFA in Galle and H'tota [by 2% and 3%] and really over estimating [by 7%] in Matara. Equal % under-estimates for UNP and my predictions about JVP more or less tallies with actual result.
Let us see what the result is saying...
This is not really a pure victory for UPFA, there is much to ponder than celebrate. Public of South have protected teh govt that did the great service, yet passed a warning with the result [I always have great respect to them, not because I have relationships, but because they have always been a political becon for the nation]. UPFA % which was predicted as 80%+ was brought below 70%. In H'tota where MR actually did a great development like never before, public is still skeptical about somethings.
I think MR should read the hidden message more than the praise in it. His candidates behaved a level low - like cats and dogs. Fighting with one another making comic statements, threatening the party members, using thugs, show-off and arrogance [Sajin Vaas], and many many other mean ways. And of course the intimidation on opposition. It made UPFA party members feeling disgusted, and discouraged some from voting, whereas it encouraged UNPers to whole-heartedly vote their members. Note taht there had been a reserved UNP lot who never voted against MR for their love to country. UPFA goons woke them up this time.
Plus the selections. The seeni bola politics which was trade mark of RW was copied by MR. And RW, to my surprise did not make a single stupid statement thru-out the campaign, but MR not only selected hillarious candidates, but also his ministers kept on broadcasting blatent stupidity. UNP for the first time forwarded a good bunch of candidates lead by good deep rooted politicians. In addtion, for the first time we felt the dogma and neglegence of govt, instead of its humble and caring past.
Hon MR, the post election days leave you with more thinking than pre-election, if you're a futuristic President.
SL U19 90/5
Ananda;
I agree that future is an extrapolatiion of past. But there are times one can get deceived and deviate. In SL politics, a slight deviation of Exe pres may impact the country heavily.
I don't like to take on MR in a bad way, and my postings about him, the criticizes are primarily to convey it to system, and in a direct path to those who matter.
We're going towards an undefined future. Although war was hard it was homogenious plan categorically [although its internals had several einstein loads of thinking]. But the remaining future is so non-deterministic that anyone can define anything as right. It depends more on who your allies are than what you think of it [in my view].
In simple terms, winning war does not mean to me that MR would save us from the up and coming new trends of terrorist/separatist movement. I am worried, for the moment, and sure you can call it a meaningless fear. I have no arguments to prove me right as at now. A pure feeling of fear and insecurity.
[[Konnapu Bandara said...
Bugger! McDonals's has now become the official supplier of burgers to hunger strikers around the world.
Cheers!]]
Bro, you missed words "tamil/tiger" in above statement. I doubt whether others would need the burgers.
Not all the people live their life to hoodwink the world for a little penny advantage. Most humans, even some terrorists, are a level better than these jokers.
Ananda/Hemantha;
It is a touchy topic, so let's not make us feel bad with one another. I understand the sentiments of both sides surely.
What are we talking about here? A mere news paper article [in a paper used for political campaigns of an individual, whose politics by all means not clean at all].
There is NO better or deserving role for great general than being the top seater of the future security planning. He has a mammoth job at hand. We were ~10 yrs lagging, he shud make us 10 yrs futuristic. I have full faith he can do that.
He needs not to purify thugs police or politicians. Such acts are harder than many believe. Their culprits are within the system. Not easy to eliminate. SL shud find her own ways to improve these, and we need to have patience. Although we won war in 3 years, that does not mean many other systems can be put in right place so easily.
SF needs not to worry about those. He never did. He shud and will continue as CDS.
Let us leave it, w/o letting it make further pre-cooked comments on an uncertain allegation, which has no current footing. Let's re-open it only something bad happens, like MR not extending SF [I believe both of you agree that it is a worthy moment to discuss the topic].
Otherwise, adios on this topic from me. If that renders us jobless, let's have a bigmac. :)
Aus U19 122
SL U19 123/6
Won the game!
And won the series 5/2.
Correction.
Won the series 3/2.
I've never seen Bhanuka Rajapakse of SL U19 cricket team batting at a strike rate below 100, in any form of game. I like that attitude. Bhanuka's 154 in 111 balls in a run chase in a hostile Aus pitch, suggests me that we're gonna see him soon in national outfit.
Once we saw a similar skill in SL youth cricket in late 80s who'd score 200 out of 300+ score of his side in a couple of eye blinks. Having followed his cricket from then till now, the giant master blaster Sanath makes me proud of every moment of following his cricket.
Wish Bhanuka a great future.
Jay;
Would like to say a doomsday prediction on this report too.
SL economy doing great
Do you regret your effort which went in vain? Or do you worry as long as $$$ transferred to your accounts.
Sujeeva,
"Do you regret your effort which went in vain? Or do you worry as long as $$$ transferred to your accounts."
The latter is the answer. Top scummies like Jay Haan will be happy as long as he gets the chane to act the anti SL peace vendor with western money.
Friends,
The details of the Graduation Class of 2009 in Engineering at University of Sri Lanka at Peradeniya was released recently.
To figure out how things have changed since I was a student at the EFac, I entered the data in an Excel spreadsheet and analyzed the performance of the students by discipline (see below).
The size of the graduating class has increased by about 50 students over 1969. CE, ME and EE were the three largest disciplines in 1969 when ranked according to the number of students, whereas in 2009, the order is CE, EE, CO, ME, PR, CH with computer engineering moving ahead of ME. CE is, by far, the largest field with 43.3% of students, but has fewer students that the rest of the disciplines. This is to be expected, because most engineers were CE's employed by Govt in 1969, with fewer jobs in govt for EE's and ME's then, with virtually no demand for engineers in private industry. That situation has changed significant for the better sine then.
These statistics also reflect the changes in the economy from one geared to producing services and goods for local consumption, to one more dependent of producing goods for the export market, with increased demand for engineers by the private industry serving those markets.
Given that Sri Lanka must grow its economy by competing in the Global Marketplace, we will see the trend towards producing engineers belonging to the disciplines that serve that segment of the economy (i.e., EE, CO, and ME) accelerate in the future.
Performance of the students within traditional disciplines of CE, ME and EE reflect the same patterns I saw in 1969: ME seems to be the most difficult discipline in which to shine with students having difficulty in gaining 2nd Class Upper Division and First Classes. Then, CE's obtained comparatively better results in exams than in the other two disciplines, and the great majority of the students (~80%)followed the CE curriculum. Very interestingly, this seems to have changed, with a significantly larger fraction of EE's doing very well with nearly a quarter of the students getting First Classes.
One difference from the late 1960's I saw was the very small number of students who got Passes (4.5%) and the comparatively very large number of First Classes (12.4%). In the late 1960's it was very difficult to get a First Class, and 41 students out of 330 getting First Classes was unheard of then.
......continued........
Graduation List, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sri Lanka at Peradeniya is available at
http://www.pdn.ac.lk/eng/news/pdf/GraduateList.pdf
A total of 330 students from all disciplines were graduated, and their results are given below.
All Fields (330, 100%)
Pass (15, 4.5%)
3rd Class Honors (37, 11.2%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (142, 43.0%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (95, 28.8%)
1st Class Honors (41, 12.4%)
Civil Engineering (CE, 143, 43.3%)
Pass (8, 5.6%)
3rd Class Honors (24, 16.8%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (70, 49.0%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (30, 21.0%)
1st Class Honors (11, 7.7%)
Chemical & Process Engineering (CH, 2, 0.6%)
Pass (0, 0%)
3rd Class Honors (0, 0%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (2, 100%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (0, 0%)
1st Class Honors (0, 0%)
Computer Engineering (CO, 44, 13.3%)
Pass (0, 0%)
3rd Class Honors (1, 2.3%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (21, 47.7%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (19, 43.2%)
1st Class Honors (3, 6.8%)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EE, 78, 23.6%)
Pass (0, 0%)
3rd Class Honors (0, 0%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (22, 28.2%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (35, 44.9%)
1st Class Honors (21, 26.9%)
Mechanical Engineering (ME, 39, 11.8%)
Pass (4, 10.3%)
3rd Class Honors (7, 17.9%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (20, 51.3%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (6, 15.4%)
1st Class Honors (2, 5.1%)
Production Engineering (PR, 24, 7.3%)
Pass (3, 12.5%)
3rd Class Honors (5, 20.8%)
2nd Class Lower Div Honors (7, 29.2%)
2nd Class Upper Div Honors (5, 20.8%)
1st Class Honors (4, 16.7%)
Did JRJ ever saw this coming when he introduced the PR system? I mean, his moronic nephew running UNP to the ground. Had this been a first pass system, the number of seats UNP won could have been 0. Had Muthuhetti not acted doofus, UPFA could have won even more.
Konappu Bandara,
That comment you posted is quite a find; can we direct the writer to the NobelPeacePrizeForSriLanka Blog?
He will then know, that he right on target, and has many kindred spirits among Sri Lankans as well!
Hemantha,
About SF taking a job abroad, I was not criticizing you .. far from it, and I am TRULY SORRY if it came off sounding like that. Please accept my apology.
I was just expressing my fear that we would lose a great patriot who has served the country well .. and that instead we should honor him and use his talents in the best possible way without his having to go somewhere else in the world to be appreciated.
Ananda,
What is that third class pass? I doubt that it was there earlier.
Sam,
Yes, the 3rd Class Honours is new; there was no such thing in 1969 and 1970. It is listed in the .pdf document as a category.
Thol Thirumavalavan will visit IDP camps as the VCK rep in a TN team that includes Kanimozhi .. Karunandhi's daughter.
Has Thirumavalavan violated SL's laws by illegally visiting the LTTE in the Wanni in the past? Or, was it only Ramadoss?
Why is this declared enemy of Sri Lanka, who has supported the Eelam struggle to divide the country, in many ways including fasts-unto-death (with or without Big Macs), not being declared persona-non-grata and denied a visa to enter Sri Lanka?
This guy should be tarred and feathered and loaded on a catamaran to Tamil Nadu.
Hi Ananda -USA,
Do you know that a large number of graduates( specifically in EE) of the 2009 pass out batch are unemployed??
Mosche dyan
wht u think of this
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091011_05
Investors reap peace dividend in Sri Lanka
By Amal Jayasinghe (AFP) – 5 hours ago
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's small stock exchange has become one of the world's top performing bourses as investors reap the peace dividend from the end to the island's bloody ethnic conflict.
Investors are banking on renewed economic strength and profits in the country that emerged in May from a bloody and protracted civil war which claimed between 80,000 and 100,000 lives over nearly four decades.
"All the economic indications are in the right direction but the end of the war has been the key factor" in the market's performance, said Shivantha Meepage, analyst at Acuity Stockbrokers in the capital Colombo.
Tourism-related stocks have been faring particularly well on the back of expectations that more foreign holidaymakers will visit the country's golden sandy beaches, picturesque tea-growing mountains and ancient heritage sites.
Infrastructure-related shares have also been performing strongly on the back of plans by the government to rebuild Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northeast.
The positive news has helped make the stock market Asia's best performer and just behind Peru's Lima in the global stock market rankings.
So far this year, the All Share Price Index (ASPI) has recorded a 110 percent increase after sliding 41.57 percent last year, when government forces and Tamil separatists were locked in what seemed an unwinnable war.
"The ASPI is one of the best performing indices in the world," said Tushara Jayaratne, Business Development Manager of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
But with daily turnover a relatively paltry 10 million dollars, it's still a dot on the global map for most investors. In fact, nine billion dollars could buy all the 238 companies listed on the bourse.
"For all the good news, Sri Lanka is still a tiny speck for a big-time foreign investor," said Channa Amaratunga, director at CT Capital, an investment advisory company.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka just raised its growth forecast for 2009 to 4.5 percent from an earlier estimate of 2.5 percent, bolstering investor hopes of stronger economic activity.
A sharp fall in interest rates is also routing more money into equities, analysts say.
"The economic outlook is better since the war ended," said CT Capital's Amaratunga.
Many people who have put money in the market are small investors and analyst Mahesh Peiris, a director at Asia Securities, says there is "a strong element of speculation" in the bull run.
Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers took up arms in 1972, five years before the country ended a socialist-style system to become the first in South Asia to embrace a free-market economy.
An unprecedented 2.6-billion-dollar IMF bailout for Sri Lanka recently also galvanised hopes that the country may be on the road to recovery.
Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate was running at a record low of 0.7 percent in September, official data showed.
"Investors seem to be betting on an economy without war and they are also hoping that inflation and interest rates will be lower," said Asantha Sirimanna, the head of Lanka Business Online, a top financial web portal.
Sujith said....
[ Do you know that a large number of graduates( specifically in EE) of the 2009 pass out batch are unemployed??]
Sujith,
No .. I didn't know that, and I am sorry to hear it. Can you tell me how bad it is roughly?
I am hoping I will be able to help out, in a small way, in the next year or so when I setup an engineering design and manufacturing business in Sri Lanka.
For Pref results keep watching this page
Ananda,
It is said that roughly half of EE graduates this year are still unemployed.(not including the ones who have joined the department as instructors!) Ofcourse the situation may change in time but that is the current scenario.
Usually EE was the field that had probably the highest demand.
Sujith,
This is really bad .. these are the among the cream of Sri Lanka's young people, they are our hope for the future.
Guys, we expatriates have to get off our collective butts and help in every way we can to grow good jobs in Sri Lanka, above and beyond what we do to help disabled SLDF veterans.
Engineering graduates should not be made to laboriously search for jobs. It's a disgrace to them.
That's what has happened to the pera EE batch this year. Usuallly these guys found immediate employment since graduating.
Given time i'm optimistic that many will get jobs but it's not good to have telecommunication/electronic/electrical graduates in such a position as they are now. They have studied so hard over the years both during A/L and university and now they are having a hard time finding employment.
Ananda-USA, aka meanest gun in Seattle.
Do not be taken in so easily by Sujith? Don't take everything at face value, do you know him enough to believe what he is saying?
susantha,
i don't like the sound of it, mate!
development without ethnic integration is not going to do ANY good in the north.
a SPECIFIC EFFORT must be made to create a situation where ppl of ALL RACES ACTUALLY live in the north.
development ALONE does not attract anyone from outside.
remember, our MAIN focus is on liquidating the TAMIL ELAM dream. development comes second although development takes place before resettlement too.
i want a SPECIFIC program to settle (not just resettle) ppl as DSS (father of the nation) did.
Mahen,
No need to take me at face value. Ananda can easily verify this through his contacts at UOP or the recently passed out EE students.
BTW this may have been the fisrt time i commented but i have been following this, Dnet and your blog for a long time.
I still laugh at your Nachchikuda statement!!!! ;-)
Also we at EFT do not agree with this socialist / communist policy of the government giving jobs to every Tom, Dick and Harry graduate. If Sri Lanka wants to be a free market economy, then the realities must be accepted, i.e., jobs are available where the skills are in short supply, its upto the A/L students to decide what discipline to study for after carefully researching what the market needs. The government is going out of their way to provide free, first education to the populace, what country in the world does that, and these guys want the government to provide them jobs too, this cradle to grave attitude must stop if we are to succeed.
Sujith, don't get us wrong, we sympathise with the plight of the graduates, its cruel not to do so, we undertand the hardships faced getting into Uni, some of us have being through that. However, I do not agree with civil disobedience, wildcat strikes and hiding under JVP skirts when they don't get their way. In the West, graduates don't always look for jobs in the discipline they studied, Engineers make good bankers, accountants etc.
Nachikuda operation is still in progress,
govt knows SF will face NONSENSE if he goes to USA. it will be a nuisense than anything else.
i can't see ANY reason why MR or GR should try to put down SF. in popularity ranking, MR and GR are directly popular due to the war.
but BR is more ambitious than GR. BR MAY BE worried that SF would be more popular than him WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS although SF has shown NO interst in politics yet.
if BR continues to WASTE time and money in developing the north WITHOUT colonisation, he will lose both the south and the north. BTW he has no real political capital in the south. he may get into parliament thanks to his brothers but that cannot take him any further.
for some reason ppl in the north NEVER voted for development. they prefer race-based politics to development. i don't know why. higher the development, more the shoft towards racial aspirations.
e.g. dutch times
british times
1970s
2002-2004 (DAMN disaster for those who waited for the northerners to have SOME gratefulness at the elections!!!)
IF BR creates a loyal votebase in the north without colonisation, i will stop blogging.
Sajith;
In your opinion, what exactly is the prob. In truth there are not many vacancies in industry with the impact of melt down in west. Every company has become conservative. But I hope you guys did a good try with whatever vacancies available in papers. Also the companies that came to uni.
I am with the belief that most of the guys in COl uni and Mora are occupied. Pls correct me if wrong. In that case it would be worthwhile to find how they get through [as I can 100% assure that uni favoring no longer exists in IT, except for one or two minor places]
In SL, there are only two main stream sectors for Tronics, computer and IT chaps. They are telecom and SW development. [Of course there is a wide range of other options at smaller scale. But they do not provide a consistent number of opportunities annually].
Telecom sector has few mobile vendors, SLT etc. I believe they are more affected with crisis. SW sector is not dying but has become conservative. There was a time they hired ppl for "possible" new projects next yr. That is how most uni kids got jobs upon grad. But now industry can't take that risk.
I understand that it is very bad students are kept out upon completion w/o jobs. I sincerely understand the plight. But the ground reality is there is no "central body" to control that. So whatever happens in industry as at now, you guys gotta learn its trends and adapt to it. That is the only way as at now. [I didn't mean there are no other ways theoretically. But not existing]
Ananda;
SL's industry needs the investments and entrepreneurship from their expats. Like India did, SL will blossom in technology if it happens. It is some thing we shud promote among expats. Even in discussions like this.
It does not have to have their own money. It can be some negotiated investor whom they can convince into the entrepreneurship. It shud not go as pure charity. It shud be a win win for all, i.e. every party making their dreams come true.
I can provide nice cases where some expats started with just a project or two with the view of hiring 2-5 team members in the annex of his old house, and now occupying several floors in a city sky scraper. And of course some v good research companies.
Like war we're proud of these companies, which is almost all a creation of SL entrepreneurship.
The morale of this little bot is to pass the message around. Pls invest in SL. Let your creativity and links you have there to best use. It will be something you'll also benefit, and make your beloved motherland benefit a lot.
Mahen,
I get your point. But your fears are unfounded. Nobody is asking for government jobs nor are they going to engage in civil disobedience! These are engineers!! The problem i wanted to highlight was that they have to face a tough laborious process to find employment. Probably they may be able to find jobs in other sectors or lesser paying jobs pretty easily but that wasn't what they want after doing a very hard electronic/telecom/electrical engineering course.The electronic/telecom/electrical sector should in theory have the highest demand.
Btw i applaud you for your great misinformation campaign that took guys like peter, bhairav, thiru and co on a wild goose chase.
Jangi mahenge hingiye jalak jalak!!
:P
Shan tops the Galle list with 90k+ pref votes and overall PC. Nobody gets past 100k mark.
Shan's choice is a good response for the madness many ppl added to campaign. He was the most silent of all. Sanity has prevailed.
Yet some ugly characters still lead the pref votes.
My top five ranks prediction of Galle was: Muthuhettigama, Randima Gamage, Anarkali, Sajin, Shan.
Result: Shan, Randima, Nishantha, Sajin, ... with Anarkali out of top five.
Now I feel taht this w/e I shud have bought a lottery of put my bet for a horse. Too late now.
:)
Yes, and paki nakey bel therey to you.
Sujeewa,
You are correct.
Anyway i'm not a recent graduate of UOP as you have assumed. Lets say someone concerned.
What i think that are needed is continuous investment in the IT/ industry side.
As far as i know Moratuwa ENTC and EE graduates had to face a tough time getting jobs unlike previous years. I think many got some job but just after this was finishing the pera batch passed out!
Tamilnut monkeys caught smoking pot.
sam,
this is funnier!!
LOFL!
elite LTTE fighters shooting ghosts!! some idiots run backwards too.
Sajith;
I did not get what you mentioned by I'm correct. But some of our uni kids have to be made lot more prepared and capable for the challenge. BTW, some are genuinely good.
In 2005 i met a US-Indian gentleman, CEO of a very succesful IT/Software Co based in Frisco on a flight from Amsterdam.
He was on his way to India to "Induct" over 50 soon to graduate students from IIT (Kanpur, Madras and Delhi). This, he tells was the third year of recruitment. He was keen to get the best crop before Indian IT giants like Infosys take the cream.
I enquired from him why does he not go to SL on this recruitment drive as there are more than capable graduates.
He gave me two reasons
1)Unable to converse fluently in English unlike the Indian graduates.
2)Indian graduates always return home after a stint in US and work for the company from India.Whilst SL graduates jump ship as soon as they arrive in US.
There was also another reason. He himself was a product of IIT recruited by a US company.
I'm perplexed why SL graduates dont get the same opporunities from US-Lankan run companies (eg American Reprographics Co, Galleon Group) or UK Lankan Companies. (eg Rodel Group)
Convenient bogeys and the real fear
http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/10/convenient-bogeys-and-real-fear.html
How very true!
PM’s remarks on Monica Lewinsky attract US Protest
The United States has lodged a “strong protest” to Sri Lanka over remarks by Prime Minister, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, on state radio that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has forgotten the “Monica Lewinsky episode” and should “put her house in order.”
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Yeah, send the buggers a clarification as well.
Mosche dyan
d u knw that TNA is really scared about DEVELOPMENT in north....becoz they knw development means what ...hehehe
Our clarification to US on prime ministers comments.
"in the most recent phase of the US government under George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2008 ... we have not received reports that President Bill Clinton sexually abusing his staff members as a tools of governance, as they clearly have occurred in other area around the world.`
`We hope that this clarification puts the issue in its proper context."
"Sri Lanka remains concerned about the increasing trend of date rapes, drug related killings and sexual abuse of detainees by other detainees in USA."
`Secretary Rajive Wijesinghe believes that USA must focus to the future and move forward on the promotion of peace and the protection of human and gay rights,`
'We believe that President Obama has taken the correct step in protecting gay rights by attending the world's largest ever gay gathering yesterday'
Ananda,
I misunderstood you.
My humble apology.
දැන්ම මොකුත් කියන්න බෑ
ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා
නෝමන් පලිහවඩන
ක්රීඩා අමාත්යාංශයේ ලේකම් තනතුර පිළිබඳව තවමත් ස්ථිරව යමක් පළකළ නොහැකි යෑයි ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානී ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා "දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහය"ට
පැවැසීය. මෙම තනතුර පිළිබඳව මාධ්ය නගන ප්රශ්නවලට නිසි පිළිතුරක් දිය නොහැකි බව කී ජෙනරාල්වරයා තනතුර බාරගන්නවාද නැද්ද කියා මත පළ කළ නොහැකි යෑයි ද කීවේය.
Konappu and Asithri,
Tamilnet.tv is publishing some of our thoughts there.
(1) Food Chain McDonald’s Sponsored Tamil Eelamist’s Fast unto Death
(2) Tamil Dinosaur Eggs Found In Toilet Nadu
We should be glad that it is there. More power to the real Tamilnet
MILITARY EXHIBITION
Chaos, Confusion, disorganisation and utter Dysfunction
By L. Jayasooriya
http://sinhale.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/military-exhibition/
Think Mr L Jayasooriya needs to attend more State sponsored exhibitions!
More nepotism in IT contracts
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20091011/banner-L.HTM
Mr Basil (10%) Rajapakse is at it again.
Before i read the hue and cry from the bloggers about Sunday Leader, sadly Sunday Leader is the only one willing to stand up to the despots and eagerly read for news that is not suppressed by the State.
But, then you know that why state the obvious.
Mahen said...
[Ananda-USA, aka meanest gun in Seattle.
Do not be taken in so easily by Sujith? Don't take everything at face value, do you know him enough to believe what he is saying?]
Mahen, my dear fellow, aka the meanest gun in Nachchikudah,
No .. I don't know who Sujith is other than he is a blogger at DW and that he seems to be a young engineer from SL. That could be a cover as you seem to imply. He has not said anything that is crucial to, or against, SL's survival.
I have batchmates who are now heads of engineering departments at universities in SL; I can very easily verify Sujith's information with a few emails.
On the other hand, I know good jobs are hard to find for graduates in SL; a situation likely to be alleviated by the ongoing recruitment of CE's primarily for development work in the North and East.
Sujith's response only generated an appeal from me directed to patriots to do what they can to generate businesses and growth in SL. That has always been, and continues to be, an increasingly urgent objective of mine.
BTW, How's the weather in Nachchikudah? Any Unceasing Waves on the ocean horizon for Nov 30, brother? LoL!
Mahen said...
[However, I do not agree with civil disobedience, wildcat strikes and hiding under JVP skirts when they don't get their way. I]
Mahen,
Golden words; I hate that aspect about the JVP also. Their method has always been to use political intimidation and/or violence to push their agenda, not necessarily in the national or society interest.
We need to have people pulling together for common benefit, not pointing fingers and fighting against each other.
Sujeewa said..
[Ananda;
SL's industry needs the investments and entrepreneurship from their expats. Like India did, SL will blossom in technology if it happens. It is some thing we shud promote among expats. Even in discussions like this.
It does not have to have their own money. It can be some negotiated investor whom they can convince into the entrepreneurship. It shud not go as pure charity. It shud be a win win for all, i.e. every party making their dreams come true.
I can provide nice cases where some expats started with just a project or two with the view of hiring 2-5 team members in the annex of his old house, and now occupying several floors in a city sky scraper. And of course some v good research companies.
Like war we're proud of these companies, which is almost all a creation of SL entrepreneurship.
The morale of this little bot is to pass the message around. Pls invest in SL. Let your creativity and links you have there to best use. It will be something you'll also benefit, and make your beloved motherland benefit a lot.]
Bravo, Sujeewa! Agree 100%!
Controversy over Norwegian Peace Prize for Obama – Was it for his role in the Sri Lankan Conflict?
Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia
President Obama created history by becoming the first black-American President of the USA. He was also the first black-American to edit the Harvard Law Journal. Now according to critics, he has made history by winning the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize for having not done anything. This stunning choice has shocked Nobel observers.
President Obama himself had been surprised and his comment was, ” To be honest, I do not feel that I derserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honoured by this prize”.
According to some as this most prestigious award has not been given on any of his accomplishments there is a debate on this controversial issue.
For example, with regard to his efforts on reducing nuclear war-heads there had been only negotiations on this. Secondly, he wanted to end the Iraq war but so far there are no signs of this. Instead, he had increased the number of soldiers sent to Iraq. Then the war in Afghanistan had escalated. Thirdly, not much can be said about his push for peace between Israel and Palestine. Fourthly, he has been trying to mend fences with US foes like Iran, North Korea and Cuba but there had been not much progress. Finally, he had pledged to take the lead against climate change but so far he had not got much support from China and India.
So there is a shock and awe over the award of this Norwegian Nobel Prize.
Neutral observers are wondering if this Nobel Peace Prize for President Obama was awarded for the US efforts to stall the Sri Lankan war against the LTTE terrorists? Towards the end of the war the US brought pressure on Sri Lanka and urged for a cease fire. The US marines offered to rescue the LTTE leaders. The LTTE leadership offered to surrender to the US or to one of its allies. Thus the US made desperate attempts to give cover to the LTTE terrorists.
On the other hand Norway which prides itself on the Nobel Peace Prize had been supporting the LTTE through out in the guise of peace-brokers. During the last stages of the war LTTE supporters attacked the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oslo but the Norwegian government kept silent and did nothing to apprehend the perpetrators of this criminal act.
Subsequently, it had been reported that Norway had been constantly communicating with Kumaran Pathmanathan who was the Overseas LTTE leader. The Sri Lankan government expressed its concern over this communication. Thus because of this dubious approach by Norway the Sri Lakan government terminated Norway’s role as facilitator.
Thus Norway and the US had been working hand in glove to inject oxygen to the LTTE leadership. Therefore, the question asked is whether Norway awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama for his role in the Sri Lankan conflict, which would have been a disaster for Sri Lanka after 30 years of terrorism!
I can see a typical CONspiracy theory developing from here...
LTTE paid the 5 "salmon eating busy bodies" in the NPP committee to award the prize to Obama for his relentness efforts to stall the Sri Lankan war against the LTTE terrorists (sic).
That not being successful, US, Obama Admin files a report (which conveniently is delayed until after the award) against Rajapakse cabal for human rights abuses to appease the LTTE.
Yako Somapala! Make that a large one on the rocks...
...hic..
Hullo Machang’ diplomacy won’t work
http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/10/hullo-machang-diplomacy-wont-work.html
Who is the US Ambassador?
Oh i forgot. stool pigeon!
Sri Lanka ruling party claims Southern Provincial Council
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Sun, Oct 11, 2009
Oct 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has secured a significant victory in the Southern Provincial Council elections held Saturday.
In the final official results declared by the Election Secretariat on Sunday, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's party has clinched 38 seats in the 55-member council, while the main opposition United National Party scored 14 seats. The Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) secured 3 seats in the council.
Overall, the UPFA received 804,071 votes amounting to 67.88 percent of the votes while the UNP managed secure 297,180 or 25.09 percent. The Marxists came in third with 6.11 percent votes tallying up 72,379 votes.
The voter turnout in the Southern Province was about 65 percent, according to the election officials. More election laws have been violated in this province at the election violated than any other local election according to the election monitoring groups.
The UFPA won all the polling divisions of the Hambanthota District with a majority of nearly 67% securing 8 seats with 192,961votes. The main opposition United National Party clinched 3 seats with 21.65% of votes while the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna secured one seat with 11% of votes.
The Ruling party secured nearly 68% of the votes in Matara District clinching 12 seats while the UNP received 25.9% of votes enabling them to secure 5 seats. The JVP secured another seat with 5.47% votes.
In Galle District, UPFA received over 68.34% of the votes securing 16 seats while the UNP received 27.06 percent of votes with 6 seats. The Marxist JVP clinched a seat in the assembly securing only 3.85% of votes.
Political analysts however say despite the win the ruling party did not receive the majority they expected. The ruling party has expected to win the Southern Province Council polls with over 70 percent of votes.
Jay, my dear poor fellow,
Is there something you can do about your hiccuping affliction? It seems to affect your writing too.
Try a strong laxative. Failing that, you could try super gluing your hand across the mouth .. that should suppress it .. I think!
I hate to see you suffering like this! :)
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