tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post8980286515548128388..comments2024-03-11T12:43:36.294+05:30Comments on DefenceWire: Navy bids adieu to 12 valiant SBS bravesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-12592704753144119902009-05-10T21:02:00.000+05:302009-05-10T21:02:00.000+05:30Just wanted to say thank you - this is a fascinati...Just wanted to say thank you - this is a fascinating example of blogging being used for "Information Operations". Thank you for sharing, and I hope your country will soon enjoy peace instead of this horrible violence.Johnny Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651449773462693219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-2583320380289782072009-05-06T23:30:00.000+05:302009-05-06T23:30:00.000+05:30Asithri.....
From which planet did you decend...?...Asithri.....<br /><br />From which planet did you decend...???<br /><br />I feel your language good as Mr.Mervin Silva's....surely he must be one of your batch mates...<br />Or you are one of his GOONS...!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704950465520473425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-59441364278435433032009-05-05T13:54:00.000+05:302009-05-05T13:54:00.000+05:30May be reported but I will put the link again.
L...May be reported but I will put the link again. <br /><br />LTTE killed child by chopping legs.<br /><br />UK, US , France foreign ministers pls watch is video<br /><br />http://lankadefencetalk.blogspot.com/2009/05/ltte-killed-child-by-chopping-legs.htmllankadefence2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09622584506747876888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-56173407521826705752009-05-05T06:46:00.000+05:302009-05-05T06:46:00.000+05:30ABOUT THE LTTE REMOTELY PILOTED BOAT THAT KILLED 1...ABOUT THE LTTE REMOTELY PILOTED BOAT THAT KILLED 11 SBS SAILORS.<br />I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS.<br />1. REMOTELY CONTROLLED BOATS IN WATER ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANUOVER AND THE MANNED SBS WATER JET BOATS CAN DO SUMMERSAULTS AROUND IT.<br />2.WHY WOULD THE LTTE GOTO THE EXTENT OF DEPLOYNING A SOPHISTICATED, EXPENSIVE REMOTELY CONTROLLED BOAT WHEN THEY CAN USE A CHEAP TAMIL TIGER TERRORIST AT THE HELM WHO CAN MANOVER THE BOAT MUCH BETTER THAN THE REMOTE PILOT FROM LANDMILES AWAYsinhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815752749366165600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-48128499286976414122009-05-05T03:12:00.000+05:302009-05-05T03:12:00.000+05:30Dear Aanda-USA,
DW has posted a new article.
Hav...Dear Aanda-USA,<br /><br />DW has posted a new article.<br /><br />Have given a reference to you at MOD.<br /><br />regardsMayilRavana මයිල් රාවනhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805237855409252715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-81116716047315625022009-05-05T02:38:00.000+05:302009-05-05T02:38:00.000+05:30MayilRavana said...
[ Well those days are over. I...MayilRavana said...<br /><br />[ Well those days are over. It is time that Sri Lanka became one country for all Sri Lankans. All citizens should be able to go anywhere, live any place and be treated equally by any official in this fare land...]<br /><br />Bravo, Brother! Well said!<br /><br />I became the ANGRIEST when it became clear to me, two decades ago, that self-serving political leaders were leading Sri Lanka to its destruction by their INABILITY to THINK CLEARLY & REFUTE devious arguments of others.<br /><br />INEPT LEADERS who <br /><br />SWALLOWED by hook, line and sinker the propaganda of the Tamil Separatists<br /><br />DEMORALIZED our people and made them ASHAMED OF OUR HERITAGE, <br /><br />BRAINWASHED our people that we have DONE TERRIBLE WRONGS to Tamils<br /><br />DISCOURAGED our people and Armed Forces into thinking there is NO MILITARY SOLUTION to violent separatist terrorism<br /><br />WITHHELD the means necessary to win this war from the Defense Forces<br /><br />....ALL to HIDE their own INABILITY to THINK CLEARLY, to LEAD EFFECTIVELY, and to ADMIT FAILURE & RELINQUISH POWER immediately to those WHO CAN in the NATIONAL INTEREST.<br /><br />CLEARLY, aristocratic descent alone does not embody the necessary PERSONAL QUALITIES. The son or the daughter may not have the leadership qualities of the great father or the mother. Buffoons and Bunglers should be recognized and set aside early. <br /><br />As in the case of NAPOLEON himself, and the NAPOLEONIC FRANCE he created and survives to this day, MERIT and ABILITY must be the basis for the SELECTION OF LEADERS in SRI LANKA... irrespective of their birth and social status.<br /><br />My ANGER is directed AT THE LEADERS who MISLED OUR PEOPLE and FAILED TO DEFEND our COUNTRY and our PEOPLE in the recent past.....you know who they are!<br /><br />Mutts GALORE!Ananda-USAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271938845222503043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-79961817856533559742009-05-05T01:57:00.000+05:302009-05-05T01:57:00.000+05:30My comment on an excellent article by
Raj Gonsalk...My comment on an excellent article by <br /><A HREF="http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17256#comment" REL="nofollow">Raj Gonsalkorala<br /></A>A well balanced article by Raj as usual. The writer asks sinhalas to do soul-searching. I can speak for myself.<br /><br />As a boy I was ashamed if I heard ridiculing or villification of Tamils. Today you see very little if any of this.<br /><br />I was ashamed that there were Sri Lankan Tamil residents without citizenship. This has been corrected.<br /><br />I was sympathetic to the Tamil language. This has acquired official status.<br /><br />I was ashamed most of all for the assaults on innocent Tamils. This has not happened since 1983.<br /><br />I was taught to blame SWRD for all the tension between Sinhala and Tamils. Or JRJ for going on marches. Or Dudley for reneging on agreement with SJV.<br /><br />I asked Tamil friends to consider that we are of the same blood. I was answered that they were from aristocratic background of South India (I don't know what that made me).<br /><br />Years later after having decided that it is better to give Tamils half the country (or at least Jaffna) if they really believe themselves to be different, I realised one day that they are my people too when my heart spontaneously ached hearing about child-abductions. Then I resolved that we should free our people. They have now been largely freed.<br /><br />In the meantime I have read a bit more history:<br /><br />Eelam call came in 1919-20.<br />Universal Franchise opposed in the 1920's by Tamil leaders.<br />50-50 proposed (meant 50% seats to minorities and 50% for open election -i.e. sinhala+any minority candidates) in the 1940's<br />Tamil State party founded in late 1940's which proposed separate Eelam in 1955.<br />SWRD brings in native languages act to oust English. This is in line with linguistic regions proposed by Nheru in the same year.<br />SJV and Sunderalingam (among others) oppose Native Languages Act in conjunction with the Social Disabilities Act (including reasonable use of Tamil)and persuade SWRD to include reservation of arable land in the East to Tamil speakers (in the guise of opposing "colonisation" by Sinhalas- How do you colonise one's own country?)<br /><br />JRJ marches to prevent the agreement between SWRD and SJV (saves the earlier onset of Eelam).<br /><br />Federal Party members threaten to walk out (in the 1960's) if Tamil children are not segregated from sinhala children (Tamil kids in the south were attending sinhala-medium schools).<br /><br />Temple entry riots in Jaffna+ recognition of Tamilnadu state (1968)<br /><br />Vaddakkodai Resolution 1976.<br /><br />The list goes on from here on.<br /><br />Reading these truths has made me angry. Angry that I have foolishly believed propaganda villifying Sinhala people and Sinhala leaders. The duplicity of Tamil leaders and their aim (along with some English speaking Sinhalas) to maintain the elitist position they (the Vellalar Christians) had in the Colonial Ceylon became evident.<br /><br />The time to ask the sinhalas to soul search is over. We have been soul searching since 1956 when we were asked to be ashamed of learning in our mother tongue and for expecting the language of the land to be sinhala. We have compromised and compromised to the point that one president was willing to give 10 years unfettered dominance over the north and east to a terrorist leader.<br /><br />Well, guys like me who would have gone along with all that at one time, have had enough. Especially, living in foreign countries, we can see more clearly now the injustices that have been perpetrated on all Sri Lankans in the name of pleasing one minority.<br /><br />Well those days are over. It is time that Sri Lanka became one country for all Sri Lankans. All citizens should be able to go anywhere, live any place and be treated equally by any official in this fare land whether they are Tamil, Sinhala, Muslim, Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Gay, Hetero, Male, Female or Transsexual. In a country which does not recognise divisions such as Goyigama, Karawa, Salagama etc. A country which no longer needs to practice affirmative action as sufficient numbers from all walks of life have access to education and opportunities. A country where there is no discriminatory laws such as Thesavallamai restricting land holding by people labelled low caste.MayilRavana මයිල් රාවනhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805237855409252715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-81396451201135472882009-05-04T20:53:00.000+05:302009-05-04T20:53:00.000+05:30Patriotic Sri Lankans should organize a warm welco...Patriotic Sri Lankans should organize a warm welcome to Des Brown....<br /><br />Hope the welcome notices will be more visible than the ones accorded to Mili-Banda..Apino Dannachesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878536365553302019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-2785958925294849252009-05-04T19:46:00.000+05:302009-05-04T19:46:00.000+05:30Pakistan's army has accused Taleban militants of "...<B><I>Pakistan's army has accused Taleban militants of "reportedly" holding 2,000 villagers as human shields to stop an offensive in the north-west.<br /><br />Buner resident Nasir Khan told Reuters news agency by phone: "There's been heavy firing going on since morning. It is very scary. Troops are using heavy artillery and gunships."</I></B><BR><BR><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8032558.stm" REL="nofollow">BBC(LTTE)</A><BR><BR>Bugger! Now is the time for Hillary the Cow to make that call to Zardari and ask him pause the offensive against Taleban to let the civilians leave. Also while you are at it ask him to stop using heavy artillery and gunships. See what choice words you will hear from our Pakistani friends.<br /><br />Cheers!KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12166766398086603813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-52866267312552279342009-05-04T19:37:00.000+05:302009-05-04T19:37:00.000+05:30Patriots,
Can anybody here confirm if fatty is in ...Patriots,<br />Can anybody here confirm if fatty is in KMart area or WalMart area? I have heard it both ways, however most accounts say he is in WalMart. If we attack his location first we can fold this thing like the house of cards.<br /><br />Cheers!KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12166766398086603813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-33491032117380938342009-05-04T19:28:00.000+05:302009-05-04T19:28:00.000+05:30Hi KillerT,
Lankadeepa.lk also said army has a...Hi KillerT,<br /> Lankadeepa.lk also said army has advanced beyond KARAYAMULIWAIKKAL point.<br /><br />Good news! few km^2 leftUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084755834259767441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-66127803840589463272009-05-04T19:01:00.000+05:302009-05-04T19:01:00.000+05:30I think SKR is referring to Reta-mullivaikkal as ...I think SKR is referring to Reta-mullivaikkal as walmart . I heard his saying it is one and the same or something . (even though it is not in the maps)<br /><br />I think it is 58/55 combined ops that took K-mart . I dont think the 59 th has meved north yet .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311164676981526496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-75774827293735258522009-05-04T18:24:00.000+05:302009-05-04T18:24:00.000+05:30DW,
We have secured the escape routes from sea and...DW,<br />We have secured the escape routes from sea and land.<br /><br />Have we covered the lagoon. If not, it is time to.BlackPantherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051316965601506112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-11928795056206909552009-05-04T18:20:00.000+05:302009-05-04T18:20:00.000+05:30That brave commander Mr. Kumudu pereraThat brave commander Mr. Kumudu pereraChamizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534017659559489509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-2039964359414919602009-05-04T17:23:00.000+05:302009-05-04T17:23:00.000+05:30Sam P and others,
According to most maps K-mart i...Sam P and others,<br /><br />According to most maps K-mart is north of W-mart and south of Valayarmadam.But SKR seems to be reading the map upside down since the army entered CSZ.So not sure which division took it.It really doesn't matter which division cox both 59 & 58 were far from K-mart.If any has really taken it it means half the remaining CSz is cleared.So shud he good news.Waiting to watch wanni meheuma at 8 or 10.10.KillerThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978284871887520275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-18157651419861443142009-05-04T17:05:00.000+05:302009-05-04T17:05:00.000+05:30Yes I think Mr Pallihakkara Handled the interview ...Yes I think Mr Pallihakkara Handled the interview in a very proffessional manner; we need people like them to talk to the media<br /><br />Mr Pallihakkara<br />Dr Kohona<br />Pro Rajive Wijesinghe<br />Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe<br /><br />These are the only people should talk to the mediaLRRUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889715713194318771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-17716818293780564862009-05-04T16:54:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:54:00.000+05:30Sam,
Karaimullivaikkal (K-Mart)Sam,<br /><br /> <A HREF="http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=46965" REL="nofollow">Karaimullivaikkal (K-Mart)</A>No_MESShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904843712616500009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-43296431501802350312009-05-04T16:34:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:34:00.000+05:30People of Tamil Nadu bEginning to Understand Why t...People of Tamil Nadu bEginning to Understand Why they are JOKERS & CLOWNS!<br /><br />[ Playing politics with Tamil lives in Sri Lanka<br /><br />ExpressBuzz.com, IANS, Chennai<br />May 04, 2009<br /><br />Sri Lanka's beleaguered Tamil community deserved better from Tamil Nadu. As the West gets hyper to know what it can do to end the killings of innocent civilians in the conflict and assist their flight from the war zone, election-bound Tamil Nadu is obsessed with street protests.<br /><br />A political class leading a state of 70 million Tamils, more than three times the population of Sri Lanka, seems to be crippled, unable to think beyond the mundane denunciations and name calling.<br /><br />The once formidable Tamil Tigers, who for long enjoyed sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, are now left with a just sandy coastal strip in Mullaitivu district.<br /><br />Colombo has vowed to crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and net, dead or alive, its elusive leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who has had longstanding links with many political players in Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />Beyond blaming the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the LTTE's predicament, none of these players has done anything to minimize the Tamil suffering.<br /><br />While New Delhi has set up a hospital to treat the civilian wounded and ferried large quantities of relief material, Tamil Nadu's politicians have been busy giving emotive speeches and threatening to break up Sri Lanka.<br /><br />The latest has come from AIADMK leader Jayalalitha who, after being opposed to the LTTE for years, has now pledged to send the Indian Army to Sri Lanka to do a Bangladesh - if she gets to rule the country.<br /><br />When she was chief minister, Jayalalitha had in December 2005 refused to meet Mahinda Rajapaksa when he came to India on his first visit abroad as Sri Lanka's newly elected president.<br /><br />The last minute 'no' embarrassed the Indian external affairs ministry, which scrambled to arrange a face-saving trip for the president to Kerala.<br /><br />That was when Prabhakaran called the shots in Sri Lanka's northeast. It was also when Rajapaksa was settling down and toying with the idea of meeting some Tamil Nadu leaders, including those rabidly pro-LTTE, to see if they could contribute to peace in Sri Lanka.<br /><br />On a later occasion, the president publicly urged Tamil Nadu's top political leaders to visit Sri Lanka and persuade the LTTE to give up violence.<br /><br />Not one leading political leader in Tamil Nadu has gone to Sri Lanka to understand the complexities of the conflict rather than view everything from the LTTE's narrow prism.<br /><br />Yet a few have quietly visited the LTTE zone to meet Tamils. Imagine if a Pakistani politician were to make a similar clandestine trip to India and meet members of, say, the Muslim community!<br /><br />Contrary to what many may think, no political player from Tamil Nadu has had any real influence over Prabhakaran with probably one single exception -- P. Nedumaran, the LTTE chief's oldest and most loyal ally in India.<br /><br />But it is doubtful if Prabhakaran would have lent an ear even to Nedumaran if he had urged him to drop the cause of Tamil Eelam. Nedumaran has been a consistent supporter of Prabhakaran since he first met the rebel way back in the early 1980s and he is open about it.<br /><br />But at least the two main parties in Tamil Nadu should have intervened when Tamils began killing Tamils in Sri Lanka a long time ago, resulting in fratricidal clashes that ultimately weakened the LTTE.<br /><br />Had they done it, it is possible the LTTE may not have landed in the terrible mess it is in today. Instead, the Tamil Nadu leadership quietly oversaw a quarter century of bloodshed without making any meaningful contributions towards a political settlement and for the ordinary Tamil people's betterment.<br /><br />Even in this dark hour, there is duplicity.<br /><br />A politician who now threatens to create Tamil Eelam earlier jailed another over a pro-Eelam speech. A political party accusing the Congress of betraying the Tamils was one of its key allies for four and a half years. And a political veteran lauds Prabhakaran one day, backtracks the next day.<br /><br />To the Tamil folk in Sri Lanka, will any of this make any sense? ]Ananda-USAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271938845222503043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-32404839288726396682009-05-04T16:32:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:32:00.000+05:30Killer T,
Where exactly is Karaimullivaikkal (K-M...Killer T,<br /><br />Where exactly is Karaimullivaikkal (K-Mart)? It it across Vadduvan bridge (just north of Mulathivu) or south of Valyermaadam or Puthukuduipippu? If K-Mart is just above Mula, then it must be the 59th coming up. Otherwise it is 58 or 53. Some say that the west of A35 down to Mula is captures also. However, the news seems to be very confusing. Even DW or Mahen are not willing to clarify these.Sam Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809036198381030982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-12632993664312860092009-05-04T16:25:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:25:00.000+05:30I will send a message to Gota as well.I will send a message to Gota as well.MayilRavana මයිල් රාවනhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805237855409252715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-39896676456584167542009-05-04T16:24:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:24:00.000+05:30Guys,
Watch Ambassador Palihakkara speaking with ...Guys,<br /><br />Watch Ambassador Palihakkara speaking with CNN corespondent. <br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLAOs3hOWCw" REL="nofollow">Palihakkara</A>SL does have competent Diplomats. Soldiers should do soldiering; let diplomats like Palihakkara and Jayathileke or intellectuals and bureaucrats like Wijesinghe and Kohona do the diplomacy and propaganda.MayilRavana මයිල් රාවනhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805237855409252715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-7695930387724449742009-05-04T16:12:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:12:00.000+05:30will write to gota abt it.
if more ppl can write,...will write to gota abt it.<br /><br />if more ppl can write, it will carry more weight.Moshe Dyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762527540378686097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-6390350284852595192009-05-04T16:11:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:11:00.000+05:30"People with influence should get MOD to appoint o..."People with influence should get MOD to appoint our own Ananda-USA to talk to the media on GOSL behalf."<br /><br />good suggestion.Moshe Dyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762527540378686097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-19515158284075547342009-05-04T16:08:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:08:00.000+05:30People with influence should get MOD to appoint ou...People with influence should get MOD to appoint our own Ananda-USA to talk to the media on GOSL behalf. We should make use of the talented Diaspora to handle this area professionally. Many SL expatriates will undertake many such areas with zero cost to GOSL and do million times better job. We need people who are conversant with history and current with the issues and passionate about it to counter LTTP propaganda machine. Not paid amateursඉයන්https://www.blogger.com/profile/11882088915914113453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899907675904775235.post-20423110229158892112009-05-04T16:07:00.000+05:302009-05-04T16:07:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.ඉයන්https://www.blogger.com/profile/11882088915914113453noreply@blogger.com