IPKF: Lanka prepared to unveil memorial

Two decades after it booted the soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) out of the country, Sri Lanka is preparing to unveil a memorial near its Parliament for Indian soldiers killed battling the LTTE the web site Sify.com reported.The names of around 1,500 men, almost all of them from the Indian Army, are [...]

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Surprise over Report on Indian arms aid to Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans are surprised by an Indian newspaper report that India is to give Sri Lanka a loan of US$100 million to purchase arms to fight the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Most officials and defense writers here were unaware of the deal, and many doubted the veracity of the report. But the Sri Lankan [...]

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Time bomb detected at Galgamuwa

A 81 mm mortar shell, fixed to a time device was detected and later defused at the Galgamuwa bus terminal yesterday morning during the rush hour, days after the LTTE exploded a powerful parcel bomb in Piliyandala.
The time bomb weighing at least seven kilos was in a parcel, when a commuter noticed it and informed [...]

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India to give $100 million soft loan to Sri Lankan defence: Economic Times

Economic Times, one of India’s leading business dailies, on Sunday revealed that in spite of possible “political and diplomatic ramifications”, the Indian Government was “finalizing a soft loan package of $100 million for Sri Lankan defence department to buy arms and ammunition.” The newspaper went one step ahead and dubbed this move “the India fund [...]

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Welcome to All!

Welcome to Kinihira.com This is my first post.

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Repititions of History, the American and Sri Lankan Civil Wars

It is a difficult thing to see the suffering of war, even if it does not compare to the hardships of those actually living through it. What’s worse though is knowing how peace can be restored and seeing those in power making the mistakes of others in history. Nearly 150 years ago, Northingtons, Nowlins, Simmonses, [...]

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LTTE money collecting agents on the prowl in London

Money collecting agents representing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in London, a proscribed Terrorist organization in the United Kingdom are once again on the prowl targeting defenseless Sri Lankan Tamil business proprietors across London demanding money to replenish their depleting war chest in order to fund their Eelam War crusade against the Sri [...]

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Norwegian Government Funding for LTTE Film – My Daughter the Terrorist

The 50 minute documentary Min Datter Terroristen (my Daughter the Terrorist) attempts to glorify the motivations of two Black Tiger women. The documentary follows the training and indoctrination of Dharsika and Puhalchudar (possibly not the real names) for a suicide mission against the Sri Lankan state. The main emphasis of the documentary is to give [...]

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LTTE deliberately targets civilians in attacks says AI

Amnesty International (AI) has criticised the LTTE for deliberately targeting civilians in an extended series of attacks. The London based human rights group notes that it is a basic principle of international humanitarian law that persons fighting in armed conflict must, at all times, distinguish between civilians and combatants and between civilian objects and [...]

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A bitter harvest in rice-eating Sri Lanka

TO SAY rice is Sri Lanka’s staple food is an understatement. Rice is politics in Sri Lanka. Not only that, we are also in love with rice. Take my case. My day is not complete if I do not eat rice for my lunch. There are times I eat rice for all three main meals. [...]

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