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View Article  The Supreme International Crime

The Supreme International Crime

By Max Kantar
A recent study conducted by U.S. military focus groups last December provided very revealing information regarding the beliefs and values of the Iraqi people. As reported in the Washington Post, the study discovered that, "Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the ...   more »

View Article  Logic and Reason

                                                                 Logic and Reason

Senator, Nadesan QC...

"...At the outset, we may need to be mindful that to label a conflict resolution process as a 'peace process' may cloud our thinking. A 'peace process' suggests that somehow everything will be solved when 'peace' is secured. We all love peace. But peace comes in many different forms. We have the peace ...   more »

View Article  Sri Lanka: The Peace Industry
Sri Lanka: The Peace Industry
by Chandi Sinnathurai, 24/04/08

TODAY as I write the Sri Lankan Armed Forces have suffered a serious set back. They were trying to breakthrough into the Tiger heartland Vanni but failed miserably. The CNN reported from Colombo: “ More than 100 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and another 400 wounded Wednesday when troops attempted ...   more »

View Article  Rev Fr Karunaratnam Assasinated

Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit
Assassinates Chairman of Human Rights Body – NESoHR

20 April 2008

Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) condemns in the strongest possible terms the assassination of Reverend Father X. Karunaratnam, the Chairman of the NorthEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR), by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) in a claymore mine (command ...   more »

View Article  SRI LANKA: A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commision
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs - a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAHRC-STM-096-2008
April 16, 2008

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission

SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs - a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights

The eleven-member International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) consisted of representatives from India, France, Indonesia, the United States, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, ...   more »

View Article  Never Out of Place - Ramzy Baroud
              Edward Said was never out of place

The last message I exchanged with the Columbia University Professor was awhile back. I requested an interview and he said he would be happy to conduct one. But he asked for a month before conducting the interview, for he was about to undergo “very rigorous chemotherapy treatment” at a New York hospital. ...   more »

View Article  Sri Lanka: Not Another Trite Answer.

                                                       Sri Lanka: What is the Question 

                                                        Not Another Trite Answer?

                                                             by- Chandi Sinnathurai

THE TAMIL liberation struggle has gone through many stages, inching forward, despite many contrary winds, Con-men, and cock-sure betrayals.  But as they say, the dogs bark, and the Caravan moves...towards its destiny.

In recent years, much has been said and ink spilled about the Tamil ...   more »

View Article  Health Terror - Tamilnet

Colombo attempts to create 'health disaster' in Vanni - LTTE

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 April 2008, 08:16 GMT]
Health services in Vanni are facing a man made disaster created by the Sri Lanka Defense Ministry, said N. Selvy, LTTE's spokesperson on Human Rights. Sri Lankan forces have blocked supplies to Ki'linochchi Deputy Provincial Director of Health Service (DPDHS) division. The DPDHS ...   more »
View Article  There Are No Checkpoints In Heaven - Ramzy Baroud

There Are No Checkpoints In Heaven

By Ramzy Baroud

I still vividly remember my father's face - wrinkled, apprehensive, warm - as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family's home in a Gaza refugee camp wearing old yellow pyjamas and a seemingly ancient robe. As I hauled my one small ...   more »

View Article  MADU MATHA

                                         MADU MATHA: A Conquering Weakness?

                                                          by Chandi Sinnathurai

MADU MATHA is much more than a national shrine in Sri Lanka.  It is indeed a venerable holy place not only just for Catholic christians but to various faith communities.  The Holy Mother is a symbol of hope and solace for pilgrims around the world for many centuries.  This writer remembers with much affection ...   more »

View Article  TEMPORAL & SPIRITUAL CONQUEST
Temporal and spiritual conquest of Tamils: Mahinda's book of dreams[TamilNet, Friday, 04 April 2008, 07:18 GMT]
More than security concerns, the sentiments of Tamil Christians and their mistrust of Sri Lankan State seem to be the impelling force behind the decision of taking away Our Lady of Madu from her abode. Those who could look at how Kathirkaamam was ...   more »
View Article  FANATICAL FAITH

Sacrificing Children On The Altar Of Parents’ Fanatical Faith

By Robert Weitzel

31 March, 2008

“By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.”
Hebrews 11:17


This Easter Sunday, 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wisconsin, died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a curable condition. While Kara was bedridden suffering waves of nausea and vomiting and excessive thirst and ...   more »