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The Sunday Times Economic Analysis
Growing in debt: Are we heading to a debt trap?

By the Economist

The national debt being higher than GDP is no April Fools? joke.

Since the LTTE promised an EELEM disneyland to Tamils on a day like today decades ago Srilanka economy started growing!

Since the LTTE promised an EELEM disneyland on a daylike today decades ago Srilanka economy started growing!

Growth formula=
Total income from middle east/total number of maids in middle east
+ Total income by tourism/total number of beach boys.

http://www.cedarcomm.com/ stevelm1/usdebt.htm

The country's defensemen are those who fled to America due to war- Kiriella

(LeN-2007 March 30, 8.00pm) UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella says those who are appearing to be protecting the country are those who fled the country in view of the war, seeking for American citizenship some time back.

He said the CID can never conduct an unbiased investigation, but it is only a parliamentary select committee that can do so. Kiriella said this has been proved by the 'Cope' report.

He charged that the country's security is not only Rajapakse family's concern adding that even those who are presidential advisors are American Citizens.

The UNP MP said the Air Force has been established on a parliamentary act and therefore the parliament has the right to know whether the conduct of the Air Force commander was satisfactory. He said the alleged malfunctioning of the radar system should be looked into.

Kiriella questioned why 1.5 billion rupees were spent on Mihin Air when the radar system was not maintained properly.

JVP stormed by hidden leader fleeing the island; several leaders out of the party

(LeN-2007 March 30, 8.00pm) It is being reported that the JVP internal committee is disturbed about the article published by 'LeN' under the heading 'JVP 'Kumar Mahaththaya' flees to Australia while CID launches investigations' on the 25th of March, since the same news article was published in the Irudina newspaper over the week end.

This situation has occurred due to two reasons. One is that the low level members of the party have begun to question the party hierarchy, why the party had a Tamil in an extremely supreme position. The other is that that those senior members who knew about Kumar starting to question why he was sent off the country without informing any one of them.

Speaking to 'LeN' a JVP central committee member said that 10 of the central committee members were demoted from their posts including him for questioning about Kumar. It is being said that the particular group had been questioning Kumars acts on various occasions.

Correcting our report on the 25th the particular member of the JVP central committee said Kumar was one of those who were detained during 88-89. According to him Kumar had studied at the Peradeniya University and held the Trincomalee leadership under the fake name 'Gamunu'. Our source said that the party members are still clueless how only him was freed from the camp they were held in, while all his other comrades were killed.

He also says that Kumar was a pet of Brigadier Udaya Nanayakka who was in charge of the Minneriya army camp and Cornel Dhammika Weerasinghe. The JVP central committee member said Kumar had often gone on trips and vacations with several security forces officials and therefore names Kumar as a traitor who betrayed his fellow party members.

The JVP central committee member said his name was attached to several women as well adding that he married a girl friend of a fellow colleague named Costa while Costa was under an arrest. He charges that Kumar was totally out of politics due to an affiliation he had with then President Premadasa and was brought back to the party secretly by former JVP MP Nandana Gunathilake, and appointed as a leader.

Our source said it was because of two tongued leaders, that the JVP from time to time come up with fake patriotism not allowing the governments to carry forward with their solutions to the ethnic conflict. He said now the other leaders of the party has begun to question whether Kumar was actually feeding the needs of LTTE using the JVP.

(We are not publishing the name of our source as he requested not to saying he was faced with threats to his life)