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SEVERE WARNING from Barber Silva

some high profile terrorists were said to sustain severe injuries,

jets pounded with precision air strikes at a pre-identified LTTE training complex

If one takes stock of the amount of bombing we have done, successful air strikes, taking of targets et al over the past year, one begins to wonder if there is anything left to bomb in those areas. If these bombing sprees have actually been successful as they are said to be, what are we continuing to bomb? How come the tiger flying machines are still intact? Why in heaven's name are the tigers still around? Shouldn't we have been rid of them many moons ago? No two words, something very fishy is going on here.

Nagerkovil in 1995
The army bombed so many schools full of students during the war

http://www.state-terrorism.net/1995/07/Navaly_Church_Bombed.htm

Rs. 1.1 billion to be pocketed by a top politician by selling SLT to a Malaysian company - Weerawansa

(LeN-2007 May 22, 6.40pm) Leader of the JVP parliamentary group Wimal Weerawansa told the parliament today that a high ranking officer of the government will be granted a sum of 1.1 billion rupees through the deal to sell SLT shares belonging to the Japanese NTV company to a Malaysian company.

Weerawansa also told that Ananda Krishnan who is the owner of the Malaysian company keeps close contacts with the LTTE and that selling the SLT to such a person would definitely post a threat to the that national security. He also requested the government to take over the shares owned by the Japanese company and government the SLT through a government executive officer.

Chief opposition whip Joseph Michael Perera who rose on the occasion said a parliamentary select committee should be appointed to look in to the alleged case.

Minister of posts and telecommunication told the house that a final decision regarding the deal has not been arrived yet and that a cabinet sub committee has been appointed to consider the deal.

Speaking on behalf of the government, chief government whip minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said since the government has nothing to hide and a date would be fixed for a debate on the matter.