Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

I have COOK, Collingwood and Swan in my team

They re no jokers but criminal confederates
(11.12.2008 - The Island, SL - Editorial)

'She needs to be lucky every time but we need to be lucky only once' MDMK leader M. Vaiko at a rally on April 3, 2000 opposite the Palais des Nations in Geneva, referring to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who had escaped an assassin's attack by the LTTE in December 1999.

Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has stirred up a hornets' nest again. For him, making controversial statements seems have become a habit. He drew a great deal of flak quite deservedly a few weeks ago over some ill-conceived remarks, which Sri Lanka's ethnic minorities took exception to. This time around he has ruffled the feathers of India by describing some of its politicians supportive of the LTTE as jokers .

On this score, we cannot but subscribe to his view. Nay, we fault him for having been charitable and fought shy of calling a spade a spade in describing those terror backers. Why did the battle hardened soldier pull his punches?

The army commander is reported to have said, 'If the Tamil Tigers are wiped out, those political jokers who sympathise with them will most probably lose their income from them.' He should have used the words 'criminal confederates' instead of 'jokers' to describe the shameless LTTE supporters in Tamil Nadu. The Tigers are banned in India and responsible for many a heinous crime against humanity. Therefore, backing those criminals politically is as bad as aiding and abetting their actual crimes.

http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=18828

Well well well..

http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=18828

he could be an innocent hapless civillian who could have been threatened by the LTTE with his life or one of his family members' life,

Kiss and be blown :))

You are wrong. They try to re-launch to get more into the pocket.

don t call our president a stupid, just becasue someone has muscles in his head instead of a brain you don t criticize there individuality you got to respect it . It s a disability

Flushing public money down the toilet . This guy should stick to his strength which is thieving and war mongering and leave the rest to the educated

The economic slum of mumbai!

poorer Lanka next year?

World Bank forecasts country s economic growth to slump to lowest level of 4% in 2009 Central Bank to make its stand known on January 2

Midst worsening global crisis the World Bank yesterday signalled what could be the lowest in a decade of economic growth of 4% for Sri Lanka next year though Government officials remain more optimistic.