Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

one is a military veteran with battlefield experience and military brains. one is a person with a pen and paper, who depends on calling 'contacts' and get 'info tips' and write as if he has all the military experience.

and I leave it to you to guess who's who. :))

They hold a very responsible position in the country and we need to safeguard these brainy leaders against terrorist.
This is a very good move!

I also suggest Bullet proof Vests and AK47!!

Canada has always been a nation of immigrants, one that welcomes newcomers from all over the world. But traditionally, the price of admission was that newcomers left their murderous old-world disputes at the door. In recent years, we have forgotten to charge this fee. The result: disgraceful displays such as last weekend s rally in which a group of Canadians unashamedly shouted slogans in support of a terrorist group. It is enough to give multiculturalism a bad name.

Enough with propaganda labels. I detest this deceitful, poisonous term, 'terrorism,' which has become a propaganda weapon to demonize political opponents. Those accusing others of terrorism are often far more guilty of it themselves.

Sri Lanka's Sinhalese control the army, navy and air force. The Tigers have only small arms, in large part purchased with money raised by Canada's 250,000 Tamils.

Canada has recently made itself an enemy of the Muslim world and now faces attacks on its citizens and business interests abroad. This is not a good time to kick the Tamil Tigers hornet's nest.

Sometimes it's better to avert your gaze, as previous Canadian governments did, and not seek trouble -- particularly when the Tigers have committed no hostile acts against Canada or the U.S.

Terrorism is a tactic, not a thing. Tamil Tigers are fighting for independence after decades of oppression. We westerners have forgotten that armed resistance to intolerable oppression is a legitimate right of all peoples.

One really must ask why Ottawa is sticking its nose into another remote, bloody foreign war and creating new security problems for Canadians when it can't provide even Second World health care to its own people.

by Eric Margolis the Toronto Sun (Canada)

what did you expect them to ride in bakki karratha .. lol

Stock Market crashes to one year low

Despite Government s much trumpeted military victories and sound economic growth, investors don t seem to have much cheer, as the Colombo Stock Market plunged to its lowest levels in a year.

The main All Share Price Index fell over 1% or, over 28 points, to finish at 2,372 points, a one-year low. It was also the 10th consecutive fall that took to its lowest close since July 19, 2007. Brokers said that, the plunge was over concerns of the impact of high interest rates and inflation on corporate earnings, added to worries of the long-running civil war.

The Market has fallen by nearly 12% from an 11-month high on April 23. Market capitalization yesterday was Rs. 767 billion, down by 6.5% from staart of this year.

Investor sentiment is very weak, mainly on earning fears, Reuters quoted Assistant Research Manager, HNB Stockbrokers, Geeth Balasuriya, as saying.

High inflation and high interest rates are pressurising profit margins of the companies due to high costs, while some companies are discouraged to go for new investments due to high borrowing cost.

The disappointed Sinhalese are now hanging onto Canada's most racist, anti immigrant news papers' editorial as their last hope to defeat the Tamil power in Canada