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Second Lieutenant K. W. T. Nissanka PWV, GR was a Sri Lankan army officer who was the platoon commander of his platoon. he fought with courage in the face of an enemy attack, sacrificing his life so as to enable his troops of his platoon to withdraw with their injured. He was awarded the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya, the highest award for valour of the Sri Lanka Army.

Early life
K. W. T. Nissanka attended D.S. Senanayake College and joined the army as a cadet officer soon after leaving school in 1990. After training he was transferred to the Gajaba Regiment.

Etymology

`Ange` means `body`, `pora` signifies `combat`. The art was practiced in fighting displays both with and without weapons: `Angan saramba` or haramba were the various branches of the fighting sciences taught at the centres for military training of the Maravalliya` or Maruve, and Sedaliye clans. Each centre was divided into the `Saramba or Haramba Salava` dealing with `Aangan haramba` and the Ilangan Maduva` or` Ilangama` for training the musicians and dancers who accompanied each clan in procession or in war. There were also the Vasala saramba salava` and `Ilangam Maduva` reserved for princes.

While additional American troops are being deployed to Afghanistan, George W. Bush`s misdeeds continue to handicap combat effectiveness there. Past disrespect to the country must be reversed by an immediate apology to the Afghan people and new orders to field commanders to follow the Geneva Conventions on the battlefield.
The U.S. war in Afghanistan began in 2001 as a war of aggression similar to the attack on Iraq. Prior to the start of that war on Oct. 7, 2001, the Taliban government in Kabul offered to hand over Osama Bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, if the U.S. provided proof he was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

Born in the Kandyan hills, Fazly Lafir was educated at St. Anthony`s College, Katugastota. A lover of cricket, he represented the school before moving on to follow another love, the military. An all rounder, he came second in the batch `intake 14,` winning the current affairs prize in the process. He was well read and had a good fist for writing. He joined the Rajarata Rifles Infantry Regiment and following its amalgamation with the Vijayaba Infantry Regiment, joined the 1st Gajaba Regiment (GR) founded by the late Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne. Fazly`s skills led to his selection as the first Platoon Commander of 1GR.

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On November 19, 2005, Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division based at Camp Pendleton allegedly killed 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in a three to five hour rampage. One victim was a 76-year-old amputee in a wheelchair holding a Koran. A mother and child bent over as if in prayer were also among the fallen. `I pretended that I was dead when my brother`s body fell on me, and he was bleeding like a faucet,` said Safa Younis Salim, a 13-year-old girl who survived by faking her death.

Look carefully at the B-17(picture 1) and note how shot up it is - one engine dead, tail, horizontal stabilizer and nose shot up.. It was ready to fall out of the sky. (This is a painting done by an artist from the description of both pilots many years later.) Then realize that there is a German ME-109 fighter flying next to it. Now read the story below. I think you`ll be surprised..... The Story, Charlie Brown was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 379th Bomber Group at Kimbolton, England . His B-17 was called `Ye Old Pub` and was in a terrible state, having been hit by flak and fighters. The compass was damaged and they were flying deeper over enemy territory instead of heading home to Kimbolton. After flying the B-17 over an enemy airfield, a German pilot named Franz Steigler was ordered to take off and shoot down the B-17. When he got near the B-17, he could not believe his eyes. In his words, he `had never seen a plane in such a bad state`. The tail and rear section was severely damaged, and the tail gunner wounded. The top gunner was all over the top of the fuselage. The nose was smashed and there were holes everywhere. Despite having ammunition, Franz flew to the side of the B-17 and looked at Charlie Brown, the pilot. Brown was scared and struggling to control his damaged and blood-stained plane. Aware that they had no idea where they were going, Franz waved at Charlie to turn 180 degrees. Franz escorted and guided the stricken plane to, and slightly over, the North Sea towards England . He then saluted Charlie Brown and turned away, back to Europe . When Franz landed he told the CO that the plane had been shot down over the sea, and never told the truth to anybody. Charlie Brown and the remains of his crew told all at their briefing, but were ordered never to talk about it.

The My Lai massacre, which took place on the morning of March 16, 1968, was a watershed in the history of modern American combat, and a turning point in the public perception of the Vietnam War.

In the course of three hours more than 500 Vietnamese civilians were killed in cold blood at the hands of US troops. The soldiers had been on a `search and destroy` mission to root out communist fighters in what was fertile Viet Cong territory.

Yet there had been no firefight with the enemy - not a single shot was fired at the soldiers of Charlie Company, a unit of the Americal Division`s 11th Infantry Brigade.

Early life
Claus von Stauffenberg was born in Jettingen,Germany on November 15, 1907. In his youth, he belonged to Stefan George`s circle and remained a disciple of the great poet for the rest of his life. He would quote George`s The Anti-Christ when recruiting friends and trusted colleagues into the conspiracy.

Military Life
A bright student, at nineteen he became an officer cadet. He attended the War Academy in Berlin and joined the General Staff in 1938 as a quartermaster officer in 1938 in General Erich Hoepner`s 1st Light Division, which was renamed 6th Panzer Division in November 1939.

Knights Hospitaller
The Knights Hospitaller were Knights of the Order of Saint John the Hospitaller who were also known by such names as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta, Cavaliers of Malta, and Order of St John of Jerusalem. The Hospitallers grew out of a brotherhood for the care of sick pilgrims in a hospital at Jerusalem following the First Crusade in 1100 AD.

The Growth of the Knights Hospitaller
Many knights joined the organization, which soon proved to be very useful in defending the Holy Land. The Hospitallers orders built many castles in Syria, the remains of which still impress the beholder. They established numerous branches in Europe and, by presents and legacies, acquired vast wealth. These orders of religious knights, much like the Vatican today, ended up having their own states, the Hospitallers the island of Rhodes then later Malta. The Knights Templar order was disbanded in the fourteenth century, but the Hospitalers continued to fight valiantly against the Turks long after the close of the crusading movement but can be said to have come to an end following their ejection from Malta by Napoleon.

The Matale Rebellion, also known as the `Rebellion of 1848` took place in Ceylon against the British colonial government under Governor Lord Torrington, 7th Viscount Torrington. It marked a transition from the classic feudal form of anti-colonial revolt to modern independence struggles. It was fundamentally a peasant revolt.

Leaders

The movement for the liberation of the island in 1848 was led by leaders such as Gongalegoda Banda, Puran Appu, Dines and Dingi Rala who were supported by the people and the village headmen of Matale. These were workers with links to the low country, with rather broader vision than the Kandyan peasants they led.

Date: August 19, 1997
Time: 0800hrs
Location: Puliyankulam
Operation: Jayasikuru

On either side of the A-9 Route near Puliyankulam, consists of shrubbery land, inside the perimeter of the LTTE base were trenches and a strong bunker line. The Puliyankulam junction was a strong enemy station. Captain Wijesooma and the T-55 main battle tanks with great difficulty managed to access the junction. Thereafter, LTTE cadres encircled them. They had only 6 tanks and there were nearly 2000 cadres in the LTTE camp. Despite being outnumbered, they retaliated with maximum firepower and tried to hold fort.

History

The college was opened in 1896 with 211 boys in the College proper and 96 in the Preparatory school. As the building was unfinished at the time, only one half of it was open to students, and for some time the voices of pupils and masters mingled with the incessant clang of hammers.

By November 1896 construction was completed at a cost of Rs.120,000, supplied one-half by the people`s contribution, the other half by the donation of His Grace, Archbishop Melizan. On November 27, H. E. Mgr. Zaleski solemnly blessed the building which was formally opened on the following day by H. E. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway.

One of the brave people on board P-465, instrumental in protecting the `Pride of South` vessel which was carrying Army soldiers from KKS to PPD was petty officer S.R.A.Rathnam. he is a Tamil by birth which goes to show that ethinicity doesn`t play a role in conflict. He explained even though we might belong to the samerace, LTTE are terrorists. And I, Joined the Navy to protect our Motherland from people like them

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