Presenting an You-tube item sent to me by my Aloysian compatriot in Canada, Sarri Junaid — formerly from the Fort of Galle ….
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Palestine Tomorrow: A Bold Forecast from A Lankan Seer
A Sri Lankan Seer ……. “Compatible neighbors”
Arabs and Jews lived in relative peace in Palestine before 1948.
The Zionist movement was established by European Jews and Israel (which became a state in 1948) was a settler colonization project that served as a garrison state in the oil rich middle east for protecting the interests of the Western imperial power Britain and later USA.
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“Europe in Danger” — Trump Eviscerated by French Senator
Verbatim Record of Claude Malhuret’s Speech in French Senate, March 2025 **
“President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dear colleagues,
Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service.
A box of Impeachmints, … related to his dealings with Ukraine.
On Thursday, 19 December 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Donald Trump caricature is seen on a trailer in Krakow, Poland on July 25, 2024. The figure, which was previously a theater prop, has been bought by local politician Lukasz Wantuch. Now he is planning to present it at Donald Trump’s campaign rallies…. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
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Sachs on USA’s Hegemonic Imperialism
An Email NOTE from Ajit Varuna-Candappa sent to his Royal College classmates, mid-February 2024
https://youtu.be/ZUbBU0OqCgE?
Dear Tony & all my classmates at Royal of the 57 Group.
We have known each other for 59 years since we entered Royal at age 10+ in 1957 & some since age 6+ from Royal Primary days. Here is a 15 minutes of absolute irrefutable evidence that we’ve been ‘jived’ by both colonial & imperialist forces at first and now a hegemonic, war mongering frankly psychopathic state called America.
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World War Clouds in IRAN … says Jeffrey Sachs
A NOTE from A Sri Lankan Migrant in USA, 29 December 2024 conveying the digital refrence for an You-Tube Talk = “Jeffrey Sachs: The Inevitable War With Iran” …………… https://youtu.be/Ks0l_Zpt1xA?si=XXHCdi13NXhDjLmD
You may recall the “Project for the New America Century” during the heady days among the neocons and Russophobes after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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UN Agencies That Deployed False Death Figures re Eelam War
Palitha Senanayake, in The Island, 20 December 2024 …… ‘UN fudged Lankan casualty figures’ – Lord Naseby
The United Nations Human Rights Council at its 57th session adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Project on Sri Lanka Accountability by one year. Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, has commented extensively on this resolution.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) arrives at a hotel for a joint press conference with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama in Kandy on May 23, 2009, after Ban visited Menik Farm camp, home to thousands of civilians who fled the war zone. UN chief Ban Ki-moon came face-to-face with the despair of Sri Lanka’s war-hit civilians as he toured the main refugee camp and flew over the devastated war zone. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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