Renton de Alwis, in the Daily News, 4 May 2011
Brute forces of terrorist gangs blow up innocent people; be it at a public market, at places of religious worship (like the Temple of the Tooth of the Buddha in Kandy), in buses, trains, buildings of economic significance, airports or on roads (like we Sri Lankans had for nearly three decades) or at places where people gather for entertainment (Bali Hard Rock Cafe and the recent incident in Morocco). And if we know who they are that blow people and places, we are told by the ‘international community’ to talk to them and seek honourable political solutions.
Central Bank in Fort, Colombo after bombing, 31 Jan 1996
Some even offer to be mediators in the process. And when some of these happen in the big cities of the world on the Western hemisphere, all systems are let loose to annihilate international terrorists, like the hunted killing of Osama Bin Laden announced on Monday this week I learnt of, upon near completion of writing of this column.
Black Tigers marching, Kilinochchi
Maaveerar Cenotaph in replicaof Iwo Jima monument–location unknown
Maaveerar thuyilam illam [‘cemetery’]
