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December 11, 2023 · 1:45 pm

Operation Eagle Claw: USA Special Forces’ Failure in Iran in 1980

Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, [SLAF retd] as compiler presenting US special forces operation for the rescue of hostages at the US Embassy in Iran in 1980 that ended in a failure  …. Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw and Google Images  Introduction:  Operation Eagle … Continue reading →

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July 1, 2025 · 8:27 pm

Rejuvenated Sri Lankan ODI Cricket guided by Jayasuriya

Rex Clementine in The Island, 1 July 2025, where the title reads “Sri Lanka’s white ball renaissance under Jayasuriya Under Sanath Jayasuriya’s watch, Sri Lanka beat both Australia and India, world’s number one and number two ranked teams, in ODIs. … Continue reading →

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August 24, 2023 · 12:49 am

In Awe of A Richmondite in the International World of Space

HLD Mahindapala writing in 1999, … with this title: “NANDI– The Southern Star in Space,” .… in Mahindapala: From A Scribe’s Pen” The route from an obscure Sinhala-Buddhist mixed school in Dodanduwa, Sri Lanka to the Outer Space Affairs Office … Continue reading →

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December 18, 2021 · 6:06 pm

Sri Lanka’s Wildcats: In the Depths of the Jungle

Uditha Devapriya, in The Island, 18 December 2021, …. Review of Phantoms of the Night: Wildcats of Sri Lanka, by Thilak Jayaratne, Janaka Gallangoda, Nadika Hapuarachchi, and Madura de Silva …..  Chaya Publishers, 2022,… 160 pp…. with highlighting imposed by the … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2022 · 3:03 pm

Sri Lanka’s Jungles: Many Attractions & Curiousities

Jayantha Jayewardene, in The Island, 20 February 2022, where the ttile runs thus  “The lure and the lore of our jungles” ** Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, and even before that as Serendib and Taprobane, has different types of … Continue reading →

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October 29, 2019 · 9:05 am

USA’s Delta Force and the Baghdadi Killing

Jon Lockett, in SUN, 28 October 2019, with this title THE special forces unit which hunted down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is so secretive even the Pentagon doesn’t admit it exists. Delta Force — set up by a US … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2021 · 11:37 pm

Secessionist War and Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Transnatonal Impulses

Gerald H Peiris, being an article presented at an international conference held in New Delhi in October 2001 under the sponsorship of the Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management. It has since then been published as a chapter in The Global … Continue reading →

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November 25, 2019 · 3:07 pm

The Fundamental Oppositions: Lakshman Gunasekara challenges Jayaweera & Roberts

Email Memo from Lakshman F. B. Gunasekara, 5 November 2019 directed at  Mike, …. You quote with approval one ‘Rajeewa’ as saying: “The final result proved without ambiguity, the disconnect between the small group of elitist city dwellers and the rural … Continue reading →

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August 2, 2019 · 5:53 am

Jean Arasanayagam nee Solomons: Halleluyah! Halleluyah! … In HER Memory

ONE: T. Ramakrishnan: “Sri Lanka’s poet-writer, Jean Arasanayagam, passes away,” Jean Arasanayagam, one of Sri Lanka’s leading contemporary English literary voices, died in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on July 30 evening after a brief illness. She was 87. She is survived by … Continue reading →

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September 8, 2019 · 2:36 pm

An Eye-Opener: A Study of China’s Agricultural Biotechnology Policies

Ronald J. Herring reviewing GMO China by Cong Cao (see end for details) Cong Cao’s book GMO China is refreshing and enlightening. Unlike many authors in this genre, he knows the essentials of his subject: biology, agriculture, politics, history. He is … Continue reading →

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