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A Clinical Study of the LTTE and Pirapakaran
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, being an article entitled ‘Terrorism’ or ‘Liberation’? Towards a distinction: A Case Study of the Armed Struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)” in Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol.12/2, 2018 …. Abstract: This article based on extensive … Continue reading →
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The Many Shadows from Black Hawk Down
Daniel Klaidman, in The Daily Beast, 10 September 2013, where the title is “The Lost Lessons of Black Hawk Down, https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-hawk-down Twenty years later, the battle still echoes in America’s top policy circles. As the U.S. sets foot in Somalia … Continue reading →
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Sinhala-Muslim Violence in Lanka: An Appeal and Allegations from a Muslim Professional
M. M. Zuhair, in the Island, 13 March 2018, where the title is “Who is trying to destroy our unity and why?” The mob violence that erupted at Ampara town on Monday February 26, a day after Prime Minister Ranil … Continue reading →
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Our Government Changes Course at Geneva: Dayan’s Incisive Summary
Dayan Jayatilleka,in Island, 30 March 2018, with title as “Geneva: A shift in the government’s discourse” The UNHRC session this month in Geneva succeeded in punching through to the news pages, despite the overwhelming dominance of stories about the no-confidence … Continue reading →
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Suicide Missions as Witnessing: From Self-Immolation to Assassination and Mass Strike
Michael Roberts ….. This article appeared first in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2007, vol. 30: 857-88.with the title “Suicide Missions as Witnessing: Expansions, Contrasts” and is reproduced here with its original American English spelling. The re-working of this article … Continue reading →
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Ranawaka and the Chauvinist Thinking sparking Anti-Minority Action …. thereby promoting Islamist Jihadism
Dayan Jayatilleka, in The Island, 8 March 2018, where the title reads “The instrumentalization of IslamophobiaProvoking Islamist terrorism: Who benefits?” The recent spate of attacks on Muslims is the latest manifestation of Islamophobia in Sri Lanka. Such violence cannot but … Continue reading →
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Camera in the Sky: Sri Lanka from Above
Sri Lanka: The Island from Above by Dominic Sansoni, Sebastian Posingis & Richard Simon …. Published by Barefoot Books For years, Dominic Sansoni dreamed of photographing Sri Lanka from the air. Having extensively documented the island’s multicultural populace, its urban … Continue reading →
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Terrorism within Pakistan Today
Zahid Hussain, in Dawn, 1 January 2017, where the title is “The Missing Element The attack on a Quetta church on Christmas Eve, days after the carnage at a Peshawar college, is a grim reminder of terrorism far from being contained despite the … Continue reading →
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Germany goes “Batty”: A Plan to Deter Migrants
Stefan Frank, courtesy of Gatestone, 12 December 2017, where the title is “Germany’s Batty Plan to Deter Migrants Every German knows that hardly any asylum seekers whose applications are rejected are forced to leave Germany. But if their application is … Continue reading →
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Extremist Cricket Fans: Where Anguish spawns Violence
Michael Roberts The recent outbursts of abuse and riotous act on the cricket grounds at Pallekele and Rangiri when our cricketers were defeated after some poor cricket are significant in the wider scheme of local culture and ethics. Such reactions … Continue reading →
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