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Britain’s SAS Under Threat From HR Legal Beagles
Paul Wood: “The SAS have been betrayed in the name of human rights” … in The Spectator, magazine, 30 November 2024 The SAS are worried. Britain’s most elite military unit have come face to face with the IRA, the Taliban … Continue reading →
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When the Ceylon Schoolboys Beat the Indian Schoolboys on Their Home Turfs in 1969
Ranjan Anandappa, in Sunday Observer, 23 September 2007, with this title “1969 Schools Cricket Team – Best produced by Sri Lanka” CRICKET: Emphasis has been laid so much on qualified coaches and physios these days, but few knew that one … Continue reading →
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A Thrilling Triumph for Sri Lankan Cricketers at Auckland
A NOTE by Michael Roberts, the Thuppahi, 2 April 2023 Given the likelihood of seaming conditions in New Zealand, I did not hold high expectations from Sri Lanka’s cricket squad in their series there. Indeed, I thought there could be … Continue reading →
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The Insidious Work of American Soft-Power Agencies
An Observer in a Georgian Black Sea Resort Town The NED/CIA have been using soft power to target the youth and media institutions in countries around the world. Take Georgia and Hong Kong as case studies. Protestors rally against the … Continue reading →
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China at Cutting Edge in Sea Warfare? A Drone Ship
Item at https://youtu.be/KkQrTjcqWNc …. 12 June 2022 with headline = “Chinese AI-operated drone ship completes maiden sea voyage (VIDEO)” Beijing’s unmanned stealth combat vessel has successfully completed its three-hour maiden sea voyage off Panzhi Island in the East China Sea, … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Women’s Cricket Team trounce England in England
Michael Roberts The Sri Lanka Women’s Eleven’s win at Chelmsford in England highlights the wonderful improvement in the side and gleaming prospects in the near future. The side may be benefitting from the heat wave in Europe as well as … Continue reading →
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The Siege of Jaffna Fort by the LTTE in 1990
Gamini Goonetilleke, … with a few photographs awaiting insertion later I had volunteered my services to the Sri Lanka Army and it was my turn of duty at the Palali Base Hospital when the Jaffna Fort came under Tiger attack. … Continue reading →
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The Senanayakes at Cricket in Ceylon: Anecdotal Lore
KKS Perera in E-Lanka, 15 October 2023 , where his title is “More on Senanayakes and Cricket” Dr. Michael Roberts’ enthralling exploration of the Senanayake family and their ties to cricket in last week’s E-lanka provided the inspiration for me … Continue reading →
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War with China!!! Moronic Demands from Powerful Sydney Newpaper Chiefs
Paul Keating The Sydney Morning Herald’s prominent series of provocations, urging Australia into a war with China, concluded its third instalment today. At Item 20 of its presentation, apart from its advocacy of the reintroduction of compulsory national service, it … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Fallen Remembered at Battaramulla Monument on 19th May
The 19th May marks the final defeat of the LTTE and its Eelam Movement …. Thuppahi ** The 13th anniversary of National War Heroes’ Day was commemorated in a simple ceremony this afternoon (May 19) at the Battaramulla National War … Continue reading →
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