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January 8, 2026 · 11:45 pm

USA’s Assaults on South America Emulates Hitler

A Churchill Today In the recent unproved attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicholas Madura, the operation carried out by US special forces involved the cold-blooded murder of a large number of Maduro’s security team—male and female soldiers, and … Continue reading →

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May 8, 2025 · 7:26 pm

IRAQ: Its Tempestuous History in the Last Hundred Years

Group Capt Kumar Kirinde Iraq remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I, after which Mandatory Iraq was established in 1921 and made a colony of the British Empire. It gained independence as the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932. Following a coup d’état, the country became a republic in 1958.

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February 16, 2023 · 7:14 pm

Saviour Heli-Service: Vital Air Force Link during Eelam Wars

An Item in  http://www.airforcemonthly.com, April 2011, retrieved by a Military Aviation enthusiast friend of Michael Roberts ….  

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March 18, 2023 · 4:35 am

Sri Lankan Armed Forces vs the Tamil Tigers: The Last Phase

Serge De Silva Ranasinghe, in The Diplomat, 20 May 2010,*** where the title runs thus “Reflections on the Tigers” A year after the LTTE’s defeat, evidence shows criticism of Sri Lanka’s army is misplaced, says Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe. Tamil civilians reach … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2023 · 12:09 am

How the Kandyan Sinhalese Forces Kept the European Powers at Bay for Two Centuries

PK Balachandran, whose original article in the Daily Mirror of 26 November 2021, is entitled “Kandyan armies which kept Europeans at bay for two centuries” The Kandyan army also had local Malays and Kaffirs (Africans) and also Indians like Malabars, … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2025 · 8:15 pm

For Greta Thunberg’s Rights: Asia Forum Protest

Asia Progress Forum Statement on the Illegal Detention of Humanitarian Activists by Israel The Asia Progress Forum strongly condemns the unlawful interception and detention of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, French Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, and ten … Continue reading →

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December 14, 2024 · 12:14 am

Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantation Industry As Featured in Thuppahi aka TPS

A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY https://thuppahis.com/2017/02/18/james-taylor-and-the-ceylon-tea-industry/ https://thuppahis.com//2017/02/21/the-tea-business-in-ceylon-and-the-life-and-times-of-tony-peries/ https://thuppahis.com/2017/07/18/ceylon-tea-and-its-surrounds-richard-simons-tour-de-force/            

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August 5, 2025 · 12:02 pm

Chemmani Graves Site & OCHCR Finds

N. Sathiya Moorthy, in CEYLON TODAY, 1 August 2025,  with this  title “Hundred Not Out” ** For the uninitiated readers of the national media, and possibly the majority Sinhala media, Chemmani may yet to happen. But after weeks of digging … Continue reading →

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April 27, 2025 · 7:24 pm

The Ceylonese Who Fought … & Died …. at Gallipoli in 1915

A NOTE from Retd Gp Capt. Kumar Kirinde, 25 April 2025 During the Gallipoli campaign, the Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps (CPRC) played a role, with a unit of around 80-130 troops serving as escorts and bodyguards for the General Commanding … Continue reading →

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January 6, 2026 · 9:06 am

USA’s Imperialism Here-There-Everywhere Alarms the World

Observer from the Black Sea On 3 January 2026, the U.S. launched a military operation (“Operation Southern Spear”) in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. special forces (Delta Force). They … Continue reading →

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