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Michael Roberts Over the last 6-9 months Roshan Samarawickrema has been cataloguing my books in a long-term project. As it happens, a chance finding in my computer files led me to a Note [undated] to Nishan de Mel, a good … Continue reading →

ATLANTIC COUNCIL …https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/experts-react-the-us-and-israel-just-unleashed-a-major-attack-on-iran-whats-next/ He went big. On Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed Operation Epic Fury, what US President Donald Trump called “a massive and ongoing” campaign against Iran. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime … Continue reading →

Lanka Lions in  Facebook, January  2026 He will always be remembered as the fast bowler who carried Sri Lanka’s hopes in their early Test years — the man who stood tall when the nation was still learning how to belong … Continue reading →

From The Island …https://island.lk/brilliant-navy-officer-no-more/

  KKS Perera, responding to a Challenging TPS Item from Michael Roberts at https://thuppahis.com/2026/03/03/us-iran-war-any-lessons-from-sri-lanka-in-1987-et-seq/ History seldom unfolds in neat moral binaries. The crisis of 1987 between India and Sri Lanka was not simply about humanitarian concern for Tamil civilians, nor … Continue reading →

Desert Wanderer, …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi The pathetic leaders of the Gulf states (GCC) – Bahrain,  Qatar,  Kuwait,  UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman ask Russia to use its leverage on Iran to stop the war. They … Continue reading →