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Sri Lanka balances Military Relations with China and USA

Shamindra Ferdinando, in The Island, 24 June 2015, where the title is “SL in simultaneous joint exercises with US SEALs and Chinese Army” The Sri Lankan military is taking part in joint exercises with both US and Chinese armed forces, … Continue reading

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“I was once a corporal.” Graphic Images of HITLER in all his Power & Potency

SEE  Photos rares du 3e Reich conservées par la revue Life AT https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/14aa5b5291ff242a?projector=1 http://www.theaustralian.com.au www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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Beheading the Citizenship of Some Jihadists! Australia getting tough

Cameron Stewart, in The Weekend Australian, 6/7 June 2015, where the title is “Half of all terrorists hit by citizenship changes” …  NOTE the striking interactive graphics which depict the suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane where individuals have been d … Continue reading

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The Osama Bin Laden Killing in Graphic Detail. An American Way of Telling

Larry Pickering: “Obama avoids paying his Bin Laden Bill,” 20 October 2014, at http://pickeringpost.com/story/obama-avoids-paying-his-bin-laden-bill/3971A Alternative Title: “Who Shot Osama?” — “WE ALL did it” says the Navy Seal Shooter There is little sympathy for the Pakistani who fingered Osama Bin … Continue reading

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War as Blood and Gore: Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944

In support of my concept of “sacrificial devotion” and in keeping with his consistent criticism of all the generals on all the sides in World War One, Richard Koenigsberg has sent me a video clip of US troops storming and … Continue reading

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Crunched In-Between the Sinha-Le Activists and the Self-Righteous International Cabal

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, 9 February 2016, where the title is  “Near and Explosive Danger. The Sinha-Lē Campaign and Those Crusading Righteous” … and where the Footnotes could not be inserted for technical reasons … and where you will find the … Continue reading

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The Realities of Eelam War IV

Michael Roberts, courtesy of the essay in Colombo Telegraph  entitled “Down–to-Earth: The Hard Truths of Eelam War IV, ” which , alas, does not contain the vital hyperlinks. Nor does it contain the illustrative maps and images that are a vital … Continue reading

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Targeting Lanka by Playing Ball with Tamil Extremism: 2008-14

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Groundviews, where the title is slightly different. The original essay was presented at the 9th International Convention of Asian Scholars held in Adelaide from 5-9th July 2015 and was therefore designed as a 15-minute presentation. Hyperlinks, … Continue reading

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One-Eyed Zealousness: Extremist Australians For and Against the Tamil Cause in Lanka

Michael Roberts The 60 year-old Tasmanian lady, Dianah Paramour’s campaign (Fig. 01) against specific activities of personnel in Australia, both Tamil Australian and Anglo-Australian, who have been vigorously advocating the claims of the Tamils and/ the Tamil Tigers of Sri … Continue reading

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A Drama in Four Acts: Dishonest Reportage by Amnesty International and Aussie Journalists remains Unmasked

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/dishonest-reportage-by-ai-aussie-journalists-remains-unmasked-a-drama-in-two-acts/, 2 September 2015, where it is presented in Two Acts     A. Thoughts on My Abject Failure On the 31st March 2011 a panel of lawyers appointed by Ban Ki-Moon submitted a review of … Continue reading

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