'People and geo-strategic position our greatest strength'

The concluding address by Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Chris Nonis, at the Defence Seminar 2014 which was held in Colombo recently. We in Sri Lanka have a rich 2,500-year history, a spiritual and cultural aesthetic, of which we are justifiably proud. Our two greatest strengths are, first, our people, and second, our geo-strategic position.

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Sri Lanka's National Security – Part 2:

Reconciliation will enhance national security

Another prominent LTTE-linked group emerged out of the British Tamils Association (BTA), which was active since 2001 in supporting the terrorism of the LTTE in Sri Lanka. In 2006, the leader of the BTA, Arunachalam Krishanthakumar, alias Shanthan, was investigated on suspicion of supporting terrorist activities.

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Opinion

TNA was never sincere

[intro] The Tigers eliminated all Tamil poltical leaders who believed in democracy and had modest views. Those who aired views against terrorism were brutally assassinated. Former TULF leader and ex-Opposition leader A. Amirthalingam was one of the many reputed Tamil political leaders gunned down by the LTTE,

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