'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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