Victory in Vakarai
THE success in Vakarai is historic because it
helps achieve on the ground, that which the Supreme Court did in
law: the liberation of the arable East, with its rice fields, from
the grip of the Tamil Eelam project. Finally, the Vakarai win is
important because the military offensive went on until victory, in
the face of an orchestrated international and regional campaign of
propaganda - amounting to psychological warfare - to halt the
operation on "humanitarian" grounds.
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Forging a radical centre: A response to extremism and
intolerance
DESPITE the challenge of having to battle one of
the most ruthless terror machines in the world for three decades,
Sri Lanka is constantly aware of the obligations to respect the rule
of law and the need to address the grievances of the affected
minorities. That is why we remain committed to a negotiated
settlement to our ethnic question.
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