March, 2010

• 23 March

  Soldiers on Sale… Who’s In Charge of These Hired Killers? Eric S. Margolis

  A fascinating scandal has erupted in Washington over the use of mercenaries (‘private contractors’ in US terminology) that is exposing the dark underbelly of America’s foreign wars. It has been that the Pentagon and other US intelligence agencies secretly fielded mercenaries in Afghanistan, Pakistan (aka “Af-Pak”), and Iraq to assassinate tribal militants. US law forbids murder or using mercenaries. But, …

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• 23 March

  Difficult homecoming for Muslim IDPs

  PUTTALAM, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) – Resettlement efforts are under way for thousands of displaced Muslims from Sri Lanka’s north who have been languishing in refugee camps for nearly two decades, officials say. The internally displaced people (IDPs) were forcibly evicted in October 1990 from the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and some parts of Vavuniya by the …

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• 22 March

  Colombo police reaches out to Tamil community

  Police stations in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, have opened special units to take down statements in the country’s main minority language, Tamil. So far, Sinhala has been the language overwhelmingly predominant in the police force. Tamil-speaking Sri Lankans had to rely on a friend to translate their complaints into Sinhala. The move has been hailed as a small but vital …

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• 22 March

  Govt allocates Rs 100m for Northern schools

  The Government has allocated Rs100 million to construct school buildings in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring) project. Construction of 23 school buildings have been completed.  [Uthuru Vasanthaya] * Construction of 23 school buildings completed *20 schools buildings opened * Three more to be opened soon Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said after 180 days …

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• 22 March

  Universal Islamic Declaration of human Rights.- Page -2

  https://sailanmuslim.com/news/universal-islamic-declaration-of-human-rights/ Page 1 Al Quran, Chapter 49, V. 13 states:- O men! Behold we have created you all out of a male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. …

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• 21 March

  Revealed: Tony Blair’s secret oil links to Middle East, By Paul Waugh

  Tony Blair’s secret links to Gulf oil giants were revealed today as fresh details emerged of his “carte blanche” support for George Bush’s Iraq war The former prime minister has been in the pay of the Kuwaiti government and a South Korean oil firm for up to 18 months, a parliamentary watchdog has revealed. But the Advisory Committee on Business …

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• 19 March

  The Rogue Nation, by Philip Giraldi

  In spite of the fact that the United States faces no enemy anywhere in the world capable of opposing it on a battlefield, the Defense budget for 2011 will go up 7.1 percent from current levels.  A lot of the new spending will be on drones, America’s latest contribution to western civilization, capable of surveilling large areas on the ground …

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