Now Iraq (you know the country the US liberated/occupied 13 years ago) says to the US, " This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the U.S. Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations," spokesman Sa'ad al-Hadithi told NBC News. "We have enough soldiers on the ground." Meanwhile the US has been considering sending more ...
Initially the US defended the bombing of the Afghan Hospital as "Collateral Damage". Now the latest justification is that “Taliban fighters are now hiding in ‘people’s houses, mosques and hospitals using civilians as human shields.'” Isn't that the very same thing Sri Lanka was accused of and considered a War Crime.U.S. military was predictable and familiar. It was all just ...
Bangaladesh is still having issues 40 odd years later because of war in 1971 fueled by American weapons. Hope this stands as a warning to those who are looking for war crimes tribunals in Sri Lanka. This is not for our good, it is to destabilize our country. Nixon and Kissinger supported Pakistan’s (west) fiercely anti-communist military ruler President Yahya ...
While reading about Coding Jocks got interested in checking out International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). I was pleasantly surprised to see that Sri Lanka had won 26 medals since 1992, i.e 23 years (facebook and SL website). The IOI has been around for 28 years. Thats not bad for a country of 20 million, though you have small places like ...
Fox News reports that "Russian, Syrian and Iranian military commanders have set up a coordination cell in Baghdad in recent days to try to begin working with Iranian-backed Shia militias fighting the Islamic State (ISIS). However, The Russian embassy in Iraq denies role in any anti-ISIS ‘coordination cell’ based in Baghdad.So far none of the Main Stream Media (MSM) such ...
Olivia Hallisey.16 yrs, from Greenwich Connecticut won the Google Science Fair. Her invention: a test for Ebola in 30 mins, even in patients not displaying symptoms . The test cost just $25 and does not need refrigeration. Previous tests took up to 12 hours and cost a few thousand dollars.Other finalists for the fair included Pranav Sivakumar, 15, from Aurora, ...
Chinese PLA in YemenThings are becoming interesting, Game Changer ?. Apparently a pro Assad newspaper reports that Chinese Military personnel and Aerial assets are on the way to Syria. As far as I know this is the first time the Chinese have sent troops to a war zone. That is other than the rescue operation by the Chinese PLA in ...
Saudi Arabia's Faisal bin Hassan Trad has been named as Chair of a panel of independent experts on the UN Human Rights Council. This panel is tasked with naming experts that determine global human rights standards.I guess Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein from Jordan (another country with exemplary Human Rights Record) will be a nice fit with the Panel.Saudi Arabia is ...
The Dow Jones Index lost 3.5% on Monday 24th Aug, after an initial plunge 6.4% in minutes in early trading. Since the 2015 Mid July peak of around 18,000 it has dropped to 16,000. That is a 16% drop in about 3 months. It is possible the peaks of 14,000 in 2008 are fast approaching.Some of us have been anticipating ...
Inequality of income, with predominantly low wage jobs for those who are lucky to have a job and Vegas_Blondie 32 • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States high rents and exorbitant college fees are forcing women to augment their income by finding a sugar daddy to pay the bill.Enter SeekingArrangement.com a website catering to men and women who exchange sex for ...
Data presented without comment. You can click on chart for source interactive data. GDP Change (Billion USD)2000 16.3 2005 24.4 8.12014 74.9 50.5Change in GDP 2000-2005=49%Change in GDP 2005-2014=200%Note:Comparison of GDP per Capita for IndiaComparison of Debt to GDP for the US.The US GDP also includes intangibles such as films, music, iTunes to GDP, increasing GDP by 3%.Also see US ...
I hired Eric Fernando to do the electrical wiring and fittings to the apartment. He was recommended by my sister. Again a knowledgeable, neat efficient work. I gather Eric also has professional qualifications in Electrical work.You can contact Eric at 071-404-0423
Got some Building work done by Kumar and ??. They wore building a two storied house right in front of my apartment. Hired them to do some additions to the apartment. Good work and very knowledgeable. Enthusiastic work crew.You can contact Kumar at 077-535-9679
I had a good experience working with S. S. Rajah (077 971 7244) to cut and polish the cement floor at my apartment. Like the other contractors (in other posts) I was lucky. They all answered phone or called back. If they got delayed they informed me.Good work was a plus and done in a timely fashion.
Negombo 3rd Floor Furnished Studio Apartment contact sereno/barr 077-8584009 or sbarrkum@gmail.com (pdf flyer here)Overlooking the Mangroves. Quiet residential area. The balcony faces the mangroves and partial views of the Negombo Lagoon. It is very private and secluded, even while being open and airy. There are no other buildings at this height nearby. i.e. Can have all doors and windows open ...
mtDNA Treefrom http://www.phylotree.org/tree/main.htmSummary of Ranaweera et al 2014 (for complete Figures and Tables ). Note this is just the maternal mtDNA (maternal) which is 1/24th of the genetic make up. See second box in DNA primerVedda groups (mtDNA) is much different from the rest of Sri Lankans (higher frequency of haplogroup R30b/R8a1a3 in all Vedda subgroups). There is no clear ...
The new world order (as in history too) is to use mercenaries, i.e. hired guns working for a profit. Governments such as the UK and US as usual use double speak and label the mercenaries as Private Contractors or Private Military Companies (PMC).There is no of a specific legal framework to deal with Private Military Contractors1. The PMC's declare that ...
Just the linksHow China Covered The World (31 Countries) In "Liquidity Swap LinesEssentially, China has used bilateral swap agreements to help embed the yuan in international trade in the the post-crisis era. As you'll see below, counterparty countries have also tapped their yuan liquidity lines when they're cut off from dollar funding, making China a critical lifeline for bolstering FX ...
There is Colombo Telegraph article/letter by N M Ameen accusing the government of settling Sinhalese in Wilpattu National Park. I assume this is a tit for tat, one false accusation as a reply to another false accusation. i.e. A reply to the FALSE accusation that Rishad Bathiudeen has settled Muslim families in Wilpattu National Park.Anyway as far as I know ...
There is a lot of stuff being yelled about Wilpattu most of it false. Added somehow facts and clear references are always missing.Update: Daily Mirror says that Maitripala Sirisena orders immediate halt of Deforestation in Wilpattu National Park.Hmm, there is no deforestation in Wilpattu National Park. If MS had said halted deforestation in Wilpattu Park Buffer Zone, That would have ...
