Posts Tagged ‘Sri Lanka’

The Toll in Sri Lanka

Filed under: Asia — by Will Kirkland 05/29/2009 @ 8:03:12 AM
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Ten days ago the army and government of Sri Lanka declared victory and an end to its decades old war against the Tamil Tigers, the group that brought the world … [Keep reading >>]

Nonviolent Peace Force in Sri Lanka

Filed under: Asia — by Guest 05/18/2009 @ 8:55:48 PM
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12 May 2009

Dear Friends,

As I write this letter NP is seeking permission to work in the Vavuniya area to provide international protective presence for the civilians displaced … [Keep reading >>]

Attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore, Pakistan

Filed under: Asia | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 03/3/2009 @ 9:24:24 PM
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It would be hard to overstate the shock felt all over South East Asia at the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday. … [Keep reading >>]

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An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Tom Paine

---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795

RepublicanGomorrah

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.

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