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Colombo does not need the Kfir — it needs Israel
The Sri Lanka Air Force's upgraded Kfir C12 during its first test flight at SLAF Base Katunayake on 11 June. Photograph: Sri Lanka Air Force On 11 June, the Sri Lanka Air Force conducted the first test flight of an upgraded Kfir C12 fighter at its Katunayake base, presenting the flight as a military milestone. The aircraft is one of five being rebuilt — four C2 and C7 jets plus a TC2 trainer…

We have come full circle

Jul 27, 2006
Jana Nayagam
The international community has - again - put the Sinhala establishment in charge of the Tamils’ future.

How the EU produced a war

Jul 15, 2006
J. T. Janani
Given that EU always had leverage over the Colombo government, it is surprising that things have gotten so bad.

Context determines who is a terrorist

Jul 15, 2006
Gwynne Dyer
Even Mandela would not escape label today

The end game that won’t end

Jul 15, 2006
Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne
What the international community have not quite grasped yet is that this is a Sri Lankan Government like none before.

Sri Lanka's uncivil war

Jul 2, 2006
Lead Story
Theacknowledgment of a Tamil right to self-rule in their own homeland marks a welcome evolution in US policy.

A sterile battle

Jul 1, 2006
Lead Story
'The Tamils have already made the biggest concession of all by making a form of self-rule, rather than independence, their aim.”

Grow up, UNICEF

Jun 30, 2006
J. T. Janani
Playing political football with child soldiers.

A need to re-write the international rule book

Jun 30, 2006
Jana Nayagam
At some point in during the peace process, the international community assumed that it was no longer necessary to apply the concept of parity to resolving the Tamil question.

The duplicity in admitting Tamil ‘grievances’

Jun 16, 2006
Jana Nayagam
There is no sense that the international community actually understands what the Tamils themselves want. Or care to find out either.

Legitimacy can only flow from power

Jun 16, 2006
Vinothini Kanapathipillai
Denying the Tigers legitimacy took priority over resolving the conflict - and has led to the brink of war.
We have come full circle
How the EU produced a war
Context determines who is a terrorist
The end game that won’t end
Sri Lanka's uncivil war
A sterile battle
Grow up, UNICEF
A need to re-write the international rule book
The duplicity in admitting Tamil ‘grievances’
Legitimacy can only flow from power
We have come full circle
How the EU produced a war
Context determines who is a terrorist
The end game that won’t end
Sri Lanka's uncivil war
A sterile battle
Grow up, UNICEF
A need to re-write the international rule book
The duplicity in admitting Tamil ‘grievances’
Legitimacy can only flow from power