| Now wealthy Muslims join jihad |
According to media reports and video footages, at least three of the suicide attackers in Sri Lanka belong to extremely wealthy family. Meritorious students of educated and affluent Muslim families from several South Asian nations including Bangladesh are brainwashed with wrong teachings of Islam an... |
| 02.05.2019 - 07:42 |
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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury |
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| Emergence of a newer segment of jihadists |
Following the recent jihadist attacks in Sri Lanka and Islamic States’ threats of launching attacks in Bangladesh or West Bengal in India, experts have identified indicators of radicalization of individuals saying meritorious students of educated and affluent families from several South Asian nation... |
| 01.05.2019 - 23:51 |
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By Damsana Ranadhiran |
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| Sri Lanka: Washington’s Open Door to Indo-Pacific Region |
The United States considers Sri Lanka an open door to the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific Region. Washington seriously came to this notion since the advent of the Sirisena-Wickremasinghe administration in early 2015.
Despite Washington maintains close and cordial relationship with New Delhi, in US... |
| 01.05.2019 - 12:32 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Note on U.S. Military Design |
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| Real perpetrators of jihadist attacks in Sri Lanka |
Two terrorist groups – one small and obscure, the other sizable and well-known – are at the center of the Sri Lankan attacks that killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday. But even as the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the horrific bombings, and Sri Lankan officials blamed a local terr... |
| 29.04.2019 - 08:30 |
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By Victoria Lanes |
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| Sri Lanka police chief resigns : A complete mess up in the defense |
A complete mess up in handling the Defense affairs of te Country begins to emerge. So far there is no one to properly handle the affairs of the subject of 'Defense' except for an acting appointment. Also now, Sri Lanka's top police official, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, has resi... |
| 29.04.2019 - 09:18 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| What is the hidden agenda of President Sirisena? |
At least ten days before attacks, a Middle East based intelligence agency gave security officials a detailed warning of a possible threat to churches by the National Thowheeth Jama’ath. Similar alerts were also echoed by a Western intelligence agency. But the matter was not conveyed even to Prime Mi... |
| 28.04.2019 - 22:42 |
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By Renuka Patnaik |
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| Islamic State threatens of attacking Bangladesh and India |
Finally Islamic State (ISIS) has shown its nasty fang openly stating it is going to launch jihadist attacks in Bangladesh or West Bengal in India. According to media reports, a pro-ISIS Telegram channel has released a poster in Bangla language which says, “Coming Soon”, indicating that this notoriou... |
| 28.04.2019 - 14:53 |
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By Anand Sharma |
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| Easter Mayhem: U.S. geo-political interests in Sri Lanka stressed by expatriates |
The danger of Islamist State (ISIS) terrorist movement having a foot-hold in Sri Lanka both to the Island-nation of Sri Lanka and the geo-political interests of the United States was stressed. The consequences of the U.S. and leading Western nations over-emphasizing Sri Lanka’s human rights record a... |
| 27.04.2019 - 09:30 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune U.S. Bureau |
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| Rishad denies any links with Tawheed Jamat terrorists |
Denying any personal or political links with the terror accused Chairman of Colombo Traders’ Association (CTA) YM Ibrahim, who is now in detention, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry & Commerce stressed that Ibrahim did not ‘officially work for him’ either.
“I had no personal connections with Ibra... |
| 27.04.2019 - 05:07 |
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| Sri Lanka Should ‘Rise Above’ Politics After Blasts, U.S. Envoy Says |
Sri Lanka’s leaders must set aside their differences to focus on the pressing security and economic challenges facing the island nation after the deadly Easter bombings, the top U.S. envoy said in an interview.
"They have to rise above the politics to address the situation at hand," Alaina Teplitz,... |
| 26.04.2019 - 04:15 |
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| The Muslim World League condemns, denounces terrorist acts against Sri Lanka |
The Muslim World League expressed its condemnation and denunciation on the series of terrorist attacks on a number of sites in Sri Lanka, including some churches and hotels, killing and injuring dozens of innocent people.
The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Chairman of the Board of th... |
| 23.04.2019 - 06:39 |
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| WP Governor Salley saddened over deadly bomb blasts” Vowed to Bring Justice |
Offering his heartfelt condolences to the affected families of the 207 people who died in the serial bomb blasts that took place on Sunday, Western Province Governor Azath Salley, said that these were acts of barbarism and extremism which cannot be tolerated in any democratic country in the world.... |
| 21.04.2019 - 20:57 |
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| Alan Garcia Peru’s Former President Dies After Shooting Himself To Avoid Arrest |
Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima yesterday (Wednesday), hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.
Alan Garcia shot himself before being detained by police amid allegations he received il... |
| 18.04.2019 - 03:42 |
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| Sudan’s Military Ousts Longtime President Bashir |
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been removed by the military after months of anti-government protests against his three-decade rule.
Having come to power himself in a 1989 military coup, Sudanese President Omar Bashir fell just shy of 30 years in power on Thursday, when the Sudanese military ab... |
| 13.04.2019 - 15:19 |
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| At 2020 Sri Lanka elections, stakes are high for the U.S. |
: Washington interests toward countries and regions work in very strange ways. Its national interest is foremost. Maintaining the existing regional hegemony or designing to penetrate into regions it once dominated but over time slipped out deeply associate with that foremost national interest.
Sri L... |
| 12.04.2019 - 16:58 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune note on U.S. strategic interests |
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| Julian Assange Arrested in London: U.S. Requests Extradition |
Julian Assange - 47, the WikiLeaks founder, was arrested on Thursday inside Ecuador’s Embassy in London, where he had lived since 2012 under diplomatic protection.
London’s Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement its officers were “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the E... |
| 13.04.2019 - 06:32 |
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| PM Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a record fifth term |
PM Benjamin Netanyahu likely to secure a record fifth term after almost complete results from Israel's election suggest a new right-wing coalition.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to reelection on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamenta... |
| 11.04.2019 - 04:39 |
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| Global Tamil Forum (GTF) calls for victim-centric actions |
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF), slams the statements made by the Sri Lankan delegates at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 40th session and again within a week after returning from Geneva are highly disappointing.
The Global Tamil Forum, a Tamil diaspora organization, finds these statements disconce... |
| 10.04.2019 - 14:00 |
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| Israeli exit polls Netanyahu Fate Sealed |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, former military chief Benny Gantz, were locked in a neck and neck race Tuesday as exit polls showed no clear winner in an election that was seen as a referendum on the long-serving leader.
Two Israeli TV stations showed Gantz’s Blue... |
| 10.04.2019 - 08:38 |
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