Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd May 2026
Easter Sunday would not have occurred if national security had received consistent attention and if intelligence monitoring of known radical networks had not been disrupted. After the 2015 regime change, intelligence coordination was weakened,...
International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st May 2026
BEFORE CLAIMING “40,000 CIVILIANS”KILLED The following must first be established: How many LTTE combatants were killed/died in battle? How many LTTE child soldiers were killed/died in battle? How many belonged to the LTTE...
LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th May 2026
WHO ARE THESE “CIVILIANS”? LTTE combatants, including child soldiers, who engaged in hostilities while in civilian clothing LTTE civilian armed force operating in combat while in civilian clothing Civilians forced to engage in...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th May 2026
Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, Sri Lanka remains one of the few countries where a concluded internal conflict continues to be repeatedly revisited in international...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th May 2026
Before the LTTE came into the picture, it is good to go back in time to the manner in which American, British evangelical movements set up missionary schools where the Sinhala Buddhist majority...
LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th May 2026
Seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, Mullivaikkal continues to be internationally presented almost exclusively through one narrative: that of civilian suffering caused during the final phase of the war. Yet, why...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th May 2026
While ordinary Sri Lankans buried their dead and tried to rebuild their lives, others thousands of miles away kept the conflict politically alive and continue to do so for their selfish ends. Seventeen...
LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th May 2026
Before the LTTE asks the world to mourn its dead, it forced Tamil parents to mourn their living children. This is an ugly truth that LTTE fronts overseas can never excuse. Do we...
The public has every right to ask difficult questions about the Easter Sunday attacks and demand answers. Most importantly the victims, their families deserve truth, accountability & justice. In this framework media...
LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th May 2026
Before the LTTE turned its guns on the Sri Lankan State, it turned them on Tamils. Yet, even 17 years after LTTE defeat there are attempts to continue to portray LTTE as the “sole...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th May 2026
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila addressed the media after providing a statement to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), outlining a series of claims connected to investigative material arising from the Easter Sunday terror investigations. What...
