Ben Silva Acknowledgement to Nihal Perera for his valuable contribution towards this article. There are number of reasons why we need to identify who is the father of the war victory. The main reason is that we need to know the leader who actually liberated the country from terrorism, and who stood firm when foreign […]

Ben Silva I am referring to the media reports indicating that Mr Fonseka would increase the pay of public servants by Rs 10000. I have respected the retired General like many in the county for taking a key role in liberating Lanka. However without political leadership of MR , he would have achieved nothing. In […]

Ben Silva Attention of Mr Robert Templer Dear Sir, ICG comments US Senate report on Sri Lanka I am referring to the report with the title “ƒ”¹…”Senior HRW, ICG staff slam US Senate report’ that appeared on the TamilNet on Friday, 11 December 2009. The US Senate report on Sri Lanka, now shows that USA […]

Ben Silva The war against the Tamil Tiger terrorists, that had international backing was won due to team effort. The President, defence sec., Commanders of various forces, ordinary members of the forces including the police, the public, Politicians of various ethnic groups all worked as a team. Special recognition has to be given to Defence […]

Ben Silva It is sad if our hero, General Fonseka join the biggest fool RW, known as Gona, who nearly gave away the country to the terrorists.ƒ”š‚  Many consider those in ANUS to be fools, opportunists, traitors and extreme Tamil racists, out to create a racist Tamil empire. It is dangerous to have fools as […]

Ben Silva I am referring to the article that appeared in Amarasara with the above title: ref:ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Our Air Force, if they are engaging in commercial operations, then ƒ”š‚ they are doing the right thing. If the air force is complying with regulations, then they are operating in a legal manner and are qualified to carry […]

Ben Silva Chief Executive Officer Channel 4 P,O, Box 1058 Belfast BT 1 9DU Dear Sir, Channel4Newsƒ”š‚  -ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ LTTE propaganda on Channel 4ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ref: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/asia_pacific/is+this+evidence+of+sri+lankan+aposwaƒ”š‚  r+crimesapos/3321087ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  With reference to the video broadcast by you on the 25th of August 2009, related to Sri Lanka , any one could have dressed upƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  as aƒ”š‚  Sri Lankan soldierƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  and […]

Ben Silva Our security forces risked their life to safe guard us. Their massive contribution to our safety has to be acknowledged.ƒ”š‚  Recent incidents have shown that there may be a few bad people amongst them that has spoiled the reputation of our brave security forces including the Police. Such bad people need to be […]

Ben Silva One of the basic needs of human and the responsibility of the government is to provide safe and clean drinking water.ƒ”š‚  This is particularly important in the North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka .ƒ”š‚  Vast majority of the drinking water supply in this region is contaminated and hence people suffer from ailment […]

Ben Siva Paul Harris pointed out the irreversible division of the country, way back, when the well known fool, RW was running the country. The Govt of RW, in a typical fashion of shooting the messenger, instead of listening to him, deported him! It is sad that the Govt. want to implement the great land […]

Ben Silva Traitors committing a treacherous act by implementing an illegal andƒ”š‚  fraudulent agreement to please foreign mastersƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Ben Silva Justice and fair play should be for all Sri Lankans. We should attempt to make the Sri Lankan society, inclusive rather than create tribal areas and promote racism. The 13th amendment creates tribal areas and […]

Ben Silva The tremendous contribution made by DJ in defending Sri Lanka has to be acknowledged and several have already done so. There is a flaw in the logic of those who support the 13th amendment. DJ and Prof Witharana have flawed thinking, as they assume that the world consist of ideal humans. It is […]

Ben Silva I am referring to the proposalƒ”š‚  for the India – Sri Lanka Bridge ref: http://www.amarasara.info/hotnews/20090719-02.htm ƒ”š‚ Amal Kumarage, chairman of the island’s National Transport Commission, said the bridge will help Sri Lanka regain its regional identity and be part of a continent. Threats have been made by South Indian politicians that they will use […]

Ben Silva A Promise should be honoured, ifƒ”š‚  the promiseƒ”š‚  was made willingly and if all the relevant ƒ”š‚ information related to the promise was known, at the time the promise was made. With reference to the 13th amendment, it was forced upon us by India, who destabilised ƒ”š‚ us, by forming and arming LTTE. Any agreement […]

Ben Silva UK I consider our present day Tamils as our brothers and sisters. They are valuable Sri Lankan citizens and I treat them with respect , dignity and affection. We all belong to the human family and this is what should be stressed and not tribalism. Tamils should give up their tribalism and treat […]

Ben Silva UK First of all, I wish to express my sincere thanks to nations in UN that managed to see through the smoke screen and lies propagated by neo colonialist countries. If, Prabakaran was given a life line, as the UN officials and neo colonialist nations wanted,ƒ”š‚  then the whole Indian subcontinent would have […]

Ben Silva UK The truth as given below has to be told to the world. It is the responsibility of our Diplomats to pass on the message. It is rather sad that our diplomats have failed to communicate the truth to the world, and have allowed LTTE propaganda to win. However I also realise that […]

Ben Silva UK Dear Mr Miliband, Transparent double standards and hypocrisy ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Please visit USA and ask for an immediate ceasefire in Afghanistan and Iraq, to stop civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, now reaching record high levels, in excess of 1.2 million.. Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/16/iraq.iraqtimeline ƒ”š‚  Many have been tortured in Iraq and subjected […]