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The Grease Devil Is Not Real

An old wives’ tale returns, revealing post-war Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - During my first two days on Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula, I heard about the Grease Man from everyone who spoke English.

How to Spot an Anti-Semite

Standing for the rights of battered kids in Palestine brings harsh reviews.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - Anyone who describes Israel’s actions must be anti-Semitic. Recent comments on the projo web site (in response to a letter to the editor) include:

“Rod, your hatred for everything Jewish is well known” and “Driver is a bigoted S O B.”

Colombo`s Military Instructs Civil Officials Not to Voice Against Land Grab in Vanni

The British fort in question was attacked and the weapons there were seized by the last Tamil king of the Vanni, Pandara Vanniyan.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - The occupying Sri Lanka Army's 59-1 Brigade took over one third of the five acre land that belonging to Mullaiththeevu District Secretariat during the war.

Now they are refusing to relocate their base from the land situated in the town.

`Decent, Honest and Truthful`?

How the pro-Israel lobby fails this simple test.

(LONDON) - Does anyone seriously expect Palestinians to recognise a state whose jackboot is on their throat? Israel has ethnically cleansed and confiscated Palestinian lands and water resources and obliterated Arab heritage.

It has deposited more than 500,000 Jewish “settlers” on the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies with the clear intention of making the occupation permanent.

Sri Lanka Can`t Deny This Disturbing Video Proves Sri Lanka Army Committed War Crimes

One casualty of war was Shoba, also known as Issapria, a reporter from TamilNet.

(SALEM) - Issapria, even in death, tells a story of sex abuse, murder and mass deception by the Sri Lankan Army.

She was captured alive, bound, raped, then staged to appear as a dead combatant. Video recorded of her alive, half nude and disoriented, sitting in what appears to be shallow water, proves that she was taken as a captive of the Sri Lankan Army. However there is no question that she died as an army prisoner and the position her body was left in leaves no question that she was sexually assaulted.

Battle of Plassey June 1757

India's Perennial Disease - Disunity, Hatred, Exploitation and Self-interest - Part 11 B.

(CHENNAI, India) - Robert Clive was transferred to the military service of the Company and returned to England in 1753. When the Company required the services of an able commander, Clive was summoned to go to India.

He arrived in India in 1756 and at once was in charge of the British forces in Madras.

US Think Tank Provides Forum for the Syrian National Council and Cover for Israel

AIPAC team first from west to interview new head of SNC; as Israel’s media friends continue supporting Syrian opposition.

(OSAKA, Japan) - It’s very revealing that the newly elected head of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda, gave his first extended Western media interview since assuming the post on June 10 to Fikra Forum.

The group is a project of the AIPAC-created Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

TESO Conference Will Discuss Tamil Eelam, says Karuna

DMK has always been with the Lankan Tamils and the revival of TESO should be a step in this direction.

(CHENNAI Press Trust of India) - Insisting on non-violent means to achieve a separate Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said the now revived Tamil Eelam Supporters' Organisation (TESO) will discuss ways and means to fulfill it.

Karunanidhi said his party had stood by the Sri Lankan Tamils for the past 50 years and his government had even faced dismissal for the Lankan cause.

New War Crime Videos Surface from Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide

New evidence illustrates extreme violations of international law, yet hope remains as a voice from Canada calls the Tamil Diaspora home.

(SALEM) - Video of dead, captured and possibly doomed Tamil resistance fighters captured by the Sri Lankan Army are more shocking evidence of war crimes in this country's civil war.

A London attorney is hoping that some of the prisoners will be identified from these images.

Diverse Christian Group Releases Major Statement on Israel-Palestine

U.S. Christians have a responsibility to learn the facts.

(SALEM) - When "60 Minutes" aired its segment on the decline of Christianity in the Holy Land, millions of Americans became aware of the plight of the Palestinian people.

The program also introduced viewers to the Kairos Palestine document, "A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering."