56 responses

  1. theEmptyCalorie
    July 27, 2011

    I would add "Dancing in the No Fly Zone: A Woman's Journey Through Iraq" by Hadani Ditmars. It is a poignant and beautiful novel.

  2. Michaela72
    July 27, 2011

    "Inside" by Michael G. Santos
    A must read. It gives the raw reality of life behind bars in America with over a hundred inmate accounts in detail including corruption from inmates and staff. It's an eye opener for sure

  3. theEmptyCalorie
    July 27, 2011

    I would add “Dancing in the No Fly Zone: A Woman’s Journey Through Iraq” by Hadani Ditmars. It is a poignant and beautiful novel.

  4. Michaela72
    July 27, 2011

    “Inside” by Michael G. Santos
    A must read. It gives the raw reality of life behind bars in America with over a hundred inmate accounts in detail including corruption from inmates and staff. It’s an eye opener for sure

  5. candice
    July 27, 2011

    A long way gone by ishmael beah, the autobiographical story of a child-soldier turned peace advocate, and man's search for meaning by viktor frankl, the autobiographical and philosophical account of frankl's time in a concentration camp and the life-philosophy which he developed and credits with his survival, which he incorporated into his practice of psychology and influenced modern counseling methods. Also, the story of mý experiments with truth by mahondas karamchand gandhi, gandhi's autobiographical and philosophical work regarding his nonviolent ideals and their synthesis during the long struggle for india's independence.

  6. Ahmed
    July 27, 2011

    Autobiography of Kashmiri Separatist Leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani,'WULAR KINARE'(ON THE BANKS OF WULAR) in which he has penned down the political history of Kashmir and Indian attrocities on the Kashmiri populace.A must read for those who want to know the conflict in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

  7. candice
    July 27, 2011

    A long way gone by ishmael beah, the autobiographical story of a child-soldier turned peace advocate, and man’s search for meaning by viktor frankl, the autobiographical and philosophical account of frankl’s time in a concentration camp and the life-philosophy which he developed and credits with his survival, which he incorporated into his practice of psychology and influenced modern counseling methods. Also, the story of mý experiments with truth by mahondas karamchand gandhi, gandhi’s autobiographical and philosophical work regarding his nonviolent ideals and their synthesis during the long struggle for india’s independence.

  8. Ahmed
    July 27, 2011

    Autobiography of Kashmiri Separatist Leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani,’WULAR KINARE'(ON THE BANKS OF WULAR) in which he has penned down the political history of Kashmir and Indian attrocities on the Kashmiri populace.A must read for those who want to know the conflict in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

  9. Anon
    July 28, 2011

    I'd add "Not without my daughter" – its an amazing real life story

  10. Anon
    July 28, 2011

    I’d add “Not without my daughter” – its an amazing real life story

  11. Mango
    July 29, 2011

    Gordon Weiss (The Cage) provides a "a gripping, behind-the-scenes account" with wholly fictional casualty figures, which through repetition have become accepted as fact.

    I must also congratulate Weiss for having invented a new field of mathematics, that I shall call 'Truthy Maths' named in honour of Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' which means a 'truth' that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.

    "…the chapter of that name [Convoy 11] begins with a lie, when Weiss claims that in January 2009 a majority of ‘330,000 people’ waited in a triangle of land one third the size of London. Then, with what is standard precision for Weiss, he declares that ,‘10,000 to 40,000 civilians died, and many more were seriously injured’, for which no evidence whatsoever is provided (Weiss’s difficulties with numbers is apparent from the fact that he claims the ICRC evacuated 18,000 patients and bystanders by sea, when the actual figure was under 14,000, with only 4,000 of these being wounded)." http://tinyurl.com/3e5ukgd

    Yeah, long may AI rely on Weiss to attack Sri Lanka ! 🙂 🙂

  12. Mango
    July 29, 2011

    Gordon Weiss (The Cage) provides a "a gripping, behind-the-scenes account" with wholly fictional casualty figures, which through repetition have become accepted as fact.

    I must also congratulate Weiss for having invented a new field of mathematics, that I shall call 'Truthy Maths' named in honour of Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' which means a 'truth' that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.

    "…the chapter of that name [Convoy 11] begins with a lie, when Weiss claims that in January 2009 a majority of ‘330,000 people’ waited in a triangle of land one third the size of London. Then, with what is standard precision for Weiss, he declares that ,‘10,000 to 40,000 civilians died, and many more were seriously injured’, for which no evidence whatsoever is provided (Weiss’s difficulties with numbers is apparent from the fact that he claims the ICRC evacuated 18,000 patients and bystanders by sea, when the actual figure was under 14,000, with only 4,000 of these being wounded)." http://tinyurl.com/3e5ukgd

    Yeah, long may AI rely on Weiss to attack Sri Lanka ! 🙂 🙂

  13. Mango
    July 29, 2011

    Gordon Weiss (The Cage) provides a "a gripping, behind-the-scenes account" with wholly fictional casualty figures, which through repetition have become accepted as fact.

    I must also congratulate Weiss for having invented a new field of mathematics, that I shall call 'Truthy Maths' named in honour of Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' which means a 'truth' that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.

    "…the chapter of that name [Convoy 11] begins with a lie, when Weiss claims that in January 2009 a majority of ‘330,000 people’ waited in a triangle of land one third the size of London. Then, with what is standard precision for Weiss, he declares that ,‘10,000 to 40,000 civilians died, and many more were seriously injured’, for which no evidence whatsoever is provided (Weiss’s difficulties with numbers is apparent from the fact that he claims the ICRC evacuated 18,000 patients and bystanders by sea, when the actual figure was under 14,000, with only 4,000 of these being wounded)." http://tinyurl.com/3e5ukgd

    Yeah, long may AI rely on Weiss to attack Sri Lanka ! 🙂 🙂

  14. Mango
    July 29, 2011

    Gordon Weiss (The Cage) provides a “a gripping, behind-the-scenes account” with wholly fictional casualty figures, which through repetition have become accepted as fact.

    I must also congratulate Weiss for having invented a new field of mathematics, that I shall call ‘Truthy Maths’ named in honour of Stephen Colbert’s ‘truthiness’ which means a ‘truth’ that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.

    “…the chapter of that name [Convoy 11] begins with a lie, when Weiss claims that in January 2009 a majority of ‘330,000 people’ waited in a triangle of land one third the size of London. Then, with what is standard precision for Weiss, he declares that ,‘10,000 to 40,000 civilians died, and many more were seriously injured’, for which no evidence whatsoever is provided (Weiss’s difficulties with numbers is apparent from the fact that he claims the ICRC evacuated 18,000 patients and bystanders by sea, when the actual figure was under 14,000, with only 4,000 of these being wounded).” http://tinyurl.com/3e5ukgd

    Yeah, long may AI rely on Weiss to attack Sri Lanka ! 🙂 🙂

  15. Rip Van Winkle !
    August 1, 2011

    Well, "Being Unbiased" by Jim Mc Donnald will also surely be a Top Seller – LOL !

  16. Rip Van Winkle !
    August 1, 2011

    Well, “Being Unbiased” by Jim Mc Donnald will also surely be a Top Seller – LOL !

  17. Ritzy Morris
    August 1, 2011

    I highly recommend the memoir Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza on Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
    At 17 years of age as one of the Tamil Tigers' first female soldiers, Niromi was engaged in front-line combat. Her memoir illustrates the persecution of the Tamil minority by the elected government which drove the middle-class girl to join the insurgency. However, she doesn't hold back on detailing the violent ways of the Tigers. The book is about coming of age in extraordinary circumstrances, where human life seems worth nothing. Its a compelling read, well written. http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94

  18. Ritzy Morris
    August 1, 2011

    I highly recommend the memoir Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza on Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
    At 17 years of age as one of the Tamil Tigers' first female soldiers, Niromi was engaged in front-line combat. Her memoir illustrates the persecution of the Tamil minority by the elected government which drove the middle-class girl to join the insurgency. However, she doesn't hold back on detailing the violent ways of the Tigers. The book is about coming of age in extraordinary circumstrances, where human life seems worth nothing. Its a compelling read, well written. http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94

  19. Ritzy Morris
    August 1, 2011

    I highly recommend the memoir Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza on Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
    At 17 years of age as one of the Tamil Tigers' first female soldiers, Niromi was engaged in front-line combat. Her memoir illustrates the persecution of the Tamil minority by the elected government which drove the middle-class girl to join the insurgency. However, she doesn't hold back on detailing the violent ways of the Tigers. The book is about coming of age in extraordinary circumstrances, where human life seems worth nothing. Its a compelling read, well written. http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94

  20. Ritzy Morris
    August 1, 2011

    I highly recommend the memoir Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza on Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict.
    At 17 years of age as one of the Tamil Tigers’ first female soldiers, Niromi was engaged in front-line combat. Her memoir illustrates the persecution of the Tamil minority by the elected government which drove the middle-class girl to join the insurgency. However, she doesn’t hold back on detailing the violent ways of the Tigers. The book is about coming of age in extraordinary circumstrances, where human life seems worth nothing. Its a compelling read, well written.
    http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781742375182

  21. Kathleen McCreery
    August 2, 2011

    Have just finished 'Three Letter Plague…A Young Man's Journey Through a Great Epidemic' by Jonny Steinberg. Brilliant. Was in the place he was writing about in Eastern Cape in March. Now reading 'Wolf Among Wolves' by Hans Fallada, Berlin, 1923….

  22. Casandra
    August 2, 2011

    These are great books! If you like those then you'll like our list of books too! http://tinyurl.com/3arojfj Check it out and tell us what you think! Happy Reading!

  23. Casandra
    August 2, 2011

    These are great books! If you like those then you'll like our list of books too! http://tinyurl.com/3arojfj Check it out and tell us what you think! Happy Reading!

  24. Casandra
    August 2, 2011

    These are great books! If you like those then you'll like our list of books too! http://tinyurl.com/3arojfj Check it out and tell us what you think! Happy Reading!

  25. Kathleen McCreery
    August 2, 2011

    Have just finished ‘Three Letter Plague…A Young Man’s Journey Through a Great Epidemic’ by Jonny Steinberg. Brilliant. Was in the place he was writing about in Eastern Cape in March. Now reading ‘Wolf Among Wolves’ by Hans Fallada, Berlin, 1923….

  26. Casandra
    August 2, 2011

    These are great books! If you like those then you’ll like our list of books too! http://tinyurl.com/3arojfj Check it out and tell us what you think! Happy Reading!

  27. Mango
    August 3, 2011

    I'd like to recommend Edward Luttwak's short, superbly prescient essay published in 1999 "Give War A Chance".

    The killer opening paragraph:

    AN UNPLEASANT truth often overlooked is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace. This can happen when all belligerents become exhausted or when one wins decisively. Either way the key is that the fighting must continue until a resolution is reached. War brings peace only after passing a culminating phase of violence. Hopes of military success must fade for accommodation to become more attractive than further combat.

    My favourite part is where he proves conclusively that, sometimes, human rights organisations (and similar NGOs) prolong war and suffering by calling for ceasefires. Exactly as AI did (calling for ceasefires) in Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE.

    "Too MANY wars nowadays become endemic conflicts that never end because the transformative effects of both decisive victory and exhaustion are blocked by outside intervention. "

    You can download or read it here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7258092/Luttwak-Give-Wa

    and here: <a href="http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/” target=”_blank”>http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/

  28. Mango
    August 3, 2011

    I'd like to recommend Edward Luttwak's short, superbly prescient essay published in 1999 "Give War A Chance".

    The killer opening paragraph:

    AN UNPLEASANT truth often overlooked is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace. This can happen when all belligerents become exhausted or when one wins decisively. Either way the key is that the fighting must continue until a resolution is reached. War brings peace only after passing a culminating phase of violence. Hopes of military success must fade for accommodation to become more attractive than further combat.

    My favourite part is where he proves conclusively that, sometimes, human rights organisations (and similar NGOs) prolong war and suffering by calling for ceasefires. Exactly as AI did (calling for ceasefires) in Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE.

    "Too MANY wars nowadays become endemic conflicts that never end because the transformative effects of both decisive victory and exhaustion are blocked by outside intervention. "

    You can download or read it here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7258092/Luttwak-Give-Wa

    and here: <a href="http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/” target=”_blank”>http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/

  29. Mango
    August 3, 2011

    I'd like to recommend Edward Luttwak's short, superbly prescient essay published in 1999 "Give War A Chance".

    The killer opening paragraph:

    AN UNPLEASANT truth often overlooked is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace. This can happen when all belligerents become exhausted or when one wins decisively. Either way the key is that the fighting must continue until a resolution is reached. War brings peace only after passing a culminating phase of violence. Hopes of military success must fade for accommodation to become more attractive than further combat.

    My favourite part is where he proves conclusively that, sometimes, human rights organisations (and similar NGOs) prolong war and suffering by calling for ceasefires. Exactly as AI did (calling for ceasefires) in Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE.

    "Too MANY wars nowadays become endemic conflicts that never end because the transformative effects of both decisive victory and exhaustion are blocked by outside intervention. "

    You can download or read it here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7258092/Luttwak-Give-Wa

    and here: <a href="http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/” target=”_blank”>http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/

  30. Mango
    August 3, 2011

    I’d like to recommend Edward Luttwak’s short, superbly prescient essay published in 1999 “Give War A Chance”.

    The killer opening paragraph:

    AN UNPLEASANT truth often overlooked is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace. This can happen when all belligerents become exhausted or when one wins decisively. Either way the key is that the fighting must continue until a resolution is reached. War brings peace only after passing a culminating phase of violence. Hopes of military success must fade for accommodation to become more attractive than further combat.

    My favourite part is where he proves conclusively that, sometimes, human rights organisations (and similar NGOs) prolong war and suffering by calling for ceasefires. Exactly as AI did (calling for ceasefires) in Sri Lanka’s final war against the LTTE.

    “Too MANY wars nowadays become endemic conflicts that never end because the transformative effects of both decisive victory and exhaustion are blocked by outside intervention. ”

    You can download or read it here:
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/7258092/Luttwak-Give-War-a-Chance

    and here: http://thecarthaginiansolution.wordpress.com/war/give-war-a-chance/

  31. Maria da Gloria Atal
    August 4, 2011

    I'll add "Manifestations of identity( the lived reality of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon)"edited by Muhammed Ali Khalidi, from the Institute for Palestine Studies-Beirut.

  32. Maria da Gloria Atalla
    August 4, 2011

    I’ll add “Manifestations of identity( the lived reality of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon)”edited by Muhammed Ali Khalidi, from the Institute for Palestine Studies-Beirut.

  33. Emma
    August 6, 2011

    I'd like to recommend "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, an amazing novel following the events of the Biafran independence movement of the late '60s. "Living on the Edge" is a collection of short fiction written by Peace Corps volunteers. "DeNiro's Game" by Rawi Hage is a novel set in wartime Beirut. Hope you enjoy 🙂

  34. Emma
    August 6, 2011

    Oh! Let's not forget "What is the What," by Dave Eggers, one of my favourite contemporary fiction writers. It's about one of Sudan's "Lost Boys" and his transition to America.

  35. Emma
    August 6, 2011

    I’d like to recommend “Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, an amazing novel following the events of the Biafran independence movement of the late ’60s. “Living on the Edge” is a collection of short fiction written by Peace Corps volunteers. “DeNiro’s Game” by Rawi Hage is a novel set in wartime Beirut. Hope you enjoy 🙂

  36. Emma
    August 6, 2011

    Oh! Let’s not forget “What is the What,” by Dave Eggers, one of my favourite contemporary fiction writers. It’s about one of Sudan’s “Lost Boys” and his transition to America.

  37. Claire Curley
    August 11, 2011

    These books look great, I will definitely try to incorporate some of them into my Read-a-Thon to benefit Building Tomorrow!

  38. Claire Curley
    August 11, 2011

    These books look great, I will definitely try to incorporate some of them into my Read-a-Thon to benefit Building Tomorrow!

  39. Sherry Hoppmann
    August 14, 2011

    If you seek to understand the Muslim world view, A Brief History of Islam is a good read.

  40. Sherry Hoppmann
    August 14, 2011

    I omitted credit to author Karen Armstrong, who writes insightfully about religion and it's impact on society.

  41. Sherry Hoppmann
    August 14, 2011

    If you seek to understand the Muslim world view, A Brief History of Islam is a good read.

  42. Sherry Hoppmann
    August 14, 2011

    I omitted credit to author Karen Armstrong, who writes insightfully about religion and it’s impact on society.

  43. Singa
    August 17, 2011

    Mango,
    Did u read the book "Grease Devil" http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_08_17_00
    Villager shave already handed over about 40 persons to the police after capturing them as suspected Grease Devils. Most of them have been military personnel and interestingly, the police have released them without filing any charges. Villagers have expressed doubts over the release of these persons when any person arrested by the police is presented before courts. Villagers therefore are now hesitant to hand over persons captured for allegedly posing as Grease Devils to the police.

    Book on Lankan alleged war crimes http://globalpeacesupport.com/globalpeacesupport….

  44. Singa
    August 17, 2011

    Mango,
    Did u read the book "Grease Devil" http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_08_17_00
    Villager shave already handed over about 40 persons to the police after capturing them as suspected Grease Devils. Most of them have been military personnel and interestingly, the police have released them without filing any charges. Villagers have expressed doubts over the release of these persons when any person arrested by the police is presented before courts. Villagers therefore are now hesitant to hand over persons captured for allegedly posing as Grease Devils to the police.

    Book on Lankan alleged war crimes http://globalpeacesupport.com/globalpeacesupport….

  45. Singa
    August 17, 2011

    Mango,
    Did u read the book "Grease Devil" http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_08_17_00
    Villager shave already handed over about 40 persons to the police after capturing them as suspected Grease Devils. Most of them have been military personnel and interestingly, the police have released them without filing any charges. Villagers have expressed doubts over the release of these persons when any person arrested by the police is presented before courts. Villagers therefore are now hesitant to hand over persons captured for allegedly posing as Grease Devils to the police.

    Book on Lankan alleged war crimes http://globalpeacesupport.com/globalpeacesupport….

  46. Singa
    August 17, 2011

    Mango,
    Did u read the book “Grease Devil”
    http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2011_08_17_002.html
    Villager shave already handed over about 40 persons to the police after capturing them as suspected Grease Devils. Most of them have been military personnel and interestingly, the police have released them without filing any charges. Villagers have expressed doubts over the release of these persons when any person arrested by the police is presented before courts. Villagers therefore are now hesitant to hand over persons captured for allegedly posing as Grease Devils to the police.

    Book on Lankan alleged war crimes
    http://globalpeacesupport.com/globalpeacesupport.com/post/2011/08/02/Book-on-Lankan-alleged-war-crimes-hits-stands.aspx

  47. Singa
    August 25, 2011

    10. The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers by Gordon Weiss

    Book festival interview: Gordon Weiss on Sri Lanka's civil war
    UN spokesman during the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Gordon Weiss says the organisation ‘should have pushed harder’ to save lives, especially those of trapped civilians…

    By early 2009, in spite of the best efforts of the Sri Lankan government, the UN had irrefutable evidence that the SLA had been deliberately targeting civilians. On the night of 22 January a UN convoy, led by a retired Bangladeshi brigadier called Harun Khan, came under sustained bombardment in the middle of a government-designated no-fire zone, packed with Tamil refugees. All night, Khan transmitted his coordinates to SLA commanders via UN officials in Colombo, along with descriptions of the carnage being inflicted, but there was no let-up in the shelling.

    The following morning, Khan emerged from a hastily constructed bunker to find a nightmarish scene: "The bodies of entire families with whom he had been idly chatting the night before lay scattered about him. Blood and shrapnel had spattered UN vehicles, body parts were underfoot, the corpse of a baby hung from a tree." http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.as

  48. Singa
    August 25, 2011

    10. The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers by Gordon Weiss

    Book festival interview: Gordon Weiss on Sri Lanka's civil war
    UN spokesman during the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Gordon Weiss says the organisation ‘should have pushed harder’ to save lives, especially those of trapped civilians…

    By early 2009, in spite of the best efforts of the Sri Lankan government, the UN had irrefutable evidence that the SLA had been deliberately targeting civilians. On the night of 22 January a UN convoy, led by a retired Bangladeshi brigadier called Harun Khan, came under sustained bombardment in the middle of a government-designated no-fire zone, packed with Tamil refugees. All night, Khan transmitted his coordinates to SLA commanders via UN officials in Colombo, along with descriptions of the carnage being inflicted, but there was no let-up in the shelling.

    The following morning, Khan emerged from a hastily constructed bunker to find a nightmarish scene: "The bodies of entire families with whom he had been idly chatting the night before lay scattered about him. Blood and shrapnel had spattered UN vehicles, body parts were underfoot, the corpse of a baby hung from a tree." http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.as

  49. Singa
    August 25, 2011

    10. The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers by Gordon Weiss

    Book festival interview: Gordon Weiss on Sri Lanka's civil war
    UN spokesman during the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Gordon Weiss says the organisation ‘should have pushed harder’ to save lives, especially those of trapped civilians…

    By early 2009, in spite of the best efforts of the Sri Lankan government, the UN had irrefutable evidence that the SLA had been deliberately targeting civilians. On the night of 22 January a UN convoy, led by a retired Bangladeshi brigadier called Harun Khan, came under sustained bombardment in the middle of a government-designated no-fire zone, packed with Tamil refugees. All night, Khan transmitted his coordinates to SLA commanders via UN officials in Colombo, along with descriptions of the carnage being inflicted, but there was no let-up in the shelling.

    The following morning, Khan emerged from a hastily constructed bunker to find a nightmarish scene: "The bodies of entire families with whom he had been idly chatting the night before lay scattered about him. Blood and shrapnel had spattered UN vehicles, body parts were underfoot, the corpse of a baby hung from a tree." http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.as

  50. Singa
    August 25, 2011

    10. The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers by Gordon Weiss

    Book festival interview: Gordon Weiss on Sri Lanka’s civil war
    UN spokesman during the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Gordon Weiss says the organisation ‘should have pushed harder’ to save lives, especially those of trapped civilians…

    By early 2009, in spite of the best efforts of the Sri Lankan government, the UN had irrefutable evidence that the SLA had been deliberately targeting civilians. On the night of 22 January a UN convoy, led by a retired Bangladeshi brigadier called Harun Khan, came under sustained bombardment in the middle of a government-designated no-fire zone, packed with Tamil refugees. All night, Khan transmitted his coordinates to SLA commanders via UN officials in Colombo, along with descriptions of the carnage being inflicted, but there was no let-up in the shelling.

    The following morning, Khan emerged from a hastily constructed bunker to find a nightmarish scene: “The bodies of entire families with whom he had been idly chatting the night before lay scattered about him. Blood and shrapnel had spattered UN vehicles, body parts were underfoot, the corpse of a baby hung from a tree.”
    http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.aspx?id=3176

  51. Mango
    August 26, 2011

    Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza is sold as a memoir (i.e autobiographical and true) but is now exposed by a Tamil writer as a fake !
    http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2011/08/farce-of-

    Some classic mistakes (or lies) include:

    The very first paragraph of the very first chapter of the book opens thus: “The air was sweetly pungent with the smell of ripening bananas and palmyrah fruit.” She experienced this in 1987 two days before Christmas. Palmyrah fruit is available in Jaffna only in the Tamil venil kalam (Summer: June-July). Not in December which is the rainy season.

    She mentions an engineering faculty in Jaffna University. To this day Jaffna university has no Engineering faculty.(See Pg 177)

    She writes that even before her military training began, as would-be trainees they were given cyanide capsules and firearms. (Pg 115) LTTE practices have been well-documented over the years and there is no evidence that such practices existed in the LTTE. The LTTE was known to hand over firearms to its cadres only after physical training and cyanide capsules were given only after cadets completed the training.

    The demolition of Tamil Tigress continues here: http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/another-

    Oops. Fat Boy VP must be furious! He can't even find decent liars.

  52. Mango
    August 26, 2011

    Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza is sold as a memoir (i.e autobiographical and true) but is now exposed by a Tamil writer as a fake !
    http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2011/08/farce-of-

    Some classic mistakes (or lies) include:

    The very first paragraph of the very first chapter of the book opens thus: “The air was sweetly pungent with the smell of ripening bananas and palmyrah fruit.” She experienced this in 1987 two days before Christmas. Palmyrah fruit is available in Jaffna only in the Tamil venil kalam (Summer: June-July). Not in December which is the rainy season.

    She mentions an engineering faculty in Jaffna University. To this day Jaffna university has no Engineering faculty.(See Pg 177)

    She writes that even before her military training began, as would-be trainees they were given cyanide capsules and firearms. (Pg 115) LTTE practices have been well-documented over the years and there is no evidence that such practices existed in the LTTE. The LTTE was known to hand over firearms to its cadres only after physical training and cyanide capsules were given only after cadets completed the training.

    The demolition of Tamil Tigress continues here: http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/another-

    Oops. Fat Boy VP must be furious! He can't even find decent liars.

  53. Mango
    August 26, 2011

    Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza is sold as a memoir (i.e autobiographical and true) but is now exposed by a Tamil writer as a fake !
    http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2011/08/farce-of-

    Some classic mistakes (or lies) include:

    The very first paragraph of the very first chapter of the book opens thus: “The air was sweetly pungent with the smell of ripening bananas and palmyrah fruit.” She experienced this in 1987 two days before Christmas. Palmyrah fruit is available in Jaffna only in the Tamil venil kalam (Summer: June-July). Not in December which is the rainy season.

    She mentions an engineering faculty in Jaffna University. To this day Jaffna university has no Engineering faculty.(See Pg 177)

    She writes that even before her military training began, as would-be trainees they were given cyanide capsules and firearms. (Pg 115) LTTE practices have been well-documented over the years and there is no evidence that such practices existed in the LTTE. The LTTE was known to hand over firearms to its cadres only after physical training and cyanide capsules were given only after cadets completed the training.

    The demolition of Tamil Tigress continues here: http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/another-

    Oops. Fat Boy VP must be furious! He can't even find decent liars.

  54. Mango
    August 26, 2011

    Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza is sold as a memoir (i.e autobiographical and true) but is now exposed by a Tamil writer as a fake !

    http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2011/08/farce-of-fake-tigress.html

    Some classic mistakes (or lies) include:

    The very first paragraph of the very first chapter of the book opens thus: “The air was sweetly pungent with the smell of ripening bananas and palmyrah fruit.” She experienced this in 1987 two days before Christmas. Palmyrah fruit is available in Jaffna only in the Tamil venil kalam (Summer: June-July). Not in December which is the rainy season.

    She mentions an engineering faculty in Jaffna University. To this day Jaffna university has no Engineering faculty.(See Pg 177)

    She writes that even before her military training began, as would-be trainees they were given cyanide capsules and firearms. (Pg 115) LTTE practices have been well-documented over the years and there is no evidence that such practices existed in the LTTE. The LTTE was known to hand over firearms to its cadres only after physical training and cyanide capsules were given only after cadets completed the training.

    The demolition of Tamil Tigress continues here:
    http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/another-demidenko-niromi-de-soyza-as-a-tiger-fighter/

    Oops. Fat Boy VP must be furious! He can’t even find decent liars.

  55. Banglanews
    May 10, 2012

    I think all should read those books.

  56. Astral Projection
    July 1, 2012

    Really an Awesome list.

    I read "THE CAGE" its really awesome.

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