Sri Lanka: cómo el terror apoyado por los saudíes se dirigió a los aliados de China

Cuando el terrorismo ataca, como en cualquier tipo de investigación criminal, la primera pregunta que debe hacerse es "¿cui bono?" ¿Para quién?

Tony Cartalucci
Por Tony Cartalucci
Sri Lanka Blasts

As predicted, the Sri Lankan Easter Day blasts which killed hundreds and injured hundreds more – have been connected to the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS). US Ambassador to Sri Lanka – Alaina Teplitz – would openly claim foreign groups were most likely behind the attacks. Reuters in an article titled, “Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka

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Episodio 2 de MintCast: Golpe fallido en Venezuela, atrocidades olvidadas de los Estados Unidos en las Coreas y el problema racial de Joe Biden

Alan MacLeod y Whitney Webb, copresentadores de MintCast, discuten los acontecimientos actuales en Sri Lanka, Francia y Venezuela, y también profundizan en los esfuerzos de Estados Unidos para ocultar la historia real de la Guerra de Corea, así como la historia de Joe Biden de asociarse con notables racistas estadounidenses.

Alan Macleod
Whitney Webb
Por Alan Macleod
Y Whitney Webb
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In this installment of MintCast, Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss recent MintPress headlines such as efforts to exploit the Sri Lankan Easter bombings, next steps for the Yellow Vest movement in France, and the tightening nexus between social media companies and the U.S. government. Special attention is given to the recent failed coup attempt

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Los Pols nacionalistas promueven la "Ley Patriota" de Sri Lanka sobre una población temerosa después de los ataques de Pascua

Los esfuerzos actuales de los principales políticos de Sri Lanka para explotar el caos después de los ataques de Pascua probablemente supondrán un desastre para las minorías religiosas de Sri Lanka, que son las víctimas más frecuentes del terrorismo patrocinado por el estado y por motivos religiosos en la nación isleña.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Sri Lanka Blasts

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- Still grappling with the fall-out from the deadliest terror attack in its history, Sri Lanka’s already dysfunctional government is struggling to come to terms with how the attack came to pass and who exactly is to blame. Since the attacks, for which Daesh (ISIS) has claimed responsibility, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala

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How Women Led a Peaceful Flotilla to Reclaim Their Island From the Sri Lankan Navy

One hundred community members have permanently moved back to the island. After a quarter century of displacement, they have begun to rebuild the long-neglected, war-ravaged town.

Lisa Fuller
Por Lisa Fuller
Sri Lanka

When a flotilla of 44 motorboats filled with 300 Sri Lankan Tamils — and a small group of activists, journalists and clergy — ignored the navy’s explicit orders and set sail for their former homes on the navy-occupied island of Iranaitheevu, they didn’t actually think they’d make it in one piece. “We were very, very scared,” said Elisabeth, one

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How Unarmed Civilians Stopped Militant Sinhala Buddhist Attacks and Saved Lives in Sri Lanka

When militant Sinhala Buddhist mobs began sweeping through Sri Lanka’s Kandy district, hurling petrol bombs at Muslim-owned houses, shops and mosques, unarmed civilians stepped in and waged a waged a nonviolent campaign to protect their neighbors.

Lisa Fuller
Por Lisa Fuller

On March 4th, Sinhala Buddhist mobs began sweeping through Sri Lanka’s Kandy district, hurling petrol bombs at Muslim-owned houses, shops and mosques. The attacks came as a shock, as Sri Lanka has not seen violence on this scale in nearly a decade. The government deployed thousands of security forces, armed with automatic weapons, tear gas and

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Sri Lanka Fights Against UN Civil War Inquiry

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk participates in a vigil condemning a U.S. backed resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes at the U.N. Human Rights Council, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) GENEVA (AP) — Sri Lanka on Wednesday rejected a U.S.-led call for accountability after the U.N.’s top human […]

Associated Press
Por Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — Sri Lanka on Wednesday rejected a U.S.-led call for accountability after the U.N.'s top human rights official recommended an international criminal investigation of abuses from the island nation's civil war that ended in 2009. U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay has recommended that the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council authorize an

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