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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6583797" data-attributes="member: 92282">Within a week of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election, 12 senior military officers were dismissed for being a "threat to national security" and hatching "political conspiracy" during the presidential elections.Rajapaksa defeated his main challenger and former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka, who rejected the outcome alleging vote-rigging and lodged several objections with the Electoral Commission.Reports say the dismissed officers included three Major- Generals and four Brigadiers.Fonseka, who has been Sri Lanka's s Army Chief during the final three-year phase in the island-nation's civil war, was removed from the post after the mission was accomplished in May.He was later named Chief of Defense Staff, a largely ceremonial post. The top soldier resigned on November 12 accusing the government of sidelining him and of falsely claiming he was trying to stage a coup.<a href="http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1196569&SMap=1" target="_blank">RTT</a>army ekath sri lankan airlines wage kanawa <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" />boru hadanawa paya 24'lanka' newspaper eka gahuwa boruwa wage thamai mekathgood move by the judge to stop that</blockquote>

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