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Iqbal Athas

Sri Lankan journalist

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born: 1944
died: 2026
age at death: 82
known for: journalist

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Iqbal Athas was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was a defence columnist for The Sunday Times, and also contributed to Jane's Defence Weekly, CNN, and The Times of London. He was threatened for his investigative reporting which uncovered scandals in the purchase of the arms by Sri Lankan Defence personnel, particularly the Sri Lanka Air Force. He won several international journalism awards for his work, and in 2000, The New York Times described him as "the country's leading military correspondent."

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