Christian Solidarity Movement making baseless allegations

LTTE uses Places of worship as Fortified camps

Sri Lankan leader has called on the Tamil Tigers’ to surrender

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, has called on the Tamil Tigers’ to surrender, as government forces close in on their de facto capital of Kilinochchi.

Rajapaksa, who is viewed as a hardliner, has long rejected the rebels’ demands for Tamil autonomy.

In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Tony Birtley began by asking him if the rebels were now on the brink of defeat.

Australia considering formally outlawing Tamil Tigers

Australia is considering declaring Sri Lanka’s separatist Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Monday, while also calling for a political solution to the island’s civil war.

Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said he had asked Canberra to join countries such as Britain and the United States in taking the step against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

“As I indicated to the foreign minister, that is currently under consideration by the attorney-general,” Smith told reporters after a meeting with Bogollagama in Canberra.

Smith said the Tamil Tigers was already effectively banned in Australia.

“For a considerable period of time the LTTE has effectively been listed under United Nations arrangements, that effects a freeze on LTTE assets in Australia and as a consequence (it is) unlawful for the use of LTTE assets in Australia,” he said.

Smith said he had also raised with his counterpart Canberra’s concerns over the violence in Sri Lanka and the worsening humanitarian situation.

“Australia’s view remains that Sri Lanka’s conflict cannot be resolved through military means alone,” he said.

“All parties to the conflict must work towards a political solution that meets the legitimate aspirations of all Sri Lankans.”

The Tamil Tigers have waged a 35-year battle for an independent state for ethnic minority Tamils on the Sinhalese majority island in a drawnout conflict that has claimed more than 60,000 lives.

Smith expressed disappointment that a peace initiative aimed at quelling the long-running violence that has pitted the Sri Lankan government against Tamil Tigers had failed.

“Australia was disappointed when the peace process was formally disbanded in January of this year, and we had a long, productive and frank conversation about the desire of Sri Lanka to end up in a position where this a long-term, enduring, sustainable peace in Sri Lanka,” he said.

Bogollagama said it was time Australia named the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist group in a bid to help forge a political settlement with the Tamil community by isolating the militants.

“During our talks, I mentioned that it’s time that we proscribe the LTTE in Australia too, because LTTE has become a universal terrorist organisation,” he told reporters.

“Terrorism in Sri Lanka has not seen any colour, creed or boundary in terms of their strike and in terms of their devastation that they have brought to our society,” the Sri Lankan minister said.

“So thereby it’s time that we address terrorism and isolate the terrorists and bring the community on board in terms of the political solutions.”

Australia on Monday pledged an additional six million dollars (four million US) over three years to improve access to primary school education for Sri Lankan children, Smith said.

(AFP)

North Front Line - Sri Lanka War Situation Report 13/10/2008

Deputy leader of sea tigers killed in LRRP attack

Out of all the units in the Sri Lanka Army, the LTTE perhaps fear the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) the most. Their fears were renewed today when LRRP took a price target deep inside LTTE held Wanni. The target was the deputy leader of the sea tigers, Chelian. Chelian and two others are believed to have been killed when the double cab they were travelling in was blown up in a roadside claymore explosion. The incident occurred today at 6.30AM, deep inside LTTE held territory in Mullaithivu.

Chelian once commanded the sea tigers at a time when Soosei was critically injured due to an explosion.

Another LTTE supply route captured - Wanni Operation 11/10/2008

Wanni Opertation 09/10/2008

Wanni operation continues; 28 terrorists killed, 14 wounded

Monerawewa area Liberated from LTTE