Ampakamam falls to Task Force 03

Another LTTE held village in the Mullaithiv district, Ampakamam, was captured by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) on today (15th) morning. Ampakamam was an strategically important village for the LTTE and it was used for a number of military purposes including cadre movement and logistics transport. Small attack teams from VIR (Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment), SR [...]

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Heavy fighting in Kilinochchi earth bund amidst rain of mortars

Tigers unload weapons on Mullaitivu beaches
Navy attacks vessel bringing in weapons

It is no secret that the LTTE continues to receive weapons and other lethal cargo. A Tiger vessel carrying weapons set sail in the direction of Sri Lanka some two weeks ago. This was revealed in this columnist on December 14.
Heavy fighting in Kilinochchi [...]

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Task Force 4 captures Nedunkerni

Soldiers of the Task Force 04 were able to capture Nedunkerni in Mullaithiv district today (21st). Nedunkerni is of strategic importance as it’s one of the main townships located along road which connects Vavuniya and Mullaithiv. Troops have been laying siege to this town for 2 days and were able to take complete control [...]

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Heavy fighting in Paranthan, Kilinochchi

Heavy fighting has been raging in Paranthan and Kilinochchi regions in north where both the SLA and the LTTE has suffered heavy casualties. The army lost around 100 soldiers in Kilinochchi and Paranthan fighting  yesterday – 80 soldiers were killed and another 24 have gone missing. Total SLA casualty figures for the past two days [...]

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Guerrilla leader’s Canadian link

Guerrilla leader’s Canadian link – The sister of the Tamil Tigers’ leader speaks about her life in Toronto.
Vinothini Rajendran’s 11th-floor apartment is decorated with plastic flowers, a poster of Lord Krishna and framed photos of the little brother she left behind in Sri Lanka.
It has been years since she saw him. He never writes or [...]

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Casualties in Kilali fighting

Fierce fighting erupted between the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) near Kilali/Muhamalai forward defence lines today (16th). Fighting erupted when troops from SLA’s 53 division moved ahead of their positions in a fresh attempt to storm LTTE’s second FDL in the national front. Around 30 SLA soldiers have been [...]

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Clash among cops reveals sordid ops of special unit

Three police officers, including a Chief Inspector are under interrogation for collecting money from Tamil civilians after arresting them on the pretext of conducting anti-LTTE operations in the city and its suburbs.
Police headquarters spokesperson [...]

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Joker is no joke

Joker is a description that no one with self-respect will accept with a laugh, unless it is a person whose profession is joking. Politicians particularly get riled when they are dismissed as jokers, lacking any seriousness.  The outburst of Sri Lanka’s army chief Sarath Fonseka, calling Tamil Nadu politicians Vaiko and P. Nedumaran “political jokers whose [...]

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Sri Lanka’s Information War by Brian Calvert

In the silent, low-res imagery of the closed-circuit video footage that rapidly spread across YouTube, the young Tamil woman appears unafraid, even poised. Wrapped in a crisp sari, hair in a tight bun, she waits across the desk from the political secretary of a Sri Lankan minister. But something, almost imperceptible in the footage, goes [...]

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Tamil Nadu leaders condemn derogatory talk of Fonseka

Political leaders of Tamil Nadu, including Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, condemned Monday Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka for his derogatory comments on Tamil Nadu leaders in an interview to a Sri Lankan state-owned newspaper on Sunday. Vaiko, the General Secretary of the MDMK has announced a protest in front of [...]

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