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  • 5 YEAR OLD CHILD DIES IN LTTE SHOOTING & ARMY HELPS DELIVERY ABOARD BUS

    MULLAITTIVU: THE paternal love of a father sees no boundaries or restrictions, as evinced in this heartbreaking story, accompanied by the photo that follows. LTTE terrorists in PUTHUMATTALAN “No Fire Zone” went on firing indiscriminately on civilian groups that were on the move Tuesday (21) afternoon and this small boy of 5 years, fearing for his life clung onto his father, unaware of his own fate that would befall within seconds.

  • 5 YEAR OLD CHILD DIES IN LTTE SHOOTING & ARMY HELPS DELIVERY ABOARD BUS

    MULLAITTIVU: THE paternal love of a father sees no boundaries or restrictions, as evinced in this heartbreaking story, accompanied by the photo that follows. LTTE terrorists in PUTHUMATTALAN “No Fire Zone” went on firing indiscriminately on civilian groups that were on the move Tuesday (21) afternoon and this small boy of 5 years, fearing for his life clung onto his father, unaware of his own fate that would befall within seconds.   

  • TOTAL OF CIVILIANS LIBERATED FROM LTTE RISES TO 62,609

    MULLAITTIVU: IN the past twelve hours ending Tuesday (21) at 8.30 p.m. another total of 21,534 trapped civilians in the “No Fire Zone” entered the cleared areas, held by Army troops in PUTHUMATTALAN, thereby increasing the entire total escapees to 62,609 during 20-21 April 2009. 58 Division troops received 48,501 civilians during those two days, 55 Division troops 10,743, 53 Division troops 98 and Naval troops a total of 3267 as of Tuesday (21) night.

  • It was a Famous Victory

    IT WAS a victory for the history books. It was like a replay of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. The 19th century promise of the younger Marx to usher in a free society had been betrayed by oppressive states of Eastern Europe. The Berlin Wall was physically broken by its residents who ran free, a streaming torrent of humanity. The East Germany regime was far less authoritarian than that of Prabhakaran. The LTTE’s true German equivalent was Hitler but without the open adulation that the latter enjoyed. The parallel was nearer that of Mussolini as the Allies closed in. Italians revolted and ultimately hanged him from a bridge.

  • Violent LTTE Backers Arrested in France

    MORE than 200 people had been arrested and four injured in Paris on Monday during an unauthorised protest by Tamils that turned violent, a French police spokesman said. Hundreds of demonstrators blocked an intersection in Central Paris, throwing bottles at passing buses as they demanded that Sri Lanka end its military assault on the LTTE.

  • Tigers Collapse

    HAD the Tigers succeeded in assassinating Army Chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka in late April 2006 and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa seven months later, the enemy would have had the upper hand in the Eelam war IV. The government’s war effort would have suffered an irreparable setback. Therefore, Monday’s hostage rescue mission carried out by the army wouldn’t have materialised. Three years after surviving a suicide attack, Fonseka, undoubtedly Sri Lanka’s most successful service commander has led the ground forces into the last LTTE stronghold on the north-eastern coast.

  • UNSG Welcomes Rescue Mission

    UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Monday deplored the use of force by the LTTE in preventing the departure of civilians from the conflict zone. He also deplored the use of heavy weapons in the vicinity of civilians. The Secretary General welcomed the escape by tens of thousands of civilians from the conflict zone over the last three days, urging warring parties to allow the full access of UN staff into the conflict zone to facilitate relief operations and the evacuation of civilians.

  • INFLUX OF ESCAPED CIVILIANS STANDS AT 77,793

    MULLAITTIVU: THE number of displaced civilians who have reached government-controlled north and west of PUTHUMATTALAN and PULMODDAI areas from the ‘No Fire Zone’ seeking protection for their lives has by Wednesday (22) mid-noon gone up to 77,793. Six hundred and twenty two (622) civilians reported to 53 Division troops, four thousand eight hundred and eighty (4880) reported to 55 Division troops, twenty nine thousand six hundred and ninety six (29696) showed up at 58 Division....

  • LTTE'S MEDIA SPOKESMAN

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    MULLAITTIVU:
    THE LTTE’s famous Media Co-ordinator, DAYA MASTER and late THAMIL SELVAM’s interpreter, GEORGE along with members of their families surrendered to the Army troops in PUTHUMATHALAN, a few minutes ago after returning to cleared areas in the company of fleeing civilians. Surrender of VELAYUDAM THAYANIDHI alias DAYA MASTER who has been playing a significant role in the LTTE terror outfit as the LTTE Media Spokesman for the last few years came about as a rude shock to the outfit and its expatriates who have been pumping hard currency into the LTTE coffers. Born in KILINOCHCHI on 3rd March 1956, DAYA MASTER was known as a vociferous spokesman for their organization.

  • TWO MORE LTTE LEADERS GUNNED DOWN

    MULLAITTIVU: GROUND reports confirmed two more leading LTTE leaders, identified as KALANDAN and VIJAYAN were also among those killed in another decisive attack, mounted by the troops on two more LTTE cabs, proceeding ahead of the Army’s new Defence Line inside the PUTHUMATTALAN “No Fire Zone” Tuesday (21) late evening. During subsequent clearing operations conducted after the troops established positions in the area, two micro pistols along with dead terrorists were found.