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  • Hundreds of Civilians in Vavuniya Attend New Year Celebrations at UC Grounds

    A FESTIVAL full of traditional sports and games was organized in Vavuniya with coordination of the A FESTIVAL full of traditional sports and games was organized in Vavuniya with coordination of the Security Forces Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W), Police and Civil Administrative Authorities to mark the Sinhala and Hindu New Year.

  • Four LTTE Missiles Found

    MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS conducting search and clear operations in the north of NANTHI KADAL lagoon found four Surface to Air Missiles (SAM) this afternoon (14) around 2.30 p.m.. Those four serviceable missiles were found by the troops while they had been buried by the LTTE terrorists under the soil near a tree in the area. Further search and clear operations are continuing.

  • LTTE Kills Two Soldiers during Two-Day Humanitarian Pause

    MULLAITTIVU: BELITTLING the forty eight-hour humanitarian pause declared by His Excellency the President as Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces during Sinahala and Hindu New Year festival, LTTE snipers in the “No Fire Zone” fired and killed one more soldier in VADUKKAI area on the New Year day (14) morning. His Excellency the President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces Mahinda Rajapaksa had instructed Security Forces to refrain from offensive operations against the LTTE on the 13th and 14th. However, hours after it was declared, LTTE sniped and killed one soldier serving in a distant defensive position in PUTHUKUDIYIRUPPU on Monday (13) morning. One more soldier sustained injuries due to LTTE artillery fire directed from the “No Fire Zone”. (See Situation Report on 13th April 2009).

  • More IDPs Sent to IDP Centres

    MULLAITTIVU: TWO HUNDRED and forty-nine (249) civilians reached PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU and AMPALAVANPOKKANAI on Tuesday (14). Those IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) included seventy-seven males, sixty-six females, sixty-eight boys and thirty-eight girls. They were sent to IDP centres. With their arrival, the total numbers of IDPs who reached the cleared areas rose to sixty eight thousand and forty seven (68047).

  • Commander Shares New Year Thoughts with His Staff at AHQ

    “EVERY Sri Lankan citizen warmly admires peace, friendship and cooperation. The whole nation is under the impression that the country would be blessed with a peaceful society in the near future. On this noble day, let’s determine to make their wish a reality.” So said Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka during his New Year address held at the Army Headquarters Wednesday (15). Army Commander every year hosts his staff at Army Headquarters to tea on account of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year celebration.

  • Ammo, Explosives & OBM among Latest Recoveries

    MULLAITTIVU: ARMY troops conducting search and clear operations in the general areas of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU and VISUAMADU Tuesday (14) found six hundred and ten anti personnel mines, four Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) bombs, five hundred and thirteen rounds of Multi Propose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, two MPMG links, one 12.5 kg claymore mine, one belt order, one 60 mm base plate, forty-six 60 mm mortar bombs....

  • LTTE Warlike Items Found from Mullayavalai & Visuamadu

    MULLAITTIVU: DURING search and clear operations conducted in the general areas in the north of MULLAYAVALAI and VISUAMADU on Wednesday (15) troops recovered a trail of a 130 mm artillery gun, two  I-com sets, one heavy weapon barrel, twenty seven hand grenades, eight Arul bombs and seven Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) .   

  • PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA MAKES HISTORY VISITING KILINOCHCHI

    PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa made history, barely two days after the Sinhala and Hindu New Year celebrations, to become the first ever President to visit Kilinochchi in the post-independent Sri Lanka after ejecting terrorists from the soil of Kilinochchi. On the arrival at the proposed new hospital complex in the heart of Kilinochchi town Thursday (16) morning, the President and his entourage were received by Defence Secretary Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Commander of the....

  • New Year 'Gift' for Kilinochchi

    IT WILL NOT BE WRONG to say that Kilinochchi has received two New Year gifts in just four months. On January 2, 2009, Security Forces regained Kilinochchi, heralding a new era for this major Northern city that was dominated by the LTTE for around two decades. Kilinochchi was their administrative hub after the fall of Jaffna. It is where they had the so-called LTTE Peace Secretariat, the Voice of Tigers Radio and several other military and administrative buildings. It is where the Tiger leaders met visiting foreign dignitaries during the flawed ceasefire period. Yet, this was a facade. The people of Kilinochchi suffered under the tyranny of the LTTE, which ironically claimed to ‘liberate’ all Tamils.

  • 101 More Civilians Desert LTTE Grip

    MULLAITTIVU: ONE HUNDRED and one more civilians from un-cleared areas in the “No Fire Zone” managed to flee and surrendered to the troops seeking protection for their lives during Thursday (16). Ninety-three of them arrived in PUTHUMATALAN area and the remaining eight reached MULLIKULAM and CHALAI areas. There were forty-one males, twenty-one females, twenty-three boys and sixteen girls among those who arrived there. All of them were conducted to the nearest centres for temporary housing.