Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
WHEN AN UNTRUTH is repeated over a period of time, it usually appears to end up as an unassailable truth. \r\nThis is the bizarre logic that has for close upon three decades, driven the propaganda machinery of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
A 37-YEAR-OLD father of three children who operated in Jaffna area as an LTTE intelligence cadre has reportedly sought assistance of the Jaffna Human Right Commission (HRC) claiming that he was under death threats, but subsequent follow - up of his conduct proved that his house was used as a storage of arms, ammunition, explosives and warlike items for the LTTE.
UK General Sir Michael Rose KCB CBE DSO QGM (Retd), now a reputed writer and widely traveled lecturer on ‘Peace-keeping’ during a brief visit to Sri Lanka recently, paid courtesy calls on Minister of Defence Hon. Thilak Marapana and the Commander of the Army Lt. Gen. L. P Balagalle RWP RSP VSV USP ndc IG.
Deputy High Commissioner for Australia Mr. Matthew Hyndes on Tuesday (10) morning had a cordial audience with the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, at the latter’s office at Army Headquarters.
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, COMMANDERS OF THE ARMED FORCES and the Inspector General of Police, in order to take stock of security developments in Trincomalee and its suburbs on Monday (09) met a cross section of religious leaders, politicians and members of civil organizations after a brief tour in the area with a view to defusing tension in the area and seeking remedial measures.
A meticulously hatched LTTE plot to tarnish the image of the Sri Lanka Army over an alleged abduction of a school girl in KONDAVIL area, JAFFNA was proved a hoax when Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) representatives on Tuesday (10) ruled that there was no truth in the fabricated story or the alleged abduction.
A DIPLOMAT CHECKED by the Security Forces at a checkpoint in the heart of Colombo praised the personnel on duty and the way they work to strengthen security. The diplomat was stopped by the Security Forces in Wellawatte.
AMPARA : LTTE JANAK CAMP that lies west of KANCHKUDICHCHIARU in AMPARA district, which has hitherto been a stronghold for LTTE artillery and mortar gun positions was brought under complete control of the Special Task Force (STF), engaged in neutralizing the LTTE firing locations in the east this evening (11).
The Principal, teachers, students and old pupils of the Dharmasoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda, organized a ceremony to felicitate Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, an Old Pupil of Dharmasoka, at the College premises on Thursday (12) morning.