Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
WANNI: A MILITARY TRACTOR carrying water to troops was damaged Wednesday (31) morning around 11.00 a.m. in an LTTE claymore explosion in PAMPAIMADU, about 6.5 km northwest of VAVUNIYA causing injuries to the driving soldier.
THE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY (3) disclosed that the LTTE was conspiring to unilaterally declare an independent State in the North on January 18, 2008.
VAVUNIYA: HYSTERICAL EXCHANGE of terrorist communication transmissions since the fresh bout of Tiger (LTTE) violence that occurred in a few places including VILACHCHIKULAM and THAMPANAI, west of OMANTHAI during the whole of Wednesday (3) reaffirmed twelve of their terrorist cadres had perished during confrontations.
Children are the assets of this country, it matters not, be they are based in the south or the north since they are the adults of tomorrow. This simple truth evidenced at Eluttumaduval north, a remote hamlet in Jaffna peninsula when the foundation stone for re-construction of the Government Tamil School was recently laid.
A SERIES OF religious observances coinciding with the 58th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army commenced Tuesday (2) at the Davatagaha Jumma Mosque Colombo 2 with participation of Army Chief of Staff Major General Lawrence Fernando who represented the Commander of the Army President Army Muslim Association Major General Abdul Zaheer and several other Senior Officers.
FLAG BLESSING CEREMONY, precursor to the forthcoming Army day, one of the major events in the Army calendar got underway this morning (6) at the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura to coincide with 58th anniversary of the Army.
NORTH & EAST: ON BEING INFORMED by civilians, troops on duty in the general area west of PUTHUR, JAFFNA recovered two claymore mines of 3 kg each, one suicide jacket, one T-56 weapon with magazine, thirty-six rounds of T-56 ammunition, one antenna, two detonators, one JAFFNA map, one pack and ten code sheets Friday (5) between 2.00 p.m.- 5.00 p.m.
VAVUNIYA : DEAD BODIES of four Tiger terrorists who lost their lives and were left behind in VILACHCHIKULAM where intense confrontations between troops and the terrorists occurred were delivered to VAVUNIYA hospital this morning (6) after they were traced by the troops.