Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
NORTH & WANNI: AN LTTE TERRORIST after infiltrating MURUSUVIL area lobbed a hand grenade at the troops on picket duties during early hours on Sunday (7).
SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER Rohitha Bogollagama has said the recent Amendment proposed to the Department of State Appropriation Bill for the Financial Year 2008, that introduces restrictions on defence cooperation with Sri Lanka on account of alleged human rights violations, was \"unreasonable\" and would ultimately contribute to providing a lifeline to the LTTE. He has pointed out that the proposed US action comes at a time when the LTTE was under considerable pressure - both within Sri Lanka following the clearing of the East, as well as in the U.S., the U.K., France, Canada and Australia, where several of the LTTE leaders are under arrest.
PRESIDENT SEVA VANITHA Army Branch (SVAB) Mrs. Anoma Fonseka with a view to rectifying shortcomings at SVAB-run Rankekulu pre-school and Day care center at Ranasevapura, Anuradhapura, conducted an inspection tour on Friday (5).
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka this morning (09) flew to Jaffna with a view to assessing security related developments in the peninsula.
KILINOCHCHI: LATEST INTELLIGENCE REPORTS of the Security Forces said on Tuesday (09) that an estimated total of sixty-nine (69) Tiger terrorists were confirmed killed following two separate aerial and artillery attacks at CHEMPANKUNDU, POONARYN on 25th September 2007 while a rehearsal of an LTTE “Passing out Parade†(PoP) was in progress.
NORTH & EAST : DURING THE PAST 12 hours starting from Monday (8) 8.00 a.m. troops deployed in the north and east confronted Tiger terrorists in several places and killed at least eight of them while recovering stocks of explosives and ammunition, including a large stock of other warlike items belonging to the them.
TRINCOMALEE: NAVAL TROOPS in ILLUPPUKULAM, NILAVELI Monday (8) after information recovered one suicide jacket, twenty C-4 cubes along with two remote control devises at about 7.30p.m.
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT of Australia has donated money to an organization accused of being a front of the LTTE, The Australian reported yesterday.
Cementing the spirits of age-old friendship and goodwill that exists between Sri Lanka and India further, General N. C Vij PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army arrived in Sri Lanka, Monday (1st November) on a four-day official visit with a view to meeting a cross section of military and political authorities in the island.