Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
SRI LANKANS LIVING in UK held a massive protest demonstration in front of Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on 25 August. This was organized by the London branch of Campaign Against Separatist Terrorism In Sri Lanka (CASTIS). CASTIS is represented by all major political parties and other Sri Lankan civil societies to campaign against separatist terrorism in Sri Lanka, a report from the UK confirmed.
AMPARA: ONE CLAYMORE MINE LAID by LTTE in VINAYAGAPURAM area, was recovered by Special Task Force (STF) personnel on foot patrol Saturday (02) at about 6.00 a.m.
Commander, Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna Major General G. A Chandrasiri visited the Forward Defence Line at Muhamalai on Monday (28) to review the current security arrangements in the area. Muhamalai Forward Defence Line has been under LTTE attack and troops resisted successfully.
JAFFNA: ONE SOLDIER WAS KILLED and five more were injured in the explosion of an LTTE claymore mine at NELLIADY, JAFFNA today (01 September) around 08.30 a.m..
SRI LANKA’S TWO EMINENT and most respected senior lawyers, in a comprehensive legal analysis of the evidence that related to the murder of 17 Aid Workers of the French NGO, Action Against Hunger in Muttur strongly criticize the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) report which held the Security Forces responsible for the killing.
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, in an interview given to the weekend newspaper “Lanka†has vowed to wipe out LTTE terrorism.
Firing teams representative of the Sri Lanka Army claimed victory in all major events at the recently ended National Pistol Firing Competition, organized by the National Rifle Association for the 12th consecutive time at Ganemulla Commando Regimental Centre firing range.
Her Majesty’s Ship York (HMS York) arrived in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Harbour Tuesday (2) on a goodwill visit, to be accompanied by Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship, Black Rover.
Thirty-five trainees from the Army and another ten from the Navy, who successfully completed their first year of nursing training, took their oaths before Major General K.D.P Perera, Director Medical Services, Army Hospital who was also the chief guest on that occasion.