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  • Advancing Troops Capture One More Terrorist Earth Bund & Weapons

    MULLAITTIVU & EAST: TROOPS, engaged in the final phase of the battle to eliminate LTTE terrorism confronted terrorists in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU area and captured another earth bund built by the terrorists in KARIYAMULLIVIKAI on Friday (27).  In search operations that followed, six dead bodies of terrorists,  seven T - 56 weapons , three communication sets, one mortar, one General Purpose  Machine Gun (GPMG), one motor cycle, one boat , one 60 mm mortar base plate and four hand grenades were recovered by the troops from those areas.

  • Tiger Suicide Bomber Misses His Intended Target but Blows Himself Up

    VAVUNIYA: AN ATTEMPT by a suicidal Tiger bomber to harm Security Forces failed to come through in the general area of VARIKOTTORUWA, VAVUNIYA. This afternoon (28) at about 2.00 p.m. but the terrorist had to lay his life since the soldiers kept away from going closer to him. Army troops on information received by them conducted a cordon and search operation in the general area of VARIKOTTORUWA. While the search was on soldiers observed two men and they suddenly started running on seeing the troops. The troops on suspicion pursued them and ordered to stop for search. Since they did not heed the call, troops had to open fire at them. One of those fleeing suspects, following injury.....

  • More Weapons & Terrorist Dead Bodies Recovered

    WANNI: ARMY troops made further advance amidst stiff resistance   from LTTE terrorists attacking their positions in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU area on Saturday (28) and caused heavy damages to the terrorists. Meanwhile, during search operations conducted in the general areas of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, DHARMAPURAM, ODDANKADDUKULAM, MUTHIYANKULAM, AMPAKAMAM and OLUMADU on Saturday (28) Army troops recovered six LTTE dead bodies, thirteen T-56 weapons, two I-com sets, two hundred and ninety-seven 60 mm mortar bombs, twenty-seven shaped chargers.....

  • Over 900 Civilians Escape From Terrorist Grip

    MULLAITTIVU: NINE hundred and thirteen civilians including of two hundred and ninety-nine men, three hundred and sixty- three women and two hundred and thirty-four small children reached troops in PUTHUKUDIYIRUPPU, MUNEI and PULMODDAI areas during Saturday (28).

    Troops sent those civilians to the Relief Village and IDP centres after giving them refreshments.

  • LTTE Armoured Car Destroyed

    MULLAITTIVU: AN armoured tank used by Tigers during their last phase of the gun battle against the troops was completely destroyed Sunday (29) morning by brave soldiers, now entering the last patch of Tiger stronghold in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU.

    It is believed several Tigers on the tank also perished during the fire directed by the troops crawling on to the area. Charred dead terrorists were also found trapped inside the armoured tank, ground troops said.

  • Over 900 Civilians Escape From Terrorist Grip

    MULLAITTIVU: NINE hundred and thirteen civilians including of two hundred and ninety-nine men, three hundred and sixty- three women and two hundred and thirty-four small children reached troops in PUTHUKUDIYIRUPPU, MUNEI and PULMODDAI areas during Saturday (28).Troops sent those civilians to the Relief Village and IDP centres after giving them refreshments.

  • Besieged Civilians in their Hundreds Reach Cleared Areas

    MULLAITTIVU: THREE hundred and thirty-two more civilians reached cleared areas of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU on two different occasions on Sunday (29) after escaping from the LTTE grip. Ninety-four males, one hundred and five females and one hundred and thirty-three children were among the IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons).

  • Army Website Receives New Re-Design

    YOUR FAVOURITE www.army.lk website is back on track with a colourful re-design from today (2nd April 2009) onwards after it dispensed with previous technical failures, experienced under our former service-provider. The Army while thanking our readership for their enormous interest, enthusiasm and more importantly, the persistent understanding they have been showing towards us, as and when the previous website service goes off whenever the world wants to learn the truth from us, is proud to announce that the Army Information Technology Unit has now undertaken its maintenance with the unstinted support, extended by Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd.

  • More LTTE-held Ground Liberated

    MULLAITTIVU: MAKING ONE more achievement in the fight against terrorists, advancing Army troops in the general area of PALAMATTALAN captured yet another earth-bund, built by Tigers on   Sunday (29) and took control over more territory in the area. Troops inflicted heavy casualties on terrorists and recovered one 250 HP Out Board Motor (OBM).....

  • Troops Collect Fifteen Dead Tigers & Twenty Weapons

    MULLAITTIVU: ARMY troops engaged in extensive search and clear operations in captured areas, north of PALAMATTALAN, PUTHUKUDIYIRIPPU this morning (30) collected dead bodies of fifteen more Tigers along with twenty T-56 weapons and one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG).....

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