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  • Three LTTE Dead Bodies &; Seven T-56 Weapons Recovered

    VAVUNIYA: DEAD BODIES of three male Tiger terrorists who perished in Friday (7) confrontations with the troops in the general areas of MANNAR and THAMPANAI were recovered along with seven T-56 weapons by clearing troops Saturday (8) during morning hours.

  • Troops Play Active Role in Fire Fight in Kamburupitiya

    MATARA & KAMBURUPITIYA: ARMY TROO PS backed by Air Force and Navy personnel rushed to help douse the fire broke out on a line of shops in KAMBURUPITIYA town center this morning (8) when fire fighters were struggling to bring the situation under control.

  • Kebithigollewa Blast Death Toll Rises to 16

    A CTB bus plying from Anuradhapura to Padaviya was caught in the LTTE claymore mine on Wednesday around 8.15 pm killing 15 civilians including two soldiers and three women and injuring 23 others.

  • Sporadic Clashes in Vavaniya Kill Many Terrorists

    VAVUNIYA: AS SPORADIC CLASHES continued between troops and Tiger terrorists in PERIYATHAMPANAI area in VAVUNIYA during daytime Friday (7) troops successfully retaliated and repulsed several Tiger offensives and neutralized an LTTE mortar location by launching a concentrated artillery attack on it.

  • Kilinochchi Within Sight- Govt.

    GOVERNMENT\'S DEFENCE SPOKESMAN and minister, Keheliya Rambukwella, said in Parliament yesterday that Kilinochchi was within sight, and therefore the Government would pursue the target of eradicating terrorism to create a democratic environment.During the debate on the extension of the Emergency, Mr. Rambukwella said that a favourable atmosphere would be created so that a political solution, which would accommodate the aspirations of the Tamil people, could be worked out with the assistance of all democratic Tamil parties.

  • A Low Intensity Genocide - \'The Island\' Editorial

    THE CANNIBAL OF Wanni has preyed on another busload of men, women and children. Over fifteen people were killed and many more injured in a claymore mine attack the LTTE mounted on a civilian bus in Kebithigollewa on Wednesday. That cowardly act of naked terrorism came close on the heels of a parcel bomb that killed about twenty people at Nugegoda last week.

  • Four More War Heroes Laid Their Lives

    WANNI: THE REMAINS of four valiant soldiers died in offensives in PERLYKURLYITTAKULAM in WANNI were brought down to OMANTHE Entry/Exit point late Thursday (6) evening by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) to be handed over to the military authorities.

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