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  • More Terrorists Gunned Down

    VAVUNIYA: IN TWO MORE CONFRONTATIONS that took place on Wednesday (31) in KUDURUVITANKULAM and OLIWATTATAIVU in VAVUNIYA, troops while inflicting damages on LTTE infrastructure decimated at least ten terrorists.
  • Pre-Dawn Muhamale Attack Kills Eight Terrorists

    JAFFNA: TROOOPS SERVING MUHAMALE in JAFFNA around 3.00 a.m. on Thursday (1) overran LTTE bunker lines and killed eight Tiger terrorists destroying four of their bunkers in response to a string of heavy LTTE fire.
  • Swiss Diplomat Flies to Jaffna

    DEFENCE ATTACHE of Switzerland Embassy in Sri Lanka Brigadier General Paul Kaelin toured Jaffna Tuesday (30) to receive a factual update on ground realities in Jaffna.
  • Terrorist Casualties Rise in Giant Tank Clashes

    MANNAR: AS THE CONFRONTATIONS between the troops and Tiger terrorists in the northwest of GIANT TANK, MANNAR escalated by Thursday (01) noon after troops offered heavy resistance against LTTE\'s infiltration attempts.
  • Tigers Lose Six-Fellow Terrorists in Morning Attack

    MANNAR: THE LATEST BOUT of LTTE violence that erupted northwest of GIANT TANK, PARAPPAKANDAL in MANNAR Thursday (1) morning when a group of Tiger terrorists tried to storm the cleared areas deprived the LTTE of six of their cadres.
  • US Condemns A\'pura Attack - US Ambassador

    THE US GOVERNMENT and its people condole over the deaths of Air Force personnel in the Anuradhapura Air Force Base attack recently and also condemn the attack, said US Ambassador Robert O. Blake.
  • Indian Chief of Army Staff on goodwill tour arrives in Sri Lanka

    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.
  • Ground &; Aerial Attacks on LTTE \'PoP\' Confirm 69 Terrorists Dead

    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.
  • More Terrorists Killed In Confrontations

    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.