LTTE not only armed, trained ULFA too: Former rebel
NEW DELHI : On top of revelations that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) bought arms from the Tamil Tigers, a former ULFA leader now says the Assamese separatist group also got military training from the Sri Lankan rebels.Former ULFA spokesman Sunil Nath said that a small ULFA team from the northeast Indian border state went to Jaffna in Sri Lanka in the early 1990s when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled the northern peninsula.
A UNDP delegation headed by its Assistant Secretary General Mr. Ajay Chhibber visited Wanni to observe the plight in relief villages in Vavuniya on 12th November 2009. During their visit they talked to the people temporarily housed in the Menik Farm relief village and were highly satisfied with the facilities provided to the villagers. They also planted a tree sapling to mark their visit to the Menik Farm.
MILITARY spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara briefed the Daily Mirror on the role of the Sri Lanka Army in the post conflict scenario, recruitment for the army in the future and the various allegations which have been made against the army. Q: What is the role of the Sri Lankan Army in the post conflict scenario? In the post conflict scenario, the army has a tremendously important role to play especially in assisting the government in post-war development work..jpg)
CIVILIANS in the Jaffna peninsula proceeding to the South (Colombo) are not required to receive security clearance from the Security Forces for their travel any longer on public buses, it was announced today (18th November 2009). Passengers on production of their National Identity Cards (NIC) or Sri Lankan passports, as is the practice in the rest of the island could travel on those public buses that have been provided with immediate effect.
THE government has sought the assistance of UN agencies, International donors and local business community to rehabilitate over 11,000 ex-LTTE cadres, Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Daya Ratnayake stated. The government rehabilitated a large number of ex-LTTE cadres who had surrendered themselves over past two years and most of them were sent abroad for employment after successful completion of vocational training programmes. Meanwhile, the government collaborating with the Ministry of Justice.....
AN ESTIMATED CROWD of 2736 displaced civilians, remained housed at four Jaffna based IDP Welfare Centres found way back to their original places of residence in Jaffna, Mannar and Vavuniya districts during past three days after Army troops facilitated their return under government’s “Northern Spring” (Uthuru Wasanthaya) programme. Those people rescued from LTTE clutches during the height of humanitarian operations in Wanni were temporally sheltered in Gurunagar Welfare Centre.....
THE Inter Regimental Boxing Meet of the Army was got underway at the Panagoda Army Cantonment gymnasium Friday (20) evening where a number of men and women’s events took place. Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya who himself is a boxer and a referee recognized at international panels was the chief guest for the occasion. Brigadier G.R.S. Dias, the President Sri Lanka Army Boxing Committee received the Army Commander on his arrival. Sri Lanka Army Services Corps emerged champions for the year 2009 scoring 36 points while the rival Gamunu Watch boxers ended up as runners-up scoring 22 points.
NORTH: CONTINUING search and clear operations conducted by the troops in VISUAMADU, AKKARAYANKULAM and PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU areas during Thursday (19), recovered one thousand and five hundred rounds of T-56 ammunition, two Outboard Motors (OBM), one claymore mine of 5 kg, one 60 mm mortar bomb, one hand grenade and seven anti personnel mines.
A DELEGATION of the United Nations headed by its Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes visited Vavuniya on 18th November 2009. During their visit, the delegation went to the Manik Farm Welfare Village and met patients, lying in hospital inside the village and also saw the exhibition of garments and handicrafts produced by the women living in the Manik Farm. They also shared views with civilians in the Manik Farm Welfare Village.