New Army Deputy Chief of Staff Takes Over
MAJOR General W G M U R Perera USP took over as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army on 07th May 2009. Major General Perera is the 21st Deputy Chief of Staff in the Sri Lanka Army after this appointment was created in 1994. Major General Perera is a product of Thurstan College, Colombo. He joined the Sri Lanka Army Regular Force as an Officer Cadet in May 1976. On successful completion of his military training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy in Diyatalawa, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant to the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
During his military career, he has held many prominent appointments such as Commanding Officer of the 5 Battalion SLEME, Commandant of the SLEME Base Workshop Katubedda, ......
TIGER terrorists (LTTE), now breathing its last in the “New Safety Zone” is hell-bent on doing whatever possible to stop the last leg in the rescue operation at international level, particularly after regenerating its Media propaganda machinery to the hilt presuming that a last-minute “do-gooder” would save the day miraculously. Live video footages, purported to have been taken by independent aid workers or world agencies, engaged in relief work in the “New Safety Zone” are largely used in this Media plot with the express intention of tarnishing the Army image and mustering foreign support for a last minute foreign intervention. 
MULLAITTIVU : 59 Division troops operating in the general area of WADDUVAKAL successfully thwarted another sea-borne suicide attack by Tiger terrorists Tuesday (12) evening around 9.30 p.m. destroying four of those LTTE fast attack craft heading towards troops. According to the troops, terrorists’ intention was to launch an amphibious attack after splitting into in small groups on the shore in the dark and direct a ground attack on troops, engaged in rescuing innocent civilians trapped in terrorist-held areas.
THE Canadian government says Tamil-Canadian protests, including one that shut down a Toronto highway on the weekend, are giving people the idea that a terrorist group is part of the demonstrations. Minister of International Co-operation Bev Oda says she noticed red flags being flown at the protests bearing the symbol of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Sri Lankan guerilla group that has been engaged in a prolonged civil war with government troops in that country on behalf of the ethnic Tamil community. The Tamil Tigers are considered a terrorist group by the Canadian government.
WITH the war in Sri Lanka entering the final stages, the Indian government has asked the Navy and the Coast Guard to remain on high alert to thwart any bid by LTTE cadres to enter India by way of a sea route, the Times of India reported yesterday. On Monday Defence Minister A.K. Antony chaired a meeting, attended by Navy Chief Sureesh Mehta, Defence Secretary Vijay Singh and Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, among others, to review coastal security.
THE Foreign Ministry yesterday said that LTTE activists had thrown missiles at the Sri Lankan Embassy in the Hague, Netherlands on Monday night. The Netherlands police were investigating the incident, a spokesman said. He said that the international community should take immediate action to neutralise the threat posed by LTTE operatives in their country. He pointed out that the LTTE had also targeted the Indian HC and the Chinese Embassy in London.
MULLAITTIVU: ALERT 57 DIVISION troops, commanded by Major General JAGATH DIAS Wednesday (13) unearthed, what confirmed to be a stock of an LTTE light aircraft accessories from PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU east area, ending a series of numerous speculative theories, stories, and arguments over LTTE’s air capability. Wednesday’s unexpected recovery of one four cylinder engine, three propellers, one aircraft radio set, five aircraft main wheels, three nose wheels, two partly-used main wheels, four pilot headphones, three battery chargers, three digital meters, three computer graphic manuals, ground marshalling torches, flying (aerial) computers, two flying simulation units, twenty-three runway lights, four head lights, two ordinary runway lights, bolts, transmitters, flying maps, three marine radars, thirty-five high speed boat engines, one water scooter laden with explosives, one aircraft towing carrier, put all theories, regarding LTTE’s.....
TOP diplomats from Britain and France were rebuffed on Monday (May 11), when UN Security Council members refused their request to discuss the on-going hostage rescue operations in Sri Lanka, despite the extensive and relentless LTTE propaganda efforts to spin tables in its favour, expecting a breather, the government said in a statement posted on the Defence Ministry website. The council members that opposed taking up the issue were not named.