Trincomalee: The Navy and the Air Force last night thwarted an LTTE air attack on the Trincomalee Naval Base. During the abortive attack which occurred around 9.15 p.m., the Tiger aircraft dropped two improvised explosive devices on the Trincomalee dockyard area. Atleast ten Sri Lankan Navy sailors were wounded and no substantial damage to property, [...]
MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS MOVING past TUNUKKAI faced a shower of LTTE mortar rounds, that were directed from the east of TUNUKKAI and also from ARIYAMADU area to the west of MULLAITTIVU town center Monday (25). Four valiant soldiers sacrificed their lives while resisting the enemy fire. Four more soldiers received injuries in the same incident. Meanwhile, [...]
WELIOYA: TROOPS OF THE 59 Division in WELIOYA, making further milestones in their forward march brought another eight hundred meter (800m) long stretch of land under their control from the TANNIMURIPPUKULAM tank bund, about 9.5 km to the north East of NADUNKERNI Monday (25) afternoon.
COLOMBO: ACCESSORIES NEEDED to prepare suicide jackets were uncovered from the inside of a Catholic Church in COLOMBO FORT by the Army troops Friday morning (22) around 8.10 a.m.. Following information received by Army troops on duty near the FORT railway station, a search was conducted inside St. PHILLIP NERI’S Catholic Church on OLCOTT Mawatha, [...]
An article published in an Indian Tamil magazine called ‘Kumudam’ to be published on 20th August and would come on stands later indicates that one of its reporters called Pushkin Rajkumar has visited Katchativu. The article indicates that he sailed from Rameshwaram with Indian fishermen in their boat and in spite of being observed by [...]
“The Norwegian funded propaganda movie about the LTTE Black Tigers is used by the LTTE to raise funds and to justify the horrific terror is committing in Sri Lanka. The movie is carefully scripted to target the Christian audience in Europe, Australia and America,”the Norwegian Against Terrorism (NAT) said in a recent report will be [...]
TMVP Leader Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman has warned the frustrated LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran might use chemical weapons to protect his life in the future and also due to a series of military setbacks in the northern region. Claiming the LTTE organisation is now militarily weaken, Mr. Amman said during the last 25 years, [...]
Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka yesterday refuted allegations by the LTTE that civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu are getting killed and injured due to the shelling of the Security Forces. The Commander said the LTTE is creating a human shield in Wanni and shelling those areas to tarnish the Security Forces’ image. “The LTTE [...]
Huge income generated from drugs and extortion : US: The August issue of the Jane’s Intelligence Report said the annual income of the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is between US $ 200-300 million making it the rebel group generating the second biggest income both by legal and illegal business. The report [...]
Sri Lanka Air Force carried out 3 historic air missions targeting 3 of the LTTE’s most vital nerve centers in the Wanni during last few hours, said the defence sources. According to Air Force spokesperson , Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara, the first of the triple air raids was carried out last midnight targeting the LTTE’s [...]
