Archive for April, 2006
How President decided on retaliation
It was his brother and Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa who broke the bad news to the President. He said over the telephone, in a voice choked with emotion that Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has been attacked by a suicide bomber at his own headquarters. It was around 1.45 p.m. on Tuesday April 25. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SLMM rules air strikes violation of truce
No word yet on suicide bombing
Ruling the government’s air strikes on Sampoor as a clear violation of the cease-fire agreement, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission yesterday also censured the LTTE for placing military or political targets among civilian populations close to schools and private houses.
The verdict came close on the heels of the air strikes [...]
Support President Rajapakse to defeat terrorism – Navin
The assassination attempt to Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka by a LTTE suicide bomber has proved again the inhumanness, cruelty and complete disregard for accepted norms of behaviour by the LTTE. This attempt is not an attempt against the government, but the entire Sri Lankan state and should be condemned by all parties and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Forces targeted only LTTE positions, exodus exaggerated – SLMM Chief
COLOMBO: The Head of Mission of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Major General Ulf Henricsson confirmed that the Sri Lanka Air Force and Navy had definitely targeted military positions and offices of the LTTE, when he met Dr. Palitha Kohona, Secretary General of the Secretarial for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) at his office [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oslo says agreement reached with Govt., LTTE
With relative calm in the North East yesterday, the Co-chairs of the peace process met in Oslo and agreed to regroup again in Japan renewing hopes that the government and the LTTE will meet for talks sooner than later.
Norway’s Minister and Chief Peace Facilitator Erik Solheim said the government and the LTTE were in contact [...]
President warns political parties to be cautious
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called on all political parties to be cautious in their statements and not leave room for the LTTE to take advantage while warning that the LTTE’s "false propaganda war" abroad was far more dangerous than the real war.
Addressing an All Party Conference at Temple Trees yesterday, after the excalating violence in [...]
Call girls and call boys of Fourth Estate
One day an elderly elephant heard a strange noise and he summoned his two sons. "Go look what’s on!" he said. The two calves went whence the noise had come and found two hunters wending their way through. They ran back to their father panting. "Papa," one calf said with the other agreeing, "forty hunters [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )American Web Provider Shields LTTE Cyber Terrorism
United States which is leading the world to bring an end to terrorism has become the hotbed for terrorist to operate their web sites under all sorts of front names. The LTTE which is a proscribed organization in the USA have found a web provider which gain secure source of income by allowing terrorist organizations [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Women activists silent on the female suicide bomber
I had an earful blasted at me by a man who loves this country. His question, expressed with deep anger and contempt: "Why are all these women’s groups and NGOs silent over the LTTE pregnant woman’s attempt to kill the Army Commander and succeeded in hurting him grievously and killing’A0and injuring several others, including pregnant [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Show the door to Eric Solheim and the Norwegians – Now
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam do not want a solution. The Government of Sri Lanka is not pursuing a solution and both have been boxing behind the Ceasefire Agreement curtain and a guy from Norway is calling the shots. What an incredible state of affairs!
The Tigers have been playing along with Eric Solheim giving [...]
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