Archive for March, 2007
Tamil Tigers are still smuggling war material
By Walter Jayawardhana
5.8 MILLION STEEL BALLS IN MANNAR SRI LANKA AND 1950 DETONATORS IN TAMIL NADU INDICATE TAMIL TIGERS ARE STILL SMUGGLING WAR MATERIAL
The discovery of 1950 detonators in Tamil Nadu, India and 5.8 million India made steel balls in Mannar, Sri Lanka on two consecutive days of March 28 and 29 indicate the Liberation [...]
LTTE’s toy submarines and coordinated patrolling with SL Navy
By Walter Jayawardhana
INDIAN NAVY OFFICER TALKS ABOUT LTTE’S TOY SUBMARINES AND CORDINATED PATROLS WITH SRI LANKA NAVY
Assistant Chief of Indian Naval Staff Rear Admiral Pradeep Chauhan called the reported submarines of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as ‘toy submarines’ and dismissed the suggestion that they could do any harm to the Indian Navy.
When [...]
LTTE mortar fire kills 8 and injures 18 civilians in two villages
By Walter Jayawardhana
EIGHT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED AND EIGHTEEN OTHER CIVILIANS INJURED BY LTTE MORTAR FIRE FROM THOPPIGALA
In an obvious attempt to create panic and confusion and make civilian run leaving their settlements Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targeted two villages in the Eastern Province and killed eight people including two young children and injuring [...]
LTTE aquired planes in 1998 – Janes Weekly report in 1998
From 1998 issue of JDW
Sri Lanka was buying Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) and radar systems, according to the issue of the military industry publication, Jane’s Defence Weekly in 1998. Reports that the Liberation Tigers have acquired an air capability “have forced the Sri Lanka government to hurriedly procure air-defence systems” said the JDW.
The Ministry [...]
In conflict-affected eastern Sri Lanka, aid for a population on the move
By Gordon Weiss
UNICEF – “By foot, by ferry, by bike, by tractor, by tuk-tuk, people are pouring in,” says UNICEF Emergency Officer Donna Carter.
Her hand-held radio is crackling with incessant reports from the field. “They’ve been in the paddy fields, the shelling started, they grabbed their kids and just ran with whatever clothes they had [...]
Sri Lankan rebels air strike could be copied by other groups: experts
IRNA- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air strike on a Sri Lankan airbase has raised questions about the security of Indian airspace, with experts making it clear that New Delhi needs to take steps to counter threats from the sky as other militant groups could emulate the Tamil Tigers.
Though there was no immediate [...]
15 SEA TIGERS KILLED OFF MULATHIVU
By Walter Jayawardhana
ABOUT 15 SEA TIGERS KILLED, 3 BOATS DESTROYED OFF MULATHIVU IN THE LTTE DOMINATED AREA
SriLanka navy’s Fast Attack Crafts destroyed three Sea Tiger boats killing at least 15 sea tigers off the coast of the LTTE dominated Multhivu during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, March 28, the Sri lanka Navy said.
A naval spokesman [...]
LTTE is having six chech airplanes given by Russian mafia in exchange for drugs
By WalterJayawardhana
INDIAN POLITICAL PARTY LEADER SAYS LTTE IS HAVING SIX CHECH MADE AIRCRFT SUPPLIED BY RUSSIAN MAFIA FOR DRUG EXCHANGE
India’s Janatha Party President Subramaniyan Swamy in a statement said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is possessing six dis-assembled Chech made air planes obtained from the Russian [...]
Army captures Kokkadicholai from the LTTE
By Walter Jayawardhana
SRI LANKA ARMY TROOPS CAPTURE THE MAIN NERVE CENTER OF OF THE LTTE’S EASTERN COMMAND AT KOKKADICHOLAI
In one of its major accomplishments the Sri Lanka Army captured one of the nerve centers of the Eastern Command of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Kokkadicholai with its mansion, air-conditioned conference hall built [...]
Air raid novelty could end up in a strike on Tamil heartland, warns Khaleej Times
By Walter Jayawardhana
KHALEEJ TIMES WARNS THE LTTE THAT THEIR ‘AIR RAID NOVELTY’ COULD END UP IN A STRIKE AT THE TAMIL HEARTLAND IN THE NORTH
The Middle Eastern daily Khaleej Times blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for unfolding a carefully worked out plan of increased armed confrontation by their “air -raid novelty” in [...]
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