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Last year raids were conducted by Federal Police and nothing has come out of those raids.

Over the last few days Sri Lankan military that has setup camp at the Manalpiddy junction (see map) regularly infiltrated into the Kokkadichcholai town and pilfered the homes of Tamil residents in this township.

All of the Tamil residents of this town were forcefully evicted by the military in middle March by deliberate shelling into their homes. Having evicted the owners the military is unhindered in its pilfering operations. Tamil homes are systematically being emptied of their Television sets, Fridges, furniture and anything else the military fancies. Lorry loads of the pilfered items were seen being transported to the Manalpiddy junction.

This township of Kokkadichcholai is a very ancient Tamil town which was affluent and well developed when the very first Europeans set foot in it more than 500 years ago.

Rebels Prepare a Fight to the End
April 9, 2007: In the east, the army continues finding and destroying military facilities the LTTE has built over the last decade. There are still hundreds of armed, and dangerous, LTTE gunmen in the east, but they are no longer an organized threat. In the north, the LTTE continues to forcibly recruit teenagers. The fighting is getting nastier, as the LTTE increasingly targets civilians (both non-Tamils, and Tamils who oppose the LTTE). There are 50-100 casualties a day, including civilian victims of terrorism or Tamils who oppose the LTTE. It looks like the end for the LTTE. However, the fanatics who form the core of the LTTE are still out there, and apparently determined to fight to the death. That could be ugly, and costly in terms of military and civilian lives.


April 7, 2007: In the north, the LTTE attacked a bus full of civilians, killing seven and wounding 26.



April 4, 2007: The air force found and bombed the headquarters of the LTTE naval forces, in the north. Fuel supplies and buildings were destroyed.



April 3, 2007: The army captured another four LTTE camps in eastern Sri Lanka, killing 23 LTTE gunmen in the process. Now several hundred more LTTE fighters have no place to live, although most of them are probably already dead, or have deserted. The only forces the LTTE have left in that area are scattered in remaining camps. Many senior LTTE leaders have already moved to the remaining LTTE bastion in the north. The LTTE has increased its attacks on non-Tamils in the east, especially Sinhalese (the majority of Sri Lankans).

Govt. open for peace talks with LTTE

If the LTTE is ready to come we are willing to take it and we want it to come. We want to make the LTTE a part of the negotiations and part of a negotiated settlement. It should become stakeholders in that right. At the same time it is important for us to say who the Tigers are as much as they say who we are. We are a sovereign nation and owe a responsibility to the country and to its people. They should take this opportunity to shed terrorism and be part of the negotiated process,? Minister Bogollagama said.

The JVP yesterday blamed the main Opposition UNP for discouraging the Sri Lankan armed forces at a time they engaged in an invaluable service in the Northern District to protect the country's territorial integrity from the LTTE.

JVP Parliamentarian K. D. Lalkantha said that this was clearly seen when the UNP refrained from voting when the Emergency vote was taken up in Parliament on Thursday.

'Pearl of the Indian Ocean', turn in to 'Hell of the Indian Ocean..