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ColomboDude
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 6 Oct 2008 06:41:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Opposition Leader of the United National Party in North Central Province, Maj. Gen (retd.) Janaka Perera and his wife, a former Sri Lanka Army officer, were killed in a bomb blast in Anuradhapura Monday morning around 8:45. Around 28 persons were killed and 80 wounded in the blast, Police said. An attacker, strapped with hidden explosives, embraced the former commander killing himself and several other. Janaka Perera was the UNP candidate for the Chief Minister post in 2008 Provincial Elections in North Central Province, which was marred by violence.
Anuradhapura district organiser Dr. A. Johnpulle, his wife, and several provincial council members were also killed in the blast.
Janaka Perara was participating in an opening ceremony of a new UNP office close to the bus stand in the town.
During Eelam War III, Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera played a major role in Jaffna and in Ma'nalaa'ru (Weli Oya). After the fall of Elephant Pass Base (EPS), he was appointed Overall Operations Commander (OOC) when Major Sarath Fonseka (now Lt. Gen.) was Security Forces Commander in Jaffna.
He retired from the military after being sidelined from becoming the Commander of the SLA and appointed as the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka, first in Australia, and then in Indonesia, following his retirement.
A Tamil village, Ma'nki'ndi-malai in Ma'nalaa'ru region, was renamed Janakapura, after the SLA evicted Tamils from their village in 1984 and established Sinhala colonies there. Maj. Gen. (ret) Perera (then a brigadier) was posted for two years in Janakapura as the commander of the SLA's Special Forces with a key camp at Janakapura.
Janaka Perera, one of the SLA's most celebrated officers, was barred from entering SLA camps in April 2008 by the military hierarchy after he critisized the present SLA Commander and the Rajapaksa government for their conduct of war with unrealistic deadlines.
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 6 Oct 2008 07:02:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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Our country is in ever to our great General!
Rest in peace great commander |
Jinadasa
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 6 Oct 2008 07:10:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thanks for you great service on the battlefield
You served great keeping these TT maniacs at bay. May there be other Janaka Pereras to follow
Just wish you hadn't got embroiled in these dumb politics. And sad that it got in your way too.
But atleast we have Sarath Fonseka carrying on your service |
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 6 Oct 2008 07:19:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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I am happy for the General.
He did not die in vain.
He served the Country. He is a Sri Lankan HERO and we miss him.
Edited By - AnuD - 6 Oct 2008 07:31:38 GMT |
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6 Oct 2008 07:21:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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A real hero of the nation. Another great lost to SL.
He may attain Nibbana !! |
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PULI007
few more weeks .. thats all we need to wipe your ugly faces from Sri Lanka..
Unrealistic dreams of lankan modayas for many decades.....sin aney |
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6 Oct 2008 07:47:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Some LTT Barbarians bad mouth about MG Janaka PErera.
but, at least one tamil say that he helped som,e tamils to escape LTT torture.
Janaka Perera is ambitious but not treacherous. May he attain the Ultimate Bliss. A Tamil, I'm personally impressed with him, as he helped lot of my distant relatives escape the LTTE torture. |
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