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Earth bunds won t save Kilinochchi
Monday, 13 October 2008 - 8:56 PM SL Time
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The SLAF Saturday afternoon attacked LTTE cadres engaged in building an earth bund about 4.5 kilometres north-east of Akkarayankulam tank bund.
A pair of Mi-24 helicopter gunships zeroed-in on the target at 1.30 p. m. shortly after the 57 Division pushing towards the A 9 road reported the deployment of heavy machinery for the building of an earth bund.
The army regained the southern edge of the Akkarayankulam tank situated about 12 kilometres south-west of Kilinochchi town centre by August 22.
SLAF spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said that one excavator and one bulldozer had been deployed at the time of the air strike. Faced with a severe shortage of arms, ammunition and fresh recruits, the LTTE had build earth bunds both east and west of the A9 to impede the ongoing ground operations, he told The Island yesterday.
Earlier in the day (October 11), Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka visited Vanni Security Forces headquarters to review the overall situation on the Vanni front. Fonseka said that the army in the first week of this month pierced the Akkarayankulam earth bund to reach the outskirts of Kilinochchi town. Speaking to The Island after his previous visit to Vanni Security Forces on October 3, Fonseka said the earth bund that stretches several kilometres west of Akkarayankulam across the Kilinochchi district wouldn t deter the army.
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that the rapid construction of earth bunds both east and west of the A9 wouldn t have been possible without the deployment of earth moving machinery. He told The Island that earth moving machinery belonging to the Norwegian People s Aid had ended up in the hands of the LTTE. There was absolutely no doubt that the machinery had been used to strengthen their defences. Rajapaksa said that the conduct of the NPA, too, strengthened his resolve to shift all INGOs, including UN agencies out of LTTE-held territory. In fact, the NPA, which was involved in mine clearing operations should have been asked to quit the area a long time ago, he said.
The NPA recently admitted that it could not retrieve three excavators when it pulled out of the LTTE-held area. Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told The Island that the NPA had assured the government that the three excavators had been made non-operational before the INGO quit Kilinochchi, while two of its vehicles had been held by the Humanitarian de-mining unit, an LTTE front while another had been left by the side of the A9 due to a mechanical defect.
Petter Eide, Secretary General of NPA, in a letter dated August 27 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, while condemning the first reported seizure of several vehicles in August acknowledged the seriousness of the situation. ` NPA recognises that our security measures weren t effective in preventing the removal of vehicles and equipment. We acknowledge the serious security implications this has had in Sri Lanka.` Eide said that the LTTE s action prompt the armed forces to target vehicles belonging to all humanitarian agencies, thereby jeopardising relief work.
Sri Lanka s decision to suspend INGO/UN agencies in LTTE-held territory came close on the heels of Petter Eide s visit to Colombo to reassure his commitment to humanitarian work.
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elephanthouse
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 13 Oct 2008 14:49:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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These guys are really desperate.
Would not like to be in their shoes.
There is only one thing: surrender or run away |
Ruhunu
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 13 Oct 2008 16:05:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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LTTE top leaders are living double lives. They haven't done any rehabilitaion work for 15 years for the money that TRO pumped in.
Imagine all that hundreds of millions of dollars, every year going to a few people and no accountability. |
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 13 Oct 2008 20:44:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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...one excavator and one bulldozer had been deployed...
Tigers on the run...... having such equipment! |
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 14 Oct 2008 05:56:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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Go to
http://www.defence.lk/img/20080920_57Div.jpg
and C for yourself ! |
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14 Oct 2008 19:16:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Earth Bunds nor Tamil Chauvinism of TamilNadu can save them.
The executive editor of the Hindu, Malini Parathasarthy said in a signed editorial of the paper that despite the campaign masterminded by a desperate LTTE in Tamil Nadu the Indian government should maintain its policy of staying out of Sri Lanka's internal affairs.
The lengthy editorial carried on the paper's centre page said, 'This latest campaign in Tamil Nadu masterminded by a desperate LTTE must not be allowed to undermine the sound policy decision upheld by successive Indian governments since 1991 to stay out of Sri Lanka's internal affairs.'
In no uncertain terms the editorial said, 'It is indeed the sovereign right of Sri Lanka as it is of India to eliminate any terrorist organisation that poses a fundamental threat to its survival as a nation.'
The newspaper with 1.17 million circulation and considered the most influential national daily in India was commenting on the current agitation by Tamil political parties in the South Indian state to bring pressure on New Delhi to intervene and stop Sri Lanka's offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) the leaders of which are believed to be virtually trapped in their stronghold of Kilinochchi.
The editorial severely warned New Delhi that such an intervention would weaken the moral authority of India to fight against terrorism and separatism in Kashmir.
Parathasarathy, in her comment, under the headline, 'The Dangers of Tamil Chauvinism' said, 'For the last decade or so, New Delhi has successfully resisted the various attempts made by the LTTE and its supporters in Tamil Nadu to force it to intervene in the Sri Lankan crisis. If New Delhi were to express its disapproval, even implicitly, of Sri Lanka's sovereign right to recapture its own national territory from the LTTE, it would weaken the moral authority of India's own actions in regard to its struggle against terrorism and the separatist agitation in Kashmir. This latest campaign in Tamil Nadu masterminded by a desperate LTTE must not be allowed to undermine the sound policy decision upheld by successive Indian governments since 1991 to stay out of Sri Lanka's internal affairs.'
Edited By - magha - 15 Oct 2008 01:39:01 GMT |
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14 Oct 2008 22:24:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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Earth bunds won t save Kilinochchi
Hope the capture of Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and VP would save Sri Lanka!
Edited By - kiwikanga - 14 Oct 2008 22:29:30 GMT |
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 15 Oct 2008 00:42:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Finally, we have a government that can see the truth and act on it. That's good enough for me to begin with. |
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 15 Oct 2008 06:24:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Praba is living his last days on this earth. He will soon be able to enjoy a good pot of toddy with his brothers thamilchelvam and Anton B.I am sure that they are waiting for him. |
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 15 Oct 2008 07:51:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Earth Bunds nor Tamil Chauvinism of TamilNadu can save them.
only the executive editor of the Hindu Malini Parathasarthy can save sinhalese?:)))) |
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only the executive editor of the Hindu Malini Parathasarthy can save sinhalese?:))))
Yeah...by genocidal attacks and stimulated invasions by Tamil racists. |
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