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What did happen in Muhumalai mate? tell me? Did the LTTE cross over to Jaffna and take Jaffna?

How long will you sing this old song?

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so they have to accept all fire works in the future.

News Next target is Thunukkai - Army Commander
Next target is Thunukkai - Army Commander
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 13:08
The next target of the security forces would be the Thunukkai area in Mullaitivu, said Army Commander, Lieutenant General, Sarath Fonseka.

With the liberation of Thunukkai, the Army is capable of launching heavy weapons attack at any LTTE target in the Wanni, he said.

The 57 and 58 Divisions have the entire Mannar area under their control, the Army Commander said, adding that that they would further advance after the recent capture of the Tiger stronghold Iluppakadawai.

Serbia captures fugitive Karadzic

Radovan Karadzic is one of the world's most wanted men
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run.

The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996.

He has been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.

The appointment of a new, pro-European government in Belgrade last month appears to have cleared the way for his arrest, says a BBC correspondent.

The European Union, which the new government hopes to join, has put Serbia under considerable pressure to hand over indicted war criminals to the UN tribunal in The Hague.

But Mr Karadzic's wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large.

'Located and arrested'

The arrest of Radovan Karadzic was welcomed by war crimes prosecutors in The Hague as a 'milestone'.

He has been brought before Belgrade's war crimes court, a legal procedure that indicates he may soon be extradited.

This is a very important day for the victims who have waited for this arrest for over a decade

Officials said no further information about his detention would be released until the action team of prosecutors, police and intelligence teams meet in Belgrade on Tuesday morning, the BBC's Eastern European correspondent Nick Thorpe says.

'Radovan Karadzic was located and arrested tonight' by Serbian security officers, a statement by the office of President Boris Tadic said, without giving details.

'Karadzic was brought to the investigative judge of the War Crimes Court in Belgrade, in accordance with the law on co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia .'

Serbian government sources told Reuters news agency he had been under surveillance for several weeks, following a tip-off from a foreign intelligence service.

But his lawyer, Svetozar Vujacic, said Mr Karadzic had been detained 'on Friday in a bus' and held till he was brought before the judge of Serbia's war crimes court for questioning. Mr Karadzic was said to have remained silent during questioning.

Heavily armed special forces were deployed around the war crimes court in Belgrade - apparently fearing a backlash from nationalists who consider Mr Karadzic a hero.

'He did not surrender, that is not his style,' his brother, Luka Karadzic, said outside the court.

'Milestone in co-operation'

Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the ICTY, welcomed the arrest.

One more regiment is safely landed in Southern Thamileelam. they all carried-out by Sea Tigers.
A Company of Jeyanthan Regiment also returned to Wanni from Southern Thamileelam.
very quick operations by Sea Tigers under command of Mr.Naren.

Navy destroys one LTTE boat, damages 2 in a sea battle - Pulmoddai

An LTTE boat was destroyed and two more were heavily damaged when the Sri Lanka Navy's Fast Attack Craft (FACs) engaged a cluster of LTTE boats detected in the seas off Pulmoddai around 1.30 a.m today, 22 July.


According to the naval sources, five LTTE speedboats were heading towards Pulmoddai from Nayaru and the sea battle erupted when the LTTE boat cluster was detected by the naval FACs on patrolling during the early hours.



Naval craft or sailor received no injuries in this confrontation, naval sources added.

Thalaivar,
what do you mean by this?? care to explain??