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`Discreet` crackdown on LTTE to prevent TN emerging as hub
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 30 Sep 2008 16:29:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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That last post of yours- :)))
Pl quote -its DW reader STD's.
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Hmm wonder if the story is even real then, only mention was that tamil news site and apparently the Sinhala news site but I obviously cannot verify that one, and not sure who posted it first.
as for FAE's, well the US even used daisy cutters in Afghanistan, yet the Taliban and AQ are still around and getting stronger, though still confined to Iraq and Afghanistan so its all good.
A real shame that, no matter what side of the ethnic conflict we are on here I think we can all agree that Jihadis are a threat to the whole world and total liquidation post haste is a blessing for all.
My point is FAEs may work great against large concentrations of enemy, but the LTTE has been leary to provide such concentrations for long periods, so overall effect will be muted, IMHO.
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 30 Sep 2008 16:34:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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'Discreet' crackdown on LTTE to prevent TN emerging as hub
http://tinyurl.com/522jq3
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 30 Sep 2008 16:34:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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100% true. Enjoy the credibility !
Even though RAW fought war with tigers, this info coming from a TOP RAW agent raman must not be a fake info... |
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30 Sep 2008 16:35:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Can you believe.
PEople of Velu and Tamil EELam blaming the SLA commander saying ETHNO CENTRIC MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
Ethnocentric military dictatorship in the making in Colombo - Vanni MP
TamilNet, Sunday, 28 September 2008, 09:47 GMT
Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian for Vanni, Selvam Adaikkalanathan, who blamed Sri Lanka Army commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka for his Sinhala ethnocentric comments to a Canadian paper, said Sunday that the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as Commander-in-Chief and the Executive President, should instruct the SLA commander to apologise for the statement. Fonseka's statement not only undermined democracy by justifying an ethnic majoritarian rule in the island of Sri Lanka, but also alluded that a military dictatorship was in the making in Colombo, he said. Meanwhile, Rauff Hakim, the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, also blamed that the 'attack on the minorities ' by the SLA commander 'bordered on racism.' |
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 30 Sep 2008 16:38:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Weel they got blame someone.They always do! |
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30 Sep 2008 16:39:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Anu D,
even India says the same abt ethno Dictatorship!
The Communist Party of India (CPI) says it is planning a day of action against Sri Lanka government's alleged human rights violations.
D Pandian, General Secretary of CPI Tamilnadu branch, told BBC Tamil Service that the action is aimed at urging Indian government to exert pressure on Sri Lanka to come up with a political solution to the national question.
'Sri Lanka government is only indulging in genocide against its own citizens,' he said.
He also accused the Sri Lanka government of 'lying' on the plight of the civilians caught in the conflict.
The Communist Party is of the opinion that the current Sri Lanka government 'is not a civilian government'.
Sri Lanka has legitimate right to fight terrorism and all sort of other illegal activities, he said, but there are accepted international standards to adhere with.
He also added that it is the responsibility of the powerful party, the government to come with a solution to the conflict not the LTTE.
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 30 Sep 2008 16:40:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thalaweer - we can all agree that jihaadis are a threat
if they learn further more from ltte about bomb making and
stealth mosquitoe air crafting
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Intelligence units have uncovered the general area of the crash-site of the TAF plane. The site is situated inside dense jungle at Mullaiyaveli, south of Mulaithivu. Unfortunately no UAV images taken upto now have been able to clearly show the site due to thick vegetation and immediate action taken by the LTTE to cover it up.
Civilian informants of MIC residing along the Mulaitivu-Oddusudan road have seen the plane descending in a ball off fire. Some had observed the plane from their Chena cultivations and others had heard the noise of the plane crashing. The area was then cordoned off by the Tigers.
Other credible sources have also confirmed the destruction of the plane. These come from radio messages recorded by 2MIC corp attached to 59 Division in Mullaitivu.
But the most credible information comes in a taped conversation between a Chengdu F-7 pilot and the SLAF Operations Control room at Katunayake. In this tape, heard by sources very close to DefenceWire, the F-7 pilot confirms the sighting and identification of the plane and requests permission to engage it with a missile whereupon the permission is granted and the pilot describes the Zlin taking a direct hit and plunging into darkness over Mulaitivu jungles.
These tapes might never be released to the public due to some sensitive information in them.
some brushing up of past reporting of defencewire
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30 Sep 2008 16:45:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
More evidence of mercenaries flying TAF planes
Intelligence agencies in Sri Lanka are examining what they consider are international mercenaries fighting for the LTTE, particularly with regard to the 'Tiger Air Force' or TAF.
We have discussed this issue in early September this year following our own investigations into the Trincomalee attack (Click here for article). These suspicions first arose during an investigation on the bombing where an F7B Pilot had locked its radar on a Zlin, only to lose it in a second.
The Pilot claimed the Zlin pilot went into a dangerous dive as soon as his radar tried to lock the plane. He claimed at the time that the dive and subsequent evasion tactics were 'unusually good' for a rookie pilot and instead resembled more the tactics of a seasoned fighter pilot.
The second clue comes more recently during the attack on the Vavuniya Air Force base where one pilot's performance stood up against the rest. This pilot, having observed the AA batteries in operation, pretended to retreat towards Mulaitivu then half way there, suddenly turned back and bombed the base. One of these bombs landed close to Special Forces CO Brigadier Nirmal Dharmaratne's official quarters but failed to explode.
This pilot's accuracy was comparatively much better than that of the other pilot who was subsequently chased and shot down by the F-7. This has given rise to considerable suspicions that one of the two planes that carryout the bombings is piloted by a foreign mercenary. He/they would act as instructors, guiding the Tiger pilot to the target. It is a case of leading by example.
The Tigers weren't the first to use foreign pilots in actual combat missions over Sri Lankan airspace. Pilots from the former USSR flew MIG27 jets in military operations against the Tigers many years ago, before SLAF pilots were on par with them.
A famous such operations was the bombing of the Navatkuli Bridge when the Army started retreating towards Jaffna Town. SLAF pilots followed close behind but the Russians took the lead in the bombing run and helped the SLA delay Oyatha Alaikal from reaching Jaffna in a hurry.
Experts who spoke to us confirmed that many mercenaries, having retired from leading armed forces of the world, would take such risks in consideration for large payments. Until the recent downing of the Zlin , SLAF did not pose much of a threat to such pilots. Even if they did, the evidence presented earlier indicates that they have escaped unhurt on both 'close calls' while the unskilled Tiger pilot/s perished.
just compare with the latest report. defencewire contradicts their own intelligece report:)))))))
Edited By - Thalaivar - 30 Sep 2008 16:48:10 GMT |
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