4 homeguards killed in Yala jungles

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 February 2008, 06:53 GMT]
Four members of the home guards, an auxiliary force of the Sri Lanka armed forces, were killed in an attack allegedly by the Liberation Tigers in the Yala jungles in the south-east of the island, around 3.30 p.m. Sunday, according to police sources.
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LTTE, SLA DPU unit clash in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 19:55 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighters confronted SLA troopers of Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) infiltrating Sunday morning 11:10 a.m. through Paalamoaddai Forward Defence lines (FDL)of LTTE in Vavuniyaa and forced them to flee from the area, Vavuniyaa operations command of Tigers said.
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APRC collaborated in a deception game: Kumar David

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 16:49 GMT]
"The Interim Report is a sham for two reasons; the Committee set aside its pervious 18 months and 63 meetings of deliberations and trotted out the Presidential diktat pretending it was its own finding, and secondly the APRC is collaborating in a deception game since this interim palliative is all that the government will ever want out of these worthies; the government will sell this interim hogwash to India and the Co-Chairs," says Prof. Kumar David in an opinion column that appeared in "Island" weekend edition.
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Jaffna to Colombo flights suspended

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 15:40 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna suspended all six daily flights to Colombo from Palaali air base in Jaffna until Tuesday, sources in Jaffna said. Meanwhile, SLA Jaffna requested Jaffna peninsula residents to celebrate the 60th Independence Day, hoisting the Sri Lanka's national Lion flag in all public, private institutions, the sources added.
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Battle for Equality, Liberty

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 01:04 GMT]
While leading democratic presidential candidates have articulated defects in United States current approach to "war on terror," forewarning imminent changes to U.S. domestic and foreign policies, leading legal authorities in the U.S., acting as proxies to public interest and driven by Maslowian instinct, are battling in U.S. Courts to balance security and personal liberty by challenging Bush's national security policies. The judicial outcomes have a bearing on American Tamils, and contain illuminating lessons on civil society's struggle in a nation whose democratic governance is built on Montesquieu's doctrine of "checks and balances."
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PAFFREL to file action against carrying arms during elections

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 February 2008, 22:13 GMT]
Kingsley Rodrigo, Chairman of People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), a local election monitoring group addressing a conference attended by Government Agent (GA) Batticaloa, representatives of civil society, election candidate and representatives from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) held Saturday in Lions Club Hall in Batticaloa announced that he file court action against carrying of arms by representatives of political parties and independent groups in Batticaloa district.
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Thirumavalavan urges Center to hold referendum on extending LTTE ban

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 February 2008, 20:18 GMT]
Viduthalai Chiruththaikal Kadchi (VCK, Liberation Panthers Party) President Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday urged the Indian Government to conduct a referendum among the sixty five million people of Tamil Nadu on the extension of LTTE ban. He was speaking at a demonstration organized by his party to pressure the Indian Government to wage war against Sri Lanka for planting mines in the sea waters of Kadchatheevu and for arbitrarily arresting Tamil Nadu fishermen.
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SLA beaten back in Ma'nalaa'ru

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 February 2008, 00:42 GMT]
A three pronged attack by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers Friday afternoon 12:15 p.m. in Ma'nalaa'ru battle front through Ma'nalaa'ru and Kokkuththoduvaay aimed at infiltrating into Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas was beaten back by LTTE fighters forcing to the SLA troopers to withdraw from the battle zone, Ma'nalaa'ru operations command of Tigers said.
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Court releases SLAF officials charged with abduction, extortion

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 February 2008, 18:31 GMT]
The Colombo Chief Magistrate Friday discharged all the three officials of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), including Nishantha Gajanayake, from the charges of abduction and extortion. The court made the order accepting the submission of the Attorney General (AG) that there was no evidence to support the charges, legal sources in Colombo said.
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SLA intensifies security in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 February 2008, 16:32 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA), following the bomb blast Thursday in Thirunelveali, Jaffna, has intensified security measures, suspending traffic for hours Friday when SLA convoys used the main roads in Jaffna peninsula, sources in Jaffna said. The death toll in the bomb blast has risen to five from four when a man injured died in Jaffna Teaching hospital Thursday night. Meanwhile, the youth and young woman shot and killed in Thenmaraadchi Friday morning have been identified.
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3 SLA killed in Paalamoaddai clash - LTTE

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 February 2008, 14:30 GMT]
3 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and 7 wounded Friday when Liberation Tigers beat back a ground push by the SLA amid heavy artillery barrage in Paalampiddi in Vavuniyaa - Mannaar border, according to LTTE Operations Command in Vavuniyaa. Heavy fighting was also reported in Pa'ndivirichchaan area in Mannaar.
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SLA, police conduct search in Inginiagala

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 February 2008, 09:54 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police jointly conducted a cordon and search operation in the area near the police guard post at 17th mile in Inginiagala in Ampaa’rai district following reports of a group of armed men on the move in the area, Ampaa’rai police said.
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SLA offensives in Vavuniyaa, Mannar, Ma'nalaa'ru foiled

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 February 2008, 01:41 GMT]
Attempts by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers to attack Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) bases in the southern Forward Defense Lines (FDLs) in Mannaar, Vavuniyaa and Ma'nlaa'ru were defeated in counter attacks by the LTTE, Mannaar operations command of Tigers said Thursday. SLA is feared to have suffered heavy losses in the battles.
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SLA, police cordon, search Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:46 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police started a large scale cordon and search operation from Thursday early morning in Aalayadiveampu, Koa’laavil and Naavatkaadu in Akkaraipattu in Ampaa'rai district, following the killing of two Sinhalese men at Aalayadiveampu Wednesday around 9:00 p.m, Akkaraipattu police said.
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Bomb blast kills 3 civilians, injures 16 in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 07:48 GMT]
A bomb explosion Thursday around 10:30 a.m near Thirunelveali public market on Jaffna-Palaali road in Jaffna killed three civilians and injured at least sixteen, sources in Jaffna said. The injured were rushed to Jaffna Teaching hospital. The number of causalities and injured are feared to be more, the sources added.
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Mother, son, daughter shot dead in Thenmaraadchi

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 05:01 GMT]
Armed men who came on motorcycles shot and killed a mother, her son and daughter at Choalaiyamman Koayiladi in Manththuvil in Thenmaraadchi sector of the Jaffna Peninsula, in the early hours of Thursday, sources in Chaavakachcheari said. The attackers, alleged to be members of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Field Bike Squad, surrounded the house while a few entered inside and sprayed bullets on the family members, the sources added.
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3 SLA soldiers killed in Ma'nalaa'ru clashes - LTTE

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 19:44 GMT]
Liberation Tigers Operations Command in Ma'nalaa'ru told media in Vanni that a three-pronged ground offensive by the Sri Lanka Army was thwarted after nearly five-hour fighting on Wednesday. There were no LTTE casualties in the confrontations. 3 SLA soldiers were killed, claimed the LTTE.
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SLA hands over 4 female corpses to Mannaar Police

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 19:33 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army on Tuesday handed over 4 dead bodies of females with gunshot wounds to Mannaar Police. One dead body was handed over at 5:30 p.m. and three more bodies at 7:30 p.m. The SLA has claimed that the bodies belong to LTTE cadres who were killed in action in Parappangka'ndal area.
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SLA dumps dead soldiers in the stretches of Arippu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 17:34 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army in Mannaar, while under-reporting their casualties in the fighting, has been dumping tractor-loads of dead soldiers in the delta of Aruvi Aa'ru (Malwattu Oya), the area emptied of people after capturing it from the LTTE last year. Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers, escaping from the battlefield with the help of local residents have said that their fellow troopers killed in the battle were being dumped near a coconut palm grove at Ooral, a locality 1 km south of Aruvi Aa'ru and few kilometers east of the coastline between Arippu and Chilaavatturai.
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UNP to boycott official Independence Day celebrations

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 12:21 GMT]
The main opposition United National Party (UNP) has decided to boycott the 60th Independence Day official celebrations to be held on February 4 led by Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse. UNP has appealed to people to attend prayer meetings in places of worships to be organized by the party throughout Sri Lanka.
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