SLAF bombs Puthukkudiyiruppu in Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 21:30 GMT]
Five Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers dropped more than twenty four bombs in two sorties Friday morning, targeting civilian settlements in Vea'naavil and surrounding areas, sources in Vanni said.
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32 civilians arrested in Badulla, Ratmalana

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 17:09 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has arrested nineteen civilians including four women at Ratmalana and 13 others at Badulla in cordon and search operations conducted from Thursday dusk to Friday dawn. Majority of them are Tamil civilians.
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Two women shot, injured in Thunnaalai

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 11:40 GMT]
Unknown gunmen riding motorcycles forced their entry into a house in Kudavatthai, Thunnaalai, in Vadamaraadchi at 4:00 a.m. Friday during curfew hours, and shot and seriously injured two women, sources in Point Pedro said. Villagers accuse Sri Lanka Army (SLA) intelligence cadres as responsible for the shooting.
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Paddy cultivation to resume in Thoppigala

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 11:26 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) announced granting permission for paddy cultivation to be resumed in 4000 acres of land abutting the Kudumpimalai area in Batticaloa Districtafter an interval of 17 years. The decision was taken at a special meeting held at Koran District Secretariat presided by V.Thavarasa, District Secretary (DS).
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Resettlement of Batticaloa IDPs begins

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 11:23 GMT]
The first stage of resettlement process of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in areas close to Chengkaladi-Badulla main road A5 Highway, Batticaloa district was initiated Thursday morning 10:00a.m.
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Family man shot dead in Ea'raavoor

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 09:48 GMT]
Paramilitary men who knocked the doors of a 55-year-old farmer (Poadiyaar) in Vanthaa'rumoolai, shot him dead Friday early morning around 1:10. The victim, Kannaayiram Peethamparam, a father of three, was shot in his chest and hands with 7.62 mm rounds that are used in T-56 assault rifles, according to the Police. Vanthaa'rumoolai is located 17 km northwest of Batticaloa city.
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SLAF misfire wounds two in Katunayake airbase

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 October 2007, 08:43 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airmen were wounded in an accidental gunfire at the Katunayake airbase Friday morning around 6:30.
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SLA cordons off, searches areas west of Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 19:15 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA), deploying large number of troops, launched a cordon and search operation Thursday dawn covering a vast area in Jaffna west, sources in Jaffna said. Youths and young women were rounded up for interrogation and the National Identity Cards of many have been confiscated by the SLA troops. The SLA has directed the victims to claim their ID cards at the SLA camp in their respective areas.
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Artillery shelling shuts down A9 entry point

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 18:41 GMT]
The entry, exit point between Sri Lanka Army controlled areas and Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni, has been closed Thursday as the parties exchanged artillery fire, sources in Vavuniyaa said. All traffic through the gateway including ambulances carrying patients in critical condition was blocked as shells exploded close to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) office in the no-man's land, sources in Vanni said.
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Missing Japanese, local project staff located

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 October 2007, 02:50 GMT]
Sri Lanka security forces located the two Japanese engineers and the 4 Sri Lankan project engineering staffers who were reported missing since Wednesday morning in the jungles of Morawewa area, 24 km northwest of Trincomalee town. The Japanese were working with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), an aid implementing agency, at the time of disappearance.
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SLA troops disrupt Jaffna campus annual event

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 17:08 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops in large numbers surrounded Jaffna University premises Wednesday afternoon in field-bikes and armoured troop carriers while some tried to enter forcibly into certain sections of the campus, disrupting the Annual Student Gathering at the Jaffna University campus, student sources in Jaffna said.
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SLAF kfirs bomb civilian settlements in Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 15:19 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir bombers struck civilian settlements in Muththuaiyankaddu in Vanni Wednesday from 7:00 a.m to 7:20 a.m. Eight bombs, dropped in two sorties, fell close to civilian settlements and exploded, sources in Vanni said. No one was hurt as the bombs missed the houses. However, tension and fear prevailed in Muththuaiyankadu area.
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3 men seek protection with Jaffna HRC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 10:13 GMT]
Two family men from Thenmaraadchi and one youth from Pa'ndaitharippu sought protection with Human Rights Council (HRC) Jaffna Tuesday due to threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backed paramilitaries, HRC sources said.
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3 children wounded in SLAF airstrike in Vanni

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 09:29 GMT]
Five civilians, including three children, were wounded in Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airstrike on Neasan Kudyiruppu settlement in Puthukkudyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district, Tuesday around 2:00 p.m. Three of the victims belong to a single family. Five houses were damaged, two of them fully destroyed in the attack, according to initial reports.
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Family man seeks protection with Jaffna HRC

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 01:02 GMT]
A family man from Thenmaraadchi sought protection with the Human Rights Council (HRC) Jaffna Monday due to death threats from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backedparamilitaries, officials at the HRC offices said.
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SLA mini-camp in Yala overrun - LTTE

[TamilNet, Monday, 15 October 2007, 14:33 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) have overrun a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp near Yala sanctuary in southern Sri Lanka Monday evening, LTTE field officials in Ampaa'rai told TamilNet. 6 SLA troopers were killed, and many wounded in the raid which took place 40 km south of Poththuvil, the Tigers said, claiming that the camp was under their control for 3 hours during which time they seized arms and ammunitions from the camp. The Yala sanctuary, one of the island's main tourist attractions, lies on the southern end of the Ampaa'rai district.
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LTTE hands over 3 SLA bodies to ICRC

[TamilNet, Sunday, 14 October 2007, 21:56 GMT]
LTTE's NGO and U.N. Liaison Officer M. Pavarasan handed over 3 bodies of Sri Lanka Army (SLA ) troopers killed during Saturday clashes in Paasaiyoor-Kurunakar seas to Ms.Katja Lawrence, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative in Kilinochchi, Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.
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Curfew brings uneasy calm to Vadamaraadchi

[TamilNet, Sunday, 14 October 2007, 12:33 GMT]
During the 24-hour curfew Sunday, uneasy calm prevailed in Vadamaraadchi area as residents stayed indoors, businesses remained closed, and no vehicular or pedestrians used the interior and main roads in the district. Fishing along coastal areas were suspended as thousands of fishermen were confined to their fishing hamlets, civil society sources in Jaffna said.
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SLA imposes 24-hour curfew in Vadamaraadchi

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 October 2007, 20:50 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) military command in Palaali has announced through military radio and media that Vadamaraadchi area will be under a 24-hour curfew the whole of Sunday, sources in Jaffna said. The normal curfew hours which last from 7:00 p.m to 4:30 a.m. will be modified, and the curfew will not be lifted at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the announcement said. The 24-hour curfew will continue throughout Sunday until it is lifted on Monday morning 4:30 a.m., according to the directive.
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SLA blocks coverage of Arbour's Jaffna visit

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 October 2007, 12:48 GMT]
North Ceylon Journalists Association (NCJA), in a communiqué issued Friday, condemned Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in threatening the journalists attempting to cover the visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), Ms.Louise Arbour, to Jaffna district.
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