SLA conducts search operation in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 December 2006, 12:15 GMT]
Hundreds of Sri Lankan troopers and police cordoned off and searched Mannar areas covering Moor Street, Uppukulam, and Sinnakadai from 2:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, sources in Mannar said. All houses and vehicles in the area came under intensive search.
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2 SLA troopers killed, 19 injured at Kattumurivu in Vaharai

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 December 2006, 11:42 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Batticaloa said that two of their troopers were killed and 19 injured in a clash between the SLA and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at the LTTE held Katumurivu area in Batticaloa district Tuesday between 4:00 a.m and 12:00 noon. The SLA also said that they learnt from LTTE communications that five LTTE cadres were killed in the fight.
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Two shot dead, one seriously injured in two incidents in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 December 2006, 09:25 GMT]
Two armed men on motorcycle shot dead a youth and seriously injured his cousin Monday night around 7:00 p.m, near Lourdes Church at Thumpalai in Point Pedro while two gunmen on motor cycle shot dead Tuesday morning a trader at Viyaparimoolai in Point Pedro.


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Heavy fighting breaks out in Vaharai region

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 December 2006, 15:09 GMT]
Heavy fighting broke out between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at Kattumurivu, located 5 km inside the LTTE controlled Vaharai region in Batticaloa district Monday morning around 10:00 a.m. The fighting continued amid heavy artillery and mortar shelling at 5:00 p.m.
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SLA, LTTE clash at Vavuniya FDL

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 December 2006, 15:04 GMT]
Liberation Tigers clashed with Sri Lanka Army troopers who attempted to move beyond the no-go zone towards Puliyankulam at Omanthai Forward Defence Line in Vavuniya district around 2:00 p.m. Monday. The SLA troopers withdrew after facing resistance from the Tigers, according to LTTE's Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan. Meanwhile, medical sources in Kilinochchi said an ambulance with 7 patients needing advanced treatment at Vavuniya hospital could not proceed to Vavuniya as the Omanthai exit point remained closed following the clash. Artillery and mortar fire was also reported in Northern Front FDL in Muhamalai since Sunday evening.
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SLA abducts 2 youths, 1 adult in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 04 December 2006, 13:09 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and collaborating paramilitaries abducted a 52-year old man from his home in Tellipallai Monday, sources in Jaffna said. Meanwhile, two youths were abducted Friday evening from Mallakam area in Jaffna. Relatives of the victims have registered the three cases at the Human Rights Commission in Jaffna.
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Tamil Americans celebrate Heroes day in New Jersey

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 December 2006, 17:28 GMT]
More than 500 Tamil Americans attended a packed auditorium for the Heroes Day event held Saturday evening at South Brunswick Middle School in New Jersey. Tamils from York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland attended the event, the second biggest after the largest turnout in 1999, attendees said.
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CFA, buried

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 December 2006, 15:23 GMT]
Head of Sri Lanka's Peace Secretariat, Palitha Kohona, has told the visiting Norwegian Peace Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer, that the Sri Lankan government was reviewing a proposal of proscribing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and had asked the Peace Envoy not to undertake his scheduled mission to Kilinochchi until a Government decision on Wednesday, according to media reports in Colombo. Analysts view the move as a step to effectively nullify the already defunct Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) that specifically prohibits all military offensives including aerial bombardment, offensive naval operations, assassinations, suicide missions and the activities by deep penetration units.
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SLA trooper seriously injured in sniper fire in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 December 2006, 10:42 GMT]
A Sri Lankan Army (SLA) trooper was seriously injured in a sniper attack made Sunday around 9:05 a.m on the Vavunativu SLA sentry post in Batticaloa, Vavunativu SLA sources said. The injured trooper, air lifted to Polanaruwa hospital, is in a critical situation.


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Two civilians killed in Trincomalee district

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 December 2006, 10:29 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot killed a Tamil civilian Friday night at Menkamam, a Tamil village in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled Muthur region in Trincomalee, said Muthur police who are investigating into the killing.


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Forcing Vaharai students to miss GCE(OL), morally reprehensible- TNA MP

[TamilNet, Sunday, 03 December 2006, 02:53 GMT]
Joint decision by Sri Lanka Ministry of Education and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to not hold the GCE Ordinary level examinations in Vaharai Educational Circuit citing unstable security situation, has brought condemnation from Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, S. Jeyanandamoorthy, sources said.
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Boycott against relocation of Jaffna bus stand continues

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 15:21 GMT]
The protest by the employees of the Jaffna district Central Transport Board (CTB) boycotting work condemning Sri Lankan Army (SLA) action to relocate the Central Bus Terminal from the heart of Jaffna town to an empty area near Pannai Bridge continued for a second day Saturday, CTB employees union officials said. Except for limited transport actiivity related to school children rest of public transport service was crippled by the boycott, Jaffna residents said.
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Garage owner shot dead in Chavakacheri

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 14:09 GMT]
Owner of a vehicle repair facility in Dutch Road, Chavakacheri in Thenmaradchy district was shot dead by two gunmen riding in a motorbike at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, sources said. The body has been transferred to Jaffna Teaching Hospital for postmortem examinations.
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SLA trooper killed in Vadmaradchi, woman injured in Kayts

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 13:29 GMT]
Unidentified men triggered a claymore device hidden along the Udupiddy-Valvettithurai road Friday around 5:00 a.m killing a trooper of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) unit returning to Valvettithurai SLA camp after constructing sentry posts near Ellankulam Heroes Resting Home, sources in Jaffna said. In a separate incident, a young Kayts woman was injured Friday by a stray bullet fired during the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) combat training at the Kayts SLN base. She was rushed to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
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Ten SLA soldiers injured in Kantalai traffic accident

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 13:23 GMT]
Ten soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) were injured when two buses carrying troopers collided near Kantalai, along Habarana Kantalai road Thursday afternoon, sources said. Kantalai is located 24 miles off southwest of Trincomalee town.
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Tamil farmer injured in SLA fire

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 13:18 GMT]
A farmer was seriously injured when a group of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers in ambush fired at him at Poonagar village in Eachchilampathu division Thursday evening. The victim had gone to the area in search of his cattle, civil sources said.
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Road Authority vehicle damaged in DPU claymore attack

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 12:49 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) attackers, exploded a Claymore mine, damaging a Road Development Authority vehicle at Moonru Murippu along Mankulam-Mallavi Road in Liberation Tigers controlled territory in Vanni around 4.00 p.m.
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SLAF bombs civilian settlements in Mullaithivu

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 08:14 GMT]
At least one civilian was wounded and three houses were damaged when Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers hit a civilian area where temporary settlement for the tsunami-affected in Mullaithivu district, Saturday around 11:30 a.m. Another village, Vadduvahal, was attacked within an hour in another sortie while two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) were engaged in reconnaissance mission over Kilinochchi.
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SLA trooper injured in sniper attack

[TamilNet, Saturday, 02 December 2006, 02:48 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was seriously injured in a sniper attack inside Vavunathivu camp at 1:30 p.m. Friday, source in Batticaloa said. The injured soldier was taken to Batticaloa Teaching Hospital first and later transferred to Colombo General Hospital, according to hospital sources.
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2 Police constables killed in Jaffna claymore attack

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 December 2006, 11:48 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Police constables were killed when unknown assailants triggered a claymore mine fitted to a motorcycle parked near the junction of Clock Tower road and Hospital road in the security reinforced high security zone (HSZ) near Jaffna town Friday 3:00 p.m., sources in Jaffna said.
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