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By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - What started off as military push to clear Tamil Tiger artillery guns from a strategic harbour in northeast Sri Lanka has culminated in a mission to defeat the rebels completely - with no clear winner in sight. Emboldened by the capture of a key Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka has vowed to go on the offensive to seek to destroy the rebels' entire military machine in the apparent belief it can finally win a two-decade civil war. But observers say President Mahinda Rajapakse's government and military are understimating the Tigers, and could simply plunge themselves deeper into a war that has killed more than 67,000 peopl…

A human race in the verge of extinction. Can we stop the devastation of our motherland and save our own species? Priya Raj, 25th January 2007. Death, mayhem, rape, molestation, psychological trauma, malnutrition, displacement and disappearances in the Tamil nation are slowly but steadily pushing the native Tamil race towards extinction. Every second that passes by in the north and east of Sri Lanka confirms this horrific fact and unfolding a story that is beyond the civilized world’s wildest imagination. Of all the species that have lived on the Earth since life first appeared here 3 billion years ago, only about one in a thousand is still livi…

A human race in the verge of extinction. Can we stop the devastation of our motherland and save our own species? Priya Raj, 25th January 2007. Death, mayhem, rape, molestation, psychological trauma, malnutrition, displacement and disappearances in the Tamil nation are slowly but steadily pushing the native Tamil race towards extinction. Every second that passes by in the north and east of Sri Lanka confirms this horrific fact and unfolding a story that is beyond the civilized world’s wildest imagination. Of all the species that have lived on the Earth since life first appeared here 3 billion years ago, only about one in a thousand is still li…

CANADA PARTICIPATES IN OVERSEEING SRI LANKAN PROCESS TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/Publ...mp;docnumber=12 The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the nomination of Professor Bruce Matthews to join the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which will monitor the Sri Lankan Commission of Inquiry into recent human rights violations in that country. “I am encouraged by the Sri Lankan President’s initiative to invite foreign experts to participate as observers of the inquiry into allegations of huma…

Bilateral Donor Group warns Sri Lanka's LTTE to stop recruitments and intimidation of INGOs Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 13:42 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jan 23, Colombo: The Bilateral Donor Group - consisting of representatives from Britain, Canada, Sweden, USA and the European Commission - has issued a warning to the LTTE to stop immediately the recruitment of persons of any age and the intimidation of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs). “After making a survey of the conflict areas, the group has issued a warning to the LTTE to stop immediately the recruitment of persons of any age, intimidating INGOs and using civilians as a hu…

JAFFNA: 02 CLUSTERS OF SEA TIGER BOATS today (21) attacked the ship "CITY OF LIVERPOOL" around 3.45 p.m. while unloading foodstuffs at POINT PEDRO harbour. The Navy immediately came to the assistance of the besieged ship and in the ensuing confrontation in the South East of the POINT PEDRO sea, two suicide LTTE boats have been completely destroyed. Naval troops had observed 15-20 sea tiger boats sailing from VETTALAIKERNI to POINT PEDRO. The Naval troops reached the sea tiger boats while, at the same time the anchor was released and the ship sailed towards KANKESANTHURAI, when 5-6 sea tiger boats began to pursue the ship. Then, the naval crew of the ship fired…

Step up US involvement in Sri Lanka: Congressman A prominent US Democratic Congressman has urged President George W Bush to step up the United States' involvement in finding a solution in conflict-marred Sri Lanka. Frank Pallone asked the administration to appoint a special envoy to the island nation with a view to making recommendations for steps leading to peace. "The last round of talks in Geneva ended up in a failure and there are no signs of new negotiations. There is no peaceful solution in sight and it is the civilians who are desperately suffering," Pallone said in a statement in the House of Representatives. "Since 1983, the Libera…

Security forces chase fleeing rebels into jungle hideouts COLOMBO: At least 40 Tamil Tiger separatists were killed in clashes with government troops who routed several major rebel bases in the volatile east, the military said Sunday, amid a renewed push to break the insurgents’ hold on the district. Army troops killed at least 18 Tamil Tigers in fighting as they tried to flee into a rebel-held jungle in eastern Batticaloa district on Sunday morning, said military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe. Separately, he said troops found the bodies of 22 rebels, victims of an army assault on Saturday on several rebel bases in Kathiraveli, another rebel-stronghold in B…

A Sri Lankan merchant vessel has come under Tamil Tiger rebels' attack, Naval officials said Sunday. The ship named City of Liverpool was returning to the eastern port of Trincomalee when it came under attack by Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Navy spotted a cluster of LTTE boats around 3:30 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) off the coast of Point Pedro in the northern Jaffna peninsula, a Naval spokesman said in Colombo. About 20 Tiger boats fired at the ship which was returning after unloading flour in the Jaffna port of Kankesanturi, officials said. At least one of the LTTE suicide boats had hit the ship, Naval officials s…

Ship with Indians on board faces Tiger fury Colombo, Jan. 21 (Agencies): The LTTE today launched a suicide attack on a cargo ship with seven Indians in its crew off the Jaffna coast that left at least six rebels dead, as the Sri Lankan Army continued its onslaught on rebel bases, killing at least 18 fleeing Tigers.

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Civil war haunts Sri Lanka again By Chris Morris BBC, Sri Lanka [nThe ceasefire declared in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel movement has disappeared in all but name. Some 3,000 Tamil civilians fled from Batticaloa last month International mediation has floundered and fighting has flared up again in the north and east of the island, where the Tigers want to carve out a separate Tamil state. I have always liked Bullers Road. I used to live on a lane about halfway down. It is one of the few places in Colombo where you can still walk under a thick canopy of old mara and mayflower trees. Tall, dense and dark green, …

Dear Mr. Blake, I had an opportunity to review your later dated Janurary 18th, 2007 to the Island newspaper. Earlier, the Island newspaper (on January 16th) and an editorial (on January 17th) carried out lead news articles claiming that LTTE, with the help of some underground gangs, used information from the United States Entrance Visa application to abduct Sri Lankan citizens for ransom money based on the financial statement given by the Visa application. The Island newspaper futher claimed that this was done under your leadership with your full knowledge at the US Embassy. In your response to the Island newspaper on January 18th, 2007 you continue your denial…

On 19 January 2007, LTTE decided to pull back from its Pannichchankerni position which is on the access route to Vaharai. People in Vaharai, residents and the displaced, have endured more than six months of denial of humanitarian access. Since October only once a small quantity of food and medicine was allowed into Vaharai. People have been forced to run around from place to place to avoid indiscriminate artillery shelling by the Sri Lankan military since October. Ninety three civilians including several children were killed in November and December in three schools, Kathiraveli, Patchenai, and Vammivedduvan, converted into refugee camps. Many more were severely …

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna Wednesday, January 17, after a pastor was shot dead by government security forces, triggering fears of more ethnic and religious clashes in the volatile region, local Christians and investigators said. 38-year old Nallathamby Gnanaseelan, who leads the Tamil Mission Church in Jaffna, was reportedly shot and killed January 13 by Sri Lankan security forces in Chapel Street after he had taken his wife and daughter to hospital. In a statement, the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said he was shot in the stomach and then in the head. His B…

TNA MPs to join govt. claims Minister President Mahinda Rajapakse at an all party conference meeting Four Tamil National Alliance MPs are among those who have shown interest in joining the government, senior minister claims. Defence affairs spokesman, minister Keheliya Rambukwella said discussions are on between the government and some 18 members of the UNP who are willing to join the government. "These UNP parliamentarians have shown interest to assist the president", he said. Even Sri Lanka Muslim Congress(SLMC) has openly said they would join the ruling party. "These are the information I have and results of these discussions could be seen wi…

Sinhalese police officer arrested in Matara [TamilNet, Monday, 15 January 2007, 18:26 GMT] A former officer in-charge of the Trincomalee Harbour Police was arrested Monday with a suspect, allegedly belonging to Liberation Tigers, in possession of 4.5 million rupees inside a hotel in Matara in the southern province, media sources in Colombo said quoting security forces. Mr.Indika Perera, the arrested officer, had returned after a two-year leave in a foreign country, sources said. According to initial inquiry the LTTE suspect is from Chelvanayakapuram, a suburb, about 3 km off north of Trincomalee town, media sources further said.

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Hardline Sri Lanka monks mobbed us: Dutch aid group 12 Jan 2007 11:35:14 GMT Source: Reuters Printable view | Email this article | RSS [-] Text [+] Background Sri Lanka conflict More (Updates with fresh Buddhist monk protest) By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A Dutch Christian aid group that Sri Lanka suspects of helping the Tamil Tigers said on Friday hardline Buddhist monks allied to President Mahinda Rajapakse had mobbed their office and warned them to leave the island. Monks in saffron robes identifying themselves as members of Jathika Hela Urumaya, the Sinhalese nationalist all-Buddhist monk party (JHU), stormed ZOA Refugee C…

Paramilitary office attacked in Batticaloa. Armed men launched an attack on the office of paramilitary Karuna Group, located at Kallady, inside the High Security area of Sri Lanka Army at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Initial reports said 3 wounded paramilitary personnel were admitted at the Batticaloa hospital. Further details were not known. On Tuesday, armed men attacked two paramilitary installations in Valaichenai, north of Batticaloa. The attackers bombed and flattened one of the two houses, killing all paramilitary personnel inside it, Police sources said. 12 Karuna Group personnel were killed Tuesday, according to informed ex-militant sources in Bat…

By Adam J. Hebert, Senior Editor The Air Force wants to be able to strike mobile and emerging targets in fewer than 10 minutes so that such targets will have no sanctuary from US airpower. Cutting the time needed to strike such targets, known as time critical or time sensitive targets, has been one of Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper’s top priorities. It factored into the decisions to arm Predator unmanned aerial vehicles with Army Hellfire missiles and to establish a high-level warfighting integration office at the Pentagon. Three years ago, while still commander of Air Combat Command, Jumper raised the bar for destruction of emerging targets when he s…

49 Tamil youths arrested in Kalutara, Chilaw [TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 19:39 GMT] Forty-nine Tamil youths were taken into custody in two cordon and search operations separately conducted by the combined State security forces in the western and northwestern provinces Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. 31 Tamils were arrested in Kalutara and Bandaragama areas in the western provinces. The youths are residents of Kankesanthurai, Akkaraipattu and Bogantalawa, and were working in jewellery shops in Kalutara and Bandaragama. Meanwhile, 18 Tamil youths majority of them residents of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Jaffna were arrested in Uddapu, a Tamil …

SLA, LTTE exchange rocket fire at Muhamalai FDL [TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 19:14 GMT] Sri Lanka Army soldiers and LTTE fighters exchanged artillery and rocket fire in Muhamalai sector on the Thenmaradchi division of the Jaffna peninsula, Wednesday. Eight SLA troopers who were injured in Wednesday's shelling were admitted at the Palaly military base hospital. Residents in the northern town said heavy gun fire was heard from the morning till evening. Meanwhile, a Sri Lanka Army soldier was injured in a claymore mine attack at Koolavady in Aanaikoddai. The attack targetted a SLA patrol, civilian sources in the area said. http://www.tamilnet.…

Mob attacks Sri Lanka peace rally By Priyath Liyanage BBC Sinhala service editor Mr Silva (right) said he had no part in the violence A peace rally in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, was abandoned after it was attacked by a government minister and his supporters. Deputy Labour Minister Mervyn Silva encouraged his followers to beat those present, among them a BBC reporter. "Beat him up! beat them all!" one journalist quoted him as saying. Prominent Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim politicians were to have addressed the rally, the first held by a new anti-war group, the United People's Movement. Outspoken Journalists said Mr S…

RAJAPAKSE BENT ON DICTATED PEACE By B.Raman In an assessment on the ground situation in Sri Lanka written on October 8,2006, I had stated as follows: "The hardline advisers of Mr.Rajapakse think that they can now see the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel and that this is the time to force upon the LTTE a dictated peace, which would restict the eventual Tamil control in any political solution to the Northern Province minus Jaffna and the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Province minus the Tricomallee and Amparai Districts. Their reported plans for an ultimate political solution also envisage excluding the LTTE's presence and influence from even the Battica…