Srilanka Timeline 2008

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SriLankaTimelineYear2008
January1
The UNP Member of Parliament, T. Maheshwaran, was shot at and injured by suspected pistol gang
cadresoftheLTTEwhilehewasofferingprayersinsideSivamKovil(TempleofLordShiva)atKotahenain
the capital Colombo. The Parliamentarian, however, succumbed to his injuries. One of the nine more
civilianswoundedintheincidentalsodiedofhisinjuries.TheKotahenapoliceclaimedthatthesuspect,a
resident of Gurunagar in Jaffna, was shot at and injured in retaliatory fire by Maheswaran's security
personnelandisunderpolicecustody.
TheDefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksasaidthattheLTTEisunderpressureduetoasharp
declineinrecruitingcadresandacuteshortageofarmsandammunition.
January2
TheSriLankagovernmentdecidedtowithdrawfromtheCFAwiththeLTTE.AttheCabinetmeeting,Prime
Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake proposed to annul the CFA, signed in February 22, 2002, between
then United National Front government and the LTTE, government spokesperson Minister Keheliya
Rambukwellasaid."TheGovernmentdecidedtoofficiallywithdrawfromtheCeasefireAgreementsinceit
isfutiletocontinuewiththeCeasefirewithnoindicationthatLTTEiswillingtoenterthepeacepath,"the
Ministersaid,addingfurther,"TheCeasefirehasbeenviolatedbytheLTTEmorethan10,000times.The
CabinetdecisionwillbeputintopracticebyusingthetermsandconditionsoftheCeasefireAgreement
itself."
Fourpersonswerekilledandover20injuredinapowerfulbombblastinColombo.TheDefenceMinistry
saidtheblastwhichoccurredatabout9:30amoppositetheNipponHotel,targetedanarmybuscarrying
soldiers.
Atleast10LTTEmilitantswerekilledand30othersinjuredwhentroopslaunchedtwoseparateattackson
aLTTEbunkerlineatKilalyintheJaffnadistrict.Twosoldiers werealsokilledandsixotherssustained
injuriesduringtheexchangeoffire.FiveLTTEbunkersweredestroyedintheincident.
Troops entered the LTTE bunker lines in the Vaiyaththukulam area of Vavuniya district and killed four
militants.Whileonesoldierwasinjuredintheencounter,thetroopsdestroyedonebunker.
In the Umayaratuvarankulam area of Vavuniya district, troops destroyed a LTTE bunker, killing four
militants.
The LTTE militants lobbed a hand grenade at a STF foot patrol in theThirithilana area ofAmpara
districtwithoutcausinganyfatalities.TheSTFretaliatedandkilledthreemilitants.
January3
At least six LTTE militants were killed and more than a dozen injured when troops stormed the outfits
bunkerlineatPallikuli,westofAdampan,intheMannardistrict.Oneofthesevensoldierswoundedinthe
incidentlatersuccumbedtohisinjuries.SixLTTEbunkerswerecompletelydestroyedbythetroops.
Troops in the Pallikkulam area of Vavuniya district launched an attack on a LTTE bunker line and
completelydestroyedonebunker,killingfourmilitantswhileinjuringanother.Foursoldiersalsosustained
injuriesintheincident.
Troops observed an infiltration attempt of the LTTE militants into the security forces held areas west of
PalamoddaiintheVavuniyadistrictandlaunchedcounterfirekillingatleastfourmilitants.
ThegovernmentsdecisiontoabrogatetheCFAwasbasedonapolicydecisionandthedoorsareyetwide
openforapeacefulandnegotiatedpoliticalsolutiontotheethnicconflict,saidCabinetspokespersonand
MediaandInformationMinisterAnuraPriyadarshanaYapa.
ThegovernmentofficiallyconveyedtoNorwayitsdecisiontopulloutoftheCFA.ForeignMinister
Rohitha Bogollagama handed a letter to Norwegian Ambassador Tore Hattrem, saying that the
governmentwaswithdrawingfromtheagreement.
January4
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledinseparateencountersVavuniyaandMannar.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledaftertroopsstormedtheoutfitsbunkerlineintheNagarkovilandMuhamalai
areasofJaffnadistrict.Foursoldierswereinjuredduringtheencounter.
Three LTTE cadres were killed during an armed clash between troops and militants in the
MullikulamareaofMannardistrict.
January5
Chief of the "Liberation Tigers Military Intelligence", selfstyled Col. Charles a.k.a. Shanmuganathan
Ravishankar,waskilledina"randomclaymoreattack"bytheSriLankaArmysDeepPenetrationUnitat
PallamaduintheMannardistrict.Charles,whohasbeeninchargeofinternalintelligencewithintheranks
oftheLTTEgroundforcesandledanexternaloperationscorpsandregularcombatforcethathasbeen
deployedinMannardistrict,waskilledalongwiththreeLTTE"lieutenants"intheambushwhiletheywere
travelinginavanbetweenIluppaikkadavaiandPallamaduat3:10p.m.Confirmingthenews,theSriLanka
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DefenceMinistrysaidthatCharleswasdeputytoPottuAmman,thechiefoftheLTTEsintelligencewing.
Atleast20LTTEcadreswerereportedkilledandalargenumberofothercadreswereinjuredfollowinga
raidbythetroopsonabunkerlineoftheoutfitatParappakandalintheMannardistrict.
Six LTTE militants were killed in the Adampan area of Mannar district. Two bunkers were neutralised.
InterceptedLTTEradiocommunicationlaterrevealedthattwomorecadreswerekilled.
Five LTTE militants were killed by troops during an encounter in the Kutinchankulam area of Vavuniya
district.
Troops in the Kallikulam area of Vavuniya district confronted a group of LTTE militants and killed
threeofthem.
January6
TroopskilledfourLTTEmilitantsduringanencounteratKaduruvitankulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
TroopslaunchedanattacktowardstheLTTEbunkerlinenorthofA9atMuhamalaiintheJaffnadistrictand
killedfourmilitants.WhiletwoLTTEbunkerswerealsodestroyed,anunspecifiednumberofmilitantswere
reportedinjuredintheincident.
DuringanencounteratPallikkulamintheVavuniyadistrict,troopskilledthreeLTTEmilitants.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbytroopsduringaclashatPandivirichchankulamintheVavuniya
district.
January7
AtleastsevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledastroopsfoiledtheirattempttoinfiltrateintothesecurityforces
FDLatMuhamalaiintheJaffnadistrict.
Three LTTE bunkers were also destroyed. Troops at Talaivankulam in the Vavuniya district
confrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsandkilledfourofthem.
Three LTTE militants were killed in the general area of Kuchchaveli near Trincomalee when the
sailorsobservedLTTEmovementinthearea.
January8
Suspected LTTE militants killed the nonCabinet Minister for Nation Building, D.M. Dissanayake, in a
claymoremineblastnearRukmaniDevijunctionatJaelawhilehewasproceedingtowardsColomboto
attendtheparliamentsession.Apersonalbodyguard oftheMinister,identifiedasK.P.Rathnayaka,also
succumbedtohisinjuriesinthehospital.13people,includingsevencivilians,wereinjuredintheincident.
TroopskilledsixLTTEmilitantsintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrictwhenthemilitantsweretryingto
enterthemilitaryheldareas.
TroopskilledfourmilitantsinthePeriyathampaneareaoftheVavuniyadistrictwhenthelattertried
toconfronttroopsintheareaafterfiringafewshotstowardsthem.
January9
The LTTE eastern leader Shanker was shot dead by the STF personnel at Shaukade in the Batticaloa
district.MilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkarasaidthatShankerwhowasspottedbytheSTF
personnelonpatrolatShaukade,betweentheSathurukandaandEravurareas,openedfiretowardsthem
andwasshotdeadintheretaliatoryfire.
Atleast19LTTEmilitantswerekilledandover30injuredduringclashesbetweentroopsandthemilitants
intheParappakandalareaofMannardistrictwheretroopsfurtherconsolidatedtheirpositionscapturingan
areaofaboutonekilometercoveringnorthofParappakandal.
10LTTEmilitants,includingaleadernamedKalanadan,werekilledwhentroopsconfrontedagroupofthe
outfitsmilitantsintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrict.Onesoldierwasalsoinjuredintheincident.
At least eight LTTE militants were killed and an unspecified number of them injured during clashes
betweenthemilitantsandtroopsintheParappakandalandPeriyakulamareasofMannardistrict.
InaclashbetweenthetwosidesatChettukulamintheVavuniyadistrict,troopskilledfiveLTTEmilitants
and captured one bunker of the outfit. Three soldiers sustained injuries due to the explosion of anti
personnelminesduringtheclash.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledintwoseparateincidentsintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrict.
TroopsatKutinchankulamintheVavuniyadistrictconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsandkilledthreeof
them.Foursoldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheexchangeoffire.
TroopsattackedaLTTEstrongholdinthejungleoff Janakapura in the Vavuniya district and killed three
militants.
Three LTTE cadres were killed and two others injured by troops during an encounter in the area
westofMullikulamintheMannardistrict.
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January10
TroopsconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheParappakandalareaofMannardistrictandkilledatleast
fivemilitants.
TroopskilledfiveLTTEmilitantsduringanattacklaunchedintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledandseveralothersinjuredbytroopswhentheyrepulsedanLTTEattackin
theParappakandalareaofVavuniyadistrict.Foursoldierssustainedinjuriesintheincidentsite.
A US District Court in Maryland sentenced a Sri Lankan to 57 months in prison and three years of
supervisedreleaseforconspiracytoprovidearms,ammunitionandothermilitarymaterieltotheLTTE.The
sentencewasimposedonThirunavukarasuVaratharasa,aSriLankanresidentintheUS.
The LTTE is one of the most dangerous and deadly extremist outfits in the world and the world
should be concerned about the outfit as they had inspired networks worldwide, including the al
QaedainIraq,saidtheFBI.InaJanuary10report,postedonitswebsiteunderthetitle"Tamingthe
Tigers," the FBI alleged that the LTTE had perfected the use of suicide bombers, invented the
suicidebelt,pioneeredtheuseofwomeninsuicideattacks,killedsome4,000personsinthepast
twoyearsaloneandassassinatedtwoworldleaderstheonlyterroristgrouptodoso."Needless
to say, the Tamil Tigers are among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world. For
more than three decades, the group has launched a campaign of violence and bloodshed in Sri
Lanka, the island republic off the southern coast of India. Its ultimate goal: to seize control of the
countryfromtheSinhaleseethnicmajorityandcreateanindependentTamilState,"thereportsaid.
January11
At least 13 LTTE militants, including three female cadres, were killed in a predawn raid carried out by
troops on an LTTE bunker line in the Parappakandal area of Mannar district. Four bunkers were also
destroyedintheraid.
TroopsafterobservingtwogroupsofLTTEmilitantsintheareanorthofVillattikulamintheVavuniyadistrict
launchedanattackonthem,killing13militants.Whilesixmilitantswerekilledandatleastoneinjuredin
thefirstattack,troopskilledsevenmoremilitantsandinjurednineothersinthesecondattack.
TroopsattackedanddestroyedanLTTEbunkerintheKarampaikkulamareaofMannardistrict,killingeight
militantsandinjuringseveralothers.
EightLTTEmilitantswerekilledand10othersinjuredbytroopsastheyrepulsedamilitantattackinthe
areawestofPuthukulamintheMannardistrict.Foursoldierswerealsoinjuredintheincident.
TroopsattackedanLTTEbunkerlineatPalamoddaiintheVavuniyadistrictandkilledsixmilitants.
TroopsoperatingaheadoftheFDLinthePeriyapandirichchanareaofVavuniyadistrictconfrontedgroup
ofLTTEmilitantsandkilledatleastfiveofthem.Aboutfourhoursaftertheincident, terroristsfiredmortar
andartillerytowardsthetroops,injuring13soldiers.
TroopslaunchedtwoseparateattacksonLTTEbunkersintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandkilled
fivemilitants,includingonemilitantleader.Threebunkerswerealsodestroyedintheincident.
TheMediaMinisterLakshmanYapaAbeywardanasaidthattheabrogationoftheCFAwillnotaffect
the foreign aid flow as the LTTE has been perpetrating terrorist activities even though the
government tried its best to protect it. He informed that outfit has violated the CFA 3,743 times
accordingtothereportsoftheSLMM.
January12
Atleast15LTTEmilitantswerekilledduringafiercegunbattlethateruptedbetweenmilitantsandtroopsat
PallikuliintheMannardistrict.Onesoldierwaskilledandfiveotherswereinjuredduringtheclash.
Troops in three separate incidents moved forward and destroyed three bunkers of the LTTE in the
Muhamalai,NagarkovilandKilalyareasofJaffnadistrictandkilledsixmilitants.Twosoldierswerealso
injuredduringtheincidents.
AnLTTEbunkerwasfireduponbytroopsintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Whilefourmilitants
werekilled,onesoldiersustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
During clashes that erupted between the two sides at Palamoddai in the Vavuniya district, three
LTTEmilitantswerekilledandtwoothersinjuredbytroops.
January13
Nine LTTE militants were killed and eight others wounded during clashes between the two sides in the
area west of Parappakandal in Mannar district. Two soldiers were also killed and 15 others sustained
injuriesintheexchangeoffire.TroopsalsocapturednineLTTEbunkers.
TroopskilledfourLTTEmilitantsduringanencounterintheareaeastofMantaiintheMannardistrict.
AnLTTEbunkeraheadoftheKilalyFDLintheJaffnadistrictwascompletelydestroyedbytroopsandthree
militantskilled.
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Three LTTE militants were killed and an equal number of them injured when a confrontation erupted
betweenthetwosidesatKokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict.
Troops clashed with a group of LTTE militants in the Kutinchankulam area of Mannar district and killed
threeofthem.
Troops captured one LTTE bunker in the Periyapantrichurichchan area of Vavuniya district and
subsequentlyrecoveredthedeadbodiesofthreeLTTEmilitants,includingonedecomposedfemaledead
body.
OnesoldierwaskilledduringclashesintheParikariperiyakulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Thoughtroops
inflictedheavycasualtiesontheLTTE,thedetailsareyettobeascertained.
TheJapanesepeaceenvoyYasushiAkashiarrived inColombotoholdtalkswiththegovernmentandto
assesstheimpactofthedecisionofthegovernmenttowithdrawfromthe2002CFA.
In a stronglyworded statement the Tokyo CoChairs of Sri Lanka (Norway, Japan, U.S. and the
E.U.) backing continuation of Norways role as the official peace facilitator as well as asked the
governmenttoprovidetheCoChairsandNorwayaccesstotheLTTEinKilinochchi.
January14
TheLTTEcadrestriggeredoffapowerfulclaymoreminetargetingonecivilvehiclemovinginthe
KudakachchikudiareaofVavuniyadistrict.Twoarmysoldiersandthedriverofthevehiclewere
killedintheexplosionwhilethreesoldiersandanothercivilianwereinjured.
Eight LTTE militants were killed by troops during two separate encounters in the Nagarkovil and
MuhamalaiareasofJaffnadistrict.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesintheParikariperiyakulamareaofVavuniyadistrict,thetroops
killedfiveLTTEmilitants.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledbytroopsduringsporadicclashesinthePeriyapantrichurichchan,northof
Villattikulam,KattikulamandKutinchankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledduringanexchangeoffirewitharmytroopsaheadoftheKokkutoduvaiFDL
(ForwardDefenceLine)intheVavuniyadistrict.
TroopsconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandreportedly
killedthreeofthem.Onesoldierwasinjuredinthisincident.
January15
TroopsattackedandcapturedoneLTTEbunkerkillingatleastfourmilitantsinthePeriyapantrichurichchan
areaofVavuniyadistrict.
AgroupofLTTEmilitantswhoweremovingawayfromtheirdefencelineintheareasouthofMuhamalaiin
the Jaffna district were attacked by troops. Three militants were killed and one of their bunkers was
destroyed.
During a clash that erupted between the two sides at Janakapura in the Vavuniya district, troops killed
threeLTTEmilitantsandinjuredtwoothers.
TheSriLankanmilitaryspokespersonBrigadierUdayaNanayakkaratoldDeutsche PresseAgentur that
themilitarywantstodestroytheLTTEandconclude25yearsofwaraftertheceasefireendsonJanuary
16.HesaidthemilitarywasalreadyputtingpressureontheLTTEatvariousfrontsintheNorth,andadded,
"IfwecontinuelikethiswewillbeabletodefeattheLTTE."
TheLTTEsaidthattheywillneverbedefeateddespiteSriLankanauthoritiesvowingtowipethem
outwithinmonths.Theheadoftheoutfitspoliticalwing,P.Nadesan,told BBCthat the LTTE has
experienced similar statements during their 30year old struggle against Sri Lankan state. Denying
that the outfit is reverting to guerrilla tactics as it is losing the war, he asserted, "We will never
reverttoguerillawarfare.Weareaconventionalforce.Wewilllaunchattacksonmilitarytargetsbut
we will not target civilians." He also denied accusations that his organisation forcefully recruits
civiliansforcombatandsaid,"No.People,theyliketojoinus.Weneverforcethepeople.LTTEis
apeople'sorganisation."
January16
At least 27 civilians, including some school children and women, aboard a Central Transport Bus
proceedingtotheButtalatownofMoneragaladistrict,werekilledand66othersinjuredinaclaymoremine
explosiontriggeredbytheLTTEintheHelagamaareanearEllaroad.Thebuswassimultaneouslyfired
uponbythemilitantsimmediatelyaftertheclaymoremineexplosion.
A group of four LTTE militants, allegedly scurrying back into the jungles minutes after triggering the
claymoremineexplosion targeting the passenger bus, reportedly shot dead five farmers in their paddy
fieldsatDambeyayaintheHeentennaarea.
TheLTTEleaderforTrincomaleesouth,Arichelvam, whowaswantedfornumerouskillingsandcriminal
activitiesintheeast,wasshotdeadbythetroopsatPachchanoor.
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The Sri Lanka government said it has decided to eliminate LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran to bring
peace, while maintaining that it was still open to negotiations with the rebels. "If Prabhakaran is
ready to take the white flag, we will leave some window open to consider that offer. Otherwise we
have decided to eliminate him to bring peace in Sri Lanka," said defence spokesman Keheliya
Rambukwella.
January17
Atleast10civilians,includingtwohomeguards,wereshotdeadbytheLTTEmilitantsatHambegamuwain
theThanamalwilaareaofMoneragaladistrict.
NineLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhentroopsmovingtowardsthenorthfromtheirMannarbaseconfronted
militantsatThirukeshwaramintheMannardistrict.
Duringaclashthateruptedbetweenthetwosides,troopscapturedanotherthreekilometrespatchofland
alongUyilankulamAdampanroadintheMannardistrictkillingfiveLTTEmilitants.
TroopsshotdeadfourLTTEmilitantsinanencounterintheareanorthofPallikuli,asuburbofAdampanin
theMannardistrict.Threesoldierswerealsoinjuredduringtheexchangeoffire.
DuringaconfrontationbetweenthetwosidesintheKurunchakulamareaofVavuniyadistrict,troopskilled
fourLTTEmilitants.
Three LTTE militants were killed and two others injured by troops when they attacked a bunker of
theoutfitatJanakapuraintheWelioyaregionofVavuniyadistrict.
January18
10LTTEmilitantswerekilledbytroopsduringthree separate confrontations in the Pullippankiyarkulam,

VillattikulamandJanakapuraareasofVavuniyadistrict.Troopsalsodestroyedonebunker.
Troops captured three LTTE strong points in the Pallikuli area of Mannar district and consolidated their
positionsinthearea.Duringtheprocess,troopskilledninemilitants.
TroopslaunchedattacksonLTTEpositionsintheMuhamalaiandNagarkovilareasofJaffnadistrictand
killedsixmilitants.
Troops attacked an LTTE bunker in the Maruthamadu area, 4km northwest of Omanthai, in the
Vavuniya district. Four female militants were confirmed killed and the bunker was completely
destroyed.
January19
TroopsconfrontedtwogroupsofLTTEmilitantsintheMullikulamandVillattikulamareasofMannarand
Vavuniyadistrictrespectively,killingsevenmilitants.Twosoldierswerealsoinjured.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbytroopsduringanencounteratJanakapuraFDLintheVavuniyadistrict.
TroopsonadvancefromtheirChettukulamFDLintheVavuniyadistrictattackedanddestroyedtwoLTTE
trenches.SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledand10othersinjuredintheincident.
TroopskilledfourLTTEmilitantsandinjurednineotherswhenaclasheruptedbetweenthetwosidesinthe
ChettukulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldiersalsosustainedinjuries.
AtPallikuliintheMannardistrict,troopskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsintwoseparateincidents.
TwoLTTEmilitantswerekilledandanotherinjuredastroopsattackedanddestroyedabunkerinthe
Janakapura area of Vavuniya district. During the attack one soldier was also killed and two others
wereinjured.
January20
Seven LTTE militants were killed when troops attackedabunkeroftheoutfitinthePullippankiyarkulam

AdvancingtroopscapturedanotherLTTEstrongholdin the Vaiyttankulam area of Mannar district after a
confrontationwith the militants in which four of the militants were killed. Six soldiers were injured in the
incident.
FourLTTEmilitantsaboardatractorwerekilledwhentroopsopenedfiretowardsthetractormovingabout
5kmsouthofMadhu.
TroopsshotdeadthreemilitantsintheMadhusareaofMannardistrict.
TroopscordonedtheareanorthofKaithadyintheJaffnadistrictandconductedasearchoperation.
During the operation, the LTTE militants fired at the troops. Troops in counter fire killed two
militants,includingtheoutfitsleaderoftheThendamarachchiarea,identifiedasChengan.
January21
Atleast15LTTEmilitantswerekilledand30othersinuredastroopslaunchedapredownattackagainst
theoutfitsbunkerlinesintheNagarkovilandMuhamalaiareasofJaffnadistrictanddestroyed24bunkers.
The troops destroyed 12 bunkers east of A9 road and eight more bunkers west of A9 road in the
Muhamalai area while four bunkers were destroyed at Nagarkovil. Two soldiers were also killed nine
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othersinjuredduringthegunbattlethatlastednearlyforonehour.
Four LTTE militants were killed during a clash between the two sides in the Navathkulama area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
A team of police personnel who were providing security at Allimankada in the Kithulkote area of
Thanamalwila in the Moneragala district confronted a group of LTTE militants and in the ensuing gun
battle,threepolicemenwerekilled.Themilitants,however,managedtoescape.
TroopsattackedagroupofLTTEmilitantsmovinginthegeneralareaofMullikulamintheMannar
district.Intheensuinggunbattle,troopskilledsevenmilitants.
ThetroopsinthegeneralareanorthofJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrictconfrontedanothergroup
ofLTTEmilitantsandkilledsixofthem.
During a clash that erupted between the two sides at Villattikulam in the Vavuniya district, the
troopskilledsixmoreLTTEmilitants.
Troops destroyed two LTTE bunkers in the Parappakandal area of Mannar district and killed five
militants.
January22
10LTTEmilitantswerekilledastroopsinthegeneralarea(areaundergovernmentcontrol)ofPallikuliin
theMannardistrictattackedanLTTEstrongpointanddestroyedfourbunkers.
Troops stormed a LTTE bunker line in the area south of Muhamalai in the Jaffna district and killed four
militants.
AcalendarapparentlydepictingthelogooftheLTTEandthemapofaseparatestateof"TamilEelam"was
soldoutsideHindutemplesinLondononJanuary1.The"TamilEelam"nationalcalendarswerepublicly
soldattherateoffivepoundsto10poundseach,areportsaid.
President Mahinda Rajapakse said that the ethnic conflict should not be solved through military
means, but the government will not seek a political solution as long as the LTTE engages in
terrorism.
January23
The Elections Commissioners Department recognised five more political parties in addition to the 53
PoliticalPartiesrecognisedasonDecember31,2007.TheTMVP,thepoliticalwingoftheLTTEbreakaway
factionledbyColonelKaruna,isamongthetwonewrecognizedTamilpoliticalparties.
Fullandfaithfulimplementationofthe13thAmendment to the Constitution, holding of provincial council
elections in the east and establishment of an interim provincial council in the north are the key
recommendationsmadebytheAPRCinitsinterimreportsubmittedtoPresidentMahindaRajapakse.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksepromisedtohandovertheLTTEchiefVelupillaiPrabhakarantoIndia
tofacetrialintheformerIndianPrimeMinisterRajivGandhiassassinationcaseifheiscaptured.
January24
Policerecoveredthedeadbodiesof16youthshackedtodeathbysuspectedLTTEmilitantsfromaswamp
atKiriketuwewaontheHoroupathanaKebithigollawaroadintheAnuradhapuradistrict.
EightLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsinthreeseparateattackslaunchedontheoutfitsbunkersat
AnandankulamintheMannardistrict.
ThetroopslaunchedanattackonaLTTEbunkerlineintheareasouthofA9routeatMuhamalaiinthe
Jaffnadistrictandkilledfivemilitants.
PresidentMahindaRajapakseistosetupaTemporary InterimAdvisoryCouncil(TIAC)toresolve
problems in the North, said the Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Minister and Sri
LankaFreedomPartyGeneralSecretaryMaithripalaSirisena.
January25
Troops captured a onekilometer stretch of land in the Karpiththanmoddai area on the Uyilankulam
AdampanroadinMannardistrictandkillednineLTTEmilitants.Troopsalsodestroyedsevenbunkers.Two
soldierssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledandfourotherswoundedduringtwoencountersbetweenthemilitants
andtroopsatMadhuroadareaintheMannardistrict.
AtleastsixLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhentroopsattackedapocketofmilitantswhowerefiringattroops
from a bunker in the Periyapandirichchan area of Vavuniya district. One soldier who received injuries
duringtheincidentdiedlater.
RenegadeLTTEleaderVinayagamoorthyMuralitharanalias'Colonel'Karunawassentencedtonine
month imprisonment by a UK Court for identity fraud. He was arrested in London on November 2,
2007,forcarryinganapparentlygenuineSriLankandiplomaticpassportissuedunderafalsename.
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Karuna told the Isleworth Crown Court in West London that he had received the false diplomatic
passportfromtheSriLankanGovernment.HesaidDefenceSecretaryGotabayaRajapakse,whois
alsothebrotherofPresidentMahindaRajapakse,hadarrangedthedocumentsforhim.Karuna,who
foundedtheTamilMakkalVidhuthalaiPullikal (TMVP),wassentencedtoninemonthsinjailunder
theIdentityCardsActafterhepleadedguilty.
January26
ThetroopslaunchedanartilleryattackonagroupofLTTEmilitantsinthejunglenorthofPalamoddaiinthe
Mannardistrictandkilledsixofthemandwoundednineothers.
Troops deployed south of Madhu area in the Mannar district launched an attack on a group of LTTE
militantsandkilledsixofthem.Twomilitantswereinjured.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringanencounterneartheKiriibbanwewaFDLofVavuniya
district.
DuringaclashthateruptedbetweenthetwosidesatVillattikulamintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilled
fiveLTTEmilitants.
TroopsattackedaLTTEbunkerlineintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledthreemilitants.
Three militants were killed and an unspecified number of them injured by the troops during their
attackonanLTTEbunkerlineintheVavuniyadistrict.Onebunkerwasalsodestroyed.
January27
Atleast10LTTEmilitantswerekilledandanunspecifiednumberoftheminjuredwhenclasheserupted
betweenthe two sides following militants fire towards the troops in the Pantrichurichan area of Mannar
district.
Troops after observing the LTTE militants constructing a new bunker line in the Kokkuthuduvai area of
Vavuniyadistrictlaunchedanassaulttowardsthemandkilledsixmilitants.
TroopsinanencounterkilledfourLTTEmilitantsintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsatVankalacheddikulamintheMannardistrict.
TroopskilledthreeLTTEcadreswhoattemptedtoenterintotheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringaclashaheadoftheMuhamalaiFDLinJaffna
district.Onesoldiersustainedinjuriesinthisincident.
January28
Troops destroyed six LTTE bunkers in the Pallikuli area of Mannar district and killed seven
militants.Onesoldierwaskilledandtwootherssustainedinjuriesduringtheclashes.
Five LTTE militants were killed by the troops during a clash in the area south ofAdampan in the
Mannardistrict.
During six separate clashes with the LTTE, the troops killed nine militants and injured five others in the
KiriibbanwewaandJanakapuraareasofVavuniyadistrict.AtJanakapura,militants firedartillerytowards
thetroopskillingonesoldier.
Troops at Umayaratuvarankulam in the Vavuniya district launched an attack on an LTTE gathering and
killedsixmilitants.
DuringtwoencountersintheVillattikulamandKallikulamareas,thetroopskilledsixmilitantsandinjured
fourothers.OnesoldierwasinjuredatVillattikulam.
TroopsfiredmortarandsmallarmstowardsanLTTEbunkerlineintheAndankulamareaofMannardistrict
andintheensuinggunbattle,threemilitantsandasoldierwerekilledwhileonesoldierwasinjured.In
anotherclashbetweenthetwosidesinthesamearea,onesoldierwaskilledandanotherwounded.
TroopsopenedfireonalineofLTTEbunkersintheKilalyareaofJaffnadistrictanddestroyedfour
ofthem,killingfourmilitants.
January29
17civilians,including11children,werekilledinaclaymoremineattackonaschoolbusintheMannar
district.The military and the LTTE blamed each other for the incident. A military spokesperson said the
forcesdidnotoperateinthearea,adding,"Theblamefortheattackonthemilitaryisacheappropaganda
tacticbytheTigerscorneredinthebattlefield."However,theLTTEclaimedthat20civilians,including11
schoolchildren, a teacher ofThadchanaamaruthamadu Roman CatholicTamil Mixed School, the driver,
conductorandtwohospitalworkerswerekilledand14woundedwhenaDeepPenetrationUnitoftheSri
LankaArmytriggeredaclaymoreminetargetingthebuscarrying schoolchildreninMadudivisionofthe
LTTEcontrolledterritory.
ThelastvillageofVaiyttankulaminAdampanundertheLTTEcontrolfelltotheSFsfollowingheavyfighting
inMannar.TheSFsdestroyed10bunkersandkilled10militantsduringtheoperation.Militaryspokesman
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BrigadierUdayaNanayakkarasaid,"Vaiyttankulamwaslocated1kmtowardsthewestofAdampan and
the Security Forces destroyed 10 LTTE bunkers while killing 10Tiger cadres," he said, adding, the fight
lastedfortwohoursandtheSFssuccessfullyretaliatedtheoutfitsresistanceforcingthemtofleethearea.
TheSFsneutralizedsixLTTEbunkersandkilled12militantsintheareasouthofPallikuli.
ArmysniperskilledsevenLTTEmilitantswhentheywerefireduponbythemilitantsintheKarampaikkulam
andParappakandalareasofMannardistrict.
DuringanotherconfrontationbetweenthetwosidesatAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict,troopskilled
sevenmilitants.Twosoldierswerealsoinjuredintheincident.
Five LTTE militants who infiltrated into the general areas (areas under government control) at the
KokkuthuduvaiFDLintheVavuniyadistrictwerekilledinanencounterbythetroops.
Troops launched an attack on a group of LTTE militants moving in the Villattikulam area in of Vavuniya
districtandkilledfourofthem.
AtAndankulamFDLintheintheVavuniyadistrict, thetroopskilledfourmoreLTTEmilitantsduring
twoseparateattacks.
January30
TheSFscapturedtheMuhamalai,NagarkovilandKilaliFDLsoftheLTTEintheJaffnadistrictdestroying35
bunkers of the outfit on January 30. 30 militants were killed and an unspecified number of them were
injuredduringtheoperationsinwhichsevensoldiersalsosustainedinjuries.
BrigadierNanayakkaraurgedthepublictobevigilantsincetheLTTEhadplannedtocarryoutattacksby
disguising their men as ice cream vendors. "We have reliable information that the LTTE cadres are
planningtocarryoutanattackposingoffasicecreamvendorsandweareaskingthepublictobeextra
vigilant,"hesaid.
Atleast10LTTEcadreswerekilledduringanencounterwiththesecurityforcesintheAdampanareaof
Mannardistrict.Thelocation,believedtobeoneoftheoutfitscommandposts,hadbeenheavilyfortified
withathreelayerconcreteslab.
TroopsopenedfireonagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheKallikulamareaofMannardistrictandkilledatleast
fivecadresandinjuredseveralothers.
Three civilians belonging to the same family were shot dead by suspected LTTE cadres at
Chawakachcheri,defensesourcessaid.Theoutfithadearlierissueddeathwarrantstothecivilianswhoit
accused of acting as security forces informers. The Sri Lanka Army report identified the victims as B.
Thalikalan(30),K.Baleshwari(28)andB.Pradeepan(17).
TheLTTEhaveurgedtheUNtorecognize'Tamilsovereignty'toendthe25yearoldethnicconflictinSri
Lanka,accusingtheSriLankangovernmentofcommittingexcessesagainsttheminoritycommunityinthe
country.TheLTTEpoliticalheadB.NadesaninalettertotheUNSecretaryGeneralBanKiMoonthatthe
SriLankanarmywasinvolvedintheattackonJanuary28atMadhuintheMannardistrictthatledtothe
death of 18 civilians, including 12 school children. He also accused the Sri Lankan military of being
responsibleforaerialbombingofavillageinMullaitivuinwhichsevenchildrenwerekilledonJanuary4.
"Since the present President of Sri Lanka (Mahinda Rajapakse) assumed office in November 2005, as
manyas2,056Tamilciviliansincluding132TamilchildrenhavebeenmassacredbytheSriLankanState
Forces,"heclaimed.
ThegovernmentspokesmanandMinisterKeheliyaRambukwellastronglydeniedanymilitaryinvolvement
intheJanuary28bombblastandreiteratedthatSriLankaArmybeingaprofessional militarywouldnot
operateinanowarzoneproclaimedbythegovernment.TheMinisterpointedoutthatthemilitaryhasso
farrefrainedformwrestingcontrolovertheterritorydespiteitbeingarelativelyeasytask,duetoitsrespect
fortheexistenceofthenowarzone.
TheArmysaidthattheLTTEtransmissions,closelymonitoredandtranscribedbymembersofthesecurity
forces, now consolidating in and around Mannar areas, affirmed that many conscripted minors, school
childrenandteacherswerebeingsenttotheLTTEdefencelinetothenorthofMadhuwithsinistermotives
andplans.
WomenarebeingforcedintojoiningtheLTTE,accordingtoletterspurportedlyrecoveredfromslain
woman militants in Sri Lanka. "Every LTTE cadre is anxious to see his or her parents and I will
comehomeforpongal(harvestfestivalJanuary14)though I do not know what my fate will be,"
said one letter recovered by security forces from a slain woman militant. "Amma, what can I do?
When all those at home in the area were taken away, I too had to go with them (LTTE)," said the
letter,whichwasreleasedbytheMediaCentreforNationalSecurity.Anothermilitantsaid shewas
forcedtojointheLTTEbyherparentsinspiteofherobjections.
January31
TroopsstormedanLTTEbunkerintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledatleasteightmilitants.
Anunspecifiednumbermilitantssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
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TroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsatWelioyaintheVavuniyadistrictandkilledfourofthem.
ALTTEsuicidebomberonabicycleblewhimself atThinnaveliintheJaffnadistrictkillingthreecivilians
andinjuring17others,themilitarysaid.Authorities,however,saidthattheexplosionwasprematuresince
therewasnotargetinthearea.
The UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon accused the LTTE and its breakaway faction led by
ColonelKarunaofrecruitingchildrenfromNorthandtheEastinareportlookingatChildreninWar.
The UN SecretaryGeneral's latest report on children and armed conflict, covering the period from
October2006toAugust2007,saidtheLTTEhadrecruitedorrerecruited 339children.Itsaysthat
41% of them were from Batticaloa. The UNICEF has also received confirmed reports that 246
childrenhadbeenrecruitedorrerecruitedbyKarunagroupduringthereportingperiod.
February1
Troopskilled10LTTEmilitantsandneutralized10oftheirbunkersinanattackattheMuhamalaiFDLin
Jaffnadistrict.Twosoldierswerekilledsixotherswereinjuredintheincident.
At least eight LTTE militants were killed when the troops attacked a group of the outfits militants in the
AndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
TroopsattackedtwoLTTEbunkersintheJanakapuraandKokkuthuduvaiareasofVavuniyadistrictand
killedfourmilitants.
Troops in the Sirukulam and Chettukulam areas of Mannar district during an encounter killed three
militants.
TwocivilianswerekilledbytheLTTEmilitantsintheKachchaiandKodikamamareasofJaffnadistrict.
TroopsrecoveredthedeadbodiesoffourLTTEmilitantslyinginshrubsintheVavuniyadistrict.
FivesoldierswereinjuredduetotheexplosionofanLTTEboobytrapatMullikulamintheMannardistrict.
Three soldiers were injured due to the explosion of an anti personnel mine at Mullikulam and
KokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict.
NineLTTEmilitantssurrenderedtothetroopsatMurunkanintheMannardistrict.Eightofthosemilitants
wereactiveinthejunglessurroundingMannarwhiletheremainingonewasactiveintheVavuniyadistrict.
The Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda claimed that the LTTE leader Velupillai
Prabhakaranwasnotcapableofleadinghisorganizationduetoimmensepressurefromthearmed
forces.WithreferencetointelligencereportstheCommandersaidthatPrabhakaraniseitherinjured
orindisposed,adding,"ThevictoryiscomingsoonbutIdontwanttoindicateanexacttimeframe."
February2
Atleast20passengersaboardabuswerekilledand50othersinjuredwhentheLTTEmilitantsdetonated
an explosive device at Dambulla bus stand in the Matale district. The bus was to play on the Kandy
Anuradhapura road. Initial reports quoting Dambulla police said that many Buddhist devotees on a
pilgrimagetothesacredAnuradhapuracitywereamongthedeadandinjured.
Troops killed 16 LTTE militants during separate confrontations in the Sirukulam, Andankulam and
Kokkuthuduvai areas of Vavuniya. Two soldiers sustained injuries during the confrontation at
Kokkuthuduvai.
10LTTEmilitantswerekilledduringconfrontationswiththetroopsintheParappakandalandVannakulam
areasofMannardistrict.Troopsalsoneutralizedthreebunkersoftheoutfit.
Eight LTTE militants were killed by the troops during an encounter in the Villattikulam area of Vavuniya
district.
DuringanotherconfrontationbetweenthetwosidesinthePeriyapanchurichchanandNavakkulamareas
ofVavuniyadistrict,troopskilledsevenLTTEmilitants.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldier
wasalsoinjuredduringtheconfrontation.
February3
Atleast12personswerekilledandaround100injured,10ofthemcritically,whenanLTTEfemalesuicide
militantblewherselfinsidetheColomboFortRailwayStation.Thebomberwhoapparentlyarrivedatthe
railwaystationinatrainblewherselfoppositethestationcafeteriaonplatformnumberthreeat 2.10pm.
The head of the suicide cadre was lying on the platform along with a cellular phone connected to a
handsfree kit. "They (LTTE) would have targeted Security Forces personnel who were returningtotheir
basesafterrehearsalsattheGalleFaceGreen,"anunnamedmilitaryofficialsaid.
Earlierintheday,atleastsevencivilians,includingtwochildren,wereinjuredinalowintensitygrenade
explosioninsidetheDehiwalaZoologicalGardenontheoutskirtsofColombo.
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TroopsattackedaLTTEbunkerlineintheKoilmoddaiareaofMannardistrictandkilledeightmilitants.One
oftheoutfitsbunkerswasalsodestroyedintheincident.
Three LTTE militants were killed and three of their bunkers were neutralized by the troops during two
separateattacksintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantsandasoldierwerekilledduringagunbattleinthePeriyapanchurichchanarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.
TroopslaunchedanattackonanLTTEbunkerintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilled
fourmilitants.
IntheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrict,troopskilledfourmilitants.
Four more LTTE militants were killed by the troops during an encounter in the Madu area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
Troops killed four LTTE militants who were roaming in the jungle areas of Karampaikkulam and
AdampanintheMannardistrict.
Troops on a search operation shot dead four LTTE militants in the Koilmoddai area of Mannar
district.
AtleastthreeLTTEmilitantswere killed and three of their bunkers destroyed by the troops during
twoseparateclashesintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrict.
February4
At least 13 persons were killed and 17 others inured when LTTE militants detonated a claymore mine
targetingacivilianbus,plyingfromParakaramapuratoJanakapura,atKobbekaduwajunctioninWelioya,
200metresawayfromthe223Brigadeheadquarters.Thedeadincludefivesoldiersandtwowomen.
Three soldiers were injured in a LTTEtriggered claymore mine at Galge in the Buttala area of Badulla
district.Oneoftheinuredsoldiersdiedlater.
AnexplosionoccurredatDandeniyawattaintheMoratuwaareaofColomboDistrict.Separately,anIED
thathadbeenplantedatthefootofanelectricitytransformeratWijesiriwardaneMawathaintheMtLavinia
wentoffdamagingthetransformer.However,nocasualtieswerereportedintheincidents.
TroopsinaseriesofclasheswiththeLTTEmilitantsatAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict killed
atleast12ofthem.
Troops killed at least six LTTE militants during clashes in theAndankulam, Kaddutaddamalai and
KokkutoduvaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasinjuredduringtheclashes.
LTTE militants opened fire towards the troops in the Periyapanndivirichchan area of Vavuniya
district and in the ensuing gunbattle, two soldiers and a militant were killed while another soldier
sustainedinjuries.
February5
ThetroopsconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrictandkillednine
ofthemandinjurednineothers.
DuringanencounterintheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrict,fourmilitantsandthreesoldierswere
killedwhile14soldierssustainedinjuries.
DuringaclashbetweenthetwosidesatJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopsshotdeadatleast
sixmilitants.Onesoldiersustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
AtUmayarathuwankulamintheVavuniyadistrict,troopsattackedandcapturedaLTTEbunkerkillingfive
militants.
ThetroopsstormedtheLTTEtrenchlineinthePeriyathampane area of Vavuniya district and killed four
militants.
TwosoldiersandamilitantwerekilledwhenclasheseruptedbetweenthetwosidesatAdampaninthe
Mannardistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheKaduthodamalaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
February6
12LTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsdeployedattheFDLsintheNagarkovilareaofJaffnadistrict
stormedtheoutfitsbunkersatabout5.30am.Fivesoldierswerealsoinjuredduringtheclash.Troopswith
theassistanceofT55battletankscompletelydestroyed30bunkersfourintheNagarkovilarea,10inthe
areanorthofA9and16intheKilalyarea.
At least 10 LTTE militants were killed and several others wounded when troops confronted a group of
militantsintheWelioyaandKokkuthuduvaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.
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SixSLNpersonnelwerekilledandonewasrescuedwhentheSeaTigers[cadresoftheseawingofthe
LiberationTigersofTamilEelam(LTTE)]attackedtheSLNvesselintheseasoffThalaimannar.
TwogroupsofsoldierswhowereonanambushinthePeriyapanndivirichchanareaofVavuniyadistrict
shotdeadfourLTTEmilitantsandinjuredatleastnineothers.
AtKokkuthuduvai,thetroopskilledfourmoreLTTEmilitantsduringanotherclash.
Army snipers killed three LTTE militants in two separate incidents in the Parappanikulam and
SirukulamareasofMannardistrict.
February7
Troops confronted a group of LTTE militants in the Umayaratuvarankulam area of Vavuniya district and
killedatleast10ofthem.
FiveLTTEmilitants,includinganarealeader,were killed and 10 others injured by the troops during an
encounterintheMuhamalaiandNagarkovilareasalongtheA9roadintheJaffnadistrict.Onesoldierwas
killedandfiveotherssustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
At Periyapanndivirichchan in the Vavuniya district, the troops attacked a LTTE bunker and killed four
militantswhileinjuringsixothers.Twosoldierswerealsowoundedintheincident.
TwoLTTEmilitantsandasoldierwerekilledduringagunbattlebetweenthetwosidesintheJanakapura
areaVavuniyadistrict.10militantsandasoldierwereinjuredintheincident.
An army captain, a soldier and a Buddhist monk were arrested for having close links with a top
LTTEleadernamedRameshaliasCharles,whowasreportedlyinvolvedintherecentbomb blasts
inColomboandthesuburbs.
February8
TheArmycapturedaonesquarekilometerareatothesouthofAdampanTankintheMannardistrictafter
clasheswith the LTTE militants. 12 militants and two soldiers were killed during the clashes. Five more
soldierssustainedinjuriesintheoperation.
Eight LTTE militants were killed by the troops in an ambush in the Sinnapantrichurichchan area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
EightLTTEcadreswerekilledbythetroopsduringagunbattlebetweenthetwosidesatAndankulamarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.Threesoldierswereinjuredintheincident.
FiveLTTEmilitantswereshotdeadbythetroopsintheSirukulam,KallikulamandAdampanareas
ofMannardistrict.
February9
15 LTTE militants and three soldiers were killed during a gunbattle between the two sides at
PeriyapantrichurichchanintheVavuniyadistrict.Sevensoldierswerealsoinjured.
SixmilitantswerekilledduringthreeseparateincidentsatMullikulamintheMannardistrict.
The troops launched an attack towards a group of LTTE militants constructing a bunker line in the
MuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledfivemilitants.
Troops killed four LTTE militants during separate encounters in the Chettukulam, Ittikandal and
NedunkandalareasofVavuniyadistrict.
DuringanencounteratKokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledthreemilitants.
Three LTTE militants were shot dead by the troops during separate encounters in the Koilmoddai and
NavakkulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops shot dead three LTTE militants in the Periyapantrichurichchan and Umayaratuvarankulam
areasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops launched two separate attacks on the LTTE militants at Periyapantrichurichchan areas of
Vavuniyadistrictandkilledthreemilitants.
Three separate attacks launched by the troops at LTTE militants operating in the Muhamalai and
NagarkovilareasofJaffnadistrictcausedthedeathofthreemilitants.
The LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran had no option but to give up arms and join the political
mainstream as the Sri Lankan forces were marching ahead remarkably against the outfit, Army
Chief Sarath Fonseka said. "LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran should realize that he cannot go ahead
with his military campaign. They have no option other than to give up their struggle and enter the
politicalmainstream,"hetoldthestaterunSundayObserver.
February10
11LTTEmilitantswerekilledduringseparateclasheswiththetroopsintheSirukulam,Karampaikkulam,
AdampanandParappakandalareasofMannardistrict.
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The troops killed eight LTTE militants and destroyed two of their bunkers at Kallikulam in the Vavuniya
district.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.
TroopsoperatingaheadoftheMullikulamFDLintheMannardistrictconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitants
andkilledsixofthem.
Troops opened fire towards a tractor carrying LTTE militants in the Sivarayankulam area of
Vavuniyaandkilledthreemilitants.
February11
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringtwoseparateencountersbetweenthetwosides
intheareasouthofA9intheMuhamalairegionofJaffnadistrict.
At least 13 LTTE militants and 10 soldiers were killed during a gunbattle between the two sides in the
Andankulam area of Vavuniya district. The troops destroyed 12 LTTE bunkers and also injured an
unspecifiednumberofmilitants.25soldierswerereportedlyinjuredintheincident.
At Udayanathankulam in the Vavuniya district, troops attacked and neutralised a LTTE bunker, killing at
leasteightmilitants.
ThetroopskilledfiveLTTEmilitantsduringanencounteratPeriyapandirichchanintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops opened fire towards a group of LTTE militants in the Sirukulam, Karampaikkulam and
NedunkandalareasofMannardistrictandkilledfiveofthem.
ThetroopsduringaraidonanLTTEbunkerintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrictkilledfourmilitants.
At Kokkuthuduvai in the Vavuniya district, during a clash with the LTTE cadres the troops killed four
militantswhiledestroyingoneoftheirbunkers.
During a clash that erupted between the two sides at Mullikulam in the Mannar district, the troops
killedthreeLTTEmilitants.Onesoldierwaswoundedintheincident.
February12
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesatVillattikulamintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledatleast
sevenLTTEmilitantsandsubsequentlyrecoveredthedeadbodyofoneoftheslainmilitants.
Six soldiers were killed and 10 others injured when LTTE militants fired artillery shells at the densely
populatedThalladitowndamagingtheSt.SebastianChurchinMannar.
Four LTTE militants were killed when the troops opened fire towards them in the Andankulam area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
AtKokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopsclashedwithsomeinfiltratingLTTEmilitantskillingat
leastthreeofthemwhileinjuringsixothers.
The LTTE are reportedly among six blatant violators of human rights singled out by the UN for
recruiting underage children in armed conflict and using rape and other forms of sexual violence
against them.The UN Security Council criticised the continuing recruitment and use of children in
armedconflictanddeploredthesystematicuseofrapeandotherformsofsexualviolence against
them.
February13
Atleast13LTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheParikariperiyakulamandUmayaratuvarankulam
areasofVavuniyadistrict.Asoldierwasinjuredduringtheincident.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsinthePeriyathampaneareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledat
leastsevenmilitants.
Four LTTE militants were killed by the troops when clashes erupted between the two sides in the
ThaddankulamareaofMannardistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledandthreeoftheirbunkersdestroyedwhenthetroopsstormedtheLTTE
bunkerlineintheSirukulamareaofMannardistrict.
ThetroopskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsandinjurednineothersintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
AddressingamediabriefinginColombothemilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkarasaidinthe
periodbetweenJanuary30andFebruary12,475LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmanymoreinjuredduring
thefightingbetweentheSFsandthemilitantsintheNorth.HeputSFslossesat39killedand178injured.
46civilianswerealsokilledduringthetwoweekperiodwhile179civilianssustainedinjuries.
The ICRC said it was deeply concerned about the growing number of civilian casualties, including
children,asthesecuritysituationacrossSriLankadeterioratesduetoindiscriminateLTTEattacks
onciviliantargets.Issuingastatement,theICRCsaidthatinthefirstsixweeksof2008,morethan
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180 civilians were reported killed and almost 270 injured in a series of attacks on civilian buses,
railway stations and individuals in Colombo, Dambula, Kebhitigollewa, Madhu, Okkampitiya and
WelliOya.
February16
Reacting to the frequent claims by the Sri Lankan government that the LTTE Chief Velupillai
Prabhakaranhasbeeninjuredinamilitaryraid,theoutfitspoliticalheadB.NadesantoldtheTamil
daily Thinakkural in an interview, "A false propaganda saying our leader Prabhakaran is injured is
beingcarried.Nobodycanapproachourleader.PeopleofSriLankawillrealisethefutilityofsucha
claimintimestocome."
February18
TroopsadvancingintotheLTTEheldareasintheeasternpartofMannardistrict,capturedanarea
ofabout600squaremetrewithanLTTEdefencelineandastronglybuiltbund in theAndankulam
area. 10 militants were killed and an equal number of them sustained injuries in the attack. One
soldierwasalsokilledwhilefourotherswerewoundedinthefighting.
February19
TroopsfoiledanLTTEattempttodislodgetheconsolidatingtroopsinthenewlycapturedSirukulamareain
theMannardistrict.Inthegunbattlethatstartedaroundmidnightandcontinuedforaboutfourhourstroops
inflictedheavycasualtiesonthemilitantsforcingthemtoretreat.Theexactdetailsof the casualties are,
however,yettobeascertained,thoughitisbelievedatleast3540militantshaveeitherbeeninjuredor
killed.
SriLankahassaidaproposalforprovidingasafehavenfortheLTTEleaderVelupillaiPrabhakaranhas
beenthere"forsometime",butfelthewouldbeapprehendedbyIndiathemomentheleavestheisland
country."Yes,thatishisproblem.Ifhe(Prabhakaran)leavesKilinochchi,thenIndiawillgethimforsure,"
ForeignSecretaryPalithaKohonatoldAsianTribune.
The Sri Lankan government said that it would open a 'gateway' for trapped civilians in the Wanni
areatocrossovertothegovernmentcontrolledareas."Wewouldopenanescaperout for civilians
intheWanniareaandwouldgivenecessaryaccommodation,"saidMinisterKeheliyaRambukwella.
February20
Atleast13LTTEmilitantswerekilledandfiveothersinjuredduringencounterswiththetroopsintheareas
west of Parappakandal and north of Pallikuli in the Mannar district. Two soldiers were also killed in the
LTTEattacks.
Atleast13LTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopslaunchedanattacktowardsagroupofmilitantsin
theJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilefiveotherssustainedinjuriesin
theincident.
ThetroopsattackedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheareanorthofVillattikulamareaofVavuniyadistrictand
killedeightofthem.Threemilitantsandasoldierwereinjuredinthegunfight.
AtKallikulamintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopsneutralizedaLTTEbunkerandkilledsixmilitants.
Three soldiers were killed when the LTTE militants opened fire on an Army picket point at
DambakoteintheButtaladistrict.Troopsretaliatedandinjuredatleastonemilitant.
February21
AtleasteightLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsneutralisedabunkeroftheoutfitintheMullikulam
areaofMannardistrict.ThreesoldierswerealsoinjuredwhilethreeT56weaponsandoneIcomradioset
wererecoveredfromtheincidentsite.
DuringanattacklaunchedbythetroopstargetingaheavilyfortifiedLTTEbunkerintheKarampaikkulam
areaofMannardistrict,fourmilitantswerekilledwhileseveralotherswereinjured.Twosoldierswerealso
killedwhilefourmoresustainedinjuriesinthegunfire.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintwodifferentattacksinthePeriyapantrichurichchanareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledasagroupofoutfitsmilitantsattemptingtoinfiltratenewlycapturedareasin
theParappakandalareaofMannardistrictwereattackedbythetroops.
TroopsattackedanothergroupofLTTEmilitantsmovingintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrictandkilled
threeofthem.
ThetroopsattackedafewLTTEbunkersintheMantotaareaofMannardistrictandkilledthreemilitants.
Three LTTE militants were killed by the troops in separate encounters in the Kokkuthuduvai and
AdampanareasofMannardistrict.
February22
AfiercegunbattleeruptedbetweenthetwosideswhenthetroopsassaultedagroupofLTTEmilitantswho
weremanningabunkerintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Atleastsevenmilitantswerekilledand
threeotherswereinjuredintheincident.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenafiercegunbattleeruptedbetweenthetwosidesintheareanorthof
Welioya sector in the Vavuniya district. Subsequently, the troops recovered dead bodies of the six slain
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militantsalongwithaMultiPurposeMachineGun,fiveT56weaponsandtworadiosets.
IntheMankindamulaiareaofVavuniyadistrict,troopsoverranalineofLTTEbunkerswhilekillingatleast
fivemilitants.Onesoldieralsodiedintheincident.
TroopsattackedanLTTEbunkerlineintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledfourmilitants.
Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.AnotherattackonaLTTEbunkerline intheAndankulamareaof
thesamedistrictareabythetroopsresultedinthedeathoffourmilitants.
TroopsintheMantotaareaofMannardistrictlaunchedanattackonaLTTEcampinthejungleandshot
deadfourmilitants.
PresidentMahindaRajapakseassertedthatfollowingthelocalgovernmentelectionsduetobeheld
shortly in the East, his government will also take steps to establish democracy and rights to all
communitiesintheland,inclusiveofthoseintheNorth.
February23
ThetroopsstormedanLTTEbunkerlineaheadofthemintheKoilmoddaiareaofMannardistrictandkilled
atleast11militantswhiledestroyingthreebunkers.Fivesoldierswerereportedlyinjuredintheincident.
AtleasteightLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsstormedoneoftheoutfitscampsinthejungle
northofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopslaunchedseveralattacksonaLTTEbunkerlineatMullikulamandkilledsevenmilitantswhile
neutralisinganumberoftheirbunkers.
ThetroopsstormedalineofLTTEbunkersinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledseven
militants.Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.
The troops confronted a group of LTTE militants on two occasions in theAndankulam area of Vavuniya
districtandkilledfourmilitants.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledandoneoftheirbunkerswasneutralisedbythetroopsinthePerankulam
areaofMannardistrict.OneT56weaponwasalsorecoveredfromthearea.
ThetroopsduringanencounterintheAdampanareaofMannardistrictkilledfourLTTEmilitants.
At Mullikulam in the Mannar district, the troops attacked LTTE bunkers ahead of them and killed two
militants.Onesoldierwhosustainedinjuriesintheincidentdiedlater.
TroopsoperatingintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictshotdeadthreeLTTEmilitants.
Troops confronted another group of LTTE militants and killed three of them in the
PeriyapanndivirichchanareaofVavuniyadistrict.
February24
ThetroopsoperatingintheMannarbattlefrontadvancedfurtherintotheLTTEheldterritoryonthreefronts
fromThiruketheeshvaran,UyilankulamandPallikuli,anunnamedseniorArmyofficialsaid."Atleast15to
20Tigercadreswerekilledintheseconfrontations,"theofficialadded.
Atleast17LTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsoverrantheirlineofbunkersintheParappakandal
areaofMannardistrict.Sixsoldierswerekilledand16otherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
The Naval intelligence revealed that three senior Sea Tiger [sea wing of the LTTE] women leaders,
includingselfstyledLt.ColonelKalaiArasi,awomanSeaTigerinstructorandsixothershadbeenkilled
intheairraidscarriedoutbytheSriLankaAirForcefighterjetstargetingwomensSeaTigertrainingcamp
atKiranchiintheKilinochchidistrict.
ThetroopslaunchedanoperationtocaptureLTTEbunkersintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict
andkilledfivemilitantsandinjuredtwoothers.
Five LTTE militants were killed during clashes that erupted between the two sides in the Villattikulam,
ChanakakulamandPeriyapanndivirichchanareasofVavuniyadistrict.
TwoTMVPcadreswerekilledasaLTTEsuicidecadreblewhimselfoppositetheKaliKovil(Temple)inthe
KalawanchikudiareaofBatticaloadistrict.Thesuicidecadrehadapparentlyjumpedontothemotorbikeon
whichthetwopersonsweretravelingnearSatyavilanroad,some17kilometersfromBatticaloatown.
Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona in an interview to Asian Tribune said that there is no group left
thatcouldbedescribedasKarunaGroupbecausetheyhavesplinteredintomanyfactionsoverthe
lastyear.
February25
AtleastsixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringclashesintheUdayanathankulamarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.
During a clash that erupted between the two sides when the troops launched an attack on three
LTTE bunkers at Koilmoddai in the Mannar district, five militants and a soldier were killed. Two
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soldiersandtwomilitantswerealsoinjured.
Three LTTE militants were killed during clashes between the two sides in the Muhamalai area of
Jaffnadistrict.
February26
Five LTTE militants were killed by the troops during intermittent clashes that erupted between the
two sides in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district.Troops also neutralized at least six bunkers of
theoutfit.
The United Nations and Non Governmental Organisations working in the conflictridden north and
east are warning of a mounting humanitarian toll in 2008 due to the escalation in hostilities.
Agenciesshouldbepreparedtoassist"upto500,000conflictaffectedindividualscomprisingIDPs,
returnees and economically affected persons", according to the CHAP 2008, prepared by the Inter
AgencyStandingCommitteecountryteamforSriLankaandreleasedon22February.
February27
DuringclashesbetweenthetwosidesinthePerankulam,Parappakandal,Karukkakulam,Adampan
andMannartownareasofMannardistrict,thetroopskilledatleast14LTTEmilitants.
At Kokkuthuduvai in the Vavuniya district, the troops neutralised LTTE bunkers and killed eight
militants.
ThetroopsconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheKarampaikkulamareaofMannardistrictand
killedatleastfourmilitants.Onesoldierisreportedtohavediedintheincident.
Themilitarysaidthatsince2006,a total of 6,486 LTTE militants, 1196 military personnel and 982
civilianshavebeenkilled,estimatingtherearenowonlyaround5,000militantsstillalive.
February28
ThetroopscapturedtheSinnaodaippusluicegatesanditsadjacentareasnorthofGiantTankinthe
MannardistrictafteranencountereruptedbetweenthesecurityforcesandLTTEmilitants.Atleast
14 militants were killed and six T56 weapons were recovered during the incident. Two soldiers
sustainedinjuriesintheincident.
Seven LTTE militants were killed in three separate attacks carried out by the troops in the
NavakkulamandPeriyapantrichurichchanareasofVavuniyadistrict.
February29
Seven LTTE militants were killed by the troops during clashes in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna
district.
ThetroopsneutralizedfourLTTEbunkersintheKokkuthuduvaiandAndankulamareasofVavuniya
districtandkilledfourmilitants.
ThetroopskilledfourLTTEmilitantsduringanencounteratVallaikulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops launched an attack on an LTTE bunker line at Muhamalai in the Jaffna district and
destroyedeightbunkerskillingfivemilitants.
Troops neutralized eight newlyerected LTTE bunkers in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district and
killedfivemilitants.
March1
Nine LTTE militants were killed by the troops during encounters between the two sides in the
Navakkulam,MullikulamandKallikulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops confronted a group of LTTE militants in the Kilaly, Muhamalai and Nagarkovil areas of
Jaffnadistrictandkilledfivemilitants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledduringtheincident.
DuringaclashbetweenthetwosidesintheJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilled
twoLTTEmilitants.Onesoldierwaskilledwhileanothersustainedinjuriesduringtheincident.
The troops attacked an LTTE strong point in the area north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya district
and killed two militants. During the exchange of fire, one soldier was killed while four others were
wounded.
March2
EightLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsinaclashinthegeneralareaofKokkuthuduwaiinthe
Vavuniyadistrict.Twosoldierswerekilledwhile10otherssustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
The troops at Kallikulam in the Mannar district attacked a LTTE hideout with Rocket Propeller
Grenadesandkilledatleastsixmilitants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledintheincident.
Troops attacked a group of militants in the Kovilmadu area of Vavuniya district and killed five of
them.Atleastninemoremilitantswerereportedlywoundedintheincident.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksereiteratedthatuntilsuchtimeeveryinchoflandiscapturedandthe
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lastterroristisneutralised,hisgovernmentwillnotceaseitsliberationoperationsagainsttheLTTE.
Sri Lankan authorities urged the British government to ban fundraising activities of what they
described as LTTEs front organisations alleging that the money collected by these groups
"ostensibly"forcharitablepurposeswentintothe"coffers"oftheoutfit.
March3
ThetroopsneutralizedaLTTEbunkerinChettikulamintheVavuniyadistrictandkilledfivecadres.
Foursoldiersarereportedtohavebeenwoundedintheincident.
March4
ArmytroopstookundercontrolPallaikulieastandaLTTEcrossloadingpointontheUyilankulam
Andankulam road in Mannar district (about 2.5 sq km in total). Troops reportedly broke into the
LTTEdominatedPallaikulieastareaandkilledsevenmilitants,includingthreewomencadres,and
injuredfiveothers.
The troops attacked a LTTE bunker in the Palaimodai area of Mannar district and killed at least
threemilitants.
The troops neutralized another LTTE bunker in the Vilattikulam area of Vavuniya district, killing
threemilitants.
March5
The troops attacked an identified LTTE bunker in the Manthota area of Mannar district and killed
fivemilitants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilethreemoresustainedinjuriesintheincident.
The troops attacked another LTTE bunker in the Periyapantichchan area of Vavuniya district and
killedfivemoremilitants.Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.
The troops killed four LTTE militants during an encounter in the Karampaikulam area of Vavuniya
district.Twosoldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesatAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilled
threeLTTEmilitants.Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.
The Sri Lanka government said that more than 100 soldiers were killed and 800 were wounded in
the fighting against the LTTE during February 2008. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told
Parliament,"Thenumberofsecuritypersonnelkilledlastmonthwas104,whileanother822soldiers
andpolicewerewounded.Some80civilianswerekilledand201woundedinFebruary."
March6
TheTNAparliamentarianK.Siwaneshan, representingtheJaffnadistrictwaskilledinanexplosion
in the Kanagarayankulam area on the MankulamMallavi road of Kilinochchi district.The proLTTE
WebsiteTamilNetallegedthathewaskilledinaclaymoremineattackcarriedoutbytheSriLanka
Armys Deep Penetration Unit. His driver was also killed in the attack.The military, however, said
nooperationswerebeingcarriedoutthereatthattime.
At least 12 LTTE militants were killed during a gunbattle between the two sides in the
Kokkuthuduvai area of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were also killed while 10 others sustained
injuries.
12moreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandtheirtrenchlinedestroyedbythetroopsduringanoperation
tocaptureParappakandalintheMannardistrict.
The troops killed seven LTTE militants in the Periyapantrichurichchan, Kallikulam and
MundimurippuareasofMannardistrict.
Four LTTE militants and two soldiers were killed when the troops confronted a group of LTTE
militantsintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldierswereinjuredduringtheclash.
ThetroopsattackedanddestroyedoneLTTEbunkeraheadoftheirFDL(atNagarkovilintheJaffna
districtandkilledthreemilitants.
March7
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledduringsporadicclashesintheVeddamkulam,Karampikulam,Madhu
camparea,Periyawalandykulam,TiruketishwaraintheMannardistrict.
Four LTTE militants were reported killed during an attack by the troops at Kollmoddai in the
Vavuniyadistrict.
March8
The troops killed 13 LTTE militants during clashes in the Udayanatankulam, Karampaikkulam,
Palaimoddai,Palaikuli,PeriyavalayankaddukulamandPerankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
10 LTTE militants were killed during a gunbattle with the troops in the Manthai area of Mannar
district.Twosoldierswerealsokilledandfourotherswerewoundedintheincident.
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheKilalyandMuhamaleareasofJaffnadistrict.
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Twosoldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheencounters.
Three soldiers were killed during clashes with the LTTE militants at Udayanatankulam,
SulainamarutamaduandAmpanareasofMannardistrict.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledandoneoftheirgunpositionsandtwobunkerswereneutralizedby
thetroopsintheMuhamalaiandNagarkovilareasofJaffnadistrict.
March9
At least 15 LTTE militants were killed by troops during clashes in the Umayarathuwarankulam,
Vilathikulam, Venkalacheddikulam, Adampan, Pulmoddai, Ilantaivan and Janakapura areas of
Vavuniyadistrict.Fivesoldierswerealsokilledduringtheclashes.
TheLTTEreleasedtwopicturesofitsleaderVelupillaiPrabhakaranpayinghisrespectstotheTNA
parliamentarian K. Sivanesan, who was killed in an explosion on March 6, at an undisclosed
destinationintheoutfitscontrolledWanniarea.
March10
InapredawnattackonanLTTEbunker line in the Illanthaivan area of Mannar district, the troops

killed10militantsandinjuredanequalnumberofthem.Troopsalsocapturedeightbunkers.Three
soldierswerealsokilledwhile12otherswereinjured.
Intelligencesourceshaverevealedthat the LTTE is attempting to poison VIPs as they are unable
toreachthem,saidPrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayake.
Atleast26LTTEmilitants,mostlyfemales,werekilledandthreeothersinjuredbythetroopsduring
clashes in the Puliyankulam area of Mannar district. One soldier was also killed while 13 others
werewoundedduringtheclashes.
ThetroopsattackedaLTTEcampintheKarampaikulamareaofMannardistrictandneutralizedtwo
oftheirbunkersandclearedafewtrenches.Groundtroopsconfirmedthat four soldiers were killed
whiletwootherssustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
The LTTE militants directed 60mm mortar fire on troop positions in the Vilattikulam area of
Vavuniyadistrict,injuringtwosoldiers.Intheretaliatoryfire,thetroopskilledatleastfourmilitants.
March11
The TMVP, a breakaway faction of the LTTE, won eight out of nine local councils while the ruling
UFPA won the Batticaloa Municipal Council with 11 out of 19 seats. Polling for the local body
electionsinBatticaloawentoffpeacefullyonMarch10,thoughthereweresomeallegationsofvote
rigging.Therewereninepoliticalpartiesand22independentgroupsfielding831 candidates for 101
postsinninePradeshiyaSabhas(localcouncils)andtheBatticaloatownmunicipality.
The troops operating ahead of the Maruthamadu FDL in the Vavuniya district killed five LTTE
militants.
ThetroopsinapredawnattackcapturedtheimmediatesurroundingsadjacenttotheSinnaodaippu
sluice gates under their control after advancing about 500 meter to the east. Four militants were
killedwhilethreesoldierssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
ThetroopsattackedaLTTEbunkerintheUmayaratuvarankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilled
threemilitants,includingtheteamleaderTallavan.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringanencounterintheKarampaikkulamareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
A case was filed against LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, its Intelligence wing leader Pottu
Amman and another three former cadres before the Colombo High Court in connection with the
formerForeignMinisterLaxmanKadirgamarassassination.
March12
NineLTTEmilitantswerekilledandanequalnumberoftheminjuredwhenthetroopsattackedthree
bunkers of the outfit in the Udayanathankulam area of Vavuniya district. Three soldiers sustained
The troops fired on a tractor carrying LTTE militants in the Karampachchikulam area of Vavuniya
districtandcompletelydestroyedthetractor,killingsixmilitants.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed three LTTE militants during an encounter in the Karampachchikulam area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
At Janakapura in the Vavuniya district, the troops neutralized a LTTE bunker and killed three
militants.
March13
11 LTTE militants were killed during several encounters between the troops and militants in the
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March13
11 LTTE militants were killed during several encounters between the troops and militants in the
Karukkakulam,Nedunkandal,VannakulamandIlantaivanareasofMannardistrict.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheKarampaikkulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.One
soldierwasalsoinjuredintheincident.
Six LTTE militants were killed by the troops when clashes erupted between the two sides in the
VillattikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
March14
ThetroopsduringtwoseparateattackscapturedfourLTTEbunkersandkilledfourmilitantsinthe
KallikulamandMalikaittidalareasofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldierswereinjuredduringtheclashes.
March15
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringaclashintheMullikulamareaofMannardistrict.
Four soldiers were killed and three others injured during an encounter with the LTTE militants at
KokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed four LTTE militants during clashes in the Adampan and Malikaittidal areas of
Mannardistrict.OnesoldieralsosustainedinjuriesintheMalikaittidalincident.
The troops killed four LTTE militants in the Navakkulam and Kirchudankulam areas of Vavuniya
district.
Three LTTE militants were killed by the troops at Kiriibbanwewa area of Vavuniya district. One
soldierwasinjuredintheincident.
March16
Atleast12LTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringseparateclashesinthePandivirichchen,
Villattikulam, Kallikulam, Kappankulam and Nedunkandal areas of Vavuniya and Periyakulam area
ofMannardistrict.AfewLTTEbunkersusedforartillery,RPGandmortarfiringwerealsodestroyed
duringtheclashes.
ThetroopsattackedandcapturedaLTTEcampintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict,killing
five militants and injuring 20 others. Two soldiers were also killed during the clashes while eight
otherssustainedinjuries.
ThetroopsfoiledtwoinfiltrationattemptsbytheLTTEtowardsthesecondlineofthedefenseofthe
troopsintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledthreemilitants.
ThreemilitantswerekilledasclasheseruptedbetweenthetroopsandagroupofLTTEmilitantsin
theJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.
March17
TroopskilledtwoLTTEmilitantsduringanencounterintheNavakkulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The Sri Lanka Defence Ministry said it had opened a green channel for the doctors at the main
roadblockatMadavachchiyafromMarch17onwards."Themeasurehas been taken to reduce the
delaysandcomplexitiesfacedbythedoctorstravelingtoMannarandVavuniya,"itsaid.
At least five LTTE militants, including a close ally of an LTTE leader, Jeyam, were killed and
anothersustainedinjuriesduringanencounterintheMunkilmurichchanareaofVavuniyadistrict.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledduringanencounterintheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops attacked and neutralised a LTTE bunker in the jungles northwest of Kallikulam in the
Vavuniyadistrict,killingthreemilitants,identifiedasKuilan,VirasailanandKuvilmaran.
One soldier was killed while two others sustained injuries when the LTTE militants triggered a
claymore mine explosion targeting a foot patrol of the troops in the Murunkan area of Mannar
district.
AtKaduthodamalaiintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledaLTTEmilitantandinjuredtwoothers
duringanencounter.
March18
AtleastfourLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsneutralisedabunkerintheKallikulamarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsattackedtwoLTTEcampsintheKokkuthuduvaiareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledfour
militantswhileinjuringanother.
ThetroopsrecovereddecomposeddeadbodiesofnineLTTEmilitants,includingfivefemales,from
densejunglesinthePeriyapanndivirichchanareaofVavuniyadistrict.
President Mahinda Rajapakse announced that democracy given to the people in the Eastern
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ProvincewillsoonbegiventotheNorthaswell.
March19
11 LTTE militants were killed and two of their bunkers destroyed in an ambush carried out by the
ArmySpecialInfantrymenatKottakkarankulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops repulsed an attack by the LTTE in the Kallikulam area of Vavuniya district and killed
threemilitantswhileinjuringanequalnumberofthem.
The troops ambushed a group of LTTE militants in theAndankulam area of Vavuniya district and
killedthreeofthem.
March20
The troops attacked a LTTE bunker in the Pandivirichchen area of Vavuniya district and killed at
leastfourLTTEmilitants.
During an attack in the Villattikulam area of Vavuniya district, the troops killed at least four LTTE
militants.
ThetroopsambushedagroupofLTTEmilitantsandkilledfourofthemwhileinjuringthreeothersin
theareaofnorthofJanakapura.Twosoldierswerealsoinjuredintheincident.
Three LTTE militants were killed while two others sustained injuries by the troops in the
VeddayamurippuareaofMannardistrict.
TheLTTEchiefVelupillaiPrabhakaranhasreportedlyordereditsproxypoliticalparty,theTNA,not
tocontesttheforthcomingProvincialCouncilelectionsintheEasternProvince.
March21
The troops attacked and captured a LTTE camp and bunker complex north of Janakapura in the
Vavuniyadistrict,killingthreemilitants.Sixsoldierswereinjuredintheincident.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledand22othersinjuredduringaclashbetweenthetwosidesinthe
JanakapuraandKiriibbanwewaareasofVavuniyadistrict.
March22
At least 25 LTTE militants were killed and an equal number of them injured as the troops
successfully responding to heavy resistance by the militants moved forward and captured an area
ofaboutonesquarekilometreinthePeriyakulamandIlantaivanregions,northofUyilankulaminthe
Mannardistrict.Foursoldierswerealsokilledwhile16otherssustainedinjuries.
Atleast13LTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheareassouthwestofMadhuandKallikulam
inMannardistrict.
Seven LTTE militants were killed and 10 others injured by the troops during clashes between the
two sides in the Kiriibbanwewa area of Vavuniya district. Three soldiers were killed while seven
otherssustainedinjuriesduringtheincident.
During two separate encounters, the troops killed four LTTE militants in the Nagarkovil area of
Jaffnadistrict.
AtKokkuthuduvaiandJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledthreeLTTEmilitants.
March23
10LTTEcadreswerekilledbythetroopsduringclashesintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Six of the slain militants were inside a bunker when the Rocket Propeller Gun fire completely
destroyedit.
The troops killed at least six LTTE militants during intermittent fighting that erupted in the
Janakapura,KokkuthuduvaiandKiriibbanwewaareasofVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopskilledfiveLTTEmilitantsinthePeriyakulamareaofMannardistrict.
Two LTTE militants trying to launch an attack on the troops were shot dead in the Kathankulam
March24
ThetroopskilledsevenLTTEmilitantsintheareasouthofMadhuintheMannardistrict.
The Colombo High Court Judge, Kumuduni Wickremesinghe issued notices to the LTTE chief
Velupillai Prabhakaran, Intelligence Wing leader Pottu Amman, Charles Master and Komadee
Manimekala in connection with the assassination (August 12, 2005) of former Foreign Minister
LakshmanKadirgamar.
AccordingtotheDefenceMinistry,over2500LTTEmilitantshavebeenkilledbythemilitarysince
January1,2008.Morethan7200militantshavebeenkilledsinceDecember2005.
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake stated that the LTTE maintains links with international
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terroristgroupssuchasthePKKandcertainaffiliatesofalQaeda.Healsosaidthatcertainreports
mentionedaboutTamilyouthsreceivingtraininginPalestiniancampsinSyriaandLebanon.
TheElectionsDepartmentsaidthatallmeasureshadbeenfinalizedtoreceivenominationsforthe
Eastern Province election from March 27. The deadline for filing nominations isApril 3.All major
political parties are expected to join the fray in a contest where 37 members which includes two
bonus seats, would be chosen out of a total of 44 from three districts, namely Batticaloa (11),
Trincomalee(10)andAmpara(14)fortheProvincialCouncilofthedemergedEast.
TheTULF has urged Sri Lankan leaders to disarm all militant groups before the eastern provincial
council elections. In a letter to President Mahinda Rajapakse, TULF leader Veerasingham
Anandasangaree said the existence of armed groups in the east is an obstacle to free and fair
elections.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringanencounterintheKarampaikkulamareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.Foursoldierswereinjuredintheincident.
March25
The11sailors,whowentmissingwhen a locallybuilt fast attack craft of the Sri Lanka Navy was
caughtinaLTTEtriggeredseamineexplosionintheNayaruSeaoffMullaitivucoastonMarch22,
havereportedlydied.
Five LTTE militants were killed by the SFs during an encounter in the Adampan area of Mannar
district.
The troops neutralized a LTTE bunker in the jungles north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya district,
killingatleastfourmilitantswhowereinsidethebunker.
Air Force Wing CommanderAndrew Wijesuriya reiterated that intelligence sources confirmed three
LTTEmilitantswerekilledandeightothersinjuredinanairraidcarriedoutbytheSLAFattheSea
TigerCoordinatingCentrelocatedinthePuthukudirippuareaofMullaitivudistrictonMarch22.
Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara informed that more than 501 LTTE militants have been killed in the
last20daysandthatanunknownnumberofmilitantsand223soldiershavebeeninjuredinclashes
from March 5 to March 24. 50 soldiers died during this period. Nanayakkara also said military
operations were continuing in the Mannar, Vavuniya and Jaffna district's Muhamalai area. "The
Security Forces have been successful in capturing 31 square kilometres of territory south of the
A14 road in Mannar," he added. He said so far this year some 115 bodies of militants have been
handedoverwith11morebodiestobedeliveredtotheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross.
The Sri Lanka Government said that all IDPs in the Eastern Province will be resettled before the
comingprovincialcouncilelection.Thereareover6000IDPsstillshelteredinwelfarecampsinthe
Eravur,PattuandKiranareas.ResettlementofIDPsfromtheTrincomaleedistrictstartedon March
25.Some464peoplebelongingto132familiesfromthePallikudiruppuandMutturareahavebeen
resettled.Meanwhile,thereareIDPsfromfivemorevillagesintheMutturareastillliving in welfare
campsintheBatticaloadistrict,sourcessaid.
TheUNPhasdecidedtocontesttheEPelections,UNPSecretaryGeneralTissaAttanayakesaid.
The SLMC has also decided to independently contest the polls, SLMC General Secretary Hussan
Alisaid.
Muslim civilians who survived mass ethnic cleansing campaigns by the LTTE during 1990s and
who are living in refugee camps in the Puttalam district at present plan to form a political party.
Sources said that this measure is intended to find a solution to the problems faced by the large
numberofMuslimslivingintherefugeecampsorwiththeirrelativesforthepast18years.
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake told a gathering in Jerusalem in Israel that "India will
neverallowaseparateindependentstateforTamilsinSriLankabecause such a development will
have a disastrous effect in India. India has always been committed to Sri Lankas territorial
integrity," he added and claimed that the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran wanted to create a
Tamilstateby"includingcertainpartsofIndiaaswell."
March26
The troops ambushed a group of LTTE militants in the Janakapura area of Vavuniya district and
killedsevenofthem.Onesoldiersustainedinjuriesintheincident.
Four soldiers were killed and eight others sustained injuries following accidental explosions of
APMsintheSulanamaruthamadu,AdampanandKoilmoddaiareasofMannardistrict.
At Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya district, the troops confronted two groups of LTTE militants and
killedatleasttwoofthem.Twosoldierswerekilledwhilethree otherssustainedinjuriesduringthe
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clashes.
The SFs retaliated and rescued eight fishermen when they detected a group of people trying to
come out of a jungle patch threekilometer east of Omanthai in the Vavuniya district under heavy
small arms fire by the LTTE militants. Three of the escapees were killed while another three
sustainedinjuriesintheLTTEattack.
ThetroopsshotdeadthreeLTTEmilitantsatJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict.
March27
AtleastnineLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopswhenclasheseruptedbetweenthetwosides
intheareanorthofJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict.Onearmyofficerwasalsokilledwhilethree
soldierswereinjuredintheincident.
The troops neutralised an LTTE hideout in the Janakapura area of Vavuniya district, killing four
militants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilethreeotherssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsneutralisedanLTTEbunkerintheJanakapuraarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasinjuredintheincident.
The troops retaliated to an LTTE attack in the Nagarkovil area of Jaffna district and killed at least
threemilitants.Twooftheoutfitsbunkerswerealsodestroyedintheoperation.
March28
NinemilitantswerekilledduringtwoclashesintheKaduruvitankulamandPeriyathampaneareasof
Vavuniyadistrict.
During two encounters in the Nagarkovil and Eluttumadduwal areas of Jaffna district, the troops
killed seven militants.A female militant was among the slain militants, troops at Eluttumadduwal
stated.
March29
Atleast11LTTEmilitantswerekilledduringseparateclasheswiththetroopsintheMadhuareaof
Mannardistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilefourotherswereinjuredintheseclashes.
Approximately 10 LTTE militants were killed as the troops captured an area of about 700metre in
the Ilantaivan region of Mannar district. Two of the outfits bunkers were also neutralised in the
incident.
Three soldiers were killed and four others injured during clashes with the LTTE militants in the
Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district. One militant was also killed while an
unspecifiednumberofthemsustainedinjuriesduringtheclashes.
FourmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheNavathkulamaareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The Deputy Chairman of the Moneragala local council, Dr. A. Muththulingam, was shot dead by
unidentifiedgunmeninhisclinicintheMoneragalatown.
March30
Six LTTE militants were killed by the troops during three separate encounters in the Malikaittidal,
VeddayamurippuandAdampanareasofMannardistrict.
March31
AtractorcarryingLTTEmilitants wasfireduponbythetroopsintheMundimurichchikulamareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.Troopsconfirmedthatsixmilitantswerekilledintheincident.
Four militants were killed by the troops when clashes erupted between the two sides in the
JanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhileanothersustainedinjuriesin
theincident.
At Andankulam in the Vavuniya district, at least four female LTTE militants were killed by the
troops.
The troops captured two LTTE bunkers in the Malikaittidal area of Mannar district, killing two
militants.
April1
Atleast21LTTEmilitantswerekilledand12soldierswoundedwhenthetroopsattackedabunker
lineoftheoutfitatPikkulamintheMannardistrict.
21LTTEmilitantswerekilledduringclasheswiththetroopsatPuthukulamintheMannardistrict.
The troops in the Sulanamaruthamadu and other areas of Vavuniya and Mannar district killed 12
LTTEmilitants.FivesoldierswerealsoinjuredduetotheexplosionofLTTElaidboobytraps.
The SFs neutralised LTTE bunkers in the Malikaittidal area of Vavuniya district and killed at least
fivemilitants.
Duringanencounterbetweenthetwo sides in the area north of Manthai in the Mannar district, the
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troopskilledfourLTTEmilitants.
AproLTTEWebsiteclaimedthat theoutfitschiefVelupillaiPrabhakaranmethis"elite"BlackSea
Tigers suicide squad before they triggered an explosion on a Sri Lankan Navy craft that killed 10
sailors in Mullaitivu on March 22.The three militants identified by the Website as Lt Anbumaran,
MajorNiranjanandMajorKananeelawerephotographedwithPrabhakaranbeforetheoperation.
April2
The troops advanced another 800 meters into the LTTEheld territory neutralizing the outfits FDLs
in the Kaliaddanchan village of Mannar district, said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya
Nanayakkara."ThefiercefirefightlastedforanhourandahalfandtroopsadvancingontheLTTE
frontlinesgained800metersofTigerterritoryintheconfrontation.ThirteenTigercadreswereinjured
intheconfrontation",headded.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhile12otherswereinjuredduringthe
clashes.
The SFs in the newly captured Sinapandivirichchan area of Vavuniya district foiled an attempt by
the LTTE to recapture one of their bunkers in the area. In retaliatory action, the troops killed at
least 11 militants and injured five others. Two soldiers were also killed while 15 others sustained
injuriesduringtheencounter.
The troops attacked an LTTE bunker in the Nikawewa area of Vavuniya district and killed four
militantswhileinjuringtwoothers.
ThreemilitantswereeitherkilledorinjuredbythetroopswhentheyattackedanLTTEhideoutinthe
areanorthofKiriibbanwewaareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Suspected LTTE militants killed a man and his son when they had gone to collect firewood in the
Anuradhapuradistrict.
April3
At least 11 LTTE militants were killed by the troops during clashes in the Navathkulama area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
During a clash between the two sides in the Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya
district, the troops killed four LTTE militants. One soldier also died of gunshot injuries while four
The troops shot dead three LTTE militants near the Omanthe Entry/Exit point area of Vavuniya
district.
April4
The troops neutralised an unspecified number of LTTE bunkers at Kallikulam in the Vavuniya
districtandkilledeightmilitants.
A.M.Razick,secretarytotheMinistryofResettlement,saidthatover50,000familiesdisplacedin
clashes in the east during 2006 have now been resettled. "During the last 10 months we have
managedtoresettle17,938familiesinTrincomaleeand31,343familiesinBatticaloa,"Razicksaid,
adding, this represents over 150,000 individuals. Over 8,000 families are yet to be resettled, he
stated.Thegovernment'sresettlement oftheinternallydisplacedpeoplebeganafteritsecuredthe
entireEasternProvincefromtheLTTEinJuly2007.
April5
The troops clashed with several groups of LTTE militants in the areas north of Kiriibbanwewa and
Janakapura in the Vavuniya district and killed at least 14 militants. Four soldiers were injured in
theseclashes.
11LTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringclashesinthePalampiddi,Madhu,Mundipurippu,
NedunkerniandThirukethiswaramareasofMannardistrict.Fivesoldierssustainedinjuriesinthese
clashes.
April6
Highway Minister and Chief Government Whip Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and 13 persons were killed
and 90 persons injured in a suicide attack carried out by the LTTE at a sporting event in the
Weliweriyaarea,about25kmnorthofcapitalColombo,ofGampahadistrict.
Atleast21LTTEmilitantswerekilledandnineothersinjuredbythetroopsduringclashesbetween
thetwosidesintheKallikulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed eight LTTE militants in the Adampan, Manikilmarichchi, Kallikulam and
MalikaittidalareasofVavuniyaandMannardistricts.
Four LTTE militants, including two females, and a soldier were killed in clashes between the two
sidesintheMadhucampareaofMannardistrict.Onesoldierwasinjuredduringoneoftheclashes.
The troops neutralised three LTTE bunkers and killed four militants in the Malikaittidal area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
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During an encounter between the two sides, the SFs killed three LTTE militants in the
ChanakakulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
April7
The Washington Times reported that the LTTEs political wing has established its branches in at
least12countries,includingtheUnitedStates.Citingfederallawenforcementauthorities,thereport
said that the LTTE have quietly established a presence in the US to help bankroll and equip its
secessionistcampaigninSriLanka."Aspartofaglobalexpansion to purchase millions of dollars
worth of antiaircraft weapons, automatic rifles, grenade launchers, ammunition and other military
equipment, the LTTE has set up its branches," it reported, adding, the expansion includes
operationsinMaryland,NewYorkandNewJersey.
Four LTTE militants were killed by the troops in an ambush in the Palampiddi area of Mannar
district.
InanotherambushatChennmaniattuaru,thetroopskilledfourLTTEmilitants.
The troops killed three LTTE militants, including one female, in two separate incidents at
ThirukethiswaramandPerankulamareasofMannardistrict.
TheSFskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsintheKiriibbanwewaareaofVavuniyadistrict.
April8
Seven LTTE militants, including two females, were killed by the SFs in the Madhu,Adampan and
VeddayamurippuareasofMannardistrict.
Twosoldiersandacivilianwerekilledandonesoldierwaswoundedwhenateamofarmysoldiers
on a patrol were wrongly identified to be LTTE militants and fired upon by the STF personnel at
KomariintheAmparadistrict.
The Colombo magistrate has allowed police to detain a Singapore national suspected of having
links with the LTTE until May 7. The magistrate also ordered the police to produce the suspect,
MuttusamyIlangovan,believedtobeaseniorleaderoftheLTTE'sinternationalnavaloperations.
April9
The troops killed at least seven LTTE militants during clashes in the Janakapura jungles and
Kiriibbanwewa.
DuringanotherencounterbetweenthetwosidesintheAdampanandareasnorthofParappakandal
in the Mannar district, the security forces (SFs) killed at least four LTTE militants. Three soldiers
sustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
ElectiontotheEasternProvincialCouncilwouldbeheldasscheduledonMay10andtheElection
Commission has agreed to a request by political parties to invite representatives from foreign
countriestomonitorit.DayanandaDissanayake,CommissionerofElections,toldrepresentativesof
registered parties that the election would not be postponed. The Commission has also declared
April28and29asthedatesforpostalvoting.
April10
Five LTTE militants were killed when the troops neutralised outfits bunkers at Udaiyadi in the
Mannardistrict.
During another confrontation between the two sides in the Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of
Vavuniya district, the SFs neutralised an unspecified number of outfits bunkers, killing three
militantswhileinjuring14others.Fivesoldierssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
The SFs clashed with a group of LTTE militants in the Ilampiddi area of Mannar district and killed
threemilitantswhileinjuringsevenothers.
The troops attacked an LTTE bunker line in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district and killed three
militants.Threemoremilitantsgotinjuredintheincident.
Two more LTTE bunkers were neutralised by the troops in the Veddayamurippu area of Mannar
district,killingthreemilitants.
April11
The troops ambushed a group of LTTE militants in theAndankulam area of Vavuniya district and
killedthreeofthem.
NorwaydoesnotsupporttheformationofanindependentTamilStateinSriLanka,Norway'sspecial
envoytoColombo,JonHanssenBauer,toldtheUnitedNationalParty(UNP)MemberofParliament
(MP) Jayalath Jayawardene and to two leading Sinhalese and Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka on
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thesidelinesofaninternationalconferencethatendedinOsloonApril11. "Norwaywillnotsupport
theestablishmentofTamilEelam,"theMPquotedHanssenBauerassaying.
April12
ThetroopsextendedtheirdefencelineintheareasnorthofGiantTank,northKathankulam,south
eastofAdampanandPeriyakulamintheMannardistrictafterfierceclasheswiththeLTTE.Atleast
66militantswerekilledwhileover50otherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.10soldierswere also
killedand20othersgotinjuredintheincident.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledandeightothersinjuredinclasheswiththeSFsintheVillattikulam,
Vinayagapuram, north of Madhu and Chinnavalayankulam areas of Vavuniya and Mannar districts.
Twosoldierswerewoundedintheincident.
April14
More than 25,000 people, including 6,000 students, in the LTTEheld areas in the northwestern
region of the Mannar district face displacement due to the intensified fighting, according to A.
Nicholaspillai, the Mannar District Collector. "The entire population of the LTTEheld Madhu and
Manthaiwest assistant government agent division, numbering over 25,000, face displacement due
torecentfightinginthearea,"hesaid.Accordingtohim,thepeoplehavemovedfurthernorthinto
LTTEheldKilinochchi.
TheSFslaunchedattacksonafewLTTEhideoutsintheareaeastofMadhuintheMannardistrict.
Sevenmilitantswerekilledinoneoftheseattacks.
DuringaclashbetweenthetwosidesintheareanorthofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewain
Vavuniya district, five LTTE militants were killed while 11 others were injured. Two soldiers were
alsokilledandsevenotherssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
April15
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsduringclashesinthePaleipperumalkadu,Kaddupulan,
Vettukkuly, Veddayamurippu and Veppankulam areas of Mannar district. One soldier sustained
injuriesinoneoftheclashes.
Three militants were killed when the troops clashes with LTTE militants in the Navakkulam,
Narrikkulam and east of Madhu areas of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were injured during the
clashes.
TheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternational Developmentannouncedthatithasawardedafiveyear
$12 million contract to support regional Government in Sri Lanka's eastern and north central
provinces.
April16
The troops killed six LTTE militants and injured nine others during clashes in the Andankulam,
Palampiddi, Vinayakankulam, Palamoddai, Kanne Karappu and Periyakulam areas of Vavuniya
district.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhileeightotherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
The SFs killed five LTTE militants while injuring 47 others during clashes in the Janakapura,
KiriibbanwewaandAndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.Ninesoldierswere alsowoundedduring
theclashes.
DuringclashesbetweenthetwosidesintheKaliaddanchan,ManthotamandVediyaMurippuareas
of Mannar district, the SFs killed four LTTE militants and injured three others. Two soldiers were
injuredintheseincidents.
April17
The troops during clashes with the LTTE in the Andankulam east area of Vavuniya district killed
four militants and injured eight others. Two soldiers were also killed while five more sustained
injuriesintheclashes.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheAndankulameastareaofVavuniyadistrict.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesatKokkuthuduvaiintheVavuniyadistrict,theSFskilled
atleastfourmilitants.Onetrooperwasalsokilledwhileanothersustainedinjuriesintheclash.
FourmoreLTTEmilitants,includingtwofemalecadres,werekilledbythetroopsintheKattikulam
andTenvadaiyanareasofMannardistrict.
The Sri Lankan Government said that it will be ready for talks with the LTTE if they eschewed
terrorism but has not made any formal contact with the Norwegian peace facilitators on resuming
theprocessofstallednegotiations.
April18
13militantswerekilledandthreeothersinjuredasthetroopslaunchedattacksonLTTEhideoutsat
KathankulamandMalikaittidalintheMannardistrict.Onesoldierwaswoundedintheincident.
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The troops clashed with LTTE militants in the area east of Madhu and killed 12 of them while
injuringeightothers.
ThreeLTTEmilitantsandasoldierwerekilledand21militantswerewoundedduringclashesinthe
areanorthofJanakapura,northofKiriibbanwewaandAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
The French relief organization Action contre la Faim (ACF or Action against Hunger) that
operatedinconflictareasinSriLankaandlost17ofitslocalworkersinasingleincidentatMuttur
in the Trincomalee district on August 4, 2006 has decided to withdraw, a statement from the
organization said. The AFC cited the slow progress of the investigations carried out by the
Presidentialcommissionforitsdecisiontopullout.
April19
Fourmilitantswerekilledwhenclashes erupted between the LTTE and SFs in the Muhamalai and
NagarkovilareasofJaffnadistrict.
April20
13 LTTE militants were killed during separate encounters with the troops in the Kathankulam,
Veddayapiru,Veddayampuramkulam,AdampanandMalikaittidalareasofMannardistrict.
MI 24 fighter helicopters of the SLAF neutralised an LTTE mortar location and one of the outfits
forwardcommandpostsintheareaeastofAdampanintheMannar district.12militantswerekilled
andanequalnumberofthemwerewoundedintheattack.
ThetroopscapturedtwoLTTEtrenchesandshotdeadatleastfivemilitantsduringclashesinthe
AndankulamandPuttankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
April21
The troops in a predawn attack captured the LTTE main operation base in Mannar, codenamed
"Lima3", located east of Kathankulam. A stretch of about 1,300 meters also came under the
troopscontrolwhilesevenmilitantswerekilled intheoperation.Foursoldierswerewoundedinthe
incident.
Six LTTE cadres, including two female militants, were killed during clashes with the troops in the
Palampiddi,KathankulamandMantotaareasofMannardistrict.
The troops attacked an LTTE bunker in the Janakapura area of Vavuniya district and killed two
ThetroopsattackedaLTTEbunkerintheJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict,killingonemilitant
andinjuringtwoothers.
April22
TheSFskilledsixLTTEmilitantsatdifferentplacesintheWelioyaareaofVavuniyadistrict.Over
20militantsandfivesoldierswereinjuredintheseclashes.
April23
169militantsand43soldiersare reported to have died in a fierce gunbattle between the SFs and
the LTTE cadres in and around Muhamalai FDL in the Jaffna district. While 120 soldiers were
wounded in the encounter, 33 soldiers were reported missing. "LTTE terrorists came and attacked
our forward line this morning, we have retaliated and captured about 400 to 500metres of LTTE
areainMuhamalai,"saidmilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkara.
Atleast16LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan31othersinjuredduringencountersinthearea
north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while
fiveotherssustainedinjuriesduringtheincidents.
Five LTTE militants were killed during separate encounters in the Navakkulam,
Thachchanamarudamadu,KirichchuddanandPalampiddiareasofVavuniyaandMannardistricts.
NinemilitantswerekilledandthreeotherswerewoundedduringencountersintheVeddayamurippu,
Mantota,MankaduandPullekyarkulamareasofMannardistrict.
April24
Atleast27militantswerekilledand12othersinjuredasheavyfightingeruptedbetweentheLTTE
and the troops in the Malikaittidal area of Mannar district when the troops attacked and captured
outfits fortified bunker line and a trench line. Three soldiers were killed and seven more injured in
theclashes.
At Parayanakulam in the Mannar district, the SFs attacked a LTTE bunker with small arms and
killedfourmilitants.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledand12otherswoundedduringclasheswiththetroopsinthearea
north of Kiriibbanwewa and Andankulam in the Vavuniya district. Three soldiers were injured in
theseincidents.
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26civilians,includingsevenwomen,werekilledand40othersinjuredwhentheLTTEdetonateda
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26civilians,includingsevenwomen,werekilledand40othersinjuredwhentheLTTEdetonateda
bombinsideaCeylonTransportBoardbusparkedatthepublic bus stand in Piliyandala suburb of
Colombo,ataround7:00pm.
Atleast19LTTEmilitantswerekilledandseveralotherswoundedwhenthetroopsattackedseveral
LTTE hideouts and captured their trench lines at different places in the Mannar and Vavuniya
districts.
April26
21militantsandsevensoldierswerekilledwhenthetroopsretaliatedtoanLTTEattempttostorm
theSFsdefencelinesintheareanorthofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.
Atleast25militantswerekilledwhenclasheseruptedbetweenthetroopsandtheLTTEmilitantsat
severalplacesintheVavuniyaandMannardistricts.11soldierswerewoundedintheclashes.
The troops killed four LTTE militants who were moving ahead of the security forces FDLs in the
areassouthofMuhamalaiandNagarkovilinJaffnadistrict.
The troops attacked a group of LTTE militants in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya
districtandkilledthreeofthem.
April27
An LTTE light aircraft bombed military FDLs in Welioya, the military said. Military spokesman
BrigadierUdayaNanayakkarasaidthreebombsweredroppedbytheLTTE at the military FDLs in
Welioya but caused no damages to property or personnel. "At about 1:35 a.m. they came and
dropped three bombs on the Welioya Forward Defence line. Nobody was hurt, and no damage to
anyproperty,"hestated.
At least 14 LTTE militants were killed during clashes between the troops and militants at several
places in the Vavuniya and Mannar districts. Two soldiers were also killed while four of them
sustainedinjuries.
SecurityforceskilledfivemilitantsintheareanorthofJanakapura,KiriibbanwewaandAndankulam
intheVavuniyadistrictareaandrecoveredalargenumberofantipersonnelminesandimprovised
explosivedevices.12soldierswereinjuredintheseclashes.
FiveLTTEmilitants,identifiedasYavili,Malarini,Wellappan,MalarmadhiandManalan,werekilled
bythetroopsintheVeddayamurippuareaofMannardistrict.
ThetroopsinanambushinthePalampiddiareaofMannardistrictkilledfourLTTEmilitants.
April28
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbytheintheKaddupulanandKattikulamareasofMannardistrict.
April29
Seven LTTE militants, including six senior cadres, were killed when the troops neutralised two of
theoutfitsbunkersintheManipullaukulamareaofMannardistrict.
TheSFsattackedanLTTEcampintheMuttlamadittakulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledsix
militantswhileinjuringfourothers.
The troops clashed with a group of LTTE militants in the Muttlamadittakulam area of Vavuniya
district and killed four of them. One soldier was also killed while another sustained injuries in the
exchangeoffire.
At Navathkulama in the Vavuniya district, the troops neutralized an LTTE bunker and killed three
militants.
London'sMetropolitanPolicearrestedthreesuspectsinLondonandWalesforallegedlysupporting
theLTTEinSriLankaasapartofaninvestigationintothefundingoftheterroristgroup.
April30
Atleast40LTTEmilitants,includingaleader,werekilledandseveralotherswoundedasthetroops
captured the outfits 18Base in the Veppankulam and Kallikulam areas of Mannar district. Six
soldiers were injured in the operation. Subsequently, two MI24 fighter crafts of the Sri LankaAir
Force providing aerial cover to the advancing ground troops bombed two LTTE camps in the
KarukkakulamandChalampaikulamareas.
11militantswerekilledand21soldierswereinjuredinfightingbetweenthetwosidesintheLTTE
heldareasofPeriyakulam,KarukkakulamandKathankulamintheMannardistrict.
May1
Troops captured the LTTEheld Karukkakulam town in the Mannar district, killing at least 15
militants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledintheincident.
The SFs neutralized four LTTE bunkers and killed 11 militants while injuring an equal number of
them during attacks in the Navathkulama, Muttiramadittakulam and Palampiddi areas of Vavuniya
district.
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During an encounter in the area north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa, the SFs killed five
militants.
At Veddayamurippu in the Mannar district, the troops destroyed a LTTE bunker line killing five
militantsandinjuringatleastsevenothers.
Three LTTE militants were killed by the troops in the Karukkakulam, Nedunkandal and
VeddayamurippuareasoftheVavuniyaandMannardistricts.
President Mahinda Rajapakse said that the LTTE domination in the northern part of the country
wouldendsoon."Thesecurityforcesareadvancingstepbystepinthenorthern theatre too. Soon
thepeopletheretoowouldbeliberated,"RajapaksesaidinhisMayDayrallyatDehiattakandiyain
AmparadistrictofeasternSriLanka.
May2
An unspecified number of LTTE bunkers in the Veddayamurippu, Allikulam, Palamoddai, Manthai

andMalikaittidalareasofVavuniyaandMannardistrictswerecapturedbythetroopsduringclashes
in which 19 militants were killed and 15 others were injured. Two soldiers were killed while three
otherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
May3
At least 15 LTTE militants, most of whom were from the "Imran Pandian regiment" said to be
LTTEs most acclaimed regiment were killed in an offensive launched by the troops in the
ChettiyarkattaiadampanareaofMannardistrict.
12 LTTE militants were killed and 10 others were injured during clashes with the troops in the
Palampiddi, Adampan and Nedunkandal areas of the Mannar and Vavuniya districts. One soldier
wasalsokilledwhilesixotherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
Thetroopscapturedabout1.5sqkmstretchoflandintheLTTEheldterritoryofPeriyakulaminthe
Mannar district killing 10 militants while injuring 10 others. Two soldiers were wounded during the
clashes.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesintheareanorthofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict,the
SFskilledsevenmilitantswhilemorethan20otherswereinjured.Twosoldierswerekilledandfour
otherssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
The SFs clashed with several groups of LTTE militants in the Ethawatunuwewa, Kokkuthuduvai,
north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district and killed four of them. Five
soldierswerealsokilledintheincidentswhilethreeotherswerewounded.
May4
During clashes between the SFs and LTTE militants in the Navakkulam and Palampiddi areas of
Vavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledthreemilitants.
Themilitarysaidthatapproximately245soldierswerekilledinclasheswiththeLTTEin2007while
over240losttheirlivesinthefourmonthsofthisyear,militaryspokesmanUdayaNanayakara.He
added that 2500 LTTE cadres were killed during 2007.According to the military, over 3300 LTTE
militantsandover240soldiershavebeenkilledinfightingtillAprilthisyear.
Despite the Sri Lankan Navy's claim that it had destroyed all 10 arms ships of the LTTE, the
country'sintelligenceagencieshaverevealedthattheoutfithasunloadedatleastthreeshiploadsof
militaryhardwareinthelasttwomonths.
May5
10 LTTE militants, including two area leaders, were killed and 52 others injured by the SFs in an
encounterattheMuhamalaiFDLofJaffnadistrict.Twosoldiers werekilledand14otherssustained
injuriesintheLTTEattack.Onesoldier,meanwhile,wasreportedmissing.
At least nine LTTE militants were killed and 10 others injured in intermittent clashes between the
twosidesintheNavakkulam,PalampiddiandMaruthamaduareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops clashed with LTTE militants and killed five of them while injuring 12 others in Welioya
areaofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldierswerereportedlyinjuredintheclash.
The SFs in Mannar killed five LTTE militants when they launched an operation and captured one
squarekilometeroflandintheChalampaikkulamarea.
May6
The troops captured about 400600 square metres stretch of land in the LTTEheld territory of
Alankulam in the Mannar district and killed seven militants while injuring 10 others. Five soldiers
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werealsoinjuredintheoperation.Also, thetroopsfoiledanLTTEattempttoreenterintothesame
arealaterandduringtheensuingencounterkilledsixmoremilitants.
The troops opened fire towards a tractor carrying LTTE militants through a jungle path in the area
northofPeriyamaduinVavuniyadistrictkillingsixmilitantsaboardthevehicle.
The SFs attacked a line of LTTE bunkers in the Palampiddi area and neutralised six bunkers. Six
militantswerekilledandasoldierinjuredduringtheincident.
The SFs in the Manthotam area of Mannar district in two separate attacks destroyed three LTTE
bunkers killing five militants. 10 militants and two soldiers were reported wounded in the
confrontation.
IntheareanorthofJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict,SFsopenedfiretowardsatractorcarrying
threemilitantsandkilledallofthem.OneLTTEbunkerwasalsoneutralisedinthearea.
The troops captured the Palampiddi Bridge in the LTTEheld area of Palampiddi in the Vavuniya
districtfollowingafiercegunbattle.ProvidingsupporttothegroundtroopstheSriLankaAirForce
fighterjetsbombedanLTTEtargetlocated onekm north of Palampiddi junction in the same area.
Citing intercepted LTTE communication, defence sources said the outfit suffered heavy casualties
thoughthedetailsareyettobeascertained.
Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar alias A. C. Shanthan (51), the defacto leader of the LTTE in the
UnitedKingdom,wasrearrestedinconnectionwithterroristfundingandprocurementactivities.
TheRCMPcounterterrorisminvestigators inTorontohaveseizedalettersignedbytheLTTEchief
Velupillai Prabhakaran directing Canadian Tamils to send him Canadian $3million, according to
policefilesreleasedonMay6bytheFederalCourt.
SpeakingintheParliament,PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakesaid120SFpersonnelfrom
the Army, Navy and theAir force were killed and another 945 were injured in clashes duringApril
2008.Healsosaid56civilianswerealsokilledwhile145otherswereinjured.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksechallengedtheLTTEleaderVelupillaiPrabhakaranto'clashwithhim
directly' and declared that his Government would continue in its bid to flush rebels out of their
strongholdinthenorth.
May7
During intermittent clashes between the two sides in the areas north of Parappakandal,
Kathankulam, Alankulam, Chalampaikkulam, Nedunkandal and Adampampekkulam in the Mannar
district,theSFskilled12militants.Sixsoldierssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledbytheSFsinthePalampiddiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
May8
10 LTTE militants were killed as theArmy captured a two square kilometer stretch of land in the
LTTEheld territory, about 56 km south ofAdampan town in the Mannar district. One soldier was
alsokilledwhileanotherwaswoundedintheincident.
During clashes with the LTTE militants in the Vedamakilam, Alkaddivalikulam, Palampiddi,
Villiyakulam and Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district, the troops killed three militants while
injuringfiveothers.
Three LTTE militants were killed and nine others wounded by the troops in the Janakapura,
AndankulamandKiriibbanwewaareasofVavuniyadistrict.
TheBritishpolicehavechargedfourmenwithconspiringtosupporttheLTTE,ScotlandYardsaid.
The four were arrested under antiterrorism laws and are accused of owning computers, radio
equipmentandhighpowermagnetsforterroristpurposes,AFPreportedfromLondon.Thefourmen
were identified as Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar alias AC Shanthan, 51 Jegatheswaran
Muraleetharan alias Muralee Tharan, 46 Jeyatheswaran Vythyatharan alias Vithy Tharan, 39 and
MurugesuJegatheeswaranaliasMJegan,33.
May9
MilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkarasaidthattheSFscapturedonesquarekm.area
in Alankulam of Mannar. "33 LTTE cadres were killed and 40 injured in the confrontation",
Nanayakkara stated. One soldier was killed and five others wounded in the clashes. Five soldiers
werereportedmissinginaction.
ThetroopscapturedthestrategicAdampantowninMannardistrict."Atleast15LTTEcadreswere
killed and many others injured when troops marched forward and confronted the Tiger cadres
resulting in the capture of the Adampan junction and its liberation from the LTTEs grip at around
8.30 a.m.", military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. Two soldiers were killed and
sevenothersinjuredintheincident.
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14LTTEmilitantswerekilledinthegeneral(areaunderGovernmentcontrol)ofVavuniyadistrict.
11persons,includingtwowomen,werekilledand29othersinjuredinabombblastattheCityCafe
HotelneartheAmparaClocktowerinAmparatown.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesintheareasnorthofJanakapuraandKiriibbanwewa,the
SFskilled12militants.Threesoldierswerereportedlyinjuredintheclashes.
InMannar,clasheseruptedbetweenthetwosidesintheManipullkulam,NedunkandalandMantota
areas in which 11 militants were killed and five wounded. Troops also captured two bunkers
connectedtoLTTEtrenchesduringclearingoperationsintheManipullkulam.
VinayagamoorthyMuraleetharanaliasKarunaAmman,founderoftheTMVP,abreakwayfactionof
the LTTE, was released following his imprisonment for possessing false documents, contrary to
Section 25 of the Control of Identification Documents (offences)Act 2005. He now remains under
immigrationdetentionpowers,aBritishHighCommissionstatementsaid.
May10
18 LTTE militants were killed when the troops attacked the outfits hideouts in the areas north of
Palampiddi, Vedamakilam, Kurukkandai, north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya
district.
VotingintheelectionsfortheEasternProvincialCouncilinSriLankaendedat4.00pm(localtime)
amid accusations of violence, attacks and rigging. Elections officials said the estimated voter
turnoutwasapproximately65%inAmpara,55%inBatticaloaand60%inTrincomalee.
May11
10LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethanfiveothersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Palamoddai,PalampiddiandPeriyamaduareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Four LTTE militants were killed by the troops during encounters in the Kiriibbanwewa and
Janakapura areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier sustained injuries during the clash in
Janakapura.
The UPFA won the first ever Provincial Council Election in the East, securing 20 (18+02 bonus
seats) out of 37 seats on offer, while polling 52.21 per cent of the total votes. The UNP which
obtained42.38percentofthetotalvalidvotesgot15seatswhiletheJanathaVimukthiPeramuna
and theTamil Democratic NationalAlliance secured one seat each. The UPFA won two out of the
threedistricts,BatticaloaandAmparawhiletheTrincomaleedistrictwaswonbytheUNP.Atotal
number of 591,676 (65.78 per cent) voters exercised their franchise out of a total of 982,721.
However,thenumberofrejectedvoteswasquitehighwith54,780(8.47percent)gettingannulled.
May12
Five militants were killed in the Palampiddi area of Vavuniya district as the troops destroyed four
LTTEbunkers.
SFskilledfiveLTTEmilitantsinthePeriyamaduareaofVavuniyadistrict.
May13
Four LTTE militants were killed and 11 others injured during clashes with the troops in the
Andankulam, Vadukkanari and Janakapura areas of the Vavuniya district. Five soldiers were
reportedlyinjuredduringtheseclashes.
Fourmilitants,includingafemalecadre, are reported to have died and five soldiers were wounded
during clashes in the Sivarayankulam, Mundumrippu, Navvi, Chinnavahayankaddu, Nedunkandal
andPalamoddaiareasoftheVavuniyaandMannardistricts.
AseniorleaderoftheEPDP,Maheshwari Velyanthan,wasshotdeadbytheLTTEmilitantsather
residenceatKaraweddiintheNelliadiareaofJaffnadistrict.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidthathisGovernmentwasreadyfortalkswiththeLTTE,provided
the latter is ready to give up arms and demonstrate "genuine intent" to evolve a political solution.
Speaking at the Oxford Union, Rajapakse referred to the recentlyconcluded elections for the
Eastern Provincial Council and said though many observers said the LTTE was invincible, the
Governmenthadfreedtheprovincefrom"terror".
The Government will not enter into any kind of ceasefire agreement or temporary pacts with the
LTTEinthefutureunderanycircumstances,PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakesaid.
May14
14 LTTE militants were killed by the troops during clashes in the areas north of Janakapura,
KiriibbanwewaandWelioyainVavuniyadistrict.
TheSFsattackedtwoLTTEbunkersin the Kallikulam area of Vavuniya district and killed at least
sixmilitants.
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DuringanencounterinthePeriyamaduareaofVavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledfourmilitantswhile
onesoldierdiedduringtheclash.
Troops ambushed a group of LTTE militants killing three of them while injuring three others in the
PeriyamaduareaofVavuniyadistrict.Whilefoursoldierswerewoundedintheincident,onesoldier
reportedlywentmissing.
SriLankaArmyspokespersonBrigadierUdayaNanayakkararevealedthattheLTTEhavestartedto
conscript children in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts who failed the GCE ordinary level
examinationsin2007.Citingmilitaryintelligencesources,hesaidtheoutfithasbannedallchildren
inareasstillunderitscontrolfromsittingfortheexaminationforasecondtime.
May15
18 LTTE militants were killed by the troops during clashes in the Vairapuliyankulam, Vilakkavatti
Kulam, Palampiddi, Periyamadu and Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also
killedwhilethreeotherssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
Nine LTTE militants were killed in encounters with the troops in the Alankulam and Nedunkandal
areasofMannardistrict.Onesoldierwasinjuredintheclashes.
During a series of clashes with the LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura,Andankulam
and Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district, the troops killed seven militants. One soldier who was
injuredintheexplosionofanLTTElaidimprovisedexplosivedeviceintheareadiedlater.
The Government spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has said that the law of the land will
beappliedtoVinayagamoorthyMuraleetharanaliasColonelKaruna Amman,founderoftheTMVP
ifhereturnstoSriLanka.
May16
10 persons, including seven police personnel, were killed and 95 others were injured as a LTTE
suicide bomber on a motorcycle laden with explosives rammed into a bus carrying police officers
around12.05pmattheColomboFort.
The troops killed seven militants, including six women, were killed by the troops during clearing
operationsinthePeriyamaduareaoftheVavuniyadistrict.
Duringanencounterbetweenthetwo sides in the Periyamadu, Palampiddi and Palamoddai areas,
thetroopskilledfivemilitants.
President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed S. Chandrakanthan a.k.a. Pillayan as the first Chief
MinisteroftheEPC.
May17
The troops captured Palampiddi junction in the Mannar district, killing 13 LTTE militants. The
junction is strategically important as it connects Vedithalthivu in northwest, Madhu in south,
MullikulaminsoutheastandNedunkandalinnortheast.
The troops killed seven LTTE militants and injured 10 others in clashes at Palamoddai in the
Vavuniya district and areas north of Murunkan, Devolkandan, Veddayamurippu, north of
Uyilankulam and Periyakulam in the Mannar district. Two soldiers were injured during the clash in
the north of Uyilankulam. Two soldiers were wounded in LTTEtriggered APM explosions at
Devolkandan.Thetroopsalsorecovered25APMsduringsubsequentclearingoperations.
Six LTTE militants were killed and three others wounded by the security forces during clashes at
JanakapuraandKiriibbanwewaintheVavuniyadistrict.
India has "too many problems" of its own and cannot bear the "extra burden" from backing a
separate Tamil State to be carved out from Sri Lanka, said Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake.
The ruling UPFA named two TMVP members who contested from the Batticaloa and Trincomalee
districtsintheEPCpollsandwereunabletosecureanyseats,forthetwobonusseatsawardedto
theparty.FormerBatticaloaGovernmentAgentR.MaunagurusamiwhocontestedintheBatticaloa
districtandPriyanthaPremakumarawhocontestedintheTrincomaleedistrict had been named for
thebonusseats.
May18
26LTTEmilitantsandfivesoldierswerekilledwhilethreesoldierssustainedinjuriesasthetroops
foiled two attempts by the militants to capture SFs defence line at Nedunkandal in the Mannar
district.
TheSFscapturedaLTTEbunkerlineatKurukkandaiintheMannardistrictkillingsevenmilitants.
Foursoldierswerealsokilledintheclashwhilethreeotherssustainedinjuriesintheincident.Three
moresoldierswentmissingduringtheclash.
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During clashes between the two sides in the Navakkulam, Marudhakulam, Palamoddai,
Mundipurippu and Kallikulam areas of Vavuniya district, troops killed 10 militants while injuring six
others.
Sevenmilitantswerekilledwhilemorethan12otherswereinjuredinclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Alankulam and Nedunkandal areas of Mannar district. One soldier was killed while another was
woundedintheclashes.
AtAmpaddankulamintheVavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledsixmilitants.
Threemilitantswerekilledwhile13otherssustainedinjuriesduringclashesbetweenthetwosides
in the areas north of Janakapura, Kokkuthuduvai,Andankulam and Kiriibbanwewa in the Vavuniya
district.Threesoldierssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
TheArmyhasextendedanamnesty deadlineforitsdesertersbytwomoreweeks,asnearly4,000
deserters had reported back during the first two weeks, the military said. The army headquarters
said that some 3,709 army deserters had reported back for duty since May 2 under the amnesty
period ended May 16 which was extended later. The decision was reportedly taken following
requestsfromseveralsections,includingthedesertersurgingmoretimetorejointheforce.
May19
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledand20othersinjuredbythetroopsduringseparateincidentsinthe
Kokkuthuduvai,JanakapuraandKiriibbanwewaareasofVavuniyadistrictonMay19,reportsSLA.
DuringanencounterinthePalampiddiareaofVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledtwomilitants.One
soldierwasalsokilledwhileanothersustainedinjuriesintheincident.
TheSFsclashedwithagroupofLTTEmilitantsinthePeriyamaduareaoftheVavuniyadistrictand
killedthreeofthem.
TheTMVPinsistedthatitsleaderPillayanwouldremaintheChiefMinisteroftheEasternProvince
even if Karuna Amman is deported to Sri Lanka, despite the leadership title still being held by
Karuna.
May20
Atleast14LTTEmilitantswerekilledandfiveothersinjuredduringanencounterwiththetroopsin
thePeriyamaduareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Five LTTE militants were killed and 15 others sustained injuries during clashes with the troops in
the Palaiandankulam, Kokkuthuduvai, Kiriibbanwewa, Thunukkakulam and Pattankulam areas of
thesamedistrict.
A senior commander of the LTTE, identified as "Brigadier Balraj", who had led several attacks
against the Sri Lankan military died of a heart attack in Kilinochchi, the LTTE announced. Balraj
was the "first commander of the LTTE's conventional fighting formation, CharlesAntony Brigade,
establishedin1991."
TheFrenchpolicedetainedtwoLTTEleaderswhoevadedarrestin2007andfledthecountrywhen
police closed in on them during the major round up of top outfits leaders operating in Paris. The
SousDirectorate AntiTerrorism of France announced that the duo, Subramanium Muhundan and
YogarasaSivarasan,werearrestedinParisonMay13afterinvestigationslastingseveralmonths.
May21
17LTTEmilitantswerekilledand26othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsintheareasnorth
ofJanakapuraandKiriibbanwewaintheVavuniyadistrict.
SFskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsduringencountersintheMundipurippuandPalamoddaiareasofthe
MannarandVavuniyadistricts.
May22
11 LTTE militants were killed and 12 others injured during clashes with the troops in the
Janakapura, Kokkuthuduvai, Kiriibbanwewa and surrounding areas of Welioya in the Vavuniya
district.
Two TMPVP members and three civilians were killed and four persons were wounded by
unidentified assailants in two separate incidents. "Two TMVP cadres, including the party's chief
organiser for Katankudi, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen around 11.15 a.m. In a separate
incident, also atArayampathi in Katankudi area, three Muslim civilians were killed by unidentified
gunmenaround12.45p.m.,"saidmilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkara.
At Periyamadu in the Vavuniya district, troops neutralised an LTTE bunker line and killed five
militantswhileinjuringfourothers.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledduringanencounterwiththetroopsintheParappakandattanareaof
Mannardistrict.
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May23
16 civilians, including six children, were killed in a SLA Deep Penetration Unit (DPU)triggered
claymoremineexplosiontargetingaHiacevanreturningfromMuzhangkaavilhospitaltoKilinochchi
on the Murikandi Akkaraayan Road at around 2:15pm, claimed the proLTTE Website Tamil Net.
Earlier,AssistantDirectorofFisheriesinMannar,J.G.Jujin, andanothercivilianwerekilledwhena
DPU triggered claymore mine explosion targeted an ambulance of the Kilinochchi hospital at
Muzhangkaavilataroundat8:00am.TheSLA,however,denyingitsinvolvementandsaidthatthe
areasallegedlieabout100kmawayfromthenorthernmostOmanthaiEntry/Exitpointanddefence
linesundertheGovernmentcontrolinVavuniya.
Four LTTE militants were killed and more than a dozen injured by the troops during separate
encounters in the Periyamadu, Navathkulama, Nedunkandal, Wedimurippu and Kurukkandai areas
ofMannarandVavuniyadistricts.
May24
Five LTTE militants were killed and 14 others wounded by the troops during clashes in the
Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while five
otherssustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
During encounters between the two sides in the Mundipurippu, Veddayamurippu, Malikaittidal and
Nedunkandal areas of Mannar and Vavuniya districts, the troops killed two LTTE militants and
injuredeightothers.Onesoldierwasreportedlykilledintheincident.
May25
10 LTTE cadres were killed by the troops during an encounter in the Mundipurippu area of the
Vavuniyadistrict.
10 militants were killed and a dozen others injured during clashes with the troops in the
Kurukkandai, Paleipperumalkadu, Pediyaarippu, Nedunkandal, Maravitikannadi and Welioya north
areasoftheMannarandVavuniyadistricts.
In clashes between the two sides in the Palampiddi, Arsamadu and Periyamadu areas of the
Vavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledsixmilitantsandinjuredthreeothers.
TheSFskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsintheareanorthofPalampiddiintheVavuniyadistrict.
The US has asked the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to give up the demand for a separate
Tamil State saying the community wanted a solution to the over twodecadeold ethnic conflict
withina"united"SriLanka.USAmbassadortoSriLanka,RobertBlake,saidthatgivinguptheidea
ofaseparateState,wouldgivePrabhakaran"lotsofcredibilitytorespondtolotsofscepticismhere
intheSouth(SriLanka)thattheLTTEwouldnevernegotiatewiththegovernment."
May26
Eight passengers, including four women, were killed when a LTTE parcel bomb with a timer
exploded in a crowded train near Dehiwala, a suburb of capital Colombo, at around 4.50pm (SLT).
Morethan70personswereinjuredintheexplosion which occurred in the fifth compartment of the
Kalutaradistrictboundtrain,SeniorSuperintendentofPoliceR.Gunasekarasaid.
TheIEDexpertoftheLTTEinMannar,identifiedasDhora,waskilledinanairstrikecarriedoutby
theSLAFMI24fightercraftintheareanorthofAdampan intheMannar.Anexplosivedumpofthe
LTTEwasalsodestroyedintheattack.
The TMVP leader and Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan admitted
thatmembersofhisorganisationwereresponsiblefortherecentabductionsatEravurinBatticaloa.
13LTTEmilitantswerekilledandadozenotherswereinjuredinclashesbetweenthemilitantsand
troopsintheMannarandVavuniyadistricts.
Five LTTE militants were killed by the troops in the area north of Janakapura and Andankulam
jungleareasintheVavuniyadistrict.
May27
SFs killed seven LTTE militants and wounded 14 others during encounters in the Janakapura,
Andankulam,PunnankulamandPalaiandankulamareasoftheVavuniyadistrict.
Thetroopsclashedwithtwogroupsof LTTE militants in the Nelukkulama and Mundipurippu areas
ofVavuniyadistrictandkilledfourofthem.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledand20otherssustainedinjuriesduringencounterswiththetroopsin
the Kuddeadi, Alankulam, Karankuddi, Piriyanweli, Veddayamurippu, Minnukandi and Mankadu
areasofMannardistrict.
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PresidentMahindaRajapaksedeclaredthathisGovernmentwillnotstopthedriveagainstterrorism
under any circumstances. He said "There will be no room for terrorism. We will not stop the
campaign against terrorThis is a war against terrorism, not against the Tamil people. I will not
stopuntilterrorismisdefeated."
May28
11 militants were killed and seven others injured during clashes with the SFs in the Olumaduwai,
Periyamadu,SinnamalayankadduandKappankulamareasoftheMannarandVavuniyadistricts.
DuringaclashbetweenthetwosidesintheNedunkandalareaofMannardistrict,theSFskilledfour
moremilitantswhileinjuringthreeothers.
Four LTTE militants were killed and 10 others were injured in clashes with the troops in the
Janakapura,KiriibbanwewaandAndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Paramarupasingham Devakumar, the Jaffna area correspondent for SIRASA, MTV and SHAKTHI
TV channels, and his associate Mahendran Varathan, employee at the Jaffna District Secretariat,
werehackedtodeathbysuspectedLTTEmilitantsintheNavaliareaofJaffnadistrict.
TheLTTEhastargetedcivilianson21occasionskilling149personsandinjuring560otherssofar
in 2008, according to military figures. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara informed
the media on May 28 that from January 1, 2008 to date, the LTTE has staged 21 attacks on
civilians in the form of claymore mine explosions, suicide attacks, parcel bombs and shooting
incidents. Since March 2007, the 57 division of the Sri Lanka Army has been successful in
capturing 600 square kilometres of LTTEheld territory in the North, he revealed. The LTTE has
shiftedtheirdefencelinestoMallaviandTharukkuiareas45kmbehindtheArmyDefenceLinesin
Mannar,headded.
The Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan agreed to remove the TMVP
camp at Puthukudirippu, a village in the border area between the Tamil and Muslim sectors at
EravurinBatticaloadistrict,asameasuretowardsrestoringnormalcyintheEast.
May29
TheSFsfoiledapredawnseaattackbytheLTTEsinkingthreeSeaTigerboatsandkillingatleast
15militants.Onesoldierwaskilledwhiletwootherssustainedinjuriesduringtheclashbetweenthe
LTTEandtroopsattheChiraththivuisletofJaffnadistrict.
14 LTTE militants were killed and 42 others injured as SFs captured one of the outfits major
strategicbasesknownas"Munnagam"intheJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.
LTTEmilitantsopenedartilleryfire towards Jaffna town centre from their bases in Pooneryn which
struck 18 people sleeping in their houses. While six of the civilians died in the attack, 12 others
wereinjured.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledastheSLNlaunchedanattackontwoSeaTigerboatstransporting
fuel barrels to uncleared areas (area not under Government control) via the seas off
UddimukkanthuraiintheMannar.
Six militants were killed and more than 20 others wounded as the troops launched attacks in the
jungleareasofPeriyamaduKulam,Palamoddai,Andankulam,KiriibbanwewaandJanakapuraareas
ofVavuniyadistrict.TwosoldierssustainedinjuriesintheincidentatAndankulam.
Three persons, including a woman, were killed by the militants at the Zone 18 village in
Anuradhapuradistrict.
May30
19LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan15othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Kodikamam, Nedunkandal and Pullekyarkulam areas of Mannar district. Three soldiers were also
killedwhile10otherssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
Three LTTE militants were killed and four others injured by the troops during encounters in the
Navathkulama,PeriyamaduKulam,PeriyamaduandMundipurippuareasofVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheJanakapuraandKiriibbanwewaareasofVavuniya
districtandkilledthreemilitantsandwoundedtwoothers.
May31
Three soldiers and two LTTE militants were killed during clashes in the area north of Janakapura
and Andankulam in the Vavuniya district. Two soldiers and an equal number of militants were
injuredintheclashes.
Five militants were killed and two others injured during clashes with the SFs in theAndankulam,
Chandamandankulam,Panikkaneru,Periyamandankulam,OlumaduwaiandwestofNavaviareasof
theVavuniyaandMannardistricts.Fivesoldierssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
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ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledinencounterswiththeSFsintheKilaly,NagarkovilandMuhamalai
areasofJaffnadistrict.
June1
Eight LTTE militants were killed by the security forces during encounters in the Periyamadu and
MundipurippuareasofVavuniyadistrict.
At least three militants were killed by the troops near Nagarkovil and Muhamalai FDLs of Jaffna
district.
Anegotiatedendtotheconflict isstillpossiblebutnotbeforetheLTTEis"verifiablydemilitarised
anddemocratised,"saidDayanJayatilleka,SriLanka'sPermanentRepresentativetotheUN.
June2
TheTMVPEravurpattuPradeshiya SabhaDeputyChairman,AiyathuraiPushpanadanaliasKattan,
andhisbodyguard,ArsakoonPullaiMohandasaliasAmburaj,wereshot dead by suspected pistol
gangmilitantsoftheLTTEatEruvurintheKalawanchikudiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Seevaratnam Prabaharan alias Pulidevan, chief of the LTTE Peace Secretariat, has been placed
under arrest on the direct orders of the outfits leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Defence Ministry
said."ThearresthasbeenmadeasaresultofaworseninginternaldisputeamongkeyLTTEAn
armed gang led by LTTE's intelligence wing leader Pottu Amman had made the arrest few days
back,"thestatementsaid.
TheGovernmenthassaidthattheLTTEhasshownnoindicationtoenterintoadialogueinorderto
end the conflict. "We are looking for a negotiated end to thisconflict... so far they have shown no
inclination to enter into any constructive dialogue with a view to ending this conflict," Foreign
Ministry Secretary Palitha Kohona said. "The LTTE is free to come back to the negotiating table
but... must do so genuinely with a commitment to negotiating a sustainable peace and for that it
mustalsoleaveasideitsweaponry,"headded.
AtleastsevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledand17othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Chunnikadukulam, Koddeikulam, Mullikannady, Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya
district.WhiletwosoldierswerekilledandtwoothersinjuredinthefightingatJanakapura,twomore
soldierswerereportedwoundedelsewhere.
June3
16 LTTE militants were killed and at least 10 others injured as the troops attacked several LTTE
camps and bunkers in the Navathkulama, Periyamadu Kulam, Kowitkuchdu, Udaiyadi and
NedunkandalareasoftheVavuniyaandMannardistricts.
The LTTE has said that the national question cannot be resolved by killing innocent civilians or
political leaders. In an interview with BBC Sandeshaya, head of the outfits political wing,
BalasinghamNadesan,said,"YoucannotresolvetheTamil ethnic issue by killing the president or
innocentcivilians."Healsodeniedanyknowledgeofkillingciviliansinthesouthandsaidthatmany
otherelementsareoperatinginthesouth.StatingthatitistheresponsibilityoftheGovernmentto
initiate a fresh dialogue he accused the Government of launching military offensives against the
LTTEanddeniedthattheoutfitisbeingdefeatedbythemilitaryinthenorth.
He also denied media reports that head of organisations peace secretariat, Seevarathnam
Pulidevan, has been arrested by the outfits leadership. Separately, denying media reports of his
arrest Pulidevan himself accused the Sri Lanka military of fabricating stories when they cannot
achieve military victories. He also dismissed reports of an internal dispute within the LTTE,
insistingthattheorganizationcontinuedtofunctionasusual.Pulidevanalsoruledoutthepossibility
of having peace talks with the Government without the participation of Norwegian facilitators and
added,"TheLTTEhasnoproblems.Our only intention is to receive the Norwegians in Kilinochchi
astheyaretheofficialfacilitators.Tillthenwewillnotdiscussanything."
ForeignMinisterRohithaBogollagamasaidthatIndiasmaritimesurveillancehashelpedSriLanka
inabigwayinfacingthechallengefromtheLTTE.Hesaid,"ThenaviesofIndiaandSriLankaare
cooperating to the extent at which the interests of both countries are safeguarded visvis the
threatthatcanemanatefromthe[maritime]movementofterroristsledbytheLTTE."
June4
The SFs confronted with the LTTE militants in the Villattikulam and Navavi areas of Vavuniya
district killing 11 militants while injuring at least 15 others. Three soldiers also received injuries in
action.
11 more LTTE militants were killed in confrontations with the troops in the Kaddupulan,
Kurukkandai, Nedunkandal and Parappakandattan areas of Mannar district. Seven more militants
andasoldierwerereportedlyreceivedinjuriesduringtheclashes.
As clashes erupted between the two sides in the Kokkutoduvai, Andankulam, Janakapura and
WelioyaareasofVavuniyadistricttheSFskilledfiveLTTEmilitantsandwoundedanequalnumber
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ofthem.
AtPeriyamaduintheVavuniyadistrict,thetroopsshotdeadatleastsixmilitantsandinjuredthree
othersintwoseparateclashes.
TheSFsatPeriyamaduintheVavuniyadistrictopenedfiretowardsatractorwithLTTEmilitantson
boardandkilledthreemilitantswhileothersmanagedtoescape.
At least 17 persons were injured in a bomb blast along the coastal railway track at Dehiwala, a
suburb of capital Colombo, police said. Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said that an
unidentified assailant attempted to lob a parcel at the Colombo bound train from Panadura, but
failed as civilians in the area prevented it by screaming. "After noticing that the people had seen
him,thesuspecthadthrowntheparceltowardstherailwaytrackandranawayfromthescene,"he
added.The railway track was slightly damaged due to the blast.The security forces later arrested
theprimesuspect,identifiedasJatheesanBalasubramaniyam,whowasbehindthebombblast.He
was arrested near Irattaperiyakulama road block while he was attempting to pass through towards
Vavuniya.
June5
30LTTEmilitantswerekilledasthetroopscapturedonekilometrestretchofthemaindefenceline
of the LTTE covering the Mannar 'Rice Bowl' by reaching the edge of the 'Rice Bowl' north of
Adampan on June 4evening, military sources said. "This was the first time the troops in Mannar
front captured a stretch of LTTE main defence line stretching from Pappamoddai in the north of
Manthai from the seaside towards Parappakandattan in the north of Giant Tank for more than 11
Kilometres covering the Mannar 'Rice Bowl'," an unnamed senior military official said. The LTTE
constructedthisdefencelinewithasixtoeightfeethighearthbund,awatercanalandatrenchline
forciblyusingthecivilianslivingintheunclearedareas(areanotunderGovernmentcontrol) a few
monthsbacktofacetheadvancingtroops.
Four LTTE militants were killed and eight others inured during separate clashes with the troops in
thePeriyamadu,Periyamandankulam,KopilkurunalaandVillamadukulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhileeightothersreceivedinjuriesduringtheseconfrontations.
The SFs confronted the LTTE militants in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district and
killed four more militants. One soldier was also killed while two others sustained injuries in the
incident.
The Sri Lanka Parliament extended the emergency law that comes in to force under the Public
SecurityOrdnanceforanotheronemonth.
June6
21 persons were killed and 40 others injured in a LTTEtriggered a powerful explosion on a public
bus near Katubedda Shailabimbaramaya temple on the Katubedda Piliyandala main road in
Colombo. Eight women and 13 men were among the dead in the explosion in the bus which was
proceedingtoMt.LaviniafromKottawa.
At least seven LTTE militants were killed and 21 others injured by the troops as clashes erupted
between the two sides in the Ichchalankai, Nedunkandal, Periyamadu, Kovitkanchikulam,
Itkanchikulam,Palamoddai,AlankulamandKurukkallimotaiareasofMannarandVavuniyadistricts.
Ninesoldierswerealsoreportedwoundedintheincidents.
Troops conducting search and clear operations in the Janakapura, north of Kiriibbanwewa and
AndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrictkilledfourLTTEmilitantsandinjuredatleast13others.
TheLTTEinthelatestreleasebyitsHerosdepartmenthasclaimedthattheoutfithaslost21,051
carders in the quest for a separate state for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The 21,051 cadres include
16,516malesand4,535females.Theperiodcitedforthedeathscover26yearsfromNovember27,
1982toMay31,2008.Sincethecurrentpaceofthewarintensifiedin2006theoutfithaslost1004
carders,ofwhich745malesand259andin2007theyhadlost1196cardersincluding1037males
and 159 females. The Heros Department also claimed they never hide the deaths of the LTTE
cadres, announcing the heroes name over the radio broadcast, and updating figures on a monthly
basis.
The Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry has recently formulated guidelines for media on war news
coverage in the form of an advisory that is posted on its website, www.defence.lk, under the
heading, "Deriding the war heroes for a living the ugly face of 'defence analysts' in Sri Lanka".
TheguidelinesaddressfourmainissuestheDefenceMinistryismostconcernedover.Criticismof
military operations, promotion schemes, procurement and unethical methods used to obtain
sensitiveinformationaretheissuesofmainconcernandtheyareclassifiedasactsoftreason.
June7
The SFs clashed with the LTTE militants in the Navakkulam, Periyamadu, Cheddiyankulam and
PeriyapallemullkaduuareasofVavuniyadistrictandkilledsevenmilitantswhileinjuredtwo others.
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Five soldiers were also injured while the SFs recovered the dead body of one female LTTE cadre
afterclashesinPeriyamadu.
InsimilarconfrontationsthateruptedbetweenthetwosidesintheWelioyaareaofVavuniyadistrict,
thetroopskilledfivemilitantsandinjuredatleast19others.
Three more LTTE militants were killed and two others wounded by the troops destroyed an LTTE
bunkerintheareanorthofEthawatunuwewainVavuniyadistrict.
June8
Atleast17LTTEmilitantsandsixsoldierswerekilledasthetroopsstormedtheoutfitsOneFour
base at five places and captured 500600 meters stretch of land in the Ethawatunuwewa area of
Vavuniya district. 35 militants and 18 soldiers also sustained injuries during the fighting which
lastedforeighthours.
TheSFsconfrontedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheMuhamalai,Mankumban,PonnarandNagarkovil
areasofJaffnadistrictandkilledanunspecifiednumberofmilitants.Threesoldierswerealsokilled
during the clashes. Six soldiers and an equal number of militants were reported injured in the
incidents.SomeofthesoldierswereinjuredinLTTEtriggeredremotecontrolledblastsinthearea.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledandanotherfivewoundedbythetroopsduringanencounterinthe
area east of Periyamadu in the Vavuniya district. One soldier also sustained injuries during the
clash.
Three more LTTE militants were killed by SFs in another confrontation in the area east of
PeriyamaduintheVavuniyadistrict.
Acknowledging the contribution of Sri Lanka's armed forces in fighting international terrorism,
President Mahinda Rajapakse has said giving democratic rights to the Tamils in the LTTE
strongholdswasvitalforendingmilitancyintheregion.Hesaiditwasnotpossibletowinawarwith
weapons alone. For this it is necessary for the soldier who goes into battle to have trust and
confidence in his leadership, he said. "We have the need to give the Tamil people in (the rebel
stronghold) of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu their democratic rights, as we did for the people in the
East,"thePresidentsaid.
At least seven LTTE militants were killed and 33 others injured by the SFs as clashes erupted
between the two sides in the Manipullkulam,Alankulam and Nedunkandal areas of Mannar district
and Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa, Wedimurippu, Thalaweddi and Palampiddi areas of Vavuniya
district.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhileabout19othersreceivedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
June9
At least nine LTTE militants were killed as the troops stormed the outfits FDL in the Alankulam
area, about 2km north to the north bund of the Giant Tank, of Mannar district. Two soldiers were
also killed while 15 others sustained injuries during the clash that lasted nearly for four hours.
Troopslaterrecoveredthedeadbodiesofthreefemalemilitantsfromthearea.
SriLankanMinisterforCommunityDevelopmentandSocialInequityEradicationP.Chandrasekaran
hassaidhehadreceivedpositivesignalsfromtheLTTEtoindicatethatitwouldbeopentotalks.
Claiming to be on a mission to meet political leaders in Tamil Nadu and New Delhi to create an
atmosphereconduciveforIndianinterventionhesaidthatIndiashouldplaytheroleofamediatorto
end the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. He also that the LTTE had also evinced interest in Indian
interventionandfavourablesignalshademanatedfromtheoutfitinthisregard.
June10
At least four LTTE militants were killed by the troops during confrontations in the Periyamadu,
Janakapura and Welioya areas of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were also injured during these
clashes.
Three pistol gang militants of the LTTE were gunned down during a Police and Army combined
cordon and search operation at Pallikudiruppu in theAkkaraipattu area ofAmpara district. Reports
saidthatagroupofthreemilitantshadopenedfireandlobbedahandgrenadeattheSFpersonnel
engaged in the search operation. The SF personnel had retaliated killing two militants on the spot
whiletheotherwhohadmanagedtoescapewaschasedandshotdeadlater.
AlittleknownSriLankanrebel group,EllalanForceclaimedresponsibilityforrecentbombattacks
ontransportvehiclesasrevengeforwhatitsaidwereGovernmentattacksandaerialbombingson
Tamilcivilians.ThemilitarysaidthattheoutfitisaLTTElinkedgroup.
PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakesaidthattheStateintelligencesleuthshaveuncovereda
LTTE plot to assassinate VIPs in the South by infiltrating public functions attended by them.The
terrorist plan was to get their cadres to attend such functions unarmed as normal civilians and
assassinate VIPs attending them after grabbing weapons from the SF personnel detailed to cover
suchevents.
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Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, delivering a lecture at the Carlton Club (London), said that
the military victories can provide the space for political and economic solutions to be found and
withoutmilitarypowertheresultcanbemorebloodshed.
The LTTE has vowed to attack government troops if they enter the outfitscontrolled area. In an
interview with a news agency, the LTTE Peace Secretariat Head, S. Puleedevan, has said, "Sri
Lankaarmedforcesarelosingalotofsoldiers.IftheyenterintoLTTEareathelosseswillbemuch
more. The heavy fighting is going on at the forward defence line and we have managed to inflict
considerable damages to Sri Lankan armed forces. They are unable to gain any new territory."
Puleedevan also blamed that the Government is not willing to have peace talks and is evident by
denyingaccesstointernationalmediators.
June11
At least seven LTTE militants were killed in the Nedunkandal and the west of Navvi areas in
Mannardistrict.TwoLTTEbunkerswerealsoneutralisedintheNedunkandalarea.
FivemoreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan15othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroops
in the north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa and Welioya areas of Vavuniya district. While two
soldierswerekilledandfourotherssustainedinjuries,thetroopscapturedonebunkerinthefighting
inJanakapuraarea.
At least four LTTE militants and three sailors were killed as the SLN personnel foiled an LTTE
attackonaSLNoutpostatErukkalampiddiintheMannarIsland.Accordingtothedefencesources,
agroupofoutfitscadreswhohadcomeinsixboatslaunchedtheattackataround2.15am(SLST).
The SLN personnel defended the post effectively destroying a Sea Tiger boat in a counterattack
killing four militants, including their leader Sirimaran, sources added. However, the proLTTE
Website Tamil Net admitting their loss said the outfit destroyed the camp and captured key
weaponsandradarequipment.
The security forces are attacking Mullaitivu, the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakarans hideout, from
several directions, saidArmy Commander Sarath Fonseka. Commander Fonseka said theArmy's
aim is to capture Prabhakaran, who is holed up in a bunker, alive. He said the 56, 57, 58 and 59
divisions are taking part in the operations and Task Force 2 will also be inducted to expedite the
operation.TroopsarepresentlyattackingtheLTTE's14Basecomplexinapreliminarybidtoreach
Mullaitivu. Forces have already regained several hundred square kilometres previously under the
controloftheLTTEandtheystillneedtomarchforwardanother21kilometerstoachievethefinal
goals,hesaid.
Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called upon the EU to list the TRO and other LTTE front
organisations,whichhavebeenclearlyidentified,includingbytheUSGovernment,asraisingfunds
for the LTTE. He said a request to this effect has recently been made by the Government to the
European Union. French Ambassador in Sri Lanka Michel Lummaux representing the current EU
PresidencyheldbySlovenia,wholedtheEUdelegation,categorically expressed the opposition of
theEUtoaseparateStateforTamilsinSriLanka.HesaidtheEUdoesnotconsider the LTTE to
bethesolerepresentativeofSriLankanTamils.
June12
The SFs killed five LTTE militants and injured six others during separate encounters in the
JanakapuraandAndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalso killedwhilesixothers
receivedinjuriesduringtheclashes.
AtKiraddikulaminVavuniyadistrict,theSFsconfrontedagroupofLTTEmilitantsandkilledthree
ofthemonthespot.Twomoremilitantsandonesoldierreceivedinjuriesintheincident.
Secretary General of the SCOPP, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, responding to a statement made by the
LTTEs Peace Secretariat chief, Seewaratnam Pulidevan, that he wishes to meet with Norwegian
peacebrokers, said that the team headed by Norway's Special Peace Envoy John Hansen Bauer,
would,fornow,notbeallowedtovisittheWanni.Prof.WijesinhadismissedtheLTTErequestasa
meaninglesspropagandaexerciseintheabsenceofaroadmaptoendingthe25yearconflict.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksehasassertedthatinspiteofthecostinlivesanddamageinflictedto
Sri Lanka's tourist trade he would not resume peace talks with the LTTE until the organisation
agreed to disarm. "When they are weak they call on the international community to arrange a
ceasefire.Duringthisperiodtheytrainandrearmandthenfightback.Thistimeiftheywanttotalk,
they should disarm first," he said. Commenting on concluding a peace deal with Velupillai
Prabhakaran, the LTTE chief, he said, "This man and the three or four henchmen around him are
bloodthirstykillers.Theyhavenofeelings.Itisverydifficulttodealwiththem."
India cannot make 'any healthy, fruitful contribution' to resolving Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict until it
changes its mind on the LTTEs struggle for an independent State, K.V. Balakumaran, a senior
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leader of the outfit told an Australian Tamil radio. "Our regret is that the Indian policy makers are
viewing (the) Tamil people's struggle through the lens of their country's political warfare. Until the
Indian central government approaches this intellectually and recognises that ours is a struggle for
survival by an oppressed people in the land of their birth, India cannot make any healthy, fruitful
contribution,"theproLTTEWebsiteTamilNetquotedBalakumaranassaying.
June13
AtleastsevenLTTEmilitantsandfoursoldierswerekilledduringconfrontationsthateruptedinthe
north of Janakapura, Kokkuthuduvai and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district. At least 15
militantsandfivesoldierswereinjuredduringtheseconfrontations.
During another confrontation between the two sides in the Periyamandankulam, Palampiddi,
Kovitakunchu,Nedunkandal,AlankulamandVaddakkandalareasofVavuniyaand Mannardistricts
thetroopskilledfivemilitantswhileinjuredeightothers.Threesoldierswerealsoreportedkilledand
fourothersgotinjured.500T56ammunitionswererecoveredbythetroopsinthePalampiddiarea.
TheLTTEhadreleased27morechildsoldiers,andcontestedaUnitedNationsestimatethatover
1,000childsoldierswerestillintheirranks.Theoutfitsaidthattheywerealsoworkingtodischarge
30orsochildrenwhoarestillwiththem.
June14
AtleasteightLTTEmilitantswerekilledandeightothersinjuredasthetroopsinafierceoffensive
operation captured a strategically important LTTEheld area in the Mannar district and brought the
whole tank area under their control, the military said. Seven soldiers got injured in the
confrontations. Capture of the entire perimeter of this strategically important tank area is a major
setbacktotheLTTE,defenceofficialssaid.
The troops confronted with the LTTE militants in the Komankulam, Mundipurippu, Keevelikulam,
Minukkal, Nedunkandal and Irathawelliyakulam areas of Vavuniya and Mannar districts and killed
fourmilitantswhileinjuredfourothers.Twosoldierswerealsokilledandfiveothersreceivedinjuries
duringtheclashes.
June15
Atleast17LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan15othersinjuredbytheSFsasconfrontations
occurredbetweenthesidesintheJanakapura,Kiriibbanwewa,RanabapuraandKokkutoduvaiareas
of Vavuniya district.Three SF personnel were killed while four others sustained injuries during the
clashes.TheSFsalsorecoveredonehandgrenadefromtheareanorthofKiriibbanwewa.
Six more LTTE militants were killed in clashes with the troops in the Navathkulama, north of
PeriyamaduandNedunkandalareasofVavuniyaandMannardistricts.Onesoldierwaskilledwhile
fourotherswereinjuredinLTTEfire.
ThetroopsconfrontedwithagroupofLTTEmilitantsandkilledfiveoftheminthePalamoddaiarea
ofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasinjuredinaction.
Three LTTE militants were eliminated by the SFs during two separate confrontations in the
Kovitkanchikulam area of Vavuniya district. The SFs later recovered the dead bodies of the three
slainmilitantsalongwithtwoT56weapons.
June16
A suspected LTTE suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in front of a Police building in
Vavuniya,killing12policepersonnel,includingthreefemalePoliceofficersandwounding23others,
the military said,. The suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the SSP office complex in
Vavuniya targeting the Police personnel leaving the SSP office for their duties at around 7:10am
(SLST).
The Canadian Cabinet has outlawed the Torontobased front organization of the LTTE, the WTM,
under the AntiTerrorism Act. "The AntiTerrorism Act, passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks,
allowsfederalCabinettopreparealistofentitieswhoseactivitiesareproscribedbyCanadian law
duetotheirinvolvementinterroristviolence,"thereportadded.ThedirectiveissuedbytheOfficeof
the Superintendent of Financial Institutions advised banks and insurance companies to notify the
Royal Canadian Mountain Police or Canadian Security Intelligence Service if they held any
accountslinkedtotheWTM.
At least eight LTTE militants were killed and more than 10 others injured when clashes erupted
between the two sides in the Echchalarakkai, Vannakulam, Pandiyankulam Periyamadu,
Mullikkandy, Parappakandal, Palamoddai and south of Kovitkuchchikulam areas in Vavuniya
district.Foursoldierswereinjuredintheseclashes.
Three LTTE militants were killed and at least 24 others injured by the troops during encounters in
theareasnorthofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalso
killedwhilethreeotherswereinjuredintheLTTEmortarfire.
June17
14 LTTE militants were killed and three others injured during clashes with the troops in the
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Palamoddai, Karukkakulam, Kovitkanchikulam and south of Navavi areas in the Vavuniya and
Mannardistricts.
During an encounter between the two sides in the areas north of Janakapura, Andankulam and
Ethawatunuwewa areas of Vavuniya district, the SFs killed seven LTTE militants and wounded at
leastsixothers.Threesoldierswereinjuredintheclashes.
ThreesoldierswerekilledinaLTTEattackintheKayamodaiWanniareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Sri Lanka is planning to establish an all party Security Council under the directions of President
Mahinda Rajapakse to prevent LTTE attacks on the civilians in the country, the Government said.
The council is based on a proposal put forward by the members of the newly formed breakaway
Marxistparty,theNationalFreedomFront.
June18
SevenmilitantswerekilledastroopsattackedLTTEcampsintheKiraddikulamandVaddakkandal
The LTTE has rejected the Government's request to lay down their weapons before peace talks.
"Anyapproachthatdisturbsthebalanceofpowerandparityofstatus(betweenthegovernmentand
rebels)arecounterproductivetothepeaceprocess,"saidthegroupspoliticalheadB.Nadesan.
June19
17 LTTE militants were killed and 14 others wounded during clashes with the troops in the
Vedamakilam, Periyamadu, Kayamunai, Nedunkandal, Eachalarakkai, Kuranchatalav and
Andankulam areas of Mannar and Vavuniya districts. Three soldiers were also killed while nine
Six soldiers were killed and 20 others were injured in encounters with the LTTE in the
Mankindamulai,Janakapura,KiriibbanwewaandAndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
BasilRajapakse,thepresidentialadvisorofPresidentMahindaRajapakse,admittedthattheLTTE
representedafairnumberofTamilsbutruledoutanyquicktrucewiththeoutfit.
June21
Seven LTTE militants were killed and nine others injured during encounters with the SFs in the
Janakapura, Andankulam and Weddakulam areas of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers sustained
injuriesintheseclashes.
SFscapturedthreeLTTEbunkerskillingfourmilitantswhileinjuringtwoothersintheNedunkandal
areaofMannardistrict.Threesoldierswereinjuredintheincident.
Four LTTE militants were killed as the Army troops serving in the Poovarasankulam area of
Vavuniya district observed these militants, two males and two females, busy constructing a hut
nearabunker.
June22
10 LTTE militants were killed and 30 others injured as the troops captured an LTTE line of six
bunkers built in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district. Four solders were killed while seven
otherswereinjuredintheclashes.Onemoresoldierwasreportedmissinginaction.
10 LTTE militants were killed by the SFs as clashes erupted between the two sides in the
Chalampan,Veddayamurippu,KiraddikulamandKovitakunchuareaofMannardistrict.Two soldiers
werealsokilledwhileanotherwaswoundedintheseclashes.
TheSFsconfrontedLTTEmilitantsintheMuppankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictonJune21night
andJune22morningkillingsixmilitantsandinjuringafewothers.
DuringanencounterbetweenthetwosidesintheareasnorthofJanakapura,ManiKindamalaiand
Veddankerni, the SFs killed three militants while injuring 30 others. Nine soldiers were reported
injuredintheexplosionsofimprovisedexplosivedevicesandLTTEattacks.
June23
ThreepolicemenwerekilledandanotherinjuredwhensuspectedLTTEmilitantscarriedoutabomb
explosionneartheAiyththamalaiPolicepostintheBatticaloadistrict.
President Mahinda Rajapakse stated that his Government would seek to establish Peace Zones
notonlyintheprecinctsofsacredsites,butalsointhewholecountry.
Atleast12LTTEmilitantsandtwosoldierswerekilledduringseparateclashesintheKiriibbanwewa
area of Vavuniya district. 11 more militants and four soldiers sustained injuries during these
clashes.
Atleast10moreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandsixotherswoundedduringseparateconfrontations
withtheSFsinthePeriyamadu,Nedunkandal,Andankulam,Palamoddai andWerapiliyathuraareas
of Mannar district. Troops also recovered ammunition and explosives from the possession of the
slainandinjuredpersons.
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June24
ThetroopsoperatingintheMannarfrontcapturedseveralkeylocationsintheNorthandNorthEast
ofAdampan securing Mavilakkandi, Minnanirachchan and Marattikannaddi areas, Military sources
said.Atleast10LTTEmilitantswere killedintheconfrontationthateruptedfromearlyhoursofthe
day.Fivesoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesduringtheseconfrontations.
The SFs killed six LTTE militants and injured three others in the Periyamadu area of Vavuniya
district.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilethreeothersgotinjuredintheincident.
AtleastfiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledand24othersinjuredduringconfrontationwiththetroopsin
theJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldieralsodiedinanantipersonnelmineexplosion
duringtheclash.
The troops neutralised an LTTE bunker in the Mullikandal area of Mannar district killing three
militants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledinaction.
President Mahinda Rajapakse reiterated that the LTTE should lay down arms if they expect to
negotiatewiththeGovernmentforapoliticalsolutiontothecrisis,accordingtoMinistryofDefence
Website."TheGovernmentwouldnothesitatetoworkwiththeLTTEiftheTigerswerereadytolay
down arms," the President said. The President assured that he was not at all prepared to
compromisethesecurityofthecountryandthesafetyofthepeopleandwasnotreadytohandover
the country to a terrorist organisation. The President further said, "I dont wish at all to wage war
against the people of the country. My determination is to defeat terrorism. If the LTTE lay down
armsatanymomentIamreadytoworkwiththemtoachievepeace,"addsColomboPage.
June25
The troops killed five LTTE militants and injured more than 20 others in the Kiriibbanwewa area of
Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed and seven others got injured. Troops captured three
trenchesandrecovered3500roundsofammunition.
FourmoreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandfivesoldiersreceivedinjuriesduringconfrontationsinthe
SirumollakandiandNavaviareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops captured an LTTE camp with 120mm gun positions at Kattikulam in the Vavuniya
districtkillingthreemilitantsandinjuringthreeothers.LTTEtransmissionslaterconfirmedthatone
arealeaderwasamongtheinjured.Onesoldieralsosustainedinjuriesinaction.
June26
Troops operating on the Mannar front captured two and half square kilometres of land between
Chalampan and Marattikannaddi on theAndankulamVedithalthivu road in Mannar district. "Twelve
Tiger cadres were killed during the confrontation between 8 am to 3 pm yesterday to capture this
terrain," Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, adding, "With the capture of this
keylocationallsupplyroutesfromMannarNorthwardstothePoonerynroadhasbeentotallycutoff
totheLTTE."
Six LTTE militants were killed during confrontations with the troops at Pandayan, according to Sri
LankaArmy.Foursoldierswerealsoinjuredduringtheclash.
ThetroopsalsoeliminatedfiveLTTEmilitantsandinjuredeightothersintheMorathandamanarea
ofMannardistrict.Onesoldierwasalsowoundedintheincident.
The troops captured one more LTTE bunker in the Kanapputtukulam area of Mannar district and
killedfivemilitantswhileinjuringsixothers.OneT56weaponwasalsorecoveredfromtheincident
site.
FourmoreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandnineothersinjuredinanencounterwiththetroopsinthe
PalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.Foursoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesinaction.
Troops of the 57 Division who entered the Periyamadu village in Vavuniya district on June 24 and
consolidateditspositionbycapturingsevensquarekilometressurrounding the village by June 26
noon.
June27
Atleast25LTTEmilitantswerekilledandanunspecifiednumberoftheminjuredassecurityforces
capturedtheoutfitsstrategic"54Base",saidMilitaryspokesmanBrigadierUdayaNanayakkara.
25 more LTTE militants were killed and two soldiers sustained injuries as the SFs engaged in
operation Rice Bowl on the Mannar Front fully captured the Andankulam area and 13 square
kilometressurroundingit,anunnamedseniormilitaryofficialsaid.
Atleast20LTTEmilitantswerekilledmorethan40othersinjuredasclasheseruptedbetweenthe
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two sides in the Andankulam, north of Janakapura and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district.
Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhiletwomoresustainedinjuriesintheconfrontations.
June28
At least 20 LTTE militants were killed and 13 others injured when troops opened fire on their
positions in Ambaddankulam, Naddankulam, Navatkulam, Panichchanmadu, Naouarampu and
Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were also killed and two others injured in the
fight.
June29
The 58 Division of the Sri Lanka Army operating on the Mannar successfully completed operation
RiceBowlaftercapturingover120squarekilometres,including105squarekilometresofthemost
fertilelandinthecountry.
10 militants were killed and 32 others injured when the troops attacked LTTE camps north of
KiriibbanwewaandJanakapuraintheVavuniyadistrict.
SixmoreLTTEmilitantswerekilledandeightothersinjuredduringaconfrontationwiththetroopsin
theareanorthofNavaviareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilethreeothersgot
injured.Onemoresoldierwasreportedlymissingintheconfrontation.
DuringseparateclashesbetweenthetwosidesinthePandiyankulam,PalamoddaiandPeriyamadu
areasofVavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledsevenLTTEmilitantsandinjuredfourothers.
ThetroopscapturedoneLTTEbunkeraheadoftheMuhamalaiFDLintheJaffnadistrictkillingfour
militants.
PresidentMahindaRajapakseexpressednointerestineasingoffhismilitary'soffensiveagainstthe
LTTE. "There are calls for a ceasefire when the terrorists face defeat. I will not allow anyone to
curtailtheforwardmarchofthetroops,"Rajapaksesaid.
AmidclaimsofmajoradvancesintotheLTTEcontrolledterritoryintheMannardistrictinthenorth,
the Sri Lankan military reported influx of civilians from LTTEheld areas into the government
controlled side. In a statement in Colombo, the Defence Ministry said, "It is observed that Tamil
civilians fleeing LTTEheld areas continuously reaching towards security forces seeing protection
fortheirlivesastheyarelivingundersevereliferiskinLTTEareas.Asthetroops capturedalmost
all the terror strongholds in Mannar front, an escalation of civilian movement towards government
controlledareascanbeobserved".
The troops killed three LTTE militants and injured four others near the Navakkulam FDL in the
Vavuniyadistrict.ThreesoldierswerealsoinjuredintheLTTEfire.
June30
The security forces engaged in the Wanni liberation operation, entered a decisive phase as the
troops created the biggest ever military front to the LTTE in the western flank of Wanni with two
ArmydivisionsthatindependentlyoperatedinMannarandVavuniyalinkingtogetherfromsoutheast
ofPeriyamadu.
TheLTTEhas"losttheircapabilityoffightingasaconventionalarmy"becauseoftheoffensivethe
militaryiswagingagainstthem,ArmyChiefLt.Gen.SarathFonsekasaid.
Five LTTE militants were killed while 11 others injured during confrontations with the troops in the
areasnorthofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewaintheVavuniyadistrict.
Three soldiers were killed and two others injured in LTTEtriggered IED explosions at Palamoddai
andKovitkanchikulaminVavuniyadistrict.
July1
25 LTTE militants were killed and more than 39 others injured as the troops clashed with the
militants in the Ampandankulam East, Periyamadu North, Palamoddai, Navvi, Andankulam,
Yalankulam, Echarakkai, Janakapura North, Kokkutoduvai and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya
district. Two soldiers were also killed while 25 others wounded in LTTEtriggered explosions and
firingduringtheclashes.
July2
12LTTEmilitantswerekilledby the SFs in clashes at Kayamodai and Puthukulam in the Mannar

district.
Thetroopskilled12militantsintheJanakapura,KokkuthuduvaiandPalamoddaiareasofVavuniya
district.
July3
The founder of the TMVP, Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan alias Colonel Karuna, returned to
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ColomboaftercompletinghisprisonterminBritainonchargesofviolationofimmigrationlaws.
The LTTE ruled out the possibility of any reconciliation with Karuna Amman and termed such
reportsasmererumours."SpeakingaboutKarunaisawasteoftime.Wewillnevertakehimback.
Thereareothermoreimportantissueswhichcouldbediscussedotherthansuchbaselessreports,"
the LTTE military spokesperson, Rasiah Ilanthirayan said, adding, that the LTTE did not need an
alliance to regain the east and warned the LTTE would recapture the area soon. The TMVP also
ruledoutthatKarunawouldrejointheLTTE."WeareconfidentthatKarunawillnotjointheLTTEas
hehasrejectedtheTigerspolicies andleadership.IfanyonethinksthataKarunaLTTEallianceis
inthemaking,thenIhavetotellthemthatitwouldbethebiggestjokeoftheyear,"AzadMaulana
toldDailyMirror.
July4
25LTTEmilitantswerekilledandanequalnumberoftheminjuredbytheSFsduringclashesinthe
Parayanakulam,Palamoddai,Vidattaltive,PeriyamaduandNedunkandalareasoftheVavuniyaand
Mannar districts. Two soldiers were also killed in an IED explosion in the Palamoddai area. Nine
bunkerswerealsoneutralizedbythetroopsnearPeriyamadu.
20 LTTE militants were killed 12 others injured during encounters with the troops in the
Maruthamadu, Navakkulam, Thunukkai, Nochchimunai and Navvi areas of the Vavuniya district.
Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilethreeotherssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
Approximately17militantswerekilled as theArmys 59th Division engaged in an offensive on the
WelioyafrontcapturedtheLTTEsstrategicMichaelBase.TheMichaelBase,partofthe14Base,
islocatedsevenkmnorthofJanakapuraandissimilartotheMunnagambasethefirstbaseinthe
14complexcapturedearlier,isanundergroundstructure.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheareasnorthofJanakapura,northofKiriibbanwewa
andRanabapuraareasofVavuniyadistrictandkilledeightofthemwhileinjuring22others.Troops
alsocapturedoneLTTEbunker.
Five militants were killed and 12 others wounded by the troops during clashes in the area north of
KiriibbanwewaandJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.
FourLTTEcadreswerekilledandanotherinjuredbytheSFsduringanencounterbetweenthetwo
sidesintheAmpachdankulamandThiraktiveareasoftheMannardistrict.
DuringanencountertheSFskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrict.
The Government forces are on the verge of defeating the LTTE, said Colonel Karuna, founder of
theTMVP.Healsosaidthatheisveryhappy'thathisdeputy,Pillayan,hasbeenappointedasthe
EPC Chief Minister and insisted that he has no plans to replace him as the new Chief Minister.
PillayanwhohadearliertoldBBCSandeshayathathewouldoffertheposttoKaruna,ifhereturns
tothecountryonJuly4saidthattherewasnoneedtohandoverhisreignstothepartyleader.
July5
15 LTTE militants were killed and 18 others injured as the troops clashed with the militants in the
Ampandankulam, Puttakamam, Paranthekulam, Palamoddai and Navvi areas of Vavuniya district.
Nine soldiers were injured in LTTE mortar fire while four others sustained injuries in explosions of
APMs and improvised explosive devices. One LTTE bunker was neutralised by the SFs in the
Palamoddaiarea.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhilenineotherswerewoundedinclasheswiththeSFsintheareas
north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa, Naddamankulam and Anandankulam areas of Vavuniya
district.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilefourotherssustainedinjuries.
ThepoliticalleaderoftheLTTE,P.Nadesan,deniedclaimsthattheoutfithasbeenweakened.He
alsourgedtheTamilNadu(IndianState)ChiefMinisterKarunanidhitocomeforwardandassisttheir
struggle to establish a Tamil Eelam and expressed regret that India was providing help to the Sri
LankanGovernment.
The LTTE commemorated 356 Black Tigers, men and women, who have staged suicide attacks
sincethetacticwasfirstusedbytheoutfit21yearsago."ThreehundredandfiftysixBlackTigers
havelaiddowntheirlives,254oftheminseaoperations,duringthelast21yearssince,"Tamil Net
said. The LTTE in 2007 had commemorated 322 suicide bombers who perished in attacks. The
figures show that 34 suicide bombers had carried out attacks in the past year. An attack on
Anuradhapura air base on October 22, 2007 was the worst, with 21 suicide bombers destroying a
fleet of aircraft. One militant later returned to the north with video footage of the attack, while the
otherswereshotdeadorblewthemselvesup.
July6
Seven LTTE militants were killed during clashes with the troops in the Navathkulama,
AmpandankulamandPalamoddaiareasoftheVavuniyadistrict.
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Four LTTE militants were killed and 10 others sustained injuries during clashes with the troops in
the area north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa and Andankulam areas of Vavuniya district. Two
soldierswerewoundedintheseclashes.
Sri Lanka Army reopened the Omanthai entry/exit point, the southernmost entrance between the
cleared areas (area under Government control) and the nonliberated areas (area not under
Governmentcontrol)intheNorthernProvince,at3.15pm(SST).Accordingtothedefencesources,
theICRCofficialsalsoopenedtheirofficesatthepoint.Theentry/exitpointremainedclosedsince
July1astheICRCofficialsoptedtoclosetheirofficesonsecurityreasonsclaimingthatSriLanka
AirForcehadcarriedoutairraidsatLTTEtargetslocatedclosetotheirofficesinthearea.
Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene said that there could be a terrorist attack in the
country within the next 48 hours. He said intelligence agencies have informed the Government of
possible terrorist attacks within the next 48 hours and all police stations and army camps have
been put on alert. Police said they have received information that the LTTE is planning attacks in
theSouth.
Insisting that he still remained the leader of the TMVP, Karuna admitted there was an attempt by
some top government officials to split the outfit without the knowledge of President Mahinda
Rajapakse.
July7
AtleastnineLTTEmilitantswerekilledand14othersinjuredduringthreeseparateclasheswiththe
troopsinthePalamoddaiandNavviareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the Kiriibbanwewa, north of Janakapura and
KamalmunaiareasofVavuniyadistrictandkilledthreeofthemwhileinjuringatleast16others.One
soldierwasalsokilledwhiletwomoresustainedinjuriesinthefighting.
The Government insisted that any future peace talks would take place with the participation of all
TamilpoliticalpartiesinthecountryandnotsolelywiththeLTTE.Governmentmaintainedthatthe
LTTEwouldhavetoaccepttheconditionasit(LTTE)wasnotthesolerepresentativeoftheTamil
people.TheLTTE,however,ruledoutsuchapossibilitystatingthatitwouldenternegotiationswith
only the Government, through the facilitation of the Norwegians and not with the presence of any
otherpoliticalpartyinthecountry."TheLTTEhasbeenfightingfortherightsoftheTamils.Sucha
condition laid down by the Government is just another tactic to evade peace talks", LTTE military
spokespersonRasiahIlanthirayansaid.
July8
Eight LTTE militants were killed as the troops neutralised a bunker at Periyavalayankadu in the
Vavuniyadistrict.
The SFs clashed with the LTTE militants in the area north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya district
and killed at least seven militants while injuring nine others. Two soldiers sustained injuries in the
incident.
The troops captured four LTTE bunkers in the area north of Janakapura in the Vavuniya district
killingthreemilitantsandinjuringanother.
The Parliament extended the state of emergency by another month. Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake informed the Parliament while moving the motion that 112 SF personnel and 43
civilianswerekilledand793SFpersonneland61civilianswereinjuredinJune2008.
July9
EightLTTEmilitantsandonesoldierwerekilledwhilesixmilitantsandtwosoldierswerewounded
duringclashesbetweenthetwosidesintheareasnorthofKiriibbanwewaand north of Janakapura
inVavuniyadistrict.
The SFs attacked three LTTE bunkers in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district and
neutralisedoneofthemkillingninemilitantswhileinjuring10others.
ThetroopsclashedwiththemilitantsinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrictandkilledeightof
them while injuring 10 others. Seven soldiers were injured in this incident. The troops during the
operationalsocapturedoneLTTEbunker.
Six more militants were killed and a soldier was wounded when the troops attacked several LTTE
campsintheAnandankulam,NavviandNedunkandalareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The SFs captured five LTTE bunkers in the Mathirmadu area of Mannar district and killed six
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militants.
During an encounter with the LTTE cadres in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district, the SFs
killedtwomilitantsandinjuredfiveothers.Twosoldierswerealsokilledinthisincident.
The LTTE has started to extort Government servants living in uncleared areas forcing them to
contribute SLR 4000 from their salary to the coffers of the outfit, military spokesman Brigadier
Udaya Nanayakkara said based on the information from civilians fleeing the uncleared areas. He
also said that civilians living under severe pressure of the LTTE were now fleeing to the cleared
areasinlargenumbers.
Leader of the SLMC, Rauf Hakeem, has reportedly resigned from his recent appointment as the
EasternProvinceOppositionLeader.
July10
Seven militants were killed when the troops attacked LTTE camps in the Palamoddai, Navavi,
Mundipurippu, Navakkulam, south of Ampandankulam, Illanthaimotai and Nedunkandal areas of
Vavuniyadistrict.
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the Chandamandankulam, Palaweddumodai,
Pallimunai, Uthkamam, Palairaimotai areas of Mannar district and killed seven of them. Eight
soldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheoperationinwhichtheyneutralizedtwobunkers.
FourLTTEmilitantswerekilledand23othersinjuredbytheSFsintheareasnorthofJanakapura,
UluthuvelyandKiriibbanwewaintheVavuniyadistrict.Sixsoldierswerewoundedintheincident.
Three civilians, identified as Surendra Kumara, Wasantha Premakumara and Asanka Namal
BuddhikafromtheWattegamaareaofKurunegaladistrict,wereshotdeadbyapistolgangmilitant
oftheLTTEintheKalmunaiareaofAmparadistrict.
Government spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the TMVP leader Colonel
KarunaAmmanwillbeinterrogatedonlyifthereisanecessitypertainingto his involvement in the
mass killing of over 400 policemen in Muttur in 1990. Earlier, in an interview with Daily Mirror,
Karuna had admitted that the policemen were in his custody at the time he was still part of the
LTTE but added that they were killed after he handed them over to LTTE intelligence chief Pottu
Amman.
The LTTE has expressed readiness for a ceasefire and peace talks with the Sri Lankan
Government.The outfits political wing leader, B. Nadesan, said in a telephonic interview to Times
Now television channel, 'It is the Sri Lankan State that unilaterally abrogated the ceasefire
agreement and is unleashing a war against the Tamils in their homeland. We are not against
ceasefireorpeacetalks."
July11
Armytroops,afterclashesthatlastedfordays,tookfullcontroloftheNedunkandaltown,about16
km north east of Periyamadu in the Mannar district. The town was an important tactical and
administrative location of the LTTE. Troops also captured Navvi, another small town about 15km
northwestofOmanthaiinVavuniyadistrict.
FiveLTTEcadreswerekilledandsix others injured in clashes with the troops in the area north of
JanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.
Four civilians, including two women and a 12yearold child, were killed and 25 others sustained
injurieswhenagroupofLTTEmilitantsshotatabusplyingfromMoneragalatoKataragmaonthe
ButtalaKataragmamainroad.
During an encounter between the two sides the troops killed four LTTE militants in the Wellaveli
areaofMannardistrict.
The troops killed three LTTE militants and injured 11 others in the Maruthamadu,
EelamaruttankulamandAmpandankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
July12
Four LTTE militants and a soldier were killed during clashes between the two sides in the Navvi
areaofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldiersandamilitantwereinjuredintheseclashes.
SFs killed four LTTE militants and injured 12 others in the Puthukulam area of Vavuniya district.
Onesoldierwasalsoinjuredinincident.
ThetroopskilledfourLTTEcadresandinjuredanequalnumberofthemintheSannarkulamareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
Three LTTE militants were killed and three others injured during clashes with the troops in the
JanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsoinjuredintheincident.
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Addressing journalists in Andhra Pradesh during his visit to India, President Mahinda Rajapakse
saidthathisGovernmentwasreadytoresumetalkswiththeLTTEprovideditlaiddownarms.He
saidtheLTTEshouldgiveupterroristactivitiesandcometothenegotiatingtableintheinterestof
thenation.
July13
SevenmilitantswerekilledwhenthetroopsattackedaLTTEcampnortheastofSulathinakulamin
theMannardistrict.Thetroopslaterrecoveredthedeadbodiesoffiveslainmilitantsalongwithone
T56weapon.
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura and north of
KiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrictkillingsevenmilitantswhileinjuring26others.
TheSFsopenedfireontwoLTTEbunkersatPeriyavilankulliandPuthukulamintheMannardistrict
andkilledfivemilitants.
The TMVP spokesman, Azath Moulana, denied media reports over a leadership struggle in the
partyandreaffirmedthatColonelKarunaAmmanremainstheleaderofthe party.Healsosaidthat
Pillayanwillcontinuetoactasthedeputyleaderoftheparty.
PlansareunderwaytoresettletheremainingIDPsintheEasternProvinceintheirnativeplacesin
the wake of a peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the province, Resettlement and Disaster Relief
ServicesMinisterRishadBadhiutheensaid.Badhiutheenstatedthat34,341IDPfamiliesconsisting
112,702 persons were resettled in 2007 in Vavunathivu, Vellevely, Vakarai, Pattipola, Chenkalady
andVerugalDivisionalSecretariatDivisionsintheBatticaloadistrict.
July14
Environment Minister Champika Ranawake accused that India had given military training to some
29000TamilyouthandregardlessofdiplomaticnormshadusedLTTEterrorismtointerferewiththe
1984government.
TheLTTEsince2007hasbeenconscriptingboysandgirlswhohadjustreached17yearsforwar
and by now 30 per cent of those recruited with the adults have been killed, stated the University
TeachersforHumanRightsJaffna.
27LTTEmilitantswerekilledand69othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsintheareasnorth
of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa, Ampandankulam, Palampiddi, Navvi, Nithyanagar,
ParappakandattanandPuthukulaminVavuniyaandMannardistricts.Foursoldierswerealsokilled
while15otherssustainedinjuries.Thetroopsalsocapturedonebunkerandtwotrenches.
Three soldiers were killed and another injured in an LTTEtriggered IED explosion in the Kadolana
areaofJaffnadistrict.
July15
28 LTTE cadres were killed and more than 40 others injured by the SFs in the Navakkulam,
MaruthamaduandNedunkandalareasinVavuniyaandEachalarakkaiinMannar.
20 militants were killed as the Army troops along with the SLAF launched an attack on a LTTE
convoywhileitwasmovingalongA32MannarPoonerynroad.
20militantswerekilledastheSLAFMI24helicoptergunshipsneutralisedanLTTEcamplocated
northofVidattaltiveareaintheMannardistrict.
The SFs neutralised an LTTE bunker in the Maruthamadu area of Vavuniya district and killed four
militants.
DuringclashesbetweenthetwosidesintheareasnorthofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewa
inVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledfourmilitantsandinjured20others.
ThetroopscapturedtwoLTTEcampsintheAmpandankulamandnorthofNavviareasinVavuniya
districtkillingthreemilitantsandinjuringeightothers.
While reaffirming its commitment to resuming peace negotiations with the Government, the LTTE
saidthatitwouldnotdisarmbeforesuchnegotiationstookplace.
July16
ThetroopscapturedthebiggestSeaTigerbaseintheNorthWesterncoastaltownofVedithalthivu
inMannarforthefirsttimeaftertheearly1990s.Morethan70to80militantswerekilledduringthe
pastfewdays,theGeneralOfficerCommandingofthe58DivisionBrigadierSilvasaid.
12 LTTE militants were killed and 23 others wounded during clashes with the troops in the
Periyamaraiillupai, Kattikulam, Pandiyankulam, Palamoddai and north of Navvi areas in Vavuniya
district. One soldier was also killed while another sustained injury in the clashes. Troops also
capturedthreebunkersatnorthofNavviandrecoveredoneGlobalPositionsSystem.
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During another clash in the Welioya area of Vavuniya district, the SFs killed eight militants and
injured25others.While10SFpersonnelwerewoundedintheincident,theSFsalsoneutralisedtwo
LTTEbunkers.
ThreeLTTEcadresandtwosoldierswerekilledinanexchangeoffirebetweenthetwosidesatthe
Vidattaltive jetty in Mannar district. While six soldiers sustained injuries, the SFs recovered two
trucks,onecanterandamotorbike.
July17
19 LTTE militants were killed and at least 40 others injured when the troops attacked the outfits
bunkers in the Thunukkai, Pandiyankulam, Oddankulam, Pallaimadu, Palaiandankulam, Thiravu,
northofJanakapura,Kiriibbanwewa,AndankulamandVellankulamareasinVavuniyadistrict.While
five soldiers were also killed and 10 others injured in IED explosions in these areas, one soldier
went missing during the clash in Thunukkai. Troops also neutralised 11 bunkers during the
operation.
TheTMVPleaderColonelKaruna Ammanhassaidthatthemembersofhisgroupnolongerneed
to carry arms as they are totally satisfied with the security given to them by the Government.
Karuna also said that he has already discussed with the defence authorities to bring his qualified
andwillingcadrestotheSFs,PoliceandHomeGuards.
July18
Ninemilitantswerekilledand12 others injured by the SFs during encounters in the areas north of
Navvi,PalamoddaiandPandiyankulaminVavuniyadistrict.Sixsoldierssustainedinjuriesinthese
clashes.
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledand27othersinjuredbytheSFsduringclashesintheareasnorth
ofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.Foursoldiersalsosustainedinjuries
intheseclashes.
ThetroopskilledthreeLTTEmilitantsintheareasaheadoftheNagarkovilandMuhamalaiFDLsin
Jaffnadistrict.
The LTTE had now lost nearly two thirds of its manpower and land area to the SFs, Army
Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said. Fonseka said the LTTE cadres restricted to a small
area in the two Northern districts were fighting with the advancing SFs using nearly 200,000
innocent Tamils as a human shield. He also said that the LTTE, which has been severely
weakened,wasnowengagedinrecruitinginnocentchildrenandTamilelderstoitsranks.
Government defence spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has said that the next target of
theSFsistoliberateKilinochchifromLTTEclutches.PointingoutthattheLTTEisnowconfinedto
Kilinochchi,MullaitivuandasmallstretchoflandinVavuniya.
July19
Eight LTTE militants were killed in an encounter with the troops in the Karawaddivembu and
MurunkaiyadippudiareasoftheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed five militants and injured 10 others during clashes in the areas north of
Andankulam,northofJanakapuraandnorthofKiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.Onebunkerwas
alsoneutralizedbythetroopsinnorthKiriibbanwewa.
ThreemilitantswerekilledwhenthesecurityforcesneutralisedaLTTEbunkerintheareanorthof
NavviinVavuniyadistrict.
July20
Troops captured the biggest LTTE base at Illuppukadavai, 10kilometres north of Vedithalthivu, in
theMannardistrict.15militantsandonesoldierwerekilledduringtheclashesthatcontinuedforthe
pasttwodays.
14 LTTE militants were killed and five others injured by the security forces in the areas north of
Omanthe, Vedamakilam, Pungantalvamadu, Parappukkal, north of Navvi and Palamoddai in
Vavuniyadistrict.
DuringaclashbetweenthetwosidesintheIluppakadaweliareaofMannardistrict,thetroopskilled
13LTTEmilitants.
The SFs captured five LTTE trench lines in the area north of Navvi in Vavuniya district killing five
militantsandinjuredthreeothers.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledand18othersinjuredbythetroopsintheareasnorthofJanakapura
andnorthofKiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.Foursoldierssustainedinjuriesintheclashesand
IEDandAPMexplosions.
The troops attacked two bunkers of the outfit in the area north of Navvi in Vavuniya district and
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killedthreemilitantsandinjuringfiveothers.Onesoldiersustainedinjuriesintheincident.
July21
The LTTE announced that they would observe a unilateral ceasefire during the period of the
SAARC summit from July 26 to August 4. The outfits political wing said in a press statement
issued from Wanni that, "As a sign of this goodwill, our movement is glad to inform that it will
observe a unilateral ceasefire that is devoid of military actions during the period of the SAARC
conference from 26th July to 4th August and give our cooperation for the success of the
conference.AtthesametimeiftheoccupyingSinhalaforces,disrespectingourgoodwillgestureof
ourpeopleandournation,carryoutanyoffensives,ourmovementwillbeforcedtotakedefensive
actions."
BalasinghamNadesan,chiefoftheLTTEpoliticalwing,hassaidthatpeacetalkswiththeSriLanka
Governmentareimpossible.InanemailinterviewfromKilinochchi,Nadesan,said,"Itisimpossible
toholdpeacetalkswhenoneparty,theGovernmentofSriLanka,isundertakinglargescalemilitary
offensives."
July21
24 militants were killed and 15 others injured as the troops launched an attack on LTTE camps in
theMurunkaiyadippudiareaofMannardistrict.
During separate clashes between the two sides in the Kalawilan, Cheddapiddikulam and
PandiyankulamareasinMannarandPalamoddai,MadamandnorthofNavviinVavuniya,theSFs
killed 10 LTTE militants and injured three others. One soldier was also killed and five others were
woundedintheseclashes.
The troops attacked one LTTE bunker complex in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district and
killedfourmilitantsandinjuredfourothers.
Three LTTE militants were killed by the SFs during an encounter in the Kiriibbanwewa area of
Vavuniyadistrict.
July22
At least 22 Black Tigers were killed when the SLAF fighter jets carried out an air attack in the
MullaitivuareatargetinganLTTEtrainingcentreintheUdayarkattikkulamareaEastofIranamadu.
Udayarkattikkulam area is considered as a nerve centre of the outfit in the Mullaitivu district and
hadbeenusedforspecialtrainingforitsleaders.
12 LTTE militants were killed and about 30 others injured as the SFs launched an attack on the
outfitsMurunkaiyadippudicampinMannardistrict.
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura and north of
KiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrictandkilledsevenofthemandinjured22others.
TheSFskilledfiveLTTEcadresandinjuredsixothersinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Twosoldierswerewoundedintheincident.
ForeignMinisterRohithaBogollagamatoldParliamentthattheGovernmentwouldnotenterintoany
agreementwiththeLTTEalthoughtheyhavedeclaredaunilateralceasefireduringtheperiodofthe
SAARCsummit.
July23
Eelamaruttankulam, Pungntharumadu and Nauvi areas of Mannar district and north of Janakapura
andKiriibbanwewaintheVavuniyadistrict.Whilefoursoldierswerealsokilledduringtheclashesin
NauviandsouthofKalvilan,10otherswereinjuredintheseclashes.
TheSFsattackedanLTTEbunkerintheKilalyareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledthreemilitants.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama during a meeting with his Australian counterpart Stephen
Smithonthesidelinesofthe15thASEANRegionalForuminSingapore expressedseriousconcern
over the activities of the LTTE and its front organizations in the Sri Lankan Diaspora inAustralia.
Citing the ongoing criminal prosecution against three Australians of Sri Lankan origin on charges
relatingtoraisingfundsforterrorismaswellastherecentarrestofanotherAustralianin Melbourne,
at the request of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, as significant steps by Australia to
supporttheglobalfightagainstterrorism,BogollagamaurgedtheAustraliatoproscribe theLTTEas
aterroristorganisation.
July24
13LTTEmilitantswerekilledand more than 42 others injured during separate encounters with the
troopsinthePandiyankulam,Navakkulam,Navvi,northofJanakapuraand Kiriibbanwewa areas in
the Vavuniya district. Three soldiers were killed while 13 others sustained injuries during these
encounters.
InformationandMediaMinisterAnuraPriyadharshanaYapasaidthereisnotruthinallegationsthat
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theGovernmenthasstoppedairraidsontheLTTEfacilities.
A vertical dam is being constructed around what is thought to be LTTE chiefs Velupillai
Prabhakarans bunker in Wanni in order to construct a deep underground railway tunnel, as an
escapeplanintheeventtheSFscaptureKilinochchi,intelligencesourcestoldDailyMirror.
July2425
ThetroopsadvancingtowardstheMullaitivudistrictcapturedtheVavunikkulamtanklocatedthree
km south of MallaviTown in the Mullaitivu district on July 24morning. The troops later repulsed a
LTTEcounterattackontheVavunikkulamtank."Sofarthetroopshavecollected36Tigerbodiesin
theVavunikkulamareakillingmorethan55ofthemduringthebattletocaptureVavunikkulamtank
bundandthesubsequentattacktorepulsethecounterattackbytheLTTEtoregaincontrolofthe
area," Brigadier Nanayakkara said. Eight senior LTTE cadres, identified as Lieutenant Colonel
Pallavan,MajorAmbumani,Selvakannan,Sellappu,Muhi,Illambu,SudarandJenathan,whowere
at the commanding level of the 'CharlesAnthony' brigade in Mannar sector were among the slain
militants.
July25
Pandiyankalli, north of Oddankulam, Palamoddai and Navvi areas of Vavuniya district. Eight
soldierswerealsokilledwhile10otherssustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
Eightmilitantswerekilledand10othersinjuredbytheSFswhenclasheseruptedbetweenthetwo
sidesintheareanorthofJanakapuraareaofVavuniyadistrict.
TheGovernmentisfirmlycommittedtoapoliticalsolution,whileitisconvincedthatmilitaryaction
isnecessarytoimplementanequitablepoliticalsolution,theExportDevelopmentandInternational
TradeMinisterProfessorG.L.Peirissaid.
ThevisitingEuropeanParliamentdelegationleaderRobertEvanssaidthattheLTTEshoulddisarm
and come to the negotiations table for a peaceful solution as terrorism has no place or legacy
anywhereintheworld.
July26
The troops killed six LTTE militants during clashes in the Navathkulama and Navvi areas of the
Vavuniyadistrict.
TroopsconfrontedseveralgroupofLTTEmilitantsintheareasnorthofKiriibbanwewaandnorthof
JanakapurainVavuniyadistrictandkilledthreeofthemandinjured10others.
Three LTTE cadres were killed by the security forces in the Muhamalai and Kilaly areas of Jaffna
district.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidthatthedayonwhichtheoppressedmassesofKilinochchiand
Mullaitivucouldenjoythesamefreedomandthelibertyenjoyedby the Eastern polity was not too
far away. He also rejected the ceasefire proclaimed unilaterally by the LTTE recently to mark the
SAARCsummitinColombo.
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse told Sunday Island that the LTTE is in disarray. He
assertedthatthey(LTTE)arefallingapartlikeapackofcardsandfleeingforsafetyleavingbehind
heavygunsandartilleryasneverseenbefore.
July27
SFs captured the Sugandan base, part of the LTTEs OneFour base complex in the Mullaitivu
jungle. The Sugandan satellite base was a small base which was being used by the LTTE cadres
forcommunications,headded.
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledinthreeseparateencounterswiththetroopsintheareasnorthof
Navvi,ParappukkalandKattikulaminVavuniyadistrict.
Four militants were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when clashes erupted between the two
sides in the Ranabapura, Kiriibbanwewa and Ethawatunuwewa areas of Vavuniya district. Two
soldierswerekilledinmortarfirebytheLTTEwhilefiveotherswerewoundedinexplosionsofIEDs
andAPMsintheareanorthofKiriibbanwewa.
The troops attacked two LTTE bunkers in the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district and
killedfivemilitantsandinjuredsevenothers.
SriLankadefenceofficialssaidthattheLTTEhadobtained"alargenumberofvehicles"belonging
to the NPA, an international nongovernmental organization operating in the North. The vehicles,
including few earth moving vehicles, trucks, jeeps, tractors, and motorbikes, were being used for
bunker construction, transporting of LTTE leaders etc. NPA is one of Norway's largest non
governmentalorganisations,involvedinmorethan400projectsin30countries.
July28
Nine LTTE militants and three soldiers were killed while more than 25 other militants and six
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soldiers were injured as clashes erupted between the two sides in the areas north of Janakapura,
northofKokkuthuduvaiandnorthofKiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.
12 militants were killed and five others injured by the SFs during clashes atAdampan Kulam and
IluppakadaweliintheMannardistrict.
The troops clashed with militants in the Navathkulama, Vilakkavettikulam, Kuttimulei and north of
NavviareasintheVavuniyadistrictandkillednineofthemandinjuredfourothers.
July29
LTTEmilitantsoperatingintheThunukkaiandKavilanareasofMullaitivudistrictopenedmortarfire
towardsthetroopsinthenorthofThunukkaiandkilledtwosoldierswhileinjuringthreeothers.Inthe
retaliatoryfire,theSFskilledeightmilitants.
FiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledwhilethreeotherswerewoundedbytheSFsasthetroopscaptured
anLTTEbunkerintheKalmaduareaofMannardistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledintheincident.
The SFs neutralised several LTTE camps in the area east of Vellankulam in Mannar district and
killedfourmilitantsinAdampanKulam.
Inthewakeoftheintensifiedmilitary operations and Government forces taking control of virtually
theentireMannardistrict,overahundredthousandpeoplehaveevacuatedtheirhomesandmoved
totheheartlandofLTTEcontrolledKilinochchidistrictasdisplacedrefugees,saidTamilmediaand
educationministrysources,addingthatabout55schoolsintheWanniregionhavebeenclosedto
accommodate the families. People in MannarKilinochchi and MannarMullaitivu borders are also
evacuating their homes and moving as displaced refuges, the sources added. 35 schools in the
Mannar Madhu zone and 20 schools in both the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts have been
closed.
July30
WhileoneLTTEbunkerwasdestroyer,at least eight militants were killed and 17 others injured by

thetroopsinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEcadresintheNavathkulama,KattikulamandVedamakilamareas
ofVavuniyadistrictandkilledeightofthemandinjuredthreeothers.
The SFs attacked and destroyed a heavily fortified LTTE camp in the north of Kiriibbanwewa in
Vavuniyadistrictafterasevenhourlongbattlekillingfivemilitants.Amongthosekilledincludeone
LTTE woman leader, "Lieutenant Colonel" Kadiravani, and "Captain" Vageesan. One soldier
sustainedinjuriesintheincident.
July31
ThetroopscrossedthedistrictbordersbetweenMannarandKilinochchiatanundisclosedlocation
on the MannarVavuniya combined warfront. 20 LTTE militants and two soldiers were killed in the
operation during which the troops established their control over five square kilometers area in
Mundampiddy.
The troops attacked an LTTE camp in the Mundampiddy area of Mannar district and killed seven
militants.
SFs clashed with LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura and north of Kiriibbanwewa in
Vavuniyadistrictandkilledsixofthemandinjured10others.
Five top LTTE militants were killed during clashes with the SFs at Janakapura in the Vavuniya
district. Four women cadres, including, "Lieutenant Colonel" KumaveriThangeamma, leader of the
LTTEs womens wing in Mullaitivu, and three of her accomplices, Kanthimani, Pushparani and
Magolechchami,wereamongthosekilled.
ThetroopsneutralizedthreeLTTEbunkersintheareanorthofNavviandanotherinthePalamoddai
areainVavuniyadistrict.Fourmilitantswerereportedlykilledintheseoperations.
Four militants were killed and eight others wounded by the SFs during clashes between the two
sidesintheThunukkaiareaofMullaitivudistrict.
Thetroopscapturedastretchofabout1.5kmintheNachchakudaareaonA32MannarPooneryn
Road.
The LTTE could still wage a protracted lowintensity insurgency with hidden resources despite a
militaryvictoryovertheoutfit,aseniorforeignministryofficialsaid."DefeatingtheLTTEmightnot
be the end of the story because an organisation like this might still have some resources hidden
away," Sri Lanka's Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona told Reuters in an interview. "This might
continue to be a problem for us. So the way we are trying to resolve this problem is... by a
combinationofmilitaryandpoliticalmeans,"hesaid."Ourresourcebaseisnotthatextensive.Our
costswillescalatewiththerecoveryofthelasttwodistrictsinthenorth,"headded.
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August1
15 soldiers and nine militants were killed while 27 militants and 20 soldiers were wounded as
clasheseruptedbetweenthetwosidesintheMalawiareaofMullaitivudistrict.
Seven militants were killed during an encounter between the two sides in the Vellankulam area of
Mannardistrict.
The troops killed eight militants and injured three others in the Navvi and Palamoddai areas of
Vavuniyadistrict.
Four militants were killed by the troops in the Paddadmutthukulam and Navathkulama areas of
Vavuniyadistrict.
Four LTTE cadres were killed and eight others injured in Kiriibbanwewa and Janakapura areas of
Vavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopskilledthreemilitantsintheVellankulamareaofMannardistrict.Twosoldierswere also
killedwhiletwootherswereinjured.
August2
SriLankamilitarycapturedVellankulamtown,thenorthernmosttownintheMannardistrict.Atleast
30 LTTE militants were killed and the remaining reportedly used sea routes to withdraw. With the
captureofVellankulam,theentireMannardistrictcameunderthecontrolofthesecurityforcesfor
thefirsttime.
Three militants were killed by the troops in the Palamoddai and north of Navvi areas in Vavuniya
district.
SFs killed three LTTE cadres and wounded another in the Kalvilan and Malawi areas of the
Mullaitivudistrict.
August3
Troops attached to the 58th Division advanced further northwards on the MannarPooneryn road
after shifting the entire 58th Division into the Kilinochchi district. "At least 15 Tiger cadres were
killed in the confrontation that erupted yesterday in the North of Vellankulam," an unnamed senior
militaryofficialsaid.
Thetroopsadvancingtowardstheareas north of Vellankulam in Kilinochchi district repulsed LTTE
attacksandkilled12militantsandinjured14others.
SFs killed nine militants and wounded seven others at Vellankulam in Kilinochchi district. Two
soldierswerealsokilledintheincident.
Five militants were killed and two others wounded during encounters between the two sides in the
UttimodaiandKovilanareasofVavuniyadistrict.
A LTTE makeshift camp on the Iranatheevu islands, about 12km west of Nachchakuda beach in
the Kilinochchi district, was destroyed by the Naval troops. During the raid, Navy destroyed one
LTTEboatandkilledfourmilitants.SailorsalsocapturedtwoLTTEboatsalongwiththeirOutBoard
Motors,onestretcher,ahaulofmedicalitems,twocansfulloffuelandatent.
The SFs confronted LTTE militants in the areas north of Kiriibbanwewa, Andankulam and
Ranabapura areas in Vavuniya district and killed three of them and injured 20 others. One soldier
was also killed in Ranabapura while another sustained injury in anAPM explosion in the north of
Kiriibbanwewa.
TheSFskilledthreeLTTEcadresintheareanorthofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldier
wasalsokilledwhileanotherwasinjuredduringtheincident.
Three soldiers were killed while another sustained injuries in a grenade explosion in the
ThanankilappuareaofJaffnadistrict.
30000 persons have been displaced in Wanni due to the fighting and air strikes in the last two
months and the region is also experiencing a shortage of medicines and other supplies, the latest
UNreportssaidlastweek.
August4
The troops attacked a fortified LTTE camp located north of Vellankulam in the Kilinochchi district
andkilledfivemilitantswhileinjuringsixothers.TwosoldierswerekilledinmortarfirebytheLTTE
andanotherwaswoundedinanAPMexplosion.
August4
11 LTTE militants were killed in clashes with the troops in the Thunukkai, south of Kalvilan,
Kalaikadu and Vellaimuntai areas in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. One soldier was also
killedwhilefiveotherssustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
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Seven militants were killed and nine others wounded during clashes with the troops in the
Paddikkudiyiruppu, Pullekyarkulam, Navathkulama and Palamoddai areas of Vavuniya district.
Among the dead was Kumaran Master, the Pullekyarkulam area leader of the outfit. One soldier
wasalsoinjuredinanantipersonnelmineexplosioninthePalamoddaiarea.
The troops killed six militants and injured 14 others in the areas north of Janakapura and
KiriibbanwewainVavuniyadistrict.
August5
26 militants were killed and more than 73 others injured during clashes with the troops in the
Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. Three soldiers were also killed while eight
otherssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
TheSFsconfrontedLTTEmilitantsintheareasnorthofJanakapuraandKiriibbanwewainVavuniya
districtandkilled10ofthemandinjured20others.
Sri Lanka police has asked for public support in tracing a most wanted Black Tiger, identified as
Mohammed Amzar Ramzin alias Sannakkiyan. According to the Defence Ministry, he was the
mastermind of many civilian massacres, including the bus bombing at Dambulla and the suicide
bombblastthatkilledover100navypersonnelatDigampathana.
The LTTE now controls about 4000 sq km or just six percent of Sri Lankas land territory, an Indo
AsianNewsServicereportquotingTamilactivistsanddiplomaticsourcessaid.Andthepopulation
underitscontrolissaidtobeabout2500001.25percentofthecountrystotal.In2005,the LTTE
reportedlycontrolledavastareainthenorthandeast.
August6
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethen10otherswoundedduringclasheswiththeSFsin
the area north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district. One soldier died in an IED explosion in the
samearea.
The troops clashed with LTTE militants in the area north of Janakapura in Vavuniya district and
killedfivemilitantsandinjured18others.
Troops attacked the Muhamalai FDL of the LTTE in the Jaffna district from seven different flanks
killingatleastfivemilitantsandinjuring25others.ThreesoldierswereinjuredinAPMexplosionsin
thearea.
DefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksesaidthatdenyingtheLTTEaccesstoINGOsandNGOs
materialwasacriticalelementinGovernmentseffortstodestroytheterroristgroup.
PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakewhile submitting the proposal to extend emergency said
that106securityforcepersonneland24civilianswerekilledduringthepastmonth.TheParliament
extendedemergencyregulationsforanothermonth.
August7
NineLTTEmilitantswerekilledandatleast22othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Andankulam and Kiriibbanwewa areas of Vavuniya district. Four soldiers were also killed while 16
otherssustainedinjuriesintheseincidents.
TheSFsclashedwithLTTEmilitantsinthenorthofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrictandkilledfour
militants while wounding six others. One soldier was killed and another was injured during the
clashes.
August8
15 militants were killed during clashes with the troops in the Thennayankuma area of Mullaitivu
district.
The SFs killed five militants in the Thennayankuma and Malawi areas of the Mullaitivu district.
Threesoldierswerealsokilledwhileeightotherswerewoundedintheincident.
The troops captured two LTTE bunkers killing six militants and wounding 18 others in the
Andankulam,northofKiriibbanwewaandKokkuthuduvaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.
SFs killed five LTTE cadres and injured another during clashes in the Kallamparawa, Adampan
KulamandPalamodaikulamareasofKilinochchidistrict.
August9
DuringclashesbetweenthetwosidesinthePalamoddai,NadunkulamandNavathkulamaareasof
Vavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilled16militantsandinjured10others.
The SFs killed four militants and injured 14 others in the areas north of Janakapura and
AndankulamareasinVavuniyadistrict.
August10
15 LTTE militants were killed and 13 others injured by the SFs in an encounter between the two
sidesintheareasouthofNayarulagooninMullaitivudistrict.Duringsubsequentsearchoperations,
theSFsrecoveredthedeadbodiesofsevenmilitants,includingfouroftheImranPandiyanGroup
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andthreeoftheSeaTigers.
The troops opened fire on LTTE positions ahead of the Kilaly FDL in Jaffna district and killed 15
militants.
Eight LTTE cadres were killed as the SFs captured an LTTE bunker complex with trenches that
intercommonedeachbunkerintheareanorthofNavviinVavuniyadistrict.
The troops clashed with LTTE militants in the areas north of Janakapura and Andankulam in
Vavuniyadistrictandkilledsevenofthemandinjuredatleast15others.Onesoldierwasalsokilled
whilethreeotherswereinjured.
During an encounter between the two sides in the Kariyalanmodai area of Kilinochchi district, the
SFskilledsevenmilitants.
ThetroopskilledfourmilitantsintheKunchankulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.
Three LTTE cadres were killed by the troops as clashes erupted between the two sides in the
KopavitchanulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
August11
Six LTTE militants were killed and four others wounded by the SFs during clashes in the
Kariyalanmodai area of Kilinochchi district. Two soldiers were also killed while eight others
sustainedinjuriesintheinincident.
TheSFsinanencounterkilledfiveLTTEcadresandinjuredfourothersinthePalamoddaiareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsobservedanLTTEboatmovementintheseasoffAdampanKulaminKilinochchidistrict
and opened fire on the flotilla of about six boats completely destroying one boat while severely
damaging the others. In the ensuing exchange of fire, the troops killed three militants while the
militantscounterfirekilledonesoldier.
ThetroopsconfrontedLTTEmilitantsintheKoliyankulamareainVavuniyadistrictandkilledthree
ofthem.
The troops captured the Kalekuda Jetty, about twokms north of the MannarKilinochchi district
boundary. The jetty reportedly used by the LTTE to facilitate their sea movement and smuggling,
gives an adequate view of the outfits Nachchakuda Sea Tiger base, located about twokms
northwards.
August12
The SFs killed six LTTE cadres and injured eight others in the Vedamakilam, Navakkulam and
PalamoddaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsoinjuredduringtheseclashes.
The troops during separate encounters in the Janakapura north, Andankulam and Kiriibbanwewa
north areas in Vavuniya district killed three militants and injured 26 others. One soldier was also
killedwhilesevenotherssustainedinjuriesinLTTEtriggeredIEDexplosionsandmortarfire.
Two soldiers and a militant were killed when clashes erupted between the two sides in the
Kidipidittankulam and Kalvilan areas, east of Vavunikkulam in Mullaitivu district. Three more
militantsandanequalnumberofsoldierssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
The troops captured two LTTE bunkers in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district killing three
militantsandinjuringsixothers.
Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka refuted allegations by the LTTE that civilians in
KilinochchiandMullaitivuaregettingkilledandinjuredduetotheshellingoftheSFs.
TheJanesIntelligenceReportsaidinitsAugustissuethattheLTTE'sannualincomeis"between
$200300millionmakingitthesecondbiggestincomegeneratingterroristorganisationintheworld."
The founder of the TMVP, Colonel Karuna Amman, said that military defeat is inevitable for the
LTTE as it does not have a proper commander. He also warned that the LTTE may use chemical
weapons as their last resort. He confirmed that the outfit has the weapons but said he was not
awareabouttheexactsubstanceused.
RejectingtheoppositionUnitedNationalPartysclaimthattheGovernmentwasholdingsecrettalks
with the LTTE, Government Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told a media
briefing in Colombo, "The Government will never go for peace talks unless the LTTE lays down
armssinceinourexperiencetheLTTEusuallycomeforpeacetalksoroffersaceasefireonlywhen
theyarecornered."
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DefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksesaidtheArmyisontargettocaptureKilinochchitownin
thenextfourmonths.
IndiahaswarnedSriLankathatitmaynotbeabletowinanongoingwaragainsttheLTTEdespite
recentmilitarygains.
August13
ThetroopscapturedMulankavil,thesecondmostpowerfuladministrativebasefortheLTTEinthe
Kilinochchi district. 20 militants, including one area leader identified as Thennaman, were killed
duringtheincident.
Troops attached to the 57 Division captured Kalvilan village in Mullaitivu district after two days of
fighting. According to sources, more than 30 militants were killed as troops repulsed six counter
attacksoftheLTTEtofoiltheadvanceofthetroopsintothevillage.
Seven LTTE militants were killed and 13 others injured during clashes with the troops in the
The SFs captured one LTTE bunker and two trench lines in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya
districtkillingfourmilitantswhileinjuringsevenothers.
August14
35LTTEmilitantsandtwosoldierswerekilledwhile48militantsand10soldierssustainedinjuries
during clashes between the two sides at places north of Janakapura, Kiriibbanwewa,
Panikkamadammadu, Kalaikadu, Poddimodikulam, Komankulam, Palamoddai, Navathkulama and
northofKalvilanintheVavuniya,MullaitivuandKilinochchidistricts.
IntheencounteratPalamoddaiinVavuniyadistrict,theSFscapturedfourbunkersandone81mm
mortarpointkillingninemilitantsandinjuring10others.
NinemilitantswerekilledbythetroopsintheareanorthofJanakapurainVavuniyadistrict.
August15
Nine LTTE militants and a soldier were killed as clashes erupted between the two sides in the
NachchakudaandPanikkamadammaduareasofKilinochchidistrict.
TheSFsattackedseveralLTTEhideoutsinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrictkillingseven
militantsandinjuringsixothers.
TheSFsinseparateencountersatAndankulamandKokkuthuduvaiinVavuniyadistrictkilledthree
LTTEcadresandinjured16others.FoursoldierswerealsoinjuredinanIEDexplosion.
August16
ThetroopscapturedLTTEsJeevanBase,alargeundergroundtrainingfacilityoftheoutfit,inthe
AndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictataround4.30pm(SLST),theDefenceMinistrysaid.
Five militants and four soldiers were killed as clashes erupted between the two sides in the areas
southofThunukkaiandMalawiinMullaitivudistrict.11militantsandfoursoldierssustainedinjuries
intheseclashes.
ThetroopscapturedanLTTEbunkerinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrictkillingsixmilitants
andinjuringanother.Onesoldierwasalsoinjuredduringtheexchangeoffire.
Four more militants were killed in an encounter with the troops in the Kariyalanmodai area of
Kilinochchidistrict.Onesoldierwaskilledandtwootherswerewoundedintheincident.
DuringanencounterintheinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledtwomilitants
andinjuredfourothers.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhilethreeotherswerewounded.
August17
23 LTTE militants and four soldiers were killed and more than 46 militants and four soldiers were
injuredasclasheseruptedbetweenthetwosidesatseveralplacesintheMullaitivu,Kilinochchiand
Vavuniyadistricts.
The SFs attacked several LTTE camps in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district killing seven
militants and injuring nine others. One soldier sustained injuries in anAPM explosion in the same
area.
The troops neutralised three fortified LTTE bunkers in the Nachchakuda area of Kilinochchi and
killedsixmilitantsandwounded13others.Twosoldierswerealsokilled while 11 others sustained
injuriesintheincident.Elsewhere,asoldierwasinjuredintheexplosionofanLTTElaidboobytrap
intheMundampiddyarea.
The SFs killed four militants and injured five others in the Uyilankulam area of Mullaitivu district.
Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhilefourotherssustainedinjuriesinthisincident.
Sixmilitantswerekilledand19otherssustainedinjuriesduringseparateencounterswiththetroops
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intheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Foursoldierswerealsokilledduringtheseclashes.
August18
President Mahinda Rajapakse asserted that after the lapse of a prolonged period of absolute
toleranceandpatienceandfailednegotiationswiththeLTTE,hisGovernmenteventuallyresponded
inthelanguagebestunderstoodbytheterroristswiththestrongresolveofnotturningbackuntilthe
verylastterroristiscaptured.
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has predicted that the LTTEs stronghold might be
capturedbythemilitarybeforethetwoProvincialCouncilNorthCentralProvincialCouncilandthe
SabaragamuwaProvincialCouncilpollsscheduledtobeheldonAugust23.
The military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara called on the LTTE cadres to surrender
givinguptheirarmsandsaidactionwouldbetakentorehabilitatethem.
33 LTTE militants were killed and more than 16 others injured during clashes with the SFs in the
Nachchakuda, Navakkulam, Palamoddai, Uyilankulam, Sinnapuliyanperumal, Andankulam,
Kokkuthuduvai and Vannavikulam areas of the Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. Two
soldiers were also killed while six others sustained injuries during the clashes at Nachchakuda,
Vannavikulam,AndankulamandKokkuthuduvai.
Three soldiers were killed and another was wounded in an LTTE mortar attack in the Muhamalai
areaofJaffnadistrict.
The LTTE tacitly admitted they were losing ground in the face of a major military offensive by
warning that thousands of civilians in the north were at risk. In their first public acknowledgement
that Government forces were moving deeper into areas previously held by them, the outfit said
civilians have had to move several times because of the military onslaught. More than 112000
people have been displaced in the past two months by heavy fighting between the militants and
troops,aidagenciessaidlastweek.
TheFreeMediaMovementallegedthataTMVPsupporterthreatenedjournalistThakshilaJayasena
fromtheBBCSandeshayawhenhewascoveringaprotestcampaignbythemainoppositionUnited
NationalParty.
August19
21 LTTE militants and two soldiers were killed while 23 soldiers sustained injuries as clashes
erupted between the two sides in the areas south and east of Vannavikulam, west of Thunukkai,
southofMalawiandAndankulamintheKilinochchiandMullaitivudistricts.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsinthePalamoddaiandVedamakilamareasofVavuniya
districtandkilledfourofthem.
August20
Six LTTE cadres were killed in clashes with the security forces in the Konakkarankulam and
PalamoddaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.
TheSriLankanGovernmenthasurgedtheinternationalcommunitytoputpressureontheLTTEto
allow civilians to leave the conflict zones to safety.A Government statement said the LTTE was
preventing thousands of families from moving to safer areas by imposing a strict pass system. In
some instances, the outfit is reportedly forcing people to stay behind to ensure the return of other
membersoftheirfamilies.
August21
Sixmilitantsandtwosoldierswerekilledwhileninemilitantsandsevensoldierssustainedinjuries
asclasheseruptedbetweenthetwossidesintheVanarakulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.
TheSFsclashedwithagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheThunukkaiandsouthofMalawiareasinthe
westMullaitivuandkilledsixmilitants.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhiletwootherswerewoundedin
LTTEmortarfireandexplosionsofantipersonnelmines.
Five militants were killed during clashes between the two sides in the Nachchakuda and
PalamoddaiareasofKilinochchiandVavuniyadistricts.Asoldierwasalso killedduringthefighting
inPalamoddaiarea.
The SFs killed five LTTE cadres and wounded 22 others during separate clashes in the
Troops entered the Thunukkai town in the Mullaitivu district, west of the JaffnaKandy A9 road.
ThunukkaiisreportedlyanalternativehideoutoftheoutfitschiefVelupillaiPrabhakaran.
The Colombo High Court Judge, Kumuduni Wickramasinghe, reissued notice to four suspects,
including LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, in connection with the assassination of the former
ForeignMinisterLakshmanKadirgamar.
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August22
TroopscapturedThunukkai,the secondmostimportantadministrativehuboftheLTTE,takingthe
Forward Defences of the ground troops just 12kilometres south of Kilinochchi, after capturing
Uyilankulam, located eight kilometers north of Thunukkai. At least 20 militants and five soldiers
werekilledduringthetwodaysofclashesinThunukkai.
TheSFscapturedthreeLTTEtrencheskillingsevenmilitantsandwounding17othersinthenorth
ofPalamoddaiinVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsandkilledthreeofthemwhileinjuringthreeothersinthe
northofPalamoddaiinVavuniyadistrict.
TheSFskilledfivemilitantsand wounded 20 others in two separate attacks in theAnandankulam
Five militants were killed and nine others sustained injuries during clashes with the troops in the
areas south of Malawi, Uyilankulam andThunukkai in Mullaitivu district. Seven soldiers were also
woundedintheincident.
DuringanotherclashbetweentheArmyandtheLTTEmilitantsintheAithimundaiandManiarkulam
areas,theSFskilledfourmilitantswhilethreesoldiersgotwoundedinthefighting.
The Government accused the LTTE of conscripting civilians to fight the troops advancing into the
outfitcontrolledareasastheirnumbersdwindleduetothefighting.
August23
11 LTTE militants were killed and nine others injured during an encounter with the SFs in the
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the Ranabapura and Janakapura areas of Vavuniya
districtandkilledfiveofthem.
FivemoreLTTEcadreswerekilledasthetroopsneutralisedtwobunkersinthePalamoddaiareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
TheSFskilledfivemilitantsinanencounterintheVedamakilamareaofKilinochchidistrict.
The troops neutralised a LTTE bunker in the Vedamakilam area of Vavuniya district killing four
militants.
August24
12LTTEmilitantswerekilledand12otherswerewoundedduringclasheswiththeArmyinthe east
of Tunukkai, Vannarikulam, Palamoddai, Andankulam, north of Kiriibbanwewa and other areas of
KilinochchiandVavuniyadistricts.
August25
Eightmilitantswerekilledand11othersinjuredasthetroopscapturedanother800mlongstretchof
land under their control from the Tannimurippukulam tank bund, about 9.5km to the north East of
NedunkerniinKilinochchidistrict.
TheSFsneutralisedanLTTEbunkerlineintheVannavikulamareaofKilinochchidistrictkillingsix
militantsandinjuringfourothers.Onesoldierwasalsokilledwhilesevenotherssustainedinjuries.
Four soldiers were killed and a similar number of them wounded when the LTTE militants opened
mortarfirefromtheeastofThunukkaiandalsofromtheAriyamadu areatowardsthetroopstothe
westofMullaitivutowncentre.
August26
17 militants were killed and 60 others injured during clashes with the SFs in the Koliyankulam,
Navakkulam,Andankulam,NitthikaikulamandPalamoddaiareasof Vavuniyadistrict,Alankulamin
theMullaitivudistrictandWannarikulaminKilinochchidistrict.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhile16
others sustained injuries in LTTE mortar fire and explosions of antipersonnel mines and booby
trapsduringthefightingintheseareas.
The troops clashed with LTTE militants in the Kilali, Puthur and Therankandal areas of Jaffna
districtandkilled10ofthem.
Using a small aircraft, the LTTE dropped two improvised bombs on Trincomalee naval base on
August 26night. The Defence Ministry said the LTTE launched the air raid on the naval camp at
about9:15pm(SLST).Navalsources,confirmingtheattack,saidtheraidcausedminordamages
and added that one bomb out of the two dropped failed to explode. 10 sailors were injured in the
attack.
August27
11 LTTE cadres were killed and 13 others injured during an encounter with the SFs in the
PalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledinanimprovisedexplosivedevice
explosion while two others sustained injuries during the fighting and explosions of antipersonnel
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mines.
TheSFsneutralisedthreeLTTEtrenchlinesintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictkilling five
militantsandwoundingsevenothers.
August28
TroopscapturedthestrategicPalamoddaitown,sixkilometersnorthwestoftheOmanthaientryexit
pointintheVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsalsocapturedUluththuveliareaintheMullaitivudistrict.
19militantsandfoursoldierswerekilledwhile32personswereinjuredduringclashesbetweenthe
two sides in the east of Thunukkai, Alankulam and areas about two kilometers to the east of
NachchakudainKilinochchiandMullaitivudistricts.TroopslatercapturedtheAlankulamarea.
18 LTTE militants were killed and five others injured during clashes with the SFs in the
Vavunikkulam, Nitthikaikulam and Andankulam areas in Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts. One
soldierwasalsokilledwhile19otherssustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
TheSFsclashedwithLTTEmilitantsinthePalamoddaiandNavakkulamareasofVavuniyadistrict
killingatleast15ofthem.
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said that civilians in areas where military operations are
goingonarebeingurgedtocometoclearedareasastheGovernmentsmainconcernistoprotect
them.
August29
Eight militants were killed as clashes erupted between the two sides in the Vannavikulam area of
Kilinochchidistrict.Fourmoresoldiersandatleastthreemilitantssustainedinjuriesintheincident.
Five LTTE cadres were killed and three others were wounded during clashes with the SFs in the
areanorthofPalamoddaiinVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed four militants and wounded 14 others during separate encounters in the
AndankulamandKokkuthuduvaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.
August30
Nine militants were killed and five others injured by the SFs as clashes erupted between the two
sidesintheVannavikulam,KariyalanmodaiandNachchakudaareasofKilinochchidistrict.
FourLTTEcadreswerekilledwhilesixotherssustainedinjuriesduringanencounterwiththetroops
intheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
LTTEmilitantsopenedmortarfiretowardsSFsintheMalawiareaofMullaitivudistrictkillingthree
soldiersandinjuringnineothers.
Three SF personnel were killed and four others injured when the LTTE militants fired mortars
towardsthetroopsatKonketiyawaintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops, during separate encounters in the Navakkulam and north of Palamoddai areas in
Vavuniyadistrict,killedthreeLTTEcadres.
48persons,includingtwochildrenandsevenwomen,wereinjuredinanLTTEtriggeredparcelbomb
explosionattheBoTreeJunctioninthePettahareaofcapitalColombo.
August31
The troops clashed with LTTE militants in the Andankulam and north of Kokkuthuduvai areas in
Vavuniyadistrictkillingatleast16ofthemandinjuring19others.Twosoldierswerealsokilledand
fivesoldierssustainedinjuriesinthisincident.
DuringanencounterintheVannavikulamareaofKilinochchidistrict,theSFskilledsevenmilitants
and wounded nine others. Three soldiers were also killed while 16 others sustained injuries in
thesesclashes.
The troops killed 10 militants during a clash at Konketiyawa in the Padaviya area of Vavuniya
district.
September1
TroopscapturedthestrategicallyimportantMalawitownonSeptember1afternoon,militarysources
said.Malawi,oneofthemainadministrativehubsoftheLTTEwheretheykeptmanyoftheirforeign
visitorsarrivingintheWannitomeettheirleaders,islocatedsurroundingtheninthmilepostonthe
MankulamVellankulamroadwhichlinkstheJaffnaKandyA9 road and the Mannar PoonerynA
32 road. Malawi reportedly has a hospital, banks and a massive bakery complex which can make
5000loavesofbreadatonce.
18LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan21othersinjuredduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
areas north of Palamoddai and Navakkulam in Vavuniya district. One soldier was also killed while
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thetroopsrecoveredthedeadbodiesoffiveslainmilitantsalongwiththreeT56weaponsandone
communicationset.
BBC reports that civilians living in LTTEheld areas were urged by the outfit to build bunkers. The
leaflets said, "No houses should be without bunkers. Be it road junctions, play grounds, schools,
business establishments, offices in all places bunkers should be constructed as Safety
Mechanisms."
TheGovernmentannouncedtheMinistryofDefencehadtaken"swiftmeasurestoestablishasafe
corridor"toenablepassageofciviliansintheLTTEheldterritoryinthenorth.
EightLTTEcadreswerekilledand23otherssustainedinjuriesduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
AndankulamandnorthofKokkuthuduvaiareasinVavuniyadistrict.Threesoldierswerewoundedin
theseclashes.
ThetroopsneutralisedthreeLTTEtrenchlinesintheareasnorthofPalamoddai,Navathkulamaand
KottakkarankulamareasintheVavuniyadistrictkillingsevenmilitantsandinjuringnineothers.One
soldierwasalsokilledwhilethetroopsrecoveredtwoT56weaponsfromtheincidentsite.
September2
Atleast44LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan100othersinjuredduringtwodaysofclashes
between the troops and militants in the Malawi area in Mullaitivu district. Three soldiers were also
killedwhile18otherssustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.Thetroopswhichaccordingtoearlier
reports had captured the Malawi town on September 1 took full control of the Malawi area on
September2.
Atleast17militantswerekilledwhile18otherssustainedinjuriesduringclasheswiththetroopsin
the Nachchakuda and Kunchankulam areas of Kilinochchi district. Five soldiers were also killed
while17otherswerewounded.OneT56weapon,oneantitankmine,twelveboobytrapsandthirty
APMswererecoveredfromthepossessionofslainmilitants.
During another encounter between the two sides in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya district, the
SFs killed 19 militants and injured 23 others. One soldier was also killed while another sustained
10 LTTE militants were killed and 13 others wounded as the troops captured about 400meters of
landatTerankandalintheAkkarayankulamareaofKilinochchi districtneutralisinganLTTEbunker
line.31soldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
The troops killed six more militants and injured 11 others in the Andankulam area of Vavuniya
district.
Troopsrecovered12deadbodiesofmilitantsfromPadaviyaandfivedeadbodiesfromPalamoddai
in the Vavuniya district, two dead bodies from Trincomalee district and one dead body from the
MalawiareainMullaitivudistrict.
September3
TheSFskilled22militants,includingoneLTTEintelligenceleaderidentifiedasLieutenantColonel
Neelavan,intheVannavikulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.
19partlydisfiguredanddecomposedcorpsesofsoldiersdeliveredtotheICRCofficialsbytheLTTE
intheMullaitivudistrictwasreceivedbytheArmyauthorities serving Omanthai Entry/Exit point in
the Vavuniya district. Of them, seven dead bodies have been so far identified as those of the
soldiers who had gone missing in the Nachchakuda area of Kilinochchi district on after heavy
fightingonSeptember2.
EightmoremilitantswerekilledinthePalamoddaiandNavakkulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Three militants were killed in two separate encounters with the troops in the Nagarkovil and
MuhamalaiareasofJaffnadistrict.
While acknowledging Sri Lankan Government's efforts to improve the freedom of movement of
civiliansaffectedbythefightinginthenorth,theUNofficialsinSriLanka urged the LTTE to allow
thecivilianstoleavethebattlefieldsforsafety.TheUNCountryTeaminSriLankasaidthey have
"raisedwiththeLTTEitsurgentconcernthatciviliansbeallowedmaximumfreedomofmovement
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ofalltimes."ArecentUNIASCreportestimatesthat74,119individuals(18,970families)havebeen
displaced since June due to the fighting in the northwest. UN officials said the displaced have
movedintoKilinochchidistrictwhich is still under LTTE control.The IASC report stated that there
were134868individuals(35,353families)displacedinthedistrict,andmorethan160000Internally
DisplacedPersonsinthecentralnortharea,theWanni,controlledbytheLTTE.
September4
At least 18 LTTE militants were killed and three others wounded during clashes with the troops in
the Vannavikulam, Andankulam and Akkarayannagar areas of the Kilinochchi and Vavuniya
districts.
11morepartlydisfiguredanddecomposedcorpsesofsoldiersdeliveredtotheICRCofficialsby the
LTTE was received by the Army authorities serving Omanthai Entry/Exit point in the Vavuniya
district.
At least nine militants and a soldier were killed as clashes erupted between the two sides in the
Akkarayankulam, Mannikkandannadu, Vannavikulam and adjoining areas of Kilinochchi district.
Ninemoremilitantsandsixsoldierswerewoundedduringtheseclashes.
The troops confronted a group of seven militants in the Vedamakilam area of Vavuniya district
killingfiveofthem.
The troops eliminated five LTTE cadres during an encounter in the Palamoddai area of Vavuniya
district.Onesoldierwasalsokilledduringtheincident.
Four militants and a soldier were killed while five militants got wounded during clashes in the
AndankulamandKurundankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
ThetroopsrepulsedanLTTEattackintheMannikkandannaduareaofKilinochchidistrictkillingfour
militantswhileinjuringnineothers.Threesoldiersalsoreceivedinjuriesduringthefighting.
During another encounter in the Akkarayankulam area of Vavuniya district the troops killed four
LTTEmilitants.
TheSFsattackedthreeLTTEbunkersaheadoftheMuhamalaiFDLintheJaffnadistrictandkilled
threemilitantswhileinjuringatleastsixothers.
President Mahinda Rajapakse asserted that his Government would shortly move towards
establishing the ninth Provincial Council. "When we came into power there were only seven
Provincial Councils functioning in the country. We have now increased it up to eight. We would
establish the ninth Provincial Council shortly," the President said after he swore in the Chief
Ministers for the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces at a ceremony at the Presidential
Secretariat.Healsosaid:"WeheldtheEasternProvincialCouncilelectionandaChiefMinisterfor
theEastwaselected.SimilarlywewouldsetuptheNorthernProvincialCouncilshortly."
September5
At least 14 LTTE militants were killed during confrontations with the troops in the Thalikkulam,
Vedamakilam and North of Palamoddai areas in the Vavuniya district. Troops later recovered the
dead bodies of six slain militants along with four T56 weapons and two bicycles from the
Thalikkulamarea.
Eight militants were killed and 13 others injured in clashes with the troops in theAndankulam and
north of Kiriibbanwewa areas in the Vavuniya district. The SFs also neutralised an LTTE bunker,
one communicative trench line, one mortar location and recovered two hand grenades, 150 T56
ammunitionand550MPMGammunitionaftertheclashes.
Three members of the TCHR, a proLTTE Non Governmental Organisation were evicted from the
61st Annual UNESCO Conference of DPI/NGO at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris \. The
UNESCO conference authorities cancelled the registration of the three members S.V.Kirubahar,
DirectorTCHR, France, Mrs Deirdre McConnel Kirubahara, Director TCHR, UK and J. JeanMarie,
Program Officer,TCHR, Paris who had registered as participants submitting false information to
theDepartmentofPublicInformationofUNESCOandtheDPI/NGOConferenceSecretariatinParis
andNewYork.
September6
AtleastfiveLTTEmilitantswerekilledandanotherinjuredduringencounterswiththetroopsinthe
area north from Palamoddai in Vavuniya district. Two soldiers were also killed in the LTTE mortar
firewhileanotherwasinjuredinanAPMexplosionduringtheclashes.
The ForeignAffairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that the Sri Lankan Government will "find
only a political solution to a political issue," and its military engagement was "purely as a means
towardseliminatingterrorism."
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September7
11 LTTE militants were killed and at least six others injured by the troops as clashes erupted
between the two sides in the Periyamadu, east of Nachchakuda and Vannavikulam areas in
VavuniyaandKilinochchidistricts.Foursoldierssustainedinjuriesduetomortarfireandactivation
ofanLTTEAPMintheseareas.
Eight more militants were killed and 15 others injured during separate clashes between the two
sides in the Andankulam and north of Kiriibbanwewa in Vavuniya district. Four soldiers also
sustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
TheSFskilledthreemilitantsandinuredfourothersintheareanorthofPalamoddaiintheVavuniya
districtandcapturedtwotrenchlines.
The Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse has said that the change in the strategy of the Sri
LankanArmyalongwithaccurateIntelligenceinputshaveledthe islandnationtoadvanceintothe
LTTEstrongholdinnorthernareas.
ForeignMinistrySecretaryDr.PalithaKohonastressedtheneedtoendfundraisingandpropaganda
capacityoftheLTTEanditsfrontsintheWest."AtatimeSriLankaisengagedinthearduoustask
ofputtinganendtoterrorisminthenorthofthecountry,itwasvitaltoalsoendthecapacityofthe
LTTEanditsfrontorganizationstoraisefundsandengageinpropagandainWesterncountries,"the
ForeignMinistrysaidquotingKohona.
September8
Troopskilled10militantswhileinjuringnineothersasclasheseruptedbetweenthetwosidesinthe
Nachchakuda,Tambalamunai,PanisaikundumaduandVannavikulamareasofKilinochchidistrictto
thewestoftheA9road.
Sixmoremilitantswerekilledwhilesixothersreceivedinjuringinaseparateclashwiththetroopsin
theUluththuveliandAndankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The SFs neutralised an unspecified number of LTTE bunkers in the areas north of Palamoddai,
NavathkulamaandKompuwennakulamareasofVavuniyadistrictkillingthreemilitantswhileinjuring
fourothers.
September9
TheSriLankamilitarysaidthatthecombinedairandartilleryattackbyLTTEoverVavuniyainthe
pre dawn hours killed 21 combatants on both sides. Preliminary reports said the abortive ground
artillery attack on the Wanni SFs Headquarters Complex in Vavuniya killed 10Army soldiers and
one Police constable. While seven airmen, nine Police constables and one civilian also sustained
injuries as a result of exchange of heavy fire, the troops have so far recovered 10 bodies of
militants,includingfivefemalecadres.Simultaneously,twoLTTEaircraftsprovidingsupporttothe
artillery attack dropped two bombs which missed their intended target falling on the office area
failing to cause much damage. Meanwhile, the SLAF fighter jets which had taken off from
KatunayakeAirBaseinterceptedthetwofleeingaircraftsandshotonedown.
10LTTEmilitantswerekilledandmorethan20othersinjuredduringconfrontationswiththetroops
in the areas north of Rumulamunai, Vannavikulam, Kariyalanmodai and Ranaikandanamadu in the
Kilinochchidistrict.
Four cadres of the LTTE were killed and five others wounded in clashes with the SFs in the
NavakkulamandnorthofPalamoddaiareasintheVavuniyadistrict.
The troops killed three militants and injured three others in the Uluththuveli and Anandankulam
September10
Five LTTE cadres were killed and at least three others injured in clashes with the troops in the
Akkarayankulam and Maniarkulam areas closer to the KilinochchiMullaitivu districts boarders.
SevensoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashesandexplosionofanAPM.
The troops killed five more militants during confrontations in the Vedamakilam and north of
PalamoddaiareasintheVavuniyadistrict.
The SFs eliminated four LTTE cadres and wounded 10 others in an encounter in theAndankulam
areaofVavuniyadistrict.ThreesoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesinLTTEmortarfireandexplosionof
anAPM.
According a report by the IASC there are at least 160000 IDPs in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi
districts,whichareunderLTTEcontrol.
September11
Atleast19LTTEmilitantswerekilledandfiveotherswoundedduringclasheswiththetroopsinthe
Akkarayankulam, Kariyalanmodai, Manirasakulam, Vannavikulam and Pannaikanthakadu areas of
Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts. While one soldier was killed during confrontation at
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Pannaikanthakadu,eightothersoldiersreportedlygotinjuredinconfrontationsinKilinochchidistrict.
SFskilled14LTTEmilitants,includingsevenwomencadres,duringconfrontationsintheVavuniya
district.
The troops eliminated 10 more militants and wounded eight during separate clashes in the
VedamakilamandnorthofPalamoddaiareasintheVavuniyadistrict.
Sevencivilians,whohadgoneforcultivationworkandcollectingfirewood,werekilledbytheLTTE
militantsatEthimalevillageintheKotiyagalaareaclosetotheAmparaMoneragaladistrictborders.
WhilefourofthemwerekilledusingT56weaponsfromacertaindistance,theotherthreeaboarda
tractor,wereshotdeadwithpistolatacloserange.
Sixmoremilitantswerekilledand two others received injuries in an encounter with the SFs in the
areasouthofNayaruinKilinochchidistrict.
The troops confronted with the LTTE militants in the Andankulam area of Vavuniya district and
killedfourmilitants.Twosoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
September12
Eightmilitantswerekilledandnineothersinjuredduringseparateclasheswiththesecurityforces in
the Vedamakilam, north of Palamoddai, north of Janakapura, Andankulam and Perankulam in the
Vavuniya district andAkkarayankulam, Nachchakuda, Vannavikulam and Vanneikandamadu in the
Kilinochchidistrict.OnesoldierwasalsokilledwhilenineothersgotinjuredinLTTEmortarfireand
explosionofantipersonnelmines.
September13
At least 19 LTTE militants were killed and more than 20 others injured during clashes with the
troops in the Akkarayankulam, Vannavikulam and Nachchakuda areas of Kilinochchi district and
Andankulam in the Vavuniya district. One soldier was also injured in the confrontation at
Nachchakuda.
Eight militants were eliminated by the SFs during encounters in the Navakkulam, Mamaduwa and
north of Palamoddai areas in the Vavuniya district. Troops alter recovered the dead body of the
terroristkilledinMamaduwaalongwithtwohandgrenades.
September14
The SFs confronted with the militants at Andankulam and Tannimurippukulam in the Vavuniya
districtkillingeightLTTEcadreswhileinjuringatleast19others.OnesoldierwasinjuredinanIED
explosioninAndankulam.
SixmoremilitantswerekilledinclasheswiththetroopsintheNavakkulamandnorthofPalamoddai
The SFs neutralized one LTTE bunker at Vannavikulam in the Kilinochchi district killing three
ThreemoremilitantswerekilledandtwoothersinjuredinanencounterintheVannavikulamareaof
Kilinochchidistrict.12soldiersalsosustainedinjuriesinconfrontationsandIEDsexplosionsinthe
area.
TheSriLankaArmychiefSarath Fonsekareportedlytoldhisseniorofficersthatabout11000LTTE
cadreshavebeenkilledsincethemilitarylauncheditscampaigntosecuretheMavilAruanicutin
July2006.
Policespokesman,RanjithGunasekara,hassaidthegovernmenthasnointentionofsendingback
civilians,whohaveenteredColombotoescapefromthenorthandeastconflict.
September15
At least 18 LTTE militants were killed as the troops of the 57 Division operating on the Vavuniya
front advanced sixkms east of Akkarayankulam tank in the Kilinochchi district further closing
towards the Jaffna Kandy A9 road from the north of Kokkali, said Military spokesman Brigadier
Udaya Nanayakkara. Three soldiers were killed and nine soldiers injured during these
confrontations.
The UN Office of the Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri Lanka has decided to relocate its
offices in Vavuniya. According to UN, assurances has received from the LTTE that UN and
humanitarian agency staff remaining in Kilinochchi will be allowed to leave, with safe passage
providedtoOmanthaientry/exitpoint,intogovernmentcontrolledareasofSriLanka.
NineLTTEmilitantswerekilledandsevenothersinjuredduringconfrontationswiththetroopsinthe
Kaliyalamunai,Nachchakuda,VannavikulamandPannaikandamduareasofKilinochchidistrict.Two
soldierswerealsoinjuredintheseclashes.
TroopsconfrontedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheNavakkulamandnorthofPalamoddaiareasinthe
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Vavuniyadistrictandkilledsixmilitantswhileinjuringtwoothers.Threesoldierswerealsoinjuredin
LTTEmortarfiringduringthefighting.
President Mahinda Rajapakse said troops were on track to capture the outfits political capital in
Kilinochchibytheendoftheyear.RulingoutafutureceasefirewiththeLTTEhevowedto"finish
thewarassoonaspossible".
The President further said that his Government will seriously consider any request from India to
handovertheLTTEleader,VelupillaiPrabhakaranwhenheiscaptured.
September16
The SFs during separate encounters in the Palamoddai, North of Palamoddai and Vedamakilam
areasofVavuniyadistrictkilled11LTTEmilitants.OnesoldieralsoreceivedinjurieswhentheLTTE
militantstriggeredanAPMexplosion.
Eightmoremilitantswerekilledand14otherswoundedinencountersbetweenthetwosidesinthe
areas east ofAkkarayankulam and Vannavikulam in the Kilinochchi district. One soldier received
injuriesintheAkkarayankulamarea.TheSFscapturedonebunkerfollowingthoseconfrontations.
The Government has reportedly put its health authorities on alert in order to face any possible
chemicalattackbytheLTTEduringthefightingintheNorth,informedsourcessaid.
The government is seeking the assistance of the people to prevent terrorist activities in the
southernpartofthecountry.
Sri Lanka has said that adopting a legislation by the United States would enable it to prosecute
foreignmilitaryleaderswhorecruitchildsoldiers.
September17
At least 25 LTTE militants and four soldiers were killed while about 25 militants and 14 soldiers
wereinjuredastroopscaptureda1.5kilometresstretchofthehugeearthbundatKarampaikkulam,
eightkilometersnortheastofNachchakuda,intheKilinochchidistrict.
Troops operating east ofAkkarayankulam foiled three counter attacks by the LTTE to capture the
areaunderthesecurityforcessinceSeptember15,killingatleast15LTTEcadres.Troopsarenow
operatingjustonekilometrewestoftheA9roadintheMurikkandalareaand5.5kilometressouth
ofKilinochchi.
TheSFsduringsixseparateclashesinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrictkilled12militants.
OnesoldierwasalsoinjuredinanAPMexplosionduringthefighting.
Five LTTE cadres were killed and 24 others injured in an encounter with SFs in theAndankulam
areaofVavuniyadistrict.OnesoldierwasalsokilledandfourothersinjuredintheLTTEmortarfire
and explosion of anAPM during the clashes.Also, the troops overran a wellfortified LTTE camp
thathadfourbunkers,onedrinkingwaterwellandamortarpitin the same area after the militants
abandonedthecampandfled.
Three more LTTE militants were killed and another injured in confrontations with the troops in two
separateincidentsatNavakkulamandKonakkarankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
The LTTE have used CS gas to attack Sri Lankan soldiers recently in the battlefronts of Wanni
region, the MCNS said. However, the Army is fully equipped and well geared up to face any
unacceptablechemicalorgasattacksoftheenemy,MCNSadded.
ArmyCommanderLt.GeneralSarathFonsekatoldDailyNewsthatSFsoperatinginWanniregion
arereadytofaceanytypeofgasattacksbytheLTTEastheyhavebeenequippedwithgasmasks
tofacesuchsituations.
The security authorities have decided to hold a special census on the people now living in the
WesternProvinceafterfleeingtheLTTEheldareas.
September18
At least 25 Sea Tigers, cadres of the sea wing of the LTTE, were killed and 10 Sea Tiger boats,
includingthreebigones,weredestroyedinafourhourlongseabattlebetweennavaltroopsandthe
Sea Tigers in the seas off Valaipadu at Nachchakuda in the Kilinochchi district. Four navy
personnelreceivedinjuriesinthefighting.TheLTTESeaTigercadresfledwithfourotherdamaged
boats. Intercepted LTTE communications disclosed that the sea attack was led by a senior Sea
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TigercadreidentifiedasKader.
TheSFscapturedanother1.5kilometresstretchoflandintheKarampaikkulamareaofKilinochchi
district killing 15 LTTE militants and injuring 18 others. Three soldiers were also killed while 12
othersreceivedinjuriesduringtheclash.
At least 13 LTTE militants were killed and six others injured during clashes with the troops in and
aroundAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict.Threesoldiers werekilledandonemoreinjuredinthe
confrontations.
TroopsconfrontedwiththeLTTEmilitantsinthenorthofPalamoddaiintheVavuniyadistrictkilling
atleasteightmilitants.Onesoldiersustainedinjuriesintheclashes.
ArmyChiefCommanderSarathFonsekasaidthattheLTTEwillgoundergroundratherthan'fightto
thelastman'.
TheGovernmentdistributedSLR30 million for displaced persons in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi due
totheongoingwarinthenorthernregion.
September19
At least 12 LTTE militants were killed and five other injured in confrontations with the SFs in the
areanorthofPalamoddaiintheVavuniyadistrict.
Troops killed four militants during separate encounters in the Poovarasankulam and Navakkulam
Three LTTE cadres were killed and at least 18 others injured in clashes with the SFs in the
AndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledintheincident.
The Sri Lankan government said that the resettlement of the Eastern Province is almost finished
under the region's development project. Secretary to the Resettlement MinistryA.C.M. Razik said
atthemoment,51,851familieshavebeenresettled.
TheUnitedStateshasannouncedthat its USAID will launch a new multiyear initiative to improve
economicgrowthinEasternSriLanka.
September20
At least 23 LTTE cadres were killed and a large number of others were injured during encounters
between troops and militants in the areas west of Mankulam, Navaddikulam, north of Palamoddai,
Akkarayankulam, Panniwedikulam, Vannavikulam, Punani Kodamadu and Andankulam in the
KilinochchiandVavuniyadistricts.
Three soldiers were killed in LTTE mortar fire in the Vannavikulam area of Kilinochchi district.
AnothersoldierwaskilledinclasheswiththeLTTEmilitantsinthePannaikandamduarea.
September21
Atleast16LTTEmilitantswerekilledandfiveothersinjuredduringclasheswiththesecurityforces
in the Akkarayankulam, Wannivilankulam and Vannavikulam areas of Kilinochchi district. Four
soldierswerealsokilledwhilefiveothersreceivedinjuriesduringtheconfrontations.
The troops killed 11 LTTE militants, including provincial leader of the outfit, identified as Muttu in
theeastofNavviinVavuniyadistrict.
At least eight LTTE militants were killed and an equal number of them injured in clashes with the
troopsintheKarampaikkulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.Foursoldierswerealsoreportedinjuredin
theincident.
Four more militants were killed by the troops during an encounter in the Pallimunai and
Komankulam areas of Vavuniya district. While one soldier was injured, the SFs recovered three
handgrenadesandonepouchfromtheincidentsite.
ThetroopsneutralizedanLTTEbasewiththreebunkers,twohuts,apartlydestroyedconstruction
and a deep drain in theAndankulam area of Vavuniya district killing at least three militants while
injuringnineothers.
TheUNinSriLankaannouncedthatitsofficesintheLTTEheldKilinochchihavebeenlooted.
TheSriLankaPolicehaveorderedtheregistrationofalltheTamilcivilianswhomovedtothecapital
Colombo and surrounding towns within the past five years from five northern districts in conflict
areas.
September22
President Mahinda Rajapakse expressed the hope that very soon all Sri Lankans living overseas
will be able to return to a country that had been completely rid of the scourge of terrorism.
Addressing Sri Lankans at the New York Bauddha Viharaya while on his visit to attend the 63rd
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UnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySessions,thePresidentsaid,"Whetheryou arefromKilinochchi,
BatticaloaortheSouthmyaimistotreatyouallasmychildrenandbuildacountrywhereyouall
canliveasfreecitizens."
Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said that the LTTE is a terrorist outfit which has a long
history of looting from civilians and aid agencies and make use of the ill gotten resources to
strengthenitscadresandterroractivitiesagainstsecurityforces.
Thenumberofpeoplewhohavemigrated from Sri Lankas five warntorn districts to Colombo and
itssuburbs,whichconstitutetheWesternProvince,since2003standsat37,037,saidthepolice.
At least 17 LTTE militants were killed and 13 others injured as clashes erupted between the
militants and the troops in the Akkarayankulam, Wannivilankulam, Pannaikandamdu and
Vannavikulam areas of Kilinochchi district. After the confrontation at Akkarayankulam, troops
neutralized an LTTE bunker. An LTTE mortar fire attack in the Wannivilankulam area injured one
soldier.
TheSFsstormedthe"Pasarai"baseoftheSeaTigerintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict
killingsevencadresoftheoutfitwhileinjuring14others.TheSFslatercapturedtheentirecomplex
which had two separate huts which served as sentry points and had been surrounded by three
triangulartypetallbunkerswithoverheadprotectionlayersmadeofconcrete.
The SFs confronted the LTTE militants in the Navakkulam and north of Palamoddai areas in the
Vavuniyadistrictandkilledfourmilitantswhilewoundingatleastsevenothers.
SriLankahasaskedNorway,theofficialfacilitatoroftheabandonedpeaceprocess,toassistinthe
government's humanitarian efforts to bring relief to citizens in the north, instead of "through other
organisations."
ThesuicidebombinginPakistanshowsthatalQaedahaslearntbombmakingfromtheLTTE,said
ForeignEmploymentMinisterandmilitaryspokespersonKeheliyaRambukwella.
September23
NineLTTEmilitantswerekilledandfiveothersinjuredasclasheseruptedbetweenthemilitantsand
thetroopsintheNavakkulam,PalamoddaiandWannivilankulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Four more militants were killed and an equal number of them injured during separate clashes with
theSFsintheAkkarayankulam,VandarimodaiandTeyankulamareas of Kilinochchi district. While
threesoldierswerealsokilled,twoothersoldierssustainedinjuriesintheseincidents.
Sixmilitantswerekilledand13othersinjuredinclashesintheAndankulamandKamalmunai areas
ofVavuniyadistrict.Threesoldierswerealsoinjuredin LTTE mortar fire and explosions ofAPMs.
TroopsalsocapturedoneLTTEtrenchline.
The government troops are capable of capturing alive Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the
LTTE,PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakesaid.
The TMVP leader, Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan a.k.a. Colonel Karuna and its deputy, Eastern
Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan a.k.a. Pillayan appealed to Tamil
expatriatesinCanadaandelsewheretostopfundingtheLTTEwarmachine.
Abductions and extrajudicial killings and other security challenges must end in the Eastern
Province of Sri Lanka to attract private sector investments to develop the region, the US
Ambassador Robert Blake said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Kalawanchikudi
VocationalTrainingCenterintheBatticaloadistrict.
September24
The troops confronted with the LTTE cadres in theAkkarayankulam, Nachchakuda, Vannavikulam
and Andankulam areas of Kilinochchi and Vavuniya districts killing nine militants while injuring at
least31others.Eightsoldiersalsosustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
The SFs foiled two simultaneous infiltration attempts of the LTTE militants in the Nagarkovil and
Kilaly FDLs areas of Jaffna district killing eight militants, including the LTTEs Muhamalai South
leader,Vardan.
Seven more militants were killed during confrontations with the troops in the Navakkulam and
PalamoddaiareasofVavuniyadistrict.
TheLTTEhasrefusedtopermithundredsoflocalhumanitarianworkerstoleavetheWannibynot
issuingthemtravelpasses.
Addressing the 63rd session of the United Nation General Assembly in New York the President
Mahinda Rajapakse asserted that Government will only be ready to talk to the LTTE when it is
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ready to commit itself to decommissioning its illicit weapons and dismantling of its military
capability,andreturntothedemocraticfold.
September25
13 LTTE militants were killed as the troops neutralized eight bunkers of the outfit at
Vannappulikulam, an area between Nachchakuda and Akkarayankulam, in the Kilinochchi district
afterfourhourlongbattle.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhile14otherssustainedinjuriesduringthe
encounters.
SevenLTTEmilitantswerekilledinclasheswiththesecurityforcesintheAkkarayankulamarea of
DuringanotherclashbetweenthetwosidesintheAndankulamandKamalmunaiareasofVavuniya
districtthetroopskilledatleastsixmilitantswhileinjuring14others.
Four more militants were killed as the SFs captured two LTTE trench lines in the Kokavil area of
The SFs confronted with LTTE militants in the Vedamakilam, Koliyankulam and the north of
PalamoddaiareasintheVavuniyadistrictkillingfourofthemwhileinjuringanother.
The security forces have advanced to the outskirts of Kilinochchi, the Head Quarter of the LTTE,
theArmyChiefLieutenantGeneralSarathFonsekasaid."Ourforcesarearoundfourkilometers(2.5
miles)fromKilinochchitown.Infactwecanseesomeofthebuildings,"Fonsekasaid.Meanwhile,
the Defence Ministry reported the LTTE have lost some 6,898 fighters since January. Also, the
Militaryauthoritiessaidthat673soldiershavealsodiedduringthesameperiod.
ForeignMinisterRohithaBogollagamasaidattheUNthatSriLankagovernmenttroopsarewaryof
any"collateral"damageastheymoveclosertodismantlingtheTamilTigers'defactostate.
September26
At least 18 militants were killed as the troops repulsed a LTTE attack on the SFs FDL in the
ManiarkulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.Eightsoldierswerealsoinjuredinthefighting.
17 militants were killed and one more injured as clashes erupted between the two sides in the
VannavikulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.
Eight more LTTE cadres were killed while more than 30 others sustained injuries during three
separateincidentsintheVavuniyadistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledduringtheseclashes.Inthe
first incident, the SFs attacked an LTTE bunker line in the Andankulam area and captured one
bunkerandonetrenchline.Also,sixmorebunkersinthesameareawere destroyedbythetroops.
Similarly,thetroopsattackedalineoffivebunkersintheRumulamunaiarea.
The troops attacked an LTTE bunker line at Akkarayankulam in the Kilinochchi district and
destroyedone bunker killing seven militants while injuring three others. One soldier also sustained
injuryinanimprovisedexplosivedeviceexplosion.
During two separate clashes between the two sides at Navathkulama and north of Palamoddai in
the Vavuniya district the troops killed six militants while the SFs also captured one LTTE bunker
andthreetrenchlinesnorthofPalamoddaiarea.
TheSFseliminatedfourmilitantsduringanencounterintheKalayaparuareaofKilinochchidistrict.
TwosoldierswerealsoinjuredinLTTEfireandexplosionsofantipersonnelmines.
September27
EightmilitantswerekilledbySFsduringclashesinthePalamoddaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.Four
soldierssustainedinjuriesduringtheclash.
SevenmoreLTTEcadreswerekilledduring separate clashes with the troops in the Vannavikulam
andnorthofKaramaddakulamareasofKilinochchidistrict.NinesoldierssustainedinjuriesinLTTE
mortar fire directed from their gun positions in the Vannavikulam area while seven other soldiers
receivedinjuriesduringseparateconfrontationsandAPMexplosionsinthesamearea.
Three soldiers and two militants were killed during a clash atAkkarayankulam. Two soldiers were
alsowoundedinexplosionsofIEDsandAPMs.
September28
ThetroopsafterfiercegunbattlecapturedasectionoftheAkkarayankulamNachchakudaroadin
the Kilinochchi district by September 28afternoon killing at least 10 LTTE militants. Two soldiers
werealsokilledwhileeightotherssustainedinjuriesinthefighting.
The troops moving towards the A9 road captured a 4km area along the Akkarayankulam
MurikkandyroadintheKilinochchidistrictkillingsevenmilitants.Onesoldier was also killed while
threeotherssustainedinjuries.
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Sixmoremilitantswerekilledand13othersinjuredasthetroopsneutralizedthreeLTTEbunkersin
the Andankulam and Tannimurippukulam areas of Vavuniya district. One soldier also sustained
injuriesinthefighting.
ThetroopsconfrontedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheNavathkulamaandnorthofPalamoddaiareas
of Vavuniya district killing four militants. Two soldiers were also injured in the encounter while
anothersoldierwasinjuredintheexplosionofanantipersonnelmine.
An LTTE suicide cadre on a bicycle struck his bike against a threewheeler and blew himself up
killing one civilian and injuring nine others in the Vavuniya town. One of the injured soldiers died
later.
September29
Six LTTE militants were killed during a clash with the SFs in the Mulankavil and Karampaikkulam
At least 39 LTTE militants were killed and 52 others injured as clashes erupted between the two
sides in the Palamoddai,Akkarayankulam,Andankulam, Vannavikulam and Kariyalanmodai areas
of Kilinochchi and Vavuniya districts. Five soldiers were also killed while 19 others sustained
injuriesduringtheseclashes.Troopsalsoneutralisedsixbunkers.
At least eight militants aboard two Sea Tiger boats moving in the seas off Kalmunai point in the
PoonerynareaofJaffnadistrictwerekilledwhentheSpecialBoatSquadronoftheSriLankaNavy
spottedthemanddirectedfireattacktowardstheboats.
September30
Atleast13LTTEmilitantswerekilledandfourothersinjuredasclasheseruptedbetweentheSFs
andthemilitantsintheareasofnorthofManiarkulam,Palamoddai,Podunkanpila,Wemankalluand
Pandiyankulam in the Vavuniya and Kilinochchi districts. One soldier was also killed while three
otherssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.
The troops eliminated seven militants and injured 10 others during confrontations in the
Wannarikulamarea.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhilesevenothers,includinganofficer,received.
AtAndankulam in the Vavuniya district, the troops confronted the LTTE militants and killed six of
itscadreswhileinjuring31others.While,sevensoldierswerealsoinjuredintheincident,thetroops
neutralisedtwobunkers.
The SFs killed three more militants during an encounter in the area west of Kokavil, closer to
capturedMurikkandyRailwayStation,intheKilinochchidistrict.
TheSFscaptureda50mwideLTTEairstripinthePannichchankulamarea,about7kmnorthwest
ofMankulamandabout500mtothewestofA9roadintheMullaitivudistrict.
The troops seized one of the lorries hired by the Vavuniya District Secretary for transport of
essentials to Internally Displaced Persons at the Omanthai crossloading point and recovered 2.5
kgofC4explosivesinitsdriverspossession.
October1
At least 18 LTTE militants were killed and eight others injured as the troops captured three more
bunkers of the outfit after the clashes in theAkkarayankulam, west and south of Iranamadu tank,
Vannavikulam and Maniarkulam areas in the Kilinochchi district. Eight soldiers also sustained
injuriesinexplosionsofantipersonnelminesandIEDs.
14moremilitantswerekilledand28otherswoundedasclasheseruptedbetweentheSFsandthe
militantsintheAndankulam,Palamoddai,Nauveeast,Thandiyankulam andPodunkanpilaareasof
Vavuniya district. While one soldier was also killed, four others sustained injuries during these
clashes. The troops also neutralized seven bunkers in the Palamoddai north and Pandiyankulam
areas.
ThetroopsconfrontedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheNagarkovilareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledfour
cadresdestroyingtwobunkers.Fivemoremilitantsandtwosoldierssufferedinjuriesinthefighting.
October2
The troops killed at least 18 militants while injuring 14 others as clashes erupted between the two
sidesintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.One soldierwasalsoinjuredinanantipersonnel
mineexplosion.
Six more LTTE cadres were killed and more than 20 others injured during clashes with the SFs in
the Paraikandamadu, Madam and Vannavikulam areas of Kilinochchi district. Four soldiers were
killedandthreeotherssustainedinjuriesduringthefighting.
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DuringanotherclashbetweenthetwosidesintheareassouthofMankulamandsouthofKokavilin
theMullaitivudistrict,theSFskilledeightmilitantswhilewounding11others.
Eight more LTTE militants were killed and five others wounded during separate clashes with the
troops in the Pannichchankulam, Navakkulam, Panikkaniravikulam, Villattikulam and Nallikulam
areasofVavuniyadistrict.Fourbunkersofthemilitantswerealsoneutralizedintheseincidents.
The troops in an encounter killed seven more militants while wounding an unspecified number of
thematAkkarayankulamintheKilinochchidistrict.ThreesoldierswerealsoinjuredintheLTTEgun
fire.
Two more militants were killed during another exchange of fire between the two sides in the areas
south of Iranamadu in the Mullaitivu district. Two soldiers were also killed while another received
injuriesintheincident.Separateclashesinthesameareainjuredonemilitantandthreesoldiers.
TheUnitedNationsofficialsinSriLankadeploredtheplacingofexplosivesbyanunknowngroupon
aGovernmenttruckthatwasduetojoinaUNfoodconvoydeliveringfoodandotheressentialitems
tothedisplacedintheNorth.
TheSLAhasreportedlyrecruited10,136SriLankanstovariousrankstofightagainsttheLTTE.
As its September 21 directive to the citizens of five districts of Northern Province living in and
around Colombo (Western Province) to "reregister" themselves with the police, Sri Lanka
GovernmentannouncedthatasimilarcensuswouldbecarriedoutonOctober5forsuchcitizensof
EasternProvince.
October3
Eightmoremilitantswerekilledand10othersinjuredwhentheSFscapturedthreemorecampsin
theinthePanniwedikulamareaofKilinochchidistrict.Threesoldierswerealsokilledand12others
receivedinjuriesintheseincidents.
The troops confronted with the LTTE militants in the Andankulam area of Vavuniya district and
eliminated four militants while injuring at least 19 others. While nine soldiers were also injured in
LTTEfireandantipersonnelminesexplosions,thetroopscapturedthreebunkersoftheoutfit.
ThreeLTTEmilitantswerekilledafteraconfrontationwithacombinedArmyAirForcefootpatrol in
theeasternvillageofKattikulamintheTrincomaleedistrict.
October4
Atleast20LTTEmilitantsandfoursoldierswerekilledwhile27militantsandsixsoldierswounded
as the troops captured a section of the bunker line constructed along the Nachchakuda
Akkarayankulam road at Panniwedikulam in the West of Vannerikuma area in the Kilinochchi
district. The SLAF MI24 gunship helicopters also assisted the troops capturing 10 bunkers,
constructed on the massive earth bund, and advanced further northward, military sources added.
The 58 Division now operating in the Kilinochchi district has captured a four kilometer stretch of a
massive ditch cum earth bund constructed by the LTTE from Nachchakuda to Akkarayankulam
tankarea.Troopshavealso advancednearlytwokilometersfromthisearthbundandincontrolof
the Nachchakuda Akkarayankulam road depriving the LTTE of a vital supply route to
Nachchakuda.
The Sri Lankan army chief said that his forces are on the verge of capturing the key LTTE
stronghold of Kilinochchi. "We are two kms away from the Kilinochchi town limits," the army chief
said,adding,governmentproposedtodeclareVishvamaduandOddusudaninKilinochchianowar
zoneafterthearmyconsolidateditspositionthere.
October5
TheSFskilledeightLTTEmilitantsandinuredatleastnineothersduringclashesintheIranamadu
andsouthwestofIranamaduareasintheKilinochchidistrict.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhilefive
othersreceivedinjuriesintheseincidents.
DuringtwoseparateclashesintheVannerikumaandPannaikandamduareasofKilinochchidistrict,
the SFs eliminated four militants. Three soldiers were also killed in the explosions ofAPM during
thefighting.
The troops neutralized two LTTE bunkers in the area west of Mankulam in the Kilinochchi district
killingfourmilitants.Fourmoremilitantsandasoldierwerealsoinjuredintheincident.
ThetroopsneutralizedanotherLTTEbunkerintheAkkarayankulamareaofKilinochchidistrict and
killedthreemilitants.
Three more militants were killed and at least 19 others injured in clashes with the SFs at
AndankulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
TheGovernmenthasreportedlycreated a special police task force to protect the Colombo and its
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suburbsfrompossibleterroristattacksastheLTTEisfacinglossestothemilitaryintheNorth.
ArmychiefLieutenantGeneralSarathFonsekaurgedLTTEcadreanditsleaders,barringVelupillai
PrabhakaranandPottuAmman,tosurrenderandhintedatthepossibility oftheLTTEchieffleeing
thecountry.TheLTTEisleftwithonly4,000cadres,hesaid,addinghewasnotsurehowlongthey
canmaintainitsfightingcapabilities.
SriLankaPolicesaidthatthemajorityofpeoplewhoregisteredwithpoliceinColomboafterfleeing
theeasternprovincewereTamilnationals.
October6
28 persons, including UNP NCPC Member, Maj. General Janaka Perera and his wife UNP
Anuradhapura district Manager Dr. John Pulle who was also the former Chairman of the Rajarata
BusCompanyandhiswifeDr.Mrs.JohnPulleUNPLegalAdvisorAttorneyatlawA.C.S.Hameed
NCPCUNPMemberShanthaDissanayakeandUNPProvincialCouncilcandidateSubashi Charles
werekilledinaLTTEcarriedoutsuicidebombattackinsidetheUNPofficeneartheOldBusStand
inAnuradhapura. Morethan86personssustainedinjuriesintheblastthatoccurredaround 8:45am
(SLST)duringafunctionheldtodeclareopenthenewUNPoffice,militarysourcessaid.According
toeyewitnessesasuicidecadreadarkandshortmanhadreachedthefunctionandunbuttonedhis
shirt facing Major General Perera and the crowd instantaneously killing himself and the victims.
Accordingtoinvestigatorsonlythelegsofthesuicidecadreshasbeenleftaftertheblast."Hehad
used a relatively large quantity of explosives for this blast as his head was also blown off without
leavingatraceabouthisappearance."
TheleaderoftheTMVP,VinayagamoorthyMuraleetharanaliasColonelKarunaAmmanwassworn
in as a MP by the Speaker with Marxist party MPs boycotting the house in protest of his
appointment. Karuna was appointed to the seat left vacant by the JVP MP Wasantha
SamarasinghewhoresignedtocontesttheNCPCelections.KarunaisrepresentingtheruingUPFA.
Atleastninemilitantswerekilledand27othersinjuredastheSFsneutralizedfourbunkersduring
their confrontations with the LTTE militants in the Adampankula, Madam, Kidippidikulam,
Terankandal, Alankulam, Odrattakulam, Andankulam and Gajabapura areas Vavuniya and
Kilinochchi districts. One soldier was also killed during confrontations. Six more soldiers received
injuriesinexplosionsofantipersonnelminesandconfrontationsintheTerankandalandWaddakattu
areas.
The SFs destroyed three LTTE bunkers in theAkkarayankulam area of Kilinochchi district killing
ninemilitantswhileinjuringfiveothers.
The troops who captured the first bunker line on Nachchakuda Akkarayankulam road in the
Kilinochchi district during the weekend marched, about 1km further eastward and dominated a
threewayintersection.
TheInterAgencyStandingCommittee, aconsortiumofUNandNGOsinSriLanka,initsreporton
thesituationonthenorthsaid"nearlyallofKilinochchisresidentsarereportedtohavevacatedto
Mullaitivudistrictduetoshellingandairattacksintheheartofthedistrict."
India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan had summoned Sri Lanka's Deputy High
Commissioner in India to convey New Delhi's "grave concern and unhappiness at the growing
casualtiesofunarmedTamilciviliansasaresultofthemilitaryaction".
October7
EightLTTEmilitantswerekilledduringclasheswiththesecurityforcesintheVilakkavettikulamand
NallikulamareasofVavuniyadistrict.
Thedeadbodiesoffourcivilians,suspectedtohavebeenchoppedtodeathbytheLTTEmilitants,
were recovered from the deep jungle areas off Dekethipothana at Horowpathana in the
Anuradhapura district. Those four civilians, according to a Police complaint, have entered jungle
areason27thSeptemberbutfailedtoreturnhome.
The SFs shot dead four militants in the Murikkandy and west of Akkarayankulam areas in the
Kilinochchidistrict.Asoldierwasalsoinjuredduringtheseconfrontations.
ThePrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayakesaidinParliamentthatsome200soldierswerekilled
and 997 others were injured during the month of September in clashes with the LTTE. 13 civilians
alsohavebeenkilledand25morewereinjuredintheconflictsduringSeptember,headded.
The TMVP leader Karuna in his maiden speech in Parliament said he warmly welcomes the
responsibility entrusted upon him by President Mahinda Rajapakse on behalf of the Tamil people.
HealsonotedthatTamilsneverendorsedthewar.
October8
At least 16 LTTE militants were killed and 26 others injured as the troops captured a line of LTTE
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bunkersintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Eight soldierswerealsokilledwhile45others
sustainedinjuriesduringtheseclashes.
At least 21 LTTE militants were killed and an unspecified number of them injured during clashes
withtheSFsatWanniyarkulamintheareanorthofPanniwedikulamintheKilinochchidistrict.
EightmoreLTTEcadreswerekilledandfourothersinjuredastheSFscapturedtwomorebunkers
intheAkkarayankulamarea,southofIranamadu,intheKilinochchidistrict.
October9
At least 22 LTTE militants were killed as the troops neutralised five outfits bunkers in the
AkkarayankulamandVannavikulamareasofKilinochchidistrict.Onesoldierwasalsokilledduring
theclashatVannavikulamwhilethreeothersreceivedinjuriesintheseincidents.
During separate clashes between the two sides in the Pannichchankulam, Vedamakilam and
NallikulamareasofVavuniyadistrict,thetroopskilledsevenmilitants.
AtAndankulam in Vavuniya district, the troops killed three militants while injuring six others. Two
soldierswerealsokilledwhileeightsoldiersreceivedinjuries.
ThetroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheMuhamalaiareaofJaffnadistrictandkilledthree
militantswhileinjuringfiveothers.
AgricultureDevelopmentandAgrarian ServicesDevelopmentMinisterMaithripalaSirisenaescaped
an LTTE carried out suicide attack at Pirivena junction in the Boralesgamuwa area of Colombo
district. A female suicide cadre blew herself targeting Minister Sirisenas motorcade at Pirivena
junctionaround1.15pm(SLST)whentheMinisterwasreturningafteraGovernmentfunctioninthe
Bandaragamaarea.Acivilianwaskilledandfiveotherswereinjured.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksetoldAlJazeeratelevisioninaninterviewthatthiswouldbetheendof
the LTTE terrorists battle for a separate State, adding that the terrorists should surrender to the
military.
TheLTTEhasallegedthattheSriLankaAirForcehaddestroyedalargenumberofcivilianhomes
inWannionthepretextofattackingtheoutfitsmilitarybasesoverthelastoneyear.
October10
ThetroopseliminatedfourmoremilitantswhileinjuringsixothersduringclashesatVannavikulamin
theKilinochchidistrict.Threesoldierswerekilledandfourothersinjuredintheconfrontation.
ThePanniwedikulamtankareaalsofellunderthecontrolofthe58Division.
Army Chief Sarath Fonseka said the security forces faced several constraints as a result of past
ceasefireagreementorcessationofhostilitiesinthethreedecadelongbattlewiththeLTTE.
October1011
At least 40 LTTE militants were killed as the troops operating north east of Nachchakuda in the
westofKilinochchidistrictmadesteadyprogresswithinthelasttwodaysreachingtheoutskirtsof
Jayapuram in the north of Nachchakuda foiling LTTE efforts to bring in reinforcements to the front
on several occasions. Jayapuram is located some seven kilometers north of Nachchakuda where
theLTTEishavingoneoftheirmainSeaTigerbasesintheNorthWesterncoast.
October11
14 militants were killed and 10 others injured by the troops in the Maniarkulam area of Kilinochchi
district.Twosoldierswerealsokilledandsixotherswoundedintheincident.
SixLTTEmilitantswerekilledand 37 others injured as the troops captured four more well fortified
bunkersoftheoutfitintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.Twosoldierswerealsokilledwhile
fourotherssustainedinjuriesintheseincidents.
Five more LTTE cadres were killed during a clash with the SFs at an unspecified place in the
ThreemilitantswerekilledbythetroopsatAkkarayankulamintheKilinochchidistrict.
AtKokuvilintheJaffnadistrict,threemilitantswerekilledinconfrontationswiththeSFs.
ThetroopseliminatedthreemoreLTTEcadresatPillawarayankaduintheKilinochchidistrict.
TheMI24helicoptergunshipsoftheSLAFneutralisedLTTEbunkerconstructionpositionsahead
oftheAkkarayankulamTankbundintheKilinochchidistrict.Intercepted LTTEcommunicationlater
confirmedthatthreemilitantswerekilledandsixothersinjuredintheairstrike.
TheSFsfoiledanLTTEattempttoenterintotheclearedareas(areaunderGovernmentcontrol)at
Muhamalai in the Jaffna district killing three militants. Three soldiers were also injured in the
incident.
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October12
At least 19 LTTE militants were killed and 12 others injured as the SFs neutralized eight bunkers
andacampintheareaswestofAkkarayankulamandVannavikulamintheKilinochchidistrict.One
soldier was also killed while 14 others sustained injuries in LTTEtriggered APM explosions and
simultaneousfiringofsmallarms.
During separate clashes in the Periyakulam, Andankulam and Tannimurippukulam areas of
Vavuniyadistrict,theSFskilledninemilitantswhileinjuringthreemoreothers.Onesoldierwasalso
injuredinexplosionofanAPMatTannimurippukulam.
Troops attacked LTTE bunkers in the Muhamalai and Nagarkovil areas of Jaffna district and killed
atleastsixmilitants.Sixmilitantsalsosustainedinjuries,whileasoldierwaswoundedinanAPM
explosion.
The LTTE is in "a precarious condition" but no one can predict when they can be overcome
militarily,saysKaruna.
KarunatoldSundayObserverthattheyhavedecidedtorenametheTMVPmainlytogetthehelpof
thepeopleoftheSouth.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksehassaidthecurrentphaseofwarwouldmarktheendoftheLTTEs
battleforaseparateStateandcounseledtheoutfitscadretosurrender.
Charging that 'some foreign elements' were trying to disrupt the ongoing development activities in
SriLanka,asenioradvisortoPresidentMahindaRajapaksehassaidthattheislandnationhas"got
maximumsupportfromIndiatocrush"theLTTE,amediareportsaid.
October13
Australia is considering formally declaring the LTTE a terrorist group, said Australian Foreign
MinisterStephenSmith.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama also said the war on the LTTE will not be slowed by
internationalfinancialturmoilplacingpressureontheGovernmentsmilitarybudget.
InthewakeoftheUSannouncementonOctober11thatithasdecidedtoremoveNorthKoreafrom
the list of "state sponsors of terrorism" a Counter Terrorism Foundation (CTF) in US has revealed
therewasampleevidencetoproveNorthKoreahadarmedtheLTTE.TheCTFfurtherrevealedthat
a Congressional Research Service Brief submitted to the US Congress in January 2008 had
detailedpossiblelinksbetweenNorthKoreaandtheLTTE.
16LTTEmilitantswerekilledandthreeothersinjuredasclasheseruptedbetweenthemilitantsand
theSFsintheMankulam,Nallikulam,Akkarayankulam,Vannavikulam andParaikandamaduareas
of Kilinochchi district. While two soldiers were also killed and seven others sustained injuries in
LTTEsmallarmsandmortarfireandAPMexplosions,thetroopsalsoneutralised twocampsinthe
Paraikandamaduarea.
The troops eliminated two militants and injured 14 others during clashes at Andankulam and
Tannimurippukulam in the Vavuniya district. One soldier also sustained injuries in these
confrontationswhileanotherwasinjuredinanAPMexplosion.
Troopsreportedlydetectedabagwith1.5kgofC4explosives,3mlengthdetonatorcodeandfour
electric detonators, said to have been delivered to someone working in the UN International
OrganizationforMigrantssponsoredconstructionprojectfortemporarysheltersatKurumankaduin
theVirawapuliyankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
TheSriLankanGovernmentisreportedlyshoulderinganincreaseddefencebudgettocontinuethe
fightagainstterrorism.Accordingtosources,thegovernmenthasspent 6,840rupeesperminutein
the fight against the war during the last few months and expects an increase of 11,160 rupees to
reach18,000rupeesfromnextweek.IncreasedexpenseswereallocatedbytheParliamentrecently
asthegovernmenttroopshavestationedatoutskirtsoftheKilinochchitownfollowingthecaptureof
severalnearbyrebelcontrolledareas.
October14
At least 37 LTTE militants were killed and 36 others injured as clashes erupted between the SFs
and the militants in the Akkarayankulam north, west and east, Wannarikulam, Madamodei and
Pannaikandamdu areas of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts. Seven soldiers were also killed in
these confrontations while 26 others sustained injuries, including two in explosions of APM and
improvisedexplosivedevices.
The troops observed the movement of an LTTE tractor with several militants aboard in the
MankulamareaofVavuniyadistrictandopenedfireonthetractorkillingfourofthemilitants.
Two more militants were killed and six others injured during clashes with the SFs in the Nayaru,
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Alampilsouth,Tannimurippukulam,KiriibbanwewaandAndankulam areasofVavuniyadistrict.One
soldierwasalsokilledwhileanotherwoundedduringtheseconfrontations.
October15
United Kingdom expressed its concern over the ongoing military efforts taken by Sri Lanka in the
waragainstterrorism.
Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Abdul Risath Bathiyutheen said the
GovernmentisfullycommittedtoprovideallthebasicneedsfortheInternallyDisplaced People in
nonliberatedareasandfortheciviliansarrivinginVavuniyausingthesafecorridorestablishedby
theGovernmentandithasafullyfunctioningmechanismtodoso.
October16
TroopsafterfewdaysofgunbattlecapturedManiarkulamintersection,about13.5kmnortheastof
Nachchakuda, in the Kilinochchi district. Though ground troops confirmed that a number of LTTE
militants were killed and many others injured, troops have so far recovered the dead bodies of six
LTTEmilitants,includingthreedecomposedones.
The SFs clashed with the LTTE militants in the Muhamalai area of Jaffna district killing an
unspecified number of militants, including two leaders identified as Kanyan and Isaiman. Though
exact details of LTTE casualties are yet to be ascertained, the outfits communication intercepted
revealed more than 40 militants were wounded. Three soldiers were also killed while nine others
sustainedinjuriesinLTTEfire.
PolicerecoveredfourdeadbodiesofthefarmersintheKanchkudichchiaruareaofAmparadistrict.
Accordingtothesourcesthefarmerswereshotdeadbyunidentifiedassailants.
50WorldFoodProgrammeLorriescarryingessentialfooditems,medicineandotherdryrationsfor
Wanni civilians were forced to return to Vavuniya due to LTTE artillery fire and claymore mine
attacks.
The SFs recovered two claymore mines of 7.5kg each, 551 rounds of T56 ammunition, 18 hand
grenades,one5mlongdetonatorcode,sevenfielddressings,packetsofdryration,fifteen81mm
mortarbombs,one120mmmortarbomb,twoLTTEuniforms,medicalequipments,fourpacks,two
detonatorsandoneIcomradiosetfromtheMadhu,KaranvilathivuandPalampiddiareasofMannar
district.
October17
Troops clashed with groups of LTTE militants in the Nedunkandal, areas aroundAkkarayankulam,
PillawarayankaduandVannerikumaareasofKilinochchidistrict.Troopslaterrecovereddeadbodies
oftwomilitants.OnesoldierwaskilledinLTTEmortarfireintheVannerikumaareawhilefourothers
woundedinconfrontationsandexplosionsofAPMinotherareas.
Two factions of the TMVP clashed over the party's printing press as the party leader in the
Batticaloatown.According to the police, Karuna faction of theTMVP raided the printing office run
by the Pillayan faction and took the control of the office called "Thenagama" and detained 13
membersofthePillayangroup.However,noonewasreportedinjuredintheincident.
October18
Troopsattachedtothe57DivisionandTaskForceIcapturedover1.5kmstretchofearthbundin
the areas West and East of Akkarayankulam in the Kilinochchi district killing at least 75 LTTE
militants while injuring more than 125 cadres, Military sources said. An unspecified number of
soldierswerealsokilledandinjured.14fortifiedbunkersbuiltalongthebundwerealsocapturedby
thetroops.
October19
Task Force I moving towards Nachchakuda by October 19afternoon captured the earth bund from
west of Panniwedikulam toAkkarayan west, capturing one kilometers stretch of earth bund in the
east of Vannerikkulam, bringing the 10km stretch of earth bund between the west of
PanniwedikulamandtowardstheeastofVannerikkulamunderitscompletecontrol.TheTaskForce
I troops continued their march towards the north of the earth bund capturing Adampamodai village
whichislocated10kmnortheastofNachchakuda.
DefenceMinistrysourcessaidtheLTTEusedpoisonousgasonGovernmenttroops.Accordingto
military sources, advancing forces atAkkarayankulam tank south of Kilinochchi were attacked by
theLTTEwithchemicalgasbelievedtobeCS.
October20
The Sri Lankan military claimed to have established complete domination over the western
Kilinochchi battlefront. The Military said 33 soldiers were killed, 48 injured and three others went
missinginthepitchedbattleswiththeLTTE,whichisresistingtheArmysthrust.Themilitaryalso
said that in the mopup operations, dead bodies of 11 militants were recovered along with large
quantitiesofammunition.
Sri Lankan Government has said that the demining process of the Eastern Province is almost
finished.
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ThreeyouthswerekilledwhenanunidentifiedassailantstormedtheirboardingplaceatArasadithivu
in the Kokkadicholai area of Batticaloa district. The victims, Sanjeewa Pushpakumara of
Matugama, Pethum Priyadarshana and Duminda Roshan, both from Pannala, were working for a
roadconstructionsiteintheareawhentheyfellpreytothebullets.
Troops further expanded its territory with another 1km long stretch in the Vannerikkulam area of
Kilinochchidistrict.Troopsnowinfullcontroloftheareaareengagedin removingboobytrapsand
otherexplosivedevices.
October21
Troops captured Anaivilunthan village, about 1.5km north of Vannerikkulam in the Kilinochchi
district.Theexactdetailsareawaited.
The Sri Lankan military claimed that troops had defeated LTTE battle formations amid heavy
resistanceinareasatVannerikkulamandAkkarayankulamTankinKilinochchi.
The international community is firmly behind Sri Lanka in the battle against terrorism, President
MahindaRajapaksesaid.ReferringtoIndia,PresidentRajapaksesaidthetwocountriesenjoyedan
unprecedented level of friendship, understanding and cooperation. India is helping Sri Lanka in
many ways.The President asserted that there was no request from the Indian government to halt
the military campaign against the LTTE. He pointed out that the Government has given an
assurancetolookaftertheciviliansintheWanniandprovidethemfoodandotheressentials.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama stressed that the government would not
withdrawitsdecisiononterrorismduetoanykindofpressurebytheinternationalcommunity.
SriLankangovernmenthasorganizedaphotographicexhibitioninEuropeancitiestoshowcasethe
atrocitiescommittedbytheLTTE.
October2223
LTTE suicide boats targeted two merchant ships carrying essential items to the civilians in the
Northern Province of Sri Lanka. According to the military sources, merchant ships Ruhuna and
Nimalawa,wereattackedofftheKankasanthuraiharbourinJaffnabythreesuicideboats.TheNavy
sailors providing security onboard the targeted vessels fired at the approaching suicide boats
effectively, destroying two of them. One suicide boat, however, exploded in close proximity to the
merchant ship Nimalawa considerably damaging its hull. The pro LTTE website Sankathi on
October 23 reported that two top Sea Tigers (cadres of the Sea Wing of the LTTE), identified as
"Lieutenant Colonels" Elakkiya and Kuberan, were killed in the abortive suicide attempt on the
merchantship,Nimalawa,onOctober22.
October23
Troops captured Gajabapura area in the Vavuniya district inflicting heavy casualties to the LTTE.
Thedetailsareawaited.
The TMVP leadership has reportedly distanced itself from the stand taken by its leader, Karuna,
over the devolution of powers and has demanded for police powers. Earlier, in a meeting with the
heads and editors of media at the presidential secretariat, Karuna had said that Police powers
should not be devolved in to provincial councils, a provision under the 13 amendment to the
constitution. "We do not need police powers at the moment because of the current security
situation,"hehadsaidatthemeetingchairedbyPresidentMahindaRajapakse.
October24
The Sri Lankan defence ministry says it is suspending the release of casualty figures during the
currentfightinginthenorthofthecountry.
October26
TheSFsconfrontedtheLTTEmilitantsintheAkkarayankulam,KokavilandNachchakudaareasof
Kilinochchidistrictanddestroyedseveralbunkersinflictingheavycasualtiestotheoutfit.
TheSFsconfrontedthemilitantsonseveraloccasionsintheAndankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict
and caused heavy damages to the outfit. The troops also captured three bunkers and three
trenchesandrecovered30APMsandfiveIEDsfromthearea.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidtheGovernment'seffortsaretoeliminateterrorismfromthesoils
ofSriLankabutnottofightagainstanothercommunity.
A special census was taken in Puttalam to register the civilians who are living in the district after
fleeingtheNorthernandEasternprovincesofSriLanka.
October27
Troops recovered dead bodies of two LTTE cadres from the Kunchankulam area in Kilinochchi
district.ThreeT56weaponswerealsorecoveredfromtheincidentsite.
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Troops recovered 130 anti personnel mines and four booby traps during a search operation at
AndankulamareainVavuniya.
October28
At least four TMVP members were killed when its political office was attacked by the suspected
LTTEcadresatChenkaladiintheBatticaloadistrict.
AnLTTEaircraftdroppedtwobombstargetingtheKelanitissapowerstationinColombo.However,
no casualties were reported. According to military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara the
blast caused a minor fire at the power station which was doused by the firefighters. Later, the air
defence system in Colombo and suburbs was activated and the electricity supply to the city was
suspendedasaprecautionarymeasure.
Priortothisincident,anLTTElightaircraftdroppedthreebombsontheMannarArmyheadquarters
in Thalladi. Brigadier Nanayakkara said no damage was caused to the camp or any other military
logisticsfacilityintheareaduetothisattack.
The troops attached to the 58th Division in the north of Nachchakuda captured two strategically
importantjunctionsonthe12thand16thmilepostsontheMannarPoonerynA32road,cuttingoff
theLTTElinkswiththenowisolatedNachchakudawiththeSeaTigerbaseinValaipadu.
TheUnitedNationsColomboofficeinapressreleasesaidthatithasdiscoveredtwomicropistols
and 48 rounds of ammunition hidden on the premises at Mannar International Organization of
Migrants(IMO)office.
The proLTTE Website Tamil Net in an item posted on its website said, "Close to 55,000 school
childrenfrom190schoolshavebeendisplacedinWannisince2006.Mostofthedisplacedschools
havecombinedwiththeschoolsthathavenotdisplacedandarefunctioning."
October29
SriLankaArmyreportedthatonecivilianinjuredinKelanitissapowerplantbombingonOctoberdied
ofhisinjuries.
ThreesoldierswereinjuredintheattackinMannarbombing.
The troops captured Nachchakuda, Jayapuram and Akkarayankulam tank bund in Kilinochchi
district.
TroopsoftheTaskForce1on October29morninggainedfullcontrolofJayapuram,thelastmain
village, with an area of about four square km, on the A32 road to the extreme west of the
Kilinochchitown.
Onthesameevening,troopscompletedthecaptureoftheentireAkkarayankulamtankbund,tothe
north of Akkarayankulam under Thunukkai division. The two kmlong bund stretches across the
northernsideofAkkarayankulamtankwithanareaofabout4.5squarekmintotal.
Lateintheevening,NachchakudascompletelengthofthewellfortifiedLTTEFDL,abouteightkm
northofVellankulamwasbroughtunderthetroopscontrol.Nachchakudaarealiesabout1.5kmto
the west ofA32 strategic MannarPooneryn highway which runs parallel to the northwestern sea
coast.Thefishingbastion,Nachchakuda,atownwithalargeconcentrationofpeopleandbusiness
ventures has remained a strategic point for the LTTE for several months. It is believed that the
outfithassufferedheavycasualtiesfollowingtheencountersthroughouttheday.
October30
The troops completely captured Nachchakuda, the last stronghold of the LTTE on the Western
coastbeforePoonerynbyOctober30evening.
ASingaporeanarmsdealerwhowaschargedforconspiracytoprovidematerialsupporttotheLTTE
hasbeensentencedto37monthsinprisonbyaUSfederaljudge.
November1
Troops when tried to question two suspicious young men atAriyalai in the Jaffna district, one of
them suddenly swallowed a cyanide capsule while the other managed to flee opening fire towards
the troops. Troops later chased and killed him. While the cyanide victim, identified as Sellthurai
Purusothaman of Kaithady North Kaithady, now confirmed to be an LTTE militant, has had a
student identity card (Reg. No. 2003 A / 85) of the University of Jaffna (Art Faculty) in his
possession,thoughitsauthenticitystillremainstobechecked,theothermilitant, Sivagnanalingam
Varnaathithan of Aliyavalai in Thalladi had a 9mm micro pistol with ammunition. Troops found a
studentidentitycardissuedbyFacultyofMedialUniversityofJaffnainhispossessiontoo.
November12
TheSLNfoiledanattackbyaflotillaofSeaboatsintheseasbetweenNagarkovilandPointPedro
in the Jaffna district destroying at least four boats and killing more than 14 militants aboard the
boast on November 1 morning. Later on November 2, reports confirmed that 16 militants were
killed.
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OnNovember1,troopsbreachedastretchof2kmLTTEdefencelineatPaddaruyalVillu,about3
kmeastofA32road,intheKilinochchidistrictdestroying theirbunkersalongthe.Althoughtroops
claimedtohavekilledalargenumberofmilitantstheycouldrecoveratotalof17deadbodiesofthe
militants including 10 females have been recovered according to the formation available on
November2.Intelligencereports confirmed that all female cadres killed in confrontations belonged
toLTTEsMalathigroup.
November2
At least 93 people were arrested for suspicious terrorist connections in the village of Kalpitiya,
about165kmfromthecapitalColombo,inthePuttalamdistrict.All arrested were people who had
arrived in Kalpitiya from Northern and Eastern provinces and living in temporary locations in the
village, police added. They were arrested during a house to house search for suspicious terrorist
connections.
The Government will declare a ceasefire only if the LTTE lay down weapons and surrender,
PresidentMahindaRajapaksetoldIndiaTodayinaninterview.
A Defence Ministry statement said, "Fighting was reported between troops and LTTE at
Kovilkoduttavil, Podimuruppukulama and Urutirapurankulama.This phase of the military surge has
forcedtheLTTEtoretreatwithheavycasualties.TheLTTEisonthevergeoflosingitssupplyline
alongthewesterncoast."
Respondingtotherequestmadeto the international community, Russia and Czech Republic have
comeforwardtohelpthegovernmentofSriLankatodestroythesmallaircraftoftheLTTEairwing.
November23
FourTamilyouthswereshotdeadandanotherseriouslyinjuredbymotorbikeridingLTTEmilitants
atKurunchchiady,acoastallocalityintheKalmunaiareaofAmpara districtonNovember2.While
two died on the spot the other two succumbed to injuries later. The death toll in the shooting
incidentincreasedtofiveasoneyouthwhowasseverelyinjuredintheshootingsuccumbedtohis
injuries on November 3morning at the Kalmunai hospital. Four of the victims were identified as
Jayasekar Nisanthan, Kadiravadively Rajakurendran, Somasundaram Kartik, and Muttupillai Sri
Sudaharan.
November3
TheLTTEpaidSLR25,000totheparentswhoreportedlypermittedoneoftheirchildrentojointhe
organization, a female suspect revealed to the police. The suspect, from the north and currently
under detention by the Terrorist Investigation Division had told the police that her parents handed
her to the LTTE for money. Inquiries revealed that she had undergone one years training in
KilinochchiasasuicidecadreandcomedowntoColombotocarryoutamissiononaVIP.
AfugitiveSriLankanhasbeengiventhemaximumsentenceof45monthsforhisroleinthetheftof
80assaultriflesfromaSwissArmydepottwoyearsago.
TheChairmanoftheAPRCofSri LankaProf.TissaVitharanatoldLankaeNewsthatthefinalset
of proposals for power devolution to solve the ethnic problem would be presented to the President
MahindaRajapaksenextweek.
President Rajapakse has reportedly invited the LTTE proxy party, TNA for a meeting this week to
discussthewayforwardonthepoliticalsolutiontheGovernmentintendstopropose.
ThePresidentsaidthatageneralelectionwouldcomebeforethenextpresidentialelection.
ArmyCommanderLt.GeneralSarathFonsekadeclaredthatover80percentofthewaragainstthe
LTTE has been completed after regaining 80 per cent of the areas under them and killing over
12,000 of their cadres.TheArmy Commander also said that he is confident that he can complete
thetaskofdefeatingtheLTTEduringhistenureashepromisedearlier.
November4
The SFs clashed with the LTTE militants in the Akkarayankulam, Kovilkadu, Vannerikkulam,
Viththar and Pallikkulam areas of Kilinochchi district inflicting an unspecified number of casualties
totheoutfit.AtleastthreedeadbodiesofthemilitantsalongwithsixT56weaponsandthreeIcom
radiosetswerelaterrecoveredfromthePallikkulamandKovilkaduareas.
With the capture of strategically important Nachchakuda in the Kilinochchi district, the Sri Lanka
Army has sealed off over 90 percent of the 80km long northwestern coast of the island, the
DefenceMinistrysaid.Itsaidthatthearmy now has continuous domination over 70km stretch of
the strategically vital Mannar Pooneryn (A32) road, which is one of main strategically important
roadlinkingnorthernpeninsulatotherestofthecountry.
Governmentinformedthatatotalof171securityforcepersonnelhadbeenkilledinoperationsand
1,122 injured during the past month in the country. At the State of Emergency debate senior
Government Minister W.D.J. Senaviratne told Parliament that 38 civilians had died and 62 were
injured.TheParliamentextendedtheStateofEmergencyforanothermonth.
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The Government confirmed there would be no ban imposed on the LTTE as Sri Lanka was not at
war despite several other countries proscribing the outfit and their proxies. Constitutional Affairs
Minister Dew Gunasekara said that a LTTE ban was not discussed or considered as the country
wasnotofficiallyatwar.
The APRC chairman, Science and Technology Minister Prof. Tissa Vitarana said that the final
document of the APRC power devolution proposals will be ready when the present military
campaign concludes shortly. Both the President Mahinda Rajapakse and the APRC cleared the
reportsinSriLankathattheGovernmentwasgettingreadytogowithapoliticalsolutionparallel to
theongoingmilitarycampaign.
November5
Troops overrun the Akkarayankulam builtup area in the Kilinochchi district. During subsequent
search operations, troops recovered the dead bodies of two LTTE militants along with two T56
assaultrifflesandanIcomset.
Mangala Samaraweera, the leader of the SLFPPW has set up a 'Defense Watch' to report the
casualtiesofoffensiveintheNorth.Addressingtheinauguralpressbriefing, Samaraweera charged
that the government downplays the military casualty figures and have created intelligence units at
the village level. He claimed that about 2,200 soldiers have sacrificed their lives during this year
and during the last three months about 600 soldiers were reportedly killed while 30,000 personnel
desertedtheArmythisyear.
The TMVP will be disarmed within months and integrated into the security forces, said
Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan alias Colonel KarunaAmman. He informed that the rehabilitation
offormercadresunderhiscommandhadalreadybegun.
November6
The SFs handed over the dead bodies of six militants, including two females, to officials of the
International Committee of the Red Cross at Omanthai Entry/Exit point in the Vavuniya district.
These militants were reportedly killed in the recent clashes at Akkarayankulam and Mankulam in
theKilinochchidistrict.
Police Intelligence warned the public that LTTE suicide bombers in the guise of pregnant women,
beggars,womencarryingchildren,oldmenandwomenetc.havebeendeployedtocarryexplosions
intheColombocity.
November7
Soldiers attached to 59 Division killed at least four LTTE cadres and wounded nine others in
Andankulam.Asoldierwaskilledandsevenotherssustainedinjuriesintheoperation.
TwoCivilDefenceForce(CDF)officersandapoliceconstablewerekilledandanotherCDFofficer
injured when the LTTE cadres opened fire on them at Kohilaela in Tampitiya. They were attacked
whileprovidingsecuritytofarmersworkingintheirpaddyfields.
TroopsattackedLTTEpositionsinMullarkudduvilusingmortarfirekillingatleastthreeofitscadres
andinjuringtwomore.Onesoldieralsosustainedinjuriesduringtheattack.
November8
Two soldiers and a LTTE cadre were killed in a series of clashes in the general areas of Kilaly,
Nagarkovil and Muhamalai areas of Jaffna district. Five LTTE cadres and a soldier were also
wounded.Duringtheclashes,troopsdestroyedatleastthreeLTTEbunkersinKilalyandtheearth
bundbuiltbytheoutfitinMuhamalai.
November9
TheLTTEsaidthatitisreadyforaceasefirewiththeSriLankanGovernment.
November10
Troopsattachedtothe58DivisiontookcontrolofKiranchi,oneoftheSeaTigerbasesontheNorth
Westerncoast.Kiranchi,locatednorthwestofNachchakuda,whichfelltothehandsoftheSFstwo
weeksback,wascapturedbythe58Divisiontroopsastheycompletelycutoffthelandareafrom
northofNachchakudatosouthofChempankunduontheA32roaduptotheseventhMilepost.
SFs in Vavuniya handed over seven more dead bodies of the LTTE militants, including five
females,totheICRCofficialsacrosstheOmantheEntry/Exitpoint.
The Government will not enter into a CFA or talks with the LTTE at this juncture unless it was
prepared to lay down arms, Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Minister Maithripala
SirisenatoldParliament.TheMinistersaidtheGovernmentwillnotacceptLTTEpoliticalleaderB.
NadesansclaimsforaCFAbecauseithadenoughexperiencesontheLTTEsdoublestandardvis
visCFAs.
November11
Troops of the 58 Division moved further towards Pooneryn after capturing the
Valayakudiyurippumoddai defence line in the Kilinochchi district held by the LTTE for the past few
days,killingover30militantsandcapturingfivedeadbodiesofthemilitants.Thiscamehoursafter
the SFs captured the Palavi fishing village in the west of MannarPooneryn A32 road, military
sourcessaid.
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Troopsofthe59DivisioncapturedapartofKumulamunaitownintheMullaitivudistrict.Asection
of the KumulamunaiTannimurippukulam main road was also captured by the troops on the same
day.Troopsofthe57DivisionrecovereddeadbodiesoffourfemaleLTTEmilitantsalongwithfour
T56weaponsandoneIcomfollowingclashesinthePerimurikandaiareaofMullaitivudistrict.
The troops entered the strategically important Kumulamunai village, located 12km south of
Mullaitivu,aftercapturing21LTTEbunkerslocatedbetweenTannimurippukulamand Kumulamunai.
Accordingtomilitaryofficials,KumulamunaiisthefirstbuildupareaafterpassingtheAndankulam
forestreserveinthesouthofMullaitivu.
SixmoredeadbodiesoftheLTTEmilitantskilledinclasheswiththeArmyinAkkarayankulamarea
ofKilinochchidistrictweredeliveredtotheofficialsoftheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross
attheVavuniyahospital.
SFs captured four trench lines of the LTTE at Valayakudiyurippumoddai in the Kilinochchi district
and subsequently recovered the dead bodies of five militants along with eight T56 weapons,
accordingtoSriLankaArmy.
SriLankaMinistryofNationBuildingandEstateInfrastructureannouncedthat156,203landmines
havebeendefusedsince2002.
November12
The Omanthai entry/exit point in the Vavuniya district was kept closed by the military in the
absenceofICRCofficialsatthesite.SarasiWijeratna,MediacoordinatorfortheICRCinSriLanka,
said that due to some unreasonable incident that occurred on November 11, ICRC members have
decidedtowithdrawfromtheOmanthaientry/exitpoint.
Sri Lankans in the UK are going to launch a hunger strike urging British authorities to stop events
organizedbytheLTTEfrontorganizationsthatarescheduledtotakeplaceinLondon.
The UNHCR said more than 150000 IDPs have returned to their former villages in the Eastern
Provinceoverthepastyear.
ABuddhistmonk,Ven.Sivuralamulle DhammasiriThero,intheinternationallyfamousKudumbigala
TempleintheAmparadistrictwasabductedbyunidentifiedpersons.
November13
TroopscapturedtheentiretriangularDevilsPointtothewestofA32MannarPoonerynroadinthe
Troops recovered and handed over the dead bodies of 14 LTTE militants, killed during clashes in
theAkkarayankulamareaofMannarandnorthofPadaviyaareas inthepastfewdays,totheICRC
officialatOmanthaiEntry/ExitpointintheVavuniyadistrict.
The Governments firm stand on the CFA is unchanged, Government DefenceAffairs spokesman
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said reiterating there will not be peace negotiations with the LTTE
unless it lays down arms and surrenders. Rambukwella vehemently denied allegations made by
certain parties that the Air Force had restricted air attacks in the North and the Wanni fearing
civiliancasualties.
The Sri Lanka Government sought cooperation of BIMSTEC nations in combating terrorism in the
region saying the sea lanes of Bay of Bengal were being used by terrorists to smuggle arms and
drugs.
TheTMVPleaderandMemberof Parliament,VinayagamoorthyMuralitharanaliasColonelKaruna
Amman,saidinaninterviewthatpoliticalwillandmilitaryplanningwilldefeattheLTTE.
November14
The Personal Secretary to the Eastern Province Chief Minister and TMVP leader Sivanesathurai
Chandrakanthana.k.a.Pillayanandhisdriverwereassassinatedby suspected the LTTE militants
atOruwelaintheAthurugiriya areaofColombodistrict.PillayansCoordinatingSecretaryKumara
swamy Nandagopan a.k.a. Ragu had contested at the Eastern Provincial election as the main
TMVPcandidatefortheTrincomaleedistrict.
November15
Pooneryn, the LTTE bastion in Northern Province, fell to the troops advancing amid heavy
resistance,themilitarysaid.
TheJanessDefenceWeeklysaid it was in a position to confirm that the LTTE made at least one
attempt to transport a consignment of artillery rounds by air to the outfitcontrolled areas in the
Wanni. It said commercial satellite imagery obtained by Jane's confirmed that between 2004 and
2007,theoutfitconstructedtwoairstripsthatcouldhandleaircraftcapableoftransportingweapons
cargofromCentralorSoutheastAsia.
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Addressing the nation following the military victory over Pooneryn, President Mahinda Rajapakse
reiteratedhiscommitmenttoapoliticalsolutiontotheconflictandcalledontheLTTEchieftolay
downarmsandcomefornegotiations.
EasternProvinceChiefMinisterSivanesathuraiChandrakanthana.k.a.Pillayansaidthathehasno
reason to believe that LTTE was behind the assassination of the TMVP Secretary Kumarasamy
Nandagopan a.k.a. Ragu. The Chief Minister said that incidents like this will negatively influence
thosewhoaremovingfrommilitancytodemocracy.
November16
TroopsneutralizedaLTTEbunkerkillingatleastfourmilitantsaheadoftheMuhamalaiFDLin the
Jaffnadistrict.
November17
SFs captured the strategically important Kumulamunai village south of Mullaitivu and the key
junctiontownofMankulamontheA9road.Troopsalsorecovered the dead bodies of three LTTE
militants and an armour plated cab. Troops now reportedly control the Mulliyavali village west of
KumulamunaiandnexttotheNagacholaiforestreserve.
Troops captured the strategically important key junction town of Mankulam on the A9 road. It is
keyjunctionontheA9roadwithroadsleadingtoMullaitivu totheWest,VellankulamtotheEast,
KilinochchitotheNorthandOmanthaitotheSouth.
TroopsclashedwithmilitantsatAndankulamintheVavuniyadistrictandrecovereddeadbodies of
threemilitants,includingaSeaTigercadreandonefromLTTEsSodiyaGroup.
SriLankapolicesourcessaidthatplansareunderwaytosetupPolicestationsinrecentlycaptured
areas in the Northern Province.Accordingly, a new police station will be set up in Pooneryn, the
strategicpointinnorthwesterncoastcapturedbythesecurityforceslastweek.
DefenceSecretaryGotabhayaRajapaksehassaidthattheLTTEleaderVelupillaiPrabhakarancan
continue his strategic withdrawals from Paranthan, Elephant Pass, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu as
well. He denied the LTTE's statement that the withdrawal from Pooneryn was a strategic one and
remindedthattheoutfithadtoldthesamewhentheylostotherbastionsoftheirs.
Informed sources said that around 70 TMVP cadres have defected to rejoin the LTTE during the
pastfewmonths.Someofthesecadreshavekilledtheircolleaguespriortotheirfleeingtojointhe
outfit,sourcesadded.
November1718
TroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheKilalyandMuhamalaiFDLsareaonNovember1718
andinflictedheavycasualtiesontheoutfit.Anunspecifiednumberofsoldiers were also killed and
theoperationisreportedlystillcontinuing.Meanwhile,theproLTTEWebsiteTamilNetclaimed that
the LTTE in Jaffna put up stiff resistance against the SLA that attempted to advance across the
outfitsFDLfourtimesbetween November17noonand10:00am(SLST)onNovember18.Atleast
36SLAsoldierswerekilledand90otherswounded,theLTTEsaid.
November18
TheSriLankanNavyconfrontedaSeaTigerflotillaoffthecoastofNayaruintheMullaitivudistrict
killingsixSeaTigersanddestroyingtwoboatsinthe predawnhours,themilitarysaid.TheSLAF
MI24helicoptergunshipsalsoprovidedcloseairsupporttotheNavycausingtheother four other
LTTEcrafttofleewhiledamaginganother.
There is the possibility of the Government proscribing the LTTE, said Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told Parliament that the Government firmly maintains the
stance of eradicating terrorism and bringing a political solution to the ethnic problem. Speaking at
the Committee Stage Debate on the Foreign Ministry, he said President Mahinda Rajapakse has
clearly expressed to the international community that the countrys political issues will be solved
onlythroughpoliticalmeanswhilealsotakingmeasurestoputanendtoterrorism.
The Central Bank announced that it has forfeited a sum of SLR 71 million of TRO, a LTTE front
organization, to the State. The Government had confiscated the assets of TRO in August 2006
undertheFinancialTransactions ReportingActandtheConventionontheSuppressionofTerrorist
FinancingAct.TheGovernmentchargedthatthemoneyreceived byTRO from various donors for
humanitarian projects were, according to intelligence reports, mainly used to finance terrorist
activity.
November19
TroopsadvancingtowardsKokavil,southofKilinochchi,byNovember19afternoonclosedinonthe
Kokavil town centre perimeter where the Kokavil Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation (SLRC)
transmission tower stands.The LTTE had captured the area in November 1990 after the militants
launched an attack on theArmy detachment at the SLRC tower which spread transmission to the
entirenorthernpartoftheisland.
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18deadbodiesoftheLTTEmilitants,includingsevenfemalecadres,whowerekilledintheclashes
in Mannar and Vavuniya areas, were handed over to the representatives of the International
CommitteeoftheRedCrossinVavuniya.
PresidentMahindaRajapakseagainurgedVelupillaiPrabhakaranandtheLTTEtogiveupviolence
intheinterestoftheTamilsofthecountryandenterintonegotiationswiththeGovernment.
ForeignMinisterRohithaBogollagamasaidthecaptureofPoonerynhasdealtasevereblowtothe
LTTE arms smuggling capability across Palk Strait, as the latest achievement by the security
forceshavedeniedtheoutfitaccesstotheNorthWesternCoastalbelt.
November20
At least 130 SLA soldiers lost their lives and more than 450 were wounded in the offensive push
within the last three days on Kilali and Muhamalai fronts in the Jaffna district, according to a Sri
Lankanmilitarysource,claimedtheproLTTEWebsiteTamilNet. 29 SLA soldiers died sustaining
sniperfireandseveralotherswerekilledwhiletheyweretrappedintheLTTEminefield.TheLTTE,
however,isyettoreleasedetailsonthefightinginNorthernFront.
MangalaSamaraweera,leaderoftheSriLankaFreedomParty(Mahajanawing),saidthat200SLA
soldierswerekilledonNovember18aloneandmorethan700werewoundedintherecentfightingin
Wanni. "I know that by last Tuesday, 235 injured soldiers were brought to Colombo National
Hospital.Itwasreportedthat85werebroughttoKalubowila,90toJayewardenepuraandmorethan
300 to the military hospital. Also, the bodies of more than 200 brave sons of this country were
broughttoJayaratneFuneralDirectors."
More than 50 LTTE militants were killed and an unspecified number of them injured as troops in
JaffnaoverranthefirstFDLoftheoutfitinthestrategicbottleneck andthelagoontothenorthand
south of theA9 JaffnaKandy Highway.An unspecified number of soldiers were also killed in the
fightingthatlastedforafewdays.
Troops captured one of the LTTE airstrips located in the Nivil area in Pooneryn on November 20
afternoon. The airstrip is about 200m in length and made by demarcating a strip of the B69
PoonerynParanthanmainroad.Thestripisbelieved to be used as an emergency landing strip by
theLTTE.
Refuting certain media reports and allegations, Media and Information Minister and Cabinet
SpokesmanAnuraPriyadarshanaYapareiteratedthattheLTTEhasbeencompletely defeatedand
drivenoutofPoonerynandMankulamwithabsolutelynohopesofareturn.Addressingtheweekly
CabinetpressbriefinginParliamenthesaid,"Thisisinnowayatacticalpullout as some critics
strive to portray. They used all means at their disposal such as the construction of bunds and
various other obstacles on our path to prevent us from reaching there. Losing theA32 route has
beenamajorblowtothem.Weareinaverystrongpositionnow,withLTTEshopesandaspirations
ofregainingtheirlostterritoryamyth."
November21
Troopsrecoveredahugearmscachefollowingextensivesearchandclearoperationsconductedin
the Pooneryn, Kalmunai point and other surrounding areas. The recoveries included suicide boats
andjackets,afewhundredsofT56weaponsandLTTEIcomradiosets,severalmortars,12.7mm
weapons, claymore mines, thousands of ammunition rounds, detonator cords, wire rolls, remote
controldevices,fuses,oxygencylinders,handgrenades,pistols,pistolroundsandalargestockof
otherLTTEwarlikeitems.
November22
Army Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka said that the LTTE now have around 3,000
fighters with 2,000 of them forcibly recruited, and would die as the SFs close in on Vishvamadu
close to Kilinochchi. He said that at this juncture Velupillai Prabhakaran would decide to flee from
the country as some others would surrender. The Army Commander said that there would be a
chance for the LTTE leader to flee in a dinghy boat or in a low lying fast aircraft. The Army
Commander also said that Prabhakaran is now injured according to verified evidence and he is a
patientrunningfrombunkertobunkerwithoutmedicine.
A recently released report by the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) quoting sources
fromtheWannisaidthatsinceearlySeptember2008theLTTEhasconscripted9,000veryyoung
personswhoarenowundertraining.
November2223
120 LTTE militants and 27 soldiers were killed during clashes between the two sides as fighting
intensifiesforKilinochchi,SriLankaarmysaid."PitchedbattledinMuhamalai,northofAdampanto
the south of ParanthanPooneryn road in Kilinochchi, north of Kumulamunai in Welioya during the
weekend have caused loss of 120 Tiger terrorists and injury to over 80 more," Defence Ministry
said.70soldierswereinjuredwhileafewotherswentmissing.TroopsoftheTaskForce1and57
Division deployed in the Adampan and Pudumurippukulam had come under a massive LTTE
counter attack since November 23evening. Troops of the two units have come in three fronts
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towardsthecenterofthetown.The 57thDivisionfightingintheTerumurikandiareahavecaptured
about 1.2km stretch on the earth bund (embankment) built across the JaffnaKandy (A9) road
establishingtheirpositionjustafewhundredmetersshortoftheA9road,immediatelysouthof the
Kilinochchibuiltup,defenceauthoritiessaid.
November23
Army troops overran the LTTEs Entry/Exit point at Omanthai in the Vavuniya after clearing the
defencelinesoftheoutfitinthearea,themilitarysaid.TheDefenceMinistrysaidthattroopsofthe
Task Force 2 are now consolidating defences at Omanthai. "The domination over Omanthai will
enabletheArmytofurtherextendthedefencelines linkingMankulamOddusudanKumulamunai,"
theMinistrysaid.Morethan40LTTEcadreswerekilledintheincident.
TheproLTTEWebsiteTamilNetclaimedthatatleast43SLAsoldierswerekilledand morethan70
wounded in the latest fighting that broke out at Nallur on PoonakariParanthan road in the
TheArmy intensified its thrust on Kilinochchi, marching towards the city from three frontiers and
neutralisingmanydefences,includingseveralpointsofanearthbund(embankment)constructedby
theLTTE,theDefenceMinistrysaid.
A Sri Lanka Defence Ministry statement claimed that 41 civilians in two groups broke out of the
LTTEheldareasandarrivedattheOmanthairoadblockintheVavuniyadistrict.
The Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan a.k.a. Pillayan has
said that that since he took office in May 2008 not a single person has been recruited to the
Council. "I dont have any powers to implement the 13thAmendment. We have asked the central
governmenttogiveusthepowersvestedinthe13thAmendment,"hesaidinaninterviewwithaSri
Lankan weekend newspaper. He also accused that Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan alias Colonel
KarunaAmman, the leader of his party,TMVP, who is with the Government is now convincing the
Governmentnottogivepowerstohim.Chandrakanthanalsosaidthatonlyafewcabinetministers
inthedistrictaredirectlyinvolvedintheongoingdevelopmentprojectsintheprovince.
November24
ThreedeadbodiesofLTTEmilitants,includingonefemalecadre,killedintheAkkarayankulamarea
ofKilinochchidistrictwerehandedovertoofficialsoftheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross
inVavuniya.
TheDefenceMinistryinastatementsaid,"DefenceintelligencerevealsthatLTTEhasmarshalled
itsfinalreservestothebattlefronttosavetheirsymbolicallyimportantstrongholdKilinochchi.All
seniorterroristleadershavebeenheardovertheradio,commandingtheircadretodieforthesafety
oftheterrorsupremeV.Prabhakaran."
TroopsclashedwiththeLTTEmilitantsintheKaradiyankaduareaofJaffnadistrictandinflictedan
unspecifiednumberofcasualtiesupontheoutfit.
TroopsinthenorthofAkkarayankulam inKilinochchidistrictandKumulamunaiandAndankulamin
theVavuniyadistrictconfrontedgroupsofLTTEmilitantskillingandinjuringanunspecifiednumber
ofthem.DuringasubsequentsearchoperationinAndankulam,troopsrecoveredfiveantipersonnel
minesandtwoimprovisedexplosivedevises.
Defence sources said that the LTTE are fleeing northward from their forward defence line at
OmanthaiintheVavuniyadistrictastheoutfithasshiftedtheentry/exitpointtotheirterritoryfrom
VavuniyatoOddusudansituatedonA34highway.
November25
Troops captured Olumaduwai, a major base of the LTTE four kilometres northeast of Mankulam
along the MankulamMullaitivu (A34) road in the Mullaitivu district. The Task Force3 entered the
Olumaduwaiareaafterafiercebattlethatlastedseveraldays,militarysourcessaid.Anunspecified
numberofmilitantswerekilledintheoperation.
A group of LTTE militants moving in the Ambagaswewa area, about 10kilometre northeast of
Horowpathana,intheAnuradhapuradistrictwereobservedandattackedbythe troops.Later,troops
withtheassistanceofCivilDefenceForcepersonnelconductedasearchoperationintheareaand
recoveredthedeadbodiesoffourmilitants.
STFpersonnelkilledthreemilitantsintheKaraweddiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
ThreeLTTEcadreswereshotdeadbytheSFsatVavuvathivuintheBatticaloadistrict.
TheColomboMagistrateCourtissuedanoticetoeightmembersoftheTRO,frontalorganisationof
the LTTE, to appear in courts regarding allegations over its finances. The Magistrate Court made
thisorderfollowinganapplicationmadebytheCID.AccordingtosourcesoftheCentralBankofSri
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Lanka,theTROhaduseditsfundstofinanceLTTEactivity.TheCIDhadconductedinvestigations
onthisissuefollowingacomplaintmadebytheCentralBankofSriLanka.TheeightTROmembers
arerequiredtoappearincourtsonFebruary9,2009.
November26
AnunspecifiednumberofLTTEmilitantswerekilledandseveralothersinjuredasclasheserupted
between the two sides in the Kumulamunai area of Vavuniya district. Troops later recovered the
deadbodiesoffivemilitants,includingthreefemalecadres.Onefemalemilitantwasalsoarrested
withgunshotinjuries.
ThefallofKilinochchi,theLTTEsstrategicbastionintheWannianditscoreadministrativecapital
is imminent as troops had established positions in the outskirts of Kilinochchi district, Defence
Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. He said that the security forces were
movingfromthesouth,southwestandwestofKilinochchi.
November27
TheLTTEleader,VelupillaiPrabhakaran,whilevowingtofightonandevictGovernmentforcesfrom
their'land',saidhisorganizationwantstostopthewarandseekapeacefulresolutiontothenational
question of the Tamil people. In his "Heros Day" speech, an annual ritual followed since 1989,
deliveredfromanundisclosedlocationinthejunglesofWanni,hesaid,"Wearewagingadefensive
war for the freedom of our people." He urged the Tamil people living outside the country to
contribute to his movement to "strengthen the hands of our freedom movement and continue to
extendtheircontributionsandhelp."
Reports indicated that the Heros Week of the LTTE in northern part of Sri Lanka failed to evoke
muchresponse.AccordingtosourcesinWanni,thecelebrationswereheldonlyinMullaitivudistrict
aspeopleoftheotherkeyareas in the North have rejected the celebrations.The LTTE had urged
thepeopleinthoseareastoclosedownalltheshopsandofficeseveninVavuniyaandJaffna,but
the order was disregarded, sources added. Sri Lanka Police said that they have tightened the
security in those areas where the celebrations were held in past years but no such incidents were
reportedthistime.
MangalaSamaraweera,leaderoftheSLFPM,saidonNovember27thatthefateofoneofficerand
three soldiers allegedly captured by the militants in Kungchupparanthan was not known. 700
critically injured soldiers were admitted to Anuradhapura Military hospital, another 700 in SLA
Hospital Colombo, 250 in Colombo National Hospital, 160 in Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital, 90 in
RagamaHospitaland65inKalubowilaHospital,accordingtoSamaraweera.
November28
75SLAsoldierswereconfirmed deadandmorethan160injuredduringfightingwiththeLTTEinthe
KunchankulamareaofKilinochchidistrict,accordingtoproLTTEWebsiteTamilNet.
Clashes erupted between the two sides at Otiyamale in the Vavuniya district in which the LTTE
sufferedanunspecifiednumberofcasualties.Subsequently,theSFsrecovereddeadbodiesoffive
militantsalongwithfourT56weaponsandoneIcomset.
November29
The troops advancing in the northeast entered Otiyamale town located southwest of
Tannimurippukulam in the Mullaitivu district, the military said. An unspecified number of LTTE
militants were killed and injured in the operation. During subsequent search operations, troops
recovereddeadbodiesoffourmilitantsandacacheofweapons.
DeadbodiesoffiveLTTEmilitants,includingafemalecadre,whowerekilledduringclashesinthe
PadaviyaandJanakapuraareasofVavuniyadistrictwerehandedovertotherepresentativesofthe
InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCrossinVavuniya.
Kandy and its suburbs have been identified as the second most LTTEthreatened area after
Colombo,accordingtointelligencereports.TheDeputyInspectorGeneral(CentralProvince),Pujith
Jayasundara, said police recently arrested 115 persons during raids in the Kandy, Matale and
NuwaraEliyaareasandinformationgatheredfromthreeofthearrestedpersonsledtotherecovery
of 500kilograms of C4 explosives and four claymore mines. In another case, a person caught
transportingalargequantityofexplosivesbylorryadmittedtopreviouslytransporting some 1,000
kilograms of explosives to Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya. Suicide squads of 11 LTTE cadres
werereportedlylivingintheKandyarea,Jayasundarasaid.
November30
Troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the Kumulamunai east area of Vavuniya district and
inflictedheavycasualtiesupontheoutfit.Duringsubsequentsearchoperations,the SFs recovered
deadbodiesofthreemilitantsalongwiththreeT56weaponsandoneIcomset.
Italy recognised the dangerous potential of terrorists by arresting those with alleged links to the
LTTE, Sri Lankas Ambassador to Italy, Hemantha Warnakulasuriya told Adnkronos International
(AKI). He said the Italian government had taken the lead in Europe in clamping down on anyone
whotriedtoextortmoneyfromtheSriLankancommunitytosupporttheoutfit.Italianauthoritiesin
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June arrested 28 suspected LTTE sympathisers in nine Italian cities, including Rome and Naples.
WarnakulasuriyasaidothershadbeenarrestedelsewhereinItaly.
December1
Troops completed the capture of Kokavil town area about 15km north of Mankulam in the
Kilinochchi district. Kokavil, a key town on the JaffnaKandy (A9) road in the south of Kilinochchi
wascapturedbythetroopsafteradvancingthreekilometressouthwardsfromMurikkandy.Withthe
captureofKokaviltowntroopshavetakenfullcontroloftheA9road fromMurikkandyinthesouth
ofKilinochchitoMankulamjunction.
AprovincialleaderoftheLTTE,ThangawelKrishnapilleialiasChuti,wasshotdeadbythePoliceat
EravurintheBatticaloadistrict.
GovernmentreiteratedthattheongoingoperationsintheNorthwillceaseonlyafterallciviliansare
fully liberated from the LTTE control. Making a statement to the local media, Defence spokesman
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the operations in Wanni are being carried out successfully at
themoment.
December2
Troops captured Periyakulam village, about 1km west of the newlycaptured Otiyamale, in the
Mullaitivudistrict.PeriyakulamliesnearVavuniyaandMullaitivudistrictborders.
The dead bodies of four people, including three children, were recovered at Maithreepura village in
thePadaviyaareaofAnuradhapuradistrict.
The ICRC in Vavuniya delivered five more dead bodies of the LTTE militants, including three
females,whowerekilledduringrecentclashesintheKumulamunaiareaofVavuniyadistrict.
ThenumberofciviliansfleeingtheLTTEheldareasisincreasingastheresistanceofLTTEwaning
day by day. According to the defence sources, 15 more civilians have arrived in Vavuniya on
December2morningattheOmanthaiEntryExitpointVavuniya,seekingrefuge.Theofficialshave
takenmeasurestosettlethematarefugeecampinVavuniya.
December3
A total of 75,000 antipersonnel landmines have been removed from areas affected by terrorism,
Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Humanitarian Demining at the Nation Building
Ministry,N.S.Jayasinghe,said.ProjectManagerofHumanitarianDeminingUnit,ImthiyasIsmail,
said landmines have been removed from a 17 billion square metre area in the liberated areas
including the recently liberated Eastern Province. Meanwhile, Senior Project Officer of Support to
Mine Action Project Programme Management Unit of United Nations Development Programme,
NilouferdeSilva,saidmorethan1,700personshavelosttheirlimbsduetolandmineexplosions.
December4
Troops captured the strategically important Alampil area, 10kilometres south of Mullaitivu, while
TaskForceIItroopscapturedthekeyjunctiontownofPuliyankulamontheA9highway.
Nine more dead bodies of the LTTE militants, including five females, killed during clashes in the
Kumulamunai and Otiyamale areas of Vavuniya district were handed over to the ICRC
representatives.
TheextensionofemergencyruleforanothermonthwaspassedintheSriLankaParliamentwitha
majorityof100votes.
The TMVP represented by its leaders, Member of Parliament Karuna and Eastern Province Chief
MinisterPillayan,signedanagreementwiththeUNICEFtoenditschildrecruitment.Accordingtoa
UNICEFpressrelease,theagreementwouldensuretheimmediatereleaseofallchildrencurrently
withtheTMVP.
PrimeMinisterRatnasiriWickremanayaketoldtheParliamentthatsomepartieshavepressuredthe
Government to enter into a ceasefire agreement with the LTTE. He, however, reiterated that the
Governmentwillnotagreeforaceasefiretilltheongoingoperationsareconcluded.
Defence spokesperson Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the Indian Prime Minister Dr.
Manmohan Singh and President Mahinda Rajapakse had come to a mutual agreement that the
GovernmentwoulddeclareaceasefireonlyiftheLTTEdisarmedthemselves.
December5
TroopsmovingeastwardsacrossthemainA9highwaycapturedKanakarayankulamlocatedabout
10km north of Puliyankulam, in the Kilinochchi district. With the capture of Kanakarayankulam,
Puliyankulam,MankulamandKokaviltowns,troopshavenowcleareda21kmsegmentoftheA9
highwaybetweenOmanthaitothesouthandKokaviltothenorthfacilitatingthecivilian movement
intoGovernmentcontrolledareas.
December6
Troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the north of Olumaduwai in the Kilinochchi district and
inflictedheavycasualtiesuponthemilitants.Troopslaterrecoveredthedeadbodiesof10militants,
includingsevenfemalecadres,alongwith13T56weapons.
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Approximately12militantswerekilledandanequalnumberofthemwereinjuredasclasheserupted
betweenthetwosidesneartheOlumaduwaitowncentre.
SixdeadbodiesofmilitantskilledduringclashesintheKumulamunai,Akkarayankulam,Thunukkai
and Thanthirimale areas were handed over to the ICRC by the SFs at Omanthai in the Vavuniya
district.
Troops captured the bridge over KanakaryanAru on the PuliyankulamNedunkerni road, about 5.5
kmnortheastofPuliyankulam,intheKilinochchidistrict.
December7
ThemilitaryclaimedtobeadvancingonmultifrontsintopartsunderLTTEcontrolintheKilinochchi
andMullaitivudistricts.
The Ministry of Resettlement and Rehabilitation said that the resettlement process inTrincomalee
districthasbeencompleted.
The Defence ministry said the "strategic focus" of the counter operations in Wanni shifted from
Kilinochchi to Mullaitivu battlefront since last week as the troops started sweeping down theA34
roadthatleadstothelastbastionoftheLTTE.Itsaidtroopsconfrontedthemilitantsatleastinsix
locationsintheeastofOlumaduwaitownandclaimedthattheoutfithadsufferedheavycasualties.
The military claimed that three "senior LTTE cadres" who fought for the outfit for more than a
decade have surrendered to the Army. The three, aged between 2530 years, surrendered before
troopsoperatinginthePoonerynareaofKilinochchiDistrictandlaiddowntheirweapons.
December8
TroopscommencedtheireastwardmarchfromthenorthofcapturedKanakarayankulamontheA9
road immediately and took control of Katkidanku junction which links all surrounding important
towns like Nedunkerni, Nainamadu, Olumaduwai and Kanakarayankulam areas, the Army
Headquartersofficiallydeclared.
FivemilitantswerekilledduringclasheswiththetroopsintheOtiyamalesectorofVavuniyadistrict.
TroopsattackedagroupofLTTEmilitantsintheBakmitiyawajunglesofAmparadistrictandkilled
fourofthem.
The Defence Ministry said the "strategic focus" of the counter operations in Wanni shifted from
Kilinochchi to Mullaitivu battlefront since last week as the troops started sweeping down theA34
roadthatleadstothelastbastionoftheLTTE.
TroopscommencedtheireastwardmarchfromthenorthofcapturedKanakarayankulamontheA9
road and took control of Katkidanku junction which links all surrounding important towns like
Nedunkerni, Nainamadu, Olumaduwai and Kanakarayankulam areas, the Army Headquarters
officiallydeclared.
Five militants were killed during clashes with the troops in the Otiyamale sector of Vavuniya
District.
SFs attacked a group of LTTE militants in the Bakmitiyawa jungles ofAmpara District and killed
fourofthem.
TheSriLankanGovernment,inaspecialgazettenotification,dissolvedtheNorthWesternandthe
CentralProvincialCouncils.TermsforboththesearetoendinAugust2009.
December9
11moredeadbodies,includingthatofsevenfemalecadres,oftheLTTEmilitantskilledinclashes
with troops at Mankulam in the Olumaduwai area of Mullaitivu District were handed over to the
ICRC.
TheTMVP reassured that they will disarm in the near future.The Eastern Province Chief Minister
and deputy leader of the party, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan a. k. a. Pillayan, gave this
assuranceduringameetingwiththeDeputyBritishHighCommissionerinSriLanka,MarkGooding.
December10
The Government has overwhelming public support for its war against the LTTE and most people
believethe outfit will soon be defeated, an opinion poll indicated. Research groupTNS Lanka said
closeto75percentofpeoplequestionedsaidtheyare"firmlyinfavourofmilitaryaction,seeingit
astheonlyroutetowipeoutterrorism."
December1011
More than 60 SLA soldiers were killed during fighting with the LTTE militants at a location five
kilometres west of Kilinochchi on December 10. At the same time, heavy fighting broke out at
Ariviyal Nakar, south of Kilinochchi, where 29 SLA soldiers were killed in the clashes. More than
180 SLA soldiers were wounded in both these clashes, the Website added. The Website on
December 11, however, claimed that 120 soldiers were killed more than 280 wounded in these
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clashes.
December11
27LTTEmilitantsand20soldierswerekilledasthetroopsadvancingnorthwardsfromKokaviland
eastwards from Akkarayankulam captured the strategically vital Terumurikandi junction in
KilinochchiDistrict.TroopsalsocapturedtheMurikkandyHindutemplearea.
Troops attacked several groups of LTTE militants in the Adampan, Akkarayankulam, Iranamadu
andMankulamnorthareasofKilinochchiDistrict,causingheavycasualtiesuponthemilitants.Two
arealeadersoftheoutfit,identifiedasKabeithovanandMohiran,wereamongthemilitantskilledin
Mankulam.Severalsoldierswerealsoinjuredinthesebattles.
December12
SFshandedover13moredeadbodiesoftheLTTEmilitants,includingtwofemalecadres,killedin
WannitotheICRCinVavuniya.TheICRCalsobroughtthedeadbodiesof11soldiershandedover
tothembytheLTTE.
December14
Troops of 59 Division advancing in the Kumulamunai area of Mullaitivu District clashed with the
LTTE militants killing an unspecified number of them. During subsequent search operations, SFs
recovered the dead bodies of four militants, including one female cadre, along with four T56
weaponsandsixhandgrenades.
A senior Government official in Mullaitivu said that over 163,000 people have been displaced in
Mullaitivu due to the fighting. GovernmentAgent Emilda Sukumar said approximately 8000 people
are fleeing towards LTTEheld Puthukkudiyiruppu as shell attacks have recommenced in and
aroundMullaitivutownfromDecember13.
Militarysourcessaidthat21LTTEmilitantsledbyNagulan,aformerLTTEleaderintheEast,has
infiltrated the East with the objective of destabilising the security situation and four militants who
hadbeenkilledbythetroopsinBakmitiyawainAmparaonDecember8belongedtothatgroup.
President Mahinda Rajapakse reiterated that no force can reverse the unparalleled victories
achieved by the SFs against the LTTE terrorism as they are fighting a war setting an example to
the entire world without facing a single drawback since the Mavilaru battle to the Wanni liberation
operation.
SriLankasAmbassadortothe EuropeanUnion,BelgiumandLuxembourg,AmbassadorRavinatha
Aryasinha, said sufficient evidence was available that operations of front organisations are an
integralpartoftheLTTEasseeninrecentactionagainsttheoutfitsfrontsintheUSandCanada.
December15
After hours of heavy fighting with the LTTE, Troops of Task Force III captured the strategic
Ampakamam village in Mullaitivu District.The town, located approximately seven kilometres north
ofOlumaduwai,isamainadministrativehuboftheoutfit.
The 59 Division troops took control of a three kilometre stretch of the A34 road from the South
West of Mulliyavali village totally cutting off links between Mullaitivu and Oddusudan which was a
vitalsupplyrouteconnectingthecoastaltownwiththesouthernpartofMullaitivuDistrict.
Troopsofthe57DivisionandtheTaskForceIattackedLTTEcampsintheAdampan,Iranamadu
and Nivil areas of Kilinochchi District and the 59 Division troops operating in Mullaitivu expanded
their Kumulamunai defence line killing an unspecified number of militants. During subsequent
searchoperations,troopsrecoveredthedeadbodiesoftwomilitantsalongwithtwoT56weapons,
withmagazines,andonehandheldcommunicationset.
December16
120LTTEmilitantsand25soldierswerekilledduringclashesbetweenthetwosidesneartheKilaly
and Muhamalai FDLs) of Jaffna District and elsewhere in the Kilinochchi sector. 250 militants and
160 soldiers sustained injuries while 10 more soldiers went missing. The troops also destroyed a
partoftheoutfitsfivekilometreslongstretchofdefensiveearthbundintheKilinochchisectorfrom
many different places, the Army Headquarters stated. In addition, the troops captured
Chorikenkulam village, about seven kilometres to the west of the A9 highway pushing militants
furtherintothejungleareas.TheproLTTEWebsiteTamilNet, however, claimed that more than 40
SLAsoldierswerekilledandatleast120soldierswoundedinthemorningofDecember16whenthe
LTTErepulsedanoffensivepushbytheSLAalongtheKilaliareaofJaffnaDistrict.
The59DivisiontroopsnowoperatinginthesouthernperimeteroftheMullaitivucentretotallycutoff
LTTEmovementalongtheMullaitivuOddusudan(A34)roadastheycapturedafewkilometrelong
swatheoflandparalleltotheroadwhichliesabout6.5kilometressouthwestofMullaitivu.
Troops clashed with militants in the Ampakamam area of Mullaitivu District and later recovered
deadbodiesoffivemilitants,includingthreewomencadres,alongwithoneMultiPurposeMachine
GunandthreeT56weapons.
December17
The LTTE claimed that 130 SLA soldiers were killed and more than 300 wounded when the LTTE
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repulsedthemultifrontoffensivepushbytheSLAinKilinochchionDecember 16 which continued

throughout the day on four main localities and along a wide stretch of the Kilinochchi frontiers.
LTTE's director of peace secretariat, S. Puleedevan, said on December 16 the major push, which
wasfoiledbytheoutfit,wasthethirddebacleoftheSLAinrecentdaysinKilinochchi.
15deadbodiesofLTTEmilitantswererecoveredalongwithacacheofarmsandammunitionfrom
the Chorikenkulam area, about seven kilometres to the west of the A9 highway, in Kilinochchi
District.
The troops clashed with the LTTE militants in the areas south of Adampan, south and west of
Iranamadu,NivilandAdampanintheKilinochchiDistrictandkilledanunspecified number of them.
Theyalsorecoveredthedeadbodiesoffourmilitants,includingonefemalecadre,alongwiththree
T56 weapons, 2040 rounds of ammunition, one Icom set and two claymore mines from the area.
TroopsalsocapturedaLTTEpenetrationpointalongtheArmysFDLandexpandedtheirFDLinthe
Nivilarea.
During a clash between the two sides in the Kumulamunai area of Mullaitivu District, the troops
expandedtheirFDLinflictingheavycasualtiesuponthemilitants.TheSFslaterrecoveredthedead
bodiesoftwomilitantsalongwithoneT56weapon,twotractorengines,onetractortailor and one
C90Hondamotorcyclefromthearea.
December18
The troops expanded the existing Security Forces defence line in the Karuppaddamurippu area of
MullaitivuDistrict.
The APRC Chairman, Prof. Tissa Vitharana, announced that the Committee is meeting twice a
weektoholddiscussionsoncoreissuesondevolutionofpower.PoliticalpartiesintheCommittee
arenowdebatingcontentiousissuesregardingthe devolution of power after reaching a consensus
on 90 percent of the issues, the Chairman said.TheAPRC formed in 2006 comprises 14 political
parties. However, the main opposition United National Party and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi
PeramunahaveboycottedtheAPRC.
December19
The 57 Division troops captured the northern edge of the LTTEs earth cum ditch bund from the
western side of Iranamadu tank in the Kilinochchi District. Troops also destroyed a few more
bunkers on the earth bund before they took control an area of about 200 metres in length, away
fromthepiercedearthbund.WiththisthewholeareaeastoftheA9 roaduptotheIranamadutank
hasbeenbroughtundertroopscontrol.
Troopshandedover15deadbodiesoftheLTTEmilitantstotheICRCofficialstobetakenacross
theOmanthaiEntry/ExitpointinVavuniyatobedeliveredtotheoutfit.
December20
Troops clashed with militants in the Kumulamunai and north of Ampakamam areas in Mullaitivu
Districtandkilledseveralofthem.Troopslaterrecoveredthedeadbodiesofthreemilitants.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksehasurged politicians concerned over the safety ofTamil civilians to
"coaxtheLTTEtoallowthecivilianstomovetowardsthesafecorridor".
December21
TroopsofTaskForceIVcapturedthestrategicallyimportanttownofNedunkerni,aLTTEstronghold
in Mullaitivu District. Nedunkerni was considered as a key administrative hub by the LTTE with
three main roads leading to Puliyankulam, Oddusudan and Mullaitivu interlinking each other in the
townofNedunkerni.
SFsrepulsedaLTTEattackinthe north of Iranamadu area in Kilinochchi District. During the day
long battle that lasted till 6 pm (SLST), 12 soldiers were killed, 34 sustained injuries and 16 went
missing.The proLTTE Website Tamil Net, however, claimed 60 soldiers were killed and theArmy
was pushed back. Rejecting the LTTE claim, the Defence Ministry said monitored LTTE radio
transmissionrevealedthattheoutfithassufferedheavydamages.
Despite stringent measures to freeze funds, theTRO, a LTTE front organisation, reportedly raised
overSLR60millioninAugust2008.
TheleaderoftheTMVPandparliamentarianVinayagamoorthyMuraleetharanaliasColonelKaruna
AmmanhasformedanewpartynamedasTamileelaMakkalViduthalaiKoddani(TMVKortheTamil
PeoplesLiberationAlliance).
December22
56LTTEmilitantsand10soldierswerekilledasthetroopscapturedatwokilometrestretchofland
westofParanthan,AdampanandIranamaduintheKilinochchi District.Morethan87militantsand
40soldierssustainedinjuriesintheseclashes.However,headoftheLTTEspeacesecretariat,S.
Puleedevan,quotingtheoutfitsfieldcommanderssaidmorethan100SLAsoldierswerekilledand
at least 250 were wounded when the LTTE repulsed a fresh offensive push of the SLA. Heavy
fightingeruptedwhentheSLAattemptedtoadvancefromUruththirapuram towards Kilinochchi and
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Iranamadu.Puleedevanclaimedfightingwascontinuingonthreefronts.
SFs recovered the dead bodies of four LTTE militants subsequent to the clashes that led to the
captureofsegmentsoftheLTTEearthbundintheNivilareaofKilinochchiDistrict.
Troops of the 59 Division continued their advance amidst LTTE resistance in the area north of
KumulamunaiintheMullaitivudistrictandmanagedtoextendtheirFDLfurther.
President Mahinda Rajapakse issued a warning to the LTTE asking it to release civilians held
captiveashumanshieldsbeforethedawnofNewYearorbereadyto bebannedandneutralised.
WealsoruleoutaCeasefiresansaLaydownofArms,bytheLTTE,thePresidentsaid.
TheArmy Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka told The Island that the armed forces had no
intentiontocallahalttotheirpresentoffensiveagainsttheLTTEintheNorth.
The LTTE has said they that will continue to fight even if they lose Kilinochchi. The head of the
outfitspoliticalwing,BalasinghamNadesan,toldBBCthattheoutfitcandefendthetownandeven
if it falls, they will fight on. He said: "Freedom... never depends on one city. We can create more
communities, more cities and [in] our freedom struggle, we are supported by people. We have the
confidence that we will capture more areas in our motherland and we will create so many
communitiesin[the]future."HerejectedtheGovernment'sofferoftalksiftheoutfitlaiddowntheir
weaponsfirst."Thisisnotarealisticquestion,wetookuparmstosafeguardourpeople,sowewill
keepthesearmsuntilthesafeguardisguaranteed,"Nadesanstated.
December23
12LTTEmilitantswerekilledandanunspecifiednumberoftheminjuredasthetroopsoftheTask
ForceIconsolidatingtheirpositionsabout300metersfurthersouthwardalongtheLTTEearthbund
capturedtheSinnaparanthanareaofKilinochchiDistrict.Troopslaterrecoveredthedeadbody one
LTTEmilitantalongwithoneT56weapon.
ThetroopsrecovereddeadbodiesofthreeLTTEcadresfromMankulamareainKilinochchiDistrict.
Troops of the 59 Division expanded their defence line some metres ahead and consolidated
positions in the area east of Mulliyavalai in the Mullaitivu District. An unspecified number of
militantswerekilledinthesubsequentintensefightingwhicheruptedwhenthemilitantslauncheda
counterattackonthetroops.
TheInspectorGeneralofPolice,JayanthaWickramarathna,warnedofpossiblesuicideattackson
key points in south Sri Lanka as the LTTE faces defeat in the North. He also said the SFs have
seizedapproximately4,350kilogramsofC4andTNTexplosivesacrossthesouthernpartin2008.
December24
Troops conducted search and clear operations in the areas east and north of Adampan area of
Kilinochchi District and recovered the dead bodies of three militants along with two T56 weapons
andoneT81weapon.
OnemoreairstripoftheLTTEwithawidthof25metersandlengthof350meterswascapturedby
theArmyasthetroopsmovedfurthertowardsnorthofAmpakamamintheMullaitivuDistrict.
TheLTTEhascalledallstudentsintheKilinochchiandMullaitivuDistrictswhohavecompletedthe
recent GCE Ordinary Level examination to join combat training, latest military intelligence reports
said.Over8,000studentssatfortheGCEOrdinaryLevelExaminationsinthesetwoDistricts,said
DefencespokesmanMinisterKeheliyaRambukwella.
December25
The 59 division troops captured a communication tower used by the LTTE in the area north of
MulliyavalaiinMullaitivuDistrict.
TroopscapturedanLTTEtrainingbaseintheKulamarippuareaofMullaitivuDistrict.
The Government admitted that there would be a delay in capturing Kilinochchi owing to several
civiliansstillremainingintheoutskirtsofthetown.SinceDecember1,363civilianshavereportedly
soughtprotectionoftheArmy.
The ICRC has said that about 800 dead bodies of combatants were transferred across theArmy
andLTTEfrontlinesinWanniduring2008.It,however,didnotidentifythecombatantsseparately.In
NovemberandDecemberalone,theICRChadfacilitatedthetransferofabout200deadbodies.
TheMinisterofEnvironmentandNaturalResources,ChampikaRanawaka,addressingaSriLankan
audience in Britain pointed out that over 826 innocent civilians were killed by the LTTE terrorists
duringJuly2006toDecember2008.
December26
ThemilitaryclaimedtohavecapturedMulliyavalaiTownshiplocatedalongtheA34mainroadand
killedseveralLTTEmilitantsafterhoursofheavyfighting.
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Troops clashed with militants in the Adampan east, Adampan south, Iranamadu west and Sinna
ParanthaneastareasofKilinochchiDistrictandsubsequentlyexpandedtheirdefencelinesouthof
Adampan.
December27
ThedeadbodiesofeightLTTEmilitants, including four female cadres, killed during clashes in the

Paranthan area of Kilinochchi District were taken to uncleared areas (area not under Government
control)bytheICRC.
TheSriLankaNavydestroyedaLTTElogisticboat,12nauticalmilesnortheastofPointPedro,in
theJaffnaDistrict.FourSeaTigers(cadresoftheseawingoftheLTTEwerealsoreportedtohave
been killed, as the Navy engaged the fleeing vessel in the northern seas. The boat which was
completely destroyed due to Navy fire is believed to have carried logistics for the LTTE, including
weapons.
TroopsoftheTaskForceIcaptured Nalanawakulam agricultural village, situated on the Pooneryn
Paranthan (B69) road and about five kilometres west of Paranthan in the Kilinochchi District.
Troops inflicted heavy casualties upon the militants and later recovered the dead bodies of three
militantsalongwithsomeweaponswithammunition.
Quoting intelligence reports, the Defence Ministry said the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran had
been faced with a serious problem with finding a safe hiding place. "The terror chief overwhelmed
with fears for his life due to increasing threats from his own outfit as well as from the advancing
soldiersisreportedlyshiftinghishidingplaceinquicksuccessions,"theministryadded.
December28
TheLTTEclaimedthatatleast50SLAsoldierswerekilledand90woundedintheAlampilarea of
MullaitivuDistrictonDecember27.15SLAsoldierswerealso killedandmorethan30woundedin
thenearbyUduppukkulamvillage.
Eight persons were killed when a suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew himself after entering the
premisesofaCivilDefenceForce(CDF)postatWattalaintheColomboDistrict.OneArmyofficer,
sixCDFpersonnelandoneciviliandiedwhile17otherssustainedinjuries.
Army troops at Black Bridge in the Chenkaladi area of Batticaloa District confronted a group of
LTTE militants and inflicted heavy casualties upon the militants. During subsequent search and
clear operations, the troops recovered dead bodies of four militants along with two T56 weapons
andtwomicropistols.
December29
Sri Lanka Government said that they will arrest the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and bring
him to the courts before February 7, 2009. Speaking at a function in Kandy, Defence spokesman
MinisterKeheliyaRambukwellasaidtheoutfitschiefiscurrentlyhidinginabunker,limitedonlyto
a small area in Wanni. According to the Minister government troops will over run Prabhakarans
bunkerinthenearfuture.
Velupillai Prabhakaran said that India is set to support his struggle to get for the Tamils of Sri
Lanka,therighttoselfdetermination.TheLTTEleadersaidthatthebeliefthatthegroupwasonthe
vergeofadefeatwasmisplaced.Askedifhehadanytimetableforsecuringanindependent Tamil
Eelam,sincehewasageing,andtherewasnosignofindependence,Prabhakaransaid,"Oursisa
freedomstruggle.Ithasnotimelimitsoragelimits."
TheArmy received dead bodies of 17 soldiers from the International Committee of the Red Cross
officialsatOmanthaiintheVavuniyaDistrict.
December30
TheTaskForceItroopscapturedKamalakadukulam,abouttwokilometerswestofParanthan,and
Thadduwankoddy, in the north west of Paranthan, in Kilinochchi District. "Intercepted radio
transmissionsconfirmedthat20Tigercadreswerekilled and30woundedinthefiercebattlesthat
eruptedfromearlyhoursofyesterday.TheTaskForceItroopsmanagedtorecoversixTigerbodies
duringsearchandclearoperations,"sourcessaid.
PresidentMahindaRajapaksesaidthe Government plans to hold elections in theTamil dominated
north in 2009 after flushing out the LTTE from their strongholds and rehabilitating the displaced
people.
Leader of the LTTE political wing, Balasingham Nadesan, said in an email sent to Associated
Presstheoutfitdidnotbelievetheywerefacingimminentdefeat.StressingthattheLTTEhadnot
abandoned hopes for new peace talks, he said, "we have always been ready for peace talks, but
the Sri Lankan government has been always insisting on a military solution." The Government,
however,reiteratedthatitwouldonlyconsidernewpeacemovesiftheLTTEagreedtodisarm.
December31
Morethan50LTTEmilitantswerekilledandover60injuredbytheSFsasclasheseruptedbetween
the two sides when the Task ForceI troops on entered the strategically important Paranthan town
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after cutting off the A9 road from the north of Paranthan junction, said Army Commander Lt.
General Sarath Fonseka. Paranthan is a strategically important four way junction town in the
remaining areas held by the LTTE in Wanni and the North as it connects Pooneryn in the West,
MullaitivuintheEast,KilinochchiintheSouth,andJaffnaandMuhamalaiintheNorthtoonemain
hubthroughB69,A35andA9roads.
Troopsof59DivisionconfrontedLTTEmilitantsinwestofMulliyavalaiintheMullaitivuDistrictand
subsequently recovered the dead bodies of 15 militants along with one Rocket Propeller Grenade
(RPG) launcher, 12 RPG rounds, nine T56 weapons, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun, 40 hand
grenades, four Icom sets, one Global Positioning System and one Night Vision Device from the
area.11soldierswereinjuredduringtheseclashes.
ArmytroopsadvancingtowardsKilinochchitownattackedmoreLTTEcampsintheeastandwest
ofIranamadu,northandsouthofAdampanandParanthanareasinflicting anunspecifiednumberof
casualties to the outfit. In subsequent search operations, troops recovered dead bodies of seven
militantsalongwiththreeT56weapons,oneLightMachineGun,fourT56magazinesandtwohand
grenadesfromAdampansouthandParanthan areas.Afewsoldierssustainedinjuriesduringthese
clashes.
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