Table of Contents

Dedication
Quotation
Map of Sri Lanka
A poem: "Hope Smiles" by the Author
Quotation
Author's Note

Introduction
Articles:

"April 1971 JVP Uprising: Not to make the same

mistakes"
by Laksiri Fernando
"India's sordid record in Sri Lanka" by A.J. Noorani
Courtesy: Frontline (India)
3 "Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse salutes War
Heroes - by U. Amarasinghe & T. Kahandawaarachchi 4
"Lt. Gen. Denzel Kobbekaduwa & Veterean War

Heroes
5
journey

Remembered" - Courtesy: Sri Lanka Army

An excerpt from Gen. Cyril Ranatunga's "Adventurous
from Peace to War; Insurgency to Terrorism".

Note
1:
Karunaratna
1:1

How the JVP ruined rural Sri Lanka by Garvin

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - S. A. Terrorist Portal

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Article:

1 "A doctor recalls the 1987 Pettah bomb blast" Dr. D.J. Masakorala, F.R.C.S.

Chapter 2: Changing Winds 2002-2006

Articles:

1 "Saved by a Crocodile" by Sharm de Silva

2 "UNICEF charges Sri Lanka Guerillas with Recruiting
children" - Voice of America
3 "Elam War IV: The Military Strategies of the LTTE" by
N. Manoharan
4
"Cambodia vows to end arms flow to LTTE" - Daily

News
5

"Karuna hits back with more details" - Asia Tribune

6
"Explosives form India going both to Lanka

Government
7

and LTTE" - The Indian Express

"LTTE creating artificial food shortage in Jaffna"

Daily News

Note:

2:

"The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission" - Human Rights

Watch
3:

"Looking Back and looking for" by Prof. Sudharshan

Seneviratne
"When terrorists cash in on Disaster" by Kenneth Rijock
"Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka: The Man of
the Moment" by Malinda Seneviratne

3:1
4

Chapter 3:
Articles:

1
2
3

Notes

The Smoke Screen

"An old, perplexing problem and the hype about our
Refugee Camps" by the Author
"In Sri Lanka: A Look at the Refugee Camp" The Stewardship Report
Statement on Amnesty International's misinformed
concerns about IDPs in Sri Lanka - Permanent Mission of
Sri Lanka to the UN in New York

"Sri Lanka Navy" by Ranil Wijeyapala

"On the Run in their own land" by C. Graham/UNHCR

Chapter 4:

Sailors' Graveyard: A Turning Point

Articles:

LTTE ships destroyed since 2006 Business Today

"India's hidden hand behind Lanka's Victory"
Indian Express

Note

1
2

"We are a silent service" Vice Admiral Wasantha

Karanagoda - by Malinda Seneviratne

Chapter 5:
Articles:

Winning the East

1

The LRRP men who paid the ultimate price

The Sunday Times
2
"Thoppigala: A land of many wonders" by Upali

Salgado
3

Notes:

"Former LTTE hideout in Eastern Sri Lanka opens

as a park" Colombo Page News
Army's admired innovations by a retired Major

General
9

of the Sri Lanka Army/Infolanka.asia

The liberation of a province: The arduous climb to

the
top" by Ranil Wijayapala courtesy: Daily News

Chapter 6:

Eyes North!

Articles:

"Taming the Tigers - Sri Lanka Air Force's Finest

Hour"
The Carthagian Solution.Wordpress
"The LTTE Intelligence Wing" theltteinsider.blogspot

Note:

10

"A Confession of an ex Black Sea Tiger" by Nillantha

Illangamuwa
"The Man who commands the Sky- Roshan

11
Goonetilleke"

by U. Amarasinghe & T, Kahandawaarachchi

Chapter 7:
Articles:

1
2
3

Note:

Charging the Wanni

12

12.1
12.2

"All roads lead to Our Lady of Madhu"

by Kishanie S. Fernando
"In search of its Origin" D.B.S. Jeyaraj
"Kouchner & Milliband: The Odd Couple"
by Gomin Dayasiri

"Poverty and a lack of democratic rights - A first

hand report of life in LTTE held areas of Sri Lanka"
by The World Socialist Web
"Waging a different battle behind battle lines"
by Hiranthi Fernando
"40,000 deaths in war" by Dr. J.K.S.

Weerasekera
12.3

"My experiences in the North/East War"

by Dr. Roshanara de Zoysa Guneratne

Chapter 8:
The Impact of the Diaspora,
Propaganda,
Dishonesty and Human Shields
Articles:

"War Crimes in Sri Lanka - What the International

Experts
say" Sir Geoffrey Nice & Rodney Dixon
2 "UNICEF calls on the LTTE to ensure released child
soldiers are not re-recruited"
3
"Adele Balasingham is living comfortably in
Southern
England - Lord Naseby" by Sujeeva Nivunhella

4
5

"Sri Lanka no longer has child soldiers" - UN

"Once a child soldier, now an Ice cream truck

driver"
6

by Suzanne Davey
"LTTE women cardre now on the path of Peace"
by Shanika Sriyananda
7 "Former LTTE Women's Wing Leader, a bridesmaid

at
8

Wedding" Colombo Page News Desk

"Thamilini freed from detention .returns to family
and Paranthan" By Norman Palihawardena
9
"Disabled cardres of the LTTE were loaded into

buses

10

11

Note:

and then Blown Up by the Tigers themselves"

by Camelia Nathaniel
"One Balachandran and the many nameless child
soldiers of the LTTE who perished in the Conflict"
by P. Jayaram
"Sea Tiger Commander Soosai's wife, Satyadevi,
speaks out" by Chamara Lakshman Kumara

13

"The tragedy & the transformation"

by Lasanda Kurukulasuriya

Chapter 9:
Articles:

The Dragnet
1

"Nineteen till I die" The Blacklight Arrow David Blacker's blog

"SLAF Chief Air Marshal Abeywickrema speaks

2
out"
3

by Shamindra Ferdinando
"Nature also a victim of war" by Malaka Rodrigo
4
"Sri Lanka landmines history, problems &

Solutions"
The Halo Trust

Note:

14

"MI24's role in Eelam War IV" by Shamindra

Ferdinando

Chapter 10:
Articles:

The Earth Bund

1

"LTTE killing Civilians" - UN

Note: 15

"Daya Master: The Tamil Tiger leader turned

Politician"
by Ali Naafiz

Chapter 11:

Face-off: The Death of a Terrorist

Articles:

"After the capture of Selvarasah Pathmanathan

alias
KP in Malaysia" by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
2
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Raj" by David Rose
3
"Fundamentals of victory against Terror Sri
Lankan
example" Indian Defence Review
"How Sri Lanka deals with anti-Sri Lankan

4
elements"

by Sandhya Jain
"US Preoccupation with Sri Lanka"
by Neville Ladduwahetty
"It is time for US policy toward Sri Lanka to be

5
6
more

symmetrical" by Ajith Nivard Cabraal

Note:

16

"Prabhakaran would have escaped if we

allowed
Vijaya Nambiar to visit Mullaitivu"
by Gotabhaya Rajapakse/ Courtesy: Ceylon Today

Chapter 12:

Heroic Volunteers

Articles:
1
2

Note:

"Lord Naseby rises in Sri Lanka's defence"

"Where WIA defeats KIA: Sri Lanka's War in its
Last Phase" The Cathagian Solution

17

Blog reports of Major Dushyantha Yapa -

Blinded
in Action at the Mankulam Front in September 1998

Chapter 13:

The Concept of a Traditional

Homeland
of the Tamils
Articles:

1
2

"An appraisal of the concept of a traditional Tamil

Homeland in Sri Lanka" by Gerald H. Peiris
"Post-War Northern Province: Some Facts and
Fallacies" by Dr. Rajasingham Narendran

Chapter 14:

Freedom Regained

Articles:

"We want Eelam: We'll call it ISGA for now" -

Tamil
2
3
4

National Alliance - by Asada M. Erpini

"From the darkness of war to the light of
Education" by Shanika Sriyananda
"1800 LTTE cardre released" - R.K. Rajakrishnan
Excerpt from Iromie Dharmawadhane's "Sri Lanka's
post-conflict strategy: Restorative Justice for

Rebels

5
6

and Rebuilding of Conflict-affected Communities"

Sri Lanka's Innovative Rehabilitation Programme
for former LTTE Combatants
"Former cardre given second chance on Sports
Field" by David Stephen
"LTTE Women soldiers recruited to Sri Lanka

Army"
canindia.com
7 "Hard keeping up with Killinochchi" Major General
Udaya Perera, Security Forces Commander
8
"Evicted Sinhalese families settled in North"
by Dhaneshi Yatawara
9
Sri Lanka Overview - The World Bank
10
"Hambantota Port records Rs. 5.4 billion
Revenue"
Daily Mirror
Note:

18

Chapter 15:
Articles:

"Sri Lanka is one of the safest countries"

Prof. Rohan Gunaratna

Final Thoughts
1

"We are one people on a small Island" by

Kanthar
P. Balanathan

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South Asia Terrorist Portal
Publicinternationallaw.org

Index
Serendipity
Insurrection
Tsunami
Terrorism
Tigers
British Conquest
Sovereignty
LTTE
Armed Forces
GOSL
terrorists
collateral damage
Diaspora
genocide
child soldiers
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
Sri Lanka
Marxist
separatist
suicide bomber
ethnic cleansing
Southern uprising
Tamil community
Ponnambalam
Sinhala-only
Eelam
territorial integrity
Chola
ethnicity
ethnic war
grievances
Mia
July 1983 riots
separate homeland
co-exist
Sinhalese
propaganda
Muslims
reconciliation
Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

discrimination
persecution
nation
Western Province
Colombo
demographics
health
education
civilian targets
peace
North
South
Non-Governmental Organisations
human rights
border villages
Sri Maha Bodhi
Kattankuddy
Arantalawa
Tamil Nadu
racial tension
UNHRC
interim administration
Mr. Sampanthan
war
last phase
Rohana Wijeweera
Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Bandaranaike International Airport
Air Force
Indian Peace Keeping Force
Vellupilai Prabhakaran
Tamil New Tigers (TNT)
Vellala caste
Kariya caste
People Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
cardre
civilian targets
Laksiri Fernando
assassination
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Rajiv Gandhi
Laurence Reece
Adolf Hitler
Vadukkodai Resolution
S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
G.G. Ponnambalam

mines
Jaffna
global network
human trafficking
narcotics
arms smuggling
narcotics smuggling
Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO)
Gary Osen
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
A.G. Noorani
President Maithripala Sirisena
Narendra Modi
Professor Kingsley M. de Silva
A.C.S. Hameed
Moraji Desai
Indira Gandhi
J.N. Dixit
Lalith Athulathmudali
RAW
President J.R. Jayawardene
New Delhi
Natwar Singh
Garvin Karunaratne
proscribed
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO)
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman
Tamil National Front
Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP)
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF)
Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan
Eastern Province
V. Rudrakumaran
Gotabhaya Rajapakse
Humanitarian Operations
Sri Lanka Navy
Civil Defence Force
Police
battlefront
disabled soldiers
Killinochchi
Military
ammunition
Commanders

Elite Forces
Commandos

artillery
mortars
machine guns
suicide
media
Operation Liberation
Vadamarachchi
General Cyril Ranatunga
political situation
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Party
Alfred Duraiappa
Four Four Bravo
Dollar Farm
Sri Maha Bodhi
Arantalawa
Kattankudy
Central Bank bombing
Temple of the Tooth
Colombo Fort Railway Station
Kolonnawa Oil storage facility
Pettah bomb blast
Chandrika Kumaratunge
Ceasefire Agreement (CFA)
Norway
Self-Governing Authority (ISGA)
Shenali Waduge
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM)
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission
Mahinda Rajapakse
Pottu Amman
Nadesan
Lakshman Kadirgamar
Queen Viharamahadevi
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne
Kenneth Rijock
Anoja Kugenthirarasah
Army Headquarter, Slave Island
Kebithigollewe
Yashui Akashi
Pearl Cruise II
Ms. Helen Olafsdottir
Sri lanka Air Force
Russian Mi 24

SLAF No.9 Attack Helicopter Squadron

Dvora

Malinda Seneviratne
Sri Lanka Army
Eelam War IV
Wanni
Mavil Aru (Oya)
Keheliya Rambukwella
Operation Watershed
Athureliye Rathana Thera
Lt. Col. Sarath Wijesinghe
Jetliner
Capt. D.N.S.C. Klubowila
Naval Dockyard, China Bay
Muttur
Mr. Rajiva Wijesinhe
Convention of the Suppression of Terrorist Financing
Ranil Wijepala
Capt. Nilantha Heenetigala
Sampur
Kfir
MiG
Koddiyar Bay
C. Graham/UNHCR
Refugees
Vietnamese Boat People
Gulf War
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Iraq
Syrian Arab Republic
Ban Ki- Moon
Amnesty International
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN
Digampathana
Galle harbour
National Security Council
Latif Mohammed Faris
Pittala Handiya
Claymore mine
Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda
suicide craft
LTTE Ships
LTTE's arms smuggling
Lalith Weeratunga
Indian Mi 17s
Mahason Brigade

Battle for Vakarai

Army's admired Innovations

Kulasiri Udugampola
Lt. Col. Tuan Muthalif
The Millennium City incident
Baron's Cap, Thoppigala
Field Commanders of SLA in the Wanni battle
Black Tigers
Gajaba Super Cross, Anuradhapura
Thamilselvam
Group Captain Sajeewa Hendawitharana
Captain Shehan Fernando
Air Marshall Roshan Goonetileke
Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunetileke
LTTE Intelligence Wing
Jane's Defence Weekly
China
Chinese Poly Technologies
Pakistan
Forward Defence Line (FDL)
Vavuniya
Jaffna Peninsula
Elephant Pass
bunker line
GOC Div 53 - Major General Kamal Guneratne
GOC Div 55 - Brigadier Prasanna de Silva
GOC Div 57 - Brigadier Jagath Dias
GOC Div 58 - Brigadier Shavendra Silva
GOC Div 59 - Brigadier Chagie Gallage
Former GOC Div 59 - Brigadier Nandana Udawatte
Rohitha Bogollagama
Madhu Church
Lt. Commander Jagath Jayasuriya
Jeevan Base
Pooneryn
Killinochchi
David Milliband
Bernard Kouchner
Mankulam
Mullaitivu
Saliya Upul Aladeniya
Mahinda Samarasinghe
Muralidhar Reddy
Frances Harrison
Gordon Weiss

Charles Anthony

cyanide capsule
numbers game
independent witnesses
Professor Rohan Guneratne
Human Shield
Geneva Conventions
Rome Statute
International Humanitarian Law
Rules of War
military objective
Makkal Padai
No Fire Zone
The Wikileaks disclosures
Robert Blake
James R. Moore
David Blacker
Professor Michael Roberts
Jacque de Maio
Patricia Butenis
Darusman Report
Campaign of Misinformation
Long Range Artillery
Sir Geoffrey Nice
Rodney Dixon
child soldiers
Adele Balasingham
Air Tigers
Sea Tigers
Muhumalai
Elephant Pass
Gamini Kularatne
Chundikulam Lagoon
Chalai
Special Forces
Kalamadukulam Tank
ICRC
Puthukuduirippu
Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama
Captain Ajith Gamage
Daya Master
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
non-combatants
Pudumathalan
civilian rescue operation
Vaddivaikkal Causeway
Nanthikadal Lagoon

Kumaran Pathmanathan
Senchcholai
Raj Rajaratnam
Tamil National Alliance
Sun Master
Jayantha Dhanapala
Lord Naseby
war crimes
Major Dushyantha Yapa
Gerald H. Peiris
Traditional Homeland
Global Tamil Forum
Fr. S.J. Emmanuel
The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
Jehan Perera
Northern Progress
Resurgence of the South
Political Front
President Maithripala Sirisena
Yahapalanaya
Neville Ladduwahetty
Lalith Athulathmudali
Arjuna Mahendran
Co-sponsoring the UN resolution
Dr. G.L. Peiris
Demining
National Question
Tamil Question
Northern Provincial Council
reconciliation
accountability
religious disharmony