East and the two-legged Tiger beasts...

Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who escaped at the hands of a suicide bomber in Colombo when a suicide mission was carried out on him, has said that only a genuine LTTE commitment towards peace could halt military plans...

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Special Force reigned

How the unsung heroes of the Vakarai battle fought in the thick jungles in the east...

According to military sources about eight senior Tiger military leaders, Lt Colonels in Tiger ranks were killed during the Vakarai mission. At the dawn of the New Year, the Tiger hold in Vakarai and Kathiraveli were gradually collapsing. But, still the Tigers manned three bunker lines. The troops finally decided to advance in to Tiger controlled area, they undid the Tiger forward defence line with the use of tank fire. The Tigers withdrew to the second bunker line from where they offered a stiff resistance to the advancing troops of the 6th Gemunu Watch.

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HRW Report: Allegations unfounded and baseless, says Peace Secretariat

There is neither complicity nor willful blindness on the part of the Sri Lankan Government towards the alleged forcible recruitment of children by the Karuna group which is a breakaway group of the LTTE. The Government of Sri Lanka is sincerely committed to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement. The Government Security forces have no manpower problems unlike the LTTE whose numbers are steadily decreasing. Therefore there is absolutely no rationale for child recruitment as a matter of Government policy.

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