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| President
Rajapaksa in conversation with the Army
Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka
(seated on left), Head of Civil Security
Department Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera
(second from left), Maj. General Jagath Dias
(third from left), Chief of Defence Staff Air
Chief Marshall Donald Perera (seated right) and
GOC of 58 Division Brigadier Shavendra Silva.
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| A smiling
President partakes in a meal of sweetmeats with
troops. |
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| ALL
SMILES....President congratulates jubillant
troops. |
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| The GOC
of the 58 Division Brigadier Shavendra Silva
shows President Mahinda Rajapaksa a tank
captured from the LTTE. |
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| President
Rajapaksa flanked by Army Commander Lieutenant
General Sarath Fonseka in conversation with
military officials. |
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| GOC of 58
Division Brigadier Shavendra Silva showing the
President the armoury captured by troops from
the LTTE recently. |
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- Security Forces withdrew from
Kilinochchi in 1990 with the fall of Mankulam and
Kokavil Army camps
- Troops regained control of
Kilinochchi in 1996 in ‘Sath Jaya’ operation
- LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi town
in September 1998
- After the signing of the Ceasefire
Agreement in February, 2002 Kilinochchi town functioned
as the administrative capital of the LTTE
- Many international delegations and
diplomats representing various countries met LTTE
representatives in Kilinochchi
- LTTE build its Political Headquarters
and Peace Secretariat Building in Kilinochchi in 2002
- LTTE Political Wing leader S.P.
Thamilselvan was killed in an air raid in Kilinochchi
town on November 2, 2007
- Troops attached to 57 Division
commanded by Major General Jagath Dias and the 58
Division commanded by Brigadier Shavendra Silva
recapture Kilinochchi on
January 02, 2009
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