| 27/04/2008, 01:35am, Sun. | Lanka Dissent |
| Govt. says no to Madhu Church as zone of peace |
The government has rejected a request by the catholic community that
the historic Madhu Shrine in Mannar be declared a zone of peace. Speaking to 'Lanka Dissent', a senior military official said the
refusal has come after defence authorities requested the President that
the church should not be allowed to fall into the hands of the LTTE yet
again. (See photos)
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| 31/03/2008, 10:36am, Mon. | The Nation |
| Beleaguered or brotherly? |
India’s two-faced two-tongued policy of blowing hot and cold on its
willingness to supply Sri Lanka’s military needs, while expressing
displeasure at Sri Lanka going ‘elsewhere’ for same, is a political ill
wind that blows nobody in the region any good, least of all for India
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| 18/03/2008, 08:41am, Tue. | TamilNet |
| Tigers strike inside Mannaar HSZ |
The city of Mannaar was shaken Monday night by outgoing artillery
barrage when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) mounted an attack
inside the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) High Security Zone in
Thirukkeatheesvaram area, adjacent to SLA garrison in Tha'l'laadi,
breaking the Forward Defence Line (FDL).
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| 12/02/2008, 10:46am, Tue. | Lanka Dissent |
| Army & LTTE trade artillery in Mannar |
The army and the LTTE traded artillery in the Thallady area of Mannar this morning (Feb. 12th), defence sources say. According to the Defence Ministry website, the LTTE first launched an
artillery barrage that fell in the densely-populated Thallady town,
damaging the church there. Latest reports said that six soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded when the LTTE fired artillery at the Thallady Church.
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| 30/01/2008, 10:29am, Wed. | Lanka Dissent |
| Keheliya disturbed by Mannar Bishop remark |
Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella has rejected a statement by
Mannar Bishop Rev. Rayappu Joseph that the actual details of
yesterday’s (Jan. 30th) blast in Periyamadu could have been known, had
the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission been in operation.
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| 30/12/2007, 11:32am, Sun. | Tamileelam News |
| Uyilankulam, Mannar Clash kills 20, Injures 50 Sri Lankan SF |
The Sri Lankan security forces (SF) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a fierce battle in two fronts in Mannar area at least 20 SF troopers were killed and 50 SF troopers severely injured in the fighting on Saturday morning according to the informed sources in Mannar.
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| 27/12/2007, 12:30pm, Thu. | Tamileelam News |
| Paalaikuzhi, Mannar Attack kills 5 Injures 11 Sri Lankan SF |
Mannar - The Sri Lankan security forces (SF) advanced through Paalaikuzhi, Mannar area using artillery and mortars but the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a fierce battle with SF. At least 5 SF troopers were killed while at least 11 SF troopers were wounded in the battle, according to the civilian sources in Mannar.
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| 13/09/2007, 10:27am, Thu. | Reuters |
| More displaced as fighting flares up in northwest |
The latest outbreak of violence between Sri Lankan government forces
and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in the northwestern
district of Mannar, has forced at least 4,000 people from their homes,
according to humanitarian agencies.
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| 05/09/2007, 03:19am, Wed. | Reuters |
| Sri Lanka says rebels evicted from northwestern town |
Sri Lanka's military has taken the Silavathura area in the northwestern
district of Mannar, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Sunday, a day
after the military launched a new offensive to drive out Tamil Tiger
rebels.
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| 25/04/2008, 12:14pm, Fri. | Reuters |
| Fighting kills 21 in S.Lanka north, army takes church |
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the Sri Lankan army
had taken the Catholic church in Madhu in the north west, where the
fighting was now concentrated, without facing any resistance.
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| 19/03/2008, 09:28am, Wed. | The Bottom Line |
| LTTE’s political and military strategy |
About four weeks before he was killed, LTTE’s former political chief
S.P. Thamilselvam was interviewed by a Tamil broadcasting station in
Europe. He was asked: Why are you taking all this beating and not going
on the offensive?
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| 23/02/2008, 11:22am, Sat. | Sri Lanka Watch |
| SLAF Delay Gets LTTE Off-the-hook |
A four-hour delay in a bombing run by the Sri Lanka Air Force resulted
in a missed high-profile decapitation strike planned several days ago.
The target was a conference attended by 'Colonels' Swarnam, Bhanu and
Jeyam in north Mannar.
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| 30/01/2008, 10:32am, Wed. | Lanka Dissent |
| Madhu blast death toll rises to 20 |
The death toll from yesterday’s (Jan. 29th) claymore explosion that
devastated a school bus in the uncleared Madhu area of Mannar district
has risen to 20, Tamilnet reported.
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| 06/01/2008, 09:14am, Sun. | Bloomberg |
| Tamil Intelligence Chief Slain by Sri Lankan Soldiers (Update1) |
Shanmuganathan Ravishankar was killed, along with 20 other members of
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, when the soldiers ambushed a van
in which he was traveling in the Adampan area of Mannar, spokesman
Udaya Nanayakkara said today in a telephone interview from the capital
Colombo.
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| 27/12/2007, 01:26pm, Thu. | Tamileelam News |
| Adampan, Mannar Clash kills 2, Injures 39 Sri Lankan SF |
The Sri Lankan security forces (SF) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a fierce battle in Adampan, Mannar area using artillery and mortars at least 2 were killed and 39 SF troopers badly injured in the fighting on Wednesday morning were airlifted to the Anudradhapura hospital, according to the informed military sources in Mannar.
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| 13/09/2007, 10:19am, Thu. | The Morning Leader |
| Sri Lanka: Implications of Mannar coastal operations |
The Sri Lanka security forces in a swift operation on September 2, 2007
took over control of the Western coastal area south of Mannar along
Arippu, Silavaturai, and Kondachchi. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) who had been expecting this move for some time now, made a
tactical pull out, without offering much resistance, though they appear
to have lost a dozen cadres.
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| 28/07/2007, 10:13pm, Sat. | News (AU) |
| Sri Lanka sinks Tamil boats, kill rebels |
SRI Lanka's navy said it sank two Tamil Tiger vessels off the island's northwest coast yesterday, killing six insurgents in the latest clash in a renewed civil war.
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