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  • Tiger planes change war dynamics

    Apr 30

    The new capability of the Tamil Tigers to carry out airborne attacks has not only made them a rarity among the world's guerrilla outfits but has also badly shaken an entire country.

    Sri Lanka's defence ministry has acknowledged that the Tigers may be operating at least five light aircraft, used in three headline-grabbing raids against military and civilian targets over the past month.

    The Tigers already possess an effective naval unit known as the Sea Tigers.

  • Tiger planes bomb Palaly base
    Heavy damage and casualties at Sri Lanka's main military complex in the Jaffna peninsula.
  • Sri Lanka peace process, truce in tatters
    Both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are pushing for a military solution, diplomats say.
  • Majority of Sinhalese back war - survey
    Majority of Sinhalese deny the ceasefire benefited Sri Lanka; the majority of the other communities believe it has.
  • Truth elusive as Sri Lanka slides into war
    Near dusk, men with guns enter the village of Awaranthalawa in northern Sri Lanka, shoot and kill six women and a boy, and withdraw to the jungle.
  • Sri Lanka says ‘final push’ on in East
    Tensions are running high in Sri Lanka's east as government troops fight what they insist is the “climax” of a battle to clear vast jungle areas of Tamil Tigers.
  • Rights abuses unsettle Sri Lanka’s allies
    US concerned about human rights violations - US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher.
  • Politics, Not Morals
    Only an end to state oppression can bring peace to Sri Lanka
  • Sinhala fury at Tamileelam flag
     A cricket fan waving the Tamil Eelam flag at the world cup.
    The spirited pitch invasion Monday by a Tamil youth car
  • Sri Lanka’s probe of aid workers’ massacre is ‘flawed’ - Jurists
    "Clearly this is a great test of the ability of the criminal justice system in Sri Lanka to deliver justice."
  • University students abducted, tortured
    Two Jaffna University students have been abducted and tortured, allegedly by SLA military intelligence, in the last two weeks.
     
    Vijayarajah Vijayarooban, a native of Kachchai in Kodikaamam, was abducted on April 13 at a private tuition centre near the A9 road, inside the SLA militarized HSZ in Chavakacheri town, where he was working as a part time teacher.
     
    He was allegedly taken by SLA Military Intelligence stationed at Post Office Ro
  • Violence round up – week ending 22 April
    Summary of incidents – apart from major clashes – since 16 April
  • Gothabaya threatens Mirror editor over Karuna story
    Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse threatened the editor of a leading English daily on April 17, saying the paper’s coverage of actions of the Karuna Group had angered the Army-backed paramilitaries, a media watchdog said.
     
    And the British envoy to the island became embroiled in the matter after visiting the journalist the day after the story of the threats broke.
  • Gunmen kill Tamil journalist
    Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Tamil journalist in Vavuniya in the latest in a string of attacks against media personnel, a rights group said, bringing to 24 the number of people killed in the past two weeks in the northern town.
     
    Meanwhile, the violence in Vavuniya continued unabated, including a 5 hour armed robbery spree that netted the thieves over Rs.
  • Wickremesinghe slams Rajapakse regime's rights record
    The leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition party accused the government of responsibility for the country’s worsening human rights record.
     
    United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, who attended a gathering of the relatives and friends of missing persons, in Colombo on April 9, charged that the ruling United Peoples' Freedom Alliance (UPFA) regime was responsible for the bad reputation of the Sri Lankan state's Human Rights record.
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