35 killed as Lankan troops break through LTTE defence line

by Amitjha | May 8, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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After every killing authorities in Sri Lanks says it is final assault, but next day we hear reports of another killing. The mission elimination of  Tamil Tigers will reach its end or not nobody knows at least at present, but in this elimination mission thousands of innocent will perish either by bullet or hunger.

Latest reports says that Lankan Army have captured the last bastion of Tigers and there is no den left for tigers where they could hide.And in this process they killed 35 Tamil yigers.

At least 35 Tamil Tigers were killed when Sri Lankan troops successfully smashed through an earth bund built by the rebels in their


last stronghold after days of fierce fighting, the island nation's defence ministry said on Saturday.

Amid fierce resistance from the rebels, troops of the army's 58 Division Friday evening "gained total control over the entire earth bund built by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) in Karayamulliavaikkal", the defence ministry said in a statement issued here.

According to sources, Karayamulliavaikkal and a couple of other villages are located inside the six square kilometre sandy coastal land strip where the LTTE has now been cornered.

"Fierce fighting commenced on May 6 and lasted for days as terrorists made their fullest strength to hold the earth bund built to resists the security forces' offensive march," the statement said, adding that the Tamil Tigers suffered "considerable damages" during their abortive bid to hold the earth bund.

"In a subsequent search operation in the area, troops have found 35 bodies of LTTE terrorists killed in fighting alongwith LTTE military hardware," it said.

The LTTE has been adopting the tactics of making ditch-cum-bunds around their strongholds to slow and prevent the military advances, but the military has managed to capture several LTTE strongholds, including Kilinochchi, Paranthan, Elephant Pass and Mullaitivu in the north.

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Hiranya Malwatta

"After every killing authorities in Sri Lanks says it is final assault, but next day we hear reports of another killing."

Deaths of combatants in direct fighting are not called "killings". Read carefully through the Times of India article and you will find it says "killed in fierce fighting". Hope you were not purposely twisting your words.

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Hiranya Malwatta

And don't be too upset that it's not the last battle. There needs to be a thousand small battles to be fought in a final assault against a Ruthless, Suicidal and Dangerous terror gang like LTTE who were given military training in India.

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B12N

"There needs to be a thousand small battles to be fought."

Well, what can say. Every Tamil is a suspected terrorist by the Sri Lankan terrorist state. And people like you lucky to live in a place where you don't have to fear for your life, no fear when some bombs can fall on your house, can comment like this. 

Sri Lanka is fighting the last battle??? They are killing thousands of civilians.

And not a single Sinhalese civilians is killed in this warzone by 50.000 Sinhalese only army. There is not single from norht and east in the army. Sri Lankan army Nr# in killing innocent civilians.



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Hiranya Malwatta

"Every Tamil is a suspected terrorist by the Sri Lankan terrorist state."
No. Wrong. Only if they had suspicious connections with LTTE elements.

"people like you lucky to live in a place where you don't have to fear for your life, no fear when some bombs can fall on your house, can comment like this."

ha ha what a joke B12N reporting from London you are. Have I told you about the numerous people whom I knew who died in various bus/train bombs? The uncle who got caught in the Central Bank bomb and got injured? The claymore that exploded only a few meters from my house killing 28 ppl and injuring 30-40 in a bus? The shrapnel hole in my car which was passing by when minister Maithreepala Sirisena was targeted in a suicide bomb attack (no i was not in the car at the time). 

"Sri Lanka is fighting the last battle??? They are killing thousands of civilians."

Your type (the Diaspora - fortunately not all) have nothing inside those skulls of yours, otherwise you would not have been in this position today making false accusations trying to save your "LEADER".
Read DBSJeyaraj please. Tigers, Tamil Diaspora and the Tamil civilian plight

"not a single Sinhalese civilians is killed in this warzone"

No. Also no Muslims. Because the Sinhalese and Muslims were already massacred and chased out by your "LEADER".

"There is not single from norht and east in the army."

There are some. But yes, only a handful because your "LEADER" was on a killing spree targeting all Tamils who were in the Police and Army.


p.s.

Don't talk BS without knowing what life in SL is.



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Hiranya Malwatta

I don't know if you can comprehend this, but understand that this 30 year long Misery and Madness has got to stop. You and your Diaspora failed to get your "LEADER" to respect one single peace accord. Not even with Ranil Wikramasinghe. Why did he withdraw from peace talks when Ranil was still in power giving a lame excuse of not being invited to some conference?

Why did he murder ALL of the military intelligence personnel? (during peace)

Why did he kill the Great Lakshman Kadirgamar after that? (during peace)

Why did he attempt to kill Army Commander in Colombo with a suicide bomber? (during peace)

Why did he attempt to kill Defence Secretary with a suicide bomber? (during peace)

Why did he block water to thousands of Eastern people? (during peace)

*not to mention all the other hundreds of murders during this peace process which was a cease fire he used to strengthen his army.

*not to mention the thousands of little children conscripted during this cease fire period.


Yes, I guess the Government should try and give your poor "LEADER" another chance and see.

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israeli.agent

I have started to reply, before reading Hiranya's comment.

Now I have nothing more to say .

Oh.. B12, congrats for the recommendations received on your comment ..!


.Agent.

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Hiranya Malwatta

:-)

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B12N

Thanks for your contribution!!

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Hiranya Malwatta

By the way B12N reporting from London,

Do you know how they "tame" the little 14 year olds they snatch from wailing parents? they put the kid in a small cage like a dog's cage for a few days. When finally the child is physically exhausted and mentally traumatized by being in a cage where he/she can't even move the limbs properly, he/she is considered "tame" enough to be taken out. This practice was reported by escaped children.

Start thinking about what you can do to help the lives of the people who had to suffer LTTE's terrorism for 25 years in North and East, with the blessings and aid of those who lived in foreign lands with their children secure in every way. It is time to put your energy into helping those of your community who escaped the clutches of LTTE, who have gone through hell.

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B12N

So you are saying, the gov has nothing to with the killings of thousands of Tamils? 9000 killed by the government bombing this year!!! It is the gov that has more power and in a better position to safeguard the civilians. But for 30 years it doing the same. At war killing many thousand civilians just to get few hundreds LTTE.

The government can't use the abuses of LTTE as excuse to justify their killings of Innocents!

If the current offensive wasn't started by the gov last year. 9000 civilians life's and 13.000 wounded could have been saved. And overcrowded detention camps won't be needed. How about that? The government could have prevented all this.

My view: Not a single innocent should die or victimized because some parties want to fight.

Your view: The gov should fight despite many thousands civilians being killed.

So, u advice me to care about these people? How ironic? It is you, defending a war and killings of the gov! NOT ME! Would you be talking like this if your place was a battle field?


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Hiranya Malwatta

What can I say to you B12N reporting from London,

If you want to convert all the dead LTTE cadres into "innocent civilians" then it is your choice. Over and over again Tamilnet had produced hoax images to support their stories of civilian deaths. Those images have come on NP as well and I have pointed out many times the dates on the images are inconsistent.

Can you believe I once found few images of dead bodies on Tamilnet with a date in 2004 in one of their stories this year?

How come not a single image of at least 50 civilian bodies together (i havent seen even 10 together in one image) have come on any of the LTTE propaganda material? You think they won't click a photo, if these numbers are true?

"My view: Not a single innocent should die or victimized because some parties want to fight."

Some parties want to fight.???? yeah right. I don't think that pathetic comment deserves an answer. If you rephrase that in the correct context, I will give you an answer.

"Your view: The gov should fight despite many thousands civilians being killed."

No way. I would never consent to thousands of civilians being killed by anybody. You insist on converting the LTTE cadres into civilians, then it is your issue.

If you must know, I feel very sad every time I see the dead LTTE cadres also. Same way I feel about so many SLArmy soldiers dying. None of those young people deserve to die because of what was thrust upon this country by Prabhakaran.

You can think of a better solution to terminate terrorism that was not tried for over 20 years now?

Just to remind you once again, I'll remind you why we are in this Eelam IV War.

"I don't know if you can comprehend this, but understand that this 30 year long Misery and Madness has got to stop. You and your Diaspora failed to get your "LEADER" to respect one single peace accord. Not even with Ranil Wikramasinghe. Why did he withdraw from peace talks when Ranil was still in power giving a lame excuse of not being invited to some conference?

Why did he murder ALL of the military intelligence personnel? (during peace)

Why did he kill the Great Lakshman Kadirgamar after that? (during peace)

Why did he attempt to kill Army Commander in Colombo with a suicide bomber? (during peace)

Why did he attempt to kill Defence Secretary with a suicide bomber? (during peace)

Why did he block water to thousands of Eastern people? (during peace)

*not to mention all the other hundreds of murders during this peace process which was a cease fire he used to strengthen his army.

*not to mention the thousands of little children conscripted during this cease fire period.

Yes, I guess the Government should try and give your poor "LEADER" another chance and see."

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B12N

Why did Rajapakse killed thousands of INNOCENT TAMILS during peace?

Ask the SLMM. Mahinda has a very highscore!!! 

If there are problems, any government put the peoples safety first. They aren't suppose to drop bombs on civilians.

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Hiranya Malwatta

"They aren't suppose to drop bombs on civilians. "

You must be referring to the female black tiger compound which was in the middle of thick jungle, which became an orphanage overnight after SLAF bombed it. BTW that was done only after your "LEADER" kept sending suicide bomber after suicide bomber to Colombo.

If you post those pictures your Diaspora keep circulating of that so called "orphanage" with the dead black tiger "orphans" I can show the rest of the readers here what u are talking about. Now don't try a different set of pictures 'cas I know exactly what those pictures were.

if it's some other compound, tell me specifically with the date, which incident u are talking about?

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israeli.agent

"Why did Rajapakse killed thousands of INNOCENT TAMILS during peace?"

NOTHING as such happened, It  is a hypothetical question. Bad question.


"If there are problems, any government put the peoples safety first. They aren't suppose to drop bombs on civilians."

Since LTTE supporters like you believe that Prabhakaran is the president (thalaivar) of the "eelam", is it not his duty to protect his subjects? Ask him to release the hostages. Solve the problem. It is the LTTE leadership who are moving the civilians to those places where the bombs are getting dropped.


.Agent.



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senthil5000

No country killed more than 8000 people of their own citizens ( treated as second class citizens) and injured more than 15000 people in just 4 months, for the sake of destroying LTTE. Why is a democratically elected government required to do that ?  Is it because the civilians killed are one and only Tamils ..and the sri lanka army has one and only sinhalese ??

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israeli.agent

Well...??


.Agent.

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Hiranya Malwatta

You must ask your honourable VP those questions. But even with him, the numbers are way lower than these figures that come out from the "Doctors" of the NFZ.

When you count the dead LTTE cadres who overnight become innocent civilians of course your figures tally.

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senthil5000

Why should we ask to VP those questions instead of the so-called democratically elected government ? 

If you are arguing all those 20,000 Tamils are LTTE, then whats the civilian casualty number given by your government ?

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israeli.agent

You must be kidding. As per your admission, Piraphaa is the president of your country eelam whereas GoSL is a bloodthirsty  chauvinistic bunch of terrorists.

So you should put forward your grievances to Piraphaa because me must answer to the citizen of his own country - The Dumeel Eelam.


.Agent.

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senthil5000

So you are agreeing Tamils are second class citizens and your government is not answerable for Tamils.

Still whats your governments civilian casualty number, if not 20,000 as united nations counted ?

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israeli.agent

Nopes, Tamils are the firstclass citizens - forget about Sri Lanka, but in the entire world. No other ethnicity ever calimed to have a gorilla kingdom in the pre-historic age.

Now a group of your eel  (Eelie ?? or Eelamish)  anthropologists - Tamiyans -  just had came up with a ground shattering discovery (or invention?)  that Sinhala language and culture have "came"  from Dumeel..! Don't you trust me? See this link.

A Majority with a minority complex - the Tamil roots of Sinhalese

Saar..you are the firstclass citizen in the entire universe itself. We all agree, and salute you all.


.Agent.

PS: I have one request to the Tamiyans. Please make necessary corrections to this story. Written by yours truly.

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-conflict-look-root-cause-and-tamil-history

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senthil5000

Still whats your governments civilian casualty number, if not 20,000 as united nations counted ??

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lalith

In which news item did you find the civilian casualty number?  This is interesting.


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Hiranya Malwatta

"If you are arguing all those 20,000 Tamils are LTTE, then whats the civilian casualty number given by your government ? "

Govt cannot give a figure because LTTE is the only people who have access to the area. Why is there not a single picture by LTTE propaganda showing these dead civilian bodies together? (in the large numbers they claim) instead of the 2-3 close ups they produce with inconsistent dates on EXIF data?

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BimsaraB

Why is a democratically elected government required to do that ? 

Because a bunch of Terrorists who do not have any regard or respect for democracy is keeping a section of the countiy's citizen at gun point and prevent them from enjoing the rights and privilages common to all Sri Lankans.

Is it because the civilians killed are one and only Tamils ..

No. Also no Muslims. Because the Sinhalese and Muslims were already massacred and chased out by your "LEADER".- (Hiranya Malwatta)

and the sri lanka army has one and only sinhalese ??

Sri Lankan armed forces and the police had a reasonable mix of all ethnicities before the smuggler from VVT turned a terrrorist. It is not the sri Lankan government that prevented tamils joining the forces but this terrorist. Nevertheless, there are many tamils form areas not under the LTTE threats joinong the forces even today.

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senthil5000

Because a bunch of Terrorists who do not have any regard or respect for democracy is keeping a section of the countiy's citizen at gun point and prevent them from enjoing the rights and privilages common to all Sri Lankans.

So how many lives does that democratic terrorist government kill before destroying LTTE. Is it 30,000 or 40,000 or 100,000 ? What is the point in destroying LTTE at the cost of lives of so many people of a minority ethnic community in the country ??

No. Also no Muslims. Because the Sinhalese and Muslims were already massacred and chased out by your "LEADER".- (Hiranya Malwatta)

I bet. these sinhala sri lankan army would not have dropped bombs if there are sinhala buddhists in the area. Sinhala buddhist jvp monk party wont like that idea.

there are many tamils form areas not under the LTTE threats joinong the forces even today.

Its a lie. What is your source of this news ?

Still whats your governments civilian casualty number, if not 20,000 as united nations counted ??





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BimsaraB

Senthil

I am not here to justify killings of civilian. However, I know for a fact, loss of civilian lives in this war has been kept to minimal levels. Compare the figures with another war zone to see the deference. This too could have been avoided (like it was proven in the east) if your merciless leader does not want to hide behind women’s cloths.

Is it 30,000 or 40,000 or 100,000 ?

Why do you want to be so wag about civilian casualty figures?  I thought you have agents to photograph and count the dead bodies and publish them in the Tamilnet instantly? Please go back the last two years and count the dead bodies in the photos published in the Tamilnet. You will then know the figure for your self.

   bet. these sinhala sri lankan army would not have dropped bombs if there are sinhala buddhists in the area. Sinhala buddhist jvp monk party wont like that idea.

Over 60,000 Sinhalese youth including the Buddhist monks were killed by the Sinhala Sri Lankan army between the 1987-89. Over 6000 misguided youth were killed in 1971 during the JVP uprising. This was because they terrorized the country and challenged the democratically elected government. The question terrorism does not have many answers. The answer does not vary depending on the ethnicity of the terrorist. The whole world believes in it.

 there are many tamils form areas not under the LTTE threats joinong the forces even today.

You were very prompt to call this is a lie. This clearly shows who wants to prolong the issue. Though you believe that every Tamil is a tiger, we Sinhalese do not think so. I have many of my friends who are Tamils presently serving in the forces.   

 

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Hiranya Malwatta

"So how many lives does that democratic terrorist government kill before destroying LTTE. Is it 30,000 or 40,000 or 100,000 ? What is the point in destroying LTTE at the cost of lives of so many people of a minority ethnic community in the country ??"

aiyo aiyo. how many times to answer the same question? I will quote my answer to B12N reporting from London.

"If you want to convert all the dead LTTE cadres into "innocent civilians" then it is your choice. Over and over again Tamilnet had produced hoax images to support their stories of civilian deaths. Those images have come on NP as well and I have pointed out many times the dates on the images are inconsistent.

Can you believe I once found few images of dead bodies on Tamilnet with a date in 2004 in one of their stories this year?

How come not a single image of at least 50 civilian bodies together (i havent seen even 10 together in one image) have come on any of the LTTE propaganda material? You think they won't click a photo, if these numbers are true?"

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lalith

When Terrorists are killed, LTTE counts them as civilians. It is now very near for Prabhakaran to be a civilian too. (Innocent civilian!)

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gerrypopplestone

Yeah, it's taking a long time to finish.  Although I support neither side (both sides have out some truly dreadful killings), I can sympathise with the difficulties the S/L Army has - to enter the zone without causing so many many more killings, and get near the LTTE.  I myself hope they will be able to catch Prabakharan who who is truly a very nasty tyrant and dictator.

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