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World's largest hostage rescue mission becomes success
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by Sri Lanka Army news | April 20, 2009 at 12:50 am
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Latest reports received from the Sri Lanka Army 58 Division indicate that over 39,000 civilians held hostage by LTTE terrorists at Puthumathalan and Amplalavanpokkani areas have been liberated.
Around 11.45pm- 12 midnight, a team of Special Forces (1SF) and another team from 2 Commando led by Colonels Athula Kodippili and Ralph Nugera breached the 12km LTTE earthbund.The teams cleared a stretch of 3km from Puthumathalang towards Valaimadam. Heavy fighting erupted between the LTTE and the Special Forces. Large volumes of LTTE artillery and mortar fire from the NFZ started landing on the LTTE bund.The Special Forces took the lead and went on an aggressive bunker-busting operation. Troops reported heavy casualties to the LTTE via communication sets. By the time the bund was cleared, 11 Special Forces soldiers including a Special Forces Captain had laid down their lives.
Soon afterward, thousands of civilians took to their heels and started running towards the now breached LTTE earth bund as Tigers started running in the opposite direction unable to face the SF and Commando squads. The Special Forces and Commandos temporarily halted their offensives and allowed the civilians to come.
3 Black Tigers hiding among the civilians blasted bombs strapped to their bodies killing 17 civilians. Total casualties to civilians in the 3 blasts was around 200.
At the same time, 2000 civilians escaping by boats towards Pulmoddai were picked up by the Navy. Another 5000 were rescued by a special team sent in by Brigadier Prasanna Silva of the 55 Division.
By 10pm today, rescued civilians, fed and rested at Puthumathalang, were arriving in steady numbers at welfare centers at Vavuniya. The Army was welcoming them with a hot meal and other refreshments while MIC searched for suicide bombers. One black tiger suicide bomber has been identified so far.
The Army was extremely happy with the 38,000+ civilians they rescued within the first day of the rescue mission and having breached the largest remaining LTTE earth bund today. Another large rescue of this nature could really put the 'cat amongst the pigeons', the cat in this scenario being the elite units of the Army.
During the entire operation, all high ranking officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force, the Defence Secretary and even President Rajapakse were awake and providing moral support to the frontline troops, led so fittingly by the 1st Brigade of the Special Forces, the oldest squadrons of the SF and 2 Commando, the spearhead of all 58 Division operations.
According to the sources, several thousands of others are waiting them to be rescued by the armed forces. All hostages held in Ampalavanpokkanai and Valayanmadam areas have been rescued, the sources added.
The mass rescue operation reached a significant phase when troops captured the 3 km long earth bund built by the LTTE, on the western border of the No Fire Zone this morning (Apr 20). With this capture troop opened a safe route for the hostages to come out of the LTTE grip which was occupied by tens of thousands civilians seeking refuge with the soldiers.
Meanwhile, defence sources on the field said that LTTE terrorists have launched a cowardly attack at the Tamil civilians leaving their grip. Defence.lk special correspondent in the area said that three LTTE suicide cadres have exploded themselves killing dozens of refugees including women and children.
"The terrorists initially fired at the civilians on the causeway using heavy machine guns. When they stepped into the lagoon to avoid LTTE machine gunfire, three LTTE cadres ran on to them and exploded themselves", he said.
More information will follow...
Source :Defence.lk,DEFENCEWIRE
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at 01:01 on April 20th, 2009
SP.
.Agent.
at 09:09 on April 20th, 2009
and Vzzhu Pizzhai Piraniaharan has got 24 hours to surrender
Source: asiantribune.com
at 19:57 on April 20th, 2009
Good post and really happy to see that these people getting there freedom. Thanks for sharing.
at 20:18 on April 20th, 2009
and... the Truth of the matter is:
Source: tamilnational.com
Thank you for using Tamils civilians' tax money to kill and propaganda against them.
at 20:20 on April 20th, 2009
"Truth" is not complete.
No report of that special weapon that plays Sinhala folk songs and Sanskrit and Hindi chants?
The modified version now emits "Aryan " smells too.
.Agent.
at 22:11 on April 20th, 2009
This is all BS. The video clips you see on army.lk and defence.lk are the civilians escaping from the IDP concentration camps back to the LTTE held no fire zone.
In fact three elite LTTE suiside cadres had to intervine and blow themselves up amongest civilians, to discourage them from crowding the no fire zone.
Even those 1000 civilians the tamilnet.com reveils the Sri Lanka Army
at 22:22 on April 20th, 2009
"elite LTTE suiside cadres"
That is a new piece of information.
What "eliteness" do one need to become a "suicide" bomber? Can't even categorize them as "use and throw".
.Agent.
at 22:16 on April 20th, 2009
You see the oppression in action !!!
Half of my comments did not appear in the earlier post !
Here is the balance.........
Even the 1000 civilians, the tamilnet.com reveals that <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />SLA has killed, are those who flocked together to form a shield around the valiant LTTE heroes to protect them.
Do not waste time reading these stooge sites of Rajpaska Govt.
It is the Bible, Baghawath Geetha or the tamilnet.com people should read and believe.
at 04:18 on April 21st, 2009
Three bombs, that too suicide bombers, killed 1000 people?
Now who is using weapons of mass murder? SLA or LTTE ? Now don't come up with the explanation that these are captured from SLA. Remember, "Indian army" trained only SLA to use these weapons - as per Tamilnet's previous research. How come LTTE learned to use them this fast ?
What kind of explosives are they - suicide bombers - used? Did tamilnet.com reveal that?
.Agent.
at 22:49 on April 20th, 2009
Huh !!
Why should SLA, IPK or anyone else take credit in teaching LTTE mass murder ?
Our heros have excelled that on our own. A few examples are Sri Maga Bodhi, that mosque in Eravur etc.,
Vigilant LTTE correspondents can recognize these chemical wepons miles away coz they have an indepth knowledge even in production of same.
Look, if you have no other better pass-time, pls keep reading tamilnet.com. Even Ms. Pillai of UN does that!!!
at 22:59 on April 20th, 2009
I surrender...! You are great..!!
.Agent.
at 23:11 on April 20th, 2009
The 24-hour period given for the LTTE leader V. Prabakaran to surrender expired moments ago at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />12 noon. Starting with the mass exodus yesterday, troops have thus far received over 49,000 civilians fleeing LTTE controlled areas.Sri Lanka Army this morning entered into areas of Puthumanthalam and Amapalavanpokkanai in the Safe Zone(SZ), where they had rescued over 39,000 civilians yesterday.Rescue mission is continuing
at 00:38 on April 21st, 2009
These are all understatements to whitewash Colombo Govt.;
They (SLA) used Atomic bombs, Ballistic Missiles, Biological weapons too, against the innocent LTTE, the oppressed, suppressed, discreminated and now subjugated.
This is a malicious slandering to discredit the occupants of NFZ.
According to news agencies from the now Tamilelaa'm capitol 'Valayanmadam', THE God’s boss, hero, and sole-savior Pirabakaran Esq. is still chubby, well fed and full of blood both bodily and mentally, being far from malnutrition.
Even the deputy-god Pottu Amman can spare a few liters of blood, dispite most of it being dried up whilest trying to persuade these unfaithful civilians to not fall pray to SLA genocide.
Come to think of it, it's high time the diaspora start putting some real pressure on these unruly civilians to not leave the comforts of this so called NFZ
Afterall, how much of comforts have they scrificed living in UK, Canada, Norway etc., on behalf of this ungreatful brethen in NFZ??
at 13:29 on April 21st, 2009
Update
Source: army.lk