09-11-2006, 03:26 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Valiant troops capture Sampur
Amidst applause Mahinda announces
moral-boosting victoryat SLFP convention
LTTE complains re-take to SLMM but
says itâs only tactical retreat
By Easwaran Rutnam
In a morale-boosting victory the government yesterday announced the capture of the strategic Sampur region with the LTTE also conceding defeat although claiming to be still in control of at least 25% of the area.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the capture of Sampur at yesterdayâs SLFP convention, a claim confirmed to the Daily Mirror by the military and the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM).
The LTTE, in a complaint to the SLMM, confirmed that the government has captured Sampur, but claimed to have control of at least 25% of the area, the SLMM told the Daily Mirror last afternoon.
Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said following the forward movement of troops towards Sampur, the remaining LTTE cadres had fled the area via Verugal towards Vakarai.
The SLMM meanwhile said the LTTE had not made any threat of withdrawing from the Ceasefire Agreement (CA) after the fall of Sampur despite the rebels earlier making such threats.Brigadier Samarasinghe said the threat posed by the LTTE to the Trincomalee harbour and the adjoining naval base was no more following the successful operation involving the three forces.
âCivilians in Mutur and Thopur can now safely resettle in their original homes. There is no threat anymore,â the military spokesman said. He said civilians who fled the once rebel-controlled Sampur could also resettle once the area was cleared.
âThere were no civilians in Sampur. They fled because of the fighting. Once we clear the area they will be able to resettle within the next few days,â he said.
Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, in an interview with the Daily Mirror last week, vowed to capture Sampur within days and spoke of little resistance from the rebels following intense clashes, while the LTTE warned of âserious consequencesâ if Sampur fell.
* The situ is beginning to ease with the resumption of flights to jaffna and more aid ships being sent to the peninsula.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Karuna faction overrun LTTE camps
Ranil Wijayapala
COLOMBO: The Karuna faction yesterday overran six LTTE camps in an uncleared area in Ampara inflicting heavy casualties on the Vanni cadres, sources from Ampara said.
According to sources six LTTE Vanni faction camps including Kanchikudichchuaru, Pavata, 73 Camp were overrun by hundreds of Karuna faction cadres in a major strike.
The attack was launched around 6.30 last morning.
Karuna faction Military Wing leader Pillayan has commanded the battle against the Vanni faction cadres under the direct orders from Karuna, sources added.
According to sources a large number of weapons have also been detected by the Karuna faction cadres. A large number of Karuna faction cadres who were injured in the battle were admitted to several hospitals.
Unable to face the attack launched by the Karuna faction cadres, the Vanni faction cadres have fled the area leaving their weapons, sources added.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->200 killed as fight for Jaffna peninsula continues
Colombo, Sept 10: The Sri Lankan military captured LTTE's Forward Defence Line (FDL) at Muhamalai in the Jaffna peninsula in a fierce battle that killed at least 28 soldiers and 150 Tamil Tigers.
A Sri Lankan military spokesman said they had advanced 600m into the LTTE held territory since the latest clashes broke out in the Muhamalai area. The military launched a fresh operation in the peninsula after the LTTE continued firing mortars at the security forces' bunker line.
"The limited defensive action was directed at neutralizing the mortar positions which constantly damaged the security forces bunkers and was a threat to the forward defence positions," military spokesperson Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said.
Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in the operation, while another 119 were injured and admitted to hospital, Brig. Samarasinghe reported, adding that more than 150 LTTE cadres have also been killed during the offensive.
However, Brig. Samarasinghe said that the offensive "was a limited operation to neutralise LTTE's artillery bases".
Meanwhile, Tigers have refuted the claims of the Lankan military and have put the toll to only 6.
LTTE also denied of their bunkers being destroyed by the military.
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Amidst applause Mahinda announces
moral-boosting victoryat SLFP convention
LTTE complains re-take to SLMM but
says itâs only tactical retreat
By Easwaran Rutnam
In a morale-boosting victory the government yesterday announced the capture of the strategic Sampur region with the LTTE also conceding defeat although claiming to be still in control of at least 25% of the area.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the capture of Sampur at yesterdayâs SLFP convention, a claim confirmed to the Daily Mirror by the military and the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM).
The LTTE, in a complaint to the SLMM, confirmed that the government has captured Sampur, but claimed to have control of at least 25% of the area, the SLMM told the Daily Mirror last afternoon.
Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said following the forward movement of troops towards Sampur, the remaining LTTE cadres had fled the area via Verugal towards Vakarai.
The SLMM meanwhile said the LTTE had not made any threat of withdrawing from the Ceasefire Agreement (CA) after the fall of Sampur despite the rebels earlier making such threats.Brigadier Samarasinghe said the threat posed by the LTTE to the Trincomalee harbour and the adjoining naval base was no more following the successful operation involving the three forces.
âCivilians in Mutur and Thopur can now safely resettle in their original homes. There is no threat anymore,â the military spokesman said. He said civilians who fled the once rebel-controlled Sampur could also resettle once the area was cleared.
âThere were no civilians in Sampur. They fled because of the fighting. Once we clear the area they will be able to resettle within the next few days,â he said.
Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, in an interview with the Daily Mirror last week, vowed to capture Sampur within days and spoke of little resistance from the rebels following intense clashes, while the LTTE warned of âserious consequencesâ if Sampur fell.
* The situ is beginning to ease with the resumption of flights to jaffna and more aid ships being sent to the peninsula.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Karuna faction overrun LTTE camps
Ranil Wijayapala
COLOMBO: The Karuna faction yesterday overran six LTTE camps in an uncleared area in Ampara inflicting heavy casualties on the Vanni cadres, sources from Ampara said.
According to sources six LTTE Vanni faction camps including Kanchikudichchuaru, Pavata, 73 Camp were overrun by hundreds of Karuna faction cadres in a major strike.
The attack was launched around 6.30 last morning.
Karuna faction Military Wing leader Pillayan has commanded the battle against the Vanni faction cadres under the direct orders from Karuna, sources added.
According to sources a large number of weapons have also been detected by the Karuna faction cadres. A large number of Karuna faction cadres who were injured in the battle were admitted to several hospitals.
Unable to face the attack launched by the Karuna faction cadres, the Vanni faction cadres have fled the area leaving their weapons, sources added.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->200 killed as fight for Jaffna peninsula continues
Colombo, Sept 10: The Sri Lankan military captured LTTE's Forward Defence Line (FDL) at Muhamalai in the Jaffna peninsula in a fierce battle that killed at least 28 soldiers and 150 Tamil Tigers.
A Sri Lankan military spokesman said they had advanced 600m into the LTTE held territory since the latest clashes broke out in the Muhamalai area. The military launched a fresh operation in the peninsula after the LTTE continued firing mortars at the security forces' bunker line.
"The limited defensive action was directed at neutralizing the mortar positions which constantly damaged the security forces bunkers and was a threat to the forward defence positions," military spokesperson Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said.
Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in the operation, while another 119 were injured and admitted to hospital, Brig. Samarasinghe reported, adding that more than 150 LTTE cadres have also been killed during the offensive.
However, Brig. Samarasinghe said that the offensive "was a limited operation to neutralise LTTE's artillery bases".
Meanwhile, Tigers have refuted the claims of the Lankan military and have put the toll to only 6.
LTTE also denied of their bunkers being destroyed by the military.
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