Wanni Operation Video, 30th March 2009

Tamil Tiger founder Vellupillai Prabhakaran has done one thing better than anything else for 37 years: avoid capture.

Now the 54-year-old guerrilla leader and architect of Asia’s longest-running civil war faces near certain defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan military, and his longstanding vow of no surrender appears near a final test.
For once since [...]

Sri Lankan soldiers of Army 58 Division today (Mar 30) captured an LTTE truck mounted with 12.7mm Anti Aircraft machine gun during counter terrorist operations carried out in the Irnapali area, Puthukkudiyiruppu East.
Battlefield sources said that infantrymen of 20 Gajaba Regiment (20 GR), have successfully repulsed an LTTE bid to breach the forward boundary in [...]

The LTTE appealed again Tuesday for a halt to fighting in their war against the government, though they denied they were on the brink of defeat despite being backed into an ever-shrinking pocket of land.
The appeal for a cease-fire from S. Pathmanathan, in charge of international diplomatic relations for the rebels, comes as the government [...]

The Maoists’ plan to challenge the security forces during the forthcoming general election may turn ominous as the former are likely to get support from various anti-national groups including a battered LTTE looking to create diversions. Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers have been a known ally of the rebels.
In the ballot versus bullet war, government security [...]

The LTTE has lost the entire land area under its control save about one sq. km. Before the present phase of war began in 2006, the LTTE held over 15,000 sq. km in the North and the East. But, today it has taken refuge in the no-fire zone behind a human shield. In fact, the [...]

Troops of 55 Division, operating in north of Palamathalan to rescue the innocent Tamil civilians held in no fire zone, have already breached the LTTE built earth bund and continued their offensive beyond the earth bund by last evening, 29 March, inflicting heavy damages to the enemy, latest military report received from the battlefront said.
LTTE [...]

The final days of the decade long battle of the LTTE to survive seems to be bloody and tough. Losing territory and man power in every passing way the LTTE terrorists, who dominated over 15,000 skm before the hostilities broke out, still have no idea to open the gates for civilians. Instead, [...]

Last week there was growing international concern about the Sri Lankan situation, especially about the plight of the civilians trapped inside the Safe Zone demarcated by the government for the safety of the civilians, as Security Forces were approaching the borders of the No Fire Zone (NPZ) from all fronts.
Many have expressed [...]

No terror group can exist without a substantial quantum of foreign funding.
Such funds are vital for arms, logistics, food supplies, training facilities, propaganda and recruitment.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, now in their death throes deep in the Wanni, are no exception to this rule. Over the years, the Tigers, one of [...]