LTTE units in north Pooneryn, launched a barrage of artillery fire at Muhamalai Army FDL, which senior officers believe could be to test the Army's newly acquired Electronic Weapons Locating Systems. These systems were not used to return the random harassing fire of the LTTE today.
Damages were caused to a few abandoned bunkers and minor injuries were received by two soldiers in the vicinity of the area. The attacks were launched using 130mm guns from a location in Kalmunai Point in Pooneryn.
Troops have come close to the LTTE strong-point at Vellankulam. Small groups of Commandos are spearheading the attack. The Thevampiddi Church to where the Our Lady of Madhu statue was moved for 'safekeeping' is also situated at Vellankulam.
Special discussions were held today between Mannar Bishop Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph and Major General J. Jayasuriya Commander, Security Forces Headquarters-Wanni, ahead of the Madhu Pilgrimage starting next month. As a result, the church will be open to devotees and the Army would move out of the premises.
Meanwhile troops from Task Force two, who commenced their operations from Madhu have come close to the A-9 road. The 56 Division is also to the east of the A-9. Both divisions are dangerously close to Puliyankulam, northeast from which is Mullaitivu. The 57, if it reaches Mankulam, will be dangerously close to Kilinochchi.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
LTTE tests boundaries as Wanni becomes untenable
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DW, an obvious - why didn't the army use the new equipment? Whats the disadvantage in exposing its capability? Good to get some practice!!
"These systems were not used to return the random harassing fire of the LTTE"
new systems are there to show off
hehe...
DW
thanks for the update
why did the SLA not fire back ?
best thing is to destroy the LTTE artillery as early as possible
lkdood-
Do n't forget, Indian ships are tracking the movements of all parties. It's risky us to try to hit back on all occations.
Let's re-charge the batteries while we can. As we knows it's not a 20/20 match.
Once the war reaches close to mullathivu and kilinochi it is going to be a different kind of war with alot of different manouvers used, this war is going to involve a very large force on both sides, if you think that the ltte only has 5-6000 more cadres remaining, you are in for a big surprise. The tamil people will not let the SLA take our homeland, this is a people's war which will be won.
Australia Changes Asylum Policy
Published: July 30, 2008
SYDNEY — Australia is ending its controversial policy of automatic detention for asylum seekers who arrive in the country without visas, the government announced Tuesday.
Detention in immigration centers is only to be used as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time, Immigration Minister Chris Evans said, as he announced the major policy change in a speech at the Australian National University in the capital, Canberra.
Children, and those adults who are not considered a security risk, will no longer be held in detention centers, he said. The presumption will be that these persons will remain in the community while their immigration status is resolved, he said. In addition, those adults who are detained in centers will have their cases reviewed every three months.
Previously, illegal immigrants who managed to make it to the Australian mainland were immediately sent to detention centers while the bureaucracy sifted through their claims for asylum, a process that could take years.
Mr. Evans is a member of the Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who took office last year after the 11-year administration of his conservative predecessor, John Howard.
Although the policy of detaining asylum seekers and those who overstayed their visas began under an earlier Labor government in the 1990s, Mr. Howard made a tough stance against immigration a centerpiece of his administration. It helped him win re-election in 2001, after he claimed that heartless refugees were throwing their children overboard (a claim that turned out to be untrue). While the detention policy played well among right-wing voters, it drew widespread criticism from many liberal-leaning Australians and from elsewhere, not least the United Nations, which censured Australia 14 times in the last decade.
It also damaged Australia’s reputation as a welcoming country for refugees, as pictures of children penned behind razor wire were transmitted around the world.
In 2005, under pressure from moderates within his own party, Mr. Howard was forced to change some of the harsher aspects of the system, including allowing women and children to be released from detention within six weeks and placed in the community while their cases were reviewed. He also vowed that claims for asylum would be adjudicated within six months.
However, in his speech Tuesday Mr. Evans said those changes in practice were never more than superficial and that the new government would now go further.
Since taking power, the new Rudd government has already dismantled some of the other more heavily criticized aspects of the Howard immigration policy. It ended the so-called Pacific Solution, introduced in 2001, involving detention camps on the islands of Nauru and Manus where illegal immigrants arriving by boat were held while the United Nations tried to find them third countries in which to settle.
It has also closed down the notorious Woomera detention center, a bleak prison-like structure deep in the deserts of South Australia.
Even under the changes announced Tuesday, certain aspects of the existing detention system remain. Illegal immigrants who reach certain parts of Australian territory — mostly the outlying islands to the north of the mainland — will still not qualify to claim asylum, but will be held on Christmas Island, an Australian possession off the southern coast of Indonesia.
Mr. Evans said that currently 357 people were being held in detention centers, of whom only six had arrived by boat. Most were foreigners who had overstayed their visas.
He also said he had reviewed the cases of 72 people who had been held without a hearing in immigration centers for more than two years, and that 31 had been released and were on the way to obtaining visas.
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Colombo snaps outside communication with Vanni
Sri Lankan Telecommunication Department has cut off the telephone numbers with +9421228 format (Ki'linochchi lines) for the last few days, disabling the only available mode of communication to the outside world from Vanni at a time when more than 100,000 civilians have displaced in Ki'inochchi and Mullaiththeevu districts due to the Sri Lanka Army offensive. Fundamental services such as hospitals, civil services and media dependent on telephone communication have been severely affected, according to civil sources in Ki'linochchi.
Around 500 lines were operating in Ki'linochchi, covering hospitals, government offices, NGOs, local organisations and other agencies serving civilians.
The Deputy Planning Director of Poonakari division, S. Vimalakumar, who was slain last Friday in a Claymore attack allegedly carried out by a Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit, was carrying documents that were to be faxed from Vavuniyaa as telecommunication facilities were cut off, government officials in Ki'inochchi said.
Financial transactions in the branches of the banks have been paralyzed.
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless phones and cellular telephone services have been disrupted also in Mannaar, Vavuniyaa and Jaffna districts.
Katta pullai,
Soon electricity will be cut off too. Then hand held communucation devices willbe jammed. And soon DPU men will be knocking on Vasapillai's door. And tamil oppression will end. Tamil children will start having a life.
sinhalas are too stupid to understand that tigers use satellite phones & radio
//As a result, the church will be open to devotees and the Army would move out of the premises.//
What next? LTTE doing the security in the church premises with col.Rayappu josep?
//LTTE units in north Pooneryn, launched a barrage of artillery fire at Muhamalai Army FDL...//
How come? From poonaryn north/ k-point they attacl to Palali. Can they attack muhamale too from there??
The UN General Assembly on Monday unanimously confirmed South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world body's new human rights chief ...
ninja
How come? From poonaryn north/ k-point they attacl to Palali. Can they attack muhamale too from there??
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tigers can attack anywhere in Jaffna
you mean WHEN not IF right :)
Thiru,
No..No...Nooooooooooo. Army never take homeland! They are not in Real-Estate business. You can have the land...
Kuttu,
Tigers can attack anywhere..they could've attacked East, Madhu, Veddatilltuv.
And tigers have 60,000 force (not 5000)...They've Red Bird..they've satelite phones...And they are handsome...oh man...
No wonder....VP can make them fools all this time...!
Kuttu,
Regd this telephone problem, did you try dialling 123 and inform the SLT?
Defencewire/guys
don't you think that there should be a continous UAV surveillance over Pooneryn and other critical battle field areas in order to expose the Tiger Heavy guns?? we should take out their big guns ASAP before 2 many innocent troops are killed..
Anyways, why the fuckin hell din't er use our artllery locating radars for counter-bettery fire???..
LTTE’s long-range guns still threatens SLA advances and defenses. Taking these arty assets is not an easy task since LTTE arty units are highly mobile and the range and effectiveness can not always guarantee the accuracy of counter battery return fire. As defencewire said this could very well be to test our new system.
DW, I think the army is also making only small scale advances because of the SAARC. Once summit is over there will be fireworks from both side. Army must take every precaution. Massive counter attack in south of Mallavi is still possible.
17 Tami civilians arrested in Colombo
Seventeen Tamil civilians including three women were taken in to custody Tuesday in a cordon and search operation conducted in Wellawatte area in Colombo by the police with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA). All of them were natives of north and east provinces and had been working in shops and staying with their relatives, friends and some in lodges in Wellawatte to go abroad, human rights sources said.
They are now detained in Wellawatte police station and being interrogated as some of them had failed to prove their identity and provide satisfactory reason for their stay in the location, police sources said.
Army enters Vellankulam
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terrorist arti attacks in the north....
1. SUNDAY & MONDAY SLA attacks LTTE positions
from TN.
SLA fires artillery, MBRL from Northern Front
[TamilNet, Monday, 28 July 2008, 14:48 GMT]
A barrage of heavy artillery and Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) fire from the Northern Front was launched by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Sunday and Monday into Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) controlled territory in Iyakkachchi, Pazhai and Vadamaraadchi East villages despite no provocation from the LTTE side, sources in Ki'linochchi said.
The artillery attack from Mukamaalai was launched by the SLA from 10:00 p.m. till 11:20 p.m. Sunday. The attack resumed again at 6:20 p.m. Monday.
2. TUESDAY - LTTE attacks SLA positions in muhamalai
from defence.lk
LTTE violates its own ceasefire; launches artillery attacks at Jaffna FDL
Military reports received form Muhamalai Forward Defence (FDL) indicate that LTTE terrorist have launched artillery attack at troops manning the area this morning (July 29).
LTTE had used their guns from K-point to attack muhanalai. they could have easily attacked palali, jaffna, etc. but they chose muhamalai bcos they were only interested in halting any "possible" SLA movements.
LTTE was just responding to SLA attacks altough MOD quite correcty gone to town with LTTE's response.
both the SLA and LTTE are VERY nervous at the national front. any move by one GOT to be retaliated just to be safe.
as Shan said, now tigers are getting the return for what they did b4. then the aggressive party was tigers, now SLDFs.
LTTE launches 10 rounds of 130 mm arty and the terrorist supporting crowds get a HARD on!
what a shame...now LTTE just showed where they keep the arty unit..
they just fired a few rounds to trick our forces that the gun is there when it is not..being moved down south to hit SLA units...
lots of action going in Vanni cant reveal anything now until it is over!
Everyday I hear SLA captured this town and that town, it makes me to think that SL is size of Russia. Then again, they still have many more km to reach Kili and Mullai. Other hand, LTTE is not sure whether they should draw a card at 12 against SLA who has deuce.
no job, no fun
Ogre said...
LTTE launches 10 rounds of 130 mm arty and the terrorist supporting crowds get a HARD on!
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sinhalas get a HARD on when sinhalas army captures a hut
get ready for some action
[get ready for some action]
Kuttu...Red Bird again...oh no!!
okay folks...I'm going for my routine 30 mile biking..see you in a while!
Kuttu keep entertaining them
----cheers--------
NEWS VIDEO FOR SINHALAS
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Pakka-Lanka
thank you for the link
Which fool opened their trap about new radar acquisitions? The surprise element is now gone. Whether this makes a difference to the final outcome is yet to be seen.
All Veluz have done all these years was picking holes in the corrupt, inept and incompetent third-world govt to his advantage. He gets weak as the govt sheds these third-world attributes. A prime example was, the army debacles happened because the entire establishment was leaking secrets like a sieve. From Iris-Mona to EP debacles, LTTE got the upper hand with inside info bribing someone. This only happens now rarely.
The secret to comprehensively beating LTTE therefore not just in the hands of the soldiers, but also with the politicians and officers downwards making sure discipline of EVERYONE in the society under is kept under iron clad control. There must be severe punishments for ANYONE who falls out of line. Failure to do so means LTTE survives a year or two longer taking many precious lives with it.
Panhinda,
Well said mate! I am totally with you!
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Extinction needs to change the map of the so called homeland since there is no LTTE control in the Eastern part of Sri Lanka except few dummies killing innocent civilians, Jaffna peninsula and beyond Mannar is under SL Gov control. I am not sure why these people missleading people. not sure who is miss leading whom, One thing is for sure its like ice on a cake for those hardcore LTTE supporter to show every one that their Homeland (even tho its hard except its not under LTTE control)Sorry to say this but very soon Mankulum will be under SL control too.
If you check the Tamil Extinction news it is so obvious that they have child solders fighting. How can it be a liberation when force people to fight war of few loonies
Velu must be counting his time. He can hide like a mole rat like Saddam did or run for his life. If not SLA going to get him. There were comments that he will be taken alive. I’m wondering why?
ogre,
when possible , can you share your info with us as an when the sensitivity of it is no longer an issue?
cheers!
[Once the war reaches close to mullathivu and kilinochi it is going to be a different kind of war with alot of different manouvers used,]
oh well...we've been hearing this story since mavi aru :) :)
[The tamil people will not let the SLA take our homeland,]
tamil people are just fine in SL in all areas except those under ztte control. and facts are that the first to get killed or run away from there positions are these "people's force" folks... call up killi and check with rasiah if it's not the case :) :) :)
[sinhalas get a HARD on when sinhalas army captures a hut]
now now...don't you insult the great ztte bazez and campz like that :) :)
Guys,
Why do we keep moving along the cost line? I feel like moving in to a trap ( a larger box).
This SL High commissioner looks bungu. He looks to me Pettah thug
bungu
part of the plan is to cut off sea tiger movements... this would be a huge blow to them cos they do depend on indian folks for certain supplies etc... not too sure but chances are with welo oya front also moving inward tigers might not be able to launch a major operation to box in such large formation without exposing their lines...
I'm guessing they would try to fortify and hold certain areas they think should not fall to SLA under any circumstance...stalingrad sorta thing... just a guess
what a shame...now LTTE just showed where they keep the arty unit..
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Ogre could you clarify a bit mate, we always knew they had big guns at k-point, so are you saying the new location where the guns are being moved to (under this decoy action) is known?
Or do you mean about k-point? Also according to DW the firefinder was not used and not sure if any opperational beechcraft is there to catch the hot muzzles like the last time guns were taken out at k-point. Thanks.
Kuttu
ponna hutto tho me yudde gana danna pukak naa.. umba inna dihaawata ma wela heena daka daka indapan.. baya gullo.. gihin athey gahapan kariya.. Prabha ta puka deepan.. thoge ammawai nangiwai suiside bombers la karapan.. huttige putha eeta passe umbe thaaththata kiyala puke araganin..
ballek wage mata reply karapan..
THE 5 DAY DROUGHT ENDS
from TN
"SLAF fighter jets bomb Vanni
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 01:07 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers dropped at least four bombs Wednesday morning between 6:20 and 6:35 a.m. targeting a location southeast of Ki'linochchi, according to initial reports. The aerial strike comes as the Sri Lankan government has rejected to respect the unilateral ceasefire announced by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in connection with the SAARC summit taking place in Colombo from 26 July to 04 August.
A surveillance aircraft was circling over Vaddakkachchi and Ira'naimadu area from 3:00 a.m. before the bombardment took place.
Further details were not available at the moment."
ranil,
The idea of eliminating sea tigers seems to be working. However I wonder why they give up so easily.
FYI,
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/12449
"A surveillance aircraft was circling over Vaddakkachchi and Ira'naimadu area from 3:00 a.m. before the bombardment took place"
how the hell did they spot that at that time of the day?
thambala,
It is true, some of what comes on the blogs do make their way to the defense estb. But sadly few is taken seriously, the possibility of a CBRN type crude attack by the tigers (like the one against the army detachment in Kiran, batti in 1991, they used CL2 cylinders for that attack ) cannot be ruled out, I have discussed this with several friends in the military and they are concerned and… well that’s all that I can tell you.
Well gas masks are no silver bullet, to prepare for a CBRN type situation there needs to be lots done. Education, awareness, preparation, equipment, mitigation and clean up equipment, quarantine preparedness, medicines and rehearsals (joint/and local) are key in an effective counter measure system to such an event.
A doctrine has to be established, manuals be written, curriculums drawn up and taught, protection gear drills be incorporated to BMT and all civil medical and ESP personnel (first responders) trained accordingly.
A proper, secure mass casualty’s evaluation/ evacuation and treatment plan has to be set up and run until, the people involved know it like the back of their hands (day/night, urban/ outskirts)
Solid C4I between military & civil response/ treatment and containment units..man there is a lot to do.
Sorry wrong blog
Panhinda wrote:
"Which fool opened their trap about new radar acquisitions? "
Err it was DW.
I was surprised too at first, but I'm sure he has his reasons.
thanks mr LKDOOD for the map..
mannar to kilinochchi 70% more to capture (straight line)
Why do we need to worry as LTTE's Recapturing percentage is still 0.00%
LOL :P
Man B#1, only reason to worry is: LTTE's recapturing rate was 0% for more than one year in jayasikuru too and we know it became 100% within one day.
Don't forget the race of rabit and turtle. Last time rabit slept. We can't allow this time too, to do some sleeping or some thing and let turtle win as diaspora expected. Thus we need to be vigilant.
Blogger Ranil said...
"A surveillance aircraft was circling over Vaddakkachchi and Ira'naimadu area from 3:00 a.m. before the bombardment took place"
how the hell did they spot that at that time of the day?
July 30, 2008 11:59 AM
noise of the aircraft
//noise of the aircraft//
shit, sadda nokara yanna epa.
operation red bird continues. hehe.
panhinda and lankapura
do you seriously think the ltte knew about the WLRS (rada systems as you callthem).
ltte known much more than that mate, they probably knew when the army started negotiating for them and possibly know even the serial numbers if there are any.
Moshe
DW's vurrent write up is a good example for our discussion on the various scenarios using WLRS.
the SLA artillery and the WLRS could have been anyhwre in the Jaffna peninsula and not neccasarily n the same place and could have been used to take on the ltte arti. it apears the SLA didn't attempt in this case.
sorry i meant current write up
DW says... 130 mm cannon..
How do we know this?
Does the SLA have 130 mm cannons?
How many arti pieces do you suppose LTTE has?
[Does the SLA have 130 mm cannons?]
though we had that and also 152s
ranil what's the highest calibre arti SLA has? And LTTE?
152mm
yep..as MD said it's the 152mm's
wish we could afford the MLRS... 300+mm rickets...now that'll make crap load of maveerars in one go
[noise of the aircraft]
LkDood
damn that sucks!
Hi Guys,
I posted a question a while ago but got no answer, so here we go again….
I assume that our new fire-finding radar needs to be within LTTE artillery range for it to function accurately. Have we taken enough measures to protect the equipment? Is there a chance that a specific or random LTTE round could fall on one of these machines and damage it?
Also, was it wise to acknowledge the fact that LTTE’s long range artillery actually fell within Muhamalai FDL? Would this no give LTTE an indication as to if their targeting mechanism was accurate or not? Could we not have said that they fired artillery but they didn’t fall within FDL? Or am I being silly here? Would LTTE know without acknowledgement from us that their targeting system was accurate?
india taking steps to join the party
red bird is still active
everybody will find out what is red bird soon
red bird 2 is also ready to go
kuttu said...
India taking steps to join the party...
Kuttu : What is this mean? is this a news or something coming soon and confidential?
Most of the people expecting an Attack from LTTE. As I said, may be a high-profile target..or suicideal multi-prong..somthing may be immediately after the SAARC.
para
DW said the WLRS has a range of 35Km , which is slightly longer than ltte arti. technicaly they can be within range but not neccassirily in danger
take the scenario of the ltte arti barrage at muhamalai from pooneryn, the WLRS could have been anywher in the jaffna peninsula and still could have detected but not neccassarily in danger
Shyam said...
If anyone see close of the video can tell about the accuracy of the srilankan airforce bombing ...Srilankan Airforce = Useless airforce ...
July 30, 2008 8:49 PM
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no no no
super sinhala air force are 100% successful
drink the defence.lk juice
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20080730_05
all black tigers are dead....hehe
30 some days ago....more today
dead black tigers are killed again...hehe
3000 tigers left- sinhala Army chief
5000+ tigers already killed so far this year- defence.lk
Qrious
would you mind explaining this lingo on tamilnet
quote"The aerial strike comes as the Sri Lankan government has rejected to respect the unilateral ceasefire announced by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in connection with the SAARC summit taking place ....."
as i understand unilateral is by one side. the accusation of SL govt not respecting a unilateral annoncement? does it arise?
Single said...
kuttu said...
India taking steps to join the party...
Kuttu : What is this mean? is this a news or something coming soon and confidential?
Most of the people expecting an Attack from LTTE. As I said, may be a high-profile target..or suicideal multi-prong..somthing may be immediately after the SAARC.
July 30, 2008 8:42 PM
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tigers are up to a lot
many things will happen after SAARC
during SAARC ?
lets sit & wait
sinhala government wants war so tigers will give them war
some make fun of my posts but you will see what will happen
kuttu & shayam,
why bother about the accuracy of SLAF ? do you pay taxes to SL government?
kuttu,
"tigers are up to a lot
many things will happen after SAARC
during SAARC ?
lets sit & wait "
Nothing significant will happen over the coming few days apart from the solar eclipse. I'd bet on that!... you drink too much propaganda juice.
Tigers are not as strong as you think. Now they can't even blow up a bus. Stupid terrorist supporters...
kuttu said,
red bird is still active
YES YES TELL ME WHERE DID YOU SAW IT LAST TIME...VELU NANA'S ASS OR P. AMMANS MOUTH.I KNOW BOTH PLACES ARE VERY MUCH ACTIVE TO YOUR RED BIRRD..
red bird 2 is also ready to go
little bit confusing about this now...hey that mean otherway around or threesome.
for me,, may be this is about
3some..thats why he said red bird 2 is also ready to go....
kuttu said...
India taking steps to join the party...
wow orgy..orgy..i couldnt wait to see what vaiko and karunanidhi going to do in this red bird...
unilateral ceasefire
there having diffrent type of SAARC summit .
hey we need a update
Kuttu: You didn't clarified the "India join the party.." story.
If SF telling lies, what is your estimation of Tiger force...? dont give us the whole population in non-liberated areas)
Are you trying tell that none of the balck tigers killed in last Air-raid...?
You had the same doubt over Pallivan.
About the Red-Bird...Hope you remembered my mention about "Alpha-T"?
If you and the team believe that most of your plans are secret...LOL..
Having said that, LTTE can still target civilians to distract the force..
india story will come up soon
wait for it
;-)
"india story will come up soon"
I am going to bed...
Thanks Shan!
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