One hundred and four soldiers were killed and eight hundred and twenty two were wounded during the fighting in last month, Leader of the House Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva told the Parliament a short while ago.
He said 80 civilians were also killed during the month of February and 201 were injured.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
104 soldiers killed & 822 injured in February
True meaning of 'humanitarian operation'
The Sri Lanka Navy's Warships, Sayura and Suranimala brought the drifting foreign vessel with 50 Burmese and 21 Bangladeshi sailors to Trincomalee yesterday. The rescue mission has won the SLN international recognition with the UNHRC set to send one of its key delegates to meet the government shortly.
Meanwhile the Sri Lanka Army has decided to lift the curfew imposed in Jaffna every night, in view of the Maha Sivarathri. The moves comes after last year's civilian complaints during the same season. The SLA made this decision despite fears of increased LTTE infiltration into Jaffna and reports of an imminent invasion of Kilinochchi by the 53 and 55 Divisions of the Army.
Meanwhile the Sri Lanka Air Force made accurate hits using bunker-buster bombs on an LTTE weapons dump in the general area Pooneryn containing a stock of artillery shells last afternoon. The attack was made following Military Intelligence reports of 130mm, 152mm and 122mm shells being stored at this location to face a future SLA onslaught.
The SLAF's Beach Super King equipped with Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) cameras is undergoing repairs. The other aircraft was lost in the Anuradhapura attacks. Several new UAVs bought by the SLAF have FLIR capabilities. However, SLA's Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is presently placed higher than any of the other methods of collecting and verifying intelligence.
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