Heavy fighting ensued south of Chalai in general area Mulaitivu when a wave of LTTE infiltrators and attack teams targeted a weak point in the forward marching divisions last morning. The infiltrators were first spotted by the 55 Division as they targeted the boundary of two brigades of the 55 and 58 Divisions. The exact casualties to both sides will be revealed later.
During Oyatha Alaikal 1, 2 and 3, the Tigers successfully collapsed the Army's divisions by attacking them at the seam. This usually results in the two respective Divisions and their affected Brigades, Battalions all the way down to a platoon being split, thus opening up a gap through which the Tigers could flank the Divisions.
But this type of operation requires high morale, manpower and firepower on the part of the Tigers and weak leadership and morale and also inferior field tactics and strategies on the part of the Army, both of which were unavailable yesterday. A tactic like this will have little effect particularly on an Army which has 3 Divisions, 5 Task Forces and a Special Forces Brigade on reserve.
In many of the unfortunate occasions where this has happened to the Army, it happened due to low morale and inferior leadership on the part of some officers. Some Field Commanders-- from Platoon COs upto Brigade COs were concentrating on their own respective unit and not on the counter attack.
Meanwhile the LTTE has started another scam to discredit the Army and to give their fighters a fighting chance. The scam is to pose-off injured fighters as civilians who are handed over to the ICRC inside the civilian safety zone. From there these 'civilians' are registered by the ICRC and handed-over the the Sri Lanka Navy. The Navy will then transport them to Trincomalee Hospital.
Military Intelligence and Naval Intelligence have so far identified 30-40 such fighters from among the 'civilians'. They cannot be arrested or detained nor can they be rehabilitated like surrendees. If they are resettled once recovered from the wounds, there is a possibility that they might operate as insurgents from among the civilians.
Friday, March 6, 2009
LTTE's old tactics no match for the 'new' SL Army
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We need to capture the SLA's MBRLs, once we do that we can even give them matinee show, not just night show.
for some reason, slaf has not been in major action since the mig-27 exploded in mid air.
also people have witness foreign military advisors from a few unamed western countries in ltte territory
Monkey-bhairav
[We need to capture the SLA's MBRLs]
And yes I need to capture planet Mars.
this is HILARIOUS!!
another comedy from toiletnet.
why are these two jokers crying?? it is not their brother, uncle or any other relative. it is an ICRC worker!!
lol!
good acting but stupid direction. this comedy movie director will be sacked by vezapillai.
Benjy,
http://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2008/12/20_12_08_sla_01.jpg
Did they never go to Ratmalana?
Glad if they fertilised our Vanni soil.
Moshe Dyan,
They should be like you, smiling at the prospect of another widow?
Sounds like you smile and lick your lip every time an SLA reaches out to Nibbana.
back to monkeys......
Who saw planet of the apes? did not the humans win over the apes in the end?
I am told this is a movie every Srilanka army recruit is forced to watch before he is sent to the frontline. Not bad results right?
Yes Benjy,
Every SLA has to watch it so that when he dies he knows why: destiny.
Then again.....
Some monkeys are so much into screwing day noon and night and their population is hard to control......you kill one and viola, 10 monkeys are born by illegitimate fcukking by monkey-ppl.
Yes, that's how they got to be the "majority".
For the Record:
I regret making a comment which may look like I am an ardent supporter of MR. I am strongly critical of him, but support his war efforts as long as he takes maximum precautions possible not to harm civilians.
I am not here to earn anyone's respect or hate. What one does is one's business.
I was heartened by the idea of dropping food and medicine for civilians, even if there is a big chance that these food and medicine could be grabbed by Sun God.
I advocate this not as a strategy of propaganda or war but just on pure compassion since they are us and we are them. If there is a strategic value in it so be it. I think Moshe Dyan takes the same stand I namaskaram him for that. I try not to come to DW that is why I decided not to comment directly on that. Regardless my aversion to DW, because of filthy environment (Some one may say that there are killings going around I only care about filth saying. For anybody raises this comment I assure, if filth saying can achieve our goals of stopping killing, then I will begin right this moment chanting filth unstopped, because it is so inexpensive, life saving solution.), but these are very decisive days and we need to get through this disastrous time. Therefore time to time I overcome my aversion.
I believe all human lives are equal regardless creed, language and race. I think we all do believe in this, at least I hope so. This does not mean: take one Tamil life for killing of one Sinhala life.
This means protect all lives. Let all enjoy equal rights.
This explanation is only for the many who oppose suicide killing, taking chilblains hostage asking ransom of Sri Lankan people and who stands for Tamil rights, Sinhalese rights Jew's rights Malay rights, Burger rights, Buddhist rights, Hindu rights, Christian Rights equally in one Sri Lankan nation.
I apologize and express regret for some people abusing Hinduism.
If looked from outside what we do in our religion (whatever that is) may look silly to others just because we do not interpret these rituals correctly. This appearance of silliness is common to any religion and may have some "validity", but mostly it is our ignorance we paint them in a bad light.
Attack me, but do not distort what I stand for. Attack me, but not in filth. Attacks any one does in filth is an attack on the person who is doing the attack so it does not hurt me a bit whatever the filth used. But when someone close to me uses filth against somebody else even in the disguise of supporting me it hurts me a great deal because it exposes my friend.
I like how monkey-ppl dance up and down. I saw how the apes dance in the planet of the apes. they were amusing. recently I saw monkey-ppl dancing in Geneva. They sure put those apes to shame.
I gotta go now monkey-ppl. Keep dancing up and down and one day you will get your planet of monkeys.
good day.
Benjy,
Is that why you go to the Perahera every year?
With the last chena boy gone, I ought to take a break as well.
Singapore is deporting another batch of chena gals picked up at various street corners. I'm going to get them to Hong King for some green-goo games. Until the night, :)
Asithri
I'd like to join your blog. Send me an invite, if you don't mind.
Thanks
Bhairav
Our MBRLs are kinda busy these days, but they should be getting redundant soon.
Just be patient.
We'll need someone to wash and clean 'em before getting them in the market and you can have that job..
I know how hard it is to find work for most people, but an accomplished cleaner like you can always be of good use.
Hey,
The bloggers who are recent to this blog.
Tropical Storm has lot of history being a patriot in the blogsphere.
If I can comment about somebody as a Patriot, I can comment on him.
Tropical Storm
http://www.blogger.com/profile/18110816350260622487
So, please do not try to come into conclusions about bloggers just by reading one post.
{About some bloggers..> if you have read hundred posts from the same blogger, still keep an open mind. Mahen was a good example :-}
Over 100 podiyens bite the dust
http://www.youtube.com/sinhahada
At this rate who is going to clean my toilet?
Collecting $100 to buy a plastic limb for our leader.
It is official, Prabha lost one leg, LTTE is split in to three.
Enjoy the spiraling down with some drama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3470FJ03I04&feature=related
Karma has a rebirth - LTTE leader is paying for his using a slow death.
Asithri, this is coming from a patriot.
Please take a back seat. You are hurting our cause using extra drama. The blog is filled with filth and it is shameful. I am also shameful that none of the other patriot spoke against his language.
Please don't be a liability for our mission.
Ananda - check your email. I have sent you an important message for you and others as well and check the feedback link ASAP. These LTTE fuckers are relentless and they never quit.
On another development, there is a devolution proposal. Patriots: Never think of devolving power and amending 13th amendment while half a million Tamils living abroad. If we do, we will have an Isreal in Sri Lanka.
Be scared, and vigilant.
It seems Upul and Peter are having a Punnakku party in this blog..
Oh yeah.. go ahead.. drink and eat punnakku.. You wont be doing this for too long.
Why not make this the best punnaku party ever !!! ( The last one you had at SiberNews when 5000+ army was captured was short lived wasnt it ? )
the sources i mentioned above say LTTE is seriously considering surrendering part of its weapons (not itself!!) to SLDFs following the defeat of its last ditch attempt.
they want this to look like "laying down arms" with a "few" kept for their "protection". they want an international mediator to receive the weapons.
the sources are not 100% accurate and "pro-peace". but if there is a hint of truth in it, we should wipe out the LTTE with URGENCY.
bringing international monitors here under ANY PRETEXT is not advantageous for us.
good on tigers for giving us a harvesting opportunity.
operations should not stop until all tigers are killed and territory is 100% liberated even if LTTE lays down weapons.
lankaTruth
Those who sow the seeds of chaos, reap the whirlwind..in this case it is named Asithri.
Let's not overdramatize anything. This is not the UN, nor a parley for finding solutions. It is a shit slinging match, which people with idle time engage in to vent their spleen.
In our real lives we do meaningful things, for ourselves, and for those who depend on us. You may find this hard to believe, but most younger generation Sri lankans abroad today are heavily involved in supporting the anti-terrorism drive in more ways than writing garbage on a blog.
moshe, that is bull crap...
ltte is on a winning streak and sees no reason to surrender.
Who the fuck is Mahinda Abeyasundara?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL5lAcAeCS8&NR=1
Someone someone sounds desperate.
Moshe
Intl monitors (in the form of advisors) have been on the ground since Mannar.
This is why irrespective of any Tamilnut and Bruce Fein claims, the world knows exactly what's happening in SL.
Worry not brother, this game has been played masterfully and endgame is hours away.
LT,
"Never think of devolving power and amending 13th amendment while half a million Tamils living abroad."
1.3 million!!
agree. devolving power on RACE lines as it is now is more dangerous than the LTTE. C comes first D thereafter!
Annihilation of tigers
Bomb disposal, APM clearing, etc.
Colonisation
Democratisation, development, devolution
Ethnic integration (the human aspect)
Fostering a new nation
Gamudawa
Sorry, Big mistake. I like your A B C ... as well.
1.3 million!!
1.3 million!!
1.3 million!!
1.3 million!!
not 0.5 million.
We perhaps have more Tamils living outside Sri Lanka than inside. There is no need to rush things. We, as Sinhalese has to rise again, take ownership of this country, make everyone comply to our constitution, president, and therefore create a loyal nation. Then we consider other things.
There is no need to build a state for 1.3 million Tamils living abroad in Sri Lanka.
Every time Tamils wanted something special, they attracted violence and crisis. Let Tamils and Sinhalese organically develop relationships with each other, let the racial differences go away from the most natural way without poisonous politics.
Any decision critical to our future has to come from core Sinhalese nationalists. This is a Sinhala nation. We shouldn't feel embarrassed or intimidated saying it loud and clear.
Any future decisions of this nation has to protect Sinhalese first.
Those who bring devolution proposals now, go and take a hike.
vezapillai is done!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3470FJ03I04&feature=related
Whooooooooo!!!!!!
@TropicalStorm said...
Golden words
{ Those who sow the seeds of chaos, reap the whirlwind..in this case it is named Asithri.}
Do you write on another famous site as well?
Corey said...
vezapillai is done!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3470FJ03I04&feature=related
Whooooooooo!!!!!!
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This can be rubbish as well. Can anyone verify this?
corey,
It is an old video clip. We are not done with Velu yet.
Lanka Truth,
Let the majority decide what our country needs. Of course, any citizen has the equal weight in opinion.
Sam and others
I am looking for someone who can create a creative video on youtube. We need to create a counter propaganda for this item (the very last link)
http://srilankapatriots.blogspot.com/2009/02/add-your-own-feedback-submission-sites.html
LT,
"Any decision critical to our future has to come from core Sinhalese nationalists." - agree as it is democracy. it doesn't matter the majority is sinhala or tamil. it should come from the majority.
"This is a Sinhala nation." - disagree.
anyway no point arguing over it. we can peacefully disagree. that's the difference between LTTE and SL. they can NEVER peacefully disagree; but we can!! and we can live with that.
agree that talking to terrorists and tamil elamists MAY lead to unplesentness but such discussions HERE in NO WAY affect our cause.
there are weak patriots. they got to be strong.
asithri is an integral PART of our battle.
Peter,
one thing is sure, we, SLG will finish off your LTTE team at any cost. we have thousands of troops there, if not enough there are hundreds of thousands are willing to join now. if requre we give 1 to 10 if, but we still can finish off!!!!!!!
Moshe,
/they want an international mediator to receive the weapons./
Fat chance mate and too little too late. Calling for "white prick" to enters Vezapille's back sides would piss off MR even more than they have already done. GoSL is hell bent to expose what INGO's has done behind the screen of "Peace" and Sri Lankan people are sick of these retired agents of "victim trade". GoSL is trying to bring them to books than anything.
Surrender of LTTE is now a military matter. They must surrender to Sarath Fonseka.
For me, what is more important is to put pressure until part of LTTE leadership defect.
Also, personally, if LTTE MF's can't swallow their pride even this juncture means they are not ready to live side by side. What, Pilleyan (TMVP) group did was acceptable and no shame in that. But we must never accept fucked up LTTE to give terms to us and call so called "international mediaters". They are MF's.
Tamils - we may listen. Not to LTTE.
we'll see to it that the fucking sinhala nations ends as toilet paper of history. not only that we'll see to it that your south will be bombed back to the stone age.....
chalai incident:
typical sinhala hogwash:
6 bodies turns into 100:
Puligal.blogspot.com response to the incident:
The Chalai video shows a total of six LTTE bodies, but the government claims there are 100 bodies. Why wasn't the camera man able to turn the camera to count 100 bodies.
No one says there are not deaths on both sides, so showing 6 bodies of LTTE fighters is not anything great. But the fact that it took them 2 days before showing the Chalai video makes you wonder how many SLA bodies they had to clear away first before filming.
UPUL barked...you wont be laughing when your sorry lanka begs with a begging bowl in front of the imf..
You idiots are begging for your sorry life!
Upul=peter??
Seems like Upul/peter and other sakkilis have been doing a belly dance out here! Enjoy enjoy because your days are numbered.
Dear Upul,
do not insult sinhala nation, we can do the same man. you know we used live together, may you are unknowingly farthered by a sinhala man...
death trap for the 55 division:
from puligal.blogspot.com
55th division may be in an extremely vulnerable situation. They are isolated from the mainland and stuck in a very narrow area. Fighting is reported from Chalai to Chundikulam. If there is fighting at Chundikulam there is no chance of withdrawal, and no chance to escape on either side. They may have boxed themselves in to a death trap.
Swranajith Udana,
You had given me some advice before and now it is my turn. No need to pay attention to Peter or Bhairav. The war is coming to an end for them and they realize that they will be floating in an Eelam-less limbo of an existence. As Bhairav used to lament, "Only God can save the Tamils."
Bhairav appears to accept that the end is near, but Peter unfortunately remains in a world of delusion in thinking that there will be another siege against Elephant Pass (an LTTE breakthrough at this point would be the worst possible thing for the Tamils, as it would give the SLA to use the MBRLs on the trapped population- which I'm sure nitwits like Peter view as expedient for their failed int'l campaign). I'm sure you can see the sense of frustration and helplessness behind their words.
A Tamil fellow had written a humorous jab at Peter's LTTE financier ilk in the West:
Bankers Who Bankroll An Endangered Species (aka Tamil Tigers) in Sri Lanka
Ironically, few unrepentant Tamil Bankers and Boffins in the US and around the globe continue to bank on the reincarnation of the endangered species in Sri Lanka, viz. the Tamil Tigers. They stubbornly refuse to learn lessons from the global financial crisis and continue to offer lending hands to an un-creditworthy client in the pretext of “Stop Sri Lanka’s Genocide of Tamils”.
(I hope Peter took note of this friendly admonition)
On a final note, did you find it interesting that Asithri and Priya had little if anything to tell Peter but quite a bit for Rana, who is not even here??? Is this their idea of "patriotism"??
kings,
you have nation full of murderers, full of negombo beach boys, amma who go to arabistan to get raped and young maha sangha thero sleepers.
your nation has descended worse than soddom and gomara...
upul,
if things gets worsed, like we are cornered, then we have something called flying eagles, haha yuou know! we can carpet bomb your carders if things got out of control...
heard what happened to one of your mig-27 that tried to bomb civillian idp camp ? it brought down by ltte ratha anti-air regiment.
TropicalStorm,
"Those who sow the seeds of chaos, reap the whirlwind..in this case it is named Asithri."
And where is this "whirlwind??" It passed some gas in Rana's direction, but we saw hardly a puff against Peter and other "suckkiliyas" here. The "whirlwind" seems to blow only against other Sinhala Buddhists here.
Upul,
Do not talk to me bullshit man! I am not used to that culture...if you say these i will remind you your so called Maddrass brethens are lining up in Lebonan for pennies,
Upul,
now it is legalized, what we do to finish the job is approved... so no one come and save LTTE.... accept the reality and save life, pls ask them to surrender and save at least their own families!!! we will definietely kill the bastards, but will leave along their own families.
kings and what were you doing in lebanon, washing toilets ?
ltte will kill your bastards... as we are seeing right now in the wanni, 50/60 dead sods a day.
at this rate your military will crumple.
if sla was to win it would have won 3 months ago but it didn't....
nearly three division have been put out of action and the 4th is getting ready to be wiped out. only 1.5 left to go.....
upul said,
heard what happened to one of your mig-27 that tried to bomb civillian idp camp ? it brought down by ltte ratha anti-air regiment.
???? is this true?
Now our friends are willing to give us more weaphoes foc.. they are learing on us. they want to study the case ...
who are the friend of sri lanka, pariah states such as iran, pakistan, burma ?
@ Moshe Dyan said...
[ "This is a Sinhala nation." - disagree.]
That is the difference between Sinhalese and Tamils. We are allowed to disagree with each other.
This is a partial statement. We are not talking about Sinhala dominance over Tamils or Muslims. It is all about protecting the one and only one ethnic group in the world.
We will debate and hopefully meet somewhere in the middle.
"there are weak patriots. they got to be strong."
" asithri is an integral PART of our battle."
We are as strong as our weakest link. If we don't have the capacity to recognize the weakest elements in our society and let them take a back seat, we will be no different from JVP.
Upul,
they are ture friends man! It is not India who helped us earlier, we understand her difficulty.. but those periah states, I love them.... they are our true true true friends!!!!
lankatruth:
That is the difference between
Sinhalese and Tamils. We are allowed to disagree with each other.
yes, and lasantha wicramantunga did just that and disagreed with you lot and was murdered by your MF president, mahinda rajapakse.
where is your democracy ?
Wijayapala,
I am bit busy these days with heavy work load but watched all gibberish flowing across the blog which smells like a sewage pit. However, for those two; it is still good for diving in and start throwing it all over while bathing.
Upul,
to be honest, Lasantha case is a special case... you know even in amarica, Russia.. they have patriotic act, when theres a war you cannot let that kind of "money orianted" people to spoil the soup. it is for the sake of entire nation... we suffered enough!
@ Upul
[ yes, and lasantha wicramantunga did just that and disagreed with you lot and was murdered by your MF president, mahinda rajapakse.
where is your democracy ?]
Very good political question and the answer is in the Bible.
Jesus says, "go ahead... but let the person WITHOUT SIN throw the first stone."
lasantha was special cases for murder by your president ?
are you suggesting newspaper journalists should be murdered for what they write ?
Upul,
How many rival groups LTTLE demolished?
How many individuals LTTE killed like animals? can you go to North and come out with one word against LTTLE? be realistic Man!! accept the reality!!!
what does ltte have to do with lasantha wicrematunga ?
upul,
you said our government killed him because he was talking agaist it!
now if anything negative is said against rajapakse you end up dead.
so what democracy are you talking about you mahinda apologists ?
@Upul
[ chalai incident:
typical sinhala hogwash:
6 bodies turns into 100:]
Actually, this is not hogwash. Please take my word for it. I've listened to number of interviews across the globe and talked to enough people.
SLDF has used excessive force against these sitting ducks and most of the bodies have been blasted in to pieces. They could only show few good dead bodies (I know, my language is so pathetic).
lanka truth but this happens every single time during the last 30 years.
tell me than were these astonishing weapons found ?
"More & More Astonishing Weapon Hauls Found"
http://puligal.blogspot.com/2009/03/sri-lankan-army-caught-fabricating-fake.html
are cd and uniforms weapons now ?
whats jokes, whats jokes....
@Upul
[ now if anything negative is said against rajapakse you end up dead.
so what democracy are you talking about you mahinda apologists ?]
The answer is in the Bible:
"Jesus says, "go ahead... but let the person WITHOUT SIN throw the first stone."
Please don't tell me you don't read it.
the point is I shouldn't have to take anyones word. you have to show proof and you can't.
Upul,
I was dead against MR before... but we suffered enough! if we can see the light end of the tunnel, I support him, it is for both of us man, we can live in peace in SL...forget about separating the country!
you never had!!! you never will!!!
@Upul
{lanka truth but this happens every single time during the last 30 years.}
I am glad this is more worrisome for you than me.
lanka truth whats throwing stones got to do with mahinda rajapakse and lasantha ?
enlighten me.
Upul,
/who says tamils can't separate and form their own country ?/
Sure thing. Tamils can seperate. But not in Sri Lanka. Go to Tamil Nadu (Land of Tamils)and ask India.
upul,
What's the latest?
UPUL,
I ask the same question that Peter refused to answer!
Let's assume there were two areas one is controled by illeterated LTTLE carders and the other one by SLG, where do you chose to live?
@Upul
[ lanka truth whats throwing stones got to do with mahinda rajapakse and lasantha ?
enlighten me.]
I was trying to convert you to Christianity. Now you wanna be a Buddhist.
I am confused.
The latest LTTE counter-strike has gone halfway and fizzled into nothing with over 50 carcasses left behind by those who escaped a pulvarizing by the 58 Div.
It looks like the SLDF eyes in the sky took in the action and a decision was made to allow the LTTE to move into open terrain to face the steel rain.
The SLDF had in fact allowed the podiyens to walk into an islet and unloaded their heavies.
Time is running out for the LTTE
tick-tock-tick-tock.....
hands down, I will live in tamil (ltte) run areas.
tamil = ltte = tamil
Upul said...
"death trap for the 55 division:"
To quote someone who posted here: show me proof, but you cannot,
Upul,
In fact I was born in Trinco... you mean even Ihave to apply for Peelam PP? bulshit!!!
Bhairav said...
upul,
What's the latest?
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Upul said to tell you that the LTTE is winning and to send more money...Soon.
I can post you to the tamilnet article:
evidence of the death trap of 55 division.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28649
@Upul
[ who says tamils can't separate and form their own country ? did god tell you that ?}
I say so.
The right question should be:
"who says tamils don't wish separate and form their own country ?"
The answer should be: Anyone can wish anything.
It is my duty that will not be a reality one day - sorry.
You people are so young to have that kind of wishes. It is like voting rights when people mature, Tamils of Sri Lanka is not mature enough to have such dreams becoming a reality. Please come back in another 1000 years or so.
Upul said...
kings, more bull crap.
eelam has better chance of being born now than ever in the last hundred years.
I BROUGHT A LOTTERY, I HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING IT? HAHA MAY BE! I LIKE YOU MAN!
bhairav, I haven't heard updates yet.
badri seems to be well informed.
but tactically speaking things have completely changed for the sla. the sla had victory in their jaws and its turning out to be a defeat.
just like jayasikiru...
ltte are the masters of deception.
Deat Wijepala:
Thanks for the advise. It has been taken note of and considered.
As to the principles I stand on I denounce whoever uses name calling and filth to attack or criticize another. This is specially valid for my friends more than the people I do not feel close with.
Therefore I cannot defend Rana, or you, my father or even myself if filth or name calling is used.
Occasional slip can be overlooked provided that the offending party is ready to apologize to the other party regardless who initiates it.
I do not have to say it again and again I stand by your sympathetic views. I defend them on my own terms to the maximum point that it does not endanger future of Sri Lanka. Once again for the record I am not a patriot I do not follow any religion.
But I want all of us to be able to live in peace, harmony and dignity. We Sinhalese and Tamils, specially politicians are both responsible for this situation. In that regard my views may be identical to yours.
Other than that I do not try to belong to a clan or support clan-ism.
The people you have mentioned in your advice do not exist in my world or I do not in theirs until
they use proper language.
For any comment on this using filth (Wije, ignore this remark) will not be acknowledged, I will choose to respond or not to respond.
Wijayapala aka......aka......,
Being Sinhala Buddhist is no excuse. Sinhala Buddhists can be Elam supporters.
1. Lakshman Kiriella
2. Priyath Liyanage
3. Wickramabahu Karunarathna
4. Jayadeva Uyangoda
5. Ranil Wickremasinghe
Only examples. The list is long.
Don't drag race. Only LTTE think race = nation. Don't think like a LTTE.
Outsider
Div-55 is led by Brig.Prasanna Silva, who has never been matched in his tactical thinking by the LTTE. He was the brains behind the SF from its formative years, and brings a combination of intelligence and tactical SF methodologies to the battle field.
This was a guy who even as a football player, played tactics and always won.
Today the LTTE thought of side-whacking his forces and got taken on the re-bound by both the 55 and 58, after luring them into the open.
50 LTTE bodies left behind, equal numbers carried away by the retreating tigers.
Upul said...
hands down, I will live in tamil (ltte) run areas.
tamil = ltte = tamil
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YOU AER A LIER MAN!
OR YOU MAY BE A LTTE CARDER/ PATHETIC PERSON. YOU SEE NO FUTURE FOR YOUR KIDS AND FAMILY IF YOU CHOSE THIS. EVEN TOP LTTE GUYS ARE TRYING TO SEND THIER KIDS IN OVERSEAS OR AT LEAST IN BETTER AREAS IN SL... IF YOU ENDED UP IN THERE, THEN YOUR KIDS ARE FORCE RECRUTED TO LTTE.
Upul said...
"I can post you to the tamilnet article:
evidence of the death trap of 55 division.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28649"
There has been so many articles posted on Tamilnet that have been shown to be false, that I am not willing to accept such statements as either facts or proof.
You need to do better than that.
55 division is going to go extinct just like the 54 division in elephant pass and 59 division....
kings I am not an ltte "cadre".
why would any tamil with common sense want to stay in foreign land called sinhala lanka ? in place like colombo, galle, kandy or matara ?
those places are not part of our country.
our country is tamil eelam.
tamils were the original inhabitants of tamil eelam and we have had a proud 3,000 year written history.
we were there before some bull crap called mahavamsa was written....
priyashanta, you lot worship the same idols... infact your mahinda went and spent exponential amount of public funds in kerala for these same idols.....
Moshe Dayan said...
they want this to look like "laying down arms" with a "few" kept for their "protection". they want an international mediator to receive the weapons.
Moshe, I agree 100%. Further,
1. Mediation, conditional laying down of arms, and retaining a reserve of arms by a few, should be rejected out of hand. Maintaining protection is the sole preogative of the SLDF and the duly constituted police forces of the country; not of any "militias."
2. Only, complete surrender of all weapons and personnel to the SLDF is acceptable. No 3rd-party involvement to "oversee the peace" should be accepted. There is no "peace negotiation" here; only abject surrender of the defeated to the victor.
3. However, the GOSL should commit to protecting all those who surrender as POWs, while moving to prosecute and punish all the LEADERS guilty of aggressive war and war crimes.
This is the same as at the end of WW-II when the guilty LEADERS were prosecuted in the Nuremburg war crimes trials and punished.
4. Any LTTE resisting surrender and still bearing arms, should be killed as combatants.
5.No RANK-AND-FILE LTTE cadre who lay down arms and surrender should be killed or harmed. Instead they should be rehabilitated over an extended period of time, pardoned and supervised within a probationary system and released to civilian life with assistance in finding employment. Under the probation system, they should be monitored and kept under observation as a potential threat to society.
6. If they keep their end of the pardon & probationary release agreement, they should not be harassed in any way, and should be assisted to become productive members of society.
Upul said...
"55 division is going to go extinct just like the 54 division in elephant pass and 59 division...."
The 54th is long gone. Proof of just how bad the SLA was a few years ago.
And, while the 59th was embarrassed it is far from destroyed.
I suggest we wait until tomorrow before deciding the fate of the 55th. By then it will become clear one way or another.
I seriously doubt that your prediction will come true.
[This was a guy who even as a football player, played tactics and always won.]
Tropical Storm da show pony,
What tactics you talk about in soccer when the guy himself was one of 11 players?
out_sider the only evidence you will accept if defence.lk says so...
obviously what have you been smoking or inhaling, crack cocaine ?
Swranajith Udana
I think you are a fool with a good heart.
I propose you for the president of Utopia.
Single,
යන්නේ කොà·„ෙද මල්ලේ පොල්
Waiter : Are you Sri Lankan?
Peter : No I am tamil
Waiter : Anything to drink?
Peter : My name is Peter.
Waiter : Which country are you from?
Peter : It does not Exist!
Lanka TRuth:
Thanks!
My life struggle has been not to become a genius with evil heart.
I have been successful.
Thanks for recognizing.
mahawamsa in fact is porn and hate literature mixed in one.
your acknowledge the jaffna kingdom flag with the nanthi ?
@Upul
[ tamils were the original inhabitants of tamil eelam and we have had a proud 3,000 year written history.
we were there before some bull crap called mahavamsa was written....]
This is an opinion. I am sorry, you have been misinformed.
The difference between Sinhalese and Tamil history is like shit and the fart. You can't show anyone the smell.
The pile is there anyone to see however.
the only acceptable solutions for tamils is a separate state or a two state confederation, where tamil eelam has its own armed forces.
nothing short of that will guarantee safety of tamil people.
Swranajith Udana
We understand each other :)
Ranjith,
Swranajith Udana
I think you are a fool with a good heart.
I propose you for the president of Utopia.
No offence macho but I agree with this. You are a good guy with a twisted thinking.
you expect me to believe thieves from bihar migrated to an island called lanka 2,500 years ago, before tamils living just 10 km away on the indian mainland ?
Upul said...
"out_sider the only evidence you will accept if defence.lk says so...
obviously what have you been smoking or inhaling, crack cocaine ?"
No, I accept very little about what comes out of defense.lk or Tamilnet. Both have been proven to be rather poor sources of the truth.
I will say that defense.lk has usually been somewhat truthful when it has positive news to publish but I believe that they have always under reported their casualties. Now they refuse to publish any numbers. Their "information" is for public consumption in Sri Lanka.
Tamilnet publishes articles for consumption by oversea Tamils'. Both have an agenda and you have to be able to read each article on both sites with a grain of disbelief.
@Upul
[ the only acceptable solutions for tamils is a separate state or a two state confederation, where tamil eelam has its own armed forces.
nothing short of that will guarantee safety of tamil people.]
..... and your leverage is??
vijaya legend is a complete myth. vijaya never existed...
lanka truth, you are watching tamil leverage in action, as we speak with the predicament of the 55 division, 59 division and 57 division.
U Bull,
Even Utopia has a flag.
Haven't seen it? I can show you.
out_sider:
we will see if your 58 division will rescue your 55 division. because currently the 55 division is completely surrounded and have no supply routes.
[This was a guy who even as a football player, played tactics and always won.]
Tropical Storm da show pony,
What tactics you talk about in soccer when the guy himself was one of 11 players?
I'm waiting!
@Upul
[ you expect me to believe thieves from bihar migrated to an island called lanka 2,500 years ago, before tamils living just 10 km away on the indian mainland ?]
No, we never want to brainwash Tamils.
All we want is for Sinhalese to understand their history.
We have a mission and we want to get to a better place. You can go there with us if you wish. We don't want to leave you behind. We expect to keep your hands at a safe place so you don't break anything - that's all.
Upul said...
"out_sider:
we will see if your 58 division will rescue your 55 division. because currently the 55 division is completely surrounded and have no supply routes."
Yes, we will. In a very short period we will know.
Upul said...
the only acceptable solutions for tamils is a separate state or a two state confederation, where tamil eelam has its own armed forces.
nothing short of that will guarantee safety of tamil people.
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SO MAN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH PEOPLE HAPPILY LIVING IN COLOMBO? I ASKED LOT'S OF PEOPLE, NO ONE LIKE TO GO TO VANNI!!! THEY ARE MODERATE TAMILS!
well your pompous sarath fonseka said everything will be over in 72 hours, we will gladly wait and see...
gigle....
kings, off course tamils are not going to say what they really want when your government threatens them day and night with white vans and death squads....
Upul said...
tamils were the original inhabitants of tamil eelam and we have had a proud 3,000 year written history.
we were there before some bull crap called mahavamsa was written....
-DINOSARROUS WERE BEFORE 3000 YEARS AGO, SO SL BELLONGS TO DINOS
king my friend,
now you are talking really sense:
rflol.
dinosaurs dissappeared 65 million years ago.
Poor diaspora have gone really mad now. Upul, Peter, Bairav aren't sleeping even it seems looking at the time they spend on the blog.hmmm.poor things.
Still you got to admire their persistence u know. If you can't win the battle out there atleast try to win it in the web by hallucinating.
Monkeys are showing dances more than usual today.
This has happened before when Kili, Paranthan, etc fell to GOSL.
At a University movie hall in Sri Lanka power failed and darkness began to reign.
Some in the audience began to utter utter filth.
I could not sit quietly and undergo this harassment, for myself and others.
I Stood up and challenge them to show who they are if they were so proud of what they were doing.
They went silent. Peace came.
When the light came I stood up and said show them up. No one did.
After the movie some of them followed me
to beat this twisted guy me. They were not able to beat me up. since I did not provoke them without yielding and without giving any reason to beat me up.
The story in the following day.
I was twisted minded since I did not use filth and I stood up for my right to be in the hall without having to submit myself for harassment.
But they were of proper mind and were
sane since they choose to harass other. Even a monk who was there so sure that I was insane.
What a world.
Upul said...
king my friend,
now you are talking really sense:
rflol.
dinosaurs dissappeared 65 million years ago.
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Tamils were too, they were dissapeared in time to time in our history!!!!!!!
@Upul
@Upul
@Upul
@Upul
How come all of a sudden you don't want to talk to me?
Upul,
Man! may be i know you! is it lunch time in 5 mins? if its you, then when we meet you are very moderate guy! why you go wild when you are alone? is that your culture?
lanka truth ? did I ignore you ?
good morning suck-kiliyas
DW
anyone can give us comment on
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how many puke miles to suck-kilinochchi?
Upul suck-kiliya said...
[tropicalstorm I use pages from mahavamsa for toilet paper..... ]
That's strange. Suck-kiliyas don't usually use toilet papers to wipe asses of their white masters. Instead they lick every bit of shit to clean the asses.
[and soon the sri lankan rupee will also become toilet paper.... ]
After the peelam is achieved (soon in the hell), there will be no place for peelam flags and they will be used as toilet papers by sinhalese.
[reports fro vanni indicate, hundreds of sla bodies strewn on the a-35 ]
Reports also indicate that thousands of suck-kiliyas give up peelam and escape to GOSL controlled areas to lick asses of sinhalese.
[the true number of sla casualties is close to 10,000 dead since january plus about 15,000 injured. ]
Please refer to my Peelam Dicktionary to get an idea about peelam numbers.
[mahinda cinthanna is another piece of toilet paper.
in fact anything written by the sinhala modayas is worth toilet paper.]
No wonder suck-kiliyas are born to clean toilets and see everything as toilet papers.
[at the end of eelam war, we will go after the maha bo tree, don't worry... ]
Before the end of Peelam whore, try to give a few blow jobs to shiva's stone dick and see whether it will save SLA from taking over Peelam.
[malin, I thought only 400 ltte left,
how come 500 came to attack mulaithivu ?? ]
Moron, did u forget LTTP sends suck-kili whores by force, including ur whore wife and mother?
[single, you only have one brain cell just like your fellow morons who run the country ? ]
aren't one cells better than brainless suck-kili whores who still don't have a country of their own?
Swranajith Udana
I read your story, I am with you man.
I used to hoot when the light were out, just for fun. I still do when I got through a dark tunnel.
May be I fear the darkness.
Glad to see you alive man, the world is cruel.
There is a right place and time for anything. For example, you don't go to a mosque and eat pork. I know when you do it, you can get your butt whipped and it is wrong. But, how often we get to decide what is wrong and right.
dear all,
let's respect religions, may be its yours, mine or you never had at all! this kind of bulsit things will force bloggers to leave the DW site... i may be the one of them.
leave the religion, leave poor parents, lets fight! you can abuse me like a man...
Ranjith,
I was twisted minded since I did not use filth and I stood up for my right to be in the hall without having to submit myself for harassment.
No machan. You didn't use filth and stood up for your right and that is why you are a good guy.
Twisted because you find wrong reasons like you did just now. Still you are a good guy.
I faced the same thing at a Sri Lankan university. I didn't protest when hooligans shouted. Its their fun let them have it. They shouted during the movie. Watched the movie. Went home. End of the matter.
Prof Sup..
ROFL
Lanka Truth:
I take your advise. I am a family man now.
Even then I stood up because I was a part of them. I was one of them.
If it happened in a train I would have kept my ears closed, but I was one of the students. Even the JVP related organizers, including a monk choose not to do anything about it.
Things similar to this happen in the train I am travel.When these things happen I close my ears because I do not belong to them in any practical way other than through my membership humanity.
Thanks for the advice it is well taken.
UPUL BARKED..kings and what were you doing in lebanon, washing toilets ?
The first thing that comes to upul's superior mind is TOILET. It's in the genes ah!
UPUL BARKED...bhairav, I haven't heard updates yet.
badri seems to be well informed.
Wonder why tamilnut is not so well informed these days compared to fairy tale badri?Before badri the most well informed was Mahen.
PUNNAKKU IN HIGH DEMAND .WANTED ONE MORE WELL INFORMED EELAMIST!
Being Nobody said...
UPUL BARKED..kings and what were you doing in lebanon, washing toilets ?
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hi man, I overlooked this... haha!! nice shot! thta's Upul's culture may be...
Upul, sorry man, I am well to do with live in lux. overseas... but not in lebanon... by the way I can tell you lot of countries what tamil ladies are doing...but i deliberately avoided...
Well even Asthiri can't beat Prof. Suppayya... LOL
because moderate tamil people are very innocent people in my heart!
kings, the first positive statement from sinhalese about tamils in this blog. but unfortunately you are a minority. if everyone were like you, there wouldn't be a war. but majority are like that hate monger assithri and hence we need ltte to protect us.
Upul,
for that you have to be moderate too! if you drag a drone, others will too.
also remember the real people who cares and govern is not this bloggers...trust me there are good people there...
Kings, according to upul
LTTE=TAMILS.
This is one reason people like our blogger here veluprabhakaran keeps saying that the only language these infidels understand is force, and should be dealt with the Malaysian kind of oppression.
People like upul fool are the ones who are driving the tamil race to extinction. Good riddance upul. Will see what Badri is gonna post in his crappy blog in a month or two. Get a life upul.
Swranajith Udana
[Even then I stood up because I was a part of them. I was one of them. ]
This is how you think. Are you so sure this is how they think?
They actually thought you were not one of them.
Right and wrong in any society depends on the culture. You were the university culturally outcast.
Did you realize it is not cool to get good grades consistently in a university or even wearing something nice every day?
Kings, you are very compassionate.
ltte is made of tamils with 80+% support...
if we separate, we have to live in fear forever, even our kids will be having the same future... see how people live in overseas, they talk about golf, tennis, investments.. etc.. we , looking for someone else wife mense to f'k. if we crop hateress, we harvest hateress too.
[Kings said...
because moderate tamil people are very innocent people in my heart!]
I fully agree. Their innocence however has been taken for a ride by a ruthless few.
I was born in Trinco.. I never been there... I have some tears in eyes when i remember where I was playing in Chinabay town in the beach... you never want to go there to kill you.. right? if we are a peaceful nation, we can do much.. our nation tamils and sinhalse and other minorites they are very creative people...
we need some disasters, once it over people must be united, Tsunami is gone, nothing happened. Let's be united and try to develop this country for our ktih and kids... make it a better place for them
@Kings
Here is the problem bro.
I see you have a soft heart. I sit down and tell you my story with tears. I beg you to offer me Eelam. You will have a hard time saying no. If you say yes, your butt will immidiately be kicked and you will be asked to leave.
Extremists are like Chameleon. They change the color accordingly and heartless.
LankaTruth said...
[Kings said...
because moderate tamil people are very innocent people in my heart!]
I fully agree. Their innocence however has been taken for a ride by a ruthless few.
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we shouldnt't blame Upul or peter for this... See these two guys are geneious... lets finish the war and use your skil for something good.
This time tamils will set for something. SLG will have to provide a sustainable solution. Let's make those submarines and aircrafts by our own, put them Made in Sri Lanka proudly!!!!
LankaTruth said...
[Kings said...
because moderate tamil people are very innocent people in my heart!]
I fully agree. Their innocence however has been taken for a ride by a ruthless few.
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we shouldnt't blame Upul or peter for this... See these two guys are geneious... lets finish the war and use your skil for something good.
This time tamils will set for something. SLG will have to provide a sustainable solution. Let's make those submarines and aircrafts by our own, put them Made in Sri Lanka proudly!!!!
[ Kings said...
we need some disasters, once it over people must be united, Tsunami is gone, nothing happened. Let's be united and try to develop this country for our ktih and kids... make it a better place for them]
Here is a response from an Eelamist:
How about you have Sri Lanka and I have Eelam? That way we both have our dreams fulfilled in our own nation, don't you agree?
Then you say YES, 50 million of their relatives start migrating down for better life, then you got no where to go.
Have you seen human vultures often search for soft hearts?
What is right in your heart is another person's opportunity.
LankaTruth said...
@Kings
Here is the problem bro.
I see you have a soft heart. I sit down and tell you my story with tears. I beg you to offer me Eelam. You will have a hard time saying no. If you say yes, your butt will immidiately be kicked and you will be asked to leave.
Extremists are like Chameleon. They change the color accordingly and heartless.
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that's exactly what happens.... SL whatever you called extrimies or people are very powerful like your diaspora... this is a non winnable situation... let's accept a solution and settle...
Lanka truth said... Extremists are like Chameleon. They change the color accordingly and heartless.
Agreed. Must deal with it with extreme prejudice.
Priyashantha and onceinawhile,
à·„ී à·„ී.. මුන්ගේ à·„ොඳ à·€ෙලාවට මට හරියට ඉන්ග්රීà·ƒි බෑ. නැà¶්නම් මේ සක්කිලි à·€ේà·ƒියෝ මෙලහටà¶් මේකට එන එක නවà¶්à¶à¶½ා.
LankaTruth said...
Bottom line is, average Tamil can expect to have whatever Sinhalese have in Sri Lanka. As Sinhalese, we should fight for their rights if they don't have any.
We can only do so as long as Tamil extremists are not around. Therefore it is up to ordinary Tamils to up rise against extremist Tamils and get rid of them.
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Perfect... we give something close to what LTTE demards.. but not to LTTE.. to some moderate political party...
well to arrest these "fighters" posing off as civvies... the bes thing to do is check their trigger finger :)
seasoned fighter's trigger fingers are quite easy to spot :)
I meant this for Mahen the loser.
Why you sri lankans want to act like eelam people. Do you not have any pride in yourself. Yes according to your storybook the orissa prince and onturage married tamil princess. That also makes you tamil. If you want to play it that way, its fine. I mean Karukaretnam and karukaratne are after all the same names with the bastardisation of tamil with the orissa language.
Your country is in full collapse.
Anyway I also created fake news reports that Sri Lanka is begging for IMF help. Its all lies. As we know, Sri Lanka is the only properous nation in the world.
You are the laziest sons of bitches. I mean I cannot imagine how a country has so many holidays. I really dont believe you want the LTTE to be wiped out.
I mean who else are you going to blame. First the tamils, then the LTTE, next the muslims as I was always predicting. When the IMF sets conditions on military spending and yes you dumbasses, it will mean your military will get serve cuts.
No need for genius to know why there is a 72 hour deadline. I mean how many of the so called patrotic dispora are holding back money because they anticipate a massive devaluation.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET A MILITARY COUP SOON. WHEN THAT HAPPENS GET YOUR SISTERS READY. YOU NEED TO CHANT MAY THE TRIPLE GEM BLESS THE SOLDIERS AS YOUR SISTER IS SCREAMING WHILE BEING RAPED.
WHEN SHE OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS GET KILLED, YOU SHOULD ASSUME THEY ATTAIN NIBHANA BECAUSE THEY WERE RAPED BY YOUR HEROES.
ANYWAY I HAVE BEEN WRONG SO FAR RIGHT LIKE RUPEE COLLAPSING, ECONOMY COLLAPSING, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MASSIVE RETRENCHMENTS. SO I GUESS I WILL BE WRONG AGAIN.
Guys,
the last two days were a mix of both good and bad. we were able to encircle and vanish abt 250 ltte carders in 2 consecutive counter attacks. those two counter attacks were actually 2nd and 3rd. The first counter attack has occurred on Friday and immediately 57 and TF2 was summoned for assistance. a group of about 50 carders infiltrated through the 55 - 58. the tigers managed to get up to one of the abandoned camps in visuamadu. strange enough this camp was not detected by army during the clearing missions and the carders have reinforced with some abandoned guns and bombs to start a sudden ambush on 57. the situ is now under control however the number of carders breached the FDL is still a mystery. the story of over running the PTK junc is false however tigers are showing stiff resistance around the PTK hospital even at this moment.
Therefore it is up to ordinary Tamils to up rise against extremist Tamils and get rid of them...
Sakkilliya's with a capital S like Upul want allow the moderate tamils to express their true desires. This is how the ZTTE created the 'sole representative' status. As long as the ZTTE dominates this moderate tamil population the whole of them including the sakkilies will be driven to the brink of extinction. It is because of their their own stupidity and no one can help it.
catch you guys! got to go for 18 holes now!
කෙà·„ෙලිය මාමගෙ පෙබරවාරි 7 ඩෙඩ් ලයින් එක à·€ැඩ කලෙà¶් නෑ, à·ƒුමනදාà·ƒ මාමගෙ මාර්à¶ු 8 අනාà·€ැකිය හරි ගියෙà¶් නෑ වගේ.
Blogger Ranil said...
[ well to arrest these "fighters" posing off as civvies... the bes thing to do is check their trigger finger :) ]
If they have "trigger fingers", why do the LTTP female whores surrender to get fucked by SLA?
suck-kiliyas have only one trigger finger. but alas it is not real and made up of stone
LankaTruth
I know that I was outcasted big-time. But If I kept quiet then it would have indicated to them I was really one of them. That was the thought I could not bear.
Now I am more mature (at least I hope so-I know I have been wrong in past, I can be wrong now and I can be wrong in future- This guards me against haste judgment of others), specially because of my family I do not take such actions now, at least most of the time.
When the students realized outcasting did not work and I did not yield they wanted to befriend me.
At the end of the course I could walk on the traditional water throwing day ( I predicted that some one could get killed because of this since one might cross the road carelessly to escape from water.) I was able to walk from one end to the other without any incident.
One tried to throw the water at me, but I did not run and the water did not hit me. He did not try again.
You can stand up to others without offending or making enemies. At least at the end they will respect you because they themselves are good.
My family and friends were really happy that I was not in Sri Lanka
during JVP trouble time since if I were there I would have been killed by the government thugs or the JVP.
I agreed with the family and friends on that; initially I would not have gauged the situation properly and might have chosen the wrong response.
Another thing I did was that I refused to obey to ragging by seniors at University.
Later they just ignored my and this saved anybody who was with me from ragging.When they saw me they were telling out loudly that the themselves get ragged by trying to rag me.
But then again I would have been killed.
Since I was patient and I acknowledge they were really more powerful and I was just a fly that could be easily crushed they did not hit me. When they began to calm down, I began to criticize how cowardly is to harass isolated freshman by using the power of student union (includes leftist parties and JVP) and all the other students. Some even promised me not to rag and one guy who was just about beat me up was close to the tears, when he promised me show. It was his goodness that he did not beat me up and promised not to rag again.
That was when I really began to doubt the value of education.
The best 0.01% of Sri Lankans are in the University. If they behave like this!
Thanks!
NOOOO...MOST esteemed Prof. Navindran..
When i came up with the following...
Exclusively for the eyes of Prof.Navindran,Professor of Economics, University of Eelamistan(and not for his gay lovers)
Dear Prof.Navindran,
1.Can you provide definition for the peelamish-economic term "economic collapse?" (how/is it different from the conventional economic terms of recession,down turn,trough of a business cycle)
2. What were your testable hypotheses for this Eelamic theory of "economic collapse"?
with love,
Idiot
you come up with this??...
ANYWAY I HAVE BEEN WRONG SO FAR RIGHT LIKE RUPEE COLLAPSING, ECONOMY COLLAPSING, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MASSIVE RETRENCHMENTS. SO I GUESS I WILL BE WRONG AGAIN.
oh...bad.
Another one of the punnaku i have released. You need to kill all these people Defencewire. They say sri lanka is in full collapse. Must be UNP equal to LTTE. Nest kill the LTTErs. I DID NOT KNOW LASANTHA WAS A LTTER UNTIL MAHINDHA MAMA SAID SO. IF THERE IS AN IDIOT IN A COUNTRY HE SHOULD BE NOT A THE TOP. MAHINDHA MAMA SHOULD HAVE SAID I KILLED LASANTHA. DEFENCWIRE HOW MUCH DID YOU DO OR GET. GOOD AT HIDING NEWS.
Major crisis ahead, economists warn
Central Bank says problem not internal, but triggered by global meltdown
By Feizal Samath
The government, through the Central Bank, is negotiating a $1.9 billion bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – an agency that was not wanted earlier – because the country’s foreign reserves have hit rock-bottom, economists say.
While Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and CB statements claim that the request has been made pursuant to ‘an offer by the IMF’, the crisis is so acute that Sri Lanka had few choices. “Otherwise why ask for money if we have money – particularly from an institution (IMF) that the government didn’t want,” senior economist Dr Sirimal Abeyratne asked.
Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal
Opposition Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake said the government was asking four times the amount ($500 million) it had sought through Diaspora funding.
“Asking for such a lot of money means there must be a serious financial crisis,” he told the monthly meeting of The Sunday Times Business Club on Friday. But he warned; “The global financial meltdown is yet to hit Sri Lanka and when it does, we would be in serious trouble.”
By end December 2008, gross official reserves, without Asian Clearing Union (ACU) funds, stood at $1.7 billion sufficient just for 1.5 months of imports, the CB said. This compares with gross official reserves in end December 2007 of $3.5 billion, more than double that amount, though this (December 2007) figure from the CB website doesn’t say whether it is with or without ACU funds. However the December 2007 reserves with (ACU funds) were still higher at $2.5 billion.
Economists say the CB uses official reserves (which contain government and CB foreign reserves) and total reserves (which include these two components plus commercial banks) in addition to citing ‘with or without ACU funds’ in explaining the reserves position.
“There is total confusion in citing all these figures when the figure one should consider is what the government and the Central Bank have (since commercial banks’ reserves are not state-owned money) and that is the actual position,” Dr Abeyratne said.
The decision to revert to the IMF comes more than two years after the IMF closed its Colombo office, saying it had no programme here.
However the opposition and economists at that time said the government, also under pressure from the then-partner JVP, didn’t want conditions attached to lending and openly expressed its distaste for loans that came with strings attached, which is how multilateral agencies work.
“There were signals in no uncertain terms that the IMF was not wanted here,” a political analyst said.
The last IMF facility was a $567 million loan given in April 2003 to support the government’s 2003-2006 economic programme. The first tranche of $81 million was immediately received but the loan was suspended in November 2003 due to political problems and in April 2006 it expired. The IMF set up its Colombo office in 1979.
Asked why the CB did about-turn in the decision to seek IMF funding, after saying in January that there was no need for such support, GovernorCabraal said, “…well the offer was made and that we could have the loan without any conditions. We didn’t think we needed it but then this happened to be a good opportunity (to boost reserves),” he told The Sunday Times.
In an exclusive lead story on January 18, this year, The Sunday Times reported that economists and exporters were urging the government to either devalue the rupee or seek a bailout package from the IMF to head off a foreign exchange crisis whereas the CB Governor insisted that the Bank had its own strategies to tackle the problem.
“The situation is under control. We expect to close 2008 with foreign reserves worth $2.5 billion equivalent to around 2.2 months of imports. We are also hoping to raise up to $500 million from the Sri Lankan Diaspora through investment in bonds and treasury bills …,” Mr Cabraal was quoted as saying.
Then the following day, on January 19, newspapers extensively quoted Mr Cabraal and other CB officials as saying there was no need for devaluation or the support of the IMF.
On Friday, Mr Cabraal said Sri Lankas crisis was not an internal one but triggered by the world financial crisis. “This IMF facility will boost confidence in the markets and also provide confidence in our instruments (bonds),” he said adding that the negotiations will be completed soon and the facility will be ‘available within weeks (not months).”
He said a separate IMF team would arrive soon to further discuss the facility. He denied charges that the bid to get Diaspora investments in bonds had failed, saying some accounts had been already open and like in any process the money would not come immediately.
Mr Cabraal was not sure whether the IMF would reopen an office or oversee the Sri Lanka programme from its regional office in India. Dr Dushni Weerakoon, a senior economist at the Institute of Policy Studies, said Sri Lankas main problem haf been the outflow of foreign exchange and using the ‘little we have’ to defend the rupee in local markets.
“In addition to the outflow of some $600 million last year after foreigners withdrew monies in CB bonds in the second half of 2008, the CB has been pumping some $200 million a month (between September and November) in an unsustainable exchange rate policy to prop up the rupee,” she said, adding that the IMF was most likely to insist – in its conditions - that Sri Lanka maintain a flexible and market-driven exchange rate policy.
The announcement of the IMF loan negotiations came a day before a group of top business executives, including Hayleys Group Chairman N.G. Wickremaratne, John Keells Holdings Chairman Susantha Ratnayake and MAS Holdings Chairman Mahesh Amalean – put together by Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda – were invited at a dinner on Tuesday hosted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the visiting IMF delegation, informed sources said.
The executives also individually, at the President’s request, explained the crisis facing exports and the economy, and in the midst called for IMF support, a proper exchange rate policy and a stimulus package for exports.Asked about strict IMF lending conditions, Dr Weerakoon said the Fund recently provided a loan to cash-strapped Pakistan with strict conditions but believed that is unlikely to happen in the case of Sri Lanka. “They are unlikely to ask for fiscal deficit adjustments as many countries in world are going through a similar crisis. It would be unfair to ask for such adjustments. The problem is the exchange rate policy,” she said, adding the government had gone to the IMF which is the “lender of last resort”.
Dr Abeyratne said Sri Lanka was facing a debt trap where one had to borrow loans to pay off debts. “It seems we are down to our lowest level. Diaspora funds have not come as expected. Last year the government paid close to half a million dollars in debt payments and this year it would be higher. So we are borrowing to pay off our debt -- which is where part of the $19 billion IMF facility will go.”
He said budget and balance of payments would be the key problems this year.
Sri Lankas economy is going through a severe crisis which government economists and the CB are not prepared to acknowledge. Military spending has also increased sharply in recent years due to the conflict. Exports are down and garments are getting squeezed out in other markets while jobs are being shed across the employment sectors.
Companies are also cutting costs with outsourcing assignments being the first to get axed. The Employers Federation has asked the government to reduce the number of working days per week to five from 5 ½ days.
Last week, Fitch Ratings downgraded Sri Lanka long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs). Head of Fitch’s Asia Sovereign Ratings James McCormack was quoted as saying the downgrading was due to ‘the increased vulnerability of sovereign creditworthiness to adverse shocks associated with rising inflation, persistently large fiscal deficits and worsened terms of trade due to soaring oil prices in the context of greater government recourse to commercial and market-based financing’.
The CB rejected the assessment saying it was based on Fitch's 'pessimistic views on the security situation, inflation and foreign currency borrowings’ and was not in line with the recent improvements in the country's macroeconomic fundamentals and its future outlook.
A week later, the CB – which has repeatedly rejected claims that the economy is in a crisis and that there is no need for outside assistance – says it is negotiating with the not-wanted IMF for the biggest-ever bailout package of $1.9 billion.
Swranajith Udana
The reason I can understand you is that when someone here raised their language standards, I spoke up and the response given to me was like 'he was one of us'. No one else spoke.
So, that is the culture and I understand it. Whether it is a good or bad culture is debatable.
I also mentioned that, that kind of behavior weaken the culture.
"Sri Lankas main problem has been the outflow of foreign exchange and using the ‘little we have’ to defend the rupee in local markets."
yes.
cabraal should look into this though he has little power to change it. its a political decision.
there is no fcuking reason why our exporters should be sqeezed for this BS. foreign investments will go up when the war ends and the problem will be solved. till then devalue the rupee to what it should be.
@Navindran
Bad economic news is everywhere.
700 people in US applied for one bathroom cleaning position.
http://newsblaze.com/story/20090307114417reye.nb/topstory.html
Tent city in CA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeHiFZUWtE
Look at the bright side: We can all be poor people across the globe.
If I were you, if poor SL economy is worrisome, take a heart burn tablet and catch a movie or something.
Navindran, good copy paste. I am impressed about your copy pasting skill. Good work man.
As I have been saying, there is no problem with a devaluation of the rupee.It is not the end of the road. It has to be done without burdening the exporters, who are unable to cut costs in short term. Devaluation increases the short term productivity of exports. (long run however is a different story)
And by the way Navindran, can you find any meterial on the eelam economy?
Btw, regarding the debt trap, Navindran go seek and learn about Singapore's government debt/GDP ratio.
Navindran,
Looking for an advice. What would happen to the money SG has spend rescuing UBS?
Anee thoggee molee... Puss kalada.. Nathame ippaduna hattida?
Naveendran Seeya
"South Asian countries can weather the global financial crisis by taking both short- and long-term measures to stimulate their economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a study released on Monday"
Please advice ADB. They might need few genius like you=mongal Samaraweera. May be you could copy paste few articles and send it to ADB.
perein,
na na meyka Navi Seeyage pissuwey hati
Hiru, good one man.
HAHHAHA. Navindran has a superior skill in copy pasting.
Yesterday had been a nightmare for the LTTE. Over 100 killed, most of them black tigers. Over 60 bodies been recovered with their weapons. Lawrence believed to be killed but not yet confirmed. So called black tigers are getting killed like rats.
Puken Appu,
You are right our TV screen scaner, One of the big wicket fallen while Praba's running more into safer areas.
Will try to touch base with Vanni EFT correspondent to bring latest.
Who has heart?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwithoutwitness/sets/72157613784389767/show/with/3278465337/
Mahen said...
Puken Appu,
You are right our TV screen scaner,
Mahen punde,
You think i am jobless like you??
Puken Appu,
How did you find out I'm jobless.
Are you offering a job for me to watch the Ceylon TV screens?
Ladies,
Meanwhile Vanni EFT correspondent has confirmed over 50 Black Tigers got killed during last 24 hour period.
Might publish some event pictures, if they get to me soon.
Upul
ltte is made of tamils with 80+% support...
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Does this 80% include those innocent civilians who managed to escape LTTE's '50 Square KM' grand ealam and enter SLA controlled areas?
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Upul, had at least 40% of eastern tamils supported LTTE, our forces wouldn't have been able to liberate even half of East even now
LTTE fires mortars at the ship carrying essentials from Trinco to jaffna
Ada Derana
Professor you should put to good use your talents more liberally. ingirisiya gana worry wenna epa.
Keep up the good work.
Wonder what SF (@LNP) has got against Puran
Appu...
Mahen, any idea?
MULLAITTIVU: A FEW infiltration attempts by Tiger terrorists now being restricted to a small area of land between PUTHUKKUDIRIPPU and CHALAI were foiled by the 58 Division troops Sunday (8).
In the wake of massive fire power of the 58 Division troops, terrorists lost nearly one hundred of their fighting cadres in addition to large number injured.
During the search that followed, troops recovered fifty dead bodies of Tiger terrorists, one hundred and eleven T-56 weapons and some other military hardware belonging to terrorists.
Army.lk
every LTTE fighters takes more than two T-56 rifles to fight against SLA. This is why SLA capture more weapons than dead bodies. what a great lie. Army.lk lying is ok. try to say people to believe. OK
veluipilai prbhakara,really cold
what do you think of this
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090222/News/sundaytimesnews_12.html
do you think this is serious or just a bogus agreement
Minnal,
You forgot to count the dogs who abandoned their T56 weapons and ran with their tails between legs.
{{{ Upul said...
hands down, I will live in tamil (ltte) run areas.
tamil = ltte = tamil
}}}
it is very crowded. 400,000 in 40 SQ KM.
See LTTE is killing fleeing civilians to SLA control areas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwithoutwitness/sets/
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