Troops Continue to Ensure Security for ICRC Officials
THE TEMPORARY pull-out of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) from its service at OMANTHAI Entry/Exit point in WANNI on Tuesday (1) was mainly due to threats posed by LTTE’s indiscriminate heavy fire rounds that fall as near as the northern boundary of this cross-loading point on a regular basis and also because of intense retaliatory attacks of the Security Forces.
The Sri Lanka Air Force, in response to those attacks ordered by LTTE area leader north of OMANTHAI on Tuesday (1) evening at about 3.35 p.m. conducted an air attack, about 4 km north of OMANTHAI where there was a gathering of armed Tiger terrorists at that point of time.
On the other hand, Army troops since their launch of operations centered purely on the areas to the west of OMANTHAI, cognizant of the fact that the gateway’s traffic flow should not in anyway be hindered since it is widely used daily by hundreds of civilians/vehicles, both ways.
The ICRC officials have been very cooperative with the troops serving this access point right throughout and the troops in response have all the time given prominence to their security as well as ordinary civilians. Therefore the troops further wish to have their presence at this point in order to serve the public that crosses through it.
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http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=14294
The Sri Lanka Air Force, in response to those attacks ordered by LTTE area leader north of OMANTHAI on Tuesday (1) evening at about 3.35 p.m. conducted an air attack, about 4 km north of OMANTHAI where there was a gathering of armed Tiger terrorists at that point of time.
On the other hand, Army troops since their launch of operations centered purely on the areas to the west of OMANTHAI, cognizant of the fact that the gateway’s traffic flow should not in anyway be hindered since it is widely used daily by hundreds of civilians/vehicles, both ways.
The ICRC officials have been very cooperative with the troops serving this access point right throughout and the troops in response have all the time given prominence to their security as well as ordinary civilians. Therefore the troops further wish to have their presence at this point in order to serve the public that crosses through it.
Extracted from,
http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=14294
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