LTTE's key logistic complex and engineering yard attacked - Visuamadu

Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets attacked LTTE's key logistic complex and engineering yard in general area Visuamadu, 15 km north west of Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaithivu district, this morning (Apr 17). According to the air force sources, the bombing mission was carried out between 6.25 am - 6.35 am.

The targeted base has been used as the key logistic hub for heavy engineering and construction work by LTTE terrorists, said defence intelligence sources. The terror base has a large vehicle yard and several hardware stores, from where the outfit allocates resources for heavy construction work particularly those done for the safety of its leaders such as construction of fortified bunkers and tunnels, the sources added.

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Lorry with Explosives Nabbed at Roadblock

A ROUTINE SEARCH conducted on vehicles at a roadblock in PETHAVADIYA, KALPITIYA area found a lorry carrying explosives to an undisclosed party.

The explosives in the lorry contained six hundred and sixty-three bags of gelignite, each containing one hundred and fifty sticks and seven rolls of 35 ft-long detonator codes.

The search was conducted at about 10.00 p.m. on Wednesday (16).

Two men in the lorry were taken in for questioning with regard to the recovery.

The KALPITIYA Police are conducting investigations.

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LTTE terror supporter base gone down in UK

Same handful of street campaigners of the LTTE was seen demonstrating in front of the Solvakian Embassy in London on 15 April 2008. Prominent of those were Kandiah Rajamanoharan and London Baba Suresh. The LTTE relies on the support of these activists that they too wait for an opportunity as there is no one to compete with them in the expatriate Tamil community.

The street campaign group has shrunk to the residue of these two senior street campaigners. Cllr Daya Idaikadar, Cllr Madame Mann, Cllr Yogan Yoganathan and Dancing Queen Miss S Angayatkanni have given up the cheap street campaign for some time now.

It is now claimed that the demonstration in front of the Slovakian Embassy was a disastrous failure for the campaigners and they have exposed the declining support base of the LTTE in the UK.

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Iran to invest in expansion project of Sri Lankan oil refinery

Sri Lankan Oil Minister said Wednesday in an interview with Japan's Kyodo news agency Iran has decided to increase its investment in expansion project of an oil refinery there up to one billion US dollars.

According to IRNA office in Tokyo, A. H. M. Fowzi added in his interview with Kyodo, "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has allocated this amount to the purpose, which would cover 70% of the require investment for the refinery's expansion, in form of a ten year loan, with a five year exemption period from payment of the loan's installments."
Fowzi added, "Iran had earlier, too, provided the oil we need in Sri Lanka free from interest for four months."

According to this report, Iran is the largest provider of crude oil for Sri Lanka

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Tamil Nadu back as LTTE's safe haven?

Battered in the north-eastern war theatre in Sri Lanka, hounded at sea by a resurgent Navy, and having lost several logistic vessels in sea battles, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) seems to be falling back for supplies on its oldest haven - the porous coastline of Tamil Nadu and its vast hinterland.

Dozens of incidents of smuggling and over 100 arrests in the last couple of years stand testimony to the Tigers' network in the state, even though there is insufficient evidence to indicate collusion by the state machinery.

The LTTE maintains a wide network of committed sympathisers and mercenary supporters to ensure regular supplies of fuel, medicines and war-related materials to carry on their armed campaign in the island nation.

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5 held for smuggling steel pipes to LTTE

Five persons were arrested today for allegedly attempting to smuggle steel pipes to the LTTE in Sri Lanka, police said.

The pipes, meant for borewells, were seized at Meemesal coastal village in Pudukottai District by the Tamil Nadu "Q" Branch Police, dealing with extremist organisations.

The Police, who were on a patrol, seized the pipes worth Rs five lakh

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