Tamil terror group's manual revealed

Inside the school auditorium, the Tamil Tiger flag had been raised in a solemn ceremony and the audience of 600 people had heard a taped address from the terrorist group's leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran. Then an undercover RCMP officer watched as "a Caucasian male" approached the podium.

"The male praised [Foreign Affairs Minister] Maxime Bernier and spoke about the position of the government, which is to favour the nonviolence, diplomatic solutions to the conflict, etc.," says an RCMP affidavit made public on Friday by the Federal Court.

When the speaker drove his Mercedes away from the Martyrs Day celebrations organized by Montreal's World Tamil Movement last Dec. 1, a surveillance officer noted the licence plate. It belonged to Maurice Brossard, the Conservative candidate in the riding of Brossard-La Prairie on Montreal's South Shore.

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Heavy Fighting Erupts in Muhamale

FIERCE ROUNDS of gun-battles that ensued in and around the Forward Defence Line (FDL) in MUHAMALE this morning (5) around 9.45 a.m. after Tiger terrorists fired artillery and mortars brought about losses to the terrorists.

Troops mobilized heavy guns in response and repulsed the attack killing at least ten Tiger terrorists including two of their leaders. Reports said at least fifty more terrorists were injured in the retaliation, carried out by the troops.

Troops recovered one terrorist dead body during the subsequent search.

Two soldiers sacrificed their lives and fourteen others received injuries in the LTTE fire. One soldier in the meantime had gone missing.

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LTTE attack on Joint Fishing Marshalling Point a threat to fishermen

The Security Forces have established Joint Fishing Marshalling Points to provide assistance facilities to fishermen engaged in their profession lawfully.

This morning (05), LTTE terrorists launched an attack on a JOINT FISHING MARSHALLING POINT (JFMP) in KODDAMPIDDI , MANNAR around 2.25 in the early hours of today.

The LTTE had fled when Troops counter attacked in retaliation.

A soldier was injured while another was reported missing.

It is evident that the LTTE terrorist attack today on the JFMP in MANNAR signals not only a danger to the lives of fishermen but also a grave threat to their traditional occupation.

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Gota to UN: Check LTTE infiltration

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday called for stringent measures to prevent the LTTE from using what he called UN cover to mount operations in the South.

As troops step up pressure on the LTTE on four fronts in the Vanni theatre, the enemy would resort to hit and run attacks in the South, he said, a UN employee apprehended south of Vavuniya could have been on a special mission to destabilise the the souther parts of the country.

"There is no option but to take all precautions to thwart the LTTE’s plan," the Defence Secretary told The Island yesterday asserting the enemy wouldn’t hesitate to manipulate the UN or any other foreign NGO to achieve its targets.

HE said the government wanted all agencies to immediately scrutinise their local employees as there could be LTTE agents on their payroll. "I have repeatedly warned of the LTTE taking refuge in NGOs and using their cover to facilitate clandestine operations but unfortunately they turned a blind eye," he said. He said last Wednesday’s arrest of a Kilinochchi-based LTTE assassin on the payroll of the UN must prompt a thorough investigation.

The Defence Secretary said the on-going UN investigation targeting the suspect Thiagaraja Prabhakaran, a resident of Batticaloa would reveal the real extent of the LTTE infiltration of the organisation. Police took him into custody at Iratteperiyakulam, south of Vavuniya on Wednesday afternoon.

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