Army captures Parappakadanthan base of terrorist leader "Bhanu"

The Army after heavy fighting with LTTE terrorists captured the village of PARAPPAKADANTHAN, MANNAR today (28) around 12.00 noon.

The village of PARRAPPAKADANTHAN, situated NORTH of GIANT'S TANK is a developed area consisting of many buildings and a large terrorist training complex including a firing range, the hideout of the LTTE leader "BHANU" and a terrorist cemetery. The ALKADDIVELI LTTE Cemetery was located between ANDANKULAM and PARRAPPAKADANTHAN

Extracted from,
http://www.nationalsecurity.lk/fullnews.php?id=13483

Wanni operation 26 th June 2008

Source,
http://defence.lk/videos/20060626_Wanni.wmv

The Major General’s Fustian Gamble

Our Politicians are selling their souls to the Devil in droves. "To gain what for themselves?" as the Persian tent maker asked. Most of them, just for a whiff or hope of political power. The UNP Leader, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, when he is not smashing coconuts, or breaking pots and pans or riding buggy carts on alighting from his luxury limousine, or when he is not tooting horns or promising bangles and bracelets to village damsels, is romping round Mrs. Chandrika B, his erstwhile ‘bete noir’, promising his political soul (what’s left or it!) for a mess or pottage, that pottage being whatever CB’s contribution can now be.

And CB herself is romancing round RW, offering her now defunct political soul to another political bankrupt. We see the same soul trading by Mr. Mahanama S’weera. Not to be outdone, the President and his coterie sold their political souls to some of the erstwhile "CFA Gang" and vice versa for like pottage. Political principles have been thrown in along with their souls for good measure. Dr. Faustus is in company! But the Midnight Hour will come!

And now the Faustian gamble is tempting Army types too, but hopefully will not spread too much. Major General Janaka Perera, Hero of many battles and the man who saved Jaffna in 1999/2000 has taken that Faustian plunge in accepting the UNP’s Chief Ministerial Candidacy of the NCP from the very forces that were hostile and treacherous to the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of the country which he so very able defended throughout his military career. He must know what damage both politically and militarily the UNP’s and RW’s CFA did to Sri Lanka.

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http://www.island.lk/2008/06/28/opinion4.html

NFF decided to hold public rallies in Sri Lanka

National Freedom Front [NFF] plans to hold a series of public rallies to educate masses on prevailing challenges of Sri Lanka.

Its spokesman said these rallies would not criticize the JVP or its activities but educate the public on present challenges, which are before the country. Leader of the NFF Wimal Weerawansa , Nandana Gunathilaka and other leading members of the NFF will address these rallies.

According to the NFF sources its first rally will be held on 30th of this month at Nugegoda .

�This is the first rally of the NFF� , said a spokesman of the party.

He said the NFF recently made an application to the Election Commissioner and asked to obtain Commissioner�s recognition as a political party. He said the Election Commissioner�s ruling on their application would be received within next few days.

extracted from,
http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/srilanka/20080627134725.php

No Riot Police in future for Bhikkus’ protests

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the IGP to refrain from deploying ‘Anti- Riot Squads’ in protests and demonstrations involving the Maha Sangha, university students and students in future.

President Rajapaksa disclosed this when he addressed the inauguration ceremony of the renovated and modernised Beruwala Fisheries Harbour devastated by the tsunami.

The new-look and sophisticated Beruwala Fisheries Harbour will now serve the country in its development drive, the Beruwala fishing community in particular, with a mooring yard, a vessel repairing centre and a fishing facilitating center among others.

This project comes under the Thotupola Aruna programme, which envisages to construct 100 Anchorages along the Sri Lankan coastal belt, by the Ceylon Fisheries Harbours Corporation (CFHC), as envisioned in the Mahinda Chintanaya. The project is funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

Addressing a large gathering at the ceremony, the President observed that he was greatly perturbed by the recent events that took place at a protest involving the Sangha.

He was of the view that ‘Anti- Riot Squads’ should only be used on grave and imminent danger situations and conditions where there were specific ‘riots’ in its true sense and the deployment of ‘riot squads’ was the only remedy and course of action available.

read more,
http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/06/28/news02.asp
Photos,
http://www.lankatruth.com/Full_Story_Page/2008/June/26/20080626_03.htm