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Sea Tiger vessels carryout sea transport
[ TamilNet ] [ 02:21 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
A number of boats of Sea Tigers on Sunday were confronted by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) boats while they were transporting cadres from Mullaithivu Sea-Tiger base to Trincomalee in the East. The Sea Tigers counter-attacked and completed their sea passage successfully. On the return journey, SLN vessels followed Sea-Tigers at a distance and the Sea Tigers completed the journey without any interference from the SLN, LTTE sources from Kilinochchi said.
Indian help
[ Telegraph India ] [ 05:25 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka is sending a senior minister here this week to seek India’s “political” support for revival of the dialogue process between the government and LTTE. Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera will be on a two-day visit from May 8., official sources said here today. He is expected to meet prime minister manmohan singh and senior officials of the government. Samaraweera is likely to ask india to step up its ”political support” to the peace process which has been threatened due to spiralling violence by ltte and the military. The lankan government and ltte were to hold norwegian-brokered peace talks in geneva on april 24. However, the tamil group backed out a few days before the parleys.
Toll mounts as Sri Lanka's peace falters
[ The Guardian ] [ 05:30 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
What followed in Trincomalee, say its residents, was murderous retribution. They tell of how the town square filled with Sinhalese mobs armed with knives and pistols. The town's Tamils say this was a premeditated killing spree."The market is next to an army camp. There are armed police and soldiers there. Yet they just stood by. What had my wife done to deserve this?" asked Sinnathurai, between tears.There are tales of butchery and rape. Shops owned by Tamils were burnt.The trouble, say Tamils, started last November when a statue of Buddha materialised overnight in the square, a provocative religious act for the mainly Hindu Tamils of the town. Local Sinhalese claim that after Tamils won control of the council, there were overt displays of support for "terrorists".
Sri Lanka explosion 'kills five'
[ BBC ] [ 10:31 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
At least five people have been killed in a mine attack in north-eastern Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, local military officials say. The explosion in the port town of Trincomalee was apparently aimed at a navy patrol, officials said. In a separate incident, the navy says five sailors have been wounded in an exchange of fire with the Tigers. It follows recent violence that has strained a fragile ceasefire and thrown peace talks into doubt. Four Tamil civilians and a navy official were killed in the blast in Trincomalee which took place in a residential part of the town.
Refugees facing bleak future as Tigers hit back
[ Telegraph ] [ 10:42 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
Fresh fighting erupted between Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces yesterday as refugees feared that all-out war in Sri Lanka could prevent them from returning home. Rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired artillery at two army positions in the eastern Trincomalee district and the soldiers retaliated, Brig Prasad Samarasinghe, a military spokesman, said. No casualties were reported. Rebels earlier overran three camps operated by a breakaway faction in the village of Welikanda, in the eastern district of Batticaloa, killing 15 people, Pakkiyaraja Thayamohan, the LTTE's political head in Batticaloa, said.
ANALYSIS - Latest S.Lanka violence makes war harder to avoid
[ Reuters ] [ 10:44 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
After a week in which Sri Lanka came to the brink of civil war faster than anyone thought possible, analysts and diplomats say that, while both sides say they want peace, rising violence could lead to open conflict. The government halted the air strikes on Tamil Tiger rebel areas that followed a suspected rebel suicide attack on the army headquarters, but attacks against troops continue. "Last week, I was worried we would be at war by the end of the day," said a Western diplomat. "Now, it's better. But I'm expecting surprises. Bad ones."
[ TamilNet ] [ 02:21 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
A number of boats of Sea Tigers on Sunday were confronted by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) boats while they were transporting cadres from Mullaithivu Sea-Tiger base to Trincomalee in the East. The Sea Tigers counter-attacked and completed their sea passage successfully. On the return journey, SLN vessels followed Sea-Tigers at a distance and the Sea Tigers completed the journey without any interference from the SLN, LTTE sources from Kilinochchi said.
Indian help
[ Telegraph India ] [ 05:25 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka is sending a senior minister here this week to seek India’s “political” support for revival of the dialogue process between the government and LTTE. Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera will be on a two-day visit from May 8., official sources said here today. He is expected to meet prime minister manmohan singh and senior officials of the government. Samaraweera is likely to ask india to step up its ”political support” to the peace process which has been threatened due to spiralling violence by ltte and the military. The lankan government and ltte were to hold norwegian-brokered peace talks in geneva on april 24. However, the tamil group backed out a few days before the parleys.
Toll mounts as Sri Lanka's peace falters
[ The Guardian ] [ 05:30 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
What followed in Trincomalee, say its residents, was murderous retribution. They tell of how the town square filled with Sinhalese mobs armed with knives and pistols. The town's Tamils say this was a premeditated killing spree."The market is next to an army camp. There are armed police and soldiers there. Yet they just stood by. What had my wife done to deserve this?" asked Sinnathurai, between tears.There are tales of butchery and rape. Shops owned by Tamils were burnt.The trouble, say Tamils, started last November when a statue of Buddha materialised overnight in the square, a provocative religious act for the mainly Hindu Tamils of the town. Local Sinhalese claim that after Tamils won control of the council, there were overt displays of support for "terrorists".
Sri Lanka explosion 'kills five'
[ BBC ] [ 10:31 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
At least five people have been killed in a mine attack in north-eastern Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, local military officials say. The explosion in the port town of Trincomalee was apparently aimed at a navy patrol, officials said. In a separate incident, the navy says five sailors have been wounded in an exchange of fire with the Tigers. It follows recent violence that has strained a fragile ceasefire and thrown peace talks into doubt. Four Tamil civilians and a navy official were killed in the blast in Trincomalee which took place in a residential part of the town.
Refugees facing bleak future as Tigers hit back
[ Telegraph ] [ 10:42 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
Fresh fighting erupted between Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces yesterday as refugees feared that all-out war in Sri Lanka could prevent them from returning home. Rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired artillery at two army positions in the eastern Trincomalee district and the soldiers retaliated, Brig Prasad Samarasinghe, a military spokesman, said. No casualties were reported. Rebels earlier overran three camps operated by a breakaway faction in the village of Welikanda, in the eastern district of Batticaloa, killing 15 people, Pakkiyaraja Thayamohan, the LTTE's political head in Batticaloa, said.
ANALYSIS - Latest S.Lanka violence makes war harder to avoid
[ Reuters ] [ 10:44 GMT, May. 1, 2006 ]
After a week in which Sri Lanka came to the brink of civil war faster than anyone thought possible, analysts and diplomats say that, while both sides say they want peace, rising violence could lead to open conflict. The government halted the air strikes on Tamil Tiger rebel areas that followed a suspected rebel suicide attack on the army headquarters, but attacks against troops continue. "Last week, I was worried we would be at war by the end of the day," said a Western diplomat. "Now, it's better. But I'm expecting surprises. Bad ones."