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The Real Culprits behind Sri Lankan War

[ Vavuniya News Media, 05/21/09 01:09 AM GMT, by admin ]
Birds have now stopped singing in a land called Vanni. Sun, moon and the stars in the sky have hidden their faces. Angel of death flew over the skies of Vanni and took the lives of more than twenty five thousand innocent Tamil men, women and children in a single day.
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EU condemns Colombo attacks, and concerned about Kilinochchi attacks.

[ Vavuniya News Media, 11/29/07 03:37 PM GMT, by admin ]
The European Union on Thursday said it remained "gravely concerned about the welfare of civilians caught up in the Sri Lanka's conflict - in the Wanni, in Colombo or wherever," and said it expected the parties to take the utmost care to avoid civilian casualties in accordance with international humanitarian law. The statement condemned Wednesday's "terrorist attacks in Colombo" and deplored "deliberate targeting of civilians."
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UN condemns Colombo attacks, but Not Kilinochchi attacks in Sri Lanka?

[ Vavuniya News Media, 11/29/07 08:01 AM GMT, by admin ]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attacks in Sri Lanka.

Ban Ki-moon has voiced outrage at today’s (November 28, 2007) twin suicide attacks in the Sri Lankan capital, which have killed or wounded dozens of people, and yesterday’s aerial assault on a United Nations aid office in the far north of the troubled country.
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Propping up genocidal Sinhala State counterproductive, International Community should change approach - Pirapaharan

[ Vavuniya News Media, 11/27/07 06:48 AM GMT, by admin ]
The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Pirapaharan, in his annual Heroes' Day statement placed a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of the international community for the breakdown of the peace process. He said that the involvement of the international community to resolve the Tamil national question has been unhelpful and added that their failure to condemn unambiguously the military path of the current regime has created the present situation in the island. He asserted that the propping up of the genocidal Sinhala State by the international community through economic aid, military aid and subtle diplomatic efforts will be counterproductive.
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Part II: Eelam and Indian Security: Need for policy alternatives

[ Vavuniya News Media, 11/17/07 11:44 PM GMT, by admin ]
"The history of the past sixty years has brought us to a point that makes separation a necessary condition to renegotiate a union on an equal basis," writes Ampalam in the concluding part of his opinion column. "We live in a time witnessing the European nation states that gave birth to modern nationalism and fought two world wars, involving the entire world for the sake of their nationalistic competition, coming together as European Union. The Asean countries have set a similar agenda. Such wonders became possible when there were no conquests or outside interferences. Perhaps it is much easier to come together and achieve unity if the concerned parties are free to choose," he writes.
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Part I: Eelam and Indian Security: Averting a Catastrophe

[ Vavuniya News Media, 11/17/07 11:42 PM GMT, by admin ]
The isolation of the LTTE and active assistance for a military option against it by the International Community, may lead the LTTE and the people backing it with no option other than facing the situation. The repercussions are sure to threaten Indian security for a long time to come. The major responsibility lies with the governments concerned in avoiding a catastrophe to the already suffering masses of Sri Lanka. The gap between the Government of India and the LTTE is a serious impediment in bringing out a balance in the crisis management. A situation of having outraged people on either side of the Palk Strait is unaffordable to Indian security, writes Opinion Columnist Ampalam.
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SLA officer killed, four troopers injured in Vavuniya in two separate attacks

[ Vavuniya News Media, 02/05/07 02:01 PM GMT, by admin ]
Unidentified armed persons attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) road patrol unit at Pandarikulam road in Vepankulam, Vavuniya Monday around 11:05 a.m. killing an officer and injuring a trooper, sources in Vavuniya said. Meanwhile, SLA said that three troopers were injured in an attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Monday early morning at Macanar road in Sector 5, Vavuniya.
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Chirac highlights civilian suffering on Sri Lanka's Independence Day

[ Vavuniya News Media, 02/05/07 03:44 AM GMT, by admin ]

France's President Jacques Chirac, in a message to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on the occasion of the Sri Lanka's Independence Day on February 04, said he wished that a dialogue would start again and that a political solution to the conflict that is tearing Sri Lanka apart would be found. In his message to Mr. Rajapakse, Mr. Chirac noted that "numerous civilians are suffering in a very difficult humanitarian situation," since the fighting resumed beween the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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SLA troops enter vacated Vaharai hospital

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/19/07 04:52 AM GMT, by admin ]
Sri Lanka Army sources in Colombo claimed Friday afternoon that their troops have entered the Vaharai hospital without facing any resistance from the Tigers. Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman, verifying that the Tigers had relocated their positions in Panichchankerni where the SLA had obstructed the land route to Vaharai village, said LTTE had no combatants in Vaharai village where the hospital is located. Meanwhile, thousands of civilians who crossed through Kadjuwatte exit and entry point were escorted to Mankerni Catholic school and provided midday meal.
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Four more bodies found dumped in Vavuniya

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/19/07 04:33 AM GMT, by admin ]
Four more bodies found dumped in the suburbs of Vavuniya, were handed over to the hospital mortuary, Friday morning, police in the northern town said. The victims are yet to be identified, hospital sources said.
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Tiger ambush kills 11 STF personnel in Amparai

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/19/07 01:43 AM GMT, by admin ]
An elite guerilla unit of the Liberation Tigers in Amparai district carried out an ambush on Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) convoy Friday morning, killing at least 11 Sri Lankan commandos and wounding more than 11 at Bakmitiyawa, 30 km southwest of Amparai town, LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told Vavuniya News Media.
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Sinhala civilian slain, Tamils threatened in Vavuniya

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/18/07 04:34 AM GMT, by admin ]
Sri Lanka Army troopers and police personnel Thursday morning threatened Tamil civilians at Mathavadikulam, a suburb located 3 km south of Vavuniya town, after a gang shot and killed a Sinhala civilian Wednesday night. The SLA soldiers warned Tamil residents that they would be chased away from the area, residents complained. The killing follows the slaying of 6 Tamil civilians Tuesday night in Vavuniya. Tension prevails in Mathavadikulam and Moonrumurippu.
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Six civilians killed in Vavuniya, 2 abducted

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/17/07 04:29 AM GMT, by admin ]
Six persons, including a woman and a driver attached to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were shot and killed, and two young men riding in a three-wheeler were killed, in two separate incidents in Vavuniya, Tuesday night. Four of the victims were killed at a house in Kurumankadu, 2 km west of Vavuniya town, 200 meters from a Police post, and the other two victims, riding in a three-wheeler on Rice Mill Road were shot dead. One of the victims was burnt inside the three-wheeler, Police said.
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5 SLA troopers killed in Claymore attack in Vavuniya

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/16/07 04:41 AM GMT, by admin ]
Five Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed and three wounded in a Claymore attack in on Mannar road around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Vavuniya Police said.
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Tamils Must Take a Concrete Decision: Put Forward "Tamil Eelam"

[ Vavuniya News Media, 01/01/07 05:25 AM GMT, by admin ]
It is shocking to hear that Hon. MP Nadarajah Raviraj was shot and killed in Colombo. Mr. Raviraj was a brave politician, and always raised his voice for Tamils. He voiced against the extra-judicial killings and forced disappearances by Sinhala military and government in Tamil Eelam and Colombo. He took part in a demonstration Thursday against the Sri Lankan Army shelling in Vaharai where 47 Tamil civilians, Internally Displaced from Trincomalee, were killed. Tamils know that this killing is certainly a work of the Sinhala state terrorists. The sad thing is that the killing is not going to stop.
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