An aircraft seized at Bangkok airport laden with weapons from North Korea was en route to Iran, according to US media. Mystery has surrounded the destination of the Ilyushin-76, which was found to be carrying 35 tons of missiles, including surface to air missiles and rocket launchers, after it made a refuelling stop at Bangkok [...]
Colombo – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a ship reported to have been used by Tamil rebels to smuggle weapons, the Defence Ministry said Monday. The vessel, known as the MV Princess Cristina, was escorted to Colombo harbour, the ministry said. It did not say where the 89-metre-long ship was seized or the country [...]
The Sri Lankan government on Sunday denied claims by a former army chief, who has turned presidential poll candidate, that orders had gone out not to spare rebel leaders who were willing to surrender during the final phase of the civil war which ended in May. The final phase of the bloody war, which killed [...]
Sri Lankan forces eliminated surrendering Tiger leaders on the orders of the defence secretary who had instructed that “all LTTE leaders must be killed”, ex-army chief Gen Sarath Fonseka has claimed, prompting the government to describe it as a “great betrayal”. In an explosive interview to The Sunday Leader, Gen Fonseka, opposition Presidential candidate, said [...]
A three member high powered Sri Lankan delegation consisting of President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Senior Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapaksa is visiting India beginning on Wednesday for consultations. The troika has been functioning as an informal group on behalf of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to inform and interact with all those who [...]
Sri Lanka’s former military chief who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists in May said he fears fugitive rebels will try to assassinate him during his presidential election campaign. Sarath Fonseka, who is trying to unseat President Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 26 elections, said that about 1,000 Tamil Tiger fighters may have survived [...]
A. Ram, a top LTTE leader now in the custody of the Sri Lankan government, has issued a Heroes’ Day message condemning the way Velupillai Prabhakaran had led the LTTE and the Tamil people, the Tamilnet website reports. Ram had blamed Prabhakaran’s “uncompromising policy” for the defeat of the Tamil armed struggle and the annihilation [...]
The intelligence wing of the LTTE has cautioned the Tamil people not to give credence to any speech one of its intelligence operatives may give on Martyrs Day on Friday as he is now in the custody of the Sri Lankan army. A press release e-mailed by one Kathirkamathambi Arivazhagan, in charge of external intelligence [...]
TORONTO — Canadian immigration officials arrested an Indian man in Toronto on Thursday after he gave a fiery speech at an event where the flag of the outlawed Tamil Tigers rebels was flown. Sebastian Seeman, who was in Canada on a speaking tour, was taken into custody by Canada Border Services Agency officers and questioned [...]
The toughest sentence of seven years in was given to Nadaraja Matinthiran, whom the court heard was the leader of the LTTE. A French court on Monday jailed 21 Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of euros from the Tamil diaspora in France to fund their armed campaign in Sri Lanka. The toughest sentence [...]
Sri Lanka’s former top military general and war hero Sarath Fonseka, who is likely to enter election fray against president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is contemplating moving court to seek a larger security cover. Fonseka, who quit following differences with Rajapaksa, is upset over being denied a larger security cover as also on being ordered to vacate [...]
Sri Lanka’s former top military general Sarath Fonseka, who may contest Presidential election as an opposition candidate, has opened his election office in the heart of the capital and is likely to appoint a campaign manager soon, a media report said today. Fonseka, who led the armed forces to a thumping victory against the LTTE [...]
The CID has arrested the LTTE cadre who brought a lorry laden with explosives to Colombo to be used in the 1996 Central Bank suicide attack. Police media spokesman SSP I. M. Karunaratne said yesterday the suspect known as Sellathamby Navaratnam, had come to the cleared areas from the Vallamullivaikkal with civilians fleeing the LTTE [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke to take over the duties and functions of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in addition to his duties as Air Force Commander. Air Chief Marshal Goonetileke is assuming the responsibilities of the CDS position with immediate effect. The position [...]
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