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மன்னாரில் சிலாபத்துறையில் இராணுவ நடவடிக்கை மூலம் தமிழ் மக்களை இடம்பெயர வைத்த அரசின் நடவடிக்கையைத் தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு கடுமையாகக் கண்டித்துள்ளது.இது தொடர்பாக தமிழ்த்தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் கி.சிவநேசன் கூறியவை வருமாறு:சிலாபத்துறைப் பிரதேசத்தை கைப்பற்றியதன் மூலம் அரிப்புப் பிரதேசம், நானாட்டான், கொக்குப்படையான் போன்ற பிரதேசங்களில் வாழ்ந்த பொதுமக்கள் 6 ஆயிரம் பேர் வெளியேறியுள்ளனர். இவர்களில் 9 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 6 பேர் காயமடைந்துள்ளனர். காயமடைந்தவர்களை அம்புலன்ஸ் மூலம் எடுத்துச் செல்லும்போது அருவியாற்றுப் பகுதியில் உள்ள இராணுவ சோதனை நிலையத்தில் மறித்து தாமதப் படுத்தியதால், காயமடைந்த ஒருவர் இறக்கநேரிட்டுள்ளது. மக்களை இராணுவத்தினர் கேடயமாகப்பயன்படுத்தியுள்ளனர். அது மட்டுமன்றி, தொடர்ந்தும் இப்பிரதேசங்களை நோக்கி ஷெல் தாக்குதலை நடத்தி வாழ்விடங்களை சேதமாக்கி வருகின்றனர்.இச் செயற்பாட்டை அனைத்துலகம் கண்டும் காணாமலும் இருந்துவிடமுடியாது. இது குறித்து உரிய நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுக்கவேண்டும் என அவர் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளார்.

Sri Lankan Army claims further success
B. Muralidhar Reddy

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military on Tuesday claimed to have marched 3 km further into the Silavattura area in Mannar district in the north and said its troops had reached Kondachchi.
It said the LTTE had an important base in Silavattura till last week end. It came under the military control after it launched a "humanitarian mission" to rescue hundreds of civilians fleeing the LTTE-controlled territory.
The Defence Ministry said the soldiers "consolidating their defences in [the] recently liberated Silavattura in the South of Mannar" recovered a large haul of military hardware, including a suicide boat.
Among the items listed were one boat earmarked for suicide operations, three claymore mines, two T-56 riffles, and 40 kg of TNT high explosives, 482 anti-personnel mines, a large amount of ammunitions, 25 dinghy boats, 25 outboard motors ( 25 HP) and one 40 HP outboard motor.
TamilNet in a report questioned the military's claims and said the Silavattura area was not under the effective control of either party. Military spokesperson Prasad Samarasinghe told media that the road from Mannar to Kalpitiya could be opened soon after being cleared by the troops.
The military said two LTTE cadres were killed in an "army retaliatory attack" in Sittandikudi on Tuesday.
Separately, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) claimed that the troops had successfully foiled an LTTE attempt to attack the Thapanai Forward Defence Line in the north. It said a body of an LTTE cadre along with a communication set, nine "code sheets" and a belt order were recovered in subsequent search operations. It said so far 420 anti-personnel mines had been recovered in various locations in Kandapperumakulam and Thampanai. The Hindu.

Silavathurai a political stunt charges LTTE
* Govt. challenged to come to Wanni
* No fighting in Silavathurai say Tigers
* South being fooled claims LTTE
By Arthur Wamanan

The LTTE yesterday charged that the government’s move to capture Silavathurai in Mannar was yet another political stunt aimed at fooling the people in the south and challenged the security forces to launch an offensive into areas where there are Tiger cadres in the Wanni.
LTTE Military Spokesperson I. Ilanthirayan told The Morning Leader the government forces were only targeting areas where their humanitarian work was carried out instead of targeting its main areas.
He said only the humanitarian workers were stationed in the area and no armed cadres were there.
"The government is beating around the bush without looking into the core issues. It is not targeting our main areas at all. It is just another eyewash," he said.
He said there was no fighting in Silavathurai and added only the Tigers’ humanitarian workers were stationed in the area. "This is Political Stunt-2 of the government," he said.
Silavathurai is south of the Medawachahiya-Mannar Road, which is controlled by the government and there were no armed Tiger cadres in the region, Ilanthirayan said.
Speaking further Ilanthirayan added the government was capable of doing anything to mislead the people to gain political advantage.
Ilanthirayan also said the previous efforts of the government forces to attack the LTTE stronghold in Wanni had failed.
"They have already tried to attack our areas and did not taste success. The government will hoist its national flag in Wilpattu, Sinharaja or some nearby jungle and show the people they have captured key areas of the LTTE," he said.
Speaking on the closure of the Uyilankulam Road, Ilanthirayan said the ICRC was forced to withdraw due to shelling by the government forces.
"They were on their way taking the mortal remains of SLA personnel. The military started shelling at the time and the ICRC crew was forced to take cover in our bunkers," he said.