கொழும்பு பயணம் தொடர்பாக இன்னமும் முடிவு செய்யவில்லை: பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி [புதன்கிழமை, 31 டிசெம்பர் 2008, 06:27 மு.ப ஈழம்] [சி.கனகரத்தினம்]
தமிழகக் கட்சிகளின் வேண்டுகோளைத் தொடர்ந்து உறுதியளித்தபடி கொழும்பு பயணம் மேற்கொள்வது பற்றி இதுவரை முடிவு செய்யவில்லை என்று இந்திய வெளிவிவகார அமைச்சர் பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி தெரிவித்துள்ளார். இது தொடர்பில் அவர் கூறியதாவது:
இலங்கைத் தீவின் இனப்பிரச்சினைக்கு அதிகாரப் பகிர்வுத் திட்டத்தை நடைமுறைப்படுத்த வேண்டும். சில மாகாணங்களில் தேர்தல் நடைபெறுவதால் இது நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படவில்லை. விரைவில் அது நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகின்றது.
இலங்கை இனப்பிரச்சினைக்கு இராணுவ ரீதியாக தீர்வு காண இயலாது. 1987 ஆம் ஆண்டு உருவாக்கப்பட்ட இந்திய - சிறிலங்கா ஒப்பந்தத்தின் படிதான் தீர்வு காண முடியும்.இலங்கைக்கான பயணம் குறித்து இதுவரை இறுதி முடிவெடுக்கவில்லை என்றார் பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி.
வட போர்முனையில் 3 ஆயிரம் சதுர கிலோ மீற்றரை கைப்பற்றிவிட்டோம்: சரத் பொன்சேகா [வெள்ளிக்கிழமை, 02 சனவரி 2009, 06:56 மு.ப ஈழம்] [ப.தயாளினி] வடபோர்முனையில் 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டில் 3 ஆயிரம் சதுர கிலோ மீற்றரை கைப்பற்றி விட்டோம் என்று சிறிலங்கா படைத் தளபதி சரத் பொன்சேகா கூறியுள்ளார். மடு மற்றும் கொக்காவில் பகுதிகளில் 1903.5 சதுர கிலோ மீற்றர் பகுதியையும், அடம்பன் மற்றும் பூநகரியில் 1045.5 சதுர கிலோ மீற்றர் பகுதியையுமாக மொத்தம் 3 ஆயிரம் சதுர கிலோ
மீற்றரை புலிகளிடமிருந்து விடுவித்துள்ளோம் என்று தனது புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துச் செய்தியில் சரத் பொன்சேகா தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
எந்த நேரமும் கிளிநொச்சி வீழ்ந்துவிடும்; சரணடைந்து விடுங்கள்: புலிகளுக்கு கோத்தபாய ராஜபக்ச வேண்டுகோள்
[வெள்ளிக்கிழமை, 02 சனவரி 2009, 06:59 மு.ப ஈழம்] [செ.விசுவநாதன்] கிளிநொச்சியை மும்முனைகளில் துண்டித்துள்ள நிலையில் எந்த நேரமும் கிளிநொச்சி சிறிலங்கா படையிடம் வீழ்ந்துவிடும் என்பதால் தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள் உடனே சரணடைய
வேண்டும் என்று சிறிலங்கா பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சின் செயலாளர் கோத்தபாய ராஜபக்ச வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார். பரந்தன் மற்றும் இரணைமடு சந்திகளை படைத்தரப்பு கைப்பற்றியதாக அறிவித்ததைத் தொடர்ந்து கருத்து தெரிவித்த கோத்தபாய ராஜபக்ச, சில நாட்களில் கிளிநொச்சி வீழ்ந்துவிடும்
என்றார்.
"மேலும் எஞ்சியுள்ள புலிகளின் நிலைகளும் எதிர்வரும் சில மாதங்களில் அழித்துவிடப்படும். கிளிநொச்சியைப் பிடித்துவிடலாமென சிறிலங்கா படை பகல் கனவு காண்பதாக புலிகளின்
தலைவர் பிரபாகரன் கூறியிருந்தார். ஆனால் விரைவில் உண்மை என்னவென தெரியவரும். பரந்தனும் இரணைமடு சந்தியும் வீழ்ந்துவிட்டதால் அழிவை எதிர்கொள்வதா? அல்லது
சரணடைவதா? என்பதை புலிகள் முடிவு செய்ய வேண்டும்" என்றும் கோத்தபாய ராஜபக்ச கூறியுள்ளார்.
Sri Lankan forces close in on Tigers' capital
Published Date: 02 January 2009 By Krishan Francis in Colombo
SRI LANKAN forces captured a key crossroads from Tamil Tiger rebels in the north yesterday and were likely to seize the guerrillas' de facto capital within two days, the military said.
The fall of Kilinochchi would be the government's most significant victory in its renewed offensive against the rebels. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised to crush the separatists and end the nation's 25-year-old civil war in the coming year.officials have said repeatedly over the past two months that Kilinochchi's fall was imminent. How-ever, the government's forces became bogged down by heavy rains and fierce rebel resistance.
Government troops captured Iranamadu junction, south of Kilinochchi, and the town of Paranthan to the north, from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), the military said.
"Kilinochchi will fall within the next 48 hours," a military spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, said.
The rebels could not immediately be reached for comment.
However, a Tamil Tiger political leader, Balisingham Nadesan, said on Tuesday that the group began as guerrillas and would be able to keep on fighting even if they lost much of the northern lands they had controlled for more than a decade.
"We are used to all types of wars," he said. "We have made several strategic withdrawals in order to save the lives of our people and maintain the strength of our forces.
"When the time and place is conducive, we will regain the land we have lost."
"We have always been ready for peace talks, but the Sri Lankan government has been always insisting on a military solution," he added.
Cabinet minister Keheliya Rambukwella said last week: "For three decades we were trying to convince (rebel leader Velupillai] Prabhakaran and his terror
group to come to some sort of reasonable arrangement, but they failed."
If the group refuses to lay down its weapons, "we will not move an inch from our position," he said.
The military said in a statement yesterday that infantry troops entered Paranthan on Wednesday with air force jet and helicopter support and fought close-
range battles for a day to beat back rebel resistance.
"Unable to withstand the fury of the combined army and air force onslaught, LTTE terrorists withdrew from the town in total disarray," the statement said .
The two sides agreed to a truce in 2002 and held internationally brokered peace talks aimed at resolving the bloody conflict. The talks stalled, however,
and violence erupted again three years ago. The government officially pulled out of the cease-fire in January.Sri Lanka troops 'enter rebel HQ' Sri Lanka's military says soldiers have entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' de facto capital Kilinochchi in the north for the first time in a decade.
Senior military officials said troops had entered the town from three sides.
On Thursday, the military said it had seized the strategically important junction of Paranthan, a crossroads north of Kilinochchi.
Tamil sources said the Tigers were providing stiff resistance and hundreds of civilians were fleeing the clashes.
The Sri Lankan army has been advancing towards Kilinochchi for months.
The town was captured by the rebels 10 years ago.
The BBC's Roland Buerk in Sri Lanka says Kilinochchi is a hugely symbolic target because it is where the Tigers have established their administrative
headquarters and have assembled the trappings of the separate state they want for the ethnic Tamil minority.
Both sides have recently claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on each other in the north of the island.
Gained control
"The fall of Kilinochchi is imminent as the security forces have already entered into the town perimeter from the northern, southern and western edges," the
defence ministry said in a statement.
The troops gained control over the Karadipokku junction, located between Paranthan and Kilinochchi along the A-9 main road, on Thursday evening, the
ministry said in a statement.
The fighting for Paranthan was bitter and lasted for hours, the statement said.
It said soldiers entered the small township in a concerted assault, but the Tamil Tigers launched a series of counter-attacks.
There were fierce battles with government troops supported by fighter jets, helicopter gunships, artillery and mortar fire before the rebels withdrew, the
ministry said.
The military said at least 50 Tamil Tiger fighters were killed in the battle.
The defence ministry said its success at Paranthan had effectively cut the main supply line to several Tiger strongholds in the north of Sri Lanka.
The pro-Tamil website TamilNet reported the Sri Lankan army's occupation of Paranthan, saying the army had suffered heavy losses and hundreds of
civilians had been forced to flee.
There have been no independent reports of the latest fighting from the frontlines and it is impossible to verify either account of casualties.
The head of the Tigers' political wing, B Nadesan, told the BBC recently they would be able to continue fighting even if they lost Kilinochchi.
The rebels would remain in possession of some territory to the east of the town down to Mullaitivu on the coast, although that too is under threat from
government forces.
Correspondents say that while the government seems able to maintain the upper hand, heavy battles are likely still to lie ahead and there is concern about
the fate of the large number of civilians in the Tiger-controlled north.
The rebels deny using them as human shields and reject allegations they are forcing people into their ranks to fight.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7807527.stm
Published: 2009/01/02 07:03:24 GMT
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Sri Lanka: Military seizes key rebel crossroads
By KRISHAN FRANCIS, Associated Press Writer Krishan Francis, Associated Press Writer Thu Jan 1, 6:55 am ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's military seized a key crossroads in the north from the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday after fierce clashes that
killed at least 54 fighters, an official said.
A pro-rebel news report, meanwhile, said 10 civilians were killed in two days of military airstrikes in the Tiger-controlled north — a claim the government denied.
Capturing the strategic Paranthan junction after 10 years under rebel control is the latest in a series of battle successes for the government, which has vowed to defeat the insurgents this year to end their 25-year separatist campaign.
Government officials made the same prediction last year but faced stiff rebel resistance.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said taking control of Paranthan after about six weeks of fighting will open a third front against the guerrillas'
de facto capital of Kilinochchi, which is 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) to the south.
It will also isolate a rebel stronghold at Elephant Pass to the north and allow soldiers to march into northeastern rebel territory, he said.
Kilinochchi has eluded the military for months despite top officials' claims of its imminent fall.
The military said in a statement Thursday that infantry troops entered Paranthan on Wednesday with air force jet and helicopter support and fought close-
range battles for a day to beat back rebel resistance.
"Unable to withstand the fury of the combined army and air force onslaught, LTTE terrorists withdrew from the town in total disarray," the statement said
using the acronym for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels.
Some 50 rebels and four soldiers were killed in the fighting, Nanayakkara said.
Soldiers also captured Iranamadu junction on the south of Kilinochchi on Thursday, Nanayakkara said, calling it another boon for the troops fighting to
capture the rebel stronghold. He did not give casualty details.
The rebel-affiliated TamilNet Web site reported the air force bombed rebel-held Murasumoddai village for a second day Thursday killing five civilians.
Five others died in air raids on Wednesday, it said.
Another 25 civilians were wounded and taken to hospitals after Thursday's attacks, the report said. Nanayakkara denied that the air force bombed civilians,
saying only rebels are targeted.
The latest government offensives have forced the rebels to abandon territory and retreat into an increasingly shrinking area in the northeast.
Rebel officials could not be contacted for comment. It is difficult to verify battle accounts because reporters are barred from the war zone. Both the
government and rebels are known to exaggerate enemy casualties and underreport their own losses.
The rebels have fought since 1983 to create an independent homeland for the minority Tamils, who have suffered decades of marginalization by successive
governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority. The conflict has killed more than 70,000 people.
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ஈழம் 2009 மரணத்துள் வாழ்வோம்
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