The following News item reveals that two of Indian
Air Force personnel have been injured in the LTTE attack on the Sri
Lankan Defence Locations in Vanni:-
http://www.tamileelamnews.com/news/publish/tns_10080.shtml
Sri Lanka: Attacks on SF HQ in
Vavuniya Successful; all attack TAF aircrafts safely returned to their bases - LTTE
Vanni -
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) has claimed that their Black
Tigers destroyed the Radar installation inside Sri Lankan military”s
Vanni headquarters at 3:05 a.m. on 09 September, Tuesday. Thereafter,
Tamileelam Air Force (TAF) aircrafts and Col. Kittu Artillery formation
targeted the Sri Lankan Vanni HQ with the coordination of the Black
Tigers, successfully carrying out the operation.
aircrafts safely returned to their bases after their mission, the
Tigers said. The communication facility with its tower, engineering
facility, anti-aircraft section and the ammunition store were
completely destroyed, the LTTE said in a statement.
LTTE said at least 20
SF troopers killed while many sustained serious injuries in the
coordinate land and air attacks on the Vanni SF HQ. 10 LTTE black Tiger
commandoes who took part in the successful Vavuniya SF HQ laid their
lives.
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| Black Tigers who attacked the Sri Lankan SF HQ for Vanni with LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan. [Photo: LTTE] |
Lt.
Col. Mathiyazhaki, Major Ananthi, Captain Kanimathi, Captain
Muththunakai, Captain Arivuththamizh, Lt. Col. Vinothan, Major
Nilakaran, Captain Ezhilazhakan, Captain Akilan and Captain Nimalan
were the Black Tigers, the LTTE statement said.
Sri Lankan defense
ministry admitted there were LTTE attacks on the Sri Lankan Security
Forces head quarters (HQ) in Vavuniya. According to the well informed
military sources, at least 12 SF troopers were killed and 29 SF
troopers were wounded. Another report indicates at least 12 SF troopers
killed, 15 Air men also killed, while dozens of SF troopers seriously
wounded. Another sources claimed at least two Sri Lankan Air Force
planes were also destroyed in the attack.
Meanwhile,
Indian diplomatic sources say, at least 2 Indian Air Forces officials
were injured in the coordinated attacks by the LTTE on the Vavuniya HQ.
Both injured Indian officers were hurriedly removed from the base and
admitted to the Colombo leading hospital, and their injuries are not
life threatening, according to the Indian sources.
LTTE's TAF two weeks back attacked Trincomalee harbour caused extensive
damages to the lives dozens of SLN forces and their equipments.
TAF
aircrafts last April dropped at least 3 bombs on Sri Lanka Army forward
defense lines in the Weli Oya sector. LTTE targeted the 22-3 brigade
headquarters and a gun position where army”s Multi Barrel Rocket
Launchers were stationed.
SLAF”s failed to
intercept the TAF in at least 6 of their bombing missions against their
targets against Sri Lanka in the past 16 months.
Escalated
fighting and violence in Vanni area made close to 200,000 civilians
internally displaced and these people are living under the trees,
schools, churches and many other temporary shelters with limited or no
access food, medicines and basic essentials, local NGOs' sources told
TNS.
decades old civil war in Sri Lanka killed at least 215,000 people
according to the surveys done by the UN World Health Organization and
data released by them recently. On Monday, the government ordered all
aid workers out of the battle zone.
It is not understood as to why the
Government of India has sent its Defence Personnel to Sri Lanka to
fight their war. Why should our soldiers be a victim? When we are
already facing a host of problems, what has prompted our Government to
send its personnel to Sri Lanka? Our Government should recall all its
personnel defending the Sri Lankan installations or fighting for them.
They shuold not use our personnel as pawns.
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