by Lalin Fernando 

The R2P hymn‘He stood on the steepleAnd P.... (d) on the peopleBut the people couldn’tP… on himAmen’ (With apologies to Robert Hawk a helicopter pilot in Vietnam-adapted from his book ‘Chicken Hawk’).

Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has emphasised that the North will be liberated from the terrorists this year, and civilian life established.

VAVUNIYA: THE REMOVAL OF THE SACRED statue of “Our Lady of Madhu” has been vehemently condemned by the Catholic community in VAVUNIYA and MANNAR Tuesday (15) through a big poster campaign.

NORTH & WANNI:  TROOPS in JAFFNA intensified assaults on terrorist positions in the general area of MUHAMALE Wednesday (16) during their operations ahead of the Forward Defence Line (FDL). Troops killed one terrorist and injured at least six. Two soldiers suffered injuries and were admitted to hospital for treatment.