Sri Lanka claims rebel town capture - 02 Dec 08

Sri Lanka's military says it's captured a town controlled by the rebel Tamil Tigers deep inside the rebels' territory. The Tamil Tigers have controlled Kokavil since 1990. It's only a few kilometres from the LTTE defacto capital, Kilinochchi. It's not possible to independently verify the army's claims. But as Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez reports, the Tigers remain defiant.

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[mettewm]

just by looking at karuna it is evident that if ltte stop fighting they are assured of a good life.

[allanwindow]

this guy is the most ruthless .terriost in the world. not even binladen can stand him

[bigzs06]

who cares what happens here , now my customer support will be done by some one who speaks english

[blackdragon1o1]

u dum nut at least now stop funding ltte they had never defended the tamil race. They killed more tamils than sihalese, forced child soldiering. the tamils hid their children from them for god sakes! they held back tamils businesses.Instead of feeding and educating their people they used the money to buy weapons evn durin peacetalks. they fattened themselves up thts why tamil civillians came running to our millitary

[ottawa11111]

We sent money to buy those Big guns for LTTE. They all belong to LTTE, prabahakaran. I dont think it is fair for the SLA government to capture and use the guns, bullets, armored vehicles and RPGs to kill Tamil tigers. Pleases sell the rest of the captured guns and send us our hard earned money. Sri Lanka find your own money and buy your own guns etc.. Send us our hard earned money.

[senra12]

karuna deffected b's of extreme racist nature of LTTE. They not only discriminate based on race (sinhala)and religion (tamil muslims) but also on region (eastern Tamils) that is why Karuna being a eastern tamil ran away.

[kunchepanda]

There are numerous alternatives to isolate LTTE terrorists from Tamil ppl! but mostly it's been carried out through military reprisal which makes situation even worse! you all know the Newton's 3rd Law "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." Terrorism cannot be uprooted by institutionalized terror! I hardly think that Tamil ppl will ever live happily under this authoritarian ruler Prabaharan! there will be strife disharmony among them like what's happening nowadays >>Karuna

[ponnapille]

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers may have killed their high-profile military spokesman on charges of being a "traitor" when they began suffering heavily early this year, Tamil sources say.

Speculation that Irasiah Ilanthirayan alias Marshall has been executed has been doing the rounds of Tamil circles for around a month. The sources now say that he could have been done away with in January

[eelam11111]

Tonight its all over !

We Tamil fools investing all our hard earned monies on this murderous regime of Prabahkaran to get what ? EELAM home land what we dare not visit just in case Praba rips us even more than he has done so far?

Collection mobs visiting innocent Tamils at night and demanding with menaces? Over past two decades my family has paid out over £100,000 in London under death threats. Alfred Doreappa, K.Navaratnam and Sarojinie Selvarajah were all my close relatives!

NoThanks

[ponnapille]

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Tamil Tigers rebels shot at civilians trying to flee fighting in Sri Lanka's northern war zone, wounded witnesses said on Thursday after. A nun, Sister Louise, said the LTTE fired at people repeatedly when they begged to leave."When we tried to escape with civilians, LTTE had fired at me. I got shot in my leg," she said from her hospital bed.

escaping with the help of the Red Cross.