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S.Lanka truce monitor base hit by grenade attack
Reuters,
January 13.
COLOMBO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Attackers threw a grenade into the compound of truce monitors in Sri Lanka's restive east early on Saturday, damaging vehicles and a building but causing no injuries, officials said, as fears of a return to war grow.
The first direct attack against the monitors since a 2002 ceasefire halted a two-decade civil war came just hours after the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) reprimanded both Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels and the government over a spike in violence.
"A hand grenade was lobbed into our compound in Batticaloa and exploded," said SLMM spokeswoman Helen Olafsdottir. "We don't know who was behind it. It is the first time one of our offices has been directly attacked."
Some 60 unarmed monitors, all from Nordic countries, have been there since 2002.
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Published: Fri Jan 13 15:20:01 EST 2006
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Panel dismisses LTTE s denial of attack on sailors
hindu.com,
Jan 14, 2006 .
COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) on Friday dismissed denials by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of involvement in the recent escalation of violence in the northern and eastern districts.
Strongly condemning Thursday's attack on a road convoy of the Sri Lanka Navy, the SLMM described it as "yet another serious blow to the ceasefire agreement (CFA)."
The navy said at least eight sailors were killed in the claymore attack by suspected LTTE cadres.
On the LTTE's denials of its involvement, the SLMM said: "The LTTE claims that `the People' are behind the attacks on the military. SLMM finds this explanation unacceptable. It is safe to say that LTTE involvement cannot be ruled out and we find the LTTE's indifference to these attacks worrying." In a comprehensive statement, the SLMM also wanted the Government and the LTTE to come up with "confidence building measures" and "more commitment" if Sri Lanka was not the relapse into war.
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Published: Fri Jan 13 18:57:39 EST 2006
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LTTE killings are a challenge to US: Sri Lanka
indiatimes.com,
Fri 13th Jan 11:00GMT.
Tamil Tiger guerrillas have thrown an open "challenge" to Washington by killing nine Sri Lankan sailors days after warnings from the US to desist from violence, a top official in that country said on Friday.
At the same time, the government leader said in a telephonic interview from Colombo that Sri Lanka would remain glued to the 2002 Norway-sponsored ceasefire signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Indeed, Sri Lanka's restraint despite unending killings of its soldiers and sailors by the LTTE only showed that the outfit was an intransigent force, said the leader who is known to be close to President Mahinda Rajapakse.
"It is a clear challenge to the US. It is clear they (LTTE) are not ready to listen to anyone," the senior official said, referring to US envoy Jeffrey Lunstead's call to LTTE on Monday to end its violence and his undisguised public criticism of the group's leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
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Published: Fri Jan 13 05:53:33 EST 2006
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