SRL NO
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HOW TO ELIMINATE
SECURITY THREATS
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IDENTIFIED THREATS
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RESETTLEMENT PROCESS
IN HSZS
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REMARKS
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1
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Resettling of displaced
persons to be carried out only for those families lived in the
area before 1991 in Palaly HSZ and before 1995 in Nagarkovil,
Muhamalai Thanankilappu, Ariyalai and beach road Jaffna.
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Resettlement of Armed
groups aid sympathizers in close proximity to camps.
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Possible only in
selected areas.
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Restriction on visitors
into resettled areas is required.
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2
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Enforcing deterrent
Police action against violence.
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Provoke people against
SF to discharge violence.
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Restriction on unlawful
assemblies
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Explore legality
of imposing restrictions over areas outside HSZ and within HSZ.
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3
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SLMM mandate to be
enhanced to check suspected safe houses of armed groups org [organisations]
in cleared areas and create a system to monitor availability/distribution
of arms ammo [ammunition] found in uncleared areas too.
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Availability of LTTE
military hardware including missiles in the cleared areas and
uncleared areas.
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SLMM/neutral observers
to guarantee the removal of the threat before resettlement.
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4
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Conducting of counter
insurgency operations
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Develop military
capability in HSZ
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No resettlement.
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Nil
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5
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Declaration of permanently
abandoning of suicide missions and remove of such personnels with
assistance of Police/SLMM intentions are identified.
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Suicide cadres threat
on SF movements and VIPs/VVIPs.
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Will differ resettlement
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Detrimental effect
on confidence buildings
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6
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SLMM to prevent terrorist
taking control over selected areas and ensure safe passage of
SF. Conduct sporadic checks of safe houses and offices by SLMM
to monitor above.
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Hinder the mobility
of SF confined to a restricted area by armed groups activities.
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Resettlement to
commence if the threat is eliminated.
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SLMM mandate to be
enhanced
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7
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Take all measures
to prevent armed groups achieving the capability mentioned in
identified threat. SLMM to continue spot checks on SF request
for arms and ammo. Withdraw of LTTE weapons in forward lines and
dumping them in rear/storage south of Kilinochchi under SLMM supervision.
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Create situation
within cleared areas. Tie down available troops in the belly thus
depriving assistance to FDLs.
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No resettlement unless
the preventive measures are successful.
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Nil
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8
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Police to be geared
to take actions against hostile elements.
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Hostile behaviour
of people IDPs not yet resettled.
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Expedite the resettlement
process/ relocate where resettlement not possible.
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Requirement of housing
projects.
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9
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Ensure present security
systems are effectively practiced and SLMM to keep checks on fishermen
and sea tigers going to sea from uncleared areas.
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Fishermen resettled
in coastal areas sympathetic to armed groups movements.
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Resettlement must
not hinder the defence potential.
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More applicable to
defences facing Lagoons.
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10
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SLMM to remove such
facilities available with LTTE. Also decommissioning of indirect
weapon systems to be arranged.
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Capability of passing
accurate information to bring down accurate indirect fire by the
people resettled.
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Restrict the area
of resettlement as there should not be radio communication from
close proximity of HSZs.
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Amend SLMM mandate.
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SRL. NO.
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HOW TO ELIMINATE
SECURITY THREATS
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IDENTIFIED THREATS
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RESETTLEMENT PROCESS
IN HSZS
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REMARKS
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1
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Authority to search
houses and personnel on suspicion. Also to continue regular checks
on entry/ exit points. LTTE will not be allowed to do politics
in HSZ.
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Military cadres with
forge identities will enter HSZs.
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Only the people provide
their legitimate ownership before 1991/95. LTTE members will not
be allowed to resettled.
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Nil
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2
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People resettled
will not be allowed to go into prohibited areas.
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Ability to attack
VPs, VIPs possible
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Only in selected
areas.
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3
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Depriving communication
facilities and decommissioning of indirect weapons to be done
under SLMM supervision.
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Accurate indirect
fire could be brought down.
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-DO-
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Relocation of IDPs
in crown land elsewhere where required.
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4
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Declare prohibited
areas and legitimate search and arrest within HSZ and also decommissioning
of missiles to be done.
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Threat on security
of air crafts and ships from within HSZ.
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-DO-
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5
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Access to be denied
to prohibited areas for civilians.
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Ability to identify
voids of defences.
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-DO-
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6
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LTTE stop recruiting,
total disarming of cadres and hand over weapons to SLMM
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Reduce overall operational
efficiency by reducing log [logistic] elements in HSZs. Thereby
causing reduction of troops in the peninsula.
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Resettlement to start
after implementation
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7
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Avoid resettling
of civilians in places from where Air port/ Harbour can be threatened
and conduct regular checks and searchers and necessary to find
hidden weapons etc. declaration of non-execution of underwater
/ seaborne suicide mission is also needed.
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There will be a threat
on harbour/air port when civilians resettle close to those locations.
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Impose time restrictions
on Entry/Exit points. Movement restrictions to be imposed during
night. No entry/exit for fishing in HSZs. Resettlement on the
coastal belt only in selected areas.
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Make necessary arrangements
to acquire land to enhance security/ development of harbour /airport
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8
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Retain buffer zones
as much as possible for the defences specially in HSZs.
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Armed groups mixed
up with civilians may launch attacks where SF will not have sufficient
reaction time.
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No go areas to be
declared separate. Entry/Exit points for different blocks of resettlement
and also road networks should be worked out for selected resettlement
areas. Such terrorist intentions will totally terminate resettlement.
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Additional defence
measures to be arranged.
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9
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Ground of tactical
importance should be held by SF and any indication of such threat
will be considered very seriously and preventive, deterrent action
be taken immediately.
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Options open to prepare
fortifications in Ground of Tactical importance or selected areas.
Eg: Vasavilan, Kadduvan, Thelippala and Keerimalai.
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No resettlement in
such areas
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Maintain military
strong points in Grounds of Tactical importance
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10
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Ownership of houses
of displaced personnel who left before 1991/95 will be seriously
considered when resettling.
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Resettlement of sympathizes
with forged identities to assist terrorist in offensive ops [operations]
against SF.
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Only in selected
areas
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Psy [psychological]
ops and civil affairs operations to take special care of these
families
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11
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Maintain and increase
intelligence/survailance and early warning facilities and conduct
regular searches of suspicious elements to enhance security of
command, fire control and logistic elements
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Possible attacks
in VHSZs to paralise comd and control system support and log elements
thereby prevent efficient conduct and supporting of def ops on
FDLs.
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Strict security checks
on the civilians including house searches as required
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12
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Reduction of LTTE
cadres in areas opposite cleared areas. Weapons withdrawn to be
kept under SLMM custody.
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SF is forced to contract
or vacate certain part of HSZs thereby weakening/reducing the
present military superiority in JFN [Jaffna] hence the power projection
of LTTE beyond that of SF.
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Resettlement will
continue parallel to disarming
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SLMM mandate to be
enhanced and numbers to be increased.
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13
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To retain necessary
amount of depth for the defences at any cost.
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If resettled in HSZs
as forced the defences to contract, SF will be forced to sacrifice
depth of defences.
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Resettle in the areas
excluding areas which provide the depth.
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Can be considered
once threat has been reduced/ decommission-ing of weapons had
taken place.
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14
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LTTE to deescalate
by disarming and to retain a balance of power parallel to reduction
of SF positions.
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If the conflict escalates
unable to go back to the original positions to regain initiative
after civilians have been resettled.
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If the threat is
eliminated resettlement is possible
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15
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Reduce LTTE offensive
capability by disarming and decommissioning of indirect weapons.
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Due to the presence
of civilians secrecy of SF defences will be sacrificed thus making
defences vulnerable to armed group attacks.
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Resettlement programme
to be parallel to elimination of threat
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-DO-
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