Incidents and Statments involving LTTE

2011

• December 12: Authorities expect to release all remaining former LTTE by the middle of 2012 following the completion of their training program. The last remaining group of 700 former LTTE cadres will be released by mid-2012 after providing them the mandatory 12 months training, Secretary for the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms, A. Dissanayaka said on December 9.

• December 9: The TNA asked the Government to reveal the list of ex-LTTE cadres and supporters who are detained or in custody. The TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said, "The government needs to give details about the people being detained.

  According to Premachandran, persons like Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who were directly involved in the LTTE's decision making and fighting machinery are being entertained by the Government while the poor people who followed their orders are being detained since the end of the war.

  The Government has repeatedly said that during and immediately after the final phase of the war in May 2009, 11,664 LTTE cadres surrendered to the Government Security Forces.

• December 6: The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested two local government members from North on December 6 for having links with LTTE militants. The TID said that the two local government members were arrested following information received of their alleged links with the LTTE organization during the period of the war.

• November 27: A clash took place in the premises of the Anuradhapura Prison following an attempt by several incarcerated LTTE suspects to celebrate the Maveerar Day (Heroes Day) inside the prison.

• November 20: The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), appointed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the three-decade long armed conflict with the LTTE militants, handed over its final report to the President.

• November 11: Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its place", a Norwegian Government sponsored study titled, "Pawns of Peace: Evaluation of Norwegian Peace Efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009" revealed.

• November 3: The Royal Norwegian Government has provided assistance to the International Organization for Migration to contribute to the Sri Lankan government's efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate former cadres of the militant outfit LTTE.

• October 21: A Dutch court convicted and sentenced five Dutch citizens of Sri Lankan Tamil origin accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils to fund the terrorist activities of Sri Lanka's terror outfit LTTE.

• October 17: A Sri Lankan Government Minister urged the Norwegian Government to ban Sri Lanka's defeated militant outfit LTTE.

• October 7: Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands Government said that the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) was considering to take action against the Saturday schools run by the front organizations of the militant outfit LTTE in the country.

• October 5: Front organizations of the defeated Tamil militant outfit LTTE are running private Saturday schools in the Netherlands, Radio Netherlands reported citing a recent report by the Dutch national Police.

• October 3: Sri Lanka's elite STF Police recovered a huge arm cache hidden by the LTTE rebels in Mullaitivu area.

• September 30: Sri Lankan-born American hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, who was found guilty on all counts in the high-profile insider trading trial and awaiting sentencing in the United States, also financed the Tamil militant outfit LTTE, in its decades-long war of the Sri Lankan Government.

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed that former LTTE combatants who were rehabilitated by the Government would be integrated into the development process of the country.

  Sri Lankan Government released 1,800 former cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) after their completion of a two-year rehabilitation program following the end of the war in May 2009.

• September 28: Dutch prosecutors trying five Sri Lankan Tamil nationals, (who are all naturalized Dutch citizens now) accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils in the Netherlands are seeking long prison terms. The prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for the five ethnic Tamils accused of organizing illegal lotteries and extorting cash from Tamils in the Netherlands with all proceeds going to Sri Lanka's militant outfit LTTE, to finance its terrorist war.

  Nine persons who were arrested in Kerala in India on September 26 on the charge of cheating 34 Sri Lankans at refugee camps in Tamil Nadu are suspected by the Police to have links with the LTTE.

• September 27: Senior American counter-terrorism official warned Canadian authorities that two Sri Lankan migrants who arrived off the British Columbia Coast in 2009 aboard a smuggling ship were suspected cadres of the militant outfit LTTE.

• September 25: Scores of cadres of the militant outfit LTTE are likely to be prosecuted for crimes committed during the three decade conflict that ended in 2009.

• September 17: A domestic Dutch criminal court, trying five Sri Lankan Tamils for supporting Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit LTTE, will screen Britain's Channel 4 documentary "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields" on a request made by the defence counsel.

• September 15: Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) officials said that six cadres of the militant outfit LTTE were among the 44 suspects who were arrested by the Navy in the Kalmunai high seas while attempting to leave Sri Lanka illegally for Australia during early September, 2011.

• September 10: The Sri Lankan Government strongly condemned the international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) for prejudging the country's own investigative mechanism that looked into the last seven years of war against militants of the LTTE.

• September 6: The Sri Lanka Government reiterated its commitment to reply queries raised in any quarter in the international arena in respect of the humanitarian operation launched by the Security Forces to free over 300,000 people who were held hostage by the LTTE militants.

• September 1: Sri Lankan Parliamentarian and Adviser on Reconciliation to the President Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha denied a report from the Indian newchannel NDTV which said he had admitted that some army personnel might have been guilty of alleged war crimes during the last phase of the war with the LTTE militants.

  Sri Lanka media sources reported that an attempt was underway to impose travel bans on Sri Lankan media persons who supported the war against the, LTTE militants on the grounds of alleged war crime charges.

• August 31: About 1,200 alleged cadres of the LTTE in Sri Lanka will be released, with the end of emergency rule imposed 28 years ago to deal with the separatist movement.

• August 27: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Ravinatha Aryasinha said that the EU was yet to respond to a request from Sri Lanka on listing LTTE front organizations in Europe as terrorist entities.

• August 23: The People's Front of Liberation Tigers (PFLT), the political party formed by the LTTE in 1989 when it began peace talks with the then Government of late President R. Premadasa, will be removed from the electoral register in terms of the new procedure introduced for the recognition and registration of political parties in Sri Lanka.

  Professor Rohan Gunaratne, a specialist in terrorism research while addressing the fifth annual symposium of the Sir John Kotalawela Defence University said that despite LTTE being wiped out in Sri Lanka, their international presence still posed a threat to the country.

• August 21: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the US Jaliya Wickremasuriya said that the US State Department were given a copy of the report prepared by the Defence Ministry on the military operation to defeat the LTTTE.

• August 18: LLRC of Sri Lanka said that its final report would be submitted on November 15 and not before the set date due to any kind of pressure.

  The overseas cadres of LTTE continued to procure weapons while the LTTE Diaspora continued to support the organization financially, a report released by the (US) Department of State on August 18 said. It said that despite its military defeat in Sri Lanka at the hands of Government Forces in May 2009, the LTTE's international network of financial support persists.

  The 'Country Reports on Terrorism', a US state department report on terrorism released said that Sri Lanka showed a high level of commitment to counter terrorist financing and money laundering.

• August 9: Sri Lankan authorities are making arrangements to release another batch of 150 rehabilitated LTTE cadres on August 12 in Vavuniya District upon their completion of the rehabilitation program. The former combatants were given training vocational, language and communication training to improve their skills and their educational knowledge. Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said the cadres to be released are currently undergoing a final test in mason skills, handicraft work and paintings.

  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka D.M. Jayaratne said that the Government was considering abolishing the emergency regulations soon following consultations with the National Security Council. Jayaratne said the proposals have already been made to the National Security Council and that they would be presented to parliament shortly. He added that since the end of the war against the LTTE in May 2009, most of the clauses in the Public Security Ordinance have been abolished. He said a few of the clauses under the ordinance that were placed since August 2005 remained since the LTTE continues to be active overseas.

• August 1: The Sri Lankan Government updated a request to the EU to list front organizations of the LTTE as terrorist entities. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Brussels, Belgium said the request was made on July 28, 2011 as the EU re-listed the LTTE as a terrorist entity through a regulation implemented by the Council on July 18 and published in the official journal of the European Union on July 19.

  Secretary of Sri Lanka Defence Ministry Gotabhaya Rajapaksa denied the allegation that the Sri Lanka Army killed LTTE cadres when they tried to surrender. Releasing the report titled "Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 - May 2009", Rajapaksa said the Government had no intention of killing LTTE leaders when they surrendered to the military since the Government directly looked after families of LTTE leaders.

• July 27: Radio Netherlands claimed that Rehabilitated (LTTE) cadres are ready to fight again if life doesn't improve. A (RNW) team who visited Sri Lanka recently interviewed a group of nine rehabilitated combatants, six men and three women, in a walled-compound of an unnamed NGO in the Eastern city of Batticaloa. The group complained to the RNW team about lack of freedom referring to many military checkpoints they have to go through in the North. The ex-fighters told that they have to sign a monthly 'good behavior report' and the Police are suspicious of them.

• July 21: Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that the Rehabilitation Authority has taken steps to integrate former LTTE cadres into society with immediate effect. A number of rehabilitated cadres and those who are ill have been released by now. Around 2,700 former cadres are being rehabilitated in six rehabilitation centres in the country. The ministry has taken steps to conduct this rehabilitation programme successfully, he said.

  Minister of Human Resources D.E.W. Gunasekera said that international groups looked at the situation in the country from the viewpoint of the LTTE. He said that since the international groups view the situation in Sri Lanka like the LTTE, their viewpoints would be different from the real situation.

• July 19: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is touring the conflict-affected Northern Province pledged to rebuild everything the public in the North lost during the three-decade long war with the separatist LTTE). The President said he was ready to serve for everyone in the country as their President without any discrimination.

• July 18: Sri Lanka Police CID produced the leader of the women's political wing of the (LTTE), Subramaniam Shivathai alias Thamilini, before Colombo Magistrate Court on July 18 and informed that the investigations regarding Subramaniam Shivathai are still underway. The CID requested more time for investigations and further detention. The Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli accepted the appeal and directed to produce the suspect in court again on August 01. Subramaniam Shivathai alias Thamilini, the leader of the women's political wing of the LTTE surrendered to the Security Forces in May 2009 following the annihilation of the Tamil rebel movement.

  The detained LTTE cadres who started a hunger strike in Vavuniya prison in Vavuniya District demanding their legal procedures quickened, suspended their hunger strike.

• July 9: The Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom and British Conservative Party parliamentarian Dr. Liam Fox met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on July 9 at the Temple Trees in Colombo. The British Defence Minister arrived in Sri Lanka to deliver the annual Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture in memory of the Sri Lankan foreign minister who was assassinated by the LTTE in 2005. Dr. Fox and President Rajapaksa discussed the post-war developments in the country including concerns raised in Britain over alleged human rights allegations committed by Sri Lankan forces during the last stage of the war against Tamil Tigers.

• July 8: SFs discovered a boat manufacturing centre in the Kilinochchi District, suspected to be operated by the LTTE.

  Sri Lanka Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation said that 302 former LTTE will sit for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination in August from the places where they are detained now.

• July 5: The Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratna said that some LTTE cadres, who fled during the final stages of the war, are still at large and search operations are underway to locate them. Jayaratna told the parliament that even though the war against the LTTE was over there are attempts by some groups to revive the conflict once again. The Prime Minister also expressed fear that separatist groups may attempt to convince the rehabilitated ex-combatants to take up arms again.

• July 2: Former international wing leader and chief arms procurer of the LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said on July 2 that his main aim was to help the war affected Tamil community in the North and that an Eelam State was not the need of the hour. Pathmanathan said that priority would be given to helping the war affected Tamils through his new humanitarian agency and that he would not discuss politics or think about it at present.

• June 27: SFs are investigating a terrorist style killing of a 30-year-old man, identified as, Balachandran Sathkunaraja, an ex-militant of (LTTE), who was found hanging on a goal post of a football court in Puttur in Jaffna District on June 26. Investigations revealed that he was hanged after beaten to death.

  Commissioner General of Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka, Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 108 former members of the LTTE are preparing to take the GCE Advanced Level examination in August this year. Ranasinghe has observed that all former LTTE members currently undergoing rehabilitation will be re-integrated to society by the end of the year.

• June 26: The detained senior leader of LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said that he knew where the money of LTTE was kept after their defeat in May 2009 by the Sri Lankan Government. "I know who is having the large sums of money belonging to the LTTE. I know this will be a difficult job but I will try to find that money in order to help Tamil people," a PTI report said quoting a statement made by KP to the BBC.

• June 20: David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, the former Foreign Ministers of Britain and France respectively, called for action on the basis of the report by the United Nations Secretary-General's Expert Panel appointed to probe the accountability of Sri Lanka during the war with LTTE militants.

  The Defence Ministry said that Issipriya the lady who is alleged to have been a journalist and a news presenter in the Channel 4 documentary (which allegedly showed a footage of Sri Lankan soldiers massacring Tamil prisoners of war), was a LTTE cadre. The Ministry also released a photograph of the identity card issued by the LTTE to Issipriya, in which she was clad in combat attire, confirming her military involvement with the LTTE. According to the reports Issipriya was born in 1982 in Jaffna and was subsequently recruited by the LTTE and underwent military training in the Vanni.

• June 19: Sri Lanka Rehabilitation Commissioner General, Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 500 more rehabilitated ex-cadres of the LTTE will be released by the end of June.

• June 18: Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa requested all communities of Sri Lanka to stand up against elements attempting to revive the remnants of the defeated militant outfit LTTE who were involved in tarnishing the country's image in the aftermath of the Government's victory over terrorism.

• June 16: In the wake of a documentary aired by Britain's Channel 4 on Sri Lanka's war, the United Nations renewed its call for Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged violations of human rights during the last phase of the three-decade long conflict with the LTTE militants.

• June 15: Following the broadcasting of a documentary on Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE militants by the Channel 4 TV, the United Kingdom pressed Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged war crimes or face an international inquiry.

  A team of Dutch officials investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands arrived in Sri Lanka to interrogate former and current LTTE leaders in the country.

• June 14: Sri Lankan Government intends to use the detained leader of LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan, alias KP, as a State witness to discover more information about the LTTE's overseas operations.

• May 29: The name of former LTTE international wing head and chief arms procurer Tharmalingam Shanmugam Kumaran also known as Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has reportedly been re-included in the Interpol list of wanted persons.

• May 25: Dutch authorities investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands plan to interrogate former and current LTTE leaders in Sri Lanka and are in the process of seeking permission from the Sri Lankan authorities.

• May 23: A top leader of the LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan apologised to India for V. Prabakaran's (the slain LTTE chief) "mistake" of killing the former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.

• May 16: In response to an allegation made on the basis of a newspaper report that Norwegian authorities had been secretly assisting cadres of the militant outfit LTTE out of the country, the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo said that the Norway had never indulged in such activities.

• May 6: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vadaliappu, Kaithady, Meesalai, Omanthai, Maligai, Naddankandal, Madhu, Monarawewa and Wahalkada areas in the North recovered three T-56 weapons, eight T-56 magazines, three T-56 oil bottles, two T-56 tool kits, one 40 mm grenade launcher bomb, two 81-mm mortar bombs, one 60-mm mortar bomb, 19 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs)and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  De-mining groups recovered 175 APMs, three 81-mm mortar bombs, eight electric mines, two 120-mm mortar bombs and 351 rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu, Parasankulam and Panikkulam areas.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs and one hand grenade from Welikanda in Polonnaruwa District and Vandaramulla area in Batticaloa District.

• May 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Wahalkada and Kilinochchi areas in the North recovered two Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 79 APMs and nine electric mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu.

  Troops in the East recovered one 81-mm mortar bomb, four APMs , one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), one 60 -mm mortar bomb and one 82-mm mortar bomb from Pankulam, Muttur and Mukaral areas in Trincomalee District.

• May 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Madhu, Periyamadu, Monarawewa, Wahalkada and Kilinochchi areas in the North recovered two 60-mm mortar bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb and eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 114 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and six electric mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs from Muttur and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• April 30: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa, Wahalkada, Unchalkaddi, Iranamadu, Visuamadhu West and Olumadu areas in the North recovered 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one 81-mm mortar bomb, two hand grenades, 819 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one paddle gun round, one electrical mine and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  Demining groups recovered 350 APMs, 14 electrical mines, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Marathamadu, Gajabapura and Kokutoduvai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one hand grenade from Sittandi area in Batticaloa District.

• April 29: Troops on their search and clear operations in the general areas of Periyavilan, Semmanthivu, Vattapalai and Nallur areas in the North recovered one Anti Personnel Mine(APM), 20 60-mm mortar bombs and two hand grenades.

  Troops in the East recovered nine APM from Punani and Miraodei areas in Batticaloa District.

• April 28: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa and Nayaru areas in the North recovered four Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and four 81-mm mortar bombs.

  Army troops combined with Air Force recovered 18 hand grenades, 170 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 14 rounds of 12.7-mm ammunition, 210 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition and four T-56 magazines from Wellamullivaikkal area.

  De-mining groups recovered 181 APMs, six electric mines and four anti tank mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Kokkuthuduwai areas.

  April 27: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chenkanai, Allari and Kilinochchi areas in the North-recovered one Self Loading Rifle (SLR), two magazines, one 81-mm mortar bomb and one hand grenade.

  Army troops combined with Navy recovered three 60-mm mortar bombs, six 60-mm mortar bomb fuses, three rounds of T-56 ammunition and 44 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links from Akkarayankulam area.

  De-mining groups recovered 188 Antipersonnel Mines and three electric mines from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Kalyanapura areas

• April 26: Troops on their search and clear operations in Jaffna Town, Omanthai and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPGs), six 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and two 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered one hundred and two anti personnel mines and eight electric mines from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  On information received from a civilian troop recovered one 120-mm mortar bomb from Paranthan area..

• April 25: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa and Mankulam areas in the North recovered three Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 60-mm mortar bombs, 225 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 80 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition.

  Demining groups recovered 73 APMs and nine electric bombs from Mahilankulam, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai.

• April 24: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops in Monarawewa area in the North recovered 19 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 136 APMs and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduval areas.

  Troops in the East recovered15 APMs, one HF base station, hand grenades and six 40-mm grenade launcher bombs from Poonagar, Soruwila and Thiraimadu areas in Trincomalee District.

• April 22: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Periyakulam, Omanthai, Monarawewa and Kokkutuduvai areas in the North recovered one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), 28 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine, one 85-mm pounder bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 246 APMs, two RPG bombs, 13 electric mines and two anti tank mines from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  In the East troops recovered one 60-mm High Explosive (HE) bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and three APMs from Komari, Mawadivembu, Kokkadicholai and Pump House Camp areas in Batticaloa District.

  Navy troops in the East recovered six T-56 weapons, 20 T-56 magazines, one T-81 weapon, five T-81 magazines, one 40-mm grenade launcher, 56 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, six hand sets, one I-com set with antenna, three handset antennas, one claymore blasting device, 1500 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, 1100 rounds of M-16 ammunition, 1500 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 163 rounds of 9-mm pistol ammunition from Madurankulam area.

• April 21: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Periyamadu area in the north recovered one Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 226 Anti Personnel Mines 9APMs, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb from Thammannakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Former TNA Member of Parliament S. Kanagaratnam alleged that over 600 innocent Tamil civilians were shot and killed like stray dogs from October 1, 2008 to May 18, 2009 in the Vanni region by the LTTE militants.

• April 19: Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe stated that 480 former LTTE cadres would be released on April 23,. According to the Brigadier Ranasinghe over 7000 rehabilitated former-LTTE cadres have been released so far and some 4100 cadres are still in the rehabilitation centres.

• April 17: Troops on their search and clear operations in Katkidangu, Kokkutuduvai and Visuamadu areas in the North recovered three T-56 weapons, eight T-56 magazines 256 rounds of T-56 ammunition, six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) fuse.

  Police Special Task Force and Army troops on a joint operation recovered one T-56 body group and two RPGs from Wellamullivaikkal area.

• April 15: Troops on their search and clear operations in Pankulam and Pump House Camp areas in the North recovered one claymore mine and three Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 49 APMs from Thampanaikulam and Mahilankulam areas.

  The report of the Panel of Experts appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to investigate accountability issues during the later stages of the Sri Lanka's war against the LTTE militants was leaked to the local media before its official publication.

• April 13: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kanakarayankulam, Kokeliya and Paramankirai areas in the North recovered one Anti Personnel Mine (APM), one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one hand grenade.

  Troops in the East recovered one claymore mine, six 60-mm mortar bombs, two T-56 magazines and three APMs from Kadavan and Kalladi in Puttlam District.

  The Sri Lankan Government rejected the report that was handed over to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 by the Panel of Experts appointed by him to inquire into Sri Lanka’s accountability issues during the final phase of the war against the LTTE militants.

• April 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Katiadi, Vavunikulam and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), 15 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm illumination mortar bombs and one 60-mm mortar bomb.De-mining groups recovered 144 APMs from Mahilankulam and Kokkutuduwai areas. Further, de-mining groups recovered 40 APMs from Kokkutuduvai area.

• April 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Tachchaadappan and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered 24 81-mm mortar bombs and 15 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 211 APMs, two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 82 mm mortar bomb and 11 electric mines from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Palampiddi, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Monarawewa and Maruthamadu areas.

  Police recovered 23 fiberglass boats belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Mankulam town in Vavuniya District of Northern Sri Lanka.

• April 1: Troops on their search and clear operations in Babypuram, Nawatkuli, Periyathampanai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Mankulam and Alaikallupoddakulam areas in the North recovered three 60-mm mortar bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb, 21 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), five hand grenades, one I-com set, one claymore mine, one T-56 weapon body, 253 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 41 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  Police recovered one hand grenade from Thambuttegama area.

  De-mining groups recovered 410 APMs, one anti tank mine and eight electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluwarayankaddaiadampan, Palampiddi, Kokkuthuduwai and Maruthamadu areas.

• March 31: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Nawaladi, Iranamadu, Kalmadukulam, Olumadu and Alampil areas in the North recovered 18 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 60-mm mortar bomb, 21 hand grenades, 1445 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one booby trap, one 122-mm artillery shell and one Improvised Explosive Device explosive.

  De-mining groups recovered 305 APMs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade and six electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Malluwarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan and Maruthamadu areas.

  The Interpol issued an arrest warrant against a Sri Lankan national in the United Kingdom for his alleged involvement in human smuggling (Sri Lankan Tamils to Canada), trafficking, illegal immigration, and terrorism. The accused, identified as Shanmugasundaram Kanthaskaran, is originally a Sri Lankan Tamil from Silavathurai region. According to a confidential Sri Lankan Government report, Kanthaskaran, also known as "Peg Leg Shankar," holds a British passport and operates from the U.K., Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.

• March 29: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kopay, Tamil Primary Rehabilitation Centre, Poonthoddam Co-Op Training Rehabilitation Centre, Technical College Rehabilitation Centre, Pampaimadu Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Vavunikulam, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Mankulam, Ampakamam, Otiyamalai and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered two hand grenades, 22 hand phones, forty-one batteries, 13 sim cards, ninety chargers, 28hand free sets, 22 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one anti tank mine, 12 60-mm mortar bombs, one 130-mm artillery round, three anti personnel mine fuses, 4500 rounds of T-56 bolt ammunition, one 81-mm mortar bomb and two 40-mm grenade launcher bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 211 APMs, one hand grenade and three electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Palamoddai, Madhu, Marathamadu And Gajabapura areas.

  Troops recovered one T-56 weapon from Udappuwa in Colombo District.

• March 28: Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha cautioned against those advocating mono-ethnic separatism in Sri Lanka while espousing the ideology of the LTTE, using its money and being manipulated by its surviving military leaders.

• March 27: Troops on their search and clear operations in Velarchinnakulam, Monarawewa, Alankulam and Vannivilankulam areas in the North recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), seven 81-mm mortar bombs and one hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 192 APMs, one anti tank mine, one 81-mm mortar bomb, nine detonators, one 60-mm mortar bomb fuse and one T-56 magazine from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Otiyamalai.

  In the East, troops recovered 18 APMs from Miraodei and Camp Defence Line Pump House areas in Batticaloa District.

  The Army denied an online pro-LTTE propaganda report of a ‘terrorist attack on a military convoy’ on March 24 as killing five personnel while injuring a senior officer. According to a pro-terrorist online portal, a military convoy had come under a possible ‘LTTE terrorist attack’ deep inside the Habarana jungle enclave. A spokesman for the Army said the story was a complete fabrication and no such incident had taken place.

• March 25: Troops on their search and clear operations in Mullaiyadi, Manthai, Maligal, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai and Paramankirai areas in the North recovered one hand grenade, 12 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), two anti tank mines and one unidentified hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 611 APMs and three hand grenades from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallawarayankaddaiadampan and Marathamadu areas.

• March 23: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduwai and Adampan recovered one anti tank mine, 12 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), four Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 60-mm mortar bomb, two unidentified bombs, two hand grenades and one booby trap.

  De-mining groups recovered 319 APMs, one anti tank mine and one 122-mm artillery shell from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluyarayankaddaiadampan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduwai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb and 10 APMs from Kiran, Pudur and Stanley Base Camp areas.

• March 22: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vathirayan, Manthai, Madhu, Kokkuthuduwai and Udayarkattukulam areas in the North recovered a top cover of an anti tank pressure mine, nine anti tank mines, 25 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), 27 hand grenades and five Bangalore torpedoes .

  De-mining groups recovered 424 APMs and two hand grenades from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyapandivirichchan, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered three 60 -mm mortar bombs, nine APMs , one hand grenade, one T-56 weapon, two magazines and sixty rounds of T-56 ammunition from Muttur, in Trincomalee and Aiyankerni, in Batticaloa District.

• March 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in Mantai, Nochchikulam, Vilathikulam, Kilinochchi, Iranamadu and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 17 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, one T-56 weapon, six hand grenades, nine Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 355 APMs, two hand grenades, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) from Thammannaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Omanthai, Periyapandivirichchan, Malluyaraykaddaiaddappan, Madhu, Marathamadhu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 20: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduvai area in the North recovered five APMs and one anti tank mine.

  De-mining groups recovered 133 APMs , four hand grenades, two T-56 weapons, one tool kit, three rounds of T-56 ball ammunition, one magazine and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Maruthamadu and Kokkutuduvai.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered 14 APMs from Kiran and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• March 19: India’s Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad arrested a Sri Lankan drug peddler, with suspected links to the LTTE from a hideout in Navi Mumbai.

• March 17: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduvai, Pallikudah and Udayarkaddu South areas in the North recovered seven Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one round of 130 mm unexploded Artillery projectile, one unexploded armour projectile, seven RPG, seven hand grenades and one claymore mine.

  Canadian authorities ordered the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant who had entered Vancouver in August 2010 aboard the Thai ship MV Sun Sea on the charge of being member of the militant outfit LTTE.

  De-mining groups recovered 360 APMs, 11 electric mines, one booby trap and one hand grenade from Thammannaikulam, Mahilankulam, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Marathamadu, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi and Adampan.

  Police recovered five RPG bombs, one hundred and ten hand grenades and one shot gun from Puthukudiyirippu, Kendawattha and Monaragala areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered one RPG bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and two T-56 weapons from Kulaththamadu, Pulipanchikal and Thiuchenai areas.

• March 16: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kudamian, Saliyapura, Semmanttivu, Omantai and Miraodei, areas in the North recovered seven hand grenades, 175 APMs, 145 APM fuses, six 60-mm mortar bombs, three anti tank mines, one claymore mine, two IEDs,one trapping and three 81 mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 260 APMs, nine hand grenades, one RPG, four electrical mines, one T-56 Magazine, one 40-mm mortar bomb, one anti tank mine and four jumping mines from Thampanaikulam, Wankalai, Navathkualam, Mahilankulam, Mulluyarayankaddaiadappan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 15: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Maligai, Monarawewa, Mallavi and Olumadu areas in the North recovered 18 APMs, one 81-mm mortar bomb and two hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 315 APMs, 151 hand grenades, two 60-mm mortar bombs, one claymore mine, four electric mines and one anti tank mine from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 14: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Monerawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Udayarkattu and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered 15 APMs, seven claymore mines and 30 hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 312 APMs, 61 hand grenades, three 60-mm mortar bombs, seven electric mines and one anti tank mine from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluyarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduwai areas .

  Troops in the East recovered two T-81 magazines and forty-five T-56 magazines from Thannipalai area in Batticaloa District.

• March 13: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vellamullivaikkal area in the North recovered 750 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 15 hand grenades and seven T-56 magazines.

  De-mining groups recovered 132 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, 12 electric mines, from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Maruthamadu and Eranapalay areas.

  Troops in the East recovered two hand grenades from Kathiraveli area in Batticaloa District.

  Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Government was still trying to use the LTTE to win votes.

• March 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chava, Manthai, Monarawewa and Kokkuthuduwai areas in the North recovered 26 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 249 APMs, one claymore mine, two 60-mm mortar bombs and three hand grenades from Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Kokkuthuduvai, Thampanaikulam, Vankalai, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Periyathampanai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered three hundred and twenty-five anti personnel mines, two hand grenades, two trap guns and two 40 mm grenade launcher bombs from Punanai, Narakamulla, Mylambaveli, Kinniady, Thiraimadu and Kanchikudichchiaru areas in Batticaloa District.

  Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that over 70 percent of former LTTE cadres were rehabilitated and integrated to society and the rest is being rehabilitated by the Government.

• March 10: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai, Nallur, Mullattivu, Lakbone and Kinnady areas in the North recovered 33 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one hand grenade and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) on March 10.

  Troops at Entry Exit Point in Omanthai recovered 200 gm of C-4 explosives, 15 feet long detonator code and two electric detonators left unattended under the rear seat of a bus.

  De-mining groups recovered 193 APMs and one RPG from Vankalal, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan and Kokkutuduwai areas.

• March 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Karuvalpuliyankulam, Monarawewa and Kulamurippu areas in the North recovered 13 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81 mm mortar bombs and three claymore mines.

  Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said in Parliament that the LTTE cadres are being trained in secret training camps in Tamil Nadu in India.

  De-mining groups recovered 427 APMs, five hand grenades, 8500 rounds of General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) ammunition, five 81-mm mortar bombs, 54 rounds of 5.0 mm ammunition, four Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), three 60-mm mortar bombs and one Arul bomb from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Kokkutuduvai, Elephant Pass and Shivanagar areas.

• March 8: Troops on their search and clear operations in Naganchole area in the North recovered 14 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  Troops recovered 48 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition from Pawakkudichenai area.

  De-mining groups recovered 496 APMs from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Plantation Industries Minister and Presidential nominee on Human Rights Affairs Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the members of pro LTTE elements in the countries where the LTTE has been banned are holding the pictures of LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran, LTTE flags and their emblem during demonstrations.

• March 7: Troops on their search and clear operations in the general areas of Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Putiyampkkari, Kariyalvagal and Iranamadu recovered 45 anti personnel mines, one 60 mm mortar bomb, 39 hand grenades, two 122 mm Artillery shells, one 130 mm Artillery shell, one 81mm mortar bomb, one 40 mm bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and ten Jonny mines.

  De-mining groups recovered 800 anti personnel mines and nine 60 mm mortar bombs from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallawarayankaddaiadappan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled that the mere association with the LTTE is not enough to constitute its membership.

• March 6: The groups working under the aegis of the LTTE is plotting again at the UN Human Rights Council sessions to destabilise Sri Lanka but their efforts will not succeed as it had failed during more difficult times earlier, said Plantations Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who led the Sri Lankan delegation to Geneva.

• March 3: A Sri Lankan court refused to grant bail to 17 suspected LTTE cadres who were arrested when they were trying to flee the country in February.

• March 2: Sri Lanka Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 106 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres were released.

• March 1: Sri Lanka noted that remnants of the LTTE international network continued its criminal activities and its secessionist agenda.

  Government of Sri Lanka on its own must investigate the killing of thousands of civilians in the final months of its separatist war with LTTE or else may risk an international probe into the alleged war crimes, said Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South, and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department said in an interview to the AFP news agency.

• February 25: The Canadian Government is mulling over the confiscation of all LTTE banking and fund raising activities in Canada. Minister for External Affairs G. L. Peiris said that Canada was already in the process of crafting the necessary legislation. The Minister said that Jason Kenny, a Canadian Minister had taken the lead in this respect.

• February 22: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Omanthai, Alagallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai and Poonakary areas in the North recovered 41 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm mortar bombs and one trapped 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 168 APMs, four electricAPMs , two 81-mm mortar bombs and one hand grenade from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Thambanaikulam, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Troops recovered one anti personnel mine from Bakmitiyawa area in Amapara District.

  Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that despite the nations physical war with the LTTE militants being over resulting in their elimination from the land, the warfare has not come to an end as the 'cyber war', the war on information highway, is still continuing. Delivering the keynote address at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on "Strategic Dimensions of Cyber Warfare", at the 'Cyber Warfare Workshop - 2011,' the Army Commander said the Cyber Warfare was an emerging threat to the entire world. The General also warned of activities of anti-Sri Lankan forces and pro-LTTE activists around the world.

• February 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in Poowarasankulam, Kollapuliyankulam, Mahilankulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Mailwanpuram and Nayaru areas in the North recovered 45 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), eleven hand grenades, six 81-mm mortar bombs, ten 60-mm mortar bombs, 205 detonators, 320 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, two pouches, one claymore mine and one RCL bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 241 APMs, one 81 -m mortar bomb and three anti tank mines from Thammanakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malawarayankaddaiadappan, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduwai areas.

• February 20: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kalambam, Omanthai, Navatkulam, Kilinochchi and Visuamadu areas in the North recovered four hand grenades, six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) bomb, two parts of RPG bombs and one Arul bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 126 APMs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai and Marathamadhu areas.

  Police special operation unit recovered one claymore mine weighing about 15 Kg and one disposable RPG from Ulukkulama area.

  Troops in the East recovered seven APMs from PUNANI area in Batticaloa District.

• February 17: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Ariyalai, Army Watta, Allarai, Kanagarayankulam, Alankulam, Mahilankulam, Kilinochchi and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 33 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 60-mm mortar bombs, five hand grenades, one 30-mm ammunition, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one 82-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 316 APMs, one hand grenade, one anti tank mine and four 81 mm mortar bombs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kumakulam, Iranamadu, Adampan and Kokkuthuduwai.

• February 15: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Meesalai, Chundikkulam, Manthai, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Iranamadu, Visuamadu, Olumadu and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered one Outboard Motor (OBM), 61 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm mortar bombs, nine 60-mm mortar bombs, three hand grenades, 11 130-mm artillery projectiles, one local made hunting weapon, 300 gms of unidentified explosives, one iron coil, seven photo albums, one VCD dice and ten Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) documents.

  De-mining groups recovered 331 APMs and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Katteladppan, Mahilankulam, Navathkulam, Periyathampanai, Malawarayankaddaiadappan, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kokkuthuduwai and Shivanagar areas.

  Troops in the East recovered ten 81-mm mortar bombs from Aliyaodei area.

• February 14: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Alakallupottukulam, Omanthai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Iranamadhu, Wisumadu, Alankolam, Mulative Town and Puthumattalan areas in the North recovered 57 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, two pistols, six pistol magazines, 18 pistol ammunition, one pistol belt order, one pistol pouches, two radio communication sets, one switch knife, two hand cuff, two small torch, one 210 liters of petrol barrel, nine 60-mm mortar bombs, one hand grenade, 11 Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), five RPG fuses, three 12.5 kg claymore bombs, six 60-mm mortar fuses, six Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links, 33 MPMG ammunition and six anti personnel mine fuses.

  Meanwhile, de-mining groups recovered 272 APMs, five 60-mm mortar bombs, three 81mm mortar bombs, five hand grenades and six anti tank mines from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marayankaddiadappan, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kokkuthuduwai, Ramanatpuram and Shivanagar areas.

  Also, troops in the East recovered twoAPMs , one misfired hand grenade and one 12 bore shotgun from Kaddamurivukulam, Kayankerni and Monarawewa areas in Batticaloa District.

  Also, troops recovered one repeater gun and one 12 bore local weapon from Kiribathgoda and Balangoda areas in Colombo District.

• February 13:Troops on their search and clear operations in Vannivilankulam, Periyamadu, Iranamadu, Akkarayankulam, Uralapotamaddaikulam, Mallavi, Kokavil and Kumulamunai areas in the North recovered 36 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 18 gas bombs, 51 hand grenades, one 60-mm mortar bomb, 22 81-mm mortar bombs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one T-56 weapon.

  De-mining groups recovered 118 APMs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Kokkuthuduwai and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered two APMs, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one RPG from Unnachchiya and Kiran areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Alakallapottukulam, Periyamadu, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Iranamadu, Amutankulam and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered 52 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 21 60-mm mortar bombs, one 60-mm mortar charger, one mobile phone, one sim card, two mobile batteries and two mobile battery chargers.

  Meanwhile, troops in the East recovered five APMs and one 12 bore gun from Kiran and Arebalangoda areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 10: Troops on their search and clear operations in Madduvil East, Manthai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Iranamadu, Mulliyavelai and Tannimurippu Kulam areas in the North recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, one hand grenade, 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 21 i tank mines and one Rocket Propeller Grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 25 APMs from Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

• February 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai and Iranamadu areas in the North recovered 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APM), one 120-mm Artillery shell, one hand grenade and one 60-mm mortar bomb

  Troops in the East recovered one hand grenade and four APMs from Salpitigama, Damanewela and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 8: Troops on their search and clear operations in Erupalaikopay, Manthai, Kokkuthuduwai, Arasapurkulam and Mankulam areas in the North recovered two 81-mm mortar bombs, nine Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one claymore mine, two hand grenades and one 9-mm Browning pistol.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs and one hand grenade from Punani and Salpitigama areas in Batticaloa District.

  Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne said that the Tamil Diaspora and LTTE sympathizers in Europe were trying to raise allegations of war crimes against the country.

• February 6: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chava, Madduvil, Kokkutuduwai, Kilinochchi and Madupulthottam areas in the North recovered one 81-mm mortar bomb, one 152-mm Artillery shell, one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Anti Personnel Mine (APM) and five hand grenades .

  The Navy recovered one hand grenade from Wellawatta area in Colombo District.

• February 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Thondamanaru, Visuamadu and Punani areas in the North recovered two 120-mm mortar bombs, 13 40-mm grenades, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

• February 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Thanniyattu area in the North recovered one hand grenade.

  Police recovered two hand grenades from Rathnapura District in the South.

• February 2: Troops on their search and clear operations Iranamadu, Visuamadu, Maduvilnadu West and Udayarkaddu areas in the North recovered three hand grenades, 47 Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made hand grenades, one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb, 247 leaf springs, one tool kit box with 12 spanners, one drilling machine, one vise and two steel taps.

  De-mining groups recovered 98 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Kattaiadampan, Malluwarayankattaiadampan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Police recovered one T-56 weapon and one T-56 magazine along with five rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mulleriyawa in Colombo District.

• February 1: Troops on their search and clear operations in Eralai, Manthai, Gajabapura, Kokkutuduwai, Vishuamadu, Alampil and Mulliyavelai areas in the North recovered three Arul bombs, nine Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, two hand grenades, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 59 APMs from Kattaiadampan area.

• January 30: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kevil, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi, Alankulam, Mankulam and Madurankarnikulam areas in the North recovered two claymore mines, 114 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar bomb and one T-56 weapon.

• January 28: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Monarawewa, Alankulam and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered 84 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar trapping, 11 hand grenades, 16 60-mm mortar bombs, 16 81-mm mortar bombs and ten 60-mm mortar fuses.

  De-mining groups recovered 16 APMs, one Jonny mine, three anti tank mines, three 81-mm mortar bombs, eight hand grenades and eight electronic mines from Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Mahavalanpaddamurippu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one T-56 weapon, five T-56 magazines, 186 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one pack and eight APMs from Mangauththu and Punani areas in Batticaloa District

  A Sri Lankan court issued open arrest warrants against six prominent cadres of the LTTE believed to be living overseas. The court order will be implemented through the Interpol.

• January 26: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kopai North, Kaithadi, Chava, Sarasalei, Nagarilluppaikulam, Manthai, Thirukethishvaram, Maligai, Mahilankulam, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai, Mullaittivu and Puthukkuddiyiruppu areas in the North recovered two T-81 Arul bombs, one 152-mm mortar bomb, one 81-mm mortar bomb, one 122-mm mortar bomb, one claymore mine, two electric detonators, 103 Anti Personnel Minesn(APMs), one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and two hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 29 APMs, two hand grenades and one RPG from Periyathampanai, Maruthamadu, Iranamadu and Shivanagar areas.

• January 24: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Thiruketheeswaram, Maligai, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Visuamadu, Mankulam and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered 60 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine, one hand grenade, 166 rounds of 12.7-mm ammunition, one torpedo, ten claymore switches, seven claymore stands, one 81-mm mortar bomb and 4000 unidentified pellets.

  De-mining groups recovered 140 APMs, four anti tank mines, one 60-mm mortar bomb, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one hand grenade and 661 rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Madhu, Marathamadu, Gajabapura, Kokkuthuduwai, Shivanagar and Visuamadukulam areas.

  Troops in the East recovered ten 81-mm mortar bombs from Kiran area in Batticaloa District.

• January 23: Troops on their search and clear operations in Paleivadi, Arasapuram, Alampil and Kombavil areas in the North recovered two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and 18 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 113 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Madu, Marathamadu and Iranamadu areas.

• January 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in the Vidattaltivu, Manthai, Palaivady, Puliyankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi And Akkarayankulam areas in the North recovered 15 60-mm mortar bombs, 23 60-mm para bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb, three 82-mm mortar bombs, 41 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), four hand grenades and a body part of a T-56 weapon.

  De-mining groups recovered 95 APMs and six electric mines from Mahilankulam, Maruthamdu, Kokkutuduvai and Iranamadu areas.

• January 20: Troops on their search and clear operations in Oddukulam, Manthai, Maligai, Madhu, Monarawewa, Ranabapura, Otiyamale, Kokkutuduway, Wellamulliwaikkal and Koddamunal areas in the North recovered one claymore mine, 65 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 60-mm mortar bombs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), two hand grenades, 5250 rounds of 7.62 x 17-mm pistol ammunition and one 60-mm mortar barrel.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in Koddamunai and Kerativu in Ampara District in the East recovered two suicide jackets.

• January 19: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Olumadu area in the North recovered one hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 128 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and two 60-mm mortar bombs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu, Gajabapura, Kokkuthuduwai, Anuradhapura Town and Adampan areas.

  Troops in the East recovered 14 APMs from Kinniyadi area in Trincomalee District

  President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed a four-member committee to study the cases of detained Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspects and recommend suitable action to expedite the cases against them, Colombo Page reported on January 18. The committee was appointed following a recommendation made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LRRC) in its interim report.

• January 18: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Teirukethiswaram, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduway and Vellamulliwaikkal areas in the North and recovered 45 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, five 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, five T-56 magazines, three hand grenades, one pistol, three pistol magazines and forty-five rounds of pistol ammunition.

  De-mining groups recovered 115 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Maruthamadhu and Iranamadu areas.

• January 16: Troops on their search and clear operations in Visuamadukulam and Mulliyavelai areas in the North recovered one Mobil phone battery, one piece of Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) round and eight Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG).

  De-mining groups recovered 52 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Mahilankulam, Iranamadu and Maruthamadhu areas.

• January 14: Troops on their search and clear operations in Babypuram, Kokkuthuduway and Nanthikadal recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, one anti tank mine, one Anti Personnel Mine (APM), one hand grenade, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and two pieces of RPG.

  De-mining groups recovered 17 APMs mines from Mahilankulam and Maruthamadhu areas

• January 12: Police in Switzerland arrested 10 suspected cadres of the LTTE from various locations in Switzerland.

• January 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Achchelu, Kollankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Ranabapura, Kokilay, Vattapali and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb, 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), one 81-mm Para bomb, four 81-mm mortar bombs, 750 rounds of T-56 ammunition and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 32 APMs and one hand grenade from Mahilankulam, Periyapandivirichchan and Marathamadhu areas.

• January 10: Trops on their search and clear operations in Kankasanthurai and Valayapariththikulam areas in the North recovered one hand grenade and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 16 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Iranamadu area.

• January 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Menik Farm and Wellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered one hand grenade, one T-56 weapon, one T-56 magazine and 29 rounds of T-56 ammunition.

  De-mining groups recovered 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Mahilankulam and Maruthamadhu areas.

• January 7: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Thiruketheeswaram, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Monarawewa and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 11 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 60-mm mortar bomb and one electric mine.

  De-mining groups recovered 91 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadhu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations recovered one T-56 weapon, twenty-eight rounds of T-56 ammunition and one T-56 magazine along with twenty rounds of T-56 ammunition from Gandara Police area in Colombo District in the South.

• January 6: Dinesh Gunawardena, the Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister, told the Parliament that the members of the LTTE possessed at least eight vessels and these ships are being used for illegal activities overseas, including human trafficking.

• January 5: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Kokkuthuduvai and Mulliyavalai areas in the North recovered 11 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one Shot Gun.

  De-mining groups recovered 21 APMs from Veppankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops recovered 95 60-mm mortar bombs, fourteen 81 mm mortar bombs, three 81 mm Para bombs, two 120 mm mortar bombs, seven Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), six 84 mm bombs, ten anti personnel mines, four Arul bombs and ten 60 mm mortar fuses from Aliyaode area in Batticaloa District in the East.

• January 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa and Kumulamunai areas in the North recovered 24 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar bomb and two 60-mm mortar bombs.

  red 12 Anti Personal Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one hand grenade and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  Police recovered one hand grenade from Negambo in Gampaha District in the West.

• January 2: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Oddankulam, Kokkuthuduvai and Katkulam areas in the North recovered eight 60-mm mortar bombs, one unidentified Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bomb and eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered one APM, two T-56 magazines and six rounds of T-56 ammunition from Punani and Uriyankaddu in Batticaloa District.

  Troops found remains of a skeleton suspected to be of human along with few parts of military gear from Oddusudan area in Mullaithivu District.

  Colombo Magistrate Court ordered to further remand 55 former LTTE cadres suspected of committing serious crimes against the State during the war with the Government.