'LTTE responsible for every death in Wanni' says TULF leader
(By: Walter Jayawardhana)
The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President, V.
Anandasangaree, told the gallant soldiers who won back 95 percent of the
land occupied by the LTTE terrorists that in recapturing that land they
have made a name for themselves by being very concerned not to harm
civilians kept as a human shield by the LTTE.
He said they will have to work with the same token,
not doing "anything in haste to end the war quickly," keeping up their
good name.
The TULF leader added, " the people expect them to act
with caution and not to spoil their name that they earned by sacrificing
a lot of their comrades. I tell the gallant soldiers that they have
already won the war with no hopes for the LTTE to regain any part of the
territory. But the civilian lives, they have to protect as a sacred duty
cast on them, in defence of the nation."
Sangaree further charged, "The LTTE, once acclaimed by
some as very brave, have now become cowards. At this desperate hour they
will not hesitate to do any thing with venomous intentions of putting
the blame on the others. We expect the army that liberated 95% of the
area under the LTTE, with minimum casualties, will not do anything in
haste to end the war quickly."
He said, "I am distressed over the unhappy news
reaching from Wanni, about the unusually heavy casualties in the War
front, from the time the forces set their feet on the Wanni soil. Only
two days back the whole of Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, USA and India
believed the LTTE's canard that over five thousand soldiers had been
taken as captives and a large number of them were killed. The whole of
last morning all telephones were ringing continuously to find out as to
what is happening in Wanni. By noon, the news, of the capture of
Mullaitheevu Town reached all parts of the world, put an end to this
mischievous rumour and those who were celebrating the "victory" had to
put their heads down in shame.
Whether what we hear today is true or another canard
of the LTTE, the people expect the forces to act with restraint, because
whatever happens to them, they have a moral duty to safeguard the
innocent people, who are trapped in the LTTE held area or rather kept by
them under compulsion as human shield, for their own protection.
Hence the LTTE should take the blame for every death
that occurs in Wanni today."
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