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An Item Which needs Maximum
Publicity Towards National Security
Insight By Sunil Kumara
For LankaWeb
June 15th 2007
The following item needs to be given maximum publicity
so that it sinks into the craniums of all those who protested the recent
actions of the Government of Sri Lanka which very justifiably removed
LTTE supportive covert operatives disguised as innocent civilians who
had infiltrated Colombo where there was absolutely no need for any apology
to the International Community and everyone else who recoiled at the
Government's decision to what is definitively and beyond a doubt preventive
action. This should also be a reprimand to the United National Party
led by Sri Lanka's traitor No 1 Ranil Wickremasinghe, The JVP led by
Somawansa Amerasinghe, the TNA and the rest of the hoi poloi sensationalists
who sometimes gets overly conscientious and the rest of the opposition
which screamed blue murder that this was unethical and hinted it was
'ethnic cleansing', shameful but the furthest from the truth.
This well documented defence news report portrays very clearly that
the Government was indeed justified in taking these measures on the
basis of" Better Safe Than Sorry!" regardless of sections
of world opinion which seems so myopic relative to the implications
of massive terror attacks in the capital Colombo where Sri Lanka can
take no more chances or leave a single stone unturned for very obvious
reasons!!
The opinions which led to the huge sympathy wave have very obviously
been swayed by blatantly wrong, concocted and falsely orchestrated and
misrepresented LTTE propaganda effected quite efficiently by all their
worldwide supporters where the honest, hardworking, freedom loving LTTE
hating Tamils have never had anything to fear in Colombo where it was
a protective haven from the perils and sufferings inflicted on them
by Velupillai Prabhakaran in the North and East of Sri Lanka and the
objective of this insert is to promote the trashing of all the falsified
reports worldwide which led to the Sri Lankan Government making a public
apology which was totally out of order and unnecessary being a Sovereign
Democracy albeit plagued by the scourge of LTTE terrorism!!
In fact on the basis of this item alone the Government of Sri lanka
and the Armed Forces need to be compelled to push harder with every
strength the Sri Lankan Armed Forces possess and all the fire power
and intelligence they can muster together with the support of all the
dedicated Nations and World Powers against World Terrorism to which
the LTTE indisputably belong, in order to completely wipe them out!
Please read on! This is not fiction but a logistically compiled intelligence
report based on hard evidence!
Surveillance Vital As Tigers Unleash Bloodbath Plans (Courtesy of InfoLanka)
LTTE facing final Eastern battle in Thoppigala ~ Ranil Wijeypala
DESTRUCTIVE DESIGNS: The LTTE has not given up its campaign of terror
despite the setbacks they are facing in the North - East. Their desire
to create a bloodbath in the South has not been excluded from their
agenda.
Front view of the lorry
Their determination to create mayhem in Colombo is still in their agenda
without any change. Though they have not become innovative in their
efforts to trod on the path of democracy they have become more innovative
in their terror operations.
The Tiger outfit is making all desperate attempts to infiltrate Colombo
to achieve their target. The increased vigilance of the Security Forces,
in the aftermath of the two claymore mine explosions in Ratmalana and
Colombo has brought positive results.
The detention of the explosive laden lorry 41-3589 at the Vehicle Checkpoint
at Palugas Handiya, Kotawehera Police Division on June 1, rang alarm
bells among the Security Forces on the intention of the Tiger outfit
to create mayhem in Colombo.
If not for the vigilance of the Police Officer who intensely searched
the vehicles at the checkpoint, by this time the country would have
experienced its worst terror attack in the three decade long conflict
in the country.
After the careful examination of the vehicle by the Bomb Disposal Experts
from the Army and the Police, 46 explosive charges packed in boxes carefully
fitted to the frames of the panels of the two sides of the lorry were
detected, containing a total of 1025 Kg of explosives.
All the charges were interconnected through detonating codes and 37
charges contained a layer of ball bearing with the intention of making
a heavy impact on civilians in the targeted area.
The STF bomb disposal experts found that the charges contained C4 explosives,
commonly used by the LTTE in all recent operations in the South.
Each charge contained between 9 Kg to 10 Kg high explosives and the
inclusion of ball bearings indicated that the LTTE was looking for an
‘Open space collateral damage’ as explained by the explosive
experts, to
Reconstruction of the chargers.
inflict greater physical and human carnage in a densely populated area.
STF and Army bomb disposal experts and Govt. Analyst Officers jointly
reconstructed the charges in the inner compartment of the lorry to ascertain
the greater picture that would have been caused if they went ahead with
their plan.
The findings of the Bomb Disposal experts painted a clear picture of
the consequences of an explosion using a quantity of around 1,000 Kg
in an explosive-laden lorry. They estimated that the area of destruction
would have been vast - a minimum 500 metre radius.
The use of vehicle bombs to attack densely populated city centres has
been a feature of terrorists throughout the globe and the LTTE is no
exception.
In this instance, according to the explosive experts, the LTTE was
looking to create catastrophic damage to the targeted area. The outcome
of the explosion would result in direct blast effect, structural collapses,
debris impact, fire and smoke and other indirect effects preventing
timely evacuation.
An explosion of this magnitude will also cause the complete shutdown
of life saving systems, major damage from Gas/ Chemical explosions,
widespread damage to the surroundings, air and liquid hazards, post
blast traumatic conditions and loss of life to a great extent.
A clear picture of the magnitude of destruction that can be caused
using 1,000 kg of C4 explosives can be perceived when one considers
the quantity of explosives used by the LTTE for bomb explosions in Colombo
and suburbs.
Even in the Central Bank explosion the LTTE used only 250 Kg of explosives.
View of the driver’s cabin wire edges to connect the detonators.
Therefore, any person can imagine the magnitude of the explosion if
the explosive laden vehicle infiltrated Colombo.
With the detention of the 1025 Kg explosive laden vehicle and the explosion
of two claymore mines in Ratmalana and Colombo, the Security Forces
got confirmation that the intelligence report they received a few months
back was now being unfolded in Colombo.
Police investigations also revealed that the driver and cleaner of
the lorry detected at Kotawehera had been living in a lodge in Colombo
for more than two months.
The detection of the explosive laden vehicle fully tallied with the
intelligence reports received by the Security Forces about a guerilla
type raid targeting an economic nerve centre in Colombo or a VVIP.
According to intelligence reports the Tiger outfit was awaiting a huge
explosion using nearly 1000 Kg explosives to fully accomplish their
target to send in Tiger cadres to fully de-stabilise the security in
Colombo.
According to the plan the Tiger cadres infiltrating Colombo were remaining
in lodges and various other places in Colombo suburbs until they get
the nod from the Tiger leader to accomplish their pre-planned guerilla
type raid.
With the receipt of confirmed reports about the Tiger infiltration
in Colombo, the defence authorities, alarmed by this situation gave
instructions to intensify security in Colombo.
The measures taken by the Security Forces and the Police however, triggered
controversy among politicians
Arming switch
and also among the international community.
The search operations carried out by the Police in Colombo ended up
in sending hundreds of Tamils living in Colombo lodges to Vavuniya after
loading them in CTB buses. However, the intention of the Defence authorities
was to detain only the suspicious people living in lodges and many people
were sent to Vavuniya without questioning.
The clear objective of the operation was to send the suspected people
living in lodges to their villages giving them the option either to
go back to their village or be served with detention orders. The main
objective was to reduce the number of suspected people under Police
custody to reduce the burden on the Government and to minimise the inconvenience
to Tamil civilians.
However, the Government admitted there had been lapses on the part
of the Security Forces and Police in the process of sending the Tamil
people living in lodges.
The Tiger outfit took full advantage of the event and raised concerns
among the international community explaining the situation as an attempt
to evict the Tamil community from Colombo.
The southern polity too took advantage of this situation and made it
the main theme of their political agenda to discredit the Government
without any concern for the security situation in Colombo.
Dismantled chargers
It was natural that Tamil civilians living in Colombo lodges were subjected
to this type of search operations as the LTTE outfit is making use of
these civilians to accomplish their missions in Colombo.
However, this type of High Risk Community Surveillance is common in
countries like the UK in their search for al-queda suspects and Muslims
are frequently monitored by them.
The raid of lodges has to be a part of the Security Operations in Colombo,
as the suicide bombers involved in the Gamini Dissanayake assassination
and the attempted suicide mission to take the life of former President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga had lived in Colombo lodges.
Apart from this the Government will also be able to crackdown on abductions
and ransom cases if they monitor the movements of suspicious people
in these lodges.
Therefore, the Security Forces will have to be more alert on suspicious
people living in Colombo considering the high-risk security situation
in Colombo specially in the face of setbacks the Tigers are now facing
in the North-East battle fronts.
The Tiger outfit is now facing their final battle in Thoppigala in
face of the advancing troops towards their heavily fortified bases,
with more Tiger cadres surrendering and many cadres committing suicide.
The Security Forces have cleared nearly 70 per cent of the Thoppigala
jungles taking many of the satellite bases under Security Forces control.
So far the Security Forces have killed more than 300 Tiger cadres in
the battles in the West and South of Batticaloa including during the
Thoppigala battle.
According to sources the Tiger outfit is undergoing a severe food shortage
within the Thoppigala jungles
A scene inside one of the lodges.
though they have received more ammunition through sea routes to increase
their firepower.
But the circumstances faced by the Tiger outfit in the Thoppigala jungles
will definitely be exposed within the next few days with the fall of
their bastions in Thoppigala jungles.
Prabhakaran will also face many blows with all their attempts to create
mayhem in Colombo exposed at the hand of vigilant Security Forces and
Police and due to increased security measures taken by Defence authorities
to thwart their diabolical attempts.
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The deadliest LTTE vehicle bomb attacks
a. 03 May 1986 Explosion in Air Lanka Tri-Star Flight (City of Colombo)
at the Colombo International Airport, 13 Foreign Nationals and 03 Sri
Lankan civilians died due to the explosion. 40 passengers were injured.
The type of explosive which had been introduced was identified as “Nitro
glycerine” weighing around 10kg. The Aircraft was assessed as a
write off and not economically repairable.
b. 21 April 1987 - When the Pettah Central Bus Stand was crowded with
office workers, a massive explosion occurred. An explosive laden car
identified as a “Ford Escort” parked close to the People’s
Bank Building near the Bus Stand exploded killing 113 persons and injuring
298 persons in the vicinity. Post Blast Investigations revealed the
09 Boxes of P-4 explosives weighing around 30kg had been concealed in
the Car.
c.05 July 1987 - Explosion of a Lorry laden with explosive by the LTTE
at Nelliady Army camp in Point Pedro killing 17 SF Personnel and injuring
31 soldiers. This was the first suicide operation by the LTTE cadre
Wasanthan alias Captain Miller,taking a leaf out of the experience of
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hezbollah Guerillas of Lebanon.
Type of explosives used had been TNT weighing around 50 kg.
d. 09 November 1987 - Explosion of an explosive laden car in close
proximity to Maradana Police killing 30 and injuring 106 civilians.
The explosion destroyed about 29 vehicle sand wrecked 15 Private Establishments
in the vicinity.
e. 02 March 1991 - Explosion of a van in close proximity to the Police
Field Force HQ in Havelock Road in CBO - 05 assassinated the Hon. Minister
of Foreign Affairs & Deputy Minister of Defence, Gen. Ranjan Wijeratne.
The area of Destruction was a radius of 60 meters. About 14 Buildings
in the vicinity were also severely damaged. The explosion killed 25
persons and injured 70 persons.
f. 21 June 1991 - Explosion at the MOD Operational HQ in Flower Road
Colombo 07 creating a large crater about 10 feet x 8 feet x 4 feet killing
21 persons and injuring 129 persons. The LTTE had exploded a blue coloured
ISUZU lorry affecting the entire vicinity.
g. 31 January 1996 - An explosive laden lorry exploded opposite the
Central Bank affecting the economy of Sri Lanka. It was assessed about
250 kg of TNT based explosives had been used making the death toll at
96 in number and injuring 1338. Most of the business establishments
in the locality were completely affected and were out of business for
at least for a period of one year.
h. 15 October 1987 - An explosive laden lorry went in to the car park
of the Galadari Hotel in Fort killing 13 and injuring 102 persons. This
devastating explosion caused damages to the World Trade Center and several
prominent hotels in the locality taking a toll on the economy of Sri
Lanka. Around 250 kg high explosive shad bene used by the LTTE for this
operation.
i. 05 March 1996 - An explosive laden Nissan Civilian private coach
was exploded by the LTTE, which was on its way to the Parliament approach
road, when intercepted by the Beat PC opposite the Maradana Railway
Station. This explosion resulted in killing 32 and injuring 252 others.
Damaging around 60 buildings and vehicles in the locality. With Explosives
identified as Composition B(TNT + C - 4) explosives had been used in
this operation. Charges were packed on side panels of the motor coach.
j. 25 January 1998 - An explosion laden lorry exploded opposite the
most hallowed Buddhist Temple int he world, Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy
killing 08 Devotees causing minimum casualties as it was in the early
hours of the morning on a Sunday. The blast caused extensive damages
to the sacrosanct Sri Dalada Maligawa.
k. 16 October 2006 - a Sri Lanka Naval Convoy was subjected to a suicide
explosion using an explosive laden lorry at Digampothana in Sigiriya
killing 129 x SLN Personnel and injuring 116 others. Around 100kg of
High explosives had been used in this operation.
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