Sri Lankan military defies call by Co-Chairs, launches three pronged military attack
On 6 October, at 4.00am in the morning, Sri Lankan military attempted a three pronged attack to capture the Vaharai area under LTTE administration. Taking part in the offensive with the Sri Lankan military were members of the Karuna-paramilitary group.
 One group of the Sri Lankan military moved from its Mankerny camp and attempted to go northwards. They moved up to the Pannichchankerni LTTE point. At the same time the Sri Lankan Navy landed troupes and Karuna-group members slightly north of the Panichchankerni LTTE point. Heavy clashes ensued and both groups were repelled by the LTTE. The third group of Sri Lankan military attempted to move from Kaddumurippu, an inland region, towards Kathiraveli. This was also repelled by the LTTE. Five LTTE fighters were killed in this attack. So far thirteen bodies of the Sri Lankan military were captured and one was caught alive. The large scale offensive comes at a time when the co-chairs have called on the parties to halt all violence and come for unconditional direct talks and the LTTE has responded positively to that call.
06 October 2006
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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