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Weapons uncovered in Mullaittivu

Sri Lanka Army troops have recovered artillery items including one 130 mm artillery gun barrel, four 152 mm artillery gun barrels, four 152 mm artillery gun trails, two 152 mm artillery gun carriages and two 120 HP out board motors from Wellamullivaikkal yesterday (31 October 2012).

These recoveries are made from the areas where the LTTE kept civilians as hostage creating a human shield during the final stages of the war. During the battle Tiger terrorists consistently attacked army positions with artilleries mounting in the areas where the civilians were forcefully kept. Facing imminent defeat the terrorists disregarded all international norms and massacred the lives of the innocent Tamil civilians.

The world watched in horrified silence when the Tamil tigers shot men, women and terrified children who tried to flee from the human shield. Arial footages showed LTTE gunmen mercilessly shooting at the hordes of people who tried to escape to government held territory. The terrorists had also heavily mined the surrounding areas. Military demining units recovered a huge amount of anti personnel mines during demining operations soon after the end of the humanitarian operations.

The attempt made by the Sri Lankan government was praiseworthy to rescue civilian hostage with minimum causality from cruel LTTE hands. The operation will go down in history as the biggest humanitarian operation to rescue hostages in the world. Sri Lanka has set an example in defeating terrorism and post war recovery for the world to follow. What the West should realise is that Sri Lanka was fighting the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world.