Latest Reports in TN Web - 12.11.1997 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit news@tamilnet.com Wed Nov 12 17:02:18 1997 TamilNet's Newsdesk has filed following recently: For full story please visit URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/ GMT:19:32 Tigers continue to press Jaffna SLA [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] The Liberation Tigers attacked the Sri Lankan army at Vathiri, in Jaffna this evening at 6.30. Initial reports from Jaffna say that 4 Sri Lankan troops were wounded in the fighting. GMT:16:00 Nervous Mannar troops run amok [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] A shop was destroyed and civilians were beaten up by Sri Lankan soldiers who ran berserk in Mannar town this morning. The incident started around 11.30 a.m. today when a soldier's gun went off by accident in one corner of the town. GMT:15:55 Jaffna troops turn on each other [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] A Corporal in the SLA base at Thallady in the Mannar district shot and killed two of his colleagues today - one is a Corporal and the other is a soldier. The reason for the murders was not available immediately but military analysts say that it reflects a trend in the SLA camps in the war zones of the island's northeast. GMT:15:50 Lion Air plane overshoots Colombo runway [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] A Lion Air flight with forty four people from Jaffna on board ran off the run way last evening. The Lion Air is a private airline on contract with the Ministry of defence to transport civilians to and from Jaffna. GMT:13:07 Sinister data gathering program underway [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] All Tamil employees of Sri Lanka's ports authority from the Batticaloa and Ampara districts have come under Police scrutiny through a curious system of investigation which has alarmed many in these parts. GMT:13:03 Floods may trap Mullaitivu civilians [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] Reports from the Vanni said today that the only route that is open to civilians between Mullaithivu and the western parts of the Vanni might be completely cut if the heavy rains which ravaged the region for almost a week were to continue unabated. GMT:12:56 SLA commander moonlights as motorcycle [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] Brigadier. S. I. S Dassanayaka has written letters to several traders in Jaffna asking them to buy motorcycles from his brother's firm. The Brigadiers brother Upali Dassanayaka has a vehicle dealership in Narehenpita in Colombo. GMT:11:03 Token fast planed in Jaffna [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] The organisation for the arrested and disappeared in Jaffna will hold a Satyagraha at Perumal Kovil in Jaffna town on Friday Nov. 14 said one of its spokesman today. GMT:10:54 SLA patrol ambushed - Radio [TamilNet, November 12, 1997] The Voice of Tigers broadcast in the Vanni said this morning that an attack group of the LTTE ambushed route clearing patrol of the Sri Lankan army around noon yesterday in north Trincomalee, between Pulmoddai and the 13th mile post. ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Reproduction of these news items is allowed when used without any alterations to the contents and source, TamilNet, is indicated.] ------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytas-11.15.97-03:03:47-13606