Holy Church Used as LTTE’s Fighting Base

(March 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) “One more form of highest acts of sacrilege was reported from the newly captured Parappakandal area when the terrorists, as all evidence pointed to, has used a Catholic Church as their base of terrorist operations against the troops,” according to Sri Lanka Army.

Persuading Army troops to launch counter attacks on the Church where the terrorist fire on the Security Forces is initiated has been one of their ulterior motives enabling the LTTE to project a massive worldwide propaganda against the Sri Lankan Forces, Army said.

It was a few months ago that the LTTE using the Holy Madu Church as a cover attacked the troops.

Again on 12 February 2008, LTTE fired artillery at the soldiers cleaning the premises of St Sebastian Church, Talladay causing damages to the church.

The attack injured ten soldiers.

Meanwhile, latest reports reaching from Mannar confirmed at least twelve terrorists were killed and their trench line destroyed by the troops during their operation to capture Parappakandal Thursday (6).

Parappakandal, one of the major town suburb to the north of Uyliyankulam was completely brought under the troops this morning (6), giving another severe setback and humiliation to the Tiger terrorists who had kept the whole area under siege.

- Sri Lanka Guardian