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LTTEers led luxurious life using civilians as human shield

VAKARAI: The month long misinformation campaign carried out by the LTTE using thousands of innocent civilians in Vakarai and Kathirveli as human shield was bared to the entire world by the Security Forces after exposing the luxurious life the LTTE terrorists had led at the cost and misery of the Internally Displaced Civilians.

The Security Forces who took control over the area on Friday pointed out to the Lake House journalists who visited the Vakarai and the Kathiraveli areas yesterday that the food shortage and the lack of medical facilities propagated by the pro-LTTE media was a total bluff and the LTTE had used these food stocks sent for the civilians for their usage.

"They have channelled all the food stocks sent to the Vakarai and Kathirveli civilians by INGOs for their usage instead of distributing them among the civilians", Lt. Colonel Anura Sudasinghe who was in Vakarai town told the Daily News.

He said the Vakarai hospital was a testimony to say that there was no severe drug shortage in the area as propagated by the pro-LTTE media at the beginning of this month.

The Vakarai hospital had all basic medical supplies in its stores as we entered the Vakarai hospital last morning along with the Security Forces. "The LTTE had used all these medical stocks to treat their wounded cadres disregarding the civilian patients," Lt. Colonel Sudasinghe said. He said the Security Forces transported more than 25 patients from the Vakarai hospital left behind by the fleeing civilians and the LTTE cadres last Friday after entering Vakarai town around 11.30 a.m.

The Security Forces which engaged in search operations found large stocks of food at the main LTTE bases in Kathirveli and Vakarai including the base used by the Eastern LTTE leader Swarnam. Large consignments of food stocks were seen scattered in many parts of the Vakarai and Kathirveli areas as they were unable to move those food stocks to safer areas as the Security Forces took control over the area.

A large number of luxury vehicles, tractors, cabs, motorbikes, Canter trucks donated by INGO, specially by Oxfam were found destroyed within main LTTE bases by the fleeing terrorists.

A large number of vehicles belonging to civilians which had been set on fire by the LTTE terrorists were also found in many parts of the Vakarai and Kathirveli area.

The Security Forces who had taken full control of the Vakarai and Kathirveli areas by Sunday morning are now engaged in search operations to unearth large hauls of weapons left behind by the fleeing LTTE terrorists.

The Security Forces have so far recovered 161 T-56 weapons, one 120 mm artillery gun, 81 mm mortar launcher, 40 mm gun, 12.7 mm gun, eight RPG launchers, six radio sets, 767 anti personnel mines and nine claymore mines.

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