Forces must act with caution now - TULF President

TULF President V. Anandasangaree says the LTTE should take the blame for every death that occurs in the Vanni today.

The TULF President in a media release issued said: "We expect the Army that liberated 95 per cent of the area under the LTTE with minimum casualties will not do anything in haste to end the war quickly. But the people expect them to act with caution and not to spoil their name that they earned by sacrificing a lot of their comrades."

"I tell the gallant soldiers that they have already won the war with no hopes or the LTTE' to regain any part of the territory.

But the civilian lives, they have to protect as a sacred duty cast on them in defence of the nation."

Anandasangaree said the LTTE, once acclaimed by some as very brave, have now become cowards At this desperate hour they will not hesitate to do anything with venomous intentions of putting the blame on the others. "I was distressed over the news reaching from Vanni about the unusually heavy casualties in the war front, from the time the forces set their feet on the Vanni soil. Only two days back the whole of Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, USA and India believed the LTTE's canard that over 5000 soldiers had been taken as captives and a large number of them were killed. Telephones were ringing continuously to find out as to what is happening in Vanni. By noon, the news of the capture of Mullativu town reached all parts of the world and put an end to the LTTE's mischievous rumour and those who were celebrating the victory had to put their heads down in shame".

"The people expect the Forces to act with restraint, because whatever happens to them, they have a moral duty to safeguard the innocent people who are trapped in the LTTE held area or rather kept by them under compulsion as human shield for their own protection," he said.