Terrorists fail again – Suicide jackets found

Police in Vavuniya found four powerful suicide jackets hidden in a cemetery, just a day after General Sarath Fonseka visited the region.

Four jackets, each weighting between two and four kilos, were unearthed from the Nelunkulam Cemetery in Vavuniya.

On the previous day, General Sarath Fonseka had visited the nearby Wanni Central Command to meet with troops.

Sources say that when police, air force and army personal heard that their beloved General would be visiting, security was automatically tightened.

Because of the actions of the valiant forces, terrorists could not carry out their multiple suicide attacks as planned. So, they had buried the jackets in a nearby cemetery and escaped from the area.

However, alert police officers had continued to search the region with much more vigour after hearing General Fonseka's arousing speech.

Dedication of the police force and motivation given by General Fonseka have helped find the jackets before they were used for other terrorist purposes.

More troops needed in liberated areas – Gen. Fonseka

Speaking at a function in Colombo, General Fonseka warned that many more troops are required to keep northern Sri Lanka free from terrorism.

General Fonseka was the chief guest at a a management faculty conference held in Colombo on Friday night.

Speaking at the event, the General said that the current number of troops in the army were only enough to maintain security in areas that were under government control in 2008.

In the past year, General Fonseka has totally crushed terrorism from Sri Lanka, much to the surprise of many Western and Indian “military experts” who always said terrorism could not be defeated.

Earlier, General Fonseka had disclosed plans to expand the army by 100, 000 more men and women.

Again, on Friday, the General said many more troops will be needed to keep entire northern region free from terrorism.

He noted that even though not many people live in Wanni, it is a large swath of land that offers ideal hiding place for terrorists.

Others at the conference noted that Sri Lanka's economy will not lose out by expanding the army, as many pseudo economists claim.

They said most money will be paid to troops as salary and will re-enter local economy. Since we are not fighting a full war, not much money will be wasted on buying weapons from other countries.

Army must stick to Gen. Fonseka's plans

We at Fonseka2010 campaign are shocked to read plans by newly appointed army commander Jagath Jayasuriya to scale back expansion of the army and to release IDPs at an earlier date than planned.

Only last Monday, General Fonseka had promised Sri Lankans in the North that temporary army camps will be made permanent and that IDPs will not be released until all terrorists hiding amongst them are successfully filtered.

Earlier, General Fonseka had promised to expand the army by an additional 100, 000 men and women.

Jayasuriya, meanwhile, has said he has plans for extension by only 20, 000 personal. He has also divulged plans to allow IDPs to return home in about a year, much earlier than the planned three years that it would take to successfully weed out terrorists.

“People's Fonseka2010” campaign has a manifesto obligation to, “Security: Increase Army's strength to 300, 000 and overall military strength to 500, 000 men and women; consolidate the armed forces into a Sri Lanka Defence Force structure, thereby blurring the lines between the various forces.”

General Fonseka led our valiant troops in the mission to successfully eradicate terrorism from our motherland. Today he is hailed as the greatest General in the world.

We believe that all military decisions and decisions regarding nationals security must be taken by General Fonseka and not junior level commanders like Jayasuriya.