July 24, 2001, 14 Karumpulikal from the leader’s special commando team infiltrated the Katunayake Air Base
July 24, 2001, 14 Karumpulikal from the leader’s special commando team infiltrated the Katunayake Air Base
It is important to celebrate our victories in parallel with the genocide.In the early hours of July 24, 2001, 14 Karumpulikal from the leader’s special commando team infiltrated the Katunayake Air Base. All 14 of them wrote about the indomitability, courage, and heroism of a race!
They crashed into the airships in the base and exploded. That was the day the whole world was amazed by the LTTE.
This attack was recorded by historians and military experts as the reason why the balance of power turned in the LTTE´s favor and the reason why the West forced the Memorandum of Understanding on the LTTE.
That was a feat achieved by just 14 LTTE fighters, who were able to coordinate attacks from within and without.
There is an important lesson to be learned here. Just 14 freedom fighters took over the military/political/material decision-making power of the island that day. It is necessary to continue to maintain the fighting spirit/heroism that we have.
Because today’s world order is not only influenced towards the strong, but our continued decline will only help the enemy continue to destroy us, not save us.
“The big fish will swallow the small fish,” says Chanakya.
“The fittest will survive,” says Darwin.
Sigmund Freud says the same thing in another language: “Defense is a natural instinct and it is necessary for long-term survival.”
“Nanthikadal” has emphatically recorded that the gift of life (Karumpulikal) plays an predictable role in the struggle of nationalities that are surrounded and hunted by the lobbies of the government with weapons of mass destruction, with scientific-technical-intelligence networks.
That is why “Nanthikadal” reintroduces these powerful superhumans of weak nationalities by philosophizing.
We don’t need to hit – but we can defend ourselves by sowing fear in the enemy that if we cross the line, we will hit back at some point.
Instead, if we do politics of compliance, surrender as our Tamil politicians are doing now, the existing momentum will be lost.
This is the news of the day, especially for the month of July.
-Bharani Krishna Rajani
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hirteen air crafts including two Kfir jet fighters, one MI-24 Helicopter gun ship and one MIG-27- jet fighter were destroyed in the predawn attack on the Katunayake air base, about 35 km. north of Colombo, by members of the Liberation Tigers, according to official military sources in Colombo.
Three military trainee planes and five civilian jets were also among the destroyed air crafts.
Military sources in Colombo said several ammunition dumps and oil storage were also destroyed.
They said 12 attackers and 4 Air Force personnel have been killed. Nineteen air force personnel were also wounded.
Residents living close to the air base said large explosions rocked the area and gun battle continued for nearly four hours.
Sri Lankan military authorities have declared an indefinite curfew in several areas in the Negombo district. “The activities of the International airport have been temporarily suspended” a government special communiqué said this morning.
The temporary closure of the international airport has been notified to international airlines, according to the Director of Civil Aviation, Lal Liayanarachchi. Katunayake, Negombo, Minuwangoda, Divulapitiya, Seeduwa and Jaela police areas are now under curfew, security sources said.
Meanwhile no one is allowed to enter Colombo harbour Tuesday morning as a precautionary measure, following the attack on Katunayake said sources. President Ms Chandrika Kumaratunge Tuesday morning held an emergency meeting with chiefs of three armed forces and the Inspector General of Police following the attack.
Earlier the Deputy Minister of Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte inspected the airforce base accompanied by the Defense Ministry Secretary Chandrananda de Silva, President’s Secretary K. Balapatepandi, chiefs of three armed forces and the Inspector General of Police
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