LTTE intelligence Chief Pottu Amman Arrested in Konghong

L.T.T.E Intelligence leader Pottu Amman has arrested in Konghong

During the final war in Srilanka in 2009, the government or army did not give  any official statement about Pottu Amman. At the end, the reports released he had escaped. According to lankann.com, Pottu amman was arrested When he ready to go for meeting his family in Canada and as soon as he was sent to Srilanka by a  special airline.

The Story behind

The death of LTTE leader Vellupillai Pirabakaran had already created uproar across the world, But it turned into a stunned silence when his Intelligence Chief Sanmuganathan Sivasangar alias Pottu ammann a.k.a Pottu went missing.

While Vellupillai was shot dead on the banks of Nandikkadal lagoon on May 19^th,pottu amman was said to have killed while crossing the river in the early hours on May 18^th.Howeever no any evidence to prove his death. Several theories were behind his disappearance. Even, Many tigers had also confirmed his death, but without evidence.

This unconfirmed news about Pottu amman has raised a question in every Tamils mind.

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Sarath Fonseka is ready to witness for international investigation.

International investigation against Srilankan government on the human rights violation will be held in near future.” If the request is issued to witness I am ready to accept the requisition”- former military Commander Sarath Fonseka said when he came to Colombo high court for a case for inquiry. 

Chairing the armed forces was involved in war according to the rules of international law and I did not order to shoot the people those with the hoist the white flag.

I will not hesitate to confront the enquiry. I am ready to prove that Srilankan forces were not involved in war crimes.

Further he said “I cannot accept the statement of government that Srilanka will not be allowed to enter the international Investigation team.

He questioned “why should government hesitant to face international investigation” and he said the persons, those involved in the criminal activities show reluctance. 

The government already announced, the persons who witness during the investigation should be ready to face the appropriate response then. Minister Heheliya Rampukvell also proposed the same idea recently.

“However, the forces were not involve in any of the criminal activities which I can ready to prove  in any  of the investigation”-  former commander Sarath Fonseka said.

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Obama Warning : Iraq strikes continue against Isis

Barack Obama has committed the US to long-term connection in Iraq, warning that the rapidly evolving crisis in the north would not be solved quickly. 

US aircraft have targeted armored vehicles and militant positions in a second day of strikes against Islamic State forces. A mix of US fighters and drones attacked and destroyed armoured personnel carriers after Yazidi civilians near Sinjar came under attack from the vehicles, US central command said.

 US forces "successfully [conducted] four air strikes to protect Yazidi civilians being indiscriminately attacked" near Sinjar, said a statement from the United States Central Command (Centcom), which covers the Middle East. In the first strike "a mix of US fighters and remotely piloted aircraft struck one of two Isil armored personnel carriers firing on Yazidi civilians near Sinjar", the statement said. 

After following the remaining vehicle a second pair of strikes, around 20 minutes later, hit two more armored personnel carriers and an armed truck. A fourth struck another armored personnel carrier, also in the Sinjar area. Along this, the US-led air operation to deliver relief to civilians fleeing Isis continued with a third drop of supplies taking place on Saturday night. The US military said the latest air drop involved planes from multiple air bases and included one C-17 and two C-130 cargo planes supported by fighter planes. The aircraft delivered 72 bundles of supplies, including more than 3,800 gallons of water and more than 16,000 packaged meals. 

After taking in up to 1.2 million refugees since mid-June, the Kurds of northern Iraq are urging Obama not to let up in air strikes against Isis, which on Friday was only 50km from Irbil and advancing east towards the Kurdish capital. At least four US air strikes appear to have slowed the momentum of the jihadists, Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday. Officials in Irbil, including Iraq's former foreign minister Hoshyer Zebari, a Kurd who quit his national post in June, urged Obama to continue the strikes. He described the attacks as "a critical decision for Kurdistan, Iraq, and the entire region ... intended to degrade the terrorists' capabilities and achieve strategic gains that have been very effective".

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