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Sri Lanka |
Captured video of Tamil Tigers fighting in civilian clothes |
2009-05-08 |
Click here to view the video [WMV]. Don't miss the Tigers running over a dog at 0:55. You can get a good look at what LTTE cadres look like as well as the Tamil civilian worker/slaves. Near the end it shows a Tiger in civilian clothes shooting a twin 20mm AA gun in direct fire mode (the gun promptly jams). An LTTE video recovered from the possession of a dead LTTE terrorist by the 58 Division during ground advances made into general area South of Vellamullivaikkal have proved the LTTE's use of civilians as forced labour. The video footage provides substantial evidence on the heinous crimes perpetrated by LTTE against innocent civilians held at gun point. The video shows footage of terrorists in civilian attire firing at both security forces and fleeing hostages by a pedal gun fixed to an armour-plated 'Unicorn' type vehicle. In the background, civilians brought to build earth bunds are forced to camouflage the vehicle with leaves and branches. The video clearly shows another LTTE cameraman who is positioned to video any form of military retaliation towards the terrorists, taking cover among the civilians brought to forced labour. This is what they do and this is the very sort of footage extracted by international media to carry spread the LTTE's spin on the ground reality, the defence observer further stated. According to the correspondent, the Army has destroyed two such Unicorn type vehicles, one earlier during confrontations at Puthumathalan. |
Posted by:gromky |
#1 "Unicorn" is a South African mine proof vehicle called the "Buffel" or Buffalo. Cost $10,000 versus $500,000 for the MRAP... Kept Mandela's monkeys on the run for a good while... |
Posted by: Ming the Merciless 2009-05-08 18:19 |