No one can forget the fear psychosis spread throughout the country for thirty years by the terrorists unleashing massive damage and taking away human lives.
These barbaric insurgents denigrated the entire human kind through these massive disasters to portray to the entire world their brutality and ruthlessness. Today’s episode recalls the atrocities committed by these savage murderers.
No one can estimate the damage that would have been caused by the LTTE terrorists, if terrorism was not totally wiped out by the heroic soldiers from the motherland.
The tiger terrorists who grabbed the life of a war hero in the Vavuniya area on 02nd May 1991, thus embarked on shedding blood throughout the dark era on 02nd May with the intention of taking away more lives. Launching an attack in the Lahugala area on 02nd May 1996, the ruthless tiger terrorists killed two war heroes.
On 02nd May 1998, the tiger terrorists exploded a claymore mine planted near the road in the Kankesanthurai area. Their target was an Army vehicle. Following the explosion six war heroes sacrificed their lives on behalf of the motherland. In the year 2000 also on a day like today, the terrorist lurking in the Welikanda area launched an attack at a group of war heroes who were on foot patrol. As a result two war heroes made supreme sacrifices on behalf of the country.
Two civilians were killed on 02nd May 2006 by the tiger pistol gang in Jaffna. The next target of the ruthless terrorists was Wediyamurippu area. Two war heroes were killed following a mortar attack on 02nd May 2008. The terrorists mooted several attack on the heroic soldiers in the Wellamulliwaikkal area on 02nd May 2009. 22 war heroes sacrificed their lives on behalf of the unity of the motherland in these assaults.
Terrorism which was a scourge for the country was eliminated root and branch on 18th May 2009. By then the number of lives taken away by the merciless tiger terrorists on 02nd May throughout the dark period was 46. This included four civilians. The other 42 were brave soldiers.
Members of the Security Forces succeeded in enthroning permanent peace in the country under the unwavering leadership of President Rajapaksa who is also the Commander in Chief and the prudent guidance of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Many war heroes made supreme sacrifices and also became disabled in the operations launched to bring peace to the country. They are actually eternal heroes of the era.
The Leader of the country succeeded in ending terrorism and providing a lesson to the world. Now he is providing another lesson to the world by taking care of the heroes who had become totally disabled discharging a valuable service on behalf of the country.
Certain local as well as extraneous forces cannot understand the real heroism of the members of the forces. But the entire nation express their gratitude to these war heroes and care for them as it was they who brought freedom to the country. These episodes reminisce the valuable services discharged by the war heroes with much dedication while at the same time making supreme sacrifices on behalf of the motherland.
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