LTTE appeals to Trinco Tamils not to flee

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 01:12 GMT]
Trincomalee district political secretariat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a statement issued Monday appealed to Tamil people in the district "not to give room for the enemy" to forcefully occupy their own lands by leaving their homes to other areas and countries fearing violence.

The statement follows:

"We appeal to all Tamil people in the Trincomalee district not to flee to other countries frightened by the ongoing brutal attack on them by the enemy, leaving their own traditional land in the district.

"It would help the enemy to implement their well-planned aggression of our traditional land in the district if Tamil people leave. Please do not give an opportunity for the enemy to occupy our traditional land forcefully. We should not leave our own areas under any circumstances until we retrieve our traditional land from our enemy."