Unprecedented rain in the north

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Floods in the Vanni have brought water levels in the reservoirs to spill level and disrupted transport in the area, said officials of the Department of Irrigation in Vavuniya.
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Commandos destroyed SLAF chopper - LTTE

[TamilNet, Sunday, 04 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan air force Mi-17 irreparably damaged on Friday had been attacked by a Black Tiger unit which had penetrated SLA defences near Karipattamurippu, said the Liberation Tigers in a statement issued today.
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Seven SLA soldiers killed

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Seven Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and twenty were wounded when the Liberation Tigers fired heavy artillery on Operation Jayasikurui's forward defences at Olumadu last night said army sources in Vavuniya today.
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SLAF Helicopter damaged

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
An airforce Mi-17 helicopter was heavily damaged by LTTE fire while it was attempting to land at the Olumadu SLA camp around 2.30 this afternoon. Seven soldiers in the helicopter were wounded, according to intial unconfirmed reports from Vavuniya.
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Civilians caught in Army ambush

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Troops of Operation Jayasikurui operating in small groups ahead of their forward positions in Karuppatta Murippu on the Mankulam - Ottisuttan road ambushed on Saturday a group of civilians who went to retrieve goods from their homes in Thanduwan, Maamadu and Palampaasi.
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Monsoon lashes Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The monsoon rains have begun lashing the Vanni region again after a lull of more than a week. The Kanakarayan river which runs along some of the forward areas of Operation Jayasikurui such as Karappukkuththi, Katkidangu etc., has been swollen with floods since yesterday, sources in the Vanni said.
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Tigers hit 13th Colony STF Camp

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers fired mortars on the Special Task Force (STF) camp in the 13th Colony, about 20 miles south west of Batticaloa near the district border with Ampara in the early hours of the morning today, seriously wounding the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the detachment.
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Six SLA troops killed - radio

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VOT) said in its night news bulletin today that Liberation Tigers ambushed a group of SLA soldiers travelling in a tractor between Olumadu and Keerisudan by blasting a claymore mine around 1.30 p.m yesterday.
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Tiger shell Olumadu SLA position

[TamilNet, Thursday, 11 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lankan army sources said this morning that one soldier was killed and four wounded when the Liberation Tigers shelled the Forward Defence Localities of Op. Jayasikurui at Olumadu which is three kilometers east of Mankulam on the road to Mullaithivu through Ottisuddan.
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Heavy rain bursts tank bunds

[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Vannerikkulam tank in the western Vanni burst its bunds as rains continue to wreak havoc in the northern jungles regions. People living in Akkarayan, Konavil and Skandapuram have been affected by the floods from the tank which might submerge some inner roads if the rains do not cease soon say residents.
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Pandimadu refugees arrested

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army in the Valaichenai fishing harbour detachment 20 miles north of the Batticaloa town rounded up all the inmates of the Pandimadu refugee camp which is about two kilometers east of Valaichenai town and herded them, including women and children, to the harbour premises for interrogation.
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New SLA thrust repulsed - radio

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said this morning that the Liberation Tigers had beaten back a fresh massive two pronged thrust by the Jayasikurui troops yesterday, killing more than one hundred Sri Lankan army soldiers.
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Monsoon rains flood Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The monsoon rains are continuing to wreak havoc in the Vanni. People, mostly those displaced as refugees, living by tank bunds and spills and rivers have been asked to move towards safer areas as water level in these keeps rising to dangerous levels.
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SLA supply lorry intercepted

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers captured a lorry taking food supplies to army camps on Batticaloa - Valaichenai road on Monday (December 1) at Sunkaankerny, 20 miles north of Batticaloa town.
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SLAF chopper: fireball seen

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The SLAF which crashed early this morning may have been shot down, according tosources close to the army in Vavuniya. Sri Lankan soldiers report seeing afireball in the sky said the sources.
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Civilian movements disrupted in Vanni

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
More than 1500 people from the Vanni were turned back at Uyilankulam junction yesterday, said the Voice of Tigers this morning. The radio did not specify who turned back these people back.
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Eastern SLA braces for Maveerer week

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Security measures in Batticaloa town and its outskirts are being further increased for the Maveerar week.
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LTTE stems 'Jaya Sikirui'

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The third phase of Operation Jayasikurui is still on square one after six days of this massive multi pronged offensive by the Sri Lankan army to cover more miles on the large swath of jungle terrain which lies between its positions between Kilinochchi and Karippatta Murippu.
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Fighting reported at Olumadu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Reports from Vavuniya indicated today that the SLA was attempting to push towards Mankulam from its positions in Olumadu, but was facing fierce resistance from the Liberation Tigers.
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ICRC receive 4 Tiger bodies

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army handed over through the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society the bodies of four Tigers who had been killed in two separate incidents to the LTTE yesterday.
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