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LTTE a ruthless outfit: Rajapaksa

B. Muralidhar Reddy

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said in Havana, "Terrorism and liberation differ from each other, as much as the sky differs from the earth. Liberation, unlike terrorism, is a creative and a humane force. It is a humane vehicle of new visions for the progressive change of power structures on the one side and socio-economic structures on the other. Terrorism, by contrast, is a destructive force — a de-humanising force — that cannot in any way be justified."

Vessel sunk

Sri Lanka on Sunday claimed to have sunk a large vessel carrying LTTE arms and ammunition 100 nautical miles off Kalmunai and said the Tamil Tigers were aiming to strengthen themselves after a series of "humiliating defeats."

In a statement issued here, the Media Centre for National Security said the Navy and the Air force in a joint operation sank the large vessel.

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