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Vakarai will fall soon: Military
Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 2:40 AM SL Time
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An eastern stronghold of the LTTE will likely fall to the military soon following weeks of fighting that has forced thousands of civilians to flee, the military said.
Vakarai, the scene of intense artillery battles with the Tigers since November, is the last major rebel-held town on the east coast after the military drove them out of territory near the strategic port of Trincomalee further north.
`It`s a matter of time now. It could be days, or weeks, but we will get there,` military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe told Reuters in an interview.
`The only thing holding us back is the fear of civilian casualties; they are using them as human shields,` he said.
Analysts said the offensive on Vakarai was a key step in the government`s plan to clear the Tigers from the east. Once the rebels are pushed out, the government plans to hold local elections that a faction of renegade rebels opposed to the Tigers and aligned to the military are expected to win.
`Once it`s cleared, there won`t be any big bases left in the area. There will be sporadic incidents, but not like this,` Brig. Samarasinghe said.But the rebels, who want to create a separate homeland for the Tamils in the north and east, have warned of a full-scale war if the military pressed its offensive.
The Tigers accuse the military of war-mongering, and the SLMM says the plan violates the terms of a now tattered 2002 ceasefire. But Brig. Samarasinghe said the Tigers had been carrying out attacks on the army from near urban centres, provoking a retaliation.
`They started this ... it`s because of them that we now have 30,000 people who have left the area, coming through jungles to escape their clutches,` he said.
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Mahabala
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29 Dec 2006 20:44:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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vakarai will fall,
mh, mmmh,
Get em,,,, Brave SLA
2007 must be different from 2006...
Edited By - Mahabala - 29 Dec 2006 21:37:20 GMT |
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29 Dec 2006 21:00:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vakarai will fall soon: Military
military cannot defeat the tigers.*RANIL*
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/11/9315.html
MR and the gang throwing more punnaku at the gullible! |
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29 Dec 2006 21:07:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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... the sheriff's is back in town :-) ..
Wow..the STAR joker is back!!
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29 Dec 2006 21:11:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vakarai will fall soon: Military
I thought Sinhala Soldiers already took the Vakarai and enjoying Eastern breeze while eating 'Bread and dhal curry' for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! |
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29 Dec 2006 21:13:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Oligophren99
Wow, he is here,
They know my personal numbers, whenever they need me they know where to find me, and I have few of my relatives and colleagues working for military hospitals, I'll be joining them with stars on my shoulders, remember, unlike your enrollment to 'Bata slippers gang'. |
Saint
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29 Dec 2006 21:18:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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Muttcolleague99,
How was the walk with mutts? Rice discharges I guess, I meant was grabbed rice and it's discharges.
Edited By - Saint - 29 Dec 2006 21:52:04 GMT |
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29 Dec 2006 21:20:29 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Military earlier said sampoor would fall.It fell.Soon wakarei will also undergo same fate.Poor tamil tigers are loosing from all sides. |
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29 Dec 2006 21:21:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Saint,
unlike your enrollment to 'Bata slippers gang'.
What???
Our Harrow Headd BOY is wearing Bata slippers???
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