The GOSL was so sure they are in control, I am sure they would have bragged to the US and Italian officials how they beat the LTTE and chased them far far away. They even believed their own lies and failed to take the necessary precautions.. What happened next must be a total humiliation and not to mention a shock. Worst of all the dumb look on their faces when the foreign officials asked to explain how it is possible for the LTTE to attack a base in an area that was said to be under SLA control.
I would have given a Rs 1,000,000 to see the look on the face of the SL official who boasted to the foreign ambassadors. |