Tigers slow Sri Lanka advance on key jungle base
[ AFP ][ Jul 10 11:45 GMT ]
Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of Sri Lanka are showing stiff resistance and have slowed a military advance on a strategic jungle base, defence authorities here said. Government spokesman
Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters that the Tiger rebels were still holed up in a small area known as Thoppigala, adding that they had buried mines and were slowing the military campaign. `We have captured about 98 percent of the territory, but the balance two percent won`t be in a matter of days,` Rambukwella said, dismissing media reports that troops were about to take Thoppigala.
yes we have cleared 99% . oops 98%.
we have cleared 700Square miles of thopigala.
we have almost cleared thopigala.
we going to celebrate the capture of east (last week)
then this week.
Tigers are in a small area call Thopigala.
what is that 700SQ miles your forces cleared Mr rambutan?
sinhalese have short memory , they can hardly remember the statement they read two weeks earlier.
By january 2007 New Year East will be cleared. Ponseka.
opps No its april 14 will be fully cleared.
3 months later , we are nearly there.
Kottaibaiya , it may take another 3 years.Until rajapaksha sit as president. :)
Weerawansa : in oct 2005. we can defeat tigers in two weeks.
we have libarated east.
libarated means shell all tamils towns and villages then tamils will be pushed out of the country.
how long will it take for tigers to libarate sinhalese? using same tactic?
