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Whoops poor Mahinda the Modaya thought eastern agreement extended to Vanni also, oh dear, well good news 16 village idiots found mahinda chinthana, rest of the village idiots can't find their limbs... but they can look forward to a visit from Mahinda Junior.

where as you idiots think all the tamils are with the LTTE which is a myth. Karuna, Pilliayan and Dougy are against the LTTE so is Mr Anandasangaree. So don't think its easy for you guys.

'This is because captured territory needs to be consolidated, but the remaining rebels in the area have become a more elusive, almost invisible enemy.

It will be difficult to prevent infiltration and hit-and-run attacks,' he said. 'The troop numbers must be increased in the next three to four months or else there will be problems.'

Defense analyst Namal Perera also said the military success had created new problems for the government.

'Now that the entire Eastern Province is under government control, it must be responsible for law and order there,'

Mr. Perera said

That means more manpower to hold the newly controlled territory, he said.

The extra responsibility could force the military to delay offensives against the large Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ministate still operating in the north, he said.

'As long as the army is tied down in the east, the LTTE has an assurance that the military will not make a push for the north,' he said.

Sri Lankan troops once controlled the entire eastern region, including Thoppigala, and even oversaw local elections 14 years ago, but withdrew when a new government in 1995 decided to change strategy and make a move to capture the northern peninsula of Jaffna.

Sunanda Deshapriya, the director of the Center for Policy Alternatives, an independent think tank, said the government also needed to come up with a new strategy for a political settlement quickly.

'The government can come out with a devolution plan now, or try to fight it out,' Mr. Deshapriya said. 'In the absence of any peace moves, we will see this military success turn into a long-term burden for the state.

abandoned home after LTTE left with a plan to attack them later on.

The military said one soldier was killed and 11 were wounded during the fighting inside Tiger territory.

'Sri Lankan troops infiltrated into our area. There was a heavy exchange of shelling, and then an hours-long pitched battle,' Tiger military spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan told Reuters in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi.

'Their advance was totally thwarted,' he added. 'The Sri Lankan government troops fell back to their original positions with heavy casualties...

(We have four bodies in good enough condition to hand over to the Red Cross. A few more bodies in bad shape had to be cremated on the spot.)

Both sides also continue to exchange heavy fire daily in the northern Jaffna peninsula, which is cut off from the rest of the island behind rebel fire.

All we are saying is, stop gloating over the so called 'victory' in Kudumpimalai.

So, we lost our income collected from diaspora. I, thivya, can not pay even the room rent because of GOSL coolies chasing us out from East.