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The race to Kilinochchi begins
Sunday, 19 October 2008 - 2:27 PM SL Time
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Heavy fighting erupted in Akkarayankulam as the 57 Division launched a massive attack to dismantle the trenchline and bunt at Akkarayankulam today. Casualties to the LTTE is yet unknown. The line was breached from the western and eastern flanks forcing the Tigers to abandon the line and move to its center.
Troops have now bypassed the line and positioned themselves to the rear of the bund. With this lightening strike, the earth bund has lost all its significance as a defensive measure designed to delay troop movement towards Kilinochchi Town.
For the Army, the attack demonstrates a new urgency to capture Kilinochchi before the rainy season continues into November. Kokavil and Akkarayan are renowned for their susceptibility to flooding during the northwestern monsoon season. Kokavil is especially vulnerable due to its low-lying terrain. The tank at Akkarayan and the nearby ravines are also susceptible to overflowing during the monsoon. Experienced soldiers who have fought in this terrain, like Maj. Gen Chula Dias for example, should know this terrain by heart.
The 57 Division`s thrust to capture Kilinochchi must and probably will go into high gear from now onwards. The Army must not get bogged down in Kokavil for the entire duration of the Monsoon. The Tigers on the other hand would want the Army`s advance in these areas to be delayed as much as possible, through both military and political tactics. But the LTTE`s military capabilities are crumbling as we speak.
The LTTE is now showing signs of abandoning the Nachchikuda Sea Tiger base by sea. The 58 Division surrounded the base in a U-shape after tactical maneuvers to the east and then to the west, cutting off the A32 road. Tigers had escaped towards Nochchikudah in Pooneryn on a few previous occasions already.
Sources told this site that Tigers may have withdrawn its more experienced fighters from the base already. Although exact troop strength inside the besieged base is unclear, the SLA is expecting some resistance to overrunning the base. Sri Lanka Navy`s arrow boats and SBS units have been deployed to cut-off any further major escapes from Nachchikuda.
58 Division`s laborious operations to dismantle the Nachchikuda-Akkarayan trench is paying rich dividends. Although weeks were spent strategizing the dismantling process, the fall of Vannerikulam was soon followed by the capture of Manniyakkulam, a Ground of Tactical Importance (GTI).
This GTI was also the access route to reinforce Nachchikuda from Kilinochchi via Kokavil. Immediately after its capture, the A32 was also cut-off by the Army. The junction at Maniyakkulam has a direct route leading to Valaipadu and the jungle areas surrounding it. These areas must be infiltrated and captured by the 58 before reaching Pooneryn.
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Joseph
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 19 Oct 2008 09:42:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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SLIPPERY SLOPE OF EEEEELAM
Office of World Tamil Organisation raided in Canada ------- EU freezes LTTE assetts-------Bala dies ----------.Indian fisherman killed by LTTE ---------Lost Sampur--------- US agents caught----------. Lost Mavil Aru -------- Lost Varakai-------- Lost 3 ships--------Toppigala falls ----------Britain arrests LTTE leaders ----------Whole of Eastern province falls ------- France arrests LTTErs---------Tamil TV station off air -----------Soosai is injurred and infighting of leadership----------.Silvathura falls----------KP arrested -----------3 more ships blasted ----------Tamilselvam killed Madu falls .. Charles Killed .. Balraj dies Selvi killed . .. Parts of Adampan falls .. WTM in Canada outlawed .. .. Italy arrests LTTErs .. 5000 Tigers killed .. 54 base falls ...Manner falls ... SLA enters Killinochchi district . .Munagam, Sugandan, Micheal, .Jeevan bases fall .. Nechchikudah
And
Killinochchi .. when last rights are done ..
the final BYE BYE to ---------- EEEELAM |
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 19 Oct 2008 11:58:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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Indian federal model insufficient to Sri Lanka, says senior leader of CPI
TamilNet, Sunday, 19 October 2008, 08:31 GMT
Unlike India, which has a multitude of ethnicities, the Sri Lankan question is confined only to two identities, Sinhalese and Tamils. Legacies of struggle and military situation have made a contextual difference in Sri Lanka. Therefore the Indian federal model is insufficient to Sri Lanka. It should be higher than that, perhaps a confederation having constitutional guarantees, preventing one unit militarily interfering with the other, said C. Mahendran, senior leader of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Communist Party of India, in a recent interview to TamilNet. |
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 19 Oct 2008 12:56:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thamabi,
the Sri Lankan question is confined only to two identities, Sinhalese and Tamils. ...
And the Race in the name of u( I mean Hakims - or Thambis) :))
So SL model is to be made in India & Imported from India huh ?
Anything else Mahendran ? |
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19 Oct 2008 13:25:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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The race to Kilinochchi begins
lol - the race begins in Tamil Nadu to force the sinhalaas to jump into the ocean -:) |
Karikaalan
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 19 Oct 2008 13:58:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Lol... the race is just begining ?...
i thought it already staeted and the SLA has 1.5km more to go...
hmm .. may be 1.5 x 10 = 15km. |
Thambi
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19 Oct 2008 14:18:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Dont worry TN is looking for some option to arrest Mahinda Rajapaksa and jail him in TN,the days are not far i guess -:) |
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19 Oct 2008 14:32:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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Race is between SLA & LTTE.
LTTE is winning, SLA is behind LTTE.
LTTE is near the Winning Post ( ie. the indian ocean )
They'll end up the race with all medals |
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19 Oct 2008 16:11:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Does anybody know what Velupilla is doing these days? Is he going to his Kovil to repent his sins ? |
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19 Oct 2008 16:14:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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LTTE is winning, SLA is behind LTTE.
LTTE is near the Winning Post ( ie. the indian ocean )
They'll end up the race with all medals
Last time at the regional games too LTTE won by running from Jaffna to Vanni in record time ! |
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