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Mihin Lanka to fly again from December 21st
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tigerforce
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 11 Dec 2008 13:23:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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After the capture of Pooneryn on November 15, crossing Akkarayankulam bund on October 31, and capture of Mankulam on November 17, it is a month. Evidently since then, momentum of advance has been stalled due to adverse weather on a few days, and stiff LTTE resistance that had been progressively increasing. This would contradict repeated Sri Lankan assertion that the LTTE was on the run. If this is not so, what is holding up the troops?
Loss of momentum in an offensive means more time for the opponent to recoup, rest, repair and readjust defences, reinforce positions, launch counter offensives and inflict more casualties. And cost of war in terms of men, material and money goes up as the clock ticks in days and days become months. The more it is prolonged the better it is for the forces on the defence.
Fortunately, the army commander has cleverly put himself in an advantageous position with multiple options of axes to pick and choose. He also has adequate troops for achieving the strategic objective. Even granting the monsoon rains that affected both sides comes in fits and starts the progress is becoming slow and taking too long. This raises a few operational questions:
Why the offensive to Kilinochchi ending up as a slow crawl?
Has the LTTE built up its strength beyond the ken of four divisions?
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Thalaivar
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 11 Dec 2008 13:25:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Why the offensive to Kilinochchi ending up as a slow crawl?
Has the LTTE built up its strength beyond the ken of four divisions?
food fo thought for sinhala war mongers:)))
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 11 Dec 2008 13:30:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigerfarce cuts and pastes things without understanding them.....he doesn't know he is posting pro-GOSL stuff here!
My sympathies to him and his farces! |
adhil22
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 11 Dec 2008 13:42:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hey Berty,
What's up? The Collingwood decision was a bad one. How did the guy miss that? Anyway, its normal nowadays. The Umpires under pressure. By the way, sorry, no Phil/HK trip. Just Paki. |
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 11 Dec 2008 13:44:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigerfarce cuts and pastes things without understanding them.....he doesn't know he is posting pro-GOSL stuff here!
My sympathies to him and his farces!
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chennaiguuy
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11 Dec 2008 14:25:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigerfarce cuts and pastes things without understanding them.....he doesn't know he is posting pro-GOSL stuff here
Col Hariharan has started to slowly bash GOSL & SLA !
Could be a precursor of the things that are gonna change in India !
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 11 Dec 2008 14:27:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Adhil
Oh..That is too bad..I was hoping to meet you in HK..
Yes..that was a bad decision..The only explanation for that bad decision is there were two noises..Ball hitting the pad and the glove hitting the pad..normally the in field umpires goes by the two noises when they have to give bat and pad..
after saying that..there was a clear bat and pad when night watchman Anderson was caught by Laxman..The Umpire gave not out..may be the wicket keeper went up for the LBW.
It is hard umpiring in India with the crowd noise.. |
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11 Dec 2008 14:27:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Making a Mockery of 'kiss to Killinochi ' !
On Sunday December 7, the security forces were within 'kissing distance' of the outer defence lines Kilinochchi, announced the defence spokesman. On Monday, December 8, it became 'Troops in Kilinochchi are targeting the town and they are in the vicinity of the town.' However, by December 9 it seems the security forces' strategic focus had shifted from Kilinochchi to Mullaitivu according to the defence ministry
In military parlance, this kind of shift in 24 hours takes place only in tactical rather than strategic focus. Somebody is not getting the terminology right or the army is facing major problems in turning the 'kiss' into reality in Kilinochchi. Its two pronged offensive on Kilinochchi by Task Force-I from the west and by 57 Division from the southwest was reported facing very heavy LTTE resistance. Could this have compelled them a change in the security forces' strategy? The defence spokesman had acknowledged this at least on the Task Force-I front. In the Muhamalai sector also there appear to be no substantial progress in spite of 53 Division's claims of having captured 800 m long and 8 km wide line of defences there. All these bits put together would indicate stalling of offensive.
But these are all military semantics in the absence of independent sources to verify operational information, semantics of both the defence spokesman and the LTTE become important they indicate the issues hidden behind the words.
After the capture of Pooneryn on November 15, crossing Akkarayankulam bund on October 31, and capture of Mankulam on November 17, it is a month. Evidently since then, momentum of advance has been stalled due to adverse weather on a few days, and stiff LTTE resistance that had been progressively increasing. This would contradict repeated Sri Lankan assertion that the LTTE was on the run. If this is not so, what is holding up the troops
Loss of momentum in an offensive means more time for the opponent to recoup, rest, repair and readjust defences, reinforce positions, launch counter offensives and inflict more casualties. And cost of war in terms of men, material and money goes up as the clock ticks in days and days become months. The more it is prolonged the better it is for the forces on the defence
Why the offensive to Kilinochchi ending up as a slow crawl?
Has the LTTE built up its strength beyond the ken of four divisions?
Is the army commander facing a major operational dilemma or political rider interfering with his operations for reasons not known to the public?
Edited By - chennaiguuy - 11 Dec 2008 14:29:52 GMT |
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