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In response to attacks on `soft targets` forces quicken bid to take Vanni
Thursday, 7 February 2008 - 3:56 AM SL Time
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A spate of attacks on soft targets in the South has forced the government to step up the ongoing combined security forces campaign to bring the entire Vanni region under its control.
Although the government has repeatedly assured that the military wouldn t be set a deadline, the recent wave of violence directed at civilians and economic targets, mainly in the Moneragala district and the capital, has necessitated reappraisal of the strategy, authoritative sources said.
A combination of air strikes and ground operations would be directed against the remaining LTTE strongholds in the Vanni, the sources said shortly after SLAF jets carried out a bombing raid at 8.30 am, their third sortie in 36 hours. Wing Commander Andy Wijesuriya said that jets successfully hit a hideout at Thiruwei-aru, about a km northwest of Iranamadu.
Intensified action on the Jaffna front aimed at weakening the LTTE fortifications and strong points are of critical importance, the sources asserted. Troops led by Czechoslovakian built T-55 main battle tanks in the early hours of yesterday (6) destroyed 30 bunkers, four of them at Nagarkovil, ten to the north of Kandy-Jaffna A9 road and the rest at Kilaly. The army estimated the number of LTTE killed at 12.
The army recovered one multi purpose machine gun, one T-56 weapon, five magazines, two pouches and a large number of other LTTE items. Five soldiers were wounded in action.
Yesterday s assault followed two operations last Wednesday (January 30) and Friday (February 1) also in the same theatre.
Last Wednesday s operation on the Jaffna frontline highlighted the level of preparedness of the army. The 55 and 53 Divisions launched a simultaneous strike across the LTTE s first line of defences at Muhamalai and Nagarkovil in the early hours which quickly overwhelmed the defenders.
The pre-dawn attack got underway at 12.45 am after weeks of small group operations to test enemy positions. The effective deployment of the infantry alongside the T-55 main battle tanks facilitated the destruction of altogether about 35 bunkers. The army mounted a second assault two days later on about ten bunkers which had been damaged in Wednesday s action.
Meanwhile the army pressed on, on the Vanni and Weli Oya fronts, with troops engaging enemy units at Parappakandal, Kokkuthuduwai and Janakapura on Tuesday. During the engagement at Kokkuthuduwai, the army lost three soldiers while 14 received injuries. The army placed the number of LTTE killed at four.
At Janakapura, Weli Oya, the Army killed at least 15 LTTE cadres in two separate confrontations.
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chinthanaya
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 6 Feb 2008 22:00:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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From 23 Sep 2007, same story! Very boring!
http://newspostindia.com/report-35411
The operations in Mannar in the northwest began Sep 23 last year. The aim was to capture Viduthaltivu, 16 km to the north. But after four months of fighting, only eight kilometres have been taken, a military expert who did not want to be identified told IANS. 'And this is just the periphery of the periphery.'
The armed forces are actually bogged down in the north over a wide swath of territory, ranging from Mannar in the northwest to Weli Oya and Nagarkovil in the northeast.
Edited By - chinthanaya - 6 Feb 2008 22:03:33 GMT |
magha
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 6 Feb 2008 22:02:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LTTE is getting barbecued in Vanni, please have mercy. |
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 6 Feb 2008 22:04:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The Govt and Sinhalese controlled media are at full swing to do the propaganda that the army is winning, even snails are faster than the Security Forces in FDLs. Unfortunately nobody takes up the stories of snails but billions are spent on the govt propaganda. |
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 6 Feb 2008 22:05:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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GOSL has little choice:
This situation is bound to only get worse. The government is now left with no option but to fight to a finish, intensifying in the process its aerial attacks.
The govt wrote a cheque that its A** cannot cash.
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6 Feb 2008 22:07:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Good Strategy....
I wonder if Tigers are so strong as they say why they have not performed well in the battle field in this their own 'Ealam War IV'.
This war was started by them and that's why it is called 'Ealam War IV'
'Illang kama'
Edited By - TrueFactor - 6 Feb 2008 22:08:42 GMT |
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 6 Feb 2008 22:09:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Guess only thing the ltte would be doing is blowing up civilian busses.........bravery and intelligence of a 'superior' race...ha ha ha.... How come not a sngle ltte terrorist supporter here in lnp has said anything against the death of this kid: Rajaratnam Ratheeswaram (18) was killed in the Fort railway station bomb attack on Sunday. Young Ratheeswaram was among seven baseball students of D.S. Senanayaka College Colombo who were killed in the attack. ..... keep supporting ltte terrorism and drive Tamils in SL to extinction.....
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6 Feb 2008 22:09:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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So the wanni will fall to GoSL arm forces before August eh ?
punnakku punnakku poadaathe thappu kannakku -:) |
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Not like in East Wanni battle will be bloody..thats why they move slowly..slow but steady...:):))
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6 Feb 2008 22:10:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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As far as I know so far in this Ealam War IV they only killed innocent civilians....
What a bunch of loosers.....
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6 Feb 2008 22:11:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Stop military support to Sri Lanka, PDK urges India in Delhi march
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=24574 |
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