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The 59 Division troops launched their offensive from Weli Oya. At present, troops are seven kms. north of Janakapura and heading towards the thick jungle in Mullaitivu, according to a senior officer from the battlefront.

Our advance is slow and steady, as there are many johnny mines planted and booby traps set there, so we have to clear the path, before we advance, he said.

Within six months, the 59 Division captured one of the LTTE s main bases affiliated to One-Four Base.

This was the Munnagam Base, which is the main logistic link between LTTE strongholds in the Wanni and LTTE cadres in the East. Troops also captured Michael Base, another large satellite base of One-Four Base, located in the Mullaitivu jungle.

Troops have thus captured, amidst heavy resistance, two bases out of the 14 satellite bases of One-Four Base.