Friday, 01 August 2008

Troops yesterday (July 31) crossed the Mannar-Kilinochchi boundary and entered what has been termed as the LTTE`s final stronghold in the Wanni, the district of Kilinochchi [FRONT 1]

Meanwhile, troops of Task Force 1 (TF-1) continued their march along the Left flank of the Mannar- Vavuniya combined front towards Iluppaikkadavai. Troops have established control over a 5 Square Kilometers area after beating off terrorists from Mundampiddi last evening [FRONT -2].

Meanwhile troops of 57 Division (57 Div) have moved towards the strategically vital Tunukkai area [FRONT-3].

Tunukkai town lies halfway on the Mankulam - Vellenkulam road, one of the main supply routes between Wanni and north-western coast of the Island and has been used by the terrorists as their main administrative centre for the non liberated areas in the West of A-9 road.

It is also reported that troops of Task Force 2 (TF-2) operating in the Right flank of the Mannar- Vavuniya combined front continued their assaults in the Palamoddai and Navvi area, pushing their defence lines further towards A-9 road [FRONT-4].

At Palamoddai, troops attacked a terrorist bunker around 12.15 pm while in the Navvi area, troops had several clashes with the terrorists.

Troops attacked 3 LTTE bunkers around 3.15 pm and radio monitoring units confirmed that 3 terrorists had been killed and 11 wounded in this incident. One soldier made the ultimate sacrifice during the confrontation.

Meanwhile, the Welioya front remained most active with the pitched battles were going on right throughout the day in the Mullaittivu forest [FRONT-5].

Troops had two main clashes with the terrorists in the North of Janakapura area during the day and claimed 4 terrorists had been killed and another wounded.

Similarly, in the area North of Kiriibbanwewa troops had several clashes with the terrorists. Troops claimed 2 terrorists had been killed, 5 others wounded and 4 more either killed or wounded during these clashes. Also, one soldier suffered injuries in an AP mine explosion in the afternoon FRONT -6?].

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