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Capturing Kilinochchi a daydream for Lanka: LTTE chief
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 4 Jan 2009 08:14:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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Daisy,
After capturing the LTTE s de facto capital Kilinochchi, Sri Lankan troops on Sunday (January 4) maintained their hot pursuit of the Tamil Tigers as they captured the strategic Elephant Pass Town close to the Jaffna Pennisula, according to sources.
ammata siri!! so it is official? |
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 4 Jan 2009 08:16:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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So EP is taken then???
hmmm......should wait for defence.lk or Army.lk to update the news i guess. other sources have mentioned that it has fallen, but have to see i guess. |
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[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 May 2008, 10:49 GMT]
Colombo was forced into staging Mukamaalai offensive to ensure safety to troops in Jaffna which had fallen within the range of artillery, panelists said during a Political Analysis segment of National Television of Tamileelam (NTT), participated by LTTE military spokesperson, Irasiah Ilanthiraiyan, and Chief-Editor of Viduthalaip Pulika'l, LTTE's official organ, S. Ravi, in the programme moderated by K. Veera, this week. Panelists added that Colombo's assertion that LTTE is moving troops between different Northern fronts is a figment of their imagination, and refuted the claim that the Sri Lanka Air Force has caused detrimental impact to LTTE's war machinery.
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4 Jan 2009 08:19:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Spetz,
ammata siri!! so it is official?
it was mentioned like that in a foreign website. Have to wait and see. |
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4 Jan 2009 08:20:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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SL army wrests Elephant Pass from LTTE
Veeraraghav T M / CNN-IBN
New Delhi: A day after the Sri Lankan army captured the LTTE's headquarters in Kilinochi the army now claims to have taken the Elephant Pass north of Kilinochi.
The Elephant Pass is known as the Gateway to Jaffna. It is a thin strip of land with sea on either side.
The pass was taken by the LTTE in April 2000 after a fierce and bloody battle with the Sri Lankan army. When CNN-IBN travelled to the Elephant Pass in 2006, reporters had seen the remains of a battle like the one raging now.
A burnt Sri Lankan tank stood at the pass - it had been left untouched by the LTTE as a symbol of the tremendous victory, a rallying point for the Tigers to motivate it's cadres.
Eight years later the historic Elephant Pass has now been secured by the government forces. The army is clearing up the area a day after it took the LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi. This means that the arterial A-9 highway, which connects Colombo in the south to Jaffna in the north, is now completely under army control for the first time in a decade.
And the LTTE is now fleeing into their strongest bastion - Mullathivu and the adjoining jungles in the north.
The LTTE's only support seems to be from politicians in Tamil Nadu who have long used the Sri Lankan conflict for political gains in India.
MDMK General Secretary, Vaiko says, 'This victory is only a temporary victory for the Sri Lankan army. They can't have a permanent victory. The Tamil Tigers will bounce back just like the waves in a sea do. At least in this time of need, the Tamils world over should remain together. I just want to assure the Eelam Tamils that even in this time of war and crisis, we won't give up on them. The Indian Government must at least now realise that it has betrayed them. '
In the island though, the Sri Lankan army hopes to eliminate the LTTE and then answer the Tamil question. Sri Lanka is aware that a military victory cannot end an intense and decades-old ethnic conflict.
Lankan military helicopters are now bombing LTTE positions. LTTE chief Prabhakaran is said to be hiding in the thick forests near the port town.
Meanwhile in Colombo, a bomb went off in Pettah Market. The blast allegedly executed by the LTTE, left at least three civilians injured. This is the second blast in Colombo after the fall of Kilinochchi on Friday.
Edited By - Rapaport - 4 Jan 2009 08:21:17 GMT |
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4 Jan 2009 08:21:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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Ado just checked thalas page the bugger actually left? that is sad:(((
indeed, Thala is a guy who I respect, not that he did as he said, but he had some qualities that other peelamists will never have,had some sane sense in his words. He said he will return when kili is retaken . so we have to wait 100 years or more :))))
anyway its stupid to leave the forum, we need to share what we think! |
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