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2009-04-22 India-Pakistan

SLA Special Forces infiltrate LTTE lines, spike guns adjacent to civilians

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Posted by gromky 2009-04-22 00:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I like it, take no prisoners

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-04-22 11:32|| 2009-04-22 11:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The Sri Lankan Army has reduced the area held by the LTTE to about half its former size. I'd say the LTTE is getting their a$$es kicked, hard. The Sri Lanka battle map appears to have been updated Monday, and shows the Army, with five divisions and four task forces, pushing the Tamils into a tighter and tighter cordon. The current troop strength for the Sri Lankan Army is one division and three task forces smaller than it was last week. A decrease in troop strength that significant suggests they really do have the Tamils on the ropes. Another three weeks and the "longest civil war in South Asian history" will be over, one way or another.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-04-22 15:30|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-22 15:30|| Front Page Top

#3 OP - I suspect the army would begin overrunning itself if some units didn't redeploy.

Does the SLA have a Marine force? Seems like a landing may be in the works if only to avoid the chokepoints on the peninsula they're besieging.

Off to google and googlemaps.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-04-22 17:06|| 2009-04-22 17:06|| Front Page Top

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