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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lanka gains vital territory as battle reaches to final stage |
| 2009-03-22 |
| (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's troops have gained from Tamil Tigers a further 1.5 kms on the A35 highway in the north, military officials said Saturday. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, the military spokesman, said the troops are consolidating in the Mullaithivu district's Iranapalai area which is regarded as the Tamil Tigers' intelligence operations headquarters. Meanwhile, Minister of Media Laxman Yapa Abeywardena told reporters here Saturday that the military believes that the final stage of the battle would happen during the next 2 weeks. "We warn the public to be on alert for desperate action by the LTTE. They could resort to destructive action. There could be acts of terror in the south of the country", Abeywardene said. The military also said that at least 20 Tiger rebels have been killed in sniper attacks by the military on Friday. Most killings by military snipers against the rebels on a single day came at Puthukudyiruppu west and Iranapalai area, officials added. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels are currently limited to 25 sq kms in Puthkudyiruppu, the last LTTE presence in the north after government troops scored a series of win over the rebels since mid 2006. Troops now say they are on the verge of completely crushing the LTTE's over three-decade old campaign to carve out a separate homeland for the minority Tamil community. The military is currently on the look out for the entire senior leadership of the LTTE having deployed a tight sea cordon to prevent them from fleeing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 They've been closing in for weeks now. I still have reservations as to the accuracy of the reports from the govt and their military. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2009-03-22 22:46 |
| #2 meh okay Ima do it. So Laxman Yapa what kinda territory wuz it? It's vital territory. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2009-03-22 13:07 |
| #1 Last report I saw, the Tigers had 50 sq km of territory. Now, it's 25. Endangered species? Their habitat is decreasing at an alarming rate. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-03-22 11:10 |