Today marks an important milestone in the Sri Lanka Army's history. The town of Pooneryn fell into the hands of the troops after the 58 Division managed to capture the Pooneryn-Paranthan road in the morning. Soon, two brigades will shake hands across the Jaffna lagoon.
The threat to Jaffna has been reduced by at least 50%. Troops will now march towards Paranthan and then towards Kilinochchi, which will soon be surrounded from the south, north and the west. The jubilant Army Commander, the man behind the entire mission, congratulated Brigadier Shavendra Silva in a telephone conversation this morning. Brigadier Silva and his men from the Commando Regiment were the main ingredients of the success.
As we had predicted, the Pooneryn-Paranthan road was bisected by the 58 who crossed the open marshlands tediously resulting in the immediate fall of Pooneryn, which was abandoned by the LTTE by that time. As we have pointed out earlier, the LTTE had withdrawn its 130mm guns from the peninsula-- a former hive of LTTE activity. They had also removed their 122mm mortars.
Task Force 1 troops put their full force behind the thrust after capturing Devil's Point three days ago. Devil's point was captured after a tactical crossing of an area with many natural obstacles.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Pooneryn falls, Paranthan next
Posted by Defencewire at 2:08 PM
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