The Sri Lanka Army is within 700m of Paranthan junction. Paranthan junction is expected to fall within the next 24-72 hours.
The LTTE's hold on the strategic Paranthan junction along the A9 is failing rapidly as 58 spearheaded by 2 Commando came upto 700m of the A-9 north of Paranthan junction this evening.
Meanwhile Tiger strength in Kilinochchi too is gradually being eased as cadres are being pulled back towards Mulaitivu. The Tigers new objective of protecting Mulaitivu is surprising as it reinforces Mullayaveli. It seems as if the LTTE is running out of time and ideas on which area to protect.
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Ceaseless wave is replacing fallen cadres regularly and launching non stop attackes. The idea is to demoralise opponents and make them retreat.
You cannot do that with present SLDF as their moral is high and numbers are greater.
Another important thing is LTTP is now heavily depends on inexperienced cadres whom are low in self steme and determination.
Their only strength at present is not having an alternative other than fight as senior cadres watching them from behind.
Vesapille has the experience of 30 years using others for his survivel.
Downfall of LTTP can be accelerated by guarding fuel supply into Wanni. They must be getting fuel from southsomehow despite all security checks.
mahen can u answer a simple question, rather than beating around the bush......
Will or Will not paranthan fall to the army?
Yes or No....couldn't have made it more simpler..
Dear Mahen,
This is about your personal email to me inviting to your Ellan blog. If you go back and check, the first day, I posted a single message to your opening page, there I mentioned That being the first and last visit from me.
I intend to keep my word.
You are a blog owner now, please write as much as you want there and keep entertaining your friends.
You should not abondone your crowd and spend time here.
dailymirror.lk reports,
LTTE open for peace talks - Nadesan
LTTE are open to restarting peace talks with the government, despite the continuing military offensive aimed at crushing the group, LTTE political chief Balasingham Nadesan told The Associated Press.
Nadesan told The Associated Press the rebels did not believe they were facing imminent defeat.
"We have made several strategic withdrawals in order to save the lives of our people and maintain the strength of our forces. When the time and place is conducive, we will regain the land we have lost," he said in an e-mail sent to the AP late Tuesday.
Nadesan also added that the rebels had not abandoned hopes for new peace talks.
"We have always been ready for peace talks, but the Sri Lankan government has been always insisting on a military solution," he said.
Vililejjanethi Mahen,
Whether others are modaya or not you proved that you are a first class modaya on Nov 27th!
Why Mahen is taking so much time to a simple question? Now 5 mins.. Should be a complicated question for a real field commander like him..
BUWAHAAAA HAA HAA HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Tactical withdrawals have now become "Strategical" withdrawal!!!
Hokki hokki hokki huuuuuuuuuu!!!
After reading Nadesan's byla.. I am thinking now this Mahen actually can be Nadesan.. Becuz similar kind of entertainment..
Vililejjanethi LTTE sevalayo!
If you want peace talks.
LAY DOWN ARMS AND SURRENDER!!!
As SRI LANKANS we must put our MAXIMUM PRESSURE TO the government, so called international community and others who are pushing for peace talks.
Mahen,
If you are the man get us Nadesan's email.
We wish to make fun of him...
Ok ok , Guys i know Paranthan will fall but we will fight for Kili
"is Task force 5 ready for action?" can anybody shed light on this matter?
TF-5 will be ready in mid Jan 2009. Colonel Roshan Galagama is expected to be appointed as the Commander. Lt. Colonel Priyanka Fernando, presently the Commanding Officer of the 11 Gemunu Watch operating in the Mullaitivu Front and Lt. Colonel Ranjith Abeyratne presently Commanding Officer of the 7 Sri Lanka Light Infantry battalion now operating in the Kilinochchi front are tipped to be appointed as the two Brigade Commanders ofTask Force V.
BTW, Recruitement in Dec was the higest with over 4800
Thts the true terroist looser spirit mahen.
I think LTTE should keep sending their dogs to Killi.
Cos remember that just capturing Killi is not what we want cos Killi is just another jungle for us but killing enough terroists is the key.
I think its important that we show LTTE that we like to gain control of Killi so LTTE will send more cardres. But guys we all know that the SLA is only on a humanitarian effort :)
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20081231_03
Guys have a look at these pics...how heartening it is to see those happy faces...they r our brothers and sisters and they have the right to feel the freedom and be happy...GOSL and other organizations should regularly organize events like these in the north. We should make them feel they r also a part of this country and they have the freedom to grow and prosper so that they will never take arms again....
Tiger Hunting!
Parnanthan is just another town, not the end of the war. There may be over 5000 battled hardened cadres still left in this triangle. SLA focus more on hunting than capturing land and keep the casualties to minimum. Now the cream of the LTTE fighting force is in the front. Even the black tigers are open ducks. This is the opportunity to exterminate the enemy. When the enemy is gone (gone baby gone!~) land will fall. Current hunting rate is above 20 per day. Unfortunately, our rate is also higher than anticipated. Further, capturing more land will spread the troops density and making them vulnerable to attacks. With Monsoon is almost over, there is no hurry! BTW, our snipers are doing their best these days, last week alone they have got over 40 targets. Yesterday 6 more. This is the way to go!! One by one, we give you Eelam the hell!
Capturing and re-capturing Kilinochi
This has happened many times in the history and I guess will repeat in the future too.
Read:
http://lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4538
hmmmmmmm the real Mahen has still not replied to the simple question...
(the mahen who had answered was a "new" mahen)
Come On Mahen...Answering that simple question should not take so long for a super intelligent guy like you??
WIll the army take Paranthan
YES or NO.....
Motta Mahen...
Your snarling tiger is toothless...!!!
He He He...
you are gon paart, a cartoon character...!!!
Great guys.............!!!!!!!!!!
After Paranthan better to clear from E/P to Muhamalai and Nagarkovil
Yes paranthan will fall.
Pre-History
Just to add few things to the history discussions here. Sri Lanka was a well civilized country much more earlier than Vijaya and even before India!
Oldest human remains discovered in Lanka (Ambalanthota) are belived to be from 123,000 BC. Humans living amongst huge lions, Hippos and Rhinos, native Lankan is stronger and taller than many Lankans today. He had large jaws, large teeth, and large foreheads. They practice the Mahasona (Yaksa) belief.
Anthropologists say that the skeletal remains of man found in the Balangoda caves are over 28,000 years old and that the skeletal remains of the Buttala man may be twice that old. Therefore the possibility of the existence of several highly advance civilizations such as the Tharaka, Mahabali and Ravana in this island may not be just legendary.
Ancient statues sculptured in stone of King Ravana, have several heads on one body. He wears a crown on each head. It is impossible to believe that King Ravana had several heads. It is more likely that the crowned heads is an indication that he did reign over several countries from Lankapura, the then capital city in Heladiva. Legendary. King Ravana is reputed to be from the Yakkha clan and there is a school of thought that this island first known as Heladiva was later (900 BC) known as Sivuhela as four clans or tribes of Hela people were its inhabitants. The four were Yakkha, Raksha, Naga and Deva (Asura) tribes, who already had their own alphabet, have started trade with the outside world. Their largest town was 26-acres. Lanka’s fertile soil, availability of water, Iron technology, mineral resources & pearl fishing come to the attention of many business people from Asia & middle East. (Among them are South Indians, Persians, and Greeks).
Vijaya and his band of invaders from the Sinhabahu clan blended with the people of Sivuhela and the country was subsequently referred to as the Sinhela. A legendary belief is that this Sinhabahu clan originated from a man whose father was a lion and mother was a human. Science has proven beyond reasonable doubt that such a union is genetically impossible. It is therefore logical to infer that this clan may have originated from a man who behaved like a lion, the king of beasts.
The offspring of this lion and human union was named Sinhabahu. Sinhabahu killed his own lion father with a bow and arrow and was crowned king by the Vengas after the demise of their king who was Sinhabahu's grandfather from the maternal side. He left his kingdom with his own sister Sinhasivali whom he married subsequently and built a new city by the name of Sinhapura. The eldest of his sons was Prince Vijaya. He was of evil conduct and his followers were no better. They committed many intolerable deeds of violence. The people demanded the king to kill his own son Vijaya. Instead King Sinhabahu banished Vijaya and seven hundred of his followers with half of their heads shaven from Sinhapura. The ship in which they were banished from Sinhapura sailed the Indian Ocean and arrived at the harbour of Thambapanni in Sivuhela. Prince Vijaya befriended a Yakkhini Princess and with her help defeated the Yakkha army and himself adorned the garments of the Yakkha king. He made Kuvanna the Yakkhini Princess his mistress but after she gave birth to a son and daughter through him betrayed her and was to take the daughter of the King of Madhura as his queen. This is the first recorded betrayal in our history!
Read more:
http://lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=19
http://lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=36
Hi,
Army has come along A9 very near to Alimankada in the lagoon.
Now we are in the process of tactically withdrawing from Kilinochi to Mulathive. As well VP will think and declare the tactical withdrawal from Kilali-Muhamale.
We welcome the army at Pudukurippu soon.
Gnaaww..
Nadesan
so the supply route to M-k-n axis in jaffna peninsula is cut off?? can anybody confirm this?
duzz
what do you mean ? is it just a9 taken or have our guys moved further
dunno observer.. i was just wondering aloud seeing wht nadesan posted
DUZZ
MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE TO M.K.N. IS ALMOST LOST ( MEANS VIRTUALLY WE CAN NOT USE ANY MORE THROUGH ALIMANKADA BY ROAD EVEN IT IS NOT FULLY SECURED BY SF), THERE IS ANOTHER FROM CHINDIKULAM IN EASTERN COAST, BUT IT IS TOO OPEN AREA AND DIFFICULT ROUTE.
STILL LTTE IS HAVING SEA ROUTE TO SUPPLY OR WITHDRAW.
moratusaman,
israel will not strike iran anytime soon.
but as he said time IS running out.
1. iran already got and installed TOR-M-1 air defence system
2. iran has received parts of the C-300 air defence system
3. every passing day means iran comes closer to a nuclear power
but since the start of violence in gaza, israel was critisised around the world and it doesn't want anymore of that NOW.
(but the clock is ticking.....!!)
thats not gud news for u guys nadesan machchaan... the other route u are talking about is right on the eastern coastline..
now if i remember correctly.. wasantha karannagoda said on a tv program that "Shakthi" and "Suranimala" were locally modified(fitted with heavy mortar(130mm) guns for deep sea operations.
considering that the range of this mortars are well over 1km.. can they be used to shell the remaining ground route from Jaffna peninsula to the mainland?
Good morning patriots.
0.5 mile from Paranthan?
cant u read? its 700metres :P
Guys ..
Isnt it good that we have a Monkey who can count ??
I doubt even Dehiwala zoo has this kinda one..
lmao obersver dude.. more like the london zoo
But the problem is this money only knows 0.5 and 1. Never learns further..
the Cabinet met yesterday evening to discuss a possible ban on the LTTE; A special government press briefing is to be held at 8pm tonight
Pee-ter monkey..
Now that you know how to count 1 and 0.5..
How about learning to climb a coconut tree and plucking 1 coconut at a time?
One mile from Killinochchi?
Peter said...
What happened to Killinochchi? Last month army was only a mile away.
November 3, 2008 8:07 PM
My interview to AP:,
LTTE are open to restarting peace talks with the government, despite the continuing military offensive aimed at crushing the group, LTTE political chief Balasingham Nadesan told The Associated Press.
Nadesan told The Associated Press the rebels did not believe they were facing imminent defeat.
"We have made several strategic withdrawals in order to save the lives of our people and maintain the strength of our forces. When the time and place is conducive, we will regain the land we have lost," he said in an e-mail sent to the AP late Tuesday.
Nadesan also added that the rebels had not abandoned hopes for new peace talks.
"We have always been ready for peace talks, but the Sri Lankan government has been always insisting on a military solution," he said.
Little by little Tamil Terrorism evicted from lands that they occupied illegally by our Defence Forces by Air/Land and Sea.
However it is still premature for any one to dwell on deadlines set by media who describes minor information, elaborately to attract an audience, as I have always maintained the reality only shared between SLDF and Tigers.
From what I have read in many of the blogs and forums I have observed that Tamil participants by default believe that their fighters are self healing and as mentioned by one of the bloggers, Mavaeerar cemeteries are there to bury Eelam dogs and cows who perished in many thousands.
This conflict has been a good learning process for most Sri Lankan politicians and her citizens. For Sri Lankan Tamil the process of this Fake Struggle had been very costly in terms of their future. A curse put upon them by bunch of under educated Tamils who explored uneducated Tamils.
This war is coming to an end with huge costs for surviving citizens and to the country. At least the time has come to compromise to forget the past and build the country for the next generations in Sri Lanka. But I doubt very much until Tamils adapt to the surroundings by giving up their tribal beliefs.
Thanks to a very skilled SLDF Commanders appointed by a strong President with a weak opposition party run by a puppet, seeing through to the Eelam Tamil Terror Elimination process successfully to protect every citizen of Sri Lanka.
Peter,
No mayil in the puke, you are too old for mayil now also.
One mile counting is too old do.
Realistically Peterrathnam f**k off now or you will have to walk in the cats walk way naked.
In short, Peter you are spent coint,
you are finish and kapoth, disappear now,
asthala beesta brother!
Rover said...
[The biggest problem is really not making the crafts fly/control but 1)getting real-time transmission of data back to base 2) controlling over larger distances and 3)securing the control transmission (if the control transmission can be disrupted, the LTTE will make them fall out of the sky, or acquire the craft themselves).
If these can be figured out, we are pretty much there. But these are not simple problems to figure out, or LTTE would have built their own UAVs by now.]
Actually, items 1 & 2 are not difficult to do. Item 3, related to transmission security, resistance to jamming, and redundancy of the signal is usually solved by encryption and spread-spectrum channel-hopping technologies, some of which are employed in cell phones within the telecommunications frequency bands. In addition, helmets with built-in audio-visual displays and video-game-like stick controls can be used for more intuitive control of the UAVs by the controllers.
All of these craft can be equipped with explosive self-destruct charges that can be remotely or automatically activated such as upon the receipt of a command signal, or upon unauthorized tampering. Fake spoofing command signals that try to take over the craft can also be recognized and rejected with command ID strings.
I don't know why the LTTE has not developed their own UAVs, but they certainly could have; there are no insuperable difficulties. They could have bought UAVs, and at the least used simple r/c controlled craft for audio-visual imaging of the battlefield.
These is information well known in the industry and open literature. I can't reveal more that in this public forum.
99% SURE, TODAY MID NIGHT WE (LTTE) WILL BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA.
CAN ANYBODY GUESS THE IMPACT OF THE SAME.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO 22 TNA PUPPETS. WILL THEY HAVE TO SHUT THE MOUTH OR TAKE A FLIGHT TO TN.
PLS TEL ME.
How many miles to Kilinochchi???
Just one PUKEI MILE (anal hair's) distance to Kilinochchi!
See pics and pinch your self if in doubts
Hairs Distance
LOLz! LOLz! LOLz!
A telecommunication centre located 300 meters south of Ki'linochchi hospital was badly damaged in the shelling by the SLA Tuesday morning.
from tamilnut.com
Hi. still Tamilnut is working..
tamilnut is run by satellite modems.. they are not big devices. so expect tamilnut to run until fat pig vesapilley swallows his cyanide cap LOL
DW said...
[59 is not alone. Look closer. LTTE is in some dilemma, where and which way to go now. They have left things until the very last moment. Now they have some reserves and a new recruit training going on, but they need a direction, otherwise SLA will gulp them down.]
That's right. And when the LTTE makes a decision and starts acting on it, the SLA takes a new tack, and LTTE has to change plans and cadre dispositions all over again.
All the time, we keep reducing the enemy and closing the net.
Keeping the initiative, and keep- them-guessing is the name of this game.
TERRORISTS detonated a claymore mine on an Army truck moving in the general area of MAILAWEDDUWAN on the KIRAN-THOPPIGALA road Wednesday (31) around 11.50 a.m..
Three soldiers sustained minor injuries in the explosion and were referred for medical treatment.
duzz,
"Shakthi" and "Suranimala" are offshore patrol vessels. Currently their conducting operations outside the International Maritime Boundary locating the LTTE floating warehouses.
As mentioned in my previous post today (earlier page) the supply routes to the the LTTE northern FDL's are limited. The route via Chundikulam is not "open" but a thick patch of jungle derived of any roads (in the sanctuary area). Its a nightmare transporting heavy equiment. Sea route is considered very tricky with around 60 Navy RABS units waiting for them.
Hi,
I missed lot of action. It seems 57 is deep in Kilinochchi.
By the way what happened to Iranamadu?
Paranthan falls then it is pack of cards for Kilali, Muha, EPS
Vajira said...
[LTTE is apparently dismantling its 122mm artillery from Soranpattu.]
This is what I predicted will happen when Paranthan falls - that the LTTE will abandon EPS and the Jaffna front and will dismantle and take their heavy weaponry away; from what you say it is happening even earlier than that.
Is this publicly available information?
defence.lk has posted photos and an article about heavy fighting in KILI built up area.. but there is no cahusalty report or photos of fallen cadres available..
its very uneasing to see LTTErs making a haste retreat.. they maybe luring the 57th into a major ambush and counterattck..
Mahen & Peter is bored with their blog and came for entertainment.
You can see in the dullness in the puthinam & Tamilnet - No more counter attacks.
Mongal took the centre stage in those two sites.
Tonight we have to be extra vigilant
Duzz,
I think it is the effect of loosing paranthan. Now they do not want to sandwiched between TF 1 and 57.
May be ur right. Time will tell
An Indian weekly ‘The Organizer’ has revealed possible links between Lashkar e Taliba (LeT) terrorist group and the LTTE.“There are now FBI confirmations of visits by LTTE top brass to Kabul.
Anand USA,
I think What Vajira said may be true. In the event of paranthan fall Now ltte is making their strategical remember not tactical withdrawal
@ hanas
as many bloggers pointed out earlier.. to keep kili under control we have to keep a close eye on Paranthan and Iranamadu. parathan is under seige from TF1 so that threat is neutralized.. the latter is the problem.. i hope the army top brass are upto speed on that..
@ vajira
thanks for the valuable info dude.. so the bottom line is we have no way of stopping cadre movemnents to the mainland via chundukulam?
Now it seems Mula front is very calm. May be it is not. But no news on that front. Paranthan and Kili is busy now.
Ananda-USA,
Its not publicly available yet. But there will be some great news coming our way tonight.
That was a great maneuver yesterday for a rapid northward thrust, there were bamboozled, dont you agree?
India hails Bangladesh verdict, Pranab to visit Dhaka..
http://www.asiantribune.com/
Vajira,
Yes yesterday night also we got some good news in our economic front. I think tonight capture of Paranthan and northward thrust
Buster said...
[Thanks to a very skilled SLDF Commanders appointed by a strong President]
A strong President and a National Govt are essential for the future survival of Sri Lanka as one nation.
Therefore, it is critical for the safety of our country that the central government of Sri Lanka is by far the dominant power in the country, and the only one with control over the police, and the armed forces. No entity, other than the GOSL, should be endowed with the power to negotiate with foreign powers of behalf of Sri Lankan people.
Large Provincial Councils are a danger to the integrity of the country, because they are large administrative units compared to Sri Lanka as a whole, and can band together on some basis (ethnicity, ideology, party politics, egos of powerful leaders) to form powerful alliances that can threaten the elected National Govt and lead to disintegration of the country.
There are many examples of this in the history of our country, in addition to the Eelam threat, and we should learn from it. Sri Lanka should permanently dissolve and eliminate Provincial Councils, and not have any internal administrative entities larger than a District.
Vajira said...
[Ananda-USA,
Its not publicly available yet. But there will be some great news coming our way tonight.
That was a great maneuver yesterday for a rapid northward thrust, there were bamboozled, dont you agree?]
Yes, by the grace of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha.
"The high price of Sri Lanka’s war"
by Ranjith Jayasundera in Sunday Leader
AS the government's war against the LTTE enters the bloodiest phase in the country's history, our research has found that the costly war of attrition is irreparably scarring an entire generation of Sri Lanka's youth.
AS the government's war against the LTTE enters the bloodiest phase in the country's history, our research has found that the costly war of attrition is irreparably scarring an entire generation of Sri Lanka's youth.
The Sunday Leader has obtained a draft copy of a study circulated for peer review by Dr. Rohan M. Jayatunge and army psychiatrists that provides some insights into the trauma that soldiers faced after combat before 2008, a year in which over 1,200 soldiers have been killed from just six divisions.
According to the scientific study, there is a severe spread of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) amongst soldiers who have served in combat in the north and east and survived to tell the tale.
The paper, titled Psychological Management Of Combat Stress - A Study Based On Sri Lankan Combatants, reveals that over 17,000 soldiers were killed in combat up to 2001, and interestingly enough, it also claims a similar number of LTTE cadres killed in the same period, indicating a 1:1 kill ratio.
Further, the army claims to have killed over 9,000 Tigers in 2008 to date. Coupled with media reports of over 350 civilians killed in combat this year, Eelam War IV has cost Sri Lanka over 10,500 lives in 2008, the highest number of people killed in any one year during the conflict's 25 year history.
It must be remembered that even these figures are only accurate up until the end of October, when the military officially stopped giving out casualty figures for its own losses or those of the LTTE for "security reasons."
In the last month however, it is well known that gruelling battles have taken place with heavy casualties on both sides as the army pushes harder to surround and capture Killinochchi, and bridge the gap between its forces in Muhamalai and those on the northern tip of the country's mainland.
Fighting
In one particularly fierce three day bout of fighting, Defence Watch Spokesman and SLFP (M) Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera told journalists that over 200 soldiers had been killed in fighting, between November 15 and 18 alone.
Never in any one month this year has the government ever admitted that it lost more than 200 soldiers, thus the increase in intensity of the combat action in the month of November, with the budget debate looming, and many deadlines having been missed for the capture of Killinochchi, is alarming.
The Sunday Leader's journalists researched the available data on conflict related deaths in Sri Lanka since 1994 and the data confirms that the country has just endured the bloodiest year in its 25 year history of waging and surviving war.
The second bloodiest year in the conflict was 1995, when Jaffna was recaptured by the army, with the deaths of approximately 5,000 soldiers and LTTE cadres in total. This is less than half as many as had been killed by November 2008, when the army's casualty count began to skyrocket as losses peaked by coincidence on President Rajapakse's birthday, just days after he awarded a one year extension to Army Commander Sarath Fonseka.
We have no choice but to await with baited breath the final tally of men, women and children who would have been laid to rest this year by the war. What is remarkable is that the government has managed to hide the human cost of the battle by maintaining tight control of what is published in the media.
Campaign
However, several excerpts from the yet-unpublished military trauma report show that this war is not as glamorous as the government makes it out to be in its glitzy recruitment and propaganda campaign. Rarely enough do we stop to think of the trauma undergone by the families of soldiers who lost loved ones in this campaign, and never at all does the level of stress undergone by war survivors occur to anyone.
The report highlights the experience of a 32 year old lance corporal who witnessed a fellow soldier die in a landmine explosion. "Even though he managed to escape without a single injury, he saw how his friend died in the blast. His depressive features appeared as survival guilt, self blame, hopelessness, grief and bereavement."
There is also another account of a private who witnessed his best friend, another soldier in his unit, being killed in a sniper attack. "After the confirmation" of the death, the private "was ordered to bury the body," but felt that the body was warm to the touch, possibly due to hot weather.
"After some years he had an irrational feeling that he buried the man alive," the report said, before spiralling into depression. The report is jam-packed with similar instances of surviving soldiers having their lives wrecked for good by what they experienced in the 'glorious' liberation crusade.
Explode
A lieutenant who witnessed seven soldiers explode due to an incoming enemy mortar and became schizophrenic, a sergeant who lost a leg and became violent and addicted to cannabis, and a captain who served for 20 years being "exposed to heavy combat" who felt a "misfit to civil society" and found it "uneasy to work with civilians," are the stories scattered throughout the study.
All of these examples are from soldiers who were in combat prior to 2008, which has now turned out to be the most deadly year in the history of the war by the government's own statistical killing claims.
Slain
Most importantly, this was before the armed forces were committed to a war of attrition over a year-long campaign in which over 1,200 of their own were slain and over 7,000 permanently maimed and scarred. At least some senior officers will recall and recant the fact that several hundred soldiers did not have to die to capture Pooneryn in 1992, and also that the capture was inconsequential as the base was recaptured by the LTTE but one year later.
They will also remember that Killinochchi was captured by the army in 1996 without 1,000 soldiers dying trying, and that Madhu - and its now infamous shrine - was also captured in 1999.
In that campaign as in this one, the army held Jaffna and attempted to corner the LTTE into the Mullaitivu jungles, before they sprang out of nowhere and wreaked havoc across the island, seizing both Madhu and Killinochchi - and everything in between - in a blitzkrieg of Nazi proportions.
Although the Tigers may not have such a capability any longer, they need not strike so hard in order to cripple the country, a fact that has now been lost on every major political party in the country including the UNP, which just announced its tacit support for the war in its bloodiest ever phase.
The Tigers need do little more than let the country drag itself further into debt with the cost of its war, while believing they are closer to success, and inflict maximum casualties upon the army and terrorise Colombo with suicide bombs, to bring Sri Lanka to a position where barely a country will turn to help.
With every nation in the world reeling from the shockwaves of the global economic crisis it is unlikely that there will be any country willing to come to the aid of an island that is pursuing an internationally condemned war of attrition and territory as its first priority.
Devastating
The recent accusations that the air force has been using cluster bombs against civilian targets in the Wanni, would also prove devastating if it can be proven. To its credit, the government has denied the allegation, and the LTTE and its proxies have been unable to find any evidence of actual unexploded cluster 'bomblets' that such weapons always leave behind.
Alongside the revelation made by Mangala Samaraweera in parliament that the air force has dropped over 14 kilotonnes of explosives in the Wanni this year, if cluster bombs were to be used, Sri Lanka's air force would set a second world record.
The SLAF already holds the unenviable record of being the first, only and thus most frequent dropper of bombs on its own citizens, and the government would gain little from being seen in the eyes of the world as having used cluster munitions on a refugee camp as alleged by some NGOs and the LTTE.
Factors such as this are what bring memories of how the United States lost the war in Vietnam not in the Viet Cong jungles but in the living rooms of Americans at home who witnessed the brutality that the war inflicted to all sides, and pressured that government to abandon Vietnam.
The lines that the army is now holding are stretched across several hundred kilometres and with every advance the terrain becomes more favourable to the LTTE due to their familiarity with the combat environment.
As the campaign gets longer, the troops on the frontline will become wearier and a lot of them must already be under immense psychological stress from prolonged exposure to combat conditions. The study of military combat stress says as much.
"The percentage of study subjects whose responses met the screening criteria for major depression, generalised anxiety, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was significantly higher after serving" in the north and east.
Shot
"There was a strong reported relation between combat experiences such as being shot at, handling dead bodies, knowing someone who was killed or killing the enemy, and the prevalence of PTSD," the study concluded, adding finally that there was "a significant risk of mental health problems especially regarding combat related PTSD."
These are exactly the kind of poor conditions that the late Major General Janaka Perera warned would imperil the military campaign should it drag on for months through the monsoon and beyond.
In order to maintain its popularity and war fever in the south, the government would have to prevent the LTTE from repeating their Eelam War III performance of materialising out of the Mullaitivu jungles and smashing through army lines like so many dominoes.
For the sake of the next thousand soldiers who are now on the front line, we can only hope that the military leadership is as competent at protecting its own as it is at marketing and fighting wars of words and propaganda.
Date
Official
Quote
May 28, 2007
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
"The LTTE has 4,000 cadres in the north. They are not its best cadres. If they lose 2,000 cadres, they are finished."
December 30, 2007
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
"LTTE has 3,000 cadres remaining. Military plans to kill them within six months. Our daily target is to kill at least 10 LTTE terrorists."
January 11, 2008
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
"My term of office is coming to an end this year and I will not leave this war to the succeeding army commander."
February 10, 2008
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
"They are an organised force with a lot of experience. They have thousands of fighters. I do not conduct the war looking at deadlines and timeframes. The LTTE has around 5,000 fighters. This time when we take Kilinochchi, we will not leave it after a while. But we must realise that the offensive is going to take time."
February 19, 2008
Mahinda Rajapakse
"We would have cleared them out of the remaining areas long ago but we also had to ensure no civilians were killed. I would say, in a year and a half, we might be able to do it."
February 22, 2008
Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara
"But we have never said that we will finish them off. We have never set deadlines. We are fighting a terrorist organisation, not a conventional war." "The more we weaken them, then the more they will come into negotiations. It is not possible to wipe them out."
June 2008
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
"4,000 - 5000 Tigers remain."
"They have lost that capability, although they are fighting with us, not in the same manner like earlier. They had the defensive lines, we couldn't move even one km for two or three months. That kind of resistance is not there any more."
"May be a maximum of one year from now onwards the LTTE should lose large areas." "They should not be able to maintain their present control over the population, to be able to resist the army in the way they are resisting now. They would have to lose all that capability."
"Even if we finish the war, capture the whole of the north, still the LTTE might have some members joining them."
"There are people who believe in Tamil nationalism. The LTTE might survive another even two decades with about 1,000 cadres. But we will not be fighting in the same manner. It might continue as an insurgency forever."
September 12, 2008
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
11,000 Tigers killed since July 2006. Only 4,000 Tigers remain.
sunday leader crying!
mean while nadesan is begging for a cf...
vp said the kili wont fall then why is nadesan busy preparing ground work for a defeat in kili???
yeah peter we are still 1 mile away... we like to walk not run... have a problem???
1 of 3 brigades of 58 might go northwards while 53/55 apply pressure southwards...
2 of 3 with go southwards towards kili
the other one might join the kili front or get on A35...
many options...
does anybody else think that the defence.lk map sud be updated more frequently
Karunanidhi, Ramadoss, Vaiko and Thirumavalan: Here comes your creation, the supreme monster and venomous serpent, Velupillai Prabhakaran fleeing Sri Lanka to roost at home in Tamil Nadu. Offer up your hoarded treasure, and your underage children, to be sacrificed on the altar of the Greater Dravidian Nation. Serve him without question, for he brooks no dissent. Mighty Vishnu, the creator and destroyer of worlds, in his infinite wisdom, has chosen Prabhakaran as his instrument to dispense justice to you, in ways both poetic and wondrous; justice for the awful pain, suffering and death inflicted upon the people of Sri Lanka by you rabble-rousing, unpatriotic, seditious citizens of mother India! Welcome this mass murderer on your knees with open arms!
Sunday Leader editor wrote an article... So what? Even mongal Mahen can can write articles!
Who cares?... journalists are not gods... These articles would give moda choon to Thiru of-course.
Thanks Ananda-USA for your insights. I have some real questions to ask some of my friends now.
And now there is more reason to get mad at SLAF for not developing cheaper UAVs. Unfortunately, it is harder to talk to the SLAF than it is to the Army; but hope you tried.
Yes, do not explain/simplify anything that is not easily accessible to the public.
Its interesting to see how the divisions movements have been in relation to their start point.
58- Mannar, Vedi, Pooneryn and Paranthan - Movement L shape - that of a Knight
57 - Mannar towards Kili - Movement diagonally - that of a bishop
59 - Movement almost vertically up - Movement of a Rook
TF3 - Horizontal movement - Rook
So the Chess Board analogy looks good!
Wonder what 53,55 would be - The Queen (?) biding its time till the blockades are removed to enter into the center of the board where is can exert the maximum force?
[Peter said...
While we are at it, what happened to this?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The race to Kilinochchi begins
]
After the above declaration our troops liberated;
Pooneryn
Nadunkarni
Kokavil
Sinna Paranthan
Mulliyawalai
...
...
Next one to fall seems to be the all improtant Paranthan. Our forces may very well liberate Elephant Pass well before Kilinochchi.
Does it appear to you that Army commander was not being very truthful when he told Prbakaran that he's going to take Kilinochchi? Vezapissa's advices should tell him not to trust Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka any more :)
As for us modayas we are in no hurry. We are happy to see the LTTE terrorists locked in protecting its defacto capital while our troops bring other vital places under their control
As for you, you can continue to count the number of days to liberate Kilinochchi while ignoring all the other places that are taken away from your dreamland
I can swear that I see this woman in every single bombardment picture published by Tamilnut. Either she has an uncanny knack of being at the wrong place at the wrong time or she is the resident LTTE dramatic diva, someone hired to act the part of wounded "innocent civilian" for propoganda shots. I would say she is the Marlene Dietrich of the LTTE.
http://tinyurl.com/7ezd2a
Mohammed Zubair,
What are the other photos which the same woman is in?
Ananda-usa
As you are pointing out, it is urgent that we fully understand and follow what is happening in our neighbouring India. We must actively participate in Indian forums and make our views heard. Most Indians are extremely sympathetic towards the Sri Lankan people, after all we are the direct hirers of the Great Dharmashoaka.
Mighty Vishnu, the creator and destroyer of worlds,…
In fact, the concept of Hindu Thrimurthy is logics itself : Brhama the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Shiva the destroyer / recycler. These are three faces of the same supreme being, the Brahman.
Hindus consider Buddha as a Vishnu avatar, because Buddhism appears to be a philosophy for making the creation a happier place to live. This is not exactly correct since the ultimate aim of Buddhism is to go beyond Brahman itself ( Nirvana ) and be free from the Samsara ( Brahman ). Hindu Maoksha is the same and Nirvana .
As a Buddhist I profit also from more earthly Hindu concepts.
Shouldn't we let LTTP to hold on to Killi and/or Mula till all other areas liberated?
Otherwise they will have nothing to defend... and turn in to more terror.
Seems TN in panic mode; some idiot post this image in tamilnet, mistaken for a civilian;
tamilnet.com
"The high price of Sri Lanka’s war"
by Ranjith Jayasundera in Sunday Leader
Well, someone is trying to sandbag the victory wagon of SLG. I hope the intentions aren't malicious.
It is true the war isn't pretty and the damages have been brutal for us even though we don't talk about them.
What the article doesn't tell is the alternative if we don't go through this difficult process.
Current operation is undoing our own mistakes with a significant price.
The lessons should be not to letting repeating the history again.
It is true, war is easy. After the war is the most difficult. Hopefully the leanings of winnings will be applied to after the war and SLG will pull us out of the mess than being the next Pakistan.
great news
Ananda-USA
"Yes, by the grace of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha."
Unfortunately, this grace has left Sri Lanka and most Sri Lankan temples a long time ago.
This is an ugly forum where we talk the war mostly with the rage and hate.
Buddhism has no place here.
Modern Sri Lankans have abused Buddhism much more than their counterparts in the history.
There are few bright spots and they are transparent to the world.
Ravi Nessman the LTTE boot licking a*rsehole has started it again...!
Check this phrase..
"The rebels have been fighting since 1983 to create an independent homeland for the minority Tamils, who have suffered decades of marginalization by successive governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority. The conflict has killed more than 70,000 people."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVoaDFmbCYS-Usz9ACDRIengj21QD95DH9N80
A Sri Lankan patriot in NY took the above phrase to the court and took an injunction against AP not to use it, as it is baseless and written with malice.
This ar*hole is ignoring the court order, and has put the same phrase back again.
See Praba's good all Paycheck journalists coming back again to show their gratitude for paid off mortgages.
Mahen can you post yout pgd location to 6 decimal points
I got few Cbs (cluster) left, can deliver to your door step, and one other british tax payer liability will perish
i can hoover on top of your bed and say good bye to you(my bird is a RAF Harrier)
Hope you like it
from defence.lk
"SLAF fighter jets, MI-24 helicopter gunships made successive ground-support air assaults at identified LTTE resistance positions and mobile units in general area Paranthan, today (Dec 31).
The air strikes were carried out since 12.30p.m, Air Force Spokesperson Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said. At 12.30p.m, MI-24 helicopter gunships made initial attacks at LTTE, followed by 2 consecutive raids East and South of the Paranthan junction at 12.45p.m., and 2.45p.m, respectively.
The raids were concentrated at LTTE resistance positions while another attack was carried out at an LTTE command post and 2 vehicles fitted with anti-air craft guns in the Paranthan junction. The command post was destroyed along with a vehicle Spokesperson, Wing Commander Nanayakkara said, adding that the other vehicle was also damaged in the air strike."
earlier SLAF attacks were on targets west of paranthan. now they have shifted to east and south! clearly SLA has advanced.
now the challenge is to clear the east and south of para.
LTTE's use of AA guns show how important para is which is LTTE's gateway to their "historical jaffna kingdom".
two days ago i posted a video link to israeli jet attacking a haman truck carrying GRAD rockets and prayed that one day SLAF will hunt and attack like this. it came true in 2 days!
but this also means the battle FOR and IN para is far from over.
but we are winning it.
well done SLAF & SLA.
i mean a HAMAS truck
shyam
If LTTE loves your people and follow international conventions, why dont they let them leave to cleard areas.
In any AF operation, there is a risk, that risk of miss hiting is 1mm to 5 cm, when it comes to mig, f series
So , I can safely confirm , locking has been done intentionaly,
please let the civilians go, so you and me dont have to be worried
unless u r a ltte supporter
Lanka Dakshina said...
If LTTE loves your people and follow international conventions, why dont they let them leave to cleard areas.....
Don't think as what a kid thinks ... Why don't the SLA let the tamil civilians to flee Jaffna and come to south .... ?
The people in Vanni know what you will do to the fleeing people ..just put them in to camps and just take them one by one as you people doing in East ...
Wish all the SLDF and blog readers here, a very happy new year!
I wish our SL troops best of luck, health, wealth and prosperity and sovereignty for the Sri Lankan community.
For all the brave SLDF heroes out there,
Theruwan Saranai
Moda army has taken Paranthan Junction.
Namo, namo moda Lanka!
Army Enters Paranthan Town.
army.lk
Peter, if Lanka is moda, it is because mostly people like you. Sinhalese sure have their share of moda. Look at you guys. When I look at your stupidity, I feel our moda Sinhalese are like genius.
" Moda army has taken Paranthan Junction.
Namo, namo moda Lanka!"
http://www.thinakural.com/
(Independent Tamil News) is quoting from Defencewire, and mentions that Defencewire run by 'retired army generals' :-)
Wow, we did not know that we are reading the stuff written by 'Retired Army Generals'!
LOL!
SF@LNP
/"thereafter EP will fall without much fight??"
NOPE....this was the subject of discussion recently and Gen SF maintains that this wont be the case given the recent developments...
but the ltte is almost defated in mullaithivu and iranamdu...the tiger is on two legs now with two lame...
ltte is planning on a prolonged hold on to EP and have already made supply routes across the mullaithivu seas.so the answer is that EP is expected to last a bit longer than previously calculated.but the SLA has plans too in this aspect which will play out in time.../
/cant u read? its 700metres/
700?? pretty large number to a counting monkey eh? 1 is fine..
TONIGHT WE NEED TO EXTRA VIGILANT ALL OVER THE ISLAND!
COLOMBO, KANDY, GALLE, ALL MAJOR CITIES AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!
TONIGHT LTTE MAY TRY SOME DESTRUCTIVE PLAN OF THEIRS!!!
(The LTTE of course is only capable of destruction..)
What about TAF? (They need to keep the di-ass-pora happy..)
lmao @ ninja for post number 304..
Again NadeSun..
http://wannioperation.com/news/2008/12/we-will-regain-the-lands-lost-by-our-strategic-withdrawalsnadesan/
Army Enters Strategic PARANTHAN Town & Block A-9 Road from North of Paranthan
@ thambala
well i live 214.8 Km's sothwards from paranthan :P and its cool as a whistle here but heavy civil defence personal presence :)
Here is exactly the reason I tell foolish Sinhalese to grow a brain:
The patriot you talk about has developed a brain to stop this.
Can you think of doing anything else than being angry and verbally abusing like a drunken sailor here?
People passionate about LTTE work hard, got their education, and integrated to the institutions that matters to push their fake cause down the throat of the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, we have developed a culture to dance around AK47.
" NOLTTE=Peace said...
Ravi Nessman the LTTE boot licking a*rsehole has started it again...!
Check this phrase..
A Sri Lankan patriot in NY took the above phrase to the court and took an injunction against AP not to use it, as it is baseless and written with malice.
This ar*hole is ignoring the court order, and has put the same phrase back again.
See Praba's good all Paycheck journalists coming back again to show their gratitude for paid off mortgages."
[The imminent capture of Paranthan by New Year day and possible capture of Kilinochchi by Thai Pongal day (Jan 14th) is likely to boost the image of the Government in forthcoming Provincial elections]
he he he... excellent move by the MR led GOSL, which should get the bonus for taking on the LTTE pigs instead of `talking` to them.
Further, I would prefer to see the final victory is so planned.. so that it would arrive on the eve of next general election.... (this is my personal prediction too)... fittingly rewarding the present leadership... and the next five years could be used to lay the necessary foundation to develop the whole country.
This could be pre-planned... after totally sealing off the remaining terrorist enclaves to prevent supplies coming in.... and starting the waiting game to set-off civilians attacks against the LTTE pigs.
Slow... painful death... from the hands of the very civilians who were taken hostage.
That would be a world’s first... only from a `modaya` brand nation.
Kill more.... achieve more.
Sinhalaya Modaya
Kevum Kanda yodaya
Ta tan tang, ta tan tang...
Handiye Paranthan
mun ivva konda kevum
Ta tan tang, ta tan tang...
ReallyCold said...
[Ananda-USA
"Yes, by the grace of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha."
Unfortunately, this grace has left Sri Lanka and most Sri Lankan temples a long time ago.
This is an ugly forum where we talk the war mostly with the rage and hate.
Buddhism has no place here.
Modern Sri Lankans have abused Buddhism much more than their counterparts in the history.
There are few bright spots and they are transparent to the world.]
I disagree. This war was basically thrust upon us. After trying to avoid the inevitable for 30 years, we are finally going about it the correct way, with the will, determination and the ferocity required to win it.
However, as we proceed, we must keep in mind what we are fighting for; it is to preserve the unity of the country; a country largely guided by the tenets of the Buddha sasana; and to deliver the fruits of peaceful co-existence to our people as soon as possible.
Keeping Buddhist teachings in mind, will sustain our troops on the battle front, and us here, emotionally, and will prevent excesses normally associated with a brutal war such as this. It is a difficult thing to kill the enemy at one moment, and help heal them the next when they are captured. Buddhism helps people maintain that balance and self-control. Ultimately, both our troops and the defeated enemy must join civilian society. They will be able to do so without becoming violent social misfits only if they can maintain a measure of rational humanity. Buddhism (and other compassionate religions)will help them do that. If society as a whole does not provide these fighters on both sides with that emotional support, we will create a monster with whom the rest of the population will find difficult to live with in the future. Ultimately, religion is what prevents us from descending into barbarism, even as we fight a brutal war of survival.
It is in this context that I worry about whether the defeated Tiger cadre, who have known no parental love in their childhood, and have only imbibed hate and violence from the LTTE as they grew up, can ever be successfully rehabilitated to become productive members of society. They will need a lot of close supervision, lots of psychological assistance, lots of contact with monks and priests, well meaning mentors, adoptive parents if they have none of their own, education for those who did not go to school, and assistance in training for meaningful employment, in the future. THis is essential not only from a humanitarian standpoint, but also from the point of view of self preservation of the society at large.
The Sinhala soldier is emotionally better off, having the support of his community. I hope their needs are not forgotten when they war ends. I can think of no one better suited to participate in helping in the rehabilitation of the captured Tiger cadre, than our own Sinhala soldiers, because they have shared the kinship of the horrors of this war.
Indeed, there are aspects of monks, priests, laymen and temples that are quite contrary to the essence of the religion; that is something we must work on to correct. However, that is no reason to issue a blanket broad-brush condemnation of religious institutions as a whole. Many times in Sri Lanka's history, the Buddha Sasana has been cleansed by the reigning monarch. In christianity, emperor Constantine the Great, did the same, defrocking abusive priests, and enforcing peace between different segments of a warring clergy. Every religion has had corruption and schisms, and great healers, both royal and common, have emerged to heal the difference and refocus the clergy on the reasons that justify their existence.
MathMathica said...
[In fact, the concept of Hindu Thrimurthy is logics itself : Brhama the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Shiva the destroyer / recycler. These are three faces of the same supreme being, the Brahman.]
You are absolutely correct. I needed one name because of comment space restrictions, and I went with Vishnu. In retrospect, Brahma would have been more appropriate, I think.
You are right! Many Indians loved it and supported me (I am posting under the handle of Sinha since no posts are accepted any more from Ananda-USA because I posted too many times in one news article!) and the gist of my message in their comments!
When you are in Rome, you have to do as the Romans do. So, rather than try to convince them of the justice of our cause with Buddha's teachings, I sometimes try to use Hindu teachings and gods...it relates to them better.
I wish a Happy New Year to all patriots... and, remember the service, the bravery, the sacrifices and of course the VICTORIES of the SLDF, with gratitude.
What a proud example our defence secretary and army commander have been to us, even after they were wounded in terrorist attacks of the Tamil terrorists!!! RAW COURAGE!
Wow... Sri Lankan youngsters must be itching with that 'get up and go' feeling to join SLDF and serve and protect Motherlanka! There's no better time for that, than NOW!
Yes... this is our version of 'change' we can not only believe in… this the ‘change’ we were waiting for.
Kill more and achieve more. There’s no better day to promise us… to hunt down and kill Tamil terrorists to the last one, THAN TODAY.
"Army captures Iranamadu junction
The army has liberated the Iranamadu junction this morning after weeks of fierce battles ensued with LTTE at the Kilinochchi battlefront. "
ela kiri
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