Battle for the last bastion commences

Sri Lanka Army has now begun the battle for the last LTTE bastion Puthukuduirippu(PTK).Sources reveal that forward elements of SLA has already entered the town and are in the process of neutralizing the enemy for the infantry to enter.The 58th division from the south and the south east,TF4 from the south west are participating in the battle.The 53rd division is also participating as a backup division.All these army formations provide a man power the LTTE who is left with only about 1000-1500 hardcore cadres cannot withstand.Although the army believes that PTK will fall within 3-4 days the LTTE will continue to fight as it would still dominate the jungles north of PTK.But we believe that the whole enemy territory would be cleared by the end of next month.

While the above mentioned divisions are advancing from the south the 55th division is advancing in a southerly direction south of Chalai.Although the security forces are in a hurry to clear the coast, progress has been halted mainly due to natural barriers.As in the above map the 55th division and a part of the 59th division are both facing 2 water patches which have halted them.The numerous mines have also contributed to the slow movement.It will not be long before these divisions overcome the barriers and advance to meet up..The 55th division under the command of former SF officer Prasanna Silva has used some unconventional tactics which had left the terrorists in complete disarray and the 59th division has also shown colours by dominating the former military base of the LTTE.

The recent civilian influx has mirrored that the LTTE is losing its control over the civilians showing that the organization has completely dwindled.It has also led to the use of utterly foolish tactics.Trying to infiltrate the army FDL using an armored truck is an example.It left 34 of their hard-cores dead.Other tactics used by them to annihilate as much as possible SLA soldiers saw the same fate.

Out of the estimated 5000 cadre strong force of the LTTE ,SLA believes that about 3500 are forced recruits.So after about 1000 hard-core cadres get killed it likely that we ,Sri Lankans will achieve our goal....Total liberation.