Tigers making their last stand

Fighting escalated between the Sri Lanka Army(SLA) and the LTTE terrorists on last Wednesday(4th) when the Tigers launched a pre-dawn offensive targeting the 58th and the 55th divisions of SLA.Tigers taking cover from the, dark advanced among a group of about 700 civilians.Cadres from the so called elite units of LTTE,Imran Pandya,Charles Anthony and Radha regiments participated in this cowardly attack.Although some claim that SLA was informed by MI(Military Intelligence) about this attack,we can confirm that they were not.But the valiant troops of the 58th division faced this attack and completely repulsed it.The infantry troop who were at the FDL identified the terrorists and prepared for battle.Although the troops withdrew from the FDL,later with the support of commandos of the Commando 2 regiment(attached to 58 division) boxed the tigers and began to hunt them down.On Thursday they had killed more than 120 terrorists and found 46 bodies the same day.The tigers had withdrawn with their wounded and bodies the day before, after the humiliating defeat.It was revealed later that these cadres have come to push back the troops further towards Chalai area and occupy the southern part of Chalai.The fact that they had brought food and other supplies for over 1 and half months show that the tigers have had big plans.But the timely action taken by the SLA commanders and the unmatchable skill of the commandos ,SLA was able to prevent a disaster.

At present the troops of the 58th division operating in the ampalwanpokkanei general area have laid siege on the CSZ.Reports indicate that infantry troops are stationed some 300m outside the safe zone while the forward elements are engaging the enemy in small attacks to enable civilians to enter government held zones.

In the Puthukuduirippu(PTK) front the tigers are desperately offering stiff resistance to the troops which is at the moment the only option left for them other than jumping in to the sea and surrendering to the SLA.Fierce fighting is raging in the eastern and the north eastern borders of PTK.Troops engaged in neutralizing the enemy will be able to breakthrough soon as tigers are loosing their cadre in high numbers on an hourly basis.Casualties on SLA is also at a high level but it is extremely low compared to the LTTE casualties.However the rumour that the war will be over in 72(or 48)hrs is a completely false claim by the SLA to stir the LTTE and their sympathizers.But we at CeylonDefence can confirm that the conventional war will be over in less than 3 weeks.