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Pushing ahead, says Colombo

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military on Tuesday claimed that troops had “thrashed LTTE battle formations and pushed ahead”, amid heavy resistance, from areas at Vannerikkulama and from the edges at Akkarayankulama Tank in Kilinochchi. “These military advances were made while LTTE ground chieftains were reported wavering over disposition of fighting elements in Wanni and North. According to military, intercepted LTTE communication has revealed constant arguments between the Wanni and Northern cadres who were accusing each other for the recent battlefield losses,” said the Defence Ministry.

The Ministry said, “The battles are expected to shift towards Jayapuram and North of Manniyankulama, east of the A-32 main road, while the central Kilinochchi battles are expected to surge as troops position head-on within striking distance of the LTTE heartland.

“The fall of Kilinochchi will not just be a symbolic victory as reported by some foreign news agencies, defence observers stated, adding that this will be the beginning of the ‘unceasing military wave’ which is expected to halt after sweeping the last terrorist from the Eastern shore.”

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