Sri Lanka War Situation report and battlefield footage thread

[hilal]

[size=12pt]Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger weapons stock: military[/size]
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5..._KexGth89PvgnA

COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan war planes destroyed a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel arms manufacturing facility in the island's north on Thursday as ground battles killed 15 people, the defence ministry said.

The air force hit an "arms and ammunition manufacturing yard" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the ministry said in a statement.

"Sri Lanka air force supersonic fighter jets raided one of the main LTTE arms and ammunition manufacturing yards located in Mullaitivu district this afternoon," the ministry said.

It gave no details of casualties, but said pilots had reported direct hits.

The air attack came a day after fresh ground fighting in the district of Vavuniya left 13 rebels and two soldiers killed, the ministry said.

The latest clashes raises the number of rebels killed by security forces since the start of the year to 4,209, according to defence ministry figures. A total of 359 soldiers were killed during the same period, it says.

Casualty figures given by both sides vary wildly and cannot be verified independently.

The rebels are leading a drawn-out campaign for independence for the island's minority Tamils, who are concentrated in northern and eastern areas. Tens of thousands have been killed in fighting since 1972.

[asa_sl]

we know very well how rupavahini , ITN reports anything.
lol
and also we know why they fear free media reporting.
this is srilanka damn srilanka.
everything is done for political power.

[lankan000]

(The latest clashes raises the number of rebels killed by security forces since the start of the year to 4,209, according to defence ministry figures. A total of 359 soldiers were killed during the same period, it says.)...
LLTE 4209..
SOLDIERS 359..
I AIN'T BUYIN THIS GUYS..
THIS IS JUST B.S
WE GOIN 2 HAVE THIS WAR FOR EVER MAN.. FUCKIN SUCKS

[12thman]

Rana Bimen-Swarnawahini 12/06/08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qn406B3yoU

[hilal]

Wanni operation 12th June

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpqdK2vLt4

From: SkyHighLanka

[nzboy]

i dont get it, everyday they say they captured this, and tht, and going forward, how long have they been saying this, lol it seems like a never ending enemy bas capturing.
so for each SL army capture ltte base they make another one behind lol.

[hilal]

NZ 12th man posted this pic in his previous post the Army now captured pallampiddi and puliyankulam areas so they are progressing town by town taking over areas of the LTTE in the wanni region. These areas were all under LTTE control and the Tigers controlled, policed and taxed people in these places before. Now it's under government control the roads/highways and police stations and all these regions have a huge military presence guarding these areas and eventually they will build bases and urban infrastructure. They fly their planes out of iranmadu next step is defeating them and destroying their bases there.

[nzboy]

oh tru, reminds me of vietnam war, deep forest's just make it tuff.

not sure whts gona happen in July, cos whn i was in SL there was a rumor saying SL going to finish ltte and schools will be given holidays just for this.

at the start of the year Raja sayed in 2009 there will be no ltte, tht i heard in news.

[tutor]

jeez u people are so fucking impatient. it a war of attrition people. sla dont want to make the same mistake as jayasikuru when they lost a all their gains and hundreds of soldiers in a matter of days due to poor planning. and that map is just a rough indication. there are still regions between giant's tank and vidutaltivu that are uncleared. ltte has a lot of defence for viduthalthiv cos its a major smuggling port.

[hilal]

[quote author=-NZboy- link=topic=19213.msg308538#msg308538 date=1213417528]
oh tru, reminds me of vietnam war, deep forest's just make it tuff.

not sure whts gona happen in July, cos whn i was in SL there was a rumor saying SL going to finish ltte and schools will be given holidays just for this.

at the start of the year Raja sayed in 2009 there will be no ltte, tht i heard in news.
[/quote]

If there is anything we do well its spreading rumours. Lol the armed forces of Sri Lanka have always said this is going to be a long hard war. Sarath Fonseka has said he wont give a dead line. Only certain members of the parliament have remarked that it will end this year.