Sri Lanka War Situation report and battlefield footage thread

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Monsoonal rains.
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That's a relief :-) Best of luck Sri Lanka Forces :lk:

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[hilal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjMQ4Kf0wSc

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Oh and also new Govt policy is to stop giving exact numbers of casualties on either side.

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Sri Lankan troops capture rebel town

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan troops captured a small village in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, pushing ahead with their offensive against the Tamil Tigers hours after the rebel group launched a brazen airstrike on the capital, the military said.

Soldiers fought for hours with the rebels, known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, before taking control of the town of Jayapuram and cutting off yet another small part of the rebels' de facto state in the north, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.

"The LTTE have retreated due to the resistance of the army," he said. (lk1)

The government, which has pushed deep into the Tamil Tigers' heartland, has vowed to destroy the rebel group by the end of the year and win the 25-year-old civil war plaguing this Indian Ocean island nation.

However the rebels have repeatedly shown they retain the capacity to carry out startling attacks on the government.

Late Tuesday, the Tamil Tigers' rudimentary air force bombed a power station on the outskirts of Colombo, taking the fight to the government. The military raked the sky over the capital with anti-aircraft fire and scanned the skies with searchlights.

The attack marked the first time rebel planes bombed the capital in more than a year.

The bombing damaged some turbines at the power station, officials said. A worker hospitalized after the attack died on Wednesday, said Nanayakkara.

The military, embarrassed by the continuing bombing runs by the rebels' tiny fleet of small planes, said it was searching for the attacking aircraft, which apparently escaped back into rebel-held area after the attack.

"We are of course targeting the locations where they are having their aircraft, and at the same time, whenever they are airborne ... we send our aircraft to engage," Nanayakkara said.

The attack began late Tuesday when rebel aircraft dropped three bombs on an army base in the Mannar district in the north, injuring three soldiers, the military said.

About an hour later, aircraft struck the power station in Colombo, far to the south of the initial strike.

It was also not clear if the plane that attacked Colombo was the same aircraft that attacked Mannar or if there were two planes, Nanayakkara said.

Such attacks are a huge morale boost for the reeling rebels.

The Tamil Tigers have fought since 1983 to create an independent state for minority Tamils, who have suffered marginalization at the hands of successive governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority. The conflict has killed more than 70,000 people.Next time please mention they r terrorists

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/...IHj.SHqW0Bxg8F

No LTTE pettiness will stop the relentless march of our heroes

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Troops capture strategic area near Kilinochchi
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...5?OpenDocument

Colombo, Oct 29 (PTI) Unfazed by LTTE air strikes on Mannar and Colombo, the Sri Lankan troops today captured another small village close to Kilinochchi destroying more Tiger bunkers, official said.
Government forces captured the village of Jayapura located northeast of Nachchikuda after day-long fierce fighting, latest reports from the battlefront said.

With the capture of Jayapura, Sri Lankan troops have now tightened their noose around the key Sea Tiger bastion of Nachchikuda, which is the main naval base for Kilinochchi.

The army claimed that while retreating from Jayapura, LTTE had forced local civilians to move with them.

The troops advance came even as LTTE aircrafts in daring raids bombed an army camp in Mannar and a power station in the capital. PTI

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Adding another huge setback for the LTTE terrorists in Wanni battlefront, troops of Task Force 1 captured Nachchikuda, the LTTE's major strong point in northwestern coastal border in the Island, this evening, 29 October, the latest defence report received from the forefront said.

Troops of the Task Force -1, launched a multi-pronged offensive and marched towards Nachchikuda from three directions destroying and capturing vital terror positions in the area. The troops of three military battle formations, the one which cut-off Mannar- Poonaryn (A-32) road from the south Pallawarayankaddu area moved from north to south along the A-32 main road, the other marched northwards from immediate south of Nachchikuda, and the third formation in northeastern flank advanced towards Nachchikuda capturing Jeyapuram, have entered in to the Nachchikuda and gained total control over the area by this evening.

According to the defence sources, intense fighting between security forces and terrorists reported in this area from 17 October and LTTE suffered heavy casualties during these gun battles.

The LTTE terrorists who unable to secure their stronghold have withdrawn from the area as the security forces intensified their military thrust into terror dominated Nachchikuda.

Further consolidating operations are now in progress.

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update
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The Air Force are back: Soosai’s hideout pounded

http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/01/sec02.asp
Rafik JALALDEEN

KILINOCHCHI: Air Force fighter jets carried out a successful air sorties targeting Sea Tiger leader Soosai’s hideout in Jayanthinagar, Kilinochchi yesterday afternoon.

Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said the Air Force fighters carried out an aerial attack on this location yesterday around 2.25 p.m.

“It is located 2.5 km west of Akkarayankulam and the air raid was launched effectively,� he added. He said the air raid was carried out following reliable information from ground intelligence and air surveillance.

Good luck chaps!

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