Troops capture Pooneryn
Last Tiger bastion on North Western coast falls:
Troops of the 58 Division took full control of
Pooneryn, the last bastion of the LTTE on the Western coast in the
wee hours of yesterday.
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LTTE’s backbone broken
The capture of Pooneryn by the Security Forces
was hailed by key Tamil political figures saying that it was
somewhat like breaking the backbone of the LTTE.
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SITREP:
Pooneryn falls
In one of the historic and landmark victories in
military history, troops of the 58 Division yesterday reached
Pooneryn which had been out of control of the Security Forces for
the past one and half decades when columns of troops from the 58
Division operating in the Western half of the Kilinochchi District
set foot in Pooneryn amidst stiff resistance from the LTTE.
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