Historic opportunity

Conservative Parliamentarian and shadow Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom, Dr. Liam Fox who is on a three day visit to Sri Lanka said that “It now appears likely that Government forces will militarily defeat the LTTE.

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Concentrate attacks outside Colombo:

Beaten Tigers in another ruse

The LTTE is trying to achieve what they could not achieve during the past two and half years period both in the battlefront and elsewhere in the South at a time 40,000 troops have surrounded less than 35 square kilometres stretch in Puthukudiyiruppu the last terrain held by the Tiger outfit.

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Troops recover torpedo

Troops attached to the 53 Division, commanded by Major General Kamal Gunaratne, have recovered an improvised underwater torpedo during their search and clear operations in the cleared areas, Army sources said.

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Jane’s Navy International March 2009 says:

Sri Lanka learns to counter Sea Tigers’ swarm tactics

As Sri Lanka celebrated its Independence Day on 4 February, the Sri Lanka Army was closing in on the last pockets of resistance occupied by fighters from the separatist group LTTE in their jungle hideaways. Bringing the conflict to a conclusion after 30 years of war would not have been possible without the Sri Lanka Navy.

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