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ஆணையிறவைநோக்கி முன்னேறும் இராணுவத்தினர்?

கிளிநொச்சியைக் கைப்பற்றியதைத் தொடர்ந்து ஆணையிறவைக் கைப்பற்றும் நோக்கில் இராணுவத்தின் விசேட படையணி-1 முன்னேறி வருவதாக பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சு அறிவித்துள்ளது.

வெள்ளிக்கிழமை மற்றும் இன்று சனிக்கிழமை எறிகணைத் தாக்குதல்கள் மற்றும் விமானத் தாக்கதல்களுடன் ஆணையிறவு மற்றும் முல்லைத்தீவின் வடகிழக்குப் பகுதியை நோக்கி இராணுவத்தினர் நகர்வதாக சர்வதேச செய்திச்சேவையொன்று செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

அதேநேரம், முல்லைத்தீவுப் பகுதியில் இன்று காலை 6.15 மணியளவிலும், முற்பகல் 10.30 மணியளவிலும் விமானப்படையினர் வான் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியிருப்பதாக தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு ஊடக நிலையம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

இனம்காணப்பட்ட விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் இலக்குகள் மீதே இந்தத் தாக்குதல்கள் நடத்தப்பட்டிருப்பதாக அந்த நிலையம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இதேவேளை, ஆணையிறவுப் பகுதியிலிருந்து விடுதலைப் புலிகள் வெளியேறி வருவதாக ஆங்கில இணையத்தளமொன்று செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

ஆணையிறவிலிருந்து பரந்தன் அண்மையில் இருப்பதால், இராணுவத்தின் 58வது படைப்பிரிவு ஆணையிறவைநோக்கி முன்நகர்வதாகவும், இராணுவத்தினர் ஆணையிறவின் தென் பகுதியிலிருந்து 2 கிலோ மீற்றர் தூரத்தில் நிலைகொண்டிருப்பதாகவும் அதில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

விடுதலைப் புலிகள் ஆணையிறவிலிருந்து வெளியேறிவரும் நிலையில் தைப்பொங்கலுக்கு முன்னர் முகமாலை, கிளாலி, முல்லைத்தீவு, ஒட்டுசுட்டான் மற்றும் வற்றாப்பளை ஆகிய பகுதிகளை இராணுவத்தினர் மீட்டுவிடுவார்கள் எனவும் அந்த இணையத்தளம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

எனினும், வன்னிக் களமுனையில் நடைபெற்றுவரும் மோதல்கள் தொடர்பில் விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் கருத்துக்கள் எதுவும் இதுவரை வெளியாகவில்லை.

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Tigers begin withdrawal from Elephant Pass: will also vacate Mullaitheevu, Oddusuddan and Vatraappalai

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have begun withdrawing from entrenched positions in the strategic Elephant Pass region.

The narrow Isthmus that links the Jaffna peninsula to the Northern mainland known as Wanni by land is often described as the “gateway to Jaffna”.

Preparations are also afoot to vacate tiger positions in other key places in Eastern Wanni like Mullaitheevu, Oddusuddan and Vatraappalai.

The tigers seized the Elephant Pass area after protracted warfare codenamed “Oyatha Alaigal” (ceaseless waves) in April 2000.

The LTTE has now begun withdrawing personnel and other military assets including long – range artillery from the strategic areas following the fall of Paranthan and Kilinochchi situated to the south of Elephant Pass along the Jaffna – Kandy road known as “A – 9 highway”.

Though Paranthan is several miles to the south of Elephant Pass , soldiers of the 58 division are much closer to Elephant pass as they had earlier moved to the north of Paranthan in order to encircle it.

The taking of Thattuvankottu by the 58 division known also as Task Force – one was a turning point in the battle for Paranthan as it facilitated a thrust on the town from the rear.

Soldiers are now occupying not only Paranthan but also key positions near the A – 9 highway that are very close to Elephant Pass.

Apparently soldiers are now about 2 km to the south of Elephant Pass and are near Kurinchatheevu adjacent to Elephant Pass.

Realising that Elephant Pass is not defendable the LTTE have begun vacating the area.

It is unclear whether the tigers would offer some resistance or simply vacate as the area cannot be held militarily.

The Armed Forces can make a triumphant entry into the place lost eight years ago.

The LTTE is yet to withdraw from positions along the Kilaly – Muhamaalai _ Nagarkovil axis that demarcates the LTTE line of control in the peninsula.

The tigers however have begun reducing the number of cadres stationed there.

The tiger line of control would become untenable once Elephant Pass is taken as the army would be able to wedge the LTTE in from both sides.

It is expected therefore that the LTTE would begin to withdraw from the Peninsula in the near future.

There is however a possibility that the tigers may try and hold on to areas east of the A – 9 in the peninsula as these include important coastal points like Thalaiaddy, Vettrilaikerny and Aaliyawalai.

The tigers may also want to retain access to the mainland via Chunddikulam and also hold on to the sea tiger base there.

Still the chances of the LTTE holding on to this strip seems a virtual impossibility in the long run.

Meanwhile the LTTE is also expected to vacate other key areas in eastern Wanni like Mullaitheevu, Oddusuddan and Vatraappalai.

Mullaitheevu on a promontory is being defended as a built up area now. Soldiers of the 59 division are only 5 km to the south of M/theevu in the general area of Silawattai.

Though tigers are defending positions currently the LTTE has begun moving out from Mullaitheevu and adjacent areas in anticipation of its fall.

59 division soldiers and Task Force – four soldiers are also occupying areas like Mulliyawalai and Thaniootru on the Mankulam – Mullaitheevu road or A – 34 highway.

It is inly a matter of time before troops move further towards Mullaitheevu via the “nandikkadal” lagoon area.Those areas are undefendable.

With troops moving along the coast and by way of the A – 34 axis from two directions , Mullaitheevu like the Poonagary promontory has to be abandoned.

The LTTE has also commenced preparations to vacate Oddusuddan along the A – 34 highway. The Army is now on either side of Oddusuddan along the Mankulam – Mullaitheevu road.

The soldiers are stationed to the west of Oddusuddan in Karippattaimurippu and to the east on Mulliyawalai.

Though the LTTE remains in Oddusuddan for now the tigers cannot remain there for long as troops close in from both sides and also possibly from the north via the Ambakaman jungles.

Thus the LTTE has begun its withdwal on a graual basis.

Likewise the tigers have also begum preparations to move out from Vatraapalai which is home to the most famous temple in the Wanni – The Vatraapalai Amman Kovil.

With soldiers in Mulliyawalai now attempting to move towards Puthukkudiyirupp along the road running through Vatraapalai that area too is becoming untenable.

Moreover the LTTE does not want any damage to happen to to the temple.

With the process of withdrawal now going on the armed forces are likely to be in control of Elephant Pass, Muhamalai, Kilaly, Mullaitheevu, Oddusuddan and Vatraapalai before Thai Pongal Day

 

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The rest of the world might never understand the violence Velupillai Prabhakaran stood for, but its imprint on Sri Lanka is wide and deep. For 26 years, the elusive leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had waged war with the government to win an independent homeland, or eelam, for the island's Tamil minority. The struggle claimed more than 70,000 lives--including, on May 18, Prabhakaran's. The government says he was killed, along with 17 of his trusted lieutenants, while fleeing an army ambush.

Prabhakaran, 54, was born to a middle-class family on the Jaffna Peninsula. Incensed by discrimination against Tamils and radicalized by a militant grade-school teacher, Prabhakaran founded the LTTE in 1976, a year after a group he headed claimed responsibility for killing Jaffna's mayor. By 1983 the guerrilla movement--which pioneered suicide bombings and the recruitment of child soldiers--escalated the fighting into a civil war.

At the height of his power earlier this decade, Prabhakaran led a de facto government that controlled vast swaths of territory and boasted its own systems of taxes, roads and courts. As the army closed in, he allegedly used thousands of Tamil civilians as human shields. By the final days, just 250 LTTE members remained. They died too, along with the dream of eelam.

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