8.2.2008
By Ravin Edirisinghe in Colombo
Sri
Lanka Navy's Special Boat Squadron and Patrolmen units
in a special operation conducted in deep hideouts in Kumburupiddi
area (in the Peraru jungles North of Trincomalee) shot
and killed the LTTE Claymore Group leader on day before
yesterday (07) around 8.00 pm. Two LTTE bodies along with
the following were recovered by the naval troops during
the search operation:
Claymore
mines -02
T-56 weapons -02 (120 ammunition)
Micro pistols -02 (with two magazines full of live ammunition)
Anti Personnel mines -02
Few Cyanide capsules and two military packs
The
days LTTE cadres who are engaged in playing hide and seek
in Peraru jungle area is fast reaching an end as a result
of extensive search operations conducted by the Navy in
Peraru jungles. The same units of the naval ground offensive
units were able to recover a large number of Rocket Propeller
Grenades and a large number of T-56 ammunitions when they
attacked a similar group in Peraru jungles 24 January
last month.
One
taking a closer look at these developments will see that
these tiger cadres have been trying all their tactics
to open up a gate way to reach Mullaithivu. Since the
day they arrived in these areas over the ground tracks,
tiger cadres had no intention but to run away from the
face of the Security Forces.
Analysts
looking back at tiger tactics in the past will agree that
when the tigers had their Sea Lines of Communication available,
they were able to connect the operations in the East and
North. Disturbing this communication path played a key
role especially during the operations in the East as the
Navy did a remarkable job in making the sea tigers starve
without cadre reinforcement and ammunition. For the first
time in the history of naval operations, naval fleet units
successfully avoid tigers attempting to use sea routes
either to bring reinforcements or to withdraw.
Today
90% of sea tiger movements are been stopped in the North,
East, South and West. The only remaining channel for the
tigers now lies between the Southern coast of India and
Vedithalathivu area. Those days of LTTE conducting boat
maneuvers in Mullaithievu coastal area are not seen as
the naval Fast Attack Craft on patrol do not hesitate
to chase and attack tiger boats at any time.
In
this backdrop, one can see the importance of naval operations
both on sea and land in the present situation. The coordinated
effort of the Security Forces and the Police has always
been the key factor in the victories mother Lanka have
achieved so far and it will remain until terrorism is
wiped out from this country.
Courtesy - Asian
Tribune