Battlefront report on yesterday’s (17 March) military offensive against LTTE terrorists indicated heavy defeats to them as troops advanced further into LTTE hiding areas with the falling of strategically vital Iranapalai junction in Puthukkudiirippu.
According to the reports, infantrymen of 11 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (11 SLLI), 7 Sinha Regiment (7 SR), 10 Gajaba Regiment (10 GR), 9 Gemunu Watch (9 GW), 12 GR, 8GR and 20 GR continued the advance and strengthen their defenses in Inarapalai east amidst heavy LTTE resistance. However, troops were able to inflict maximum damages to the LTTE, battlefront sources confirmed citing intercepted terror communication channels.
Following the clashes ensued since last morning troops found 10 bodies of LTTE cadres, 25 x T-56 riffles, 01 x Light Machine Gun and 12 x radio communication sets. Further, the snipers deployed in the forward defences confirmed 3 LTTE terrorists were killed yesterday.
Ministry of Defence
If there is any genocide in Sri Lanka it is by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who hold civilian Tamils by force as a human shield in the war. This talk about genocide by Tamil Diaspora is rubbish. The only people who are causing genocide are the LTTE who are holding the civilians as a human shield. Tamil speaking civilians who are being held against their will as a human shield in the current war by the LTTE and being shot at by the LTTE when they attempt to escape on foot and by boat. The vast majority of Tamils living in Sri Lanka do not want a two state solution. It was evident all along that the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was not interested in a political solution to the issues in Sri Lanka and the Tamil people, but in establishing a personal fiefdom for himself