Associated Press,  Thu Jan 11 09:23:23 EST 2007

    DILIP GANGULY  -   Associated Press Writer  -              COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -  (AP)  Anti-terrorist commandos captured a Tamil Tiger rebel base Thursday in eastern Sri Lanka - , killing at least four guerrillas, the military said Thursday.        Fighting has escalated in the past year in Sri Lanka - 's north and east.
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Why can't the Govt. become more efficient in disseminating effective propaganda on news stories like this? If the Tigers overran an army camp(they did many times_) they will splash photos on Tamil(tiger)Net.  To be credible it will be nice to see proof in the form of photos. But I am sure the Tigers made a strategic withdrawal and maybe planning many more surprise attacks.  SLA must be VIGILANT so they wont be embarassed like they were at E.pass and Mullaitivu under incompetent CBK regime and under RW regime when Pooneryn was overrun.

When the so called 'Stanley & Janaka bases' were overrun by the STF, LTTE simply withdrew. They may as well put up the camp somewhere else or head back when STF leaves. There were no LTTE casualties what so ever at the much larger Stanley base. Its good to capture ground, however better if no LTTE is left behind to setup camp somewhere else.


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RogerThis wrote:

Why can't the Govt. become more efficient in disseminating effective propaganda on news stories like this? If the Tigers overran an army camp(they did many times_) they will splash photos on Tamil(tiger)Net.  To be credible it will be nice to see proof in the form of photos. But I am sure the Tigers made a strategic withdrawal and maybe planning many more surprise attacks.  SLA must be VIGILANT so they wont be embarassed like they were at E.pass and Mullaitivu under incompetent CBK regime and under RW regime when Pooneryn was overrun.

Good point.  The government must appoint few officers to read TLA for free tips on how to fight propaganda.
Reporters also have a habit of pulling stories and running with it.


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To be credible it will be nice to see proof in the form of photos.

I'm not sure that the kind of footage we had at Sampur will be that helpful. The runup to the capture gave us the impression that Sampur was another Monte Casino, and then all we saw were a few abandoned ditches and sandbags.

Roger you mean evidence for event(s) such as this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6250893.stm

When independence news reported, you don't need any evidence to prove to the world!!!

ENATION
Do you think that so called BRITISH Broadcasting Co... BBC (Sandesaya)is impartial. You got it wrong.  BBC is not independent , they are just like another part of NGOs in Sirilanka!.  They arte more favour of LTTE!. Just read some news from Sinhala BBC. They always try to be critical about Srilankans although editors are Sinhal Srilankans. You know there are traitors  of nation even in the Srilankan Forces.
Forget about LTTE or war in Srilanka. Sinhala(in English) BBC  talk high about shane Warne than our Murali. I never ever respect news produced by Sninhala BBC.

For an LTTE follower, Murali is a Sinhalese Adlee is Tamil.  So they still like BBC and Shane Warne.


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Most of the LTTE bases which are known to outside are not like other normal military bases. There may be some huts and bunkers. In small bases there are  some dhal and rice stocks. Keep it!  Statnely and Janaka sounds like these types of bases.
If the base is in secret locations, may be there are arms& ammo dump which they normally take with them when they forced to withdraw.
"LTTE base captured"  are the stories of SL Govt & SLA. SLA needs to boost its troops moral and SLG needs the stupid voters support.
When LTTE were forced to withdraw from Jaffna they brought  even iron hospital beds with them. So that kind of lose does not weaken LTTE's military streanth.

IF and ONLY IF when LTTE can liberate JAFFNA or TRINCO or BOTH, they can claim VICTORY.
IF and ONLY IF when SLA occupy VANNI, they can claim VICTORY.
Otherwise just . propaganda from both sides.

The fact is...............
Oncee claim of VICTORY  doesnot mean end of war. For permanant peace the other should accept DEFEAT.
Otherwise back to squar one. May be low intensive war for a while.
So if there is a peace in that .. Island one should WIN and the other should accept DEFEAT.

Until now "jay weeva" for TamilNet and LankaAcadamic!!
Bye for now!!


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So there is nothing good done by the GOSL at the end. Stanley base is nothing but a farm and making Dosai for the villages. Probably that is whay terro net does not talk about it. All the arms and annunition and other equipment is a blatent lie by the SLA.
Hoorah for the active and passive supporters of the tamil terrorists.

enation,
           I went to the link you provided, I  didn't see ANY independent news. All sources it qouted was  just ONE source: "Sri Lankan military says", "Defence ministry spokesman, Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said ","He said two more soldiers... ", "The defence spokesman said " etc.

enation, I am not disputing that the bases were over-run, all I am saying is that the link you provided does not amount to an independant verification that RogerThis was calling for.

enation wrote:

Roger you mean evidence for event(such as this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6250893.stm

When independence news reported, you don't need any evidence to prove to the world!!!

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RogerThis wrote:

Why can't the Govt. become more efficient in disseminating effective propaganda on news stories like this? If the Tigers overran an army camp(they did many times_) they will splash photos on Tamil(tiger)Net.  To be credible it will be nice to see proof in the form of photos. But I am sure the Tigers made a strategic withdrawal and maybe planning many more surprise attacks.  SLA must be VIGILANT so they wont be embarassed like they were at E.pass and Mullaitivu under incompetent CBK regime and under RW regime when Pooneryn was overrun. :twisted:

LTTE had been making 'strategic withdrawal' from all the places in the last 6 months or so. Presently, LTTE is simply weak to face the SLA in the east. Not enough fighters, no heavy weapons, and facing too many 'enemies'. The glory days of LTTE, the days when they overan militray bases one after the other, is over. Simply beacuse of 'infighting' within the LTTE. The moral is very low, and the regional commanders dont trust each other. They might have some steam left in the north, but very soon, LTTE will give up the east, unless they havent done so already.

LTTE's eastern leaders, such as Bhanu, Elilan, Ram are already 'strategically withdrawn' to Vanni. Only Ramesh is left in Batticalo , and Sornam might be somewhere north of Trincomale. Those fighters in the Batticalo-Ampari areas are abandoned by the Vanni leadership. If enough security guarnatees are provided by STF, large number of LTTE cadres will surrender in the east. There are some signs that this is taking place. Karuna's men are screening those surrendering LTTE to root out the intel cadres (aka-Pottu loyalists) who have to be 'liquidated'.

LTTE cannot simply stage any large attacks on SLA in the east. What they can do, however, is to take on soft targets like civilian settlements, transportation services, etc., LTTE might attack in he south causing severe civilian casulties. The terrorists badly need a communal riots in Sri Lanka now- to shore up support among the Tamils, to increase revenue(money collection) and also to drive-up recruitment...

Janet wrote:

RogerThis wrote:

Why can't the Govt. become more efficient in disseminating effective propaganda on news stories like this? If the Tigers overran an army camp(they did many times_) they will splash photos on Tamil(tiger)Net.  To be credible it will be nice to see proof in the form of photos. But I am sure the Tigers made a strategic withdrawal and maybe planning many more surprise attacks.  SLA must be VIGILANT so they wont be embarassed like they were at E.pass and Mullaitivu under incompetent CBK regime and under RW regime when Pooneryn was overrun.

LTTE had been making 'strategic withdrawal' from all the places in the last 6 months or so. Presently, LTTE is simply weak to face the SLA in the east. Not enough fighters, no heavy weapons, and facing too many 'enemies'. The glory days of LTTE, the days when they overan militray bases one after the other, is over. Simply beacuse of 'infighting' within the LTTE. The moral is very low, and the regional commanders dont trust each other. They might have some steam left in the north, but very soon, LTTE will give up the east, unless they havent done so already.

LTTE's eastern leaders, such as Bhanu, Elilan, Ram are already 'strategically withdrawn' to Vanni. Only Ramesh is left in Batticalo , and Sornam might be somewhere north of Trincomale. Those fighters in the Batticalo-Ampari areas are abandoned by the Vanni leadership. If enough security guarnatees are provided by STF, large number of LTTE cadres will surrender in the east. There are some signs that this is taking place. Karuna's men are screening those surrendering LTTE to root out the intel cadres (aka-Pottu loyalists) who have to be 'liquidated'.

LTTE cannot simply stage any large attacks on SLA in the east. What they can do, however, is to take on soft targets like civilian settlements, transportation services, etc., LTTE might attack in he south causing severe civilian casulties. The terrorists badly need a communal riots in Sri Lanka now- to shore up support among the Tamils, to increase revenue(money collection) and also to drive-up recruitment...

Perhaps, LTTE is preparing for another concentrated attack elsewhere. Never underestimate LTTE, it is down right foolish to do so. Political solution together with strong military force is the solution for this. Leave Velu behind and provide genuine power sjharing plan to Karuna, EPDP etc.

Athos wrote:

When the so called 'Stanley & Janaka bases' were overrun by the STF, LTTE simply withdrew. They may as well put up the camp somewhere else or head back when STF leaves. There were no LTTE casualties what so ever at the much larger Stanley base. Its good to capture ground, however better if no LTTE is left behind to setup camp somewhere else.

 
In that withdrawal (simply you say) LTTE, left a small factory producing camouflage cloths with a sizable stock, sniper with night visions, one HK LMG, and a Gmin Global Positioning system, three trail bikes and a 15 KVA generator.  Only thing missing was a note to say to STF ""pl. Keep these inventory items as we plan to return later""

If I were the GOSL I would worry as to why the ltte is not putting up much of a fight.
While it's quite possible that the ltte is in weakened situation, let's us not forget that the ltte has ALWAYS seemed weak ON PAPER but nevertheless sprung not a few surprises.


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