LTTE In Total Disarray As Troops Reach Pooneryn -- Sunday Observer* Troops on verge of opening land route to Jaffna
* LTTE making use of entrapped civilians as combatants to strengthen their depleting ranks
* Tigers lose control over the Western coast
* Task Force III begins offensive ops
The continued advance of the troops from various directions, to the North from the Western edge of the Kilinochchi District, from the Western coast depriving almost the entire coast to the LTTE and from the West of A-9 road towards Kilinochchi has put the LTTE in one of the most baffling situations this week in selecting their priorities.
The depleting strength, and the lack of leadership has brought disastrous consequences for the LTTE in facing the advancing troops, as many of the Tiger cadres lacked knowledge on what is going on in the battle front and were not aware of the presence of the troops as almost all their major defence lines which gave some sort of idea about the areas under their control, have been captured by the troops by this time.
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My Comment: The goal from the Sri Lankan Government has been to defeat the Tigers by the end of the year .... it appears that they are on schedule.