Tigers limp on all fours : by Ranil WIJAYAPALA The Security Forces are on the offensive to capture Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu to put an end to the ongoing conflict as the LTTE has been pushed back in a do or die battle to defend that territory where fierce fighting erupted within this week. So the battles that erupted in Akkarayankulam, Vannerikulam and Nachchikuda this week have witnessed the LTTE entering into its final battle in Kilinochchi. The LTTE is now fighting its final battle in the outskirts of Kilinochchi, the administrative hub of the organisation. Reports indicate that the LTTE had taken all their long range artillery located in Pooneryn to the centre of Kilinochchi to direct the maximum fire power against the advancing troops. Simultaneously they were pumping hundreds of well trained cadres operating in the Muhamalai front into Nachchikuda and Akkarayankulam to thwart the attempts of the troops to capture some tactically...
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