LTTE’s garrison town of Thunukkai is under siege

Sri Lanka Army troops attached to the 57th Division, launched their operations to capture the strategic LTTE garrison town of Thunukkai. According to reports arriving from Mullaittivu Eastern battlefront, troops of Army 57 division are now encircling the Thunukkai town amid heavy resistance from the Tigers. Sri Lankan Troops have commenced approaching the strategically vital town from the North and the West since early this morning.
Troops which observed the locality, noticed that the place is fully fortified and also found concrete bunkers built at the entrance to Thunukkai town.
T 55 battle tanks of the Armored Corps shelled their targets while, artillery guns shelled the same locality. Infantry then moved forwards, but were met with stiff resistance by the LTTE. However, troops operated their tactical ploy and overcame the heavy resistance, and began encircling the Thunukkai town.
An officer from the battle front said that at any moment, troops would march into Thunukkai victoriously and consolidate their position.
When Thunukkai falls, it is believed that the rest of the strategic places like Mallavi, Vadakadu and Mankuklam are expected to fall, as Tigers do not have any holding powers anymore, because when army captures Thunukkai, then Kilinonochi would come under direct threat of Sri Lanka Artillery, as 132 mm guns can fire to a distance of 27 km.
Thunukkai garrison town of the LTTE is situated halfway on the Vellankulam - Mankulam road and has been a strategic centre for the LTTE in the last two decades.
To repulse the military operations, the LTTE leadership appointed the Jaffna commander Thileepan as the overall commander. The LTTE desperately needed a counter offensive or a counter attack and Thileepan is said to be a specialist in such tactical encounters.
As the morale of the LTTE cadres are now pretty low and also they experiences shortage of manpower, it is said that Thileepan could not utilize his military strategies to the full.
An officer when contacted told Asian Tribune that the SL Army knows Thileepan's strategies very well and are well prepared to face any blitzkrieg manipulated by him at any given time.