THE long awaited day is coming. Sri Lankan Special Forces broke through LTTE defences holding thousands of civillians in a human shield late last night. The well rehearsed assault which was led by elements of the Special forces, division 58 units and commandos smashed through the enemy earth defences and destroyed a number of bunkers and reinforced defences. The assault which was launched around midnight is said to have had the undivided attention of the President, and all three forces commanders until late morning.
The attacking troops have established a broad open front somewhere in the middle of the long strip held by the LTTE through which over 35,000 civillians have streamed out into government controlled areas. All LTTE attempts to prevent the exodus have failed completely, though a large number of civillians have been injured and approximately 200 killed when the tamil tiger terrorists carried out multiple suicide attacks and fired with a tank at the escaping civillian mass.
Meanwhile the United States government is reported to have attempted to force a cease-fire on the SLDF by threatening criminal action against the island nation and by vetoing an economic package sought by Sri Lanka from the IMF. President Rajapaksa has refused to bow to international pressure which appears to be aimed at providing a life line to the beleagured LTTE and has given the terrorist group a final ultimatum of 24 hours to surrender. In the meanwhile Special Forces operations are targetting cornered LTTE cadres in the area.
The exodus predicted by military analysts has begun. Endgame is next.
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