Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Army moving into Elepahnt Pass as Tigers begin withdrawal

(TC)The Sri Lankan armed forces have started moving into the “Aanai Iravu” or Elephant pass region as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) commenced withdrawing from the area.

Soldiers of the 58 division commanded by Brig. Shavendra Silva began moving towards Elephant pass from two directions.

One column proceeded along the axis of the Jaffna – Kandy road known as A – 9 highway from a place called Umaiyaalpuram , north of Paranthan. Full Text