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guamini

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Q: As an expert on the LTTE and its modus operandi, what tactics used by the Sri
Lanka Army, specifically, the manner in which ground troops advanced towards
ever-shrinking LTTE territory, were different to the way other infantry operations
were conducted in the past?


Traditional Army Commanders in the past have always fought only
one battle at a time. But in this case, Gen. Sarath Fonseka would fight them in the east, in
Mannar, in Kilinochchi and in Mullaitivu. Because the Army had strength in numbers
because of recruitment, it was possible for the Army to engage the LTTE on multiple
fronts.

Firstly, Gen. Sarath Fonseka is a very capable commander, because he spent most of
his years in the field. He has been wounded thrice, once in a suicide bomb attack, and he
is one of the few people in the world who have survived a suicide attack. He knew the
battlefield inside out. There is a famous quotation that I have heard in the field whenever
I was with the Army. They would say, “Batta issaraha, Fonniya pitipasse”. Fonniya in
this sense meant Sarath Fonseka. So what troops were saying was that the Johnny ‘batta’
or anti-personnel mine was issaraha or in front of them, while Sarath Fonseka was at their
back, urging them on. Fonseka is a commander who drives his Army to fight.
Traditionally, our Army commanders moved troops on the A-9, which is the centre of the
country. But Sarath Fonseka decided to move his troops along the coast because he had
enough men to adopt this tactic. Moving the troops along the coast was the ideal thing to
do, because the troops can be supplied from the seas and not only that, the troops would
then prevent the flow of supplies and fighters to the LTTE by sea. So Sarath Fonseka
understood the battleground and that played an integral part in defeating the LTTE.
“Inability to sustain luxurious life style caused
LTTE’s fall”
– Dr. Rohan Gunaratna
 

starchild82

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SF "War Hero kenek" kiyana eke kisima prashnayak naha. Eka aththa. Eth mechchara wedak karapu Gotata "Computer Operator kenek, eyamonawada yudde gena danne" kiyanawanam eka thamai thiyena lokuma drohikama.

SF yudde thaniyama kale naha dan e wage katha kiwwata. ehema kiyana minihek rata hadai kiyala hithanna amarui. Rata hadannam president wennama onith naha!