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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kosandpol" data-source="post: 3496214" data-attributes="member: 105851">Kokavil liberated; another LTTE bastion on A-9 falls                  <img src="http://www.defence.lk/img/2008121_EP01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Troops          of Sri Lanka Army 57 division today (Dec 1) reached long awaited          milestone on their march into terrorist dens in Wanni with the          liberation of the Kokavil town.          According to the battlefield sources, troops launched          an offensive early last morning extending their forward boundaries          towards east of the A-9 (Jaffna-Kandy) road. Infantrymen of the 57          division first reached the A-9 at a location few kilometers north of the          Kokavil town and then turned the thrust southwards destroying all          remaining LTTE strongholds down to Mankulam.          This is the first time after 28 years Army gained full          control over this area, the sources added.          Kokavil recalls the memory          of Lieutenant Saliya Upul Aladeniya , the heroic commander who was the          last officer in charge of the isolated camp Kokavil in 1990. With only          two platoons in hand , Lieutenant Aladeniya defended his camp for one          month without any reinforcement, or casualty evacuation before LTTE          overran it in July 1990. When he was asked to abandon the camp leaving          the casualties behind at one stage of the battle, he refused to do so          and chose to fight to the last. Lieutenant Aladeniya was posthumously          conferred with the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV) , the highest award          for the gallantry at the battlefield. He was the first officer to be so          awarded.source:<a href="http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20081201_02" target="_blank">http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20081201_02</a></blockquote>

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