Flash:
Vidattaltivu Liberated; terrorists suffer fatal blow
Gallant soldiers of Army 58 Division and Commando Brigade have
liberated the strategically important Vidattaltivu town this morning
(July 16), said the defence sources in the Mannar warfront.
According to defence sources, Vidattaltivu is the biggest town
situated on the North- Western coast of the Island, 20 km North of
Mannar and is the main Sea-Tiger base cum the logistic hub of the LTTE
in the West. This is the first time after the departure of Indian Peace
Keeping Force in 1990 that troops have dominated the area , the sources
added.
Defence observers are in the view that the lost of Vidattaltivu would
cast a fatal blow on LTTE as it has lost the most important Sea-Tiger
base in the present context. According to them the terrorists have no
other option than to shift their Sea-Tiger assets to a makeshift camp
further Northwards with the lost of its well-established sea borne
operation base. |