Sri Lanka Army aims at taking Wanni, says the Commander
Posted On:Friday, September 28, 2007,12:23 AM

Sri Lanka Army Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka says that the aim of the operations in Wanni is to free the 350,000 residents who are under the rule
of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) and to prevent the attacks on border areas.
In an interview with the government owned Sinhala daily Dinamina, the Army Commander said that the LTTE’s fighting cadre has dropped about 50%. The Army
has restricted the guerilla’s territory by 70%, he said.
The Army Commander further says that 3,000 Tiger cadres were killed and around 1,000 were injured in the recent past. The LTTE has also lost a huge coastal area
restricting the Sea Tigers, said the Army Commander.
Lt. General Sarath Fonseka anticipated that the Army would soon take over the Thampanai area currently they are fighting to wrest control