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Tamil Tigers fail: Sampoor falls
Tue, 2006-09-05 02:49 — admin
Colombo, 05 September, (Asiantribune.com): President Mahinda Rajapakse broke the news of the recapture of Sampoor to the thunderous applause of the jubilant SLFP delegates attending the 55th anniversary of the party this afternoon. He also praised Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the Army Commander who survived a Tiger suicide attack, for his courageous leadership.
President Rajapakse resisted the pressures of the international community to halt the advance of his forces into Sampoor. Refusing to give in he asked the Norwegian Ambassador, Hans Brattskar who was putting pressure on him at a meeting: "Are you asking me to hand over the Sampoor to the enemy?"
With the fall of Sampoor the Tamil Tigers lost one of their key bases targeting Trincomalee - the port vital for the security of northern military bases.
Sampoor, a south-eastern suburb in the port of Trincomalee, was occupied by the Tamil Tigers under the Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chandrika Kumaratunga regimes. The Wickremesinghe regime turned a blind eye to the Tamil Tigers encroaching into Sampoor territory. His regime refused to intervene saying that it would disrupt the Ceasefire Agreement. Bradman Weerakoon, the Secretary to the Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, described it as a "confidence-building measure." President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who first grabbed power from Wickremesinghe saying that he was not defending the nation, refused to believe that the Tigers had occupied this strategic point that could easily paralyse Trincomalee harbor.
Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka was determined to wrest Sampoor from the grip of the Tamil Tigers. The Tamil Tiger local leader, S. Eilalan , Head of LTTE’s Political Division, Trincomalee was also making promises not to let it fall. The battle for Sampoor raged for nearly three weeks with Army advancing slowly but steadily. The advance was slowed by heavy minefields, booby traps and other explosive devices laid by the retreating Tamil Tigers.
Tracing the events leading to fall of Sampoor the Army website said: "It all began back in July 2006 when terrorists shut down the Mavil Aru sluice gates depriving water to over 15,000 families and 30,000 acres of paddy cultivation. The Army troops backed by air support got the sluice gates reopened on 08th August 2006 driving away terrorists further into the south of Verugal area.
"While ground troops were marching forward terrorists tried their best to stop their advance simultaneously attacking Muttur, Kattaparichchan, Selvanagar and Mahindapura Army installations but troops thwarted those hostilities with repulse attacks.
"In the meantime, terrorists on 01st August launched mortar attacks towards Trincomalee harbor area while simultaneously directing artillery fire from Sampoor areas but miserably failed to inflict damages on the passenger vessel that was bringing 854 unarmed soldiers from Kankasanthurai to Trincomalee.
"Columns of Army Special Forces and Infantry columns with the active support of artillery and armour fire power, clearing heavy minefields, booby traps and other explosive devices of their way that had been laid by terrorists, marched forward amidst LTTE's stiff resistance in the past few days. The Air Force and the Navy supported the ground tactical maneuver, effectively in the accomplishment of the mission.
"At least over 175 Tamil Tiger terrorists perished during the hostilities and over 350 received injuries, as per reports received by the ground troops.
"The fall of Sampoor comes in the wake of a string of defeats suffered by the terrorists in the north and east in the most recent past in Muhamalai, Nagarkovil, Kilaly, Vavunathivu, Muttur, Mavil Aru, Kallar areas, etc after terrorists unsuccessfully tried either to infiltrate the areas or overrun the camps of the Security Forces," said the website.
- Asian Tribune