By sri lankan
Ranil,
I don’t think these terrorists live in the jungle..I think they have number of safe houses around this area where they behave like “civilians” and become “terrorists” when instructed by their handlers.
Archive for February, 2008
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 29, 2008On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 29, 2008By ranil
Sri Lankan
Yala is not officially closed since the parks borders go in to Monaragala/Buttala area goes into only certain blocks of the park that are anyway not highly used by the usual visitors.
I’m pretty sure that it was more than 4 tigers on this unit because though people claim to have seen such numbers there has to have been more fire support and backup units enabling this 4 tigers to do what they did.
I think even Defence Net was suggesting it to be more than that.
Many beleive this is the same squad or part of the same squad that attacked the Thalgasmankada post sometime ago… a very small team is highly unlikely to have carried out such raids even after loosing one female member.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 29, 2008By moshe dyan
Sniffer dogs may not be a bad idea. The STF should not rest until they finish all tigers in these jungles.
Imagine the fear of people in these villages especially at night. My heart goes out to them. Imagine how children cope with it knowing fully well that the jungle hids some killers who would at any time jump to the village and kill.
Can you remember how the bloody politicians tried to make out a political issue when riditenna attacks took place? One demanded land from the government!
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 29, 2008By moshe dyan
But the more we delay the more such attacks would happen committed by the same small group. Why did they abandon the search after seeing only one (1) female tiger body?
The Buttala incident attracted alot of armed forces personnel. These farming villages must be protected and the only way is to trackdown the terorists still hiding in South-Eastern jungles. We beat them from Thoppigala and there is no reason why we can’t catch them from S-E jungles.
What a joke to deploy thousands of homegurads when what is required is to hunt down the tigers combing the jungle to any length. Our final wars will be anyway fought in the jungles and there is no excuse.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 29, 2008By ranil
“STF should be ashamed that they only chased them to the jungle and recovered only one body. They should have continued the search. It is a difficult task but must be done.”
I don’t agree with this. STF and SLA have no reason to be ashamed as they have done their best given all the possible scenarios.
There’s no point aimlessly combing the jungles without a proper intel hoping that you will bump into the tiger squad cos remember the tigers had a good head start and surely had planned their exit route well in advance.
I do agree that we should do everything to hunt these terarists down but we got to do that with proper planning and not aimlessly screening the jungles.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 27, 2008By moshe dyan
Gunships must be used to support the attrition warfare.They are so very effective if used for attrition.
We have plenty but very few seems to be used regularly.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 27, 2008By qrious
All,
Tigers can mislead the forces by creating a picture of the gathering of their cadres, that in actual fact can be civilians. So, they create an ideal platform for the notion that the SLAF is engaged in indiscriminate bombings.
I think they must exercise caution before walking into these traps.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 27, 2008By moshe dyan
Given the weapons the tiger group carry, we can deploy a helicopter with gunners to target any human sight in the jungle.
The thermo tracker is a good one; but i don’t think those are used to track small groups of humans from an altitude that ak-47s and RPGs cannot reach.
by whatever means we must at least now kill these terrorists not chase them to the jungle. STF should be ashamed that they only chased them to the jungle and recovered only one body. They should have continued the search. It is a difficult task but must be done.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 27, 2008By shay
“he says that Mi-24s and Mig/Kfirs were never instructed to attack tigers they encounter en route to a mission although the guns are always loaded but NEVER used”
I dont see anything wrong with that. The pilots job is to complete the mission which has been assigned. They cant deviate and do whatever they want.
In Iraq/Afghanistan for example the US has armed aircraft in the air almost all the time. So when a opportunity target presents itself, it can be taken out easily. We don’t have enough aircraft for that sort of role. So the pilots have to stick to the mission they have been assigned.
“Their main instructions have always been to raid the tigers of a certain area by DISPERSING them NOT primarily to kill them”
I doubt that. In any case the air strikes in the recent pass have all been against identified fixed targets. I have not read of any CAS in the recent pass, probably because most SLA operations have been small group based attacks and not the larger massed attacks that would require air support.
On”SLAF steps up air strikes over Wanni” – DN
February 27, 2008By ranil
Moshe
I think the primary role of the fighter pilots and attack heli gunships is to take out the assigned target… what the pilots might not know at the time of the mission is the underlying military strategy for such things… the bigger picture as they say…
No person can fight this single handedly and everything has to fall into place perfect to achieve desired results…
I might be wrong on this so let’s see what the true experts have to say about it.
