By panhinda
kiri,
The solution is depriving the coastal areas to LTTE as you said. The importance of this coastal stretch to LTTE well known by both sides. This is why the forces started pushing up north along east first while LTTE is defending tooth and nail not giving in. The North Western coast became more important to them firstly after losing their ‘floating warehouses’ and secondly as an escape route for their leaders in case of emergency.
Shivalingum of TNA was in TN organising protests last week against sea mining issue most probably under LTTE instructions. Hundreds of Indian boats storming the IBL is also engineered by LTTE. We need to stand our ground and protect our borders despite all these provocations without harming Indian Tamil fisherman.
