Progress of Wanni theatre of operations..... Sri Lankan Armed forces, Police, Police Special Task Force (STF) and Civil Defence Force (CDF) are engaged in a military operation to liberate the Northern Province of Sri Lanka from the clutches of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE. The terrorist outfit maintains its military activities mainly over two districts of the Northern Province namely Kilinochchi and Mulaithiuvu. Also, the LTTE is still active in Northern borders of the Mannar and Vavuniya districts. The region under terrorist clutches is commonly known as the Wanni region. The Sri Lanka Army plays the key role in land operations under the mission to liberate the Wanni. While the Navy denies terrorists the use of sea lines of communication and the Air Force destroys terrorist nerve centres deep in the Wanni, the Army is engaging the enemy in two theatres of battle namely, Jaffna and Wanni

Sri Lanka's army says it is closing in on the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital in the north.

Seven women soldiers, who pursued parachute training for the first time in the Air Force history, have passed out. (15/02/2008) The event was organised at the Katunayake Air Force Base. They received training under the Air Force 14th parachute course for two months. In the meantime, 10 soldiers of the Air Force Regiment Special Force, two sailors of the Navy and five members of the Regiment Air Force also passed out after parachute training. A notable feature is the inclusion of a medical officer in this group. The passing out ceremony took place under the patronage of Air Force Commander Air Marshal Roshan Goonetilleke. These new pass outs will have the opportunity of rendering a service through parachutes during an emergency. 360 had so far successfully completed this training course at the Katunayake Air Base.

"Nothing can stop our march into Kilinochchi" -Soldiers at battlefield. Wanni Operation 24 th of October 2008 Video Source, "Wanni Meheyuma" News Report from Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

05/07/2008 ITN Wanni News Battlefront soldiers extending facilities to fleeing civilians

War heroes of the 59th Division, who captured the Michael Base of the LTTE within the Mullaitivu forests, are advancing towards the North.

Dear LKTUBE Users don't misunderstand my action (uploading this video). This videos is a PRO LTTE video so please don't try to make any sence or any meaning of the comments (audios) of this video. I upload this video just for you to watch what these mad ltte guys are doing to our country and to our brothers. Yesterday's battle .... Troops from 55 Division advancing from Muhamalai and Kilali captured the LTTE's Forward Defence Line and recovered 17 dead bodies of Tigers. The LTTE was in total disarray in this front. However, in the next front at Nagarkovil, troops from the 53 Division who attempted to charge the LTTE FDL was beaten back heavily in open terrain by long range artillery and mortar fire. Troops who managed to enter the LTTE trenches were killed in booby traps planted by the Tigers. Although the 55 Division had captured the Tiger FDL, the 53 Division's bungling made it impossible to link the line and troops withdrew after several hours with the dead bodies of Tigers, some of which was handed over to Jaffna police yesterday to be given to ICRC. The 53 Division, comprising only regular infantry (533/534) also includes the Mechanized Infantry and Air Mobile Brigades. Some sources have claimed 53 Div comprises of Commandos and Special Forces. This is not true. These two specialized Regiments comes under the Army Commander's Reserve since a few years back. Who did this? The defeat at Nagarkovil yesterday is the 3rd comprehensive defeat in Jaffna in recent times. Two of the three operations were led by Brigadier Samantha Sooriyabandara. Despite yesterday's loss and another loss many months ago where two Main Battle Tanks were lost due to poor leadership, Brigadier Sooriyabandara is to be appointed Defence Attache to the Sri Lanka Embassy in the United States, highly placed sources told .

2 LTTE boats were reported destroyed and 6 terrorists killed after a pre-dawn fierce sea battle, that erupted between Navy's elite Special boat squadron (SBS) personnel and LTTE, off Nayaru, Tuesday (Nov 18). Detecting a cluster of 7 LTTE craft makingway along the coastal waters off Nayaru at around 6a.m., SBS engaged naval gunfire reportedly destroying two craft and damaging another, defence sources said. Meanwhile, Air Force MI-24 helicopter gunships providing close-in air support to the Navy elites, have engaged 4 LTTE craft detected fleeing the combined navy-air onslaught. According to intercepted LTTE communication, 6 terrorists were confirmed killed and as many injured during the sea battle that lasted till 7.30a.m.

Comparison of situation in Mallavi 2001 vs 2008. Wanni Operation 25 th September 2008

27 terrorists have died in confrontations in the North. There were several encounters in the Wanni battlefront (30/03/2008)