58 & 59 DIVISION TROOPS LINK UP TOGETHER DEPRIVING LTTE OF COASTAL BELT
MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS entering final phase of the rescue operation in the “New Safe Zone” made another breakthrough when 58 Division marching from the north linked up with 59 Division troops who were forging ahead northbound in the New Safe Zone at the crack of Saturday morning (16). Accordingly, troops of the 11 Gemunu Watch in 59 Division and 11 Sri Lanka Light Infantry in 58 Division have taken control of the entire eastern coastal area since this morning (16).
MULLAITTIVU: A TOTAL OF 9347 civilians reached the Army control areas on Friday (15). 4909 of them reached the 53 Division area, 3681 reached the 58 Division area and 757 reached the 59 Division area. Influx of civilians is still continuing..jpg)
IN THE PAST few days the international media has been full of alleged pictorial evidence, mainly through video footage, of what they claim to be scenes of the "massive humanitarian crisis" said to be occurring in the north of Sri Lanka, where the LTTE is holding thousands of Tamil civilians hostage. Viewers have been shown harrowing details of alleged bombings of hospitals and of many persons killed and injured, in what are said to be indiscriminate shelling by government forces, in the No Fire Zone. All of such pictorial material is attributed to pro-Tamil pressure groups abroad .....
MULLAITTIVU: ANOTHER attempt by desperate Tiger terrorists to cause destruction to the Army Defence Line in KARAYAMULLIVAIKAL was foiled by the troops this morning (16) around 10.00 a.m.. Having observed a bus speeding towards the troops from the direction of LTTE-held areas, soldiers activated and opened fire at the bus which instantly turned into a ball of fire with a huge explosion before it reached the Army Defence Line. A huge column of black smoke spiraled into the sky as the explosive-laden vehicle was reduced to ashes.
MULLAITTIVU: CONTINUING distortion of facts and gross disinformation, spread by LTTE terrorist lobbyists seems to have been in some cases naively bought and meticulously re-planted in the western media with the sheer intention of tarnishing the image of the government and the Security Forces. In the past couple of days, terrorists went on making a sustained hue and cry over an alleged bombardment of a Tsunami Housing project in the “New Safe Zone” (NSZ) by Army troops who have by now brought the area in question under their control. Foreign media with no regard to what a legitimate Army has been telling launched a massive pro-LTTE media .....
CANADA: OVERSEAS based Tiger terrorist supporters, terribly irked, upset and desperate over the LTTE’s imminent decimation at any moment from now onwards seem to be taking their vicious cycle of violence to the western hemisphere, probably with the intention of re-locating their lost utopian, “Eelam” in the long run. Those terror gangs, thirsty for blood and mayhem, do not want to spare even places of religious sanctity. They attacked Buddhist monasteries in France, London and Sri Lankan missions elsewhere. A few hours ago, LTTE gangsters desecreted the most venerated Toronto Mahavihara Temple in Scarborough, Canada. LTTE proxies during early hours on Saturday(16) had set fire to the Buddhist temple while the monks were inside.
MULLAITTIVU: AN ESTIMATED thirty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty-five (36985) trapped civilians were rescued by Army troops during Saturday (16) as the stream of exodus intensified following the Army's opening of a new escape route across the NANTHI KADAL lagoon. Some 30,000 civilians have reached the 59 Division troops commanded by Brigadier PRASANNA DE SILVA. 4328 Civilians approached the area under 53 Division and 2657 more civilians reached troops under 58 Division for safety. 
MULLAITTIVU: ONE MORE heavily-fortified LTTE torture-chamber cum prison complex, run inside a three-room house behind the MULLAIVAIKKAL (VELLAMULLAVAIKKAL) sub-post office, was among the latest finds made by heroic 58 Division troops on Saturday (16) as they moved further in. Barbarism of ruthless Tiger terrorism, that has meted out inhuman punishments to all those who opposed to Tigers or defied LTTE directives was once again proved with the tracing of this “concentration” camp or the torture chamber where Tiger leadership has reportedly detained all those who blamed him or criticized Tiger hierarchy. The house with a wide sitting room, plus three spacious rooms has been protected closely by bunkers on the orders of the LTTE supremo, PRABHAKARAN, according to information given to the troops by escapees. 