First anniversary of Jayasikurui. Puliyankulam is still under LTTE control, and the SLA has never captured Puliankulam. On July 17, during the worst military disaster of Mullaitivu Military Base, over 1300 soldiers were killed and billions of rupees worth of military hardware were lost. Ethnic violence that broke out on July 23, 1983. They said Prabhakaran was planning a third counter attack.
Eastern province deteriorate further into LTTE control.
It thus appears that today, we are both politically and militarily at the cross-roads of options. The LTTE has been stepping up pressure on three sectors in the east. The Valaichenai junction on the MSR to Batticaloa is deemed so important strategically that the government has concentrated ten army camps and five police camps in and around it in addition to numerous posts and checkpoints. Despite the high concentration of army and police camps in this relatively small part of the district, the LTTE has been able to steadily increase its strength and activities in the general area of Valaichenai and particularly within the triangle formed by roads to Kalkudah.