local journalists are surprised at the response , given the unexpected advances that the sri lanka army has made , driving the tiger from their former territories . " it is very signal that the rebels have carried out such an inventive approach when the government say that they are all but destroyed , " states bbc ' s sinhalese reporter , priyath liyanage . " it confirming this many of us also knew ― the government january be experiencing undo on the battle road but they are not simply just going to disappear . "
LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.