some observers are amazed at the attack , given the recent advances that the lankan kong defence has made , drove the ltte from their former territories . " it is very significant that the terrorists have carried out such an boldest attack when the government say that they are all but completed , " opined bbc ' s tamils editor , priyath liyanage . " it confirms what many of him really thought ― the military may be undergoing reverses on the battlefield line but they are not all just going to disappeared . "
LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.