"Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what's waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!"(Troy)
Several SLA's defence positions at Nagar Kovil were destroyed in the attack that was launched around 1 p.m. Thursday, the radio said.
Sri Lanka Air Force helicopters and bombers were called in to support the ground troops the Army sources said.
Sources in Jaffna said heavy fighting went on till late on Thursday evening. The SLA and Tigers continue to exchange mortar and artillery fire in the area, the sources said.
Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have.
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.
And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."
