access to eastern jungles, manpower sources, beaches, etc. now they do not have. i vaguely remember a Zimbabwe/Israeli ship carrying a large stock of mortars for the SLA was diverted by the LTTE in 1997/8 to their ports!!! i do not know whether the ship berthed anywhere or unloaded its deadly cargo. now the tigers cannot do that unless they land an arms shipment along the mulaitivu coast in which c