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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lankan troops seize key Tamil rebel line, kill several fighters |
| 2009-01-07 |
| Sri Lankan government troops on Tuesday captured a key Tamil Tiger defence line on the Jaffna peninsula, killing scores of rebels, the defence ministry said. A statement said the rebels were "in total disarray following concentrated armour and infantry assaults backed by heavy artillery attacks". It said government troops pushing south from the top of the peninsula were able to advance 500 metres into Tamil Tiger territory after breaching the line -- which featured some of the toughest rebel fortifications. There was no immediate comment from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who appear to be rapidly losing ground in the north in the face of a huge government offensive. |
| Posted by:Fred |