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| Suicide belts, explosives recovered from Tiger hideout in Sri Lanka |
| 2007-08-03 |
| Soldiers have found suicide belts and cyanide capsules among a haul of arms and explosives seized from a Tamil Tiger rebel hide-out in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Thursday. Troops searched an abandoned house in the northern Jaffna peninsula Wednesday evening on a tip-off and found the cache, an official at the Defence Ministry’s information centre said on customary condition of anonymity in line with policy. The cache contained five belts to have been worn by suicide bombers, five cyanide capsules, anti-tank mines, pistols and detonators, the official said. Govt wants peace talks: Sri Lanka’s government is willing to resume peace talks with Tamil rebels as long as they end violence, its foreign minister said on Thursday. Rohitha Bogollagama told a news conference in Manila his government has not abandoned moves to end civil war through political negotiations but asked the rebels to show sincerity. “We can resume talks tomorrow,” Bogollagama told reporters at a news conference after attending an Asian security forum. “They should stop violence and give up terrorism.” Sri Lanka became the 27th participant of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum during its 14th annual meeting in Manila on Thursday. The government of the South Asian island republic has been fighting a civil war with rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for over two decades. The rebels have ruled out peace while President Mahinda Rajapaksa is in office. |
| Posted by:Fred |