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| Sri Lanka |
| 19 rebels killed in Sri Lanka |
| 2007-11-16 |
| Sri Lankan troops killed 19 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island, the military said on Thursday. One soldier was killed in the clashes in the Jaffna peninsula and Vavuniya, the latest in an offensive launched by the military to push the rebels deeper into their northern strongholds. “Troops went ahead and attacked terrorist bunker lines in Muhamalai and Nargerkovil in Jaffna Peninsula Thursday morning destroying eight bunkers and killing four terrorists,” a spokesman at the Media Centre for National Security said. He said 15 rebels and a soldier were killed in clashes in Vavuniya and Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |