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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lankan army captures 'massive' rebel base |
| 2008-08-18 |
| The Sri Lankan military says it has captured a massive Tamil Tiger training base with underground bunkers, lecture halls and a cemetery. According to a military statement, a series of battles across the northern war zone Saturday killed 27 Tamil Tiger fighters and seven government troops. A military spokesman said soldiers took control of a rebel training base in Andankulam in the Welioya region on Saturday after Tamil Tiger fighters fled the area. He said troops uncovered about 100 underground bunkers, four lecture halls, water wells, toilet facilities and a cemetery for fallen fighters with 67 buried bodies. |
| Posted by:Fred |