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| Sri Lanka |
| 20 rebels killed, fighter jets target Sea Tigers' base: army |
| 2008-09-27 |
| (PTI) At least 20 LTTE cadres were killed in fierce clashes in the restive northern Sri Lanka where fighter jets attacked a Sea Tiger base in Jaffna peninsula, the military said today. Sri Lankan Air Force MI-24 helicopters attacked a Sea Tiger gathering point in Pooneryn in Jaffna late last night, the defence ministry said. Air force confirmed that the strike caused heavy damages to the outfit, it said. "Security forces personnel engaged in Wanni liberating operation in Mullaittivu front are on the eve of another significant victory against LTTE cadres as the troops of 57 Division advanced into the Kokkavil general area this afternoon," the Defence Ministry said. Reports of fighting have increased in recent months amid government's declaration to crush the group by the end of the year. Fighting, which has escalated in the past two years, further flared after the government in January pulled out of the 2002 cease-fire pact with the rebels. According to the latest information received from the front, the troops of 57 Division are in close vicinity to the Kokkavil railway station complex, it said. Elsewhere, troops killed four LTTE cadres during a confrontation in Akkarayankulam in Kilinochchi yesterday, the military said, adding two militants were killed earlier in the area during an attack on the Tamil Tiger bunker in the area on Thursday. Separately, one rebel was shot dead in Akkarayankulam in Kilinochchi yesterday, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said. It said troops captured two trench lines in Kokkavil in Kilinochchi after heavy clashes yesterday. |
| Posted by:Fred |