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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lankan troops capture rebel training camp |
| 2008-11-23 |
| Sri Lankan soldiers captured a Tamil Tiger rebel training camp, while air force helicopters bombed two rebel groups in the north, the military said Saturday. Troops seized the training camp in Andankulam village in the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu on Friday, the military said in a statement. Military helicopters also bombed two rebel groups in Kilinochchi district on the same day, the statement said without giving casualty details. Separately, the decomposed bodies of three rebels were found after recent fierce fighting along the northern Jaffna and Kilinochchi fronts, the military said. It was not clear when they died, it said. According to military reports, Sri Lankan troops have made rapid progress on the battlefield in recent months, clearing the island's entire west of rebels and forcing them to retreat into a shrinking territory in the northeast. Authorities have vowed to crush the guerrillas and end their decades-old separatist campaign. |
| Posted by:Fred |