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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lanka troops take rebels' defense bund |
| 2009-05-04 |
| (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's government troops on the forward march in the northeastern battle zone have captured another rebels' earth bunds, a military officer said on Sunday. "The 53rd division has been able to capture the bund north of the Nanthikandal lagoon, south of the A35 road", Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, the military spokesman, said. The 500 meter long and 10 feet wide bund was captured Sunday morning. The Tamil Tigers had suffered extensive damage in the fighting. Nanayakara said the troops are continuing operations in order to free Tamil civilians from Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) clutches. The Army's 53rd, 55th, 58th divisions and Task Force 8 have positioned in the no fire zone where the rebels are mingling with civilians and attacking troops. Meanwhile the Police Special Task Force said that search operations for LTTE members in the eastern province's Kanjilkudujiaru jungles were continuing after they gunned down four senior rebels on Saturday. The four rebel seniors have been carrying out LTTE activities in the eastern province's Batticaloa district. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Yea, but can they dig tunnels? Posted by: g(r)omgoru|| To India? Don't think so. The rest of the world, virtually in any direction, is wet. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-05-04 12:16 |
| #4 Very versatile, are the Tiger constituencies Yea, but can they dig tunnels? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-05-04 09:02 |
| #3 Slave labor when it's time to build berms, innocent civilians when it's time for teevee cameras and NGOs. Very versatile, are the Tiger constituencies. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-04 07:48 |
| #2 The LTTE has a ready supply of slave labor for berm construction |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-05-04 06:36 |
| #1 how many of these huge earth berms are there? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-05-04 02:01 |