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Sri Lankan Navy raids rebels' camp in north
(Xinhua) -- The Sri Lanka military said on Sunday that its Navy took an attack against a Tamil Tiger rebels' camp and killed four rebels in the north on Saturday. Officials from the Ministry of Defense said the Naval troops destroyed an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) makeshift camp after they spied the rebels' movement and found the camp on Iranathivu Island in the Kilinochchi district in Saturday evening. The troops also captured two rebels' boats in the battle, the military said. Clashes between the troops and the LTTE continued in the north during the tow-day 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit been held in the capital of the island. Posted by: Fred 2008-08-04 |
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