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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lanka says 100 rebel boats, key highway captured |
| 2008-12-06 |
| Sri Lanka's military said on Friday it had captured more than 100 small boats used by the separatist Tamil Tigers, after soldiers seized a coastal village while marching toward the last big port held by the rebels. Soldiers captured Alampil on Thursday after heavy fighting on the east coast, where the army's 59th Division is trying to take the port of Mullaitivu controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the military said. "Troops recovered 100 fibreglass boats and 560 live rounds in Alampil," military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. Alampil is about 10 kilometres south of Mullaitivu. The military believes the Tigers have shifted many of their fighters and weapons to Mullaitivu. A heavy contingent remains dug in at Kilinochchi, the self-declared rebel capital that troops are advancing on from three directions. With downpours easing, combat operations have resumed, the military said. The Air Force said jets bombed rebel positions in Kilinochchi on Friday but gave no details of casualties. Highway captured: Sri Lankan troops have also secured parts of a key highway running through rebel-held territory, the defence ministry said on Friday. Security forces cleared a stretch of 21 kilometres of the main A-9 highway in an area that had been in no-man's land after the latest military thrust, defence officials said. With troops securing the town of Kankarayankulam, the de-facto frontier post shifted deeper into rebel-held areas, the ministry said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 They'd shut up the geniuses who keep saying "there's no military solution to terrorism" if the geniuses ever paid attention to the world around them. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-12-06 10:28 |
| #1 Good. Once the Sri Lankan government forces have decisively won, they'll be able to send trained troops to assist elsewhere in the war on terror. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-12-06 08:31 |