Sri Lanka Steps Up Attacks After Flying Tiger Raid
-- Yahoo News/AFP
-- Yahoo News/AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka stepped up its aerial bombing campaign against Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday after the guerrillas devastated a key military complex and left 25 people dead, the defence ministry said.
Fighter jets pounded what the Sri Lankan military called the Tiger intelligence command and control centre deep inside the rebel-held Kilinochchi region, the ministry said in a statement.
"Taking on offensive raids into the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) backyard, Sri Lanka air force fighter jets made precision air sorties at the LTTE's main intelligence command and control centre located in Kilinochchi," the statement said.
It said 19 Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in fresh ground attacks on Tuesday in addition to the fighting that took place at the main military complex of Vavuniya, which was hit by the rebels.
Read more ....
International concern as Sri Lanka steps up attacks -- AFP
Sri Lanka jets bomb 'rebel base' -- BBC News
Sri Lanka says jets bomb Tiger command -- UPI
Rebels attack army base in northern Sri Lanka -- Yahoo News/AP
Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Army Base -- Time Magazine
Sri Lanka Denies Rebels Damaged Army Base in Air, Ground Attack -- Bloomberg
Civilians caught in Sri Lanka's 'clean war' -- Asia Times
Sri Lanka: UN plans to remove staff
"Taking on offensive raids into the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) backyard, Sri Lanka air force fighter jets made precision air sorties at the LTTE's main intelligence command and control centre located in Kilinochchi," the statement said.
It said 19 Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in fresh ground attacks on Tuesday in addition to the fighting that took place at the main military complex of Vavuniya, which was hit by the rebels.
Read more ....
More News On Sri Lanka
International concern as Sri Lanka steps up attacks -- AFP
Sri Lanka jets bomb 'rebel base' -- BBC News
Sri Lanka says jets bomb Tiger command -- UPI
Rebels attack army base in northern Sri Lanka -- Yahoo News/AP
Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Army Base -- Time Magazine
Sri Lanka Denies Rebels Damaged Army Base in Air, Ground Attack -- Bloomberg
Civilians caught in Sri Lanka's 'clean war' -- Asia Times
Sri Lanka: UN plans to remove staff
International concern as Sri Lanka steps up attacks -- AFP
Sri Lanka jets bomb 'rebel base' -- BBC News
Sri Lanka says jets bomb Tiger command -- UPI
Rebels attack army base in northern Sri Lanka -- Yahoo News/AP
Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Army Base -- Time Magazine
Sri Lanka Denies Rebels Damaged Army Base in Air, Ground Attack -- Bloomberg
Civilians caught in Sri Lanka's 'clean war' -- Asia Times
Sri Lanka: UN plans to remove staff ahead of military offensive -- AKI-Adnkronos
UN chief alarmed by violence in N Sri Lanka -- China View
Ban voices alarm at increased violence in northern Sri Lanka -- UN News Center
My Comment: Aid agencies and the UN are now preparing to leave the war zone. Expect a humanitarian crisis in the next two months.