Police investigate the wreckage of a bus damaged by an explosion in Colombo on September 16. Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb inside a bus in Colombo after Sri Lanka's president said his troops are on track to capture the rebel's northern capital. (AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)From Washington Post:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Naval forces fought a ferocious sea battle with Tamil Tiger separatists off Sri Lanka's northwestern coast Thursday, sinking 10 boats and killing at least 25 rebel sailors, the military said.
The naval confrontation came as intense ground fighting between military forces and the ethnic Tamil separatists in the north killed 15 rebels and three soldiers, according to the military. The rebels, meanwhile, said they killed 25 soldiers in fighting Thursday.
Fighting has escalated in recent weeks with a resurgent government offensive sweeping deep into rebel-held territory, capturing insurgent bases and threatening to overrun the Tamil Tigers' administrative capital at Kilinochchi.
Naval forces sank seven small boats belonging to the Tamil Tigers' naval wing in a four-hour battle off the coast at Nachchikuda and three medium-sized boats, military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.
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My Comment: The fighting and casualties are increasing everyday. Two months ago, I was posting reports were stating that a dozen or so were killed. Today, the tallies are at least 7 to 10 times higher. I predict that in the next few weeks these tallies will be small.
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