Sunday, November 2, 2008

Sri Lanka War Flares With Air, Sea Battles

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's air force on Sunday bombed a Tamil Tiger training base in the Indian Ocean nation's northern jungles, a day after a fierce sea battle killed 18 insurgents, the military said.

The air raid struck a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) camp near Iranamadu, site of recent battles that are part of the military's intensified offensive to retake rebel-held territory in northern Sri Lanka.

The military, which had restricted information on casualty numbers over the last two weeks, declined to give any figures for the air raid.

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