A photograph released by Tamil Tigers said to be the bodies of Sri Lankan government troops killed in the northern Wanni region. Sri Lanka's air force Friday stepped up strikes on Tamil Tiger positions in the island's north as ground battles subsided due to heavy rains (AFP/Ho)Battle For Sri Lanka Rebel HQ Rages, At Least 66 Die -- Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Heavy fighting erupted on Monday as soldiers seized defences around the separatist Tamil Tigers' self-proclaimed capital, killing at least 66 combatants, the military said.
And as battles around the town of Kilinochchi intensified for a second week, President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to free civilians trapped in the war zone by year's end or else face listing as a terrorist group.
The military has been moving on Kilinochchi since September, but the past two weeks' assault on the rebels' heavy earthen defences or bunds encircling the town's outskirts has seen both sides claiming increasingly higher death tolls.
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