Sri Lankan Military: Army Seizes Rebel-Held Town -- International Herald Tribune
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan soldiers seized a town in a Tamil rebel stronghold after a 36-hour battle while air force jets bombed a hideout believed to have been visited by the Tamil Tigers' top leader, defense officials said Saturday.
Fighting has escalated in recent months in the 25-year-old civil war, and troops have captured a series of rebel bases and large chunks of territory in the north.
Troops took control of Mulliawalai town in Mullaittivu district on Friday after the gunbattle, the defense ministry said in a statement. It provided no casualty figures.
The military says its ground forces, backed by artillery, armored vehicles, fighter jets and helicopter gunships, have forced the rebels to retreat from much of Mullaittivu on the northeast coast in recent weeks.
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