Sri Lanka Says Poised To Take Rebel Capital -- International Herald TribuneSri Lankan troops were poised to enter the de facto capital of the Tamil Tigers after capturing strategic areas around the town following heavy fighting with the rebels, the military said on Thursday.
Government troops captured Iranamadu junction, south of the rebels' self-proclaimed capital of Kilinochchi, and Paranthan town to the north, from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the military said.
The capture of both Iranamadu Junction and Paranthan will pave the way for government troops to move into the rebel capital for the first time in more than a decade, it said.
"The 57th division troops today captured Iranamadu junction," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara hours after the military announced the capture of Paranthan, a key rebel-held town that controls a key land route to rebel strongholds in northern Jaffna peninsula.
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