Sri Lankan Army soldiers patrol a a camp for war-displaced Tamils in the northern town of Vavuniya on February 23, 2009. Sri Lanka Thursday offered a new safe passage for thousands of civilians trapped in the island's war zone as a local Red Cross employee was killed while helping non-combatants leave the area. (AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)Sri Lanka Fighting Heavy, Safe Route Plan To Go Ahead -- Reuters
COLOMBO, March 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military on Friday said it killed dozens of Tamil Tiger separatists mounting a heavy counterattack and was moving ahead with plans to create safe routes for civilians to flee the war zone.
Soldiers have trapped the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in less than 45 square km (17 sq miles) of the Indian Ocean island's northeast and are fighting to end Asia's longest-running war by wiping them out.
Combat has grown more intense in the past few weeks, with the LTTE trying more counterattacks, including one soldiers foiled on Thursday, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
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