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Bomb hits Sri Lanka capital, fighting kills 21
Monday, 29 September 2008 - 6:48 PM SL Time
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Suspected Tamil separatists set off a bomb in a parking lot in Sri Lanka`s capital Monday, wounding three people a day after fighting in the country`s intensifying civil war killed 20 rebels and one soldier, the military said.
The violence came as government forces closed in on the rebels` administrative capital of Kilinochchi in a campaign aimed at routing the guerrillas and ending the 25-year-old war that has killed more than 70,000 people.
The bomb, placed between two vehicles in a parking lot in Colombo`s busy Pettah neighborhood, exploded shortly after noon and slightly wounded three bystanders, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. The Tamil Tigers, who have been accused of scores of bombings and other attacks on civilians, were suspected in the blast, he said.
Meanwhile, air force helicopters attacked rebel bunker lines Monday in support of ground troops in the Kilinochchi district, the military said.
In fighting Sunday, troops captured part of a strategic road in the district after a seven-hour battle that killed seven rebels and one soldier, the military said in a statement.
Attacks on rebel bunkers and other scattered fighting killed 11 rebels in the Welioya, Jaffna and Vavuniya districts, it said.
Two other rebels were killed in a brief clash in Ampara in the east, which the government ousted the rebels from last year, the military said.
With nearly all communications to the north severed, rebel spokesmen could not be contacted for comment.
It was not possible to verify the military`s reports because most journalists and other independent observers are barred from the war zone. Both sides often exaggerate their enemy`s losses and underreport their own.
Also Monday, the military said a soldier who had been wounded in a rebel suicide attack Sunday in the northern town of Vavuniya died from his injuries.
The Tamil Tigers have fought since 1983 to create an independent state for Sri Lanka`s minority Tamils following decades of marginalization by governments dominated by the Sinhalese majority.
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Sinthaka
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 29 Sep 2008 11:51:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Bomb hits Sri Lanka capital, fighting kills 21
Nice Headline
I thought the bomb had killed 21. Nice work Associated Peelamist!
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 29 Sep 2008 11:52:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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rebel spokesmen could not be contacted for comment.
hehehe..what's new!! :O) |
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 29 Sep 2008 11:53:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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The only way to avoid these wonton bombings is simple. Let Tamils live peacefully in Tamil Eelam and let Sinhalese live and mind their own business in the South of the island, in Sri Lanka.
A clearly marked border between SL and TE is the starting point! It must be done quickly if Sinhala State need peace!
Edited By - EEELamaya - 29 Sep 2008 11:56:18 GMT |
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 29 Sep 2008 11:55:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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With nearly all communications to the north severed, rebel spokesmen could not be contacted for comment.
cutting trenches :) |
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29 Sep 2008 11:56:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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hehehe..what's new!! :O)
ekka thamai. kili captured tha? |
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29 Sep 2008 11:57:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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A clearly marked border between SL and TE is the starting point! It must be done quickly is Sinhala State need peace
we dont need we will get it after raping all LTTE cadres:) |
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