Sri Lanka troops break more Tiger defences: ministry

May 8, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan soldiers have overrun another Tamil Tiger defence line standing between government troops and the small strip of territory still held by the ethnic rebels, the defence ministry said Friday. In heavy fighting late Thursday, troops captured a mud embankment built by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to slow down the government's offensive.

"Troops continued their advance further...
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amidst stiff resistance as LTTE terrorists made their maximum effort to hold the earth bund (embankment) built to obstruct the security forces," the ministry said.

It said that the Tigers had left behind dead bodies on the battlefield, but gave no detailed breakdown of casualties.

"Troops also received minor damages from exploding anti personnel mines," the ministry added.

The government says the LTTE now holds less than five square kilometres (two square miles) of coastal jungle in the island's far northeast.
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Before the total collapse of a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in January 2008, the LTTE controlled most of the north and ran their own mini-state.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Thursday that the long-running war against the rebels, which dates