Category: Defense

December 25, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s military beat back a Tamil Tiger counter-offensive in the island’s north, killing at least 18 guerrillas, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The Tigers on Monday said that they killed more than 100 soldiers and had taken back territory lost to advancing government forces. Both sides are known […]

December 26, 2008 (AFP) – Government forces on Friday wrested control of a strategic town after heavy fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels that left at least 40 people dead, the defence ministry said. There was no immediate comment from the Tigers. The Tigers said Monday they had killed more than 100 soldiers and had taken […]

December 24, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels who were defending their political capital of Kilinochchi in the island’s north, the defence ministry said Wednesday.Troops captured the village of Sinna Paranthan, northwest of Kilinochchi, from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the ministry said. “Over 20 […]

December 22, 2008 (AFP) – At least 56 Tamil Tiger rebels and 10 government soldiers were killed in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the army said.About 40 soldiers and 90 rebels were wounded in the battles outside Kilinochchi, the besieged political capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the military […]

December 20, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s navy on Saturday destroyed a Tamil Tiger vessel carrying arms and other supplies off the island’s northeastern coast, the defence ministry said.Navy patrol craft “completely destroyed” the vessel of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) off the coast of Mullaittivu in a pre-dawn assault, the ministry said […]

December 19, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s air force Friday stepped up strikes on Tamil Tiger positions in the island’s north as ground battles subsided due to heavy rains, military officials said.Aircraft carried out half a dozen raids around Kilinochchi, the political capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an air force official […]

December 18, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have captured Tamil Tiger defences near the rebels’ political headquarters after heavy fighting, the government said Thursday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Soldiers were conducting “counter-terrorist operations” along the northern and northwestern defences of Kilinochchi, the […]

December 17, 2008 (AFP) – There was sporadic fighting in northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, a day after troops and Tamil Tigers fought intense battles around the rebels’ stronghold that left hundreds dead and wounded.The defence ministry said security forces recovered five bodies of Tiger guerrillas Tuesday evening after fighting around the rebels’ political capital of […]

December 17, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka stepped up air attacks in the north Wednesday, a day after troops and Tamil Tigers fought intense ground battles around the rebels’ stronghold that left hundreds dead and wounded. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Military officials said […]

December 16, 2008 (AFP) – Intense fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday left at least 25 government troops and 120 Tamil Tigers dead in ongoing battles for the rebels’ political capital, a military spokesman said.Security forces carried out simultaneous attacks against Tamil Tiger strong-points near the town of Kilinochchi, and also on the Jaffna […]

December 15, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, losing territory in a major military offensive, have stepped up forced conscription of soldiers, including children, a rights group said on Monday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) […]

December 15, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan security forces captured another key village from Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday after heavy fighting as the air force kept up bombing more guerrilla targets, the defence ministry said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Troops took control […]