Category: Defense

October 15, 2008 (AFP) – Heavy fighting broke out across Sri Lanka’s northern area of Kilinochchi, leaving 37 Tamil Tiger rebels and six soldiers dead, the defence ministry said Wednesday.It said 34 rebels and 25 soldiers were also wounded in the fierce fighting that took place on several fronts on Tuesday. The Liberation Tigers of […]

COLOMBO, October 14, 2008 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan army said Tuesday it has killed 38 Tamil Tiger rebels involved in a fierce counter-attack in the island’s war-torn north. The defence ministry said its troops fought pitched battles and beat back rebel assaults along several fronts in the north on Monday. It said three government […]

October 11, 2008 (AFP) – Heavy fighting continued between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north, with the military killing 20 guerrillas, the defence ministry said Saturday. Friday’s fighting, which took place across several northern fronts, also killed five soldiers and wounded 18, the ministry said. The latest fighting raised the number […]

October 9, 2008 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan military advance on the stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers in the island’s northeast triggered heavy fighting that claimed casualties on both sides, the defence ministry said Thursday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Ground troops backed […]

Oct 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s agriculture minister Maithripala Sirisena escaped an assassination attempt Thursday when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up near his vehicle, the defence ministry said. Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said the minister was unharmed. The only fatality was the female suicide bomber. The defence ministry initially said […]

Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election has been killed in a suicide blast in the north central area city of Anuradhapura, police said. The blast, from a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, had occurred near his party office. A suicide blast has killed […]

Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election was killed in a suicide blast in the along with a score of others in the north central city of Anuradhapura, police said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send […]

October 5, 2008 (AFP) – The widely expected fall of the Tamil Tigers’ political capital would mark the separatists’ biggest loss in 13 years, but analysts believe Sri Lanka’s drawn out ethnic conflict is far from over.Government forces say they are steadily advancing on the town of Kilinochchi in an offensive that began over a […]

October 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s army chief said Saturday his troops are on the verge of capturing the key northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers in Kilinochchi. Foreign aid workers who evacuated the northern region three weeks ago said most residents of Kilinochchi had fled as the fighting moved closer. The defence ministry […]

October 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have killed 42 Tamil Tigers and injured 53 in a ground and sea offensive aimed at dismantling the rebels’ mini-state in the north of the island, the defence ministry said Friday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]

Oct 02, 2008 (LBO) – A convoy of 51 food trucks accompanied by United Nations officials Thursday left Sri Lanka’s northern Vavuniya town to areas further north that are held by the Tamil Tigers, a minister said. The trucks are carrying essential foods items such as rice, lentils and sugar. Relief minister Rishad Badurdeen said […]

Oct 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government plans to allocate 177.1 billion rupees next year for its defence forces whose campaign against the Tamil Tigers is intensifying, according to the appropriation bill published by the finance ministry. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Most […]