Category: Defense

COLOMBO, September 27, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan fighter jets on Saturday bombed a rebel base the government said was used to train suicide bombers, after at least 60 Tamil Tigers and two soldiers died in heavy fighting.Sri Lankan troops are battling to capture the northern town of Kilinochchi, where the rebel Liberation Tigers of […]

September 28, 2008 (AFP) – Clashes between Sri Lankan soldiers and rebels left 17 dead in the country’s war-ravaged north, while a suicide attack on Sunday killed one civilian, the defence ministry said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 Nine people were also […]

September 27, 2008 (AFP) – At least 52 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in heavy fighting between troops and the guerrillas just outside their northern capital in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Sri Lankan troops are trying to capture the northern town of Kilinochchi, where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) […]

COLOMBO, September 25, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan government forces have advanced to the outskirts of the northern Tamil Tiger rebel capital of Kilinochchi, the army chief announced Thursday. The government, which pulled out of a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in January, wants to capture the town and deal what would be a major military and psychological […]

Sept 26, 2008 (LBO) – The European Commission has warned both sides in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict against human rights abuses, saying Tamil Tigers were resorting to summary executions and urging the government to ensure relief supplies to refugees. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]

September 25, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said he would not allow the Tamil Tigers to hold the Tamil people hostage, as the decades-long conflict with the rebels escalates, his office said Thursday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 In an address […]

September 21, 2008 (AFP) – The United Nations said Sunday its offices in the rebel-controlled north of Sri Lanka had been looted after aid workers were evacuated last week. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 A statement from the UN said that it […]

September 21, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police tackling a series of blasts in Colombo began on Sunday taking a census of ethnic minority Tamils who have fled the war-ravaged north and are now living in the city. The defence ministry ordered the census to prevent separatist Tamil Tiger rebels from infiltrating the capital. “Each […]

September 19, 2008 (AFP) – Tamil Tigers were once regarded one of the world’s most ruthlessly efficient rebels, but they risk losing their mini-state as Sri Lankan forces make a determined push after decades of bloodshed. After months of bitter fighting, security forces have reached the outskirts of the Tiger political capital — Kilinochchi — […]

September 18, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s military said Thursday it was moving closer to the northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, with fierce clashes leaving at least 50 dead.The rebels have been fighting for a separate homeland for minority Tamils in the island’s north and east since 1972. To receive instant alerts from LBO […]

September 17, 2008 (AFP) – International aid workers were Wednesday close to completing an evacuation from Sri Lanka’s north, where government forces are on a major offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The mass pull-out, demanded by the […]

Sept 16, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb placed in a commuter bus in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo exploded after vigilant passengers discovered a suspicious parcel and got off the bus, police said.The bus was passing through the capital’s plush Colombo 7 district, when the bomb was discovered. Passengers had dis-embarked when the bomb went off, […]