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Sri Lankan troops capture key LTTE town after 18 years (Islamic Republic News Agency) Sri Lanka - LTTE - Capture Sri Lankan army on Monday captured a strategic town in Tamil Tiger stronghold of Mullaitivu 18 years after it was seized by rebels, as the troops advanced towards the rebel headquarters in the island's embattled north. us.rd.yahoo.com
Latest News Update News (Arab Times) COLOMBO, Dec 1 , 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government forces on Monday wrested control over another town from Tamil Tiger rebels in their offensive to capture the political capital of the guerrillas, the defence ministry said. us.rd.yahoo.com
Satellite pictures reveal LTTE runways (The Hindu) London: Analysis of high-resolution commercially available satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe and GeoEye has allowed Jane’s Intelligence Review to verify that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) constructed ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Lankan army kills scores of Tamil Tigers (rediff.com) Stepping up the momentum of their advance to capture the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam stronghold of Kilinochchi, the Lankan troops on Tuesday claimed to have killed scores of rebels after smashing through a string of LTTE bunkers. Government troops of the 53 Division, advancing from Kilaly village near Jaffna, carried out the ambush in the morning, a defence ministry official said us.rd.yahoo.com
India not to remove ban on LTTE (Calcutta News) India has no intention of lifting the ban on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, official sources said Friday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Sri Lanka: India is our friend, we are not against any country, remove the hindrance of ban: Pirapaharan (TamilNet) While conveying his love and gratitude to the people and leaders of Tamil Nadu and leaders of India who have grasped the heartbeat of Eezham Tamils and have come forward with timely support, the LTTE leader V.Pirapaharan in his Hero’s Day speech on Thursday requested them to voice firmly for Tamil Eelam and to undertake conducive measures to remove the ban, a great hindrance to amicable ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Besieged Tamil Tiger chief vows to evict Sri Lanka forces (AFP via Yahoo! News) The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, vowed in a radio broadcast Thursday to fight on and evict government forces closing in on his de facto political capital. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tamil Tigers to continue fighting (Sky News Australia) The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has vowed to fight on and evict forces closing in on his de facto political capital. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tamil Tigers vow to continue fighting (The West Australian) The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has vowed in a radio broadcast to fight on and evict government forces closing in on his de facto political capital. Prabhakaran us.rd.yahoo.com
At no stage did we ever consider India as an enemy force or waging war against any Country - LTTE Leader (TamilEelam News Service) The Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), "At no stage did we ever consider India as an enemy force. Our people always consider India as our friend. They have great expectations that the Indian super power will take a positive stand on our national question", LTTE leader V.Pirapaharan said. us.rd.yahoo.com
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