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Major Tamil Tiger base taken
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January 9, 2009, Friday
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SRI Lankan forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna peninsula yesterday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the military said.
The capture of Pallai on the narrow isthmus connecting Jaffna with the rest of the island nation came after the rebels reportedly withdrew much of their artillery and heavy weaponry into their jungle strongholds to the south.
Analysts said the group appeared to be sacrificing its bases on the peninsula and consolidating its forces in the Mullaittivu area, where it will likely make a stand against the government.
The rebels were not available for comment as most communication in their region has been severed. Independent accounts of the fighting were not available. The government has barred journalists and aid groups from the war zone.
The fighting kept up pressure on the beleaguered rebels a day after the government reinstituted a ban on the group, ruling out the resumption of any peace efforts in the foreseeable future.
Yesterday the editor of the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader newspaper, which has been highly critical of the government, was shot and killed by gunmen as he drove to work, police said.
The capture of Pallai on the narrow isthmus connecting Jaffna with the rest of the island nation came after the rebels reportedly withdrew much of their artillery and heavy weaponry into their jungle strongholds to the south.
Analysts said the group appeared to be sacrificing its bases on the peninsula and consolidating its forces in the Mullaittivu area, where it will likely make a stand against the government.
The rebels were not available for comment as most communication in their region has been severed. Independent accounts of the fighting were not available. The government has barred journalists and aid groups from the war zone.
The fighting kept up pressure on the beleaguered rebels a day after the government reinstituted a ban on the group, ruling out the resumption of any peace efforts in the foreseeable future.
Yesterday the editor of the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader newspaper, which has been highly critical of the government, was shot and killed by gunmen as he drove to work, police said.
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