Sri Lankan government troops on Tuesday captured a key Tamil Tiger defence line on the Jaffna peninsula, killing scores of rebels, the defence ministry said.
A statement said the rebels were “in total disarray following concentrated armour and infantry assaults backed by heavy artillery attacks.”
It said government troops pushing south from the top of the peninsula were able to advance 500 metres (yards) into Tamil Tiger territory after breaching the line — which featured some of the toughest rebel fortifications.
There was no immediate comment from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam …

The capture of Paranthan and Kilinochchi confirms that remaining strongholds of the LTTE Elephant pass and Mullaithivu would fall within a short period. This assessment also confirmed by many experts following events in the security section.
It is widely believed this may lead to the collapse of the LTTE as a fighting force after 25 years. Unprecedented rains in the North have delayed military advance by nearly 1 1/2 months and with improved weather conditions the above would be a reality.
Lanka recorded an increase over 50 per cent in rice production …

One has heard about the ‘beginning of the end’ of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) so many times in the past that one can be forgiven for wondering what the fuss about the ‘fall of Kilinochchi’ is all about. But this time around, the LTTE is not only in retreat and facing meltdown, but it is in the ‘middle of its end’. The town of Kilinochchi had been the Tamil Tigers’ operational headquarters since 1995 after Sri Lanka’s government forces had overrun Jaffna. In 2001, a ceasefire between …

The Tamil United Liberation Front very strongly condemns the dastardly act of causing extensive damage to the buildings and causing immense damage to the most Modern Equipments belonging to very popular TV and Radio Stations, the Sirasa, Sakthi and the MTV. These Stations are so popular among all sections of the people that they put the people to sleep peacefully in the night and put them up afresh early in the morning. These stations have now become public property and the loss is ours, the people of Sri …

Sri Lankan troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships moved against the remaining Tamil Tiger jungle strongholds after taking their political headquarters, the army said on Monday.
Soldiers headed towards rebel pockets in the north of the island following their capture of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) capital of Kilinochchi on Friday, the army said.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since the Tamils launched their struggle for an autonomous homeland in 1972, but the government pulled out of ceasefire last year and launched a major offensive to …

Sri Lankan troops battling Tamil rebels Monday captured part of the highly strategic Elephant Pass in a second major success just days after taking the guerrillas’ political headquarters, the army said.
Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said the southern part of Elephant Pass, a causeway linking the northern Jaffna peninsula to the mainland, fell to troops advancing north from Kilinochchi which was seized on Friday.
“Troops are now consolidating in the southern part of Elephant Pass,” he said.

Sri Lankan troops battling Tamil rebels on Monday captured a part of the highly strategic Elephant Pass, a causeway linking the northern Jaffna peninsula to the mainland, the military said.
Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said the southern part of the causeway fell to government troops advancing northwards from Kilinochchi, the political headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, which was captured by the army on Friday.
“Troops are now consolidating in the southern part of Elephant Pass,” he said.