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யாழ் முகமாலைப் பகுதியில் உக்கிர மோதல்கள்.

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யாழ் முகமாலைப் பகுதியில் வலிந்த தாக்குதல்களை முன்னெடுத்த படையினருக்கும் தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகளுக்கும் இடையில் உக்கிர மோதல்கள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன.

இன்று சனிக்கிழமை காலை 6.30 முதல் வலிந்த தாக்குதல்களை சிறீலங்காப் படையினர் மேற்கொண்டுள்ளனர். இவர்களுக்கு பல்குழல் வெடிகணைகள், ஆட்டிலறி எறிகணைகள், மிக் மற்றும் எம்.ஜ 24 வானூர்திகளிலிருந்து தாக்குதல்களைப் படையினர் நடத்தியுள்ளனர்.

படையினரின் தாக்குதல்களுக்கு பதிலடியாக 3 மணி நேரம் விடுதலைப் புலிகளும் தாக்குதலை நடத்தியுள்ளனர். இதன்போது படையினருக்க பலத்த ஆளணி சேதாரங்கள் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதாகத் தெரியவருகிறது.

pathivu.com

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By Iqbal Athas

There are strong indications that the Tiger guerrillas are coming under heavy military pressure on many fronts. The latest came yesterday. Troops backed by main battle tanks and helicopter gunships made a pre-dawn foray southwards into Tiger guerrilla defences in the now shut down Muhamalai entry exit point. Heavy fighting broke out and both sides suffered casualties. The battles continue. There were reports that the guerrillas carried out gas attacks. The Army has declared officially that canisters containing CS gas are being used by the guerrillas. The CS gas is a substance that is used as a riot control agent and widely regarded as being non-lethal. However, highly placed Army sources told The Sunday Times it was possible that the gas was not CS but some unidentified chemical agent.

Muhamalai is located on the thin isthmus that links Jaffna peninsula to mainland Sri Lanka. It is regarded as the gateway to both the peninsula and the Wanni. The security forces defences there extend in the west from the Jaffna lagoon to the shores of the Indian Ocean in the east. This is the first time in a year troops are trying to breach the heavily fortified guerrilla defences south of Muhamalai. The previous offensive also came in November last year, just a day before President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also Minister of Finance, presented his Government's third budget in Parliament. In the light of heavy resistance, troops were then forced to retreat to their original positions.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081116/Columns/sitreport.html

Sri Lanka steps up air strikes after capturing town

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka stepped up air strikes against suspected rebel targets in the island's north Sunday, a day after ground troops seized control of a highly strategic town, the defence ministry said.

Mi-24 helicopter gunships and fighter jets were deployed to pound defence lines of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the Jaffna peninsula and on the mainland, the defence ministry said.

"Sri Lanka air force has lunched a series of air strikes in support of ground troops in the Muhamalai area," the ministry said in a statement.

The attacks came a day after Sri Lanka's president asked Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender after troops said they had re-taken the town of Pooneryn from the separatist guerrillas following months of heavy fighting.

President Mahinda Rajapakse said in a televised address to the nation that security forces took Pooneryn and the main northwestern coastal A-32 route on Saturday morning.

The government is banking on a military victory against the Tamil Tiger rebels after pulling out of a moribund Norwegian-arranged truce in January.

Security forces have in recent months stepped up their offensive in a bid to capture Kilinochchi, the political capital of the Tigers in the north of Sri Lanka.

With the fall of Pooneryn, the military has taken the northwestern seaboard of the island and is poised to make a final push for Kilinochchi, defence officials said.

There had been no comment from the Tigers on the latest military skirmishes.

The defence ministry has reported unspecified heavy losses among Tiger fighters but has not announced its own casualties.

Last month, the military stopped releasing its own losses in daily bulletins, saying it would hinder operations.

However, official figures tabled in parliament show that 1,269 troops were killed in the first 10 months of this year. The military says it killed more than 7,500 Tiger rebels during the same period.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081116/wl_st.../srilankaunrest

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