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2,500 Tigers killed since January 1
hindu,
March 25.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military on Monday claimed that at least 18 cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam killed and several others were injured in fighting in the north.
According to statistics released by the Defence Ministry, over 2,500 LTTE cadres have been killed by the military since January 1. More than 7,200 Tigers have been killed since December 2005.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa took office in November 2005.
With the LTTE-controlled areas virtually cut off from the rest of the world and the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) having wound up its operations, it is impossible for any independent verification of the claims and counter claims made by the military and the Tigers. The Media Centre for National Security said that on Sunday 11 LTTE cadres were killed on the Vavuniya front. Ten Tigers were killed in two separate clashes in Kallikula while another LTTE cadre was killed in Navathkulam.
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Published: Mon Mar 24 21:41:39 EDT 2008
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Israeli prime minister urges visiting Sri Lankan premier not to 'give in to terrorism'
Associated Press,
Mon March 24, 2008 13:38 EDT .
- - JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's prime minister is urging Sri Lanka not to give in to terrorism. The two share a fight against suicide bombers and other extremists. Israel has been battling Palestinian militants for decades. Sri Lanka's fight against Tamil rebels has killed more than 70,000 people since 1983. ``Don't give in to terrorism because it will only destroy your country ... It is forbidden to surrender to it,'' Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Sri Lankan counterpart on Monday. Wickramanayake thanked Israel for providing assistance when a tsunami devastated parts of his island in 2004.Discuss this story
Published: Mon Mar 24 14:44:46 EDT 2008
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Family of Sri Lanka massacre victims doubt justice
reuters.com,
March 25.
COLOMBO, March 24 (Reuters) - Relatives of 17 aid workers massacred in Sri Lanka said on Monday they did not expect justice as a heated human rights inquiry began into their execution-style murders more than a year ago.
Ravi Shantha, the aunt of one of the Action Contre la Faim (ACF) aid workers killed in August 2006 in the northeastern town of Muttur, told a panel of judges appointed to investigate rights abuses in Sri Lanka that too much time had passed.
"I don't trust that I will be given justice in this case," Shantha said to Reuters after giving evidence about the last known movements of her nephew Ambigavathy Jayaseelan.
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Published: Mon Mar 24 21:36:44 EDT 2008
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