(NSI News Source Info) 
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - December 28, 2008: A pro-rebel Web site says Tamil fighters have killed at least 50 government troops in Sri Lanka's embattled north.
The TamilNet Web site reported Sunday that the soldiers were killed in fighting in the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu on Saturday.
The rebels also found 16 bodies of soldiers and 15 rifles, said the Web site, citing unidentified rebel officials.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara dismissed the TamilNet account and said only nine soldiers were killed in that area.
Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy casualties while underreporting their own.
It is not possible to get independent accounts of the clashes because the war zone is restricted to journalists.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - December 28, 2008: A pro-rebel Web site says Tamil fighters have killed at least 50 government troops in Sri Lanka's embattled north.
The TamilNet Web site reported Sunday that the soldiers were killed in fighting in the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu on Saturday.
The rebels also found 16 bodies of soldiers and 15 rifles, said the Web site, citing unidentified rebel officials.
Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara dismissed the TamilNet account and said only nine soldiers were killed in that area.
Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy casualties while underreporting their own.
It is not possible to get independent accounts of the clashes because the war zone is restricted to journalists.
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