Monday, October 20, 2008

Tamil Tigers hold off Sri Lankan military

Tamil Tigers hold off Sri Lankan military (NSI News Source Info) October 20, 2008: Resistance by Tamil Tiger guerrillas appears to have held up a Sri Lankan military offensive in the north.The government earlier this month said it was poised to capture the Tigers' Kilinochchi powerbase, 330 kilometres north of Colombo.But analysts and military sources say that it could take longer than anticipated with the separatist Tigers digging in and poor weather hampering operations.Security forces had planned on a quick fall of Kilinochchi, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's political capital.

1 comment:

charakanuwan said...

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