Sri Lanka war planes bomb Tigers ahead of Japan's peace move
AFP, June, 2007
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COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan war planes bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in northern Sri Lanka Monday, the day before an attempt by top donor Japan to revive the tattered peace process.
On the ground, the two sides traded artillery fire after fierce hand-to-hand combat over the weekend that left scores dead along the front lines that separate government areas from the mini-state run by the rebels, officials said.
"The army conceded the territory they had recently captured along the Mannar and Vavuniya defence lines," a top military officer who declined to be named said of Sunday's fighting.
"Security forces were too thinly spread when the Tigers attacked."
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The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched the attacks on Saturday night using hundreds of fighters.
The defence ministry said Monday's air attacks targeted Tiger concentrations ahead of military lines.
The guerrillas, who have been ...
