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Sri Lanka says 10 rebels killed in fighting
AP - 53 minutes ago
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's military used snipers and artillery fire to kill 10 Tamil Tiger rebels as government troops continued their push toward to the guerrillas' de facto capital in the north, the Defense Ministry said Saturday.
Government forces have been locked in intense battles with the rebels on the edge of Kilinochchi for weeks despite previously predicting the city's "imminent fall." But troops have been able to seize large swaths of rebel-held territory in recent months, forcing the guerrillas into an increasingly small stronghold in the northeast.
In the latest fighting, snipers killed four rebels at two locations west of Kilinochchi on Friday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Artillery strikes in the same area left another six insurgents dead, it said.
Rebel officials could not be contacted for comment because communication lines to guerrilla territory have been severed. Independent verification of government statements is difficult because most journalists are barred from the war zone.
The rebels have been fighting since 1983 to create an independent homeland for ethnic minority Tamils, who have suffered marginalization at the hands of successive governments controlled by majority ethnic Sinhalese. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence.
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