http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/23/asia/AS-GEN-Sri-Lanka.php Roadside bomb, clashes kill 15 in Sri Lanka, military says
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A bomb and clashes between soldiers and separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed 15 people in Sri Lanka, the military said Wednesday, as the Red Cross withdrew some personnel due to escalating violence. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it withdrew from two crossing points between government-held areas and rebel territory in the north. "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) decided today immediately and temporarily to withdraw its employees from Omanthai and Uyilankulam crossing points," an ICRC statement said Wednesday. Meanwhile, rebels detonated a roadside bomb in the northern district of Vavuniya, killing one soldier and wounding another, said military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe. Near the eastern town of Eravur, guerrillas hiding in a house shot at soldiers on patrol, killing one, Samarasinghe said. Soldiers returned fire and killed seven rebels, he said. Also on Wednesday, another soldier was killed in a confrontation with insurgents in eastern Trincomalee district, Samarasinghe said. Late Tuesday, soldiers killed three Tigers in two clashes in Vavuniya, and two more guerrillas' bodies were recovered after an overnight encounter in eastern Batticaloa district, Samarasinghe said. Vavuniya, on the edge of Tiger-controlled territory, has been a main area of fighting in the past several months. The rebels did not immediately comment on the latest clashes. The military has said it killed 541 rebels in recent months, and lost 44 soldiers. The Tigers have disputed the figures. The rebels have fought the government since 1983 to create a separate homeland for the island nation's minority ethnic Tamils, who have suffered decades of discrimination under the Sinhalese-dominated government. Nearly 70,000 people have died in the conflict, including about 5,000 killed since December 2005, when violence flared despite a 2002 cease-fire that is now in tatters. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
