War Srilanka Lanka | Sri Lanka retakes former rebel capital

January 2, 2009 by frankls
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Sri Lanka retakes former rebel capital
After several days of heavy fighting, Sri Lankan troops have recaptured a northern city that until recently served as the seat of the Tamil Tiger rebel movement, military officials said Friday.

The loss of Kilinochchi is the latest in a series of reversals for the rebels, who have fought for an independent ethnic Tamil state for 25 years. News of the victory prompted celebrations in Colombo and other cities.
The Tigers ran a parallel administration from Kilinochchi with their own police force, courts, prisons and taxes, and they had declared government plans to retake the city a "daydream." But after Sri Lanka launched a new offensive against the rebels in the fall, the rebels moved their nerve center and logistics bases to Mullaitivu, on the northeastern coast.

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