Associated Press,  Fri Mar 23 07:15:32 EDT 2007

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -  (AP)  At least 23 combatants were killed as fresh fighting erupted in Sri Lanka - 's northwest on Friday, the military said. <p>        Military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said 20 Tamil Tiger separatists and three soldiers were killed in clashes in Sri Lanka - 's Mannar district.              Full Story


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Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan said earlier about 300 Sri Lankan soldiers entered guerrilla-held areas in the north early Friday and were firing on rebel positions.

Oh oh, seems like its time for another strategic withdrawal Mr. Rasiah

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SLA Madu operation thwarted, civilians saved - LTTE

[TamilNet, Friday, 23 March 2007, 18:19 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers who had taken more than 120 civilians as "human shields" against Tiger artillery fire and advanced into Liberation Tigers territory in Vavuniya-Mannar border Friday morning were forced to pull back their soldiers from Thampanai and Sinna Pandivirichchan at around 10:30 p.m after 15 hours of heavy fighting Friday. Liberation Tigers officials said they had defeated the two pronged offensive, without harming the civilians who were in the hands of the SLA. Around 60 SLA soldiers were killed, according to the Tigers.
The SLA soldiers were forced to flee the battlefield with tractor loads of dead bodies, the Tiger officials said.

Tigers said they lost 6 fighters.

Sri Lanka Army is yet to release casualty figures.

Around 2000 families were displaced from the villages east of Madu towards Iluppaikkaikkadavai, Vellankulam, Jeyanthinagar and Kilinochchi, according to local NGO officials.

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21652

           

we killed hundreds of thousand tigers!!! we disroyed hundreds of tiger ships!!!! ...... why all these lies???? who is going benifit???? ...... shame!!!!

Where did you see "hundreds of thousand tigers!!! we disroyed hundreds of tiger ships" ? Can you give a link ?

motherland wrote:

we killed hundreds of thousand tigers!!! we disroyed hundreds of tiger ships!!!! ...... why all these lies???? who is going benifit???? ...... shame!!!!

Clearly you were worried too. am I detecting some optimism creeping back in? Is it because TamilNet said the offensive was “Thwarted”. Have a look these were “thwared” not that long go too!

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19496
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20550
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18994
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19833


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SLA Madu operation thwarted, civilians saved - LTTE

U mean LTTE has now changed their livelyhood from destructors to saviors  

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motherland wrote:

we killed hundreds of thousand tigers!!! we disroyed hundreds of tiger ships!!!! ...... why all these lies???? who is going benifit???? ...... shame!!!!

Where did you see "hundreds of thousand tigers!!! we disroyed hundreds of tiger ships" ? Can you give a link ?

There are no links, he's just referring to the nightmares seen by the LTTE %$#@$  these days, after repeated strategic withdrawals by the ground terrorists and deep sea fireworks displays by the sea terrorists