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Sri Lanka claims to have pounded Sea Tiger target

COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Air Force claimed on Saturday to have pounded one of the “nerve centres” of the Sea Tiger Wing at Kaivelikulam, northwest of Puthukkudiyiruppu, amid assertions by the army that a number of cadres of the LTTE had either been killed or injured in continued fighting along the Forward Defence Lines in the north.

A statement by the Defence Ministry said here that fighter jets had carried out air sorties at 1.05 p.m. targeting a “covert meeting” of Sea Tiger leaders and the attack had been carried out on real time ground intelligence. “Fighter pilots have confirmed that the target was accurately hit,” it said.

Separately, the military said with troops capturing Tiger strongholds day by day, constant and close supervision and assessment were regularly needed since hundreds of brave soldiers were committed to the cause.

“In less than a week, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Army, on Friday made his second tour to trouble-torn Mannar and Wanni areas with a view to taking stock of the latest developments pertaining to the ongoing humanitarian operations,” the military said.

The military said that his stop at Wanni Headquarters in Vavuniya focused on unfolding security developments and matters of public concern in the wake of LTTE’s “hit and run” tactics. “Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka after evaluating the status quo instructed his officers to further improve certain strategies, enabling the troops to face any enemy resistance in a better manner,” it said.

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