75 bodies of Sri Lankan soldiers recovered – Sri Lankan military repulsed
LTTE recovered the bodies of 75 Sri Lankan soldiers in the clearing operations after the Sri Lankan military was repulsed as it moved into the LTTE area today.
At 6.30pm in the morning, Sri Lankan military launched a three pronged large scale offensive from Muhamalai and Kilali. The Sri Lankan military started to move into the LTTE area. LTTE took defensive actions to repulse the Sri Lankan military. There was intense fighting all day. It was only in the late afternoon that the Sri Lankan military was eventually repulsed back behind their Forward Defence Lines. During the clearing operations following the clashes, the LTTE recovered more than 75 bodies of Sri Lankan soldiers. Efforts are now underway to hand over the bodies to the Sri Lankan military through the ICRC. One wounded Sri Lankan soldier was taken as prisoner of war (POW) by the LTTE. In the clashes 10 LTTE fighters were killed. The LTTE has requested the SLMM to visit the area and conduct investigations and has promised full cooperation to the SLMM.
12 October 2006
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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