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'Rebels die' in Sri Lanka fighting
Air force jets bomb gathering of Tamil Tiger leaders and destroy rebel bunkers.
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2008 07:41 GMT
The LTTE has been blamed for recent 
bombs and suicide attacks [AFP]

Sri Lankan air force jets have bombed a gathering of Tamil Tiger leaders in the island's north, destroying rebel bunkers and killing at least 12 separatist fighters.
 
Wednesday's fighting took place along the border which separates government from Tamil Tiger territory in the northern Jaffna peninsula.
Fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has intensified since the government scrapped a six-year ceasefire pact last month.
 
"Troops attacked 30 LTTE bunkers in Jaffna and killed 12 LTTE terrorists," a military spokesman said.
"Five soldiers were also wounded from the fighting," he said.
 
The air raid targeted a gathering of senior rebels near their de facto capital of Kilinochchi, the military added.
 
Military gains
 
The Tamil Tigers, who are fighting for a separate state in the island's north and east, were not immediately available for comment.
 
The military has captured large swathes of territory from the LTTE in the east of the country and is seeking to overrun their northern stronghold.
 
The LTTE has been blamed for recent bus bombings and suicide attacks, which have increasingly targeted civilians.
 
Thousands have reportedly been killed in recent months but analysts say both the government and the LTTE tend to exaggerate enemy losses as independent verification is not possible.
 
Sri Lanka's civil war has killed an estimated 70,000 people since 1983.
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