MoD issues casualty figures

[TamilNet, Thursday, 08 October 1998, 13:20 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army said today that 975 officers and soldiers were killed or are missing in action when the Liberation Tigers overran the Kilinochchi base complex on September 28. The Operational Headquarters of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a communiqué this afternoon giving a break down of the casualties.
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Renewed fighting in Mankulam

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 October 1998, 08:09 GMT]
Fierce fighting erupted yesterday between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) when the troops of 'Operation Jeyasikurui' attempted to advance towards north of Mankulam, the Liberation Tigers said in Vanni.
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Jaffna business man beaten by army

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 October 1998, 20:49 GMT]
The owner of a video rental store in Jaffna town was severely assaulted by SLA soldiers in front of crowds at the Sivan 'Kovil' (temple) junction army sentry today for declining to lend them a video player (VCR).
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Censorship hides truth

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 October 1998, 20:32 GMT]
The Free Media Movement in Colombo has criticised the Sri Lankan Government for using press censorship to conceal the truth about the LTTE attack on the Kilinochchi army base on September 29.
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Three die in accidents

[TamilNet, Sunday, 04 October 1998, 11:43 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers (SLA) died in Colombo when an SLA ambulance collided with a lorry at Dehiwale, a suburb of Colombo yesterday morning. The ambulance was on it's way to Ratmalana military airport to bring wounded soldiers who had been airlifted from the Vanni front to Colombo hospital.
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Tigers raise flag over Kilinochchi

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 October 1998, 10:40 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers marked the recapture of the key northern town of Kilinochchi from the Sri Lanka Army by hoisting the Tiger flag yesterday evening at 5.55 p.m. said the Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio. A large number of people attended the ceremony which was held where the SLA Brigade Head Quarters had been situated, the radio said.
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Tigers hand over more SLA bodies

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 October 1998, 08:17 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) this morning around 9.30 a.m. seventy four bodies of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers killed when they overran the Kilinochchi base complex on September 28.
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Kilinochchi reversal, not setback - SLA

[TamilNet, Thursday, 01 October 1998, 11:35 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) spokesman Brigadier Sunil Tennakoon appeared flustered and discomfited by questions journalists fired today at the weekly cabinet press briefing, regarding the fall of the Kilinochchi base. He said that the army received 600 bodies yesterday through the ICRC and by this morning 400 had been identified.
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42 Tigers surrendered - SLA

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 September 1998, 14:20 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) SLA claimed this evening that 42 Liberation Tigers surrendered to its troops that took control of Mankulam today. The SLA is flying a group of Sri Lankan journalists to Anuradhapura to see the alleged surrendees. Sources in Vavuniya claimed that only 26 boys and girls, alleged to be LTTE fighters, were brought to Vavuniya this afternoon.
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Tigers hand over 600 SLA bodies

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 September 1998, 07:16 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers handed over the bodies of six hundred soldiers killed when they overran the SLA's Kilinochchi base complex on Monday to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Mallavi, 8 km. west of Mankulam, this morning at 10.30 a.m. said the ICRC's media relations officer Harasha Gunawardana.
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Mankulam captured - Radio

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 September 1998, 06:50 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) announced in a special news buletin today that the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) has captured Mankulam today. However, the capture of Mankulam by the SLA could not be confirmed independently.
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Fierce fighting reported near Mankulam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 September 1998, 10:21 GMT]
Heavy fighting is reported in the general area of Mankulam between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers. The fighting broke out when the troops engaged in Operation 'Jeyasikurui' mounted a fresh attempt to capture strategic Mankulam Town said sources.
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SLA suffers heavy losses in Kilinochchi - VoT

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 September 1998, 03:36 GMT]
In the operation code named 'Oyaatha Alaikal-2' (Unceasing Waves-2) the LTTE brought the Kilinochchi region under their full control last evening. The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said this morning that 240 Tigers were killed in this operation.
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Kilinochchi base captured - LTTE

[TamilNet, Monday, 28 September 1998, 19:47 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said this evening that the LTTE had taken 'complete control' of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base at Kilinochchi following heavy fighting over the past two days. The Tigers have recovered the bodies of hundreds of SLA troops the radio said.
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Casualties mount in Kilinochchi battle

[TamilNet, Monday, 28 September 1998, 16:09 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said today that 23 Liberation Tigers have been killed so far in the fighting at Paranthan and Kilinochchi. It said that LTTE had delivered a major blow to the main base in Kilinochchi and that fighting is raging in the area.
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Heavy casualties in Kilinochchi?

[TamilNet, Monday, 28 September 1998, 09:48 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) remained tight lipped about the situation in Paranthan today while reports about heavy losses sustained by government troops continued to emanate from the north.
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Search operation in Nelliady

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 September 1998, 11:18 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) cordoned off Nelliady from 7.30 this morning on a tip off about the presence of some Liberation Tigers in the area. The army was on a house to house search for the LTTE suspects in Nelliady, Murugan 'Kovil' (temple) road and Pandiththalai.
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MoD says 'in control'

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 September 1998, 10:34 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence (MoD) acknowledged this afternoon an attack by the Liberation Tigers on the Sri Lankan Army's (SLA) largest base complex that began around midnight.
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Heavy fighting at Elephant Pass

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 September 1998, 06:29 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers a launched an assault on the Sri Lankan Army's (SLA) largest base complex in Elephant Pass-Paranthan and Kilinochchi last night. Army sources unofficially confirmed heavy fighting.
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Grenade attack wounds two

[TamilNet, Friday, 25 September 1998, 17:42 GMT]
Two soldiers were seriously wounded this evening around 6.45 p.m. when armed persons, suspected to be members of the Liberation Tigers lobbed a grenade and fired on an SLA sentry at Chavakkalai junction in Gurunagar, a coastal suburb of Jaffna town.
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