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"It was an LTTE suicide attack," military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. The UNP said it was not sure who was responsible, but said Perera had been threatened by the LTTE and government allies including a breakaway Tiger ...
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Sri Lanka's army chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka announced at the weekend that his troops were within two kilometres (1.25 miles) of the northern rebel headquarters in Kilinochchi. Losing control of Kilinochchi would be a major ...
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Perera, whose wife was also killed, was a prominent war veteran credited with some of the army’s biggest victories over the Tigers, including a 1996 battle in which 200 rebels were killed with the loss of just one soldier. ...
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Sri Lanka’s army chief said at the weekend his troops were on the verge of capturing the northern rebel headquarters in Kilinochchi. Army forces had advanced to within 2km of the stronghold, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka said in a ...
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Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera and his wife were among nearly 22 people killed in Monday's blast in Anuradhapura town. Another 69 people were wounded, he said. Perera, who led successful ...