11.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the east in an effort to delay another military offensive in the rebel-held northern peninsula of Jaffna, officials have said.

12.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks to prevent the military from reinforcing troops and launching any major offensive against the northern rebel stronghold of Jaffna Peninsula.

13.   The guerrillas have escalated attacks in the northeast to prevent the military from reinforcing troops in the Jaffna Peninsula for an expected offensive against them.

14.   Tamil Tiger guerrillas escalated their attacks in eastern Sri Lanka Sunday, killing seven soldiers and two civilians in three separate attacks, officials said.

15.   Tamil Tiger guerrillas escalated their hit-and-run attacks and killed nine security personnel in northern Sri Lanka after the fall of their final bastion, officials here said.