71.   Islamic fundamentalists regularly carry out vicious attacks on villages, storming in late at night and killing indiscriminately.

72.   Tamil sources said the stinging defeat had infuriated LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who would now be ordering more vicious attacks against the military as well as civilian targets.

73.   Tamil sources said the stinging defeat in Jaffna would infuriate LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and provoke more vicious attacks against the military as well as civilian targets.