1. The Algerian newspaper reports said that the military ambush was led by Gen. Saeed Bey, commanding special Algerian forces, and using army helicopters and artillery. 2. Another rebel died in a military ambush on Wednesday morning at Mallakam in Jaffna Peninsula. 3. Another rebel died in a military ambush Wednesday morning on Jaffna Peninsula. 4. Four rebels and a soldier were killed in a military ambush in the jungles of Trincomalee district, said Maj. Kumara Dewage, a military spokesman. 5. He said two other rebels were killed Thursday in a military ambush near the town of Vakarai in the eastern Batticaloa district. 6. His fellow rebels and supporters among the rural poor say he was killed during a military ambush. 7. In eastern Sri Lanka, four rebels were killed in two military ambushes, Jayakody said. 8. In eastern Sri Lanka, where the guerrillas also have been fighting for a homeland, four militants were killed in two separate military ambushes Sunday, Jayakody said. 9. On Friday, two rebels were killed in a military ambush at Pavakkodichchenai village in eastern Batticaloa district. 10. Three more rebels died and eight soldiers were injured Thursday night during a military ambush in a village in the north, officials said Friday. |