1.   Government forces, meanwhile continued to consolidate Friday in the outskirts of the town of Jaffna, the heartland of Tamil separatism, the spokesman said.

2.   Defence officials say the fall of Jaffna, the symbol of Tamil separatism, was inevitable but acknowledge that the hardened Tigers can still inflict heavy casualties.

3.   Defence analysts said the army drive was probably a prelude to a bigger offensive to capture Jaffna town, a symbol of Tamil separatism in the country.

4.   Disappearances continued in the northern peninsula of Jaffna, the capital of Tamil separatism, the group said adding that soldiers were now better behaved.

5.   The military has said the Rivirasa campaign is to capture the town of Jaffna, which is considered the citadel of Tamil separatism.

6.   The military said the objective of its current offensive was to capture the town of Jaffna, the citadel of Tamil separatism.

7.   The posters, claimed by a yet known group calling itself the National Joint Committee and written both in English and Sinhalese, accused Britain of supporting Tamil separatism.

8.   The sources said that the campaign was also a prelude to a bigger offensive to take Jaffna, capital of Tamil separatism.

9.   The three towns serve as part of the defences of Jaffna, the final Tiger bastion and the symbol of Tamil separatism in the country.

10.   Thereafter, bitter fighting erupted but security forces captured the Jaffna peninsula, regarded as the fountain head of Tamil separatism in the country.