Tamil Tigers now occupy just 620 sq. miles
(AP) - Sri Lankan air force jets and helicopters bombed a series of rebel targets in the north and northeast, the military said, as soldiers pressed deeper into Tamil Tiger territory a day after capturing the insurgents' de facto capital. The fall of Kilinochchi has squeezed ethnic minority Tamils into 620 square miles they still hold in the northeast, dealing a blow to the insurgents’ 25-year campaign to create an independent state, the AP reports. More»
