Lanka jets bomb Tiger rebel targets for 3rd day

Colombo, Nov 3: Sri Lanka's air force launched air raids for the third consecutive day on Tamil Tiger targets in the island's northwest and east today, the military said, days after the breakdown of talks to halt renewed civil war.

''The air force bombed two Tiger targets this morning. One is a Tiger training and transit camp in (the eastern district of) Batticaloa and the other one is a Sea Tiger base in Mannar,'' said a spokesman for the Media Centre for National Security.

Diplomats and analyst fear this latest chapter in the two- decade civil war could escalate into a full-blown return to a conflict that has killed more than 65,000 people since 1983.

Reuters

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