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Sri Lankan Army captures three LTTE bases in Trincomalee district

KUN0045 4 GEN 0116 KUWAIT /KUNA-QLG7 MIL-SRI LANKA-ARMY-LTTE Sri Lankan Army captures three LTTE bases in Trincomalee district NEW DELHI, March 9 (KUNA) -- Sri Lankan Army Friday captured three bases of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the country's Trincomalee district even as the outfit said they had repulsed an operation by the defence forces. The News agency Press Trust of India reported that LTTE suffered a setback with the fall of the three camps housing over 100 guerrillas. Meanwhile, LTTE said today that they repulsed an initiative by the Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa district of the island nation. The LTTE said they had also killed a Sri Lankan government soldier. (end) dr.ajs KUNA 091532 Mar 07NNNN