Tigers on the verge of recapturing Jaffna From: India Abroad | Date: May 5, 2000| Author: Senadhira, Sugeeswara | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

India Abroad

05-05-2000

Tigers on the verge of recapturing Jaffna

Guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last week
appeared set to recapture the government-held northern Jaffna peninsula,
their erstwhile stronghold, forcing Sri Lankan President Chandrika
Kumaratunga to cut short a visit abroad and return home on April 27.

Kumaratunga, who also holds charge of the defense portfolio, had gone
abroad for treatment of an ...

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