Sri Lanka troops shell Tiger targets in Jaffna
Sri Lankan troops have fired rockets and artillery at suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island’s northeast, amid a reduction in fighting in the northern peninsula of Jaffna, the military said. Troops in the port town of Trincomalee used multi-barrel rocket launchers to pound positions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Sampur, a local military official in the region said. Full Story