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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 2210463" data-attributes="member: 92282">At least 15 Tamil Tigers, including three women, and a soldier were killed in fierce clashes between the two sides as Air Force jets pounded rebel positions in Sri Lanka's embattled northern region, officials here said today. The fighter jets launched air sorties at the LTTE forward defence lines at Muhamalai in Jaffna, the Defence Ministry said. "The air assault was launched this morning at pre-identified LTTE concentrated positions," it quoted Air Force officials as saying. Separately, bodies of three women LTTE cadres were found in Alankulam area of Mannar following a confrontation with the army yesterday, the Defence Ministry said, adding another rebel was killed in a battle in Mampullukulam in the same region. At least three Tiger rebels were gunned down in Yodawewa area of northeast Welioya yesterday, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said. A Tamil Tiger was shot dead at Wedamurippu in Vavuniya yesterday, the MCNS said, adding three more LTTE cadres were killed in Kirribbanwewa area of Welioya yesterday. One soldier also lost his life during the confrontation in Kirribbanwewa, it said.<a href="http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/CDE934EED4980BDC6525746400446374?OpenDocument" target="_blank">pti</a></blockquote>

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