Lanka says troops closing in on last rebel foothold (Gulf Times)
Yahoo July 9th, 2007
THOPPIGALA: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers will lose their last foothold in the island’s restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau overnight, the ground commander in the area said yesterday.
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