Monday, August 07, 2006

Fighting intensifies in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan troops hammered Tamil Tiger positions with artillery, a day after the rebels warned that continued shelling could lead to all-out war, officials said Monday.

The fighting comes after the death of 15 French aid workers -- Sri Lankan national working for Paris-based Action Contre la Faim -- killed over the weekend.

Sri Lanka and the Tigers have blamed each other for the execution-style massacre.

A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee woman stands outside her tent at a camp in Kantale, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 7, 2006. Thousands of villagers have fled the fighting between Sri Lanka soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels at Muttur, and are staying in camps at Trincomalee and Kanthale. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Sri Lankan refugees stand outside their tents at Kantale, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 7, 2006. Thousands of villagers have fled the fighting between Sri Lanka soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels at Muttur to camps at Trincomalee and Kanthale. AP Photo/Gurinder Osan via Yahoo News.
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