Sri Lankan air force jets destroyed a Tamil Tiger naval base in the country's north Thursday, a day after a fierce sea battle and a wave of infantry attacks killed at least 66 rebels and 14 troops, the military said.
Separately, a bomb blast blamed on the rebels killed four civilians in the north, the military said.
There were no immediate details on casualties from the airstrike, which came amid weeks of heavy fighting between the military and ethnic Tamil separatists in the dense jungles of northern Sri Lanka.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he aimed to crush the rebels, who have been fighting for a separate Tamil homeland for more than two …
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