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 KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will fight back with their "full capacity" if government forces try to take their northern strongholds, their political chief said Thursday.
Five years after a cease-fire offered a respite from decades of violence, Sri Lanka's ferocious ethnic war is raging again. Fighter jets roared over the town of Kilinochchi on Thursday for a third straight day, pounding nearby rebel positions.
Last week, Sri Lanka's top defense official said the cease-fire had "no meaning" and the military would soon go after the rebels' northern heartland, where they run a mini-state complete with border guards, courts and even traffic police.
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