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 Tamil rebel positions have been pounded by Sri Lankan government fighter jets in the country’s north, in fierce fighting which began late yesterday, the military said. Army forces also fired rockets and heavy artillery into the rebel controlled areas, forcing civil servants and school students near the battlefront to go home fearing that the fighting could spread across the peninsula, the rebels and witnesses said. The rebels accused the military of launching a major attack the day after the separatists agreed to attend new peace talks. “They have begun a large-scale operation along the northern defence line," rebels' military spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan said. He said that the military started shelling rebel positions late last night and that ground troops had advanced across their front line early today. "They are advancing from all around the defence line," Ilanthirayan said. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the rebels had started attacking army positions overnight, wounding two soldiers. "The Air Force launched strikes on Tamil Tiger positions to neutralise their attack," Samarasinghe said. He did not say what damage the attacks caused, adding that the air strikes had now ended.
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