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Government soldier guards near multi-barrel rocket launcher at Thoppigala jungle in Batticaloa
10 Jul 2007
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A government soldier guards near a multi-barrel rocket launcher at the Thoppigala jungle in Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka July 10, 2007. 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 on Monday.
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A government soldier guards near a multi-barrel rocket launcher at the Thoppigala jungle in Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka July 10, 2007. 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 on Monday.


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