18.8.2008

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Troops of Sri Lanka Army 59 division on Saturday (July 16) captured one of the largest training camps of the LTTE known as Jeevan base located in the Mullaittivu jungle. According to the defence sources, the captured terror camp had been used by the LTTE for years to train terrorists in guerrilla warfare. The camp is located 10 km northwest of Kokkuttoduvai and about 1.5 km west of the southwestern edge of the Nayaru lagoon.

The camp has 100 underground bunkers, 4 buildings, 25 lavatories and two concrete bunkers.