Sri Lanka jets pound rebels as Japan envoy flies in | Reuters

Sri Lanka jets pound rebels as Japan envoy flies in | Reuters: "COLOMBO, June 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger training camp in the rebel-held north on Tuesday, the military said, as Japan's peace envoy began a visit seeking ways to arrest an escalation in the two-decade civil war.

In a separate incident, the military said a roadside bomb planted by suspected Tigers killed an elite police commando in the eastern district of Batticaloa.

United States Ambassador Robert Blake and visiting U.S. disaster management officials were touring the district at the time, but were nowhere near the blast, a U.S. embassy spokesman said.

'An air strike was launched on a Tiger military base this morning,' a spokesman for the Media Centre for National Security said, declining to be named in line with protocol. 'The camp has been destroyed.'" Read complete post here.