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Sri Lankan leader vows to crush Tamil rebels in north
President Junius Jayewardene pledged to recapture Jaffna city and the Jaffna peninsula in the north, and said civilian casualties cannot be helped. He invited foreign help and warned the Tamil Tigers to come to the table without weapons, as bombings and attacks mounted with dozens killed and hundreds wounded.
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