Bomb kills 8 Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka

A roadside bomb killed eight Tamil Tiger rebels in their own territory in the island's far north on Tuesday, a spokesman for the unarmed Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission said. The Tigers said they had no immediate details and the military was not immediately available for comment.

Military analysts say deep penetration units of soldiers are operating behind Tiger lines and resorting to guerrilla tactics to fight the insurgents on their own terms as a new chapter in a two-decade civil war escalates. (Reuters)