Soldiers "fled from Jayasikurui operation'

Nov 12 (BBC) A former senior Army General has admitted that the Sri Lankan security forces fled away facing defeat in a major operation against separatist Tamil Tigers during late 1990s. Former military spokesman Maj. Gen. Sarath Munasinghe said the soldiers fled the battlefield within three days of the ‘Jayasikurui’ operation in Mankulam and Oddusudan.