Sri Lankan policemen check identification documents at a road side check point during a special cordon search operation in Colombo, January 6, 2008. The Tamil Tigers' military intelligence chief was among 34 rebels killed in heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the military and a pro-Tiger Web site said, amid signs the 25-year civil war was escalating. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA)