From Wall Street Journal:
COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan armed forces have surrounded a shrinking number of Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeast corner of the country in a bid to crush their separatist movement and end Asia's longest-running civil war.
On Thursday, the army built on recent advances, taking control of a makeshift airstrip used by Tamil Tiger aircraft in recent bombing raids. The military also captured a village about 12 miles from the rebel stronghold Mullaittivu, according to Brig. V.U.B. Nanayakkara, spokesman for the Sri Lankan military.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE -- the force that has been fighting more than a quarter-century for a separate Tamil state -- now appeared confined to a 372-square-mile wedge just below the Jaffna peninsula. The army is trying to finish off an estimated 1,600 or so remaining Tiger fighters, the spokesman added, compared with about 15,000 in 2006, the year peace talks collapsed.
"It won't take much more time," he said.
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Sri Lanka troops seize rebel airstrip, refugees flee -- Reuters
Sri Lankan Army Presses Toward Last Rebel Stronghold -- Voice Of America
Sri Lanka says it captures rebel runway -- International Herald Tribune
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE -- the force that has been fighting more than a quarter-century for a separate Tamil state -- now appeared confined to a 372-square-mile wedge just below the Jaffna peninsula. The army is trying to finish off an estimated 1,600 or so remaining Tiger fighters, the spokesman added, compared with about 15,000 in 2006, the year peace talks collapsed.
"It won't take much more time," he said.
Read more ....
More News On The Sri Lanka War
Sri Lanka troops seize rebel airstrip, refugees flee -- Reuters
Sri Lankan Army Presses Toward Last Rebel Stronghold -- Voice Of America
Sri Lanka says it captures rebel runway -- International Herald Tribune
Read more ....
Sri Lanka troops seize rebel airstrip, refugees flee -- Reuters
Sri Lankan Army Presses Toward Last Rebel Stronghold -- Voice Of America
Sri Lanka says it captures rebel runway -- International Herald Tribune
Tigers expelled from nine-year stronghold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Killings Out of Control: Sri Lanka’s Loss of Innocence -- Asian Tribune opinion
A Personal Loss -- The Time Magazine opinion
My Comment: This war is going to end in the next month or two. The guerrilla war that will follow will take years to end.
More News On The Sri Lanka War
Sri Lanka troops seize rebel airstrip, refugees flee -- Reuters
Sri Lankan Army Presses Toward Last Rebel Stronghold -- Voice Of America
Sri Lanka says it captures rebel runway -- International Herald Tribune
Tigers expelled from nine-year stronghold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Killings Out of Control: Sri Lanka’s Loss of Innocence -- Asian Tribune opinion
A Personal Loss -- The Time Magazine opinion
My Comment: This war is going to end in the next month or two. The guerrilla war that will follow will take years to end.