A Sri Lanka Army photo shows officers moving into the last and largest Tamil Tiger naval base captured by security forces, the Chalai Sea Tiger base in the district of Mullaittivu, on February 5. Thousands of Tamil civilians streamed out of Sri Lanka's war zone on Tuesday despite a suicide bombing that killed 30 people at a centre for those escaping the fighting, a military official said. (AFP/Sri Lanka Army/Ho)'Without Me, They Couldn't Win the War' -- Washington Post
Former Tamil Tiger Commander Says His Knowledge, Troops Helped Weaken Rebellion
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- Dressed in their Sri Lankan army fatigues and clutching automatic assault rifles, a half-dozen bodyguards fanned out over the lawn of a seaside hotel to form a ring of security for their client: Karuna Amman, formerly a top commander in this country's rebel army.
Colonel Karuna, his nom de guerre, was widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the now-beleaguered Tamil Tigers rebel group, also known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which has waged a 25-year uprising for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority. He broke ranks five years ago and joined Sri Lanka's government, taking at least 6,000 troops with him, he says.
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