Sri Lanka War News Updates -- May 4, 2009


Sri Lankan Civilians Trapped By Tamil Tigers 'Last Stand' -- Christian Science Monitor

As the fighting has shrunk to a three-square mile strip of rebel-held land, Sri Lanka's military has framed its offensive as the world's 'largest hostage rescue mission.'

Putumattalan, Sri Lanka - On the far shore of a brackish lagoon, white Brahmin cows stoop to drink. Behind them, over a muddy embankment, palm trees frame a row of abandoned shelters on a sandy beach. Just two weeks ago, this was a Tamil Tiger stronghold.
A few miles south, hundreds of Tamil rebels are making a final, desperate stand in Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war. Held there, as pawns in the military endgame, are tens of thousands of ethnic-Tamil civilians. Short on food and water, and pounded by artillery shells, their plight has triggered international concern but no halt in the fighting.

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More News On Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka rebels suffer 'heavily' -- AFP
End game -- National Post
Fighting Continues Between Sri Lankan Army, Rebels -- Voice of America
Sri Lankan Army Inspecting LTTE's Captured Territory -- Defense Technology News
Sri Lanka may pardon surrendering rebel fighters -- Yahoo News/AP
Sri Lanka may offer Tigers amnesty -- Al Jazeera
Plea for Cease-Fire Help in Sri Lanka -- The Telegraph
Sri Lanka troops take rebels' defense bund -- China View
2,000 Tamils killed in last 15 hrs in Lanka -- Express Buzz
Tamil Tigers 'putting 11-year-old girls on the front line' -- The Telegraph

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