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Sri Lanka rejects Tiger truce
Nitin Gokhale, Sunday April 26, 2009, Colombo

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Citing the plight of refugees, and Indian and global pressure, the LTTE announced a unilateral ceasefire on Sunday. But it was promptly rejected by the Sri Lankan government.

"Declaring ceasefire is a joke. The LTTE has no capability of mounting offensive," said Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona.

Sri Lanka's confidence stems from the gains it has made over the past week. It allowed over 100 thousand people to flee the war zone. And that perhaps allowed government troops to advance two km deeper into LTTE-held territory on Sunday and rescue 2,000 people.

As NDTV headed towards the battlefront, from Killinochchi to Puthukidiyarrupu, where the LTTE leadership is holed up in a small area of less than 5 sq km, it was discovered that the LTTE has lost a large chunk of its arsenal.

But it's still not clear how heavily armed the remaining LTTE fighters are, which is apart from their famous suicide pills. And the big question is - where is Prabhakaran?

For many, the 25-year-old Sri Lankan civil war will only be over, when the driving force of the LTTE is traced.

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Posted by Roshan Indika Jayasooriya on Apr 30, 2009
Sri lankan govenment is now doing a hostage rescue operation,not a war againt innocent tamil people.Sri lanka is adeveloping country so that most of the sri lankan people not only tamils but also sinhalese,muslims& ete.face lot of difficulties.The solution for this is not the tamil eelam which will worsen the situation. In sri lanka sinhalese,tamils,muslims & other ethnic groups had lived peacefully while british were coming.while british were ruling the country they tried to seperate the sinhalese from the tamils which they had done in India in between hindus & muslims with the end result of seperated India(India,Pakistan,Bangladesh) & an endless war between India & Pakistan.In Sri Lanka,British offered more facilities to a few educated tamils.When british went away from the country those educated tamils tried to get 50:50 representives in the parliament which can never be done in Sri Lanka as more than 2/3 of Sri Lankans are sinhalese.Then they tried get a tamil eelam in Nothern & Eastern provinces in Sri Lanka which is also threat to the India.They created a false history.When they can not achieve their unjustifiable goal they made Prabakaran & helped him to get armed.Unfortunately being a merciless terrorist Prabakaran killed his so called fathers & uncles. Innocent tamil people does not want a tamil eelam.But Prabakaran forcefully armed not only the adults but also the children.This kills thousands of Sri Lankans including sinhalese, tamils, muslims and driven the country to a worst condition. So called international community help the ltte terrorists so that they can come to Sri Lanka and can gain access to south asia,like their doing in middle east. Fortunately present Sri Lankan government defeat the tamil tigers.Showing his true nature Prabakaran is now trying to hide in between innocent tamil people risking their lives.Sri Lankan government trying to rescue these innocent people.They have even given up the using of heavy weapons,air mission to prevent the innocent tamil poeple getting harmed while tamil tigers still using their heavy weapons.No any other army in the world do such humanitarian thing. Therefore all the people in the world who really concern about tamil people should help Sri Lankan government.
Posted by stanislaus on Apr 29, 2009
If Prabhakaran is the only target for the SriLankan army and Indian government then why the hell is the innocent people being massacared everyday. This indirectly washing away the minority form the country. Separate Eelam will be the best solution to put an end to this. If at all Prabhakaran is caught alive or encountered there will be innumerable Prabhakaran being born.
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