Sri Lankan army has defeated the Tamil Tigers

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Tamil Tigers ‘are defeated’ - Yahoo! News UK

Tamil Tigers ‘are defeated’

Sri Lanka’s president has claimed victory over the Tamil Tigers following a bloody 25-year civil war.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said his troops had “finally defeated” the Tamil separatists after seizing the Indian Ocean island’s entire coastline for the first time.

Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the founder of the guerrilla group, is thought to be surrounded along with other leaders in half a square mile of land near the northeastern coast.

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said it feared the remaining rebels, who are cut off with no hope of escape, would mount a mass suicide attack.

Mr Rajapaksa, who is on a visit to Jordan, said he would return to Sri Lanka “as a leader of a nation that vanquished terrorism”, even though military operations are still under way.

The United Nations and others say the Tigers are still holding tens of thousands of civilians as human shields.

Nearly 11,900 people fled rebel areas on Saturday, bringing the total to more than 25,000 since Thursday, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.

The Tigers said a conventional defeat would only result in a new conflict of a different kind.

Spokesman S Pathmanathan was quoted as saying: “Colombo’s approach, to finish the war in 48 hours through a carnage and bloodbath of civilians, will never resolve a conflict of decades. On the contrary, it will only escalate the crisis to unforeseen heights.”

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s chief of staff, Vijay Nambiar, is due to visit the Sri Lankan capital Colombo to make a last-ditch attempt for a negotiated end to the war.

The Tigers, whose fighters are said to wear cyanide capsules to be taken in case of capture, this week again refused to surrender or to free civilians, while the government rejected calls to pause its assault to protect the people.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for an immediate end to fighting and said Sri Lanka “must understand that there will be consequences for its actions”.

Prabhakaran began his fight for a separate state for Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils in the early 1970s, and it erupted into full-scale civil war in 1983.

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The lanken forces have ultimately pulverized the tamil rebels with chinese and pakistani help. I wonder what the indians are going to do about this and what they are going to provide tamil rebels with. And Now the Chinese will have one more port in the middle of the indian ocean to control and protect their trade assets

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Congratulations to our Sri Lankan friends for getting rid of Tamil terrorists. Well done!

Do expect a lot of hue and cry in the media, initiated mostly by the Tamil terrorist sponsors though.

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Just wondering how a govt which cannot put down terrorism in its own country is helping other countries :smack:

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Good work Sri Lanka. China now has another nation from where it can keep an eye on the Indian waters and protect the trade route.

I guess they’re not “tigers” anymore, should be renamed Tamil Cats

well that’s simple…how can a country whose poor have to sleep on the streets, go across the borders to build roads for another country. :smack:

strategy was formulated by Sri Lanka, China and Pakistan supplied them with weapons, and Sri Lanka was able to defeat Tamil terrorists. :slight_smile:

on a serious note though, maybe Tamils will now cause more mischief within India for a separate homeland since their dream of a Tamil Sri Lanka has been shattered.

how does India feel about Sri Lankan victory? :hmmm:

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Re: Sri Lankan army has defeated the Tamil Tigers

Please read your post again and try to make sense of the logic. Every country has poor people, but that does not stop them for aiming for the moon. But not many countries bow down before the terrorists and still claim that they supplied somebody else with weapons. I think it is just a matter of undue credit being claimed.

Elections in the southern state of Tamil Nadu where LTTE has a lot of sympathisers has amply shown that the conflict has not affected the ordinary people. There is definitely sympathy for the human cost of the conflict. Propaganda is rife about Phosphorous bombs being used and the like. People here do not like the LTTE after the assasination of the former PM Rajiv but definitely there is sympathy for the Tamil cause.

Complication of marriage
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YES Offcourse congrats to lankans

lankan army wins, Pak army wins!

:)

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It is not taking undue credit. it's just stating the facts as they are. Pakistan and China jointly armed Sri Lankan Armed Forces and Govt: Fact
LTTE defeated after continued struggle of Sri Lankan forces using imported weapons: Fact

It's just about giving the credit where it is due, and it is due to all three the Sri Lankan Govt./Army, Pakistan and China.

you can either sob over that, or rejoice that LTTE has been defeated, as you yourself stated that it was responsible for the assassination of former PM. it's a victory for everyone that wanted to see one less terrorist organization operating in the region.

cheers!

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Re: Sri Lankan army has defeated the Tamil Tigers

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tiger rebel chief has been killed

              By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer        Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Writer          –     9 mins ago
                             COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils.
             State television broke into its regular programming to announce Prabhakaran's death, and the government information department sent a text message to cell phones across the country confirming he was killed along with top deputies, Soosai and Pottu Amman.
             The announcement sparked mass celebrations around the country, and people poured into the streets of Colombo dancing and singing.
             Prabhakaran's death has been seen as crucial in bringing closure to this war-wracked Indian Ocean island nation. If he had escaped, he could have used his large international smuggling network and the support of Tamil expatriates to spark a new round of guerrilla warfare here. His death in battle could still turn him into a martyr for other Tamil separatists.
             Sri Lanka's army chief, Lt. Gen. Sareth Fonseka, said on television that his troops routed the last rebels from the northern war zone Monday morning and were working to identify Prabhakaran's body from among the dead.
             "We can announce very responsibly that we have liberated the whole country from terrorism," he told state television. It was widely presumed Fonseka was waiting for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to announce Prabhakaran's death.

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tiger rebel chief has been killed

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Like this…

DNA: World: Pakistan opens massive military supply to Lanka

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/military-strategic-issues/216049-sri-lanka-buy-pakistani-arms.html

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Hahahahah …good one Vigoratus.
Quote of the week on Gupshup:P

for god sake........
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Am just wondering why it took so long for the Sri Lankan Armed forces to approach the Pakistani govt for weapons.

It is our discretion to sob or rejoice that LTTE has been defeated. You rightly mentioned that there is one less terrorist org in the region. We would rejoice more if the principal terrorist org of the region is defeated i.e the Taliban. Sadly I dont think that will happen anytime soon. Also please supply the same weapons to your army that you supplied to the Lankans.

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Gloat for all you want. Understanding facts would help you to take your head out of the sand..:p

Just wondering why isnt anybody talking about root causes and the like..

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boo hoo! :cryb:

come again when TTP has been defeated.

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How selling or supplying arms for credit can be called as help? It's just a trade/business deal where both parties gain something!

I think US aid to Pak or India building infrastructure in Afghanistan can be called as help!

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Re: Sri Lankan army has defeated the Tamil Tigers

Pakistani help + Sri Lankan army = Winning combination :wink:

:hmmm: Maybe Pakistan should help the Sri Lankan army come to Pakistan and fight the Taliban on their behalf. I am sure that would definitely get some results.

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How about help India take care of Shri maoist first after all Shri Maoist is lot closer then Shri Taliban.

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Why do you have to derail every thread, dude ? Do you never have anything intelligent to post ??

P.S. Yes, India can take care of Shri Maoist and Sri Lanka can take care of Shri Pakistani Taliban.

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My oh my, it hurts dosent it... Yep, an Indian poking nose in Pak issues forgets the expansion of Shri maoist at home. Now is that taking care or is that taking care of Shri maoist since 1960s.. WoW!!!

Full Time Masti - May 2013
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Re: Sri Lankan army has defeated the Tamil Tigers

^ Last I checked Sri Lanka & LTTE were not Pakistan's internal affairs. But one would not expect you to know that anyways :p

Anyways, go back to googling about Maoist attacks in India.