Photo: Soldiers patrolled in Kilinochchi, seized Jan. 2, as the Army moved onto rebel territory elsewhere. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images/NewscomFrom Christian Science Monitor:
The Army seized another key town, Pallai, Thursday, and has squeezed the rebels from north and south.
Pune, India - The Sri Lankan Army made significant inroads against the rebel Tamil Tigers in the past week – seizing their de facto capital and another key town, squeezing fighters from north and south – but these military victories are unlikely to mark the end of the island's quarter-century-old conflict.
Like many guerrilla groups, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) can resort to a military Plan B: retreat from towns but continue its battle from the jungle, making it difficult for the government to assert control over the long-embattled north.
"This [victory in Kilinochchi] is a huge military achievement with significant political ramifications," says Ashok Mehta, a retired general who led an unsuccessful Indian peacekeeping force against the Tigers in 1987. "But will it end the war? No."
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