IN an almost unrealistic and yet historic turn of events in contemparary times, Sri Lankan forces have successfully concluded the anti-terrorist operations begun 2 years ago today by killing the top leaders of the Tamil Tigers in one final fight.
The last few days saw urgent and desperate attempts by pro-LTTE nations and groups making countless attempts to rescue the LTTE leadership from the determined Sri Lankan forces closing in on them. Perhaps disappointingly for them, the nations which could have potentially brought about even a temporary halt to the military campaign, the US and India remained diplomatically uninvolved, while the Sri Lankan leadership's determination to finish the LTTE off remained unwavering. The last 24-48 hours of the battle was almost the stuff of a first class thriller, which kept not only the Sri Lankans in the island, and in other parts of the world glued to the internet searching for breaking news.
The LTTE leadership met their deaths in a desperate attempt to break through the SLDF lines following a high intensity battle between the remaining units of sea-tigers in which 15 SLDF soldiers and over 70 tigers were killed. In the break-out attempt that followed, the LTTE leader and his entire leadership group were killed by Sri Lankan special forces.
Over the next days, weeks and months the story of the final fight will emerge to be told and retold for generations.
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