The flag of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is seen over the body of LTTE leader Ramanan during his funeral in Tamil rebel controlled village of Kannankudha in Batticoloa, about 225 kilometers (139 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Senior officials, analysts, diplomats and former military officers said the government's new commitment to the fight coupled with a string of miscalculations by the Tamil Tigers has brought one of the world's most sophisticated rebel groups to the brink of defeat.
Sri Lankan soldiers are seen walking to a newly built bunker of the Sri Lankan army's forward defense line in Muhumalai, about 280 kilometers (174 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. Senior officials, analysts, diplomats and former military officers said the government's new commitment to the fight coupled with a string of miscalculations by the Tamil Tigers has brought one of the world's most sophisticated rebel groups to the brink of defeat.
The flag of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is seen over the body of LTTE leader Ramanan during his funeral in Tamil rebel controlled village of Kannankudha in Batticoloa, about 225 kilometers (139 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Senior officials, analysts, diplomats and former military officers said the government's new commitment to the fight coupled with a string of miscalculations by the Tamil Tigers has brought one of the world's most sophisticated rebel groups to the brink of defeat.
Tamil Tiger fighters take positions as they rehearse to break through outer defense lines of a military camp, at a training camp in an undisclosed location in Tiger controlled territory, north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 13, 2007. Senior officials, analysts, diplomats and former military officers said the government's new commitment to the fight coupled with a string of miscalculations by the Tamil Tigers has brought one of the world's most sophisticated rebel groups to the brink of defeat
Sri Lankan soldiers fire guns aiming at Tamil rebel positions in Welioya battle front, about 240 kilometers (149 miles)north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 24, 2008. Senior officials, analysts, diplomats and former military officers said the government's new commitment to the fight coupled with a string of miscalculations by the Tamil Tigers has brought one of the world's most sophisticated rebel groups to the brink of defeat
A Sri Lankan army soldier signals his colleagues at a defence line in Paranthan December 23, 2008. Sri Lanka's president said its troops captured the separatist Tamil Tigers' headquarters town of Kilinochchi on January 2, 2009, but within an hour of the announcement a suspected suicide bomber killed at least two people in the capital. Troops fought their way into the Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi deep in the north, in one of the biggest blows for the rebels in years. Details of casualties from the fighting were not immediately available. Picture taken December 23, 2008.
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