Claiming that the LTTE has lost its control over most of the territory in north, Sri Lankan government on Thursday said the defeat of Tamil Tigers is now "imminent.""It is apparent that the LTTE are now at the imminent brink of defeat," Defence spokesman and Minister for Foreign Employment Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters.
"It is apparent that the LTTE are now at the imminent brink of defeat," Defence spokesman and Minister for Foreign Employment Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters.Rambukwella said the LTTE rebels have been restricted to 21 sq kms out of which 20 sq kms is a government-declared safe zone.
In the mid-1990s, the rebels controlled more than two-thirds of the island's coastline and one third of the total land mass.
Accusing the LTTE of using the "safe zone" to launch attacks on government forces, Rambukwella said the Tamil Tigers are using the civilians as a shield and are carrying out atrocities on them.
He said the fighting was now moving into a phase of intense close-quarters combat.
Meanwhile, four top LTTE commanders were among 30 rebels killed yesterday when Sri Lankan troops repulsed a massive Tamil Tiger attack in Pudukudiyirippu, the last town held by them in the embattled north.
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