புலிகளிற்கு எதிராக ஆரம்பித்துள்ள படை முன்னர்வுகள் இன்னும் 3 வருடங்களிற்கு முகம் கொடுக்க வேண்டுமென அதிகாரியொருவர் தெரிவித்துள்ளதாக ஏ.எப்.பி தெரிவித்துள்ளது

இராணுவத்தினர் விடுதலைப்புலிகளிற்கு எதிராக ஆரம்பித்துள்ள புதிய படை முன்னர்வுகள் இன்னும் 3 வருடங்களிற்கு முகம் கொடுக்க வேண்டுமென பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரியொருவர் தெரிவித்துள்ளதாக ஏ.எப்.பி தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

அடுத்த இரண்டு மூன்று வருடங்களுக்குள் இராணுவத்தினர் விடுதலைப்புலிகளை துரத்தி விடுவார்கள் எனின் ஜனாதிபதி மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ இதுவரை இடம்பெ ற்ற மோதல்களிற்கு அரசியல் தீர்வு மூலம் சமாதானத்தை கொண்டு வர முயற்சிகின்றனர் என அவ் அதிகாரி மேலும் தெரிவித்தனர்.

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Sri Lanka set for long haul on Tiger offensive

Sri Lanka's latest military campaign against the Tiger rebels could go on for another three years, senior defence officials said this week, as experts warned the conflict was taking its toll on the economy.Sri Lankan troops backed by supersonic aircraft and multi-barrel rockets have stepped up their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's restive northeast since April and have vowed to flush them out.

"Within the next two to three years we should be able to eliminate them (Tamil Tigers)," said a top defence source, who declined to be named.He said the government would pursue a political solution alongside the military offensive as Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse was keen to bring about an "honourable peace" to end decades of bloodshed.

The source said the security forces were on a strong footing to win the military campaign, but a political solution must be pursued in parallel.The government has said it has regional and international backing for its military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who are fighting for an independent homeland for the minority Tamils.

Many governments, including those in the United States, Europe and India, consider the Tigers to be terrorists.Sri Lanka's military is trying to forge deeper into a Tiger stronghold known as the Thoppigala jungle, which stretches from Batticaloa district to neighbouring Ampara district in the island's east.Charities operating in the region Monday raised concerns about the safety of civilians in Batticaloa, where more than 120,000 people have already been internally displaced.

More than 4,000 people have also been killed amid an upsurge in fighting since December 2005, despite the two sides agreeing to a Norwegian-brokered truce in February 2002 to end the conflict.The seemingly unending bloodshed is also having an impact on the country's economy.Inflation jumped to 20.5 percent in January and eased marginally to 19.2 percent last month, but economists warn of trouble ahead.

Sri Lanka carries a "junk bond" rating of BB-minus from the ratings agency Fitch, three levels below investment grade.Fitch warned Sri Lanka's international credit assessment may take a further beating if the South Asian island fails to make tangible progress in settling its decades-long separatist conflict."If the security situation deteriorates... we are worried that it could hurt public finances and exert further downward pressures on the rating," said James McCormack, senior director of Fitch's sovereign team in Hong Kong.

"Sri Lanka's credit outlook could revert to stable if a political settlement is found to end the conflict and the government also tightens public finances."Sri Lanka has posted positive economic growth since the 2002 truce after recession in 2001."The economy has proven resilience, there is a high level of human capital and the country has an unblemished debt service track record, which is good," noted Paul Rawkins, the London-based senior director of Fitch's sovereign team.

The defence source admitted the military offensive had cost the economy dearly.The government raised the defence budget by 45 percent to 1.29 billion dollars this year to pay for weapons and other equipment.The source said the cost was "unfortunate," but that Rajapakse, who is also holds defence and finance portfolios, would have to find the money.

Rajapakse promised a political plan within two months during a visit in November to neighbouring India, whose ethnic Tamil community shares cultural links with the island's Tamil minority.But there has been no consensus among political parties here on how to share power with the minority Tamils.The defence source said the five-year-old ceasefire was all but dead. Truce monitor the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission blames both sides for breaching the pact.

AFP

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Edited March 14, 200718 yr by வானவில்

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