Sri Lanka may finally crush LTTE, but India has lost out a valuable opportunity to extend its influence
Along with Osama bin Laden, Velupillai Prabhakaran is the most elusive character encountered by security agencies in the world. The Sri Lankan forces can certainly vouch for it. Weeks after President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed to get rid of Tamil Tigers, the fight inside the dense Mullaithivu jungles continues with no sign yet of the Tiger supremo. These jungles are recognised as the last holding point of the Tamil guerillas. The Sri Lankan government, in its effort to drive home its offensive, has asked the air force to bombard the dense forests in an effort to flush out LTTE militants. A spokesperson for the air force confirmed that ‘in support of ground troops’, bombardment of Tiger positions would continue. “The next step of the war would be that the LTTE, after being ousted from its well fortified positions, will go back to what it knows best, guerilla warfare,” Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, former general officer commanding with the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) in Sri Lanka, told B&E.
In anticipation of its final triumph over Tamil rebels, Rajapakse has already announced a detailed plan of demilitarisation and a devolution package of powers to provinces. The three-decade-old war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and Tamil guerillas has claimed thousands of lives. Interestingly, in the scenario of international interlocutors playing a mediatory role between traditionally warring ethnic groups, the Lankan imbroglio has brought forward an unlikely peace broker – Japan.Its negotiator, Akashi, would try to “encourage their work on the process towards a political solution of the ethnic conflict.”
Along with Osama bin Laden, Velupillai Prabhakaran is the most elusive character encountered by security agencies in the world. The Sri Lankan forces can certainly vouch for it. Weeks after President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed to get rid of Tamil Tigers, the fight inside the dense Mullaithivu jungles continues with no sign yet of the Tiger supremo. These jungles are recognised as the last holding point of the Tamil guerillas. The Sri Lankan government, in its effort to drive home its offensive, has asked the air force to bombard the dense forests in an effort to flush out LTTE militants. A spokesperson for the air force confirmed that ‘in support of ground troops’, bombardment of Tiger positions would continue. “The next step of the war would be that the LTTE, after being ousted from its well fortified positions, will go back to what it knows best, guerilla warfare,” Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, former general officer commanding with the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) in Sri Lanka, told B&E.
In anticipation of its final triumph over Tamil rebels, Rajapakse has already announced a detailed plan of demilitarisation and a devolution package of powers to provinces. The three-decade-old war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and Tamil guerillas has claimed thousands of lives. Interestingly, in the scenario of international interlocutors playing a mediatory role between traditionally warring ethnic groups, the Lankan imbroglio has brought forward an unlikely peace broker – Japan.Its negotiator, Akashi, would try to “encourage their work on the process towards a political solution of the ethnic conflict.”
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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