By: Josh Emberton
There have been 26 years of Civil War in Sri Lanka but the last rebel base has finally been captured. The rebels are also known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While this does not mean that the fighting is entirely over, this does display that the country has made steps towards stability.
The Sri Lankan military is targeting all the bases of the LTTE commanders. It has been reported that the leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has fled the country and all of Malayasia is on alert for him.
The Sri Lankan government has set up three facilities for displaced civillians and the United Nations is pleading with the Tamil Tigers to let the civilians out of conflict zones. However, the Tigers have planted mines in order to prevent civilians from leaving. This keeps an estimated 200,000 civilians trapped.
The tigers fight for a separate homeland.
The importance of this event is not only that it is different focus on the World's events, but it seems to mirror an issue in the Middle East with Hamas. However, this conflict doesn't seem to get as much spotlight for reasons unexplained in this article.
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