This is why mahinda wants this war
That's why the dead-line has been extended by three more years (to earn more money).
COLOMBO (AFP) - 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.
'Within the next two to three years we should be able to eliminate them (Tamil Tigers),'
Gen. Tissa Weeratunga, popularly known as 'Bull' Weeratunga, was appointed the overall commander of the Sri Lankan Forces in the Northern Province, by the then Sri Lankan President J.R. Jeyawardene on 14 July 1979 with a mission to 'eliminate' the 'menace of terrorism' within 6 months, before December 31, 1979. |