Sri Lanka War News Updates -- February 23, 2009

Tamil Tigers patrol the village of Uthayanagar East, near Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachi/AFP

Sri Lanka Closes In On Last Rebel Stronghold -- Christian Science Monitor

The Tamil Tigers seem to be cornered, despite an air attack Friday. But many predict a drawn-out fight to the end.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - A foiled suicide attack by two rebel aircraft shook this seaside capital Friday, bringing what should be the final phase of a grinding civil war closer to home.

But the latest show of defiance by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has done little to change the facts on the ground in the north, where their dwindling forces are cornered and outgunned. Having overrun several rebel towns and bases, Sri Lankan troops are now pressing into a narrow strip of land on the northeast coast where the rebels are holed up.

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