In this undated handout photo released by the Sri Lanka army, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Sri Lankan troops celebrate the victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in Mullattivu, Sri Lanka. Aid groups and the U.N. appealed to be allowed to survey the aftermath of the final battle of Sri Lanka's civil war and pushed for unfettered access to some 280,000 Tamils displaced from the former combat zone. (AP Photo/Sri Lanka Army, HO)From Yahoo News/Reuters:
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has for the first time made public its heavy casualties from the last phase of the 25-year war, as the U.N. chief flew to the island on Friday to push for a rapid end to a lingering humanitarian crisis.
Officials said over 6,000 soldiers were killed and nearly 30,000 injured since a battle in July 2006 that the military marks as the start of "Eelam War IV," the final stage of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Sri Lanka declared total victory over the LTTE on Monday after killing off its leadership and remaining fighters in a climactic final battle in the northeast of the island.
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My Comment: One can only imagine the civilian casualties from this conflict.
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