From The Danger Room:Both sides in a bloody conflict in Sri Lanka are alleging the use of a type of enhanced explosives, known as thermobaric weapons.
Government forces are well into the decisive final phase of operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Six thousand civilians have been killed in fighting over the last three months.
On Monday the LTTE,a Tamil group fighting for independence, announced a unilateral ceasefire, apparently to allow civilians to escape from the “no-fire zone,” a coastal strip of about four square miles.
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My Comment: The Sri Lankan Civil War is now in its death throes. Expect casualties to go through the roof in the next few weeks .... with no restraint on the weapons and tactics to be used.
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