The LTTE chief Velu Prabharan’s dead body has been identified by one of his close aides, Karuna few days back. And based on the identification, the Sri Lankan government has declared victory over LTTE.
The Sri Lankan government has assured the Tamil population in their country, to feel safe and secure. The President has assured them that the first priority of his government will be to ensure better living conditions and peace for the large Tamil population, which was so far under the control of the LTTE.
The government of India is concerned about the state of Tamils in Sri Lanka, and has infact assured a 500 crore Indian rupees aid to Sri Lanka to rehabilitate the Tamil population.
The nearly three decade old infighting in Sri Lanka has officially come to an end. The Sri Lankan government has officially announced yesterday that the terrorist outfit, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, has been wiped out with the killing of all its top leaders.
The Sri Lankan government fought the bitter battle without success till few years back, when LTTE was able to match the military might of the government. Only in the last few years, the LTTE has not been able get adequate support for building its military capabilities, and hence the defeat.
Now the Sri Lankan government says, it wants to focus on peace and stability for the Tamil Population.
The new Obama administration in US , has started the marathon discussions with their arch rivals, Russia, over the nuclear arms reduction. Over the last one decade, the two countries have had several round of talks on nuclear arms reduction, and have actually effected over 20% reduction in their nuclear arms pile.
The new round of talks are expected to have lot of tough negotiations between the two countries, and might run through the next four years. Over these four years, the two countries are expected to reduce their nuclear pile by another 10% to 15%, which if achieved, would be good for the whole world.
The 25 year old was between the Sri Lankan Army attained an aggressive phase in the last one year, with a clear advantage for the Sri Lankan Army. Till few years back , LTTE i.e, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was seen as a formidable force which could create heavy damages on Sri Lankan Government forces.
But with the global fight against terrorism gaining ground in the last few years, LTTE was also getting side lined by US and Europe. That lead to lower fund flows and limited access to latest weapons and ammunitions by LTTE. This helped the Sri Lankan Army to go on the offensive, and they have officially announced the killing of all the top leaders of LTTE including Veluppillai Prabhakaran, and Pottu Amman.
With this, the Sri Lankan government has also announced the return of peace to the country after over two decades of bitter fighting.
The Swat valley of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, was officially handed over by the Pakistani authorities to the Taleban few months back, which was strongly opposed by the US. Few weeks back, the US army officials have openly warned the Pakistani army to take direct action against Taleban, or face direct military intervention by US, inside Pakistan.
This has forced the Pakistani forces to launch massive offensive against the Taleban, and in two weeks time, the Pakistani Army has almost taken back the control of the Swat valley, from the Taleban forces.
What is strange is the number of Taleban fighters killed so far, is less than 2% of the declared Taleban force size. That raised lot of question on whether this episode is also an eye wash planned by the Pakistani army in connivance with the Taleban terrorist group, which it has nurtured and grown.
The Sri Lankan army had to fight a losing war with the rebels Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in the last decade without any success. But all that has changed dramatically in the last two years, and the Sri Lankan army has been able to make deep inroads into LTTE controlled areas successfully.
Now, the Sri Lankan Army officials claim that the war against the LTTE group is over and there are no more threats from the rebel group. The Indian intelligence authorities are worried to some extent because of this development, as the LTTE might still work on killing top Indian politicians , especially the Gandhi Family.
So the intelligence machinery in India has been put on high alert both in Tamilnadu and New Delhi.
The long drawn political tussle in the world’s largest democracy, India, has come to an end today, with a clear mandate for the ruling Congress lead coalition. The Indian National Congress has won 66 more seats than what it had in the last general elections, had almost reduced the need for it to seek support from too many smaller parties.
The existing Congress coalition itself has won around 260 seats , which is just 13 seats short of the half way mark. The Congress party is confident of getting the support of independents to win the confidence vote when the parliament convenes next week.
But the problems confronting the government are really huge, in terms of burgeoning fiscal deficit and dwindling tax revenues, and rising unemployment.
King Abdullah of Jordan has been having many sleepless nights in the last one year to find out a amicable solution to the Middle East problem. He has now warned that if a peaceful and amicable solution is not found between Israel, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, then there could be more clashes and loss of lives in the region in the coming years.
He is currently working in close coordination under the UN umbrella to find a long term acceptable solution among all the fighting countries in Middle East region.
Pope Benedict XVI has visited the second largest Mosque in Jordan and prayed for world peace. He spoke of his deep respect for Islam and is expected to address local Muslim leaders shortly. The recent visit of Pope to the Mosque is expected to soothe the wounds of Muslims who were upset with the speech of Pope in 2006.
The visit is also expected to help in improving the relationship between the western world dominated by Christians, and the Muslim countries in Middle East.
Pakistan is now facing the heat from US on fighting and crushing the Taleban. The Taleban forces have been blatantly advancing deep into Pakistan terrority from the Swat valley, in the last few months. The Pakistani forces have been remaining as mute spectators of the advancements.
Now the US government has blasted the Pakistani government and threatened with direct military intervention inside Pakistan, against the Taleban forces, if the Pakistani military does not act decisively within a week’s time. That has forced the Pakistani forces to start the offensive against the Taleban in full force, and have been regaining the Buner area from the Taleban forces.
Also over 200 Taleban militants have been killed in Swat Valley and surrounding areas , by the Pakistani armed forces, in the last few days. The Pakistani military spokesperson has confirmed that the offensive will continue till the entire Taleban forces are destroyed inside Pakistan. How far they will succeed depends on the real intent of the Pakistani government.
