| That usually happens once one side is 'beaten'. |
Fighting between factions of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatists appears to be over, after several days of skirmishes displaced thousands of people and jeopardised a Norwegian-brokered truce in the country's 20-year civil war. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launched an offensive last Friday against forces led by Karuna, a renegade commander, in an operation that killed dozens. The LTTE, which has fought an insurgency for Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, has claimed victory over Karuna's troops, most whom have abandoned their posts or surrendered, according to several reports. |