• Flying Tigers send stark message
    The Liberation Tigers’ bombing raid on the main Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airbase at Katunayake last Monday has signalled what one security analyst has termed a new phase in the island’s protracted conflict.
     
    Other commentators, on the other hand, have questioned the efficacy of the Tamileelam Air Force (TAF). They point to the limited firepower of a handful of light aircraft in comparison to SLAF’s fleet of powerful jet fighter-bombers.
  • The road to war was signposted
    Sri Lanka’s ongoing offensive has been prepared openly over two years.
  • Claymores and compellence
    The unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka’s Northeast is forcing the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse to abandon its hardline stances on the peace process.
  • A change in tack
    The attacks in Jaffna mark a new approach to the ongoing shadow war – and send an unmistakable message to Colombo.
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