A guerra civil no Sri Lanka, travada entre rebeldes separatistas tamil e do governo do Sri Lanka - um conflito que tem correr quente e frio durante 26 anos, e já custou mais de 70.000 vidas - podem agora ser aproximar do seu fim. A etnia tâmil rebeldes vigor chamados os Tigres de Libertação do Tamil Eelam (LTTE ou, ou apenas "Tigres Tamil") tem lutado para a criação de um estado tâmil independente desde 1983, utilizando as duas guerras convencionais técnicas e métodos terroristas. Desde 1987, os LTTE reivindicou a responsabilidade por cerca de 200 atentados suicidas, mais do que qualquer organização no mundo. Agora, desde o final 2008, agressivo das forças governamentais do Sri Lanka ter tratado muitos graves derrotas aos LTTE, capturando cidades e aeroportos, e, recentemente, os restantes armadilhagem 1000 (estimado) LTTE rebeldes em um 37 km ² (15 m²) área, cercada por 50.000 tropas governamentais. Exército bombardeamentos e desesperada retaliação por rebeldes, levou a muitos recentes vítimas civis, e uma população estimada de mais de 200.000 refugiados. Governo do Sri Lanka tem exercido um controlo apertado sobre os meios de comunicação ao longo dos anos, limitando a cobertura do conflito e alegadamente incitar os seus apoiantes, e de vários jornalistas que pagaram com suas vidas. 
Sri Lankan Army commandos march during Independence Day celebrations in Colombo February 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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A Sri Lankan soldier is seen aboard a military helicopter as they fly towards the newly recaptured Tamil rebel held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers (143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Soldiers walk back to an army camp as the sun sets near Thoppigala, about 240 kilometers (149 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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People carry coffins of their relatives for burial during a mass burial ceremony for victims of a landmine explosion by suspected Tiger rebels that killed at least 64 people, in Kabithigollewa village, about 210 kilometers (131 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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A man, surrounded by egrets, searches for valuable items in the garbage dump at Bloemendhal in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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Sri Lankan air force officers lift the wreckage of a second aircraft used by the Tamil Tiger rebels to launch an attack at Colombo after it was gunned down close to Katunayake International airport, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. The body of the pilot and undetonated explosives were earlier removed from the wreckage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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Sri Lankan soldiers survey the damage caused to the building of the Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department following an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo)
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A soldier guards a bridge near Dharmapuran, Sri Lanka, about 8 km (4.9 Mile) west of the front line February 22, 2009. Dharmapuran was captured about a month ago by the Sri Lankan army. The bridge was blasted by the LTTE as they were pushed away during an army offensive, to prevent transportation of Sri Lankan troops heading east. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)
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This undated picture provided by independent observers in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, shows an unidentified young ethnic Tamil at a hospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu, about 275 kilometers (170 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. After days of shelling sent patients fleeing the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital, the Red Cross evacuated the staff and wounded Wednesday, effectively closing the last remaining medical facility in the war zone, the aid group said. (AP Photo)
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An injured man in the main hospital of Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 20, 2009 after he was wounded following a rebel Tamil Tiger attack. Tamil Tigers carried out a kamikaze-style attack in Sri Lanka's capital, smashing a light aircraft into the main government Inland Revenue building, killing two people and wounding 50, officials said. Sri Lanka's air force said anti aircraft guns shot down one of the light aircraft that had flown over the tightly-guarded capital while the wreckage of the second was found inside the Inland Revenue building, which caught fire. (Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)
Sri Lankan Army commandos march during Independence Day celebrations in Colombo February 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe) #
A Sri Lankan soldier is seen aboard a military helicopter as they fly towards the newly recaptured Tamil rebel held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers (143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) #
Soldiers walk back to an army camp as the sun sets near Thoppigala, about 240 kilometers (149 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) #
People carry coffins of their relatives for burial during a mass burial ceremony for victims of a landmine explosion by suspected Tiger rebels that killed at least 64 people, in Kabithigollewa village, about 210 kilometers (131 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) #
A man, surrounded by egrets, searches for valuable items in the garbage dump at Bloemendhal in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe) #
Sri Lankan soldiers survey the damage caused to the building of the Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department following an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo) #
A soldier guards a bridge near Dharmapuran, Sri Lanka, about 8 km (4.9 Mile) west of the front line February 22, 2009. Dharmapuran was captured about a month ago by the Sri Lankan army. The bridge was blasted by the LTTE as they were pushed away during an army offensive, to prevent transportation of Sri Lankan troops heading east. (REUTERS/Nir Elias) #
This undated picture provided by independent observers in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, shows an unidentified young ethnic Tamil at a hospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu, about 275 kilometers (170 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. After days of shelling sent patients fleeing the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital, the Red Cross evacuated the staff and wounded Wednesday, effectively closing the last remaining medical facility in the war zone, the aid group said. (AP Photo) #
An injured man in the main hospital of Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 20, 2009 after he was wounded following a rebel Tamil Tiger attack. Tamil Tigers carried out a kamikaze-style attack in Sri Lanka's capital, smashing a light aircraft into the main government Inland Revenue building, killing two people and wounding 50, officials said. Sri Lanka's air force said anti aircraft guns shot down one of the light aircraft that had flown over the tightly-guarded capital while the wreckage of the second was found inside the Inland Revenue building, which caught fire. (Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) 
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