Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels aim to cripple the island's economy with major attacks on military and economic targets, a top rebel leader told Reuters today.
Tiger political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan said peace was “not possible” with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, pouring cold water on international community hopes of halting a deadly new chapter in a two-decade civil war.
“Our targets would be in the future major military and economic structures of the government of Sri Lanka,” he said in an interview in the rebels' northern stronghold of Kilinochchi.
“They will be targets which help the government sustain its military operations and military rule,” he added.
“For instance (our) attack on the oil installations. That is one of the targets that will cripple the economy of Sri Lanka as well as the military capability of Sri Lanka, so such will be the tactic.”
Thamilselvan's comments came a day after the government declared it had driven the rebels from their last jungle stronghold in the east after months of fighting in which the military has had the upper hand.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/13/front/02.asp)
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