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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 18 > Tamil rebels concede to army

Tamil rebels concede to army

4 leaders killed; Sri Lankan military says fighting continues

By Mark Magnier / The Bulletin
May 18, 2009

The Tamil Tigers admitted defeat Sunday in their quarter-century struggle against the Sri Lankan government and offered to lay down their weapons to protect the fighters and civilians who remain trapped in a sliver of land along the north coast.

Military officials rejected the offer as an act of....

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