Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence image shows Sri Lankan troops in the northern peninsula of Jaffna on December 6. Sri Lankan government troops are poised to finally capture the political headquarters of the rebel Tamil Tigers after months of fierce fighting, officials have said. (AFP/HO/MOD/File)Sri Lanka Says Troops Poised To Take Rebel HQ -- AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan government troops were Monday poised to finally capture the political headquarters of the rebel Tamil Tigers after months of fierce fighting, officials said.
Security forces were said to be within "kissing distance" of Kilinochchi, one of the two main towns in the north of the island still in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The government of President Mahinda Rajapakse has been predicting an imminent fall of Kilinochchi for several months, but government sources said the country's ruling People's Alliance was now gambling on a swift victory.
The officials said Rajapakse was preparing to call snap local elections in at least two councils in the northwestern and central parts of the island -- to test public support for the war.
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