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'A 'military victory,' in the sense of total control over the whole territory imposed on the entire population, is not possible.' HENRY KISSINGER, U.S. diplomat who served as Secretary of State at the height of the Vietnam War, on the outlook for the conflict in Iraq
Government forces have pushed the Tigers out of much of the east, in part because a breakaway faction of Tamil fighters that fell out with the main rebel group has joined with government troops against their old comrades. The Sri Lankan military is now opening up a new front in...
And so the two sides remain locked in a deadly military struggle that diplomats, peace monitors and military analysts say neither can ever win. "They fight each other to the point of exhaustion and stalemate," says the Centre for Policy Alternatives' Saravanamuttu. "Both sides have the ability to take territory...
What all the measures have in common is that they will ultimately have to find their way to hostile territory--Bush's desk. Still, Bush 2007 is not Bush 2004, and the embattled President may decide that vetoing a piece of broadly popular legislation is not a fight worth picking...
The roads, canals and overgrown footpaths snaking through the territory remain an eerie scene of violence, a jungle world reminiscent of Vietnam. At night, U.S. forces stand watch at two patrol bases in Zurah, a village at the western end of the valley. The crack of shots often pierces the...