== NPOV and RS == 

 This article suffers from a heavy reliance on direct press bulletins from the Sri Lankan government, one of the main parties to the conflict, effectively turning it into one large piece of partisan spin-doctoring. Bluntly put, it's an unacceptable mockery of WP:NPOV and WP:RS policies. At the very least, the article should have claims from the government consistently balanced with LTTE claims with explicit disclaimers as to the sources making the claims. ~~