Lankan Army's game plan: Seize East and weaken LTTE in North

The Sri Lankan Army's game plan is to drive the LTTE out of the Eastern districts completely, and weaken it in the Northern districts, to pave the way for talks to find a permanent political solution to the Tamil question, says its Commander, Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka.

"In five to six months we will completely mop up the LTTE in the East," the General told select foreign journalists here on Monday.

But to one's surprise, he added: "We have no plan to take the North."

"Our plan in the North is to weaken the LTTE militarily so that we are able to maintain our positions there," he explained.

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