Tamil Tigers unlikely to claw back ground

By Matt Wade in Colombo
Updated November 8 2012 - 9:53pm, first published January 23 2009 - 1:47pm

SRI LANKA'S military spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, normally speaks in a deep, measured tone. But when asked to explain the army's progress in its war against the Tamil Tigers his eyes light up and his voice quickens.

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