Whose victory?

摘要

The road out of this war-torn peninsula is closed, making it nearly inaccessible. The a-9 highway, once a vital lifeline connecting the Tamil heartland to the Sinhala-speaking south, was shut off as Sri Lanka's civil war intensified in August 2006. The A-9 crosses the Wanni, stronghold of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and touches Kilinochchi, the Tigers' administrative headquarters. After fierce fighting in the Wanni, the Sri Lankan army claims it is less than a mile (1.6km) from Kilinochchi.