Two Big Events

Hello everyone!!!!

Two big events happened, first the Tamil Tigers were defeated by Sri Lankan Government forces, in a conflict that displaced 280,000 civilians; the battle was fierce, but it had to be done and the Tamil Tigers leader was killed (supposedly) which has made the remaining Tamil Tigers pursue a peace deal with the government, which the government is rejecting. This is a big step forward though, just a couple of weeks ago, the Tamil Tigers were using aircraft to attack buildings, the only terrorist organization with aircraft, no longer the case, after 25 years of conflict, its over, for good.

The second big event is Pakistan, on April 26, finally taking a HUGE step forward in the fight against the Taliban in the SWAT valley (in the past, a tourist destination) who are in controlling of about 30% of Pakistan's northern region. The Pakistani army, in Operation Black Thunderstorm, have been fighting a battle against the Taliban in an effort to retake Shangla, Buner, SWAT, and Lower Dir from the Taliban's forceful, stubborn grip. 2.4 million people have so far fled the SWAT valley. So far the conflict is, according to the Pakistani government forces "painfully slow", since they now have to go house by house looking for militants, while at the same time looking out for booby traps in said houses. The government forces have used helicopters to weed out the militants in an effort to get rid of them. Below is a video of these attacks.



So far in the conflict, 69 government forces have died, while 1,160 militants have been killed. The number of civilians kills is unknown, but about 1 to 5 million are far from their homes as refugees. This is an excellent help for the US fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, this is what was needed, I wonder though if Iraq will just get worse while Afghanistan gets a little better, the opposite was happening in recent months.

Oh btw, yes North Korea tested a nuclear bomb, the one in 2006 had the force of 1 kiloton of TNT, this one had the power of 20 kiloton of TNT, it caused a 4.5 earthquake. North Korea is just showing off, the first word that pops into my head when the North Korean government (dictatorship) is mentioned is PROPAGANDA.