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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the president's brother and defence secretary, says the fighting will go on until the rebels, now estimated at just a few hundred seasoned fighters, have been destroyed.
ECONOMIST: The feared carnage comes to pass
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Sri Lanka's powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was guest of honour at the opening of a Buddhist Brigade training school, and referred to the monks as those who "protect our country, religion and race".
BBC: Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the defence secretary and one of three presidential brothers in the government, recently told foreign diplomats how much he admired Russia's efforts in 2004 in the North Ossetian town of Beslan where more than 300 hostages held in a school were killed in the rescue effort.
ECONOMIST: Sri Lanka's war