{"id":160,"date":"2009-05-15T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2009-05-15T12:46:33","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T19:46:33","slug":"sri-lanka-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" title=\"picture-122\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/picture-122.png\" alt=\"picture-122\" width=\"291\" height=\"225\" \/>I have a piece on the <strong><em>Huffington Pos<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>t<\/em><\/strong> this weekend on the supposed final offensive\u00a0in the twenty-six year long civil war in Serendip that you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/derek-flood\/sri-lanka-the-uns-bloodba_b_203904.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. 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