President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the soldiers who were being treated at the Anuradhapura General Hospital that the war would not be stopped until Prabhakaran was captured and brought before him.
He was answering questions posed by soldiers who were injured in operations in the Mullaittivu and Welioya regions.
“A morning news channel broadcast that the war will be stopped. Is it true?” an injured soldier asked the President”. I am not stopping the war according to what is broadcast over various news bulletins. I will stop the war only when Prabhakaran is made to kneel at my feet in a day or two,” President Rajapaksa replied.
The President spoke warmly with a number of injured and asked them what they felt about the war.
They asked the President not to stop the war at a time when victory was so near and said they were prepared to return to the battlefield no sooner they were cured.
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