The last phase ? Which one they had several ! If it is the very last one then the 6200 Ltte ,were killed in about two days , But no report of how many civilians have been killed .
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - More than 6,200 soldiers died and nearly 30,000 have been wounded since the last phase of Sri Lanka's 25-year war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) began in July 2006, the defense secretary has said.
Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa gave the figures for the first time during an interview late on Thursday with the state-run Independent Television Network.
By comparison, in the six years and one month since the United States went to war in Iraq, nearly 4,600 U.S., British and other nations' troops have been killed.
Sri Lanka had only given its own casualty figures erratically if at all during the final 34-month phase of the war, dubbed Eelam War IV, and stopped giving them altogether last year.
The military had said several months ago it had killed at least 15,000 Tamil Tigers in the course of fighting but has not given a final tally.
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