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Sri Lankan Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse who spearheaded the succesful military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels, testifies before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission in Colombo on August 17, 2010. The Commission was appointed by the Sri Lankan President to review the period between the Norwegian backed ceasefire which went into effect from February 2002 and the end to the military campaign in May last year. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S.KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)