Sri Lanka's Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe (L), the Air Force Commander and Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Roshan Gunathilaka (2nd L), Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (C), the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya (2nd R) and the Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya salute during a Commemoration ceremony of fallen soldiers from the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger Rebels (LTTE), in Ganemulla, about 30km (19 miles) from Colombo February 23, 2010. The Sri Lankan army defeated the LTTE in May 2009 after a 25-year civil war. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)