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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12211068" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Sri_Lanka_Army_Logo.png/120px-Sri_Lanka_Army_Logo.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcy5PO1PnKuAVYMgBTLv1Xj_osDH9ue-t4YZ04LwcJHQXikJ7a" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Sri Lankan army has decided to scale down its presence in the  north and east of the country, two areas which were once the battle zone  in the war between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels. Army commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the  army is now completely ready for far-reaching reforms in its structural  composition vis-à-vis ground realities, security and assisting in  development projects. The government had come under criticism by some groups, mostly  minority Tamil political parties, over the heavy military presence in  the north and east despite the end of the war three years ago. ‘While scaling down the number of different regimental and area  headquarters and presence of troops in the North and East, plans are  afoot to assemble more and more battalions together to form only most  required headquarters,” the army chief said.</blockquote>

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