Gaddafi calls President Rajapaksa - BBC.Has Gaddafi sought for know-how to quell the uprise?

Well sir, I don't feel Rajapaksa will help anyway whatsoever. As we cab see, rajapakse contained the eelam revolution using force, gaddafi is already using this formula. It took 23 years for lankan govt to tame the tigers and 4 years by rajapaksa himself. Ask gaddafi to wait such long. Moreover the LTTE fought for the tamil eelam, libyans are fighting for democracy. The circumstances have no similar ground. But yes, one thing that can be surely learnt from mahinda is how to intimidate your rival and assume power by bringing the antagonist under the anvil ( remember fonseka! ) once the nation is in complete control.