Tamil Tigers today said they were losing patience with the Sri Lanka government and could be forced to resume their bloody civil war following the killing of two of the rebel group’s senior members in an attack they blame on military intelligence agents.

European cease-fire monitors met with Sri Lankan authorities today, as Tamil Tiger rebels threatened to use their own “air capability” and warned the island’s fragile truce was in jeopardy.

Tamil Tiger rebels said today they were committed to a Norwegian-brokered cease-fire, allaying fears that a power struggle between Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister would plunge the tropical island back into civil war.

Officials from Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebel group are due to visit Ireland this week to draw up proposals aimed at reviving the country’s stalled peace process.

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels will not resume peace talks with the government until they are granted an interim administration status for Tamil-majority areas, a spokesman said today.