Monday, December 7, 2009

Is The Sri Lankan Civil War Really Over?

A Sri Lankan navy gunboat patrols the coastline near Trincomalee

New Tamil Group People’s Liberation Army Vows To Start A Fresh War -- Times Online

A Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka six months after the Government declared an end to the 26-year-old war there.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was founded in eastern Sri Lanka four months ago and has vowed to launch attacks against government and military targets unless its demands for a separate Tamil homeland are met.

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More News On Sri Lanka

Emergence of a new Tamil militant group was inevitable, a new insurgency is not -- Times Online
Sri Lanka war crime allegations surface -- ABC News
11,000 Tamil 'fighters' held in secured Lankan camps: Report -- DNAIndia
Sri Lanka keeps up media ban on war refugees -- AFP
Tamil detainees enjoy taste of freedom - but it comes at a high price -- Times Online
Under Global Pressure, Sri Lanka Opens Camps -- Time Magazine
U.S. Report on Sri Lanka Urges New Approach -- New York Times

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