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How to end a movement.(Editorials)(Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers squandered support)(Editorial)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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May 19, 2009
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A quarter of a century ago, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam looked like a potentially successful separatist movement. They represented a cohesive minority with legitimate grievances against the majority- controlled government of Sri Lanka. They had a natural base of support among the large Tamil community in southern India. And they had a knack for tactical innovation.
All those resources were squandered. Sri Lanka's civil war came to an apparent end Monday with the killing of the Tamil Tigers' leader, Velupilai Prabhakaran. ...
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