THE UNDERTONES OF THE SRI LANKAN CONFLICT.

Contemporary Review | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

SRI LANKA, 'Ceylon' during the days of the British Raj, has been in the grips of a civil war where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), acknowledged as one of the world's most ruthless guerrilla groups, has been battling with the Sinhalese-dominated government over the last 17 years in order to form a break-away state ('Tamil Eelam') comprising the island's northern and eastern provinces as homeland for its Tamil inhabitants. In this country, 65,610 sq km in size, the Sinhalese constitute about 74 per cent of the total population of 18 1/2 million and Tamils constitute ...

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