Strategic import of a peninsula called Jaffna

From: India Abroad | Date: May 19, 2000| Author: Senadhira, Sugeeswara | Copyright information


India Abroad

05-19-2000

Strategic import of a peninsula called Jaffna

The boost to the morale apart, the capture of Jaffna, the biggest Tamil
town in Sri Lanka, will give Tamil rebels in the island country significant
advantages, both financial and strategic.

Jaffna was the first independent Tamil sovereign state that existed in Sri
Lanka, until it fell in 1705 to the Dutch. Its capture, therefore, will
definitely push up the adrenaline...

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