LTTE escapes?
A contact in Sri Lanka sent me the following this week: Yesterday, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Kantale. Today, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Welikanda. The news reports…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
DJ
Sharif Abdullah on Sri Lanka
Dr. Sharif Abdullah, Executive Director of the Commonway Instutute in Portland, Oregon, is currently on the ground in Sri Lanka. He offers this perspective: In a recent article, the fair and objective “International Crisis Group” (ICG) laid out the problem…
Why Sri Lanka Burns, Part III
Given the position of Sri Lanka’s Tamils as a minority on the island and a pawn in the struggle between competing groups of the majority Sinhalese, the Tamils have legitimate grievances against the government. But despite its claims, the LTTE’s…
Why Sri Lanka Burns, Part II
The most troubling aspect of Sri Lanka’s Sinhala-Tamil conflict is that it’s a secondary conflict, and there is no possibility of peace until the primary conflict is identified and understood. The primary conflict actually has nothing to do with the Tamils–…
GOSL says human rights prolong war
AFP photo: Troops capture an almost-deserted city of Mullaitivu. Groups including the UN, Care, and local organization Sarvodaya have now been accused of being “pro-war” because they’ve pressured the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to respect human rights. Care was the only group…
Why Sri Lanka burns, Part I
(AP photo.) Recently, I posted here about the current slaughter in Sri Lanka– tens of thousands of civilians killed because neither side will let them leave the battlefield. In response, one reader called my “evenhandedness” “insipid.” He ascribes to the party…