Srilanka

Peace and the Tamil Tigers?

Dec. 17 (Washington-Times): A successful peace accord cannot be reached in Sri Lanka until the financial support for the terrorist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam can be altogether strangled. The Tamil Tigers have one political goal: a division of the small island and the creation of a separate state. The Sri Lankan government, however, justifiably rejects this notion. The Tigers' pursuit of that goal, the last two decades of conflict and failed ceasefires have shown, trumps considerations of peace. full story