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Lankan refugee’s suicide attempt triggers tension

by admin on Mar.09, 2010, under Sri Lanka

The Path to Economic and Political Emancipation of the Conflict-Affected Region in Sri Lanka[i]

Germany and Japan are two prime examples of successful resurrection of battered minds and economies after ruinous adventure of war. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan pursued militaristic paths for dominance of their respective geographical regions of the world. In the same way, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or the ‘Tamil Tigers’) waged a relentless and ruthless war for separation of the Eastern and Northern Provinces from Sri Lanka. The consequences have been disastrous for the Tamil minority community in particular, and for Sri Lanka as a whole. Though the German and Japanese military pursuits of dominance were transnational wars, LTTE’s separatist war was national. However, it could be argued that, though in pretence LTTE’s war against the Sri Lankan state was internal, its ultimate intent was to create a pan-Tamil national state based in Eastern and Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka (Bandarage, 2009; Sarvananthan, forthcoming).

However we frame the LTTE’s war of separation (whether national or transnational), as a matter of fact, LTTE was an institution that resembled militaristic adventurism of the regimes of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in the run up to and during the Second World War. The modus operandi of the LTTE also has close resemblance to the Khmer Rouge (Pol Potist) regime of Kampuchea (now known as Cambodia) in the late-1970s (Sarvananthan, forthcoming)……….  http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/03/economic_freedom_the_path_to_e.html

From the BBC: People in Sri Lanka discuss the latest political developments

The arrest a month ago of Sri Lanka’s former army chief and defeated presidential candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, along with some of his supporters, has raised fears among rights groups in the country.

The authorities accuse the general of having worked with what they call anti-government forces. Here people in Sri Lanka discuss the latest political developments as they prepare for general elections in April. There is a palpable feeling that something serious has gone wrong. When a government decides to arrest the main opposition candidate, I read such an action as a clear indication of a serious deterioration of the democratic process…………  http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/03/people_in_sri_lanka_discuss_th.html

Lankan refugee’s suicide attempt triggers tension

Lankan refugee’s suicide attempt triggers tension March 8: A woman inmate of the transit camp for Sri Lankan refugees at Royanur, near Karur, attempted self-immolation soon after she returned home from the police station late on Sunday evening, triggering violence and tension in the area……………….  .http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/08/Lankan_refugee_s_suicide_attempt_triggers_tension/


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