11.24.09
Sri Lanka
RG mail
Sri Lanka – West looks on as repression escalates
By Fred LePlat
International Viewpoint : IV418
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1753
November 2009
The vicious offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched by the Sri Lankan army at the start of 2006 ended in May with a brutal defeat for the Tamil national liberation movement. Civilians taking refuge in agreed no-fire zones were bombarded along with the few medical facilities. Between January and May this year, over 30,000 Tamils were killed. The leaders of the LTTE were executed summarily, as well as soldiers taken prisoner.