By crippling the LTTE’s capability and motivation, the IPKF prevented the creation of Eelam (a separate homeland for the ...

To my surprise the Sri Lanka Army had gone to great lengths to preserve for now, all that they had captured from the LTTE. A large map in the visitor information booth in Puthukkudiyiruppu gave the ...

The new year may signal a turn in Sri Lanka's conflict -- but it is unlikely to be an end. The Tamil Tigers have their roots in the earliest days of Sri Lanka's independence in 1948. But since ...

47 [13] Agreement on a Ceasefire Between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, February 22, 2002, art. 2.1. [14] UNICEF notes ...

Moves by senior UN officials based in Sri Lanka to schedule a visit by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to inspect tsunami damaged areas under the control of the LTTE were stymied by the Government ...