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Terror Networks
Truce in effect in Sri Lanka
2002-02-23
  • Government forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels began observing their first internationally monitored truce as hopes mounted for a permanent end to a conflict that has claimed more than 60,000 lives. It is the first step on the road to negotiations between the government and the LTTE, which has been fighting for an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east of the Sinhalese-majority island.
    Depending on the way the wind blows, the truce might have an effect. Whether it will have an effect or not probably depends more on the effectiveness of suppressing the other terror networks in the region. It'll only work if the guns and ammo stop arriving in quantities sufficient to maintain a war.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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