Sri Lanka
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 15th, 2001 | Trackback
On the eve of a presidential election, a suicide bomber nearly succeeded in assassinating President Chandrika Kumaratunga. She was injured in the attack that killed 14 people, including the officer in charge of her security. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who are being blamed for the attack, have surged in recent months and are threatening to retake the Jaffna Peninsula in the north, an area they controlled for much of the past 16 years of civil war. Hopes for a peaceful settlement, which were high in past few years, have been dashed and there is no end in sight to the conflict.
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Sri Lanka
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 14th, 2001 | Trackback
A series of bus bombs in recent weeks has killed five and injured dozens. Eight incidents have occurred, with four happening in or near Colombo. Consider avoiding public buses, instead using taxis or private cars.
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Sri Lanka
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 6th, 2001 | Trackback
The long-running war with the Tamil Tigers is taking a turn for the worse, as the tigers are routing a much larger force and retaking Jaffna, their former stronghold in the far north of the island. The country is on a war footing, and solutions to the 17-years crisis are as far away as ever. Avoid travel to the north and east, the principal areas of conflict.
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