Sri Lanka: 25 Years of War Come to an End

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 20th, 2009 | Trackback

After 25 years of brutal conflict and an endgame ignoring international calls for restraint, the conventional war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is over with the army’s defeat of the rebel force. Whether remnants of the group will stage random attacks in the future remains to be seen, but the government appears ready to address Tamil concerns and forge national reconciliation. If this comes to pass, travel conditions throughout the country should improve, and areas of the north and east that have been risky or off-limits should open up.

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