Outline the Sri Lankan conflict: include the issue, group, and campaign
What will be an ideal response?
The Issue.
• In 1948 the British granted Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) independence.
• The island was inhabited by the dominant Sinhalese and the Tamils.
• Although the constitution granted Tamils representation in the government and civil service, by 1955 they felt they were being systematically excluded from Sri Lanka's economic life.
• The Group.
• As ethnic tensions increased, some Tamils turned to violence.
• The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, formed in 1976 to fight for the Tamil minority.
• The Campaign.
• The LTTE began a campaign against the Sri Lankan Army, and they targeted India when the Indian prime minister tried to bring peace by deploying security forces.
• The LTTE is known for kidnapping young children and socializing them in LTTE camps.
• The Tigers also became masters of assassination and suicide bombings? the LTTE was the first modern secular group to use suicide bombers.
• Many members live in a virtual death cult, and the Black Tigers, the suicide wing of the LTTE, are known for carrying cyanide capsules around their necks when they attack.
• The Cease-fire.
• The LTTE agreed to a cease-fire in December 2001 and began peace negotiations in 2002.
• Although occasional outbreaks of violence have occurred, many experts believed the LTTE was suffering from a lack of resources.
• Renewed Fighting.
• Hostilities renewed in late 2006.
• After four years of relative peace, the Sinhalese refused to recognize a Tamil homeland.
• Both sides began sporadic fighting and terrorism returned to Sri Lanka.
• Conflict Ends
• Sri Lankan military and police launched a major offensive against the LTTE in 2008? these forces reduced the LTTE, and fighting ended in May 2009.
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