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Eliminating the Tigers militarily won?t bring the conflict to an end. Only a credible political solution acceptable to the Tamil people of this country will deal a death blow to the rebellion in the north. The killing or the capture of LTTE leader Prabhakaran won?t end the conflict, unless the government offers a meaningful devolution package to address the grievances of the Tamil people.
When Kuttimani, a leader of the Tamil separatist struggle in the 1970s and early 1980s, was killed along with 34 Tamil prisoners during the 1983 ethnic riots while he was awaiting his death sentence in a prison cell in Colombo, the separatists? slogan was that ?you may kill one Kuttimani, but thousand Kuttimanis will rise?.
This is why even the international community, including Sri Lanka?s biggest donor Japan, says there is no military solution to our ethnic conflict. But the government is in no mood to listen to such counsel.
Edited By - Douglas - 16 Jan 2008 09:34:35 GMT |