When/If you guys have time please read through the 3 articles appearing in Frontline by B. MURALIDHAR REDDY.

Final Act : http://flonnet.com/stories/20090227260400400.htm

What Next? : http://flonnet.com/stories/20090227260400800.htm

Civilian Tragedy : http://flonnet.com/stories/20090227260401400.htm

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"Professor Chomsky On Sri Lanka
And American Affairs"
By Eric Bailey
12 February, 2009
Sri Lanka Guardian

Sri Lanka Guardian's Washington correspondent Eric Bailey interviews Noam Chomsky


As the Sri Lankan Civil War's military aspect slowly but surely draws to a close, questions about Sri Lanka's future are becoming more and more pressing. What should happen to former rebels, especially those who may have committed war crimes? What will be the fate of the Tamils in Sri Lanka as a people and w… Continue

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Is peace such a complicated issue? The Sri Lankan situation seems so complex that there are times when I thought that the whole exercise of hoping for lasting peace was futile. Especially in the latter half of the 90s, the LTTE were practicing such acts of provocation and polarization. This cast a shadow on any attempts to build peace among communities. But now that the LTTE influence is diminishing, there is hope for real peace and reconciliation.

For me, I think peace is not a goal in itself,… Continue