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To: RetiredNow who wrote (245908)	8/14/2005 5:10:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572924

I wanted to bring to your attention the civil war going on in Sri Lanka between the Hindus and the majority Buddhists. BTW ten percent of the population is Muslim but they are peaceful. The latest is the assassination of Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister by the Tamil Tigers. This civil war has been going on for two decades and has turned what is a beautiful country into a war zone. And like with most countries suffering civil strife, questionable industries have begun to prosper. In Sri Lanka, first it was prostitution; and since 2001 when the economy contracted, pedophilia has begun to gain a foothold, encouraged by the abadonment of children throughout the country. This is well known by pedophiliacs throughout the world and they have set up shop in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. The insurgency is made up of the Tamil Tigers, Hindus, and much like the Muslim insurgency in Iraq or the IRA in N. Ireland, they use just about any tactic to make headway. Their latest is the assassination of a gov't official during what was supposed to be a ceasefire. Here are some Tamil Tigers undergoing insurgency training: news.bbc.co.uk Tamil Tigers blamed for Sri Lanka murder By Colin Freeman (Filed: 14/08/2005) Heavily armed troops imposed a security clampdown in Colombo yesterday after the murder of Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar. A nationwide state of emergency was declared as a hunt was launched for two snipers who shot Mr Kadirgamar, 73, at his residence in Colombo's fashionable Cinnamon Gardens area on Friday night - a killing that raised fears of a return to civil war. The government has blamed the assassination on the Tamil Tiger separatist rebels, of whom Mr Kadirgamar was an outspoken critic. The group denied any involvement, although Mr Kadirgamar, who was instrumental in getting the Tigers listed as an international terrorist organisation in Britain and the United States, was considered high on their hit-list. Questions were being asked as to how snipers breached Mr Kadirgamar's security detail - a round-the-clock team of more than 100 elite guards. His killers are thought to have fired from the upper floor bathroom of a neighbouring house. President Chandrika Kumaratunga cried as surgeons at Colombo's National Hospital tried to save Mr Kadirgamar's life. She declared a state of emergency, allowing for widespread powers of search, detention and troop deployment. As military helicopters circled the capital yesterday, roadblocks were set up and vehicles were randomly stopped, with police checking passengers' identity papers. "We have information that the attackers escaped to the southern part of the city and that is where we are concentrating our search," said a police official. The death of Mr Kadirgamar, an Oxford-educated lawyer, has sparked fears of a re-ignition of Sri Lanka's 20-year-long civil war, which has claimed 64,000 lives. A ceasefire was declared in 2002, but talks aimed at a permanent peace deal ran into deadlock a year later. The Tigers, blamed for numerous political assassinations in the past, claim that Colombo has allowed renegade troops to carry out extrajudicial killings of their members in the island's eastern region. Mr Kadirgamar was a key participant in the peace talks, but as an ethnic Tamil, he faced accusations of treachery. Yesterday, state radio and television cancelled entertainment programmes and played sombre music, while all liquor stores were ordered shut until after Mr Kadirgamar's state funeral, which will be held tomorrow. Jack Straw, Britain's Foreign Secretary, condemned the killing, and said: "His death will be a great loss to Sri Lanka, the region and the international community." 13 August 2005: Sri Lankan minister killed telegraph.co.uk