Category Archives: Sri Lanka

Cable 483: US Embassy Report on Tamil Tiger Insurgency in Sri Lanka

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Andres

This is a 1987 US embassy report on the history, philosophy, and organization of the Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE), the separatist guerrilla organization that waged a bloody insurgency against the government of Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Link … Continue reading →

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Cable 106: US Embassy Report on Human Rights Issues in War Against Tamil Rebels in Sri Lanka

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Andres

This is a 2007 US embassy report on a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka to discuss human rights issues related to the government’s ongoing war against separatist Tamil guerrillas. Link to Cable.

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