AL JAZEERA COVERS THE WAR IN SRI LANKA -YOUTUBE

THE DEATH TOLL IN THE 25 YEAR OLD WAR WHICH BEGAN AFTER THE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED POGROM WHERE 4,000 INNOCENT TAMILS WERE SLAUGHTERED BY THE SINHALESE IN JULY 1983, HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OVER 250,000.

800,000 TAMILS HAVE FLED THE COUNTRY AND SOME ESTIMATES ARE AS HIGH AS ONE MILLION, CONSIDERING THE LARGE NUMBER OF TAMILS WHO HAS MOVED INTO INDIA.

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