Incoming Peace (1995 AD -
present)
Peace talk began in January 1995
in keeping with the PA promise of ending the civil war. The
hostilities were briefly halt and, by the end of 1995, the
government dispatched massive military troops into the Jaffna
Peninsular in Operation Riviresa (Operation Sunshine)
to dislodge both the Tiger and Tamil population of the city. It
seemed that Sri Lanka was on the path to lasting peace but as the
Tiger re-grouped, in the mid-1996, and were able to launched
damaging attacks on government troops stationed in northern Sri
Lanka and terror hit in Colombo. In December 1999, just before the
presidential election, Kumaratunga who was the target of a
suicide bomber was attacked causing her losing the sight of one
eye but she later won a president position. Later in 2000 some
hope had been brought by the Norwegian, Erik Solheim, who
was invited to bring the LTTE and the government to the
negotiation. Progress has been extremely slow with both sides
battling extremist views and long-held prejudices. The fighting
still continues, despite case-fires, the Jaffna peninsula still
remains in the hand of Sri Lanka army. |
