When Terrorism Works - The Case In Sri Lanka

This why its ridiculous for Bushco to think he can eliminate terrorism. Sometimes it works. Pavlov's dog comes to mind.

Tamil rebels agreed to talk peace after killing 250 people in a week of suicide bombings and other attacks as Sri Lanka's aid donors push both sides to resurrect a truce, diplomats have said.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) told peace broker Norway on Thursday that they will attend October 28-29 negotiations in Switzerland, but only because the international community wanted them to.

Diplomats involved in the peace process had not expected the LTTE to return to the negotiating table from a position of weakness after they suffered territorial losses and serious casualties since April.

However, the Tigers overturned the situation, first resisting a major government offensive and killing at least 133 soldiers on October 11 on the northern Jaffna peninsula.

They then killed 115 people, mostly sailors, in the island's north-east on Monday in their bloodiest suicide bombing, followed two days later with an audacious suicide attack on Sri Lanka's southern naval base at the port of Galle.

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