The history of the Tamil people

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Query on sources on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and their conflict in and with Sri Lanka: From H-Asia list, November–December 1995. Reponses to a bibliographic inquiry.
The Sri Lankan government's military solution: By Ana Pararajasingham, Green Left Weekly, 6 December 1995. Significance of the fall of Jaffna.
Behind the war in Jaffna: Green Left Weekly, 13 December 1995. Historical review of Tamil-Sinhalese relations on the island.
Tamil Tigers Press Release 11.01.1996: 11 January 1996. LTTE reports on government delay releasing funds for refugees and and other vital supplies. Tamil people of North subject to economic embargo. Government preparing a military solution to problem of Tamil self-determination that should be negotiated.
The Devolution Package and the Maha Sangha: By D. Amarasiri Weeraratne, Sunday Observer, 17 March 1996. Here a Sinhalese perspective: Compromise negotiation of ethnic differences was undercut by Sinhalese unitary state hardliners, which drove Tamil people into arms of LTTE terrorists. Maha Sanga, the Association of Sinhalese Buddhist Priests.
Tamils reject peace deal compromise: By Matthew Chance, South China Morning Post, 29 June 1996. A Sinhalese perspective.
Fierce Fighting In Northern Sri Lanka: From BBC world Service News, 9 January 1997. Brief news report of beginning of Tamil Tiger military offensive in Northern Sri Lanka.
Cancer hospital to become a detention center: Press release from Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 28 March 1997. Other news from Tamil Eelam Sri Lanka.