People near Vavuniya FDL facing another Vaharai
For sometime now the Sri Lankan military has been saying to the public who cross the Vavuniya border that they will soon be crossing the border into LTTE area to raise the Lankan flag. This coupled with frequent shelling to their homes; the two sorties of aerial bombing on 20 February in this area that killed two civilians and injured two children; and the two claymore attacks on the same day, also in this area, is causing panic among the civilian population in the areas near the FDL.
 Of the 3500 families living on the LTTE side of the FDL (see map), 1000 families have already displaced. Another 1000 families are seriously contemplating it. Several schools have stopped functioning as a result. Puliyankulam Hindu College, Pandikethakulam Government Tamil School, Semamadu Mahavidhyalayam are some of bigger schools that are not functioning due to the exodus of people and children staying home out of fear. Rice and vegetable cultivations are wasted because people are leaving their farms or are not working in it out of fear. These villagers displaced in the 1990’s in large scale due to the Jeyasikkuru Sri Lankan military operations and went back to their homes only after year 2000. They have just started to rebuild their lives and many have not even built permanent material homes. Now they are facing another major displacement due fear of another Sri Lankan military operation.
22 February 2007
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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