Eelam War II

Eelam War II is the name given to given to the second phase of armed fight between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE which started as a  result of disagreement between the premadasa government and the LTTE. The war was initiated by LTTE which killed almost 600 Sinhalese and Muslim police personal after they were ordered by the premadasa government to surrender to the LTTE. The agreement was broken on June 10, 1990. The LTTE in October sent all the 28,000 Muslims residing in Jaffna.

PALLIYAGODELLA MASSACRES

The Palliyagodella killing is an incident in October 1991 in which LTTE cadres killed 109 Muslim men, women and children in Palliyagodella. The background of this killing was the growing tension between the LTTE and the Muslim community. The Palliyagodella villagers asked Sri Lankan military for protection from LTTE force. So the Sri Lankan military issued guns for Muslim villagers but these were not enough to beat off LTTE attack. The violence continued despite the steps taken  to Tamil sentiments. The chief minister Vartharajaperumal put forward 19- point demand to resolve the ethnic crisis.The provincial council will go ahead with group declaration of northern and eastern provinces. The LTTE used terror attacks to scarce Sinhalese and Muslim farmers away from northen and eastern island which they took control of a significant portion of the island.When the Indian forces withdrew the LTTE establishment, many like fane in its areas under its control. They turn on fighting each other in the establishment of power basis, the government try to retake Jaffna.

This war soon acquired the name Eelam War 2 which killed 600 policemen in the eastern province. The LTTE responded by attacking Sinhalese and Muslim villages. One of the largest civilian war was occurred when the LTTE killed 166 Muslims civilians at Palliyagodella resulting in attacking the Tamil villages by Muslims as revenge killing significant number of Tamil civilian.

Notable International jurist Neelam Thiruchelvam, in a speech at the ICES-Colombo indicated that the appropriate investigations into massacres and disappearances civilians including children in Sathurukondan, Eastern University, Mylanthanai and the mass murders and burials of school children at Sooryakanda. Along the roadside of north and east, burning bodies became a common sight. The largest battle of the war was in July 1991 where army's elephant pass base, more than 2000 died on both sides. The LTTE scored a major victory when one of their suicide bombers killed Sri Lankan president Ranasingh Premadasa in May 1993. In 1993 LTTE succeeded in the battle of Pooneryn.

Written by Dona C. Mohan (1215335) PCM