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The Eastern theatre Rights of all communities must be respected by Amrit Muttukumaru "This writer under no circumstances is attempting to exonerate the
LTTE for any culpability on its part. The point that needs to be made and
emphasised is that it is high time the people of this country are made
aware of realities such as (a) the reasons leading to the crisis in the
first place, (b) the impossibility of a military solution until the just
grievances and aspirations of the Tamils are honestly addressed, (c) a
primer on the Eastern province which should include the history of state
colonisation with its implications and the identity of those jockeying in
the East for local and national political power and (d) the contours of a
negotiated solution based on advanced federalism, power sharing and
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