SRI LANKA: Bloodbath looms in war-torn Sri Lanka*

Sri Lanka’s “dirty war” against its Tamil minority has surpassed the level of abuses seen in General Augusto Pinochet’s Chile, and is now increasingly being compared with Pol Pot’s murderous rule in Cambodia, writes News Weekly’s special correspondent.In the last 15 months alone, more people have been killed by Sri Lanka’s Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (DSRSL) Government than were killed by Pinochet in the 17 years of Chile’s “dirty war”. This marks its renewed offensive against the…

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