SUCH IS THEmisfortune of war-scarred Sri Lanka that even after military victory in the civil war, the island nation is unable to findpeace. Months after the Tamil Tiger guer-rillas were crushed and their top leadershipeliminated, Sri Lanka has done little to be-gin addressing the root causes of conflict orto outline a possible answer to the long-standing cultural and political grievancesof the Tamil minority, which makes up 12%of the 21.3 million population. Consequent-ly, the government risks squandering thehard-won peace. It will be a double tragedyfor Sri Lanka if winning peace proves moredifficult than winning the war.
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