* Want a separate Tamil state.
* Prepared to slaughter Tamil civilians and moderates to achieve this.
JVP – The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
* Want to overthrow the capitalist state.
* Are willing to murder the working class while they liberate them.
UNP – The United National Party
* Known as the Uncle Nephew Party.
* In power since the late ’70s and embroiled in the above two wars.
STF – The Special Task Force
* On behalf of the Govt, will abduct and torture anyone suspected of being or abetting the LTTE or the JVP.
S. Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2022), loc. 348
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