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[Harper's Magazine]
Washington Lobbyists Cash In On War in Sri Lanka
By Ken Silverstein

April 24, 11:28 AM, 2009


It’s hard to know who is more responsible for the bloodshed in Sri
Lanka, the government or the Tamil Tigers, but it’s clear that huge
numbers of civilians are being killed in the crossfire. “The United
Nations asserts that at least 4,500 civilians have been killed since
January as the government has sought to decisively end a bloody
rebellion that has lasted for a quarter-century,” said a Washington
Post op-ed on Wednesday. “The army is said to be preparing a final
assault that, according to U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator John
Holmes, could produce a ‘bloodbath.”‘

full text at
http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004852