Sri Lanka’s dire economic and political conflict is being blamed by the Western media on Chinese “debt trap diplomacy” and “Putin Price Hikes,” however buried within the same Western media sources, is the truth.

References:

Reuters - Sri Lanka faces U.N. scrutiny over civil war crimes: https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-rights-un-idUSKBN2BF1DF
WaPo - Sri Lanka’s long, tragic history of violence: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/21/sri-lankas-long-tragic-history-violence/
NYT - Tamil Guerrillas in Sri Lanka: Deadly and Armed to the Teeth: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/07/world/tamil-guerrillas-in-sri-lanka-deadly-and-armed-to-the-teeth.html
NYT - C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels-supplied-black-market-officials-say.html
WaPo - Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/private-donations-give-edge-to-islamists-in-syria-officials-say/2013/09/21/a6c783d2-2207-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html
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https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06COLOMBO989_a.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04COLOMBO1834_a.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08GENEVA766_a.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08GENEVA89_a.html
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ABC News - China becomes wild card in Sri Lanka's debt crisis: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-wild-card-sri-lankas-debt-crisis-84851676#:~:text=Sri%20Lanka%20owes%20%247%20billion,to%20private%20sector%20bond%20investors.
VOA - As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence: https://www.voanews.com/a/as-crisis-hit-sri-lanka-counts-cost-of-chinese-projects-india-moves-to-recover-influence/6611703.html
DW - Sri Lanka's foreign debt default: https://www.dw.com/en/sri-lankas-foreign-debt-default-why-the-island-nation-went-under/a-61475596
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Daily FT - Cabinet greenlights $480m MCC COmpact Deal with US: https://www.ft.lk/TOP-STORY/Cabinet-greenlights-480-m-MCC-Compact-deal-with-US/26-688661
MCC - About: https://www.mcc.gov/about
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The Week - Sajith Premadasa attacked as Rajapaksa supporters clash with protesters: https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2022/05/09/sajith-premadasa-attacked-as-rajapaksa-supporters-clash-with-protesters.html
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Centre for Equality and Justice/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CEJ.SL
Viluthu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viluthusrilanka/

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