Vanguard – Sri Lanka special documentary – Tonight on Current TV
Posted on November 4th, 2009

Vanguard (investigative journalism unit),

The Current TV ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ (Al Gores Global TV Network), Vanguard (investigative journalism unit), is spreading the word guerilla style about a powerful new documentary on the end of the war of the Sri Lanka broadcasting tonight (Wednesday) at 10p on Current TV (check your local listings or visit www.current.com.In ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Notes from a War on TerrorƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚, Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka to see how the Tamil Tigers, one of the worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s most lethal and influential militant organizations, were finally defeated.Traveling around the country during the waning days of a war that lasted almost 30 years, Mariana looks at how a local ethnic conflict suddenly went global. She examines how after 9-11 the Tamil Tigers quickly found themselves on the wrong side of history and how a once feeble government was emboldened by the Global War on Terror launched by the US and its allies.While many security experts are hailing Sri Lanka as a case study in how to defeat an insurgency, Mariana finds that it comes at a steep price.

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