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  How Terrorism Ends by Jon Alterman: Special Reports: U.S. Institute of Peace
First founded in the 1960s, the Maoist JVP had ties to the Chinese Communist Party but was philosophically closer to Peru's "Shining Path." The organization was avowedly revolutionary, and its support in the early years came mainly from university students and frustrated high school graduates.
The JVP was put down by military action supported by India, Pakistan, China, and the United States.
At the same time, the JVP failed because there was never a huge reservoir of people who said, "We don't like their methods but at least they've gotten us on the map." It makes a difference how much resonance the underlying grievance has.
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 Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since independence, however, its primary missions have been counter-insurgency, targeting armed groups within the country, most notably the LTTE and at one point the Marxist insurgent group the JVP.
In April 2004, there was a sharp reversal in economic policy after the government headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe of the United National Party was defeated by a coalition made up of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the left-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna called the United People's Freedom Alliance.
The new government stopped the privatization of state enterprises and reforms of state utilities such as power and petroleum, and embarked on a subsidy program called the Rata Perata economic program.
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 Vapasta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In particular, a unified approach by the president and the prime minister will ensure that the peace process can be restarted and that decisions taken at peace talks with the LTTE can be implemented with a two-thirds majority in parliament.
At present, the people are anxious about the possible dissolution of a parliament elected just two years ago, in the aftermath of the formation of the People’s Alliance-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna combine.
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