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abbreviations ENDLF - Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front ENLF - Eelam National Liberation Front EPDP - Eelam People’s Democratic Party EPRLF - Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front EROS - Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students ESLMF - East Sri Lanka Muslim Front GUES - General Union of Eelam Students, later became EPRLF IPKF - Indian Peace Keeping Force ICRC- International Committee of the Red Cross JVP - Janatha Vimukthi Perumuna (National Liberation Front) LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam MULF - Muslim United Liberation Front PLOTE - People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam RAAF - Research and Action Forum for Social Development RAW - Research and Analysis Wing (Indian external intelligence agency) SLFP - Sri Lanka Freedom Party SLMC - Sri Lanka Muslim Congress SLMM - Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission TEA - Tamil Eelam Army TELO - Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization TNA - Tamil National Army TULF - Tamil United Liberation Front UNP - United National Party UTHR(J) - University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) This page intentionally left blank ...

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