People’s Liberation Army ( PLA ) is a new Tamil armed group that emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2009 after the defeat of the Tigers of the liberation of Tamil Ilam .
Unlike the Tigers, the PLA stands on Marxist positions and proclaims as its goal not only the creation of a national Tamil state on the island, but also the building of socialism . [one]
Not much is known about the group, but it includes many Tamil militants from the Tigers movement. [2]
Notes
- ↑ New Tamil group People's Liberation Army vows to start a fresh war - Times Online
- ↑ Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka will be replaced by Marxist militants . Lenta.ru (December 7, 2009). Date of treatment August 14, 2010. Archived April 12, 2012.