| 02/03/2008, 07:55am, Sun. | Sri Lanka Watch |
| The Lost Battle for Tamil Eelam |
The battle for Tamil Eelam was lost many years ago when the various
leaders of the political parties that served the Sri Lankan Tamil
community like the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, the Federal Party, the
Eela Thamilar Ottumai Munnetram (ironically neither united nor
progressive), the maverick C Suntharalingam’s Adanga Thamilar Party and
even finally the Thamil United Liberation Front never had the foresight
to press into their respective parties intellectuals, political
visionaries and even more, the grassroots of the community in any way.
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| 29/12/2007, 12:16pm, Sat. | Tamileelam News |
| Hyped Claim of LTTE Deaths Baffle Military Observers |
Heavy fighting between Sri Lankan security forces (SF) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) taking place in many fronts bordering the De Facto state of Tamils are being reported through many local and international print, visual and audio news agencies for last few months in the North of Sri Lanka.
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| 12/10/2007, 08:19am, Fri. | World Socialist Web Site |
| Sri Lankan military intensifies drive against LTTE |
Over recent weeks, Sri Lankan security forces have engaged in
escalating air, ground and naval attacks against the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in preparation for a major thrust into the
separatist organisation’s northern strongholds.
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| 10/10/2007, 11:57am, Wed. | Independent SL |
| LTTE has strong links with Thai military - Insider |
There was extensive news coverage of Shanmugan Kumaran Tharmalingam
(a.k.a Kumaran Pathmanathan and KP), chief procurer of arms of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is based in Thailand and that
he has been arrested by the Thai authorities.
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| 05/10/2007, 03:15am, Fri. | Associated Press |
| Sri Lanka bars UN officials from rebel territory |
Sri Lanka said Thursday it would not allow the United Nation's human
rights envoy to visit rebel-held areas in the island's north. The UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, is due in Sri Lanka
next week to assess the island's deteriorating rights record, while the
UN's top torture investigator, Manfred Novak, is already in the country.
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| 03/10/2007, 05:16am, Wed. | The Australian |
| Bombing of Tamils defended in court |
THE head of the Sri Lankan army has been forced in a Melbourne court to
explain allegations that his troops carried out civilian massacres,
tortured Tamil citizens and bombed schools and churches in his
country's war-torn north.
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| 25/09/2007, 11:43pm, Tue. | Reuters |
| Sri Lanka rebels decry "genocide" before U.N. address |
Accusing the Sri Lankan state of waging a genocidal war, Tamil Tiger
rebels called for foreign support for Tamil sovereignty hours before
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was set to address the U.N. General
Assembly.
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| 25/09/2007, 04:49am, Tue. | The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Tamil Tigers 'have deep Aussie links' |
An expert on security issues in South Asia has told a Melbourne court
that Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers organisation has roots which run deep in
Australia's Tamil community. Dr Christopher Smith has given evidence to the Melbourne Magistrates
Court in the committal hearing for three men accused of using the
Melbourne-based Tamil Coordinating Committee to raise funds for Sri
Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as Tamil
Tigers.
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| 19/09/2007, 11:20am, Wed. | TamilNet |
| LTTE's patience intentional - Thamilchelvan |
"Without caring for International policies and passive requests, the
Government of Sri Lanka is continuing its genocidal war against the
Tamil people. The concerns raised by the International Community have
failed to make any dent on the ethnic cleansing by Colombo government
which has proved itself a terrorist-state.
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| 06/09/2007, 06:34am, Thu. | Lanka Web |
| ‘Dances with Tigers’ |
This country is perennially under pressure to respect the rule of law.
The international community never misses an opportunity to remind Sri
Lankan governments of this democratic obligation on their part.
Whenever a breach of law occurs here, alarms go off in London, New York
and Paris.
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| 18/02/2008, 12:08pm, Mon. | Tamileelam News |
| Kosovo Independence Justifies Tamil Eelam Independence |
Serbian security forces killed thousands of innocents Kosovo Albanians
and forced 800,000 Albanian to flee from their homes as refugees. Between 1998 to 2000, thousands of Kosovo Albanians were killed and
their mass graves, burnt villages and swelling bodies were found to be
one of particular significance.
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| 14/10/2007, 09:03am, Sun. | Hindustan Times |
| LTTE hoodwinked Sri Lanka on ceasefire |
The LTTE hoodwinked the Sri Lankan government into signing the
Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in 2002 and cleverly exploited it to expand
its political, economic and military hold over the Tamil-speaking North
Eastern Province, officials who took part in the 2002-2003 peace talks
have said.
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| 12/10/2007, 02:22am, Fri. | Lanka Dissent |
| TNA MPs are principled – S. Kishore |
“The Tamil National Alliance is a group of principled
parliamentarians. Do not even think that we will accept ministerial
portfolios”, said TNA MP S. Kishore in Parliament today (October 11th).
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| 09/10/2007, 09:38am, Tue. | Independent SL |
| Sri Lanka must pursue genuine nation building: Dr Subramanian Swamy |
The LTTE can never be part of the solution; they will always be a
problem to it India’s radical politician and one of the brilliant minds
of the subcontinent, Dr Subramanian Swamy spoke his mind clearly on Sri
Lanka’s terrorism nightmare in an exclusive interview with Sri Lanka
Guardian.
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| 03/10/2007, 09:40am, Wed. | South Asian Media |
| Govt. says no to Arbour’s Wanni visit |
The government has turned down a request by the UN Human Rights High
Commissioner Louise Arbour to visit the Wanni during her upcoming visit
to Sri Lanka, well informed sources said Tuesday.Ms. Arbour, who is due
to visit the country next week, had made a request to tour the Wanni to
get a first hand assessment of the situation in the LTTE controlled
areas and also to meet the rebel political leadership, including LTTE
political head S. P. Thamilchelvan.
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| 02/10/2007, 10:27pm, Tue. | Khaleej Times |
| Tigers deny taking bribe to rig SLanka elections |
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday rejected lingering
allegations that they cut a lucrative deal with President Mahinda
Rajapakse to ensure his election victory nearly two years ago.
The head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) political
wing, S. P. Thamilselvan, told the Uthayan Tamil newspaper there was
“no truth” that the rebels were paid to prevent minority Tamils from
voting for Rajapakse’s rival.
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| 25/09/2007, 04:51am, Tue. | Hindustan Times |
| Military solution will only make Prabhakaran a legend: Tamil rights activist |
Dr Rajan Hoole, a Tamil rights activist who won the Martin Ennals award
recently, has warned the Sri Lankan government against killing the LTTE
chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran's destruction through
military action would only result in his becoming a more dangerous
legend among the Tamil people than he was already, he said.
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| 25/09/2007, 04:37am, Tue. | Bloomberg |
| Sri Lankan Peace Must Be Based on Tamil Homeland, Rebels Say |
Sri Lanka's peace process must be based on a homeland for the Tamil
people, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said, as the army extended
operations in the north after defeating rebel forces in the east in
July.
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| 03/08/2007, 12:41pm, Fri. | Yahoo! News |
| Reports of Sri Lanka missing "overhyped" -minister |
Reports of hundreds of disappearances in Sri Lanka are overhyped and
they can be explained by poor record-keeping rather than sinister
activities, the country's foreign minister said on Friday.
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