Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், ISO 15919: tamiḻ īḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ; commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) is a separatist organization formally based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in... read more
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Will war lead to peace in Sri Lanka?
From HD Centre Dated 15 March 2008 By Ram Manikkalingam - By formally abrogating the Ceasefire Agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Sri Lankan government has finally proclaimed what has been a reality for two years n the effective end of the ceasefire brokered...
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Sri Lanka: Colombo unwilling to give grounds to Tamils, says NY Judge
From Tamil net Dated 18 May 2012 Accusing the international community for being "unwilling or incapable of objective fact finding on the issue applied to the Tamils and what has happened in Sri Lanka," Judge Dearie, Judge for the District Court of the Eastern District of New...
Sri Lankan forces bust biggest-ever secret LTTE arms dump
From Big News Network Dated 14 May 2012 Tamil Tigers were vanquished, Sri Lankan security forces have made their biggest-ever arms haul recovering explosives enough to "blow up an entire town". The huge arms cache of 6,250 kgs ...
Sri Lanka: Colombo in full swing to cover up culprits of Canadian citizen's murder
From Tamil net Dated 12 May 2012 The occupying Sri Lankan military in Ki'linochchi is making every effort to cover up the culprits of the brutal killing of Canadian Tamil citizen who was struggling to get his business properties back from the SL military in Ki'linochhci, informed...
Parts of Batticaloa worse than Vanni in ‘normalcy’
From Web News Wire Dated 7 May 2012 While the West and India have stopped talking about the East, and try to project an image that ‘normalcy’ has returned to the East and the North also should follow suit in the same directions, large parts of Batticaloa are...
Sri Lanka: Ex-LTTE female cadre harassed by SLA commits suicide in ‘resettlement’ camp
From Tamil net Dated 5 May 2012 A senior female ex-cadre of the LTTE, ‘rehabilitated’ and ‘released’ recently by the genocidal SL military has self-immolated herself Thursday night in Polika'ndi in Vadmaraadchi inside a closed room at the camp for resettlement-seeking people. The deceased, 38-year-old Suganthy Sivalingam,...
Parts of Batticaloa are worse than Vanni in ‘normalcy’
From Web News Wire Dated 3 May 2012 While the West and India have stopped talking about the East, and try to project an image that ‘normalcy’ has returned to the East and the North also should follow suit in the same directions, large parts of Batticaloa are...
Sri Lanka: Parts of Batticaloa is worse than Vanni in ‘normalcy’
From Tamil net Dated 3 May 2012 While the West and India have stopped talking about the East, and try to project an image that ‘normalcy’ has returned to the East and the North also should follow suit in the same directions, large parts of Batticaloa are...
Display of LTTE flag at May Day rally sparks outrage in Sri Lanka
From Webindia123 Dated 3 May 2012 Sri Lankas main opposition group has come under fire from government supporters for allegedly displaying a flag associated with the banned Tamil Tiger militants at a May Day rally.
KP, Gotabhaya eye on Tamil children by hijacking LTTE institution names
From Web News Wire Dated 29 April 2012 Following a court order to close down two KP-run centres for war orphans in Vanni for their mismanagement, Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP, functioning in the custody of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and the SL Defence Establishment plan returning with their ‘child management’...
220 Tamils arrested in SLA combing in Trincomalee
From Web News Wire Dated 29 April 2012 The occupying Sri Lanka Army and Police, backed by special teams of the ‘Terrorist Investigation Department’ from Colombo, have been entering selected houses in the villages of Trincomalee district, detaining ex-LTTE members since Saturday evening. The SL forces have detained...
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