Sri Lanka: US blasted for meeting diaspora - Lodges Protest

"The government has lodged a strong protest with the US Department of State over Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake’s recent meeting with pro LTTE activists, sources...

Tamil expats take LTTE's henchmen to task

" Tamil expats take LTTE's henchmen to task by Ananth Palakidnar Plans for a 'Transnational State' by the now defunct LTTE - their henchmen such as Kumaran Pathmanathan and V. Rudrakumar came under severe...

Tamil Tigers work on political revival

LTTE may have been crushed as a military force and prospects for its revival as a conventional/guerilla force are bleaker than ever. However, the remnants of the [late] terrorist outfit are working hard on a...

On the hunt for Tamil Tigers' new leader

"Rick Westhead South Asia bureau NEW DELHI–Sri Lanka's government spent much of the past...

An intra-diaspora war over Prabhakaran

" So what if the LTTE is military wiped out of Sri Lanka? It had control over 15,000 square kilometres of land at one point. Now only torn down sign boards remain by the road side to remind those passing by of the...

No Tamils in Lanka consulted on transnational government

"No Tamils resident in Sri Lanka was consulted when the overseas wings of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) decided to form a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE) nor were...

Tigers fail to commemorate death of Prabhakaran

" In a significant departure from an established cultural practice, the Tamil Tigers have not commemorated the death of their chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his top commanders in the various battles in May this year, points out D B S Jeyaraj in an article in Daily Mirror...

Paris Tigers try to hoodwink diaspora

" Top LTTE fund collectors in France try to persuade Tamil diaspora to disbelieve KP’s acknowledgement that Prabhakara had died. While the top diaspora members fight over the future strategy of the Liberation...

Pathmanathan's local agent found

" Urumaran, the local agent of the LTTE’s international affairs head and its main arms dealer Kumaran Pathmanadan alias KP was arrested yesterday at a welfare camp in Vavuniya. He had come into the welfare camp...

Post-LTTE Sri Lanka: Let those at home have the final say

My commentaries are non-prescriptive for I have no direct voice in the matters of Sri Lanka.  Those who have stayed home, stood strong and weathered this storm of terrorism have the final say, whether they are Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims or any other minority.  As I...

Opinion: One "Sri Lankan's" Dilemma

So much has been said by so many already about the hypocritical West, its vindictive Media and about the blind and biased Tamil Diaspora. I thought I must have heard it all by now...but there I was chatting to a friend when she turned around and hopped on a fierce and...

"Bloodbath" in Sri Lanka - A Response

The voices of Tamils rarely heard http://www.economist.com/members/persona.cfm?econuid=3258076 Comments on: “Bloodbath” in Sri Lanka | In blood steeped | The Economist on Sunday, 17-05-2009...

Sri Lanka to Investigate LTTE-run 'Eelam Bank'

"Sri Lanka to investigate LTTE-run 'Eelam Bank' Monday, May 11, 2009, 3:08 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka authorities are to launch an investigation into the LTTE-run 'Eelam...

LTTE's fundraising, protest marches and military training

Fundraising in several countries have made it possible for the LTTE to acquire weapons and gain sympathy from the international community to continue their war for a separate homeland. Some of these countries...

How the Tamil Diasporans feed off their own

Members of the pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora are a peculiar lot. Conscience, they have none of it. They just want to secure the safety of the megalomaniac-in-chief, V. Pirapaharan & Co, (or what ever remaining) at...

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