Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

...to his home town recently. Rajesh Kumar, also known as Raghavan, was among the first five founding members of the LTTE, then known as the Tamil New Tigers, together with Velupillai Prabhakaran in 1974. Although initially part of the rebel...

In this article: Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Rajani Thiranagama, UK, and London

Colombo, Nov 20 : The security situation in Sri Lanka has improved since the defeat of the Tamil Tigers but Americans travelling to the country should remain careful, the US said Friday. "The Department of State warns US citizens about...

In this article: Sri Lanka, US, Department of State, Northern Province, Eastern Province, and Colombo

...Nov 17 : In a surprising development, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today squarely blamed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Supremo Velupillai Prabakaran for the fall of LTTE and the present sordid status of Tamils in Sri...

In this article: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Chennai, Tokyo, and Sri Lanka

...guerrilla movements in the world which almost had a de facto state and its own naval and air wings. More than 10,000 suspected Tamil Tigers and their supporters, arrested in the aftermath of the offensive, are detained in military-run...

In this article: Sri Lanka, North America, Toronto, Europe, South-East Asian, London, and Paris

...anonymity. Those donations came two years before the U.S. government declared the TRO a front for the Tamil Tigers, in just one example of how the LTTE cloaked its fund-raising activities. The LTTE's mafia-like control of Tamil cultural...

In this article: Sri Lanka, Galleon Group, United States, Colombo, Insider trading, Wharton School, University of Sussex, and University of Pennsylvania

...stand for the Sri Lankan presidency Photo: AFP General Sarath Fonseka led the Sri Lankan army's May victory over the separatist Tamil Tigers, achieved in a brutal showdown that eliminated the remnants of the rebel army and its leadership.

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapakse, Democracy, Political science, Sri Lanka, Nimalka Fernando, and Allegations

...M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Nov 15 : On top of revelations that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) bought arms from the Tamil Tigers, a former ULFA leader now says the Assamese separatist group also got military training from the...

In this article: United Liberation Front of Asom, India, Jaffna, Rajiv Gandhi, Sri Lanka, and Europe

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa 'feared coup' after defeat of Tamil Tigers President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he...

In this article: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Army, India, and Allegation

...of nine small groups in an election set for April The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the successful military operation to crush the Tamil Tigers has resigned from his post amid mounting speculation that he is to challenge the country's...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Colombo, UN, United National Party, Sri Lanka, Department of Homeland Security, and US

...was one of the few to survive the civil war. The surviving rebels decided to use it to move former Tamil Tigers to Canada, he added. They (Tamil Tigers) want to reorganize and regroup themselves. They see Canada as a place where they can do...

In this article: Tamil Tigers, Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board, The Globe and Mail, Vancouver, Sri Lanka, North Korea, Indonesia, and Australia