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The figurehead of LTTE incorporated was killed on 19th May 2009 alongside a handful of other LTTE leaders. The fact that a little over 11,000 LTTE cadres surrendered or were captured during the final phase of the conflict should showcase that there are many more trained LTTE cadres still at large and we do not know how many live in either Sri Lanka or overseas. We also need to realize that the very entities that funded and ran the LTTE propaganda from abroad also remain very much in the picture as do others who have supported the LTTE by virtue of disbursements from the LTTE global kitty. Therefore, the Sri Lankan populace and the international community as well as India must be aware that LTTE even minus a figurehead remains a potential threat and there is need to be forever vigilant and conscious that there is a thin line dividing peace and terror.
The Sri Lankan public are also reminded that there is a global ban on the LTTE but there is also the likelihood of the LTTE funding lobby succeeding to lift the ban and with LTTE cadres at large all that is required is to find another Prabakaran to take charge and there are numerous people trained and vying for that role.
LTTE has a presence in 44 countries with offices in 12 countries and each of these countries has an LTTE representative (an LTTE ex-combatant or relations of LTTE leaders). Each country will have a political, finance, procurement and propaganda unit. Instructions are relayed via the Tamil Coordinating Committee.
LTTE fund raising from individuals/businesses takes place through
Collection from Tamil individuals and businesses (in Sri Lanka/Overseas)
Event-based fundraising through the LTTE International Coordinating Office (via false propaganda using pro-LTTE charities/Human Rights Organizations and having them linked to recognized international human rights/charity organizations to add credibility – TRO perfect example). The fund raising events include commemoration of combatants, LTTE military victories, cultural shows, sports, food festivals, guest speak panels, fund raising dinners, book launches. (event based fundraising is done mostly through the Tamil Youth Organization)
Illegal narcotics trafficking & other criminal activity – LTTE has been involved in drug trade and gang violence resulting in over 13 Tamils being killed (2001-2003) in the UK. LTTE shipping fleet ships narcotics to Tamil gangs (Mackenzie Institute, Canada). Cross-border gang attacks also takes place in order to ensure local gangs are not implicated. Criminal acts include credit card cloning, human smuggling, money laundering, international payphone cards by setting up LTTE fronts registered as telecom retailers in Europe and these phone cards are sold to Tamil diaspora under different brand names (Gnanam phone cards said to be linked to LTTE fund raising)
Tamils associated with LTTE – just a handful of names
TRO (US) head – Dr. Nagarathnam Ranjithan (houses raided by FBI in 2006)
TRO (Denmark) International Coordinator – Dr. Jay Maheswaran (represented LTTE as senior member of LTTE delegation in September 2002 peace talks)
TRO Programme Officer Lawrenece Thilagar
Following the delisting in the UK two new organizations were established the, International TRO (ITRO) and Tamil Support Foundation (TSF) to continue similar operations.
Karunamoorthy proprietor of Tamil DVD distribution company Aynagaran International is alleged to have close links to LTTE. DVDs are distributed across Europe and Canada through Tamil groceries.
Ratnavel Sashidaran arrested by Singapore police in February 2007 (he was a LTTE human courier carrying cash) but was deported back to Switzerland without charge.
V Manoharan, former head LTTE international centre based in Paris said to be the brains behind the phone card business
International Medical Health Organization (formerly Tamil Health Organization-USA) provides financial and material support for LTTE’s Centre for Health Care (CHC).
Norwegian Tamil Health Organization through CHC maintains medical units for LTTE (indicates how medical assistance from overseas was provided to LTTE)
Alleged LTTE business ventures – Raani Café Cambodia said to have employed 8 LTTE members / Thamilini Restaurant Zurich / Makkal Dadai Supermarket Paris, Ashley Cash and Carry in Harrow / Thamilini Cash and Carry in Southhall
A host of foreign parliamentarians, local government heads, UN officials etc have been associated with LTTE fronts as well and they continue to do so in view of these LTTE fronts operating as human rights organizations, charities and covering up their terror through other means.
LTTE-run schools (Tamil cholai schools) – in Denmark Tamil Coordinating Committee operates 28 such schools. Its head Arul Thilainadarasa was elected to Herning City Council, Denmark. Similarly other heads of LTTE assets have also managed to use Tamil votes to gain political positions in local bodies and thus influence foreign policy against Sri Lanka.
Hawala system (Undi) of remittance used by Tamil diaspora using Tamil jewellery shop owners as well as human couriers operating in Switzerland and Singapore. Jewellery shop owners in Switzerland provide funds to LTTE to purchase gold from Sinagpore. LTTE sends these human couriers with cash who will carry it and deposit to LTTE accounts in different parts of the world and return with receipts that carry overvalued gold jewellery purchases in Singapore with craftmanship value being bloated fivefold.
Hindu temples managed by LTTE (Human Rights Watch 2006 report covers LTTE management of Hindu temples
For further reading: Shanaka Jayasekara LTTE fundraising & money transfer operations’.
LTTE ban by nations
1992 – India was the first to ban LTTE following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
1997 – USA banned LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on 8 Oct 1997 and
1998 – Sri Lanka bans LTTE following LTTE attack on Dalada Maligawa, Kandy
2000 – UK designated LTTE as a Proscribed Terrorist Group under the UK Terrorism Act of 2000 (despite the ban UK Parliamentarians are regular invitees to events organized by the LTTE fronts that Sri Lanka has banned)
2001 – USA designated LTTE as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization since 2 Nov 2001
2006 – EU (Council of the European Union) comprising 28 nations declared LTTE as a Terrorist Organization on 17 May 2006 (Austria, Beligum, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemberg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & UK
2006 – Canada (despite the ban Canadian parliamentarians including present PM have graced events organized by LTTE fronts)
Note the ban placed in 1998 was removed by the Ranil Wickremasinghe Government on 4 January 2002 to facilitate the infamous Ceasefire Agreement)
Who are the pro-LTTE groups still at large and how powerful are they?
The LTTE Diaspora Groups officially now declared as LTTE fronts by Sri Lankan Government gazette incorporating the UN Security Council Resolution 1373. These banned organizations are
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a.k.a LTTE a.k.a Tamil Tigers – EN/CA/2013/01
Tamil Rehabilitation Organization a.k.a TRO. – EN/CA/2013/02 (Sri Lanka & Overseas)
Tamil Coordinating Committee a.k.a TCC – EN/CA/2013/03
British Tamil Forum a.k.a BTF – EN/CA/2013/04 (Operating from London, UK)
World Tamil Movement a.k.a WTM – EN/CA/2013/05 (Operating from Canada)
Canadian Tamil Congress a.k.a CTC – EN/CA/2013/06 (Operating from Canada)
Australian Tamil Congress a.k.a ATC – EN/CA/2013/07 (Operating from Australia)
Global Tamil Forum a.k.a GTF – EN/CA/2013/08 (Operating from UK)
National Council Of Canadian Tamils a.k.a NCCT a.k.a Makkal Avai – EN/CA/2013/09 (Operating from Canada)
Tamil National Council a.k.a TNC – EN/CA/2013/10 (Operating from Norway, Italy , Switzerland, France, Canada.)
Tamil Youth Organization a.k.a TYO – EN/CA/2013/11 (Operating from Australia)
World Tamil Coordinating Committee a.k.a WTCC. – EN/CA/2013/12
Transnational Government Of Tamil Eelam a.k.a TGTE – EN/CA/2013/13
Tamil Eelam Peoples Assembly a.k.a TEPA – EN/CA/2013/14
World Tamil Relief Fund a.k.a WTRF – EN/CA/2013/15
Headquarters Group a.k.a HQ Group – EN/CA/2013/16
With the banning of LTTE and associated LTTE fronts we can finally sigh a relief that the Government has done what should have been done immediately following the May 2009 victory.
The order now issued necessitates that Sri Lanka reviews the foreign bans in place by US, EU nations, UK and Canada for there are key provisions under their laws that can enable Sri Lanka to press these foreign governments to take action against the individuals and entities now declared banned.
These organizations are controlled by 4 individuals whose names are also mentioned as banned
Perinbanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan”;
Rev.Fr. SJ Emmanuel
Visuvanathan Ruthirakumaran
Sekarampillai Vinayakamoorthy alias Vinayagam
The LTTE communication channels
TamilNet
Paris based Sankathi
Germany based Pathivu.
Paris, London, Canada, and Australia based Eelamurazu is one of its many printed media
“Nitharsanam” television unit of the LTTE
LTTE launched the London based International Broadcasting Corporation, IBC Tamil radio station in 1997. IBC had urged Tamils in the United Kingdom to support pro-LTTE fundraising events organized by White Pigeon and other LTTE front associations
Euro Television Channel – banned in Italy
TTN in Paris, the French Satellite TV Channel has over 22,000 subscribers
French PPN Tamil Tiger TV Channel
Tharishanam – tv pay channel relayed throughout Europe which is broadcast via stat elite “Makkal ” Television Tamil channel of Chennai, India, floated by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr. S. Ramadoss – who is a strong pro LTTE supporter runs programs to support LTTE propaganda materials in his Makkal TV
Mathuram TV channel
National Television of Tamil Eelam and Pulikalin Kural (“Voice of Tigers”)
Thendral TV launched in UK from 2008
Aiyanna Group – which Jane’s Intelligence quotes as being LTTE’s intelligence and operations’ body
Office of Overseas Purchases (nicknamed the KP Department) – hopefully the GOSL has been able to extract information on others in this group from KP now in State custody.
The Tamil National Alliance – traces its origins to an unregistered alliance formed by LTTE in 2001 and thus TNA’s announcement that ‘LTTE was the sole representative of the Tamils’. TNA’s 2001 election manifesto claimed LTTE was the ‘Tamil National Entity’. This was followed by the TNA’s 2004 manifesto that said “Accepting the LTTE’s leadership as the national leadership of ‘Tamil Eelam’ Tamils and the Liberation Tigers as the sole and authentic representative of the Tamil people, let us devote our full cooperation for the ideals of the Liberation Tigers’ struggle with honesty and steadfastness. Let us endeavour determinedly, collectively as one group, one nation, one country, transcending race and religious differences, under the leadership of the LTTE, for a life of liberty, honour and justice for the Tamil people.”
What is clear is that LTTE leader Prabakaran and his cadres were just instruments of a larger exercise contrived not by the LTTE but by a group of people living in Sri Lanka and overseas (some of whom have now departed) far before LTTE came into existence. It is on this ground that Sri Lanka needs to remain alert at all times. The death of the LTTE leader does not necessarily mean the death of Eelam and this remains very much on track. Thus, we need to place in proper context the LTTE Terrorism and Eelam Agenda. Formerly both complimented each other now the latter has taken lead role with the former kept lying in the wings to be used when necessary, which is why GTF leader Emmanuel is rallying the escaped LTTE cadres into one fold.
The most damaging decision immediately following the defeat of the LTTE was to not take action against the TNA membership and in particular all TNA MPs who had been associated with the LTTE since 2001. While not taking action against the TNA the next faux pas that the GOSL committed was to hold elections in the North allowing TNA the proxy LTTE to politically gain control of the North knowing that Tamils would be forced to rally around them. The Government appears to still not realize the mathematics of who supported/benefitted from the LTTE and who actually suffered because of the LTTE and this connotes to how many listens to LTTE.
The TNA remains very much alive politically for the lack of resolve by the GOSL to take action against it for links with LTTE terror, this major fault has resulted in TNA being able to use their political privileges to push ahead with the eelam agenda tied to the foreign LTTE fronts who enjoy VIP status among foreign parliamentarians as well as within the UN given that some hold observer status as NGOs/human rights groups etc.
Thus, TNA is and will remain a danger to Sri Lanka and its ties to political coalitions spells dangers to the country’s future. The announcement of TNA’s support to the Common alliance candidate and the LTTE fronts through Global Tamil Forum asking the Tamils to vote meaning the Tamils would be asked to vote for the common candidate because a deal has been struck.
What we should also realize is that TNA’s main constituent party ITAK is facing a court case where the petitioner is questioning if ITAK’s constitution is federal or confederal. If the ITAK constitution is confederal it is a stepping stone away from declaring independence through the implementation of the 13th amendment. What Sri Lanka’s Government must realize is that this key amendment needs to be removed or made redundant to protect the territory and landscape of Sri Lanka.
More than anything Sri Lankans need to realize and come to terms with the fact that the most abhorred person in Sri Lanka (Prabakaran) is no more and so are his key leaders but there are many dangerous LTTE trained cadres still out there. Remember we rehabilitated only 11,000 of them and there were far more than 11,000 that made up the LTTE. Tamilchelvan himself declared in 2003 that 35% of LTTE cadres were from Tamil Nadu. This statement connects with the recent announcement by India that LTTE still aspires for a Greater Eelam which includes the state of Tamil Nadu, part of Kerala, part of Karnataka, part of Andhra Pradesh and northeastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
So Prabakaran is dead, LTTE key leaders are dead but the entities, individuals, organizations that carried out intelligence, procurement, campaign fund raising, mobilizing of people, businesses and ventures remain very much in place. It is only a matter of finding a leader at least near to what Prabakaran could achieve if these entities wish to recommence terror or use its political prowess to fool Sinhala politicians to giving in to the very demands that LTTE and Prabakaran were demanding with the gun… are our leaders fool not able to tell the difference?
If the politicians are foolish and driven by their selfish agendas it is left to the people to be wiser and be alert and ensure that all those that have had links to the LTTE never emerge into powerful political positions or leadership roles.
Shenali D Waduge
உனக்கு
நாடு இல்லை என்றவனைவிட
நமக்கு நாடே இல்லை
என்றவனால்தான்
நான் எனது நாட்டை
விட்டு விரட்டப்பட்டேன்.......
ராஜினி
திரணகம
MBBS(Srilanka)
Phd(Liverpool,
UK)
'அதிர்ச்சி
ஏற்படுத்தும்
சாமர்த்தியம்
விடுதலைப்புலிகளின்
வலிமை மிகுந்த
ஆயுதமாகும்.’ விடுதலைப்புலிகளுடன்
நட்பு பூணுவது
என்பது வினோதமான
சுய தம்பட்டம்
அடிக்கும் விவகாரமே.
விடுதலைப்புலிகளின்
அழைப்பிற்கு உடனே
செவிமடுத்து, மாதக்கணக்கில்
அவர்களின் குழுக்களில்
இருந்து ஆலோசனை
வழங்கி, கடிதங்கள்
வரைந்து, கூட்டங்களில்
பேசித்திரிந்து,
அவர்களுக்கு அடிவருடிகளாக
இருந்தவர்கள்மீது
கூட சூசகமான எச்சரிக்கைகள்,
காலப்போக்கில்
அவர்கள்மீது சந்தேகம்
கொண்டு விடப்பட்டன.........'
(முறிந்த
பனை நூலில் இருந்து)
(இந்
நூலை எழுதிய ராஜினி
திரணகம விடுதலைப்
புலிகளின் புலனாய்வுப்
பிரிவின் முக்கிய
உறுப்பினரான பொஸ்கோ
என்பவரால் 21-9-1989 அன்று
யாழ் பல்கலைக்கழக
வாசலில் வைத்து
சுட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார்)
Its
capacity to shock was one of the L.T.T.E. smost potent weapons. Friendship with
the L.T.T.E. was a strange and
self-flattering affair.In the course of the coming days dire hints were dropped
for the benefit of several old friends who had for months sat on committees,
given advice, drafted latters, addressed meetings and had placed themselves at
the L.T.T.E.’s beck and call.
From: Broken Palmyra
வடபுலத்
தலமையின் வடஅமெரிக்க
விஜயம்
(சாகரன்)
புலிகளின்
முக்கிய புள்ளி
ஒருவரின் வாக்கு
மூலம்
பிரபாகரனுடன் இறுதி வரை இருந்து முள்ளிவாய்கால் இறுதி சங்காரத்தில் தப்பியவரின் வாக்குமூலம்
திமுக, அதிமுக, தமிழக மக்கள் இவர்களில் வெல்லப் போவது யார்?
(சாகரன்)
தங்கி நிற்க தனி மரம் தேவை! தோப்பு அல்ல!!
(சாகரன்)
(சாகரன்)
வெல்லப்போவது
யார்.....? பாராளுமன்றத்
தேர்தல் 2010
(சாகரன்)
பாராளுமன்றத்
தேர்தல் 2010
தேர்தல்
விஞ்ஞாபனம் - பத்மநாபா
ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர
விடுதலை முன்னணி
1990
முதல் 2009 வரை அட்டைகளின்
(புலிகளின்) ஆட்சியில்......
(fpNwrpad;> ehthe;Jiw)
சமரனின்
ஒரு கைதியின் வரலாறு
'ஆயுதங்கள்
மேல் காதல் கொண்ட
மனநோயாளிகள்.'
வெகு விரைவில்...
மீசை
வைச்ச சிங்களவனும்
ஆசை வைச்ச தமிழனும்
(சாகரன்)
இலங்கையில்
'இராணுவ'
ஆட்சி வேண்டி நிற்கும்
மேற்குலகம், துணை செய்யக்
காத்திருக்கும்;
சரத் பொன்சேகா
கூட்டம்
(சாகரன்)
எமது தெரிவு
எவ்வாறு அமைய வேண்டும்?
பத்மநாபா
ஈபிஆர்எல்எவ்
ஜனாதிபதித்
தேர்தல்
ஆணை இட்ட
அதிபர் 'கை', வேட்டு
வைத்த ஜெனரல்
'துப்பாக்கி' ..... யார் வெல்வார்கள்?
(சாகரன்)
சம்பந்தரே!
உங்களிடம் சில
சந்தேகங்கள்
(சேகர்)
(m. tujuh[g;ngUkhs;)
தொடரும்
60 வருடகால காட்டிக்
கொடுப்பு
ஜனாதிபதித்
தேர்தலில் தமிழ்
மக்கள் பாடம் புகட்டுவார்களா?
(சாகரன்)
ஜனவரி இருபத்தாறு!
விரும்பியோ
விரும்பாமலோ இரு
கட்சிகளுக்குள்
ஒன்றை தமிழ் பேசும்
மக்கள் தேர்ந்தெடுக்க
வேண்டும்.....?
(மோகன்)
2009 விடைபெறுகின்றது!
2010 வரவேற்கின்றது!!
'ஈழத் தமிழ்
பேசும் மக்கள்
மத்தியில் பாசிசத்தின்
உதிர்வும், ஜனநாயகத்தின்
எழுச்சியும்'
(சாகரன்)
மகிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ
& சரத் பொன்சேகா.
(யஹியா
வாஸித்)
கூத்தமைப்பு
கூத்தாடிகளும்
மாற்று தமிழ் அரசியல்
தலைமைகளும்!
(சதா. ஜீ.)
தமிழ்
பேசும் மக்களின்
புதிய அரசியல்
தலைமை
மீண்டும்
திரும்பும் 35 வருடகால
அரசியல் சுழற்சி!
தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களுக்கு
விடிவு கிட்டுமா?
(சாகரன்)
கப்பலோட்டிய
தமிழனும், அகதி
(கப்பல்) தமிழனும்
(சாகரன்)
சூரிச்
மகாநாடு
(பூட்டிய)
இருட்டு அறையில்
கறுப்பு பூனையை
தேடும் முயற்சி
(சாகரன்)
பிரிவோம்!
சந்திப்போம்!!
மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்!
பிரிவோம்!!
(மோகன்)
தமிழ்
தேசிய கூட்டமைப்புடன்
உறவு
பாம்புக்கு
பால் வார்க்கும்
பழிச் செயல்
(சாகரன்)
இலங்கை
அரசின் முதல் கோணல்
முற்றும் கோணலாக
மாறும் அபாயம்
(சாகரன்)
ஈழ விடுலைப்
போராட்டமும், ஊடகத்துறை
தர்மமும்
(சாகரன்)
(அ.வரதராஜப்பெருமாள்)
மலையகம்
தந்த பாடம்
வடக்கு
கிழக்கு மக்கள்
கற்றுக்கொள்வார்களா?
(சாகரன்)
ஒரு பிரளயம்
கடந்து ஒரு யுகம்
முடிந்தது போல்
சம்பவங்கள் நடந்து
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