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...Tamil Tigers would dispute that tag, of course. Like other guerrillas and suicide bombers, they prefer the term ?freedom fighters.? But the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (L.T.T.E.) are proscribed by the U.S. and the U.N. as terrorists, and even without that official sanction, their record in 22 years of civil war with the Sinhalese of southern Sri Lanka speaks for itself. They've assassinated the heads of several branches of the Sri Lankan armed forces, a president, and a former prime minister of India (Rajiv Gandhi); they've blown up half the national airline and held off two national...
...moderate government in Colombo, under which they opened up their territory (the north and east) to all except government troops. But since there was no question of giving up the dream of an independent homeland for which they had fought so long, they set up formidable new borders around "Eelam" to underscore the impression of sovereignty. Entering Tigerland today means a vehicle search, a bag search and a body search, three separate checkpoints, four immigration checks and interviews or checks with 11 separate officers. Once inside, the traveler finds the Tigers have stretched the idea of a separate nation...
...later an attempt to assassinate Jayewardene was reported. Police said they seized a van containing more than 260 lbs. of explosives in the vicinity of the President's office. Two Tamil youths were arrested and identified as members of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students, one of five separatist groups participating in the Thimbu conference. A spokesman for Gandhi denounced the assassination attempt and urged both sides "to exercise maximum restraint at this delicate stage...
...ceasefire and peace would fall apart if this covert war against us continues." S.P. THAMILSELVAN, political leader of the Sri Lankan rebel group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.), alleging that government paramilitary groups have attacked the L.T.T.E. during peace negotiations...
Until recently, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were considered among the most disciplined guerrillas on earth: an often suicidal force locked in a 20-year struggle to secure autonomy for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. Today, the Tigers are fighting each other as rival factions clash north of the eastern city of Batticaloa. The violence follows the March split by the Tigers' eastern commander, Colonel Karuna Amman, who broke ranks from the northern leadership?a dangerous move in a group that demands total loyalty to its supreme commander, Vellupillai Prabhakaran. On April 9, Prabhakaran issued a death warrant...