Some Important Papers
The LTTE and their Criminal Activities in Canada and the Western World
- Tigers use resort to smuggle weapons Funding Terror
- Ceylon Tamil nationalism and the Tamil Nadu connection (The Island : 24 March 1999)
- Myths and Scholars - by Professor Nalin De Silva
- Myths and Scholars Part I (Island : 24 March 1999)
- Myths and scholars - Part II (The Island : 31 March 1999)
- Myths and scholars - Part III (The Island : )
- Myths and scholars - Part IV (The Island : 5 May 1999)
- An appraisal of the concept of a traditional Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka (Island : 24 March 1999)
- An appraisal of the concept of a traditional Tamil homeland in Sri Lank (Island : March 1999)
- SRI LANKA- AND A "SEPARATE TAMIL KINGDOM"?
- Dr Olga Mendis OAM (President of Sinhala Cultural & Community Services Foundation in Melbourne)
- Lockerbie and the LIONAIR flight (Island : 26 March 1999)
- An appraisal of the concept of a traditional Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka
The Island : 29 Msrch 1999 (Continued from Saturday 24 March 1999)
By Prof. G. H. Peiris
The fact that the eastern littoral itself is not ethnically homogeneous (well known but frequently overlooked) is also
illustrated by our maps with a fair degree of clarity. The littoral is as much the traditional homeland of the Muslims
as it is of the Sri Lankan Tamils. And, in several areas, the former group constitutes the numerical majority which,
as already stated, has no common cause on this issue with the latter.The Army in Madhu
By Nalin de Silva - The Island : 7 April 1999
- LTTE IN SOUTH AFRICA (By ROHAN GUNARATNA)
- India's National Magazine From the publishers of THE HINDU; Vol. 15 :: No. 24 :: Nov. 21 - Dec. 04, 1998
An investigation. Click here for the full Report- George Fernandes: Hero to Lankan Tamils, villain to Sinhalese
- Hindustan Times : 14 April 1999
- Fernandes, Mariamma and our intelligence services
by a Special Correspondent- The Island : 28 April 1999
- A Cry Eelam
- Miss-guided youth of a small ethnic group, not more than 12.5% of the overall population, deluded by the delusions of grandeur of their leaders, are waging a guerilla war against the democratically elected Government of
Sri Lanka.
- A Connection to the Hills
- Use of Terrorism within a democratic government by vetran Tamil Politicion
- Madhu and Jehan Perera
- The Island : 11 May 1999
In the past, the Sri Lankan forces had conducted exceedingly difficult operations with minimum civilian casualties and collateral damage. When the government troops swamped the pilgrim town of Madhu there had been no artillery fire, air strikes and no civilian casualties.
Comparing this with the Balkan war when NATO air strikes bombed the rail-road bridge over the Morava river, a missile struck a passenger train cutting it into half, killing 28 and injuring 16. A similar incident occurred when air strikes hit a bus killing a number of civilians. The third was when a trailer load of Serbians were bombed on the assumption that they were returning after setting fire to a Kosovo village.
A Postscript
Minster Saumyamurti Thondaman, immediately after the fracas in Nuwara Eliya, sought intervention of President Kumaranatunge to consolidate his anarchic stance.
In his letter to the President, he attributes the rally to Sinhala Weeravidhanaya A society of Sinhala patriots, and not to National Movement against Terrorism, the movement actually involved in organizing the rally. Points in his letter taken from SUNDAY TIMES, 9th May 1999, pg.10:
? His party would reconsider its decision to support the Governing Peoples Alliance Party in the forthcoming elections if this
situation is not resolved. (In the Central Province, Minister Thondamans CWC holds balance of power with six members Estate Tamil Block Vote.)
- Third party mediation
Daily News : 27 April 1999)- DR. P.A. SAMARAWEERA, Australia
- Fresh trouble in Eelam
By Susantha Goonatilake- The Island : Mid week Mirror 26 May 1999
- Britain and LTTE terrorism
by Nalin de Silva
On Saturday the twenty eighth "The Island" carried a very unusual and important news item. The Sri
Lankan ambassador in Washington, Mr. Warnasena Rasaputhram had said at a seminar on terrorism
in Asia at the Potomac Institute for policy studies, that London is a base for some of the tigers, and
that London allows free transfers of money to and from London. He had also said: "we would
expect some pressure from the United States on Britain". Sri Lanka ambassadors usually do not
make such statements and this is a welcome change from their docile manners.- For full details, Click Island : Island : 1 Sept 1999
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