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LTTE condemns the brutal murders of two sisters
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 05:19 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) condemns the murder of two sisters in Amparai. The women are the sisters of Mr Pohulventhan, who surrendered to the LTTE after killing four members of the paramilitary force, the Karuna Group, which included key member, Iniyabarathy. The following is a statement released by the Batticaloa Political Wing of the LTTE : 'The LTTE, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, human rights organizations and other organizations that are working for peace have requested governments that were in power over the past three years to the control the lowly actions of the paramilitary groups that have been violating the ceasefire agreement.
Rebels warn Sri Lanka: Last chance to avert war
[ Reuters ] [ 05:20 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's government faces its final opportunity to avert a return to a civil war, the Tamil Tigers have warned, vowing to use all available resources to fight unless given a homeland. The Tigers, who used suicide bombers to devastating effect in their drive for autonomy and have threatened to resume their struggle next year unless given political powers in the north and east, said their deadline depends on new President Mahinda Rajapakse's response. "We don't prefer war. If a war is thrusted on the Tamil people, the Tamil people and the LTTE (will) make use of all the resources available to fight back," S.P. Thamilselvan, head of the Tigers' political wing, told Reuters in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi in an interview late on Friday.
Two Tamils abducted and killed in Sri Lanka's volatile east
[ AP ] [ 13:22 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Suspected members of a breakaway Tamil Tiger faction abducted and killed two Tamil men with alleged links to the mainstream rebel group, Sri Lankan police and rebels said Saturday. The men were allegedly snatched from their homes in eastern Valaichenai town on Friday night, and their bodies were found Saturday, said a local police officer, asked not to be named because he is not authorized to talk to media. The pro-rebel Web site TamilNet confirmed the incident, saying the two were killed for their alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, which is fighting to create a homeland for Sri Lanka's 3.2 million ethnic Tamil minority.
Persecuted North East Muslims petition LTTE chief
[ Hindustan Times ] [ 13:25 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has asked his district-level units to allay the fears of the Muslims in Sri Lanka's North Eastern Province, who had petitioned him about the killings, abductions and threats they were receiving allegedly from the LTTE. This was stated by the LTTE's political wing leader, SP Tamilselvan, after he met the Norwegian Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Hans Brattskar, in Kilinochchi on Friday. "Our National Leader received a memorandum from the Muslims' representatives requesting intervention on alleged threats. Immediate action was taken to address this issue through our District Political Heads to intensify interaction with Muslim community leaders and allay their fears," Tamilselvan said, according to a press release of the LTTE's Peace Secretariat.
War By Other Means
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 13:26 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The violence which exploded across the Northeast 'particularly in Jaffna ' in the past week has understandably sent shockwaves throughout Sri Lanka and alarmed international actors with a stake in securing peace in the island. The frustration of the international ceasefire monitors is palpable, particularly given that just a week ago it appeared the smouldering yet relentless violence of the shadow war seemed to have eased, if not ceased. The lull ushered in by the Presidential election of November 17 was shattered last Thursday when gunmen murdered two pro-LTTE Tamil activists and wounded a third in Army controlled Jaffna. Subsequently, there has been an eruption of violence against the security forces in the northern peninsula ' amid clashes between Army-backed paramilitaries and the Tigers in Batticaloa and simmering communal tensions in Trincomalee. But it is the situation in Jaffna that is being nervously watched most closely.
Tigers demand urgent talks to defuse Sri Lanka war fears
[ AFP ] [ 13:26 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Tamil Tiger rebels have asked Norway to arrange urgent peace talks with Colombo to prevent Sri Lanka from sliding back into war after 31 people died in a week of violence. A report on the website of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) says they have told Norway's top envoy here, Hans Brattskar, immediate negotiations should begin to maintain a tenuous truce in place since February 2002. "Our commitment to the ceasefire and the peace process remains undiluted and what we request now is to urgently arrange a high-level meeting between the parties...," said the LTTE's political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan. In a report on their official website, the LTTE said only face-to-face negotiations could "bring about normalcy and avoid confrontational postures between the civilians and the occupying military."
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 05:19 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) condemns the murder of two sisters in Amparai. The women are the sisters of Mr Pohulventhan, who surrendered to the LTTE after killing four members of the paramilitary force, the Karuna Group, which included key member, Iniyabarathy. The following is a statement released by the Batticaloa Political Wing of the LTTE : 'The LTTE, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, human rights organizations and other organizations that are working for peace have requested governments that were in power over the past three years to the control the lowly actions of the paramilitary groups that have been violating the ceasefire agreement.
Rebels warn Sri Lanka: Last chance to avert war
[ Reuters ] [ 05:20 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's government faces its final opportunity to avert a return to a civil war, the Tamil Tigers have warned, vowing to use all available resources to fight unless given a homeland. The Tigers, who used suicide bombers to devastating effect in their drive for autonomy and have threatened to resume their struggle next year unless given political powers in the north and east, said their deadline depends on new President Mahinda Rajapakse's response. "We don't prefer war. If a war is thrusted on the Tamil people, the Tamil people and the LTTE (will) make use of all the resources available to fight back," S.P. Thamilselvan, head of the Tigers' political wing, told Reuters in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi in an interview late on Friday.
Two Tamils abducted and killed in Sri Lanka's volatile east
[ AP ] [ 13:22 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Suspected members of a breakaway Tamil Tiger faction abducted and killed two Tamil men with alleged links to the mainstream rebel group, Sri Lankan police and rebels said Saturday. The men were allegedly snatched from their homes in eastern Valaichenai town on Friday night, and their bodies were found Saturday, said a local police officer, asked not to be named because he is not authorized to talk to media. The pro-rebel Web site TamilNet confirmed the incident, saying the two were killed for their alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, which is fighting to create a homeland for Sri Lanka's 3.2 million ethnic Tamil minority.
Persecuted North East Muslims petition LTTE chief
[ Hindustan Times ] [ 13:25 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has asked his district-level units to allay the fears of the Muslims in Sri Lanka's North Eastern Province, who had petitioned him about the killings, abductions and threats they were receiving allegedly from the LTTE. This was stated by the LTTE's political wing leader, SP Tamilselvan, after he met the Norwegian Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Hans Brattskar, in Kilinochchi on Friday. "Our National Leader received a memorandum from the Muslims' representatives requesting intervention on alleged threats. Immediate action was taken to address this issue through our District Political Heads to intensify interaction with Muslim community leaders and allay their fears," Tamilselvan said, according to a press release of the LTTE's Peace Secretariat.
War By Other Means
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 13:26 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
The violence which exploded across the Northeast 'particularly in Jaffna ' in the past week has understandably sent shockwaves throughout Sri Lanka and alarmed international actors with a stake in securing peace in the island. The frustration of the international ceasefire monitors is palpable, particularly given that just a week ago it appeared the smouldering yet relentless violence of the shadow war seemed to have eased, if not ceased. The lull ushered in by the Presidential election of November 17 was shattered last Thursday when gunmen murdered two pro-LTTE Tamil activists and wounded a third in Army controlled Jaffna. Subsequently, there has been an eruption of violence against the security forces in the northern peninsula ' amid clashes between Army-backed paramilitaries and the Tigers in Batticaloa and simmering communal tensions in Trincomalee. But it is the situation in Jaffna that is being nervously watched most closely.
Tigers demand urgent talks to defuse Sri Lanka war fears
[ AFP ] [ 13:26 GMT, Dec. 10, 2005 ]
Tamil Tiger rebels have asked Norway to arrange urgent peace talks with Colombo to prevent Sri Lanka from sliding back into war after 31 people died in a week of violence. A report on the website of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) says they have told Norway's top envoy here, Hans Brattskar, immediate negotiations should begin to maintain a tenuous truce in place since February 2002. "Our commitment to the ceasefire and the peace process remains undiluted and what we request now is to urgently arrange a high-level meeting between the parties...," said the LTTE's political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan. In a report on their official website, the LTTE said only face-to-face negotiations could "bring about normalcy and avoid confrontational postures between the civilians and the occupying military."