Sri Lankan peace keepers who are supposed to be monitoring peace have gone from reporting single shots as cease-fire violations to reporting whole battles.
Simon Robinson, Sri Lanka: Endless War, Time, April 05, 2007.
Arm trafficking racket trying to smuggle weapons from the United States to Tamil Tiger rebels were arrested by the US authorities.
US busts Asian network seeking arms for Tamil Tigers; Singapore man pleads guilty, LBO, April 5, 2007.
Former head of the Al Qaeda Unit of the CIA has said that the LTTE has been stealing European passports and supplying them to al Qaeda terrorists.
Walter Jayawardhana, ‘Another channel for al Qaeda to attack US, courtesy LTTE’, The Nation.
One of the biggest benefits for the LTTE, since its demonstration of air strike capability, has been the response of the Tamil diaspora abroad. Intelligence sources confirmed that funding, which slowed down, had resumed in a big way.
Iqbal Athas, LTTE air wing: How it began and what it means, Sunday Times, April 08, 2007.
According to intelligence sources, Sea Tiger leader Soosai wants to do something significant to boost the image of the Sea Tigers as the Tiger Air Wing did by launching an attack on the Katunayake Air Base.
Bogus assumptions, failed attempts leave Tigers in jitters, Sunday Observer, 8 April 2007.
Human Rights Situation Assessment Reports that there is a severe shortage of water and clothing items in the welfare centers. The non-collection of garbage; and the prevalence/spread of chicken pox, hepatitis and diarrhoea are other issues of concern.
Ayesha Zuhair, HRCSL report paints gloomy picture, Daily Mirror, April 07, 2007.
If the current human rights initiatives are to be truly effective and not merely cosmetic, they will need to be tied to a campaign that brings the government and LTTE back to the negotiating table.
Jehan Perera, THE WEAKNESS OF LAW IN A TIME OF WAR, NPC, March 12, 2007.
Reflecting on 'imperfect' democracies and the constitutional process by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena.
The ongoing problem of poverty in Sri Lanka has been attributed to the lagging rural sector growth, limited productivity growth and low or declining productivity.
Sri Lanka on course to reducing poverty by half, Sunday Observer, 8 April 2007.
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