Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Sri Lanka Update: September 12, 2007.

The Sri Lankan government is awaiting official confirmation of the arrest of top LTTE arms procurer and smuggler, Kumaran Pathmanathan.
PK Balachandran, Colombo awaits confirmation of top LTTE arms procurer's arrest, Hindustan Times, September 11, 2007.

India asked Thailand to extradite a leader of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, saying he may provide information on the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Paul Tighe and Anusha Ondaatjie, Sri Lankan Rebel Arrested May Be Linked to Gandhi Assassination, Bloomberg, September 12, 2007.

Sri Lankan navy claims it has destroyed much of the Tamil Tiger's arms smuggling network after sinking three large ships.
Tamil Tiger 'smuggling lines hit', BBC, September 11, 2007.

Human rights defenders, community leaders, and humanitarian workers are under attack in Sri Lanka. In September, figures published by a respected human rights organization showed that 43 humanitarian workers had been killed in Sri Lanka since January 2006.

The Internet has become a very effective venue through which terrorist organizations can spead their messages.
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, The Internet as a Terrorist Propaganda Tool, Cyber terrorism, September 12, 2007.


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