Sri Lanka Update; August 12, 2007.

The UN’s aid chief John Holmes has said that Sri Lanka is among the most dangerous places on earth for humanitarian workers. He called on the government to probe civil war abuses and consider an international rights monitoring mission.
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Lanka a top danger spot for aid workers, The News, August 12, 2007.

The Foreign ministry has hit back at his comments by questioning the credibility of the UN office in Colombo, saying that they “have made a practice of hiding from their own headquarters in New York.”
Foreign Ministry hits back at Holmes’ comments, Sunday Times, August 12, 2007.

An escalating conflict in Sri Lanka has hindered plans to rid the country of anti-personnel mines, with both the government and the LTTE reluctant to give up use of the weapon.
Vathsala Yatagamage, Losing Battle, LBO, August 11, 2007.


Unlike those days of propaganda uncertainty so openly expressed by Kittu and Raheem some 20 years ago, the Tigers have become experts at putting over their message. They are not alone, as terror groups around the world now use the internet and the power of television to put across their distorted agendas.
David Williams, From bullets to bulletins, Nation on Sunday, August 12, 2007.

The Tamil community, who blindly worshipped the LTTE as their saviour, have now realised the bitter truth that they can no longer keep faith on them as their liberator as it is not capable of attaining their own liberation.
Tamil community no longer tolerates LTTE demands blindly, Sunday Observer, August 12, 2007.


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Countries indulge in diplomacy to secure advantages. At a time when the country needs the best of efforts to counter the huge propaganda campaign mounted against the country, and a surreptitious campaign to intervene in this country on so-called ‘humanitarian grounds,’ we appear to be going out of our way to make enemies of friends, particularly the powerful countries whose friendship we do most badly need in this war against the terrorist LTTE.
K. Godage, Diplomacy is too important to be left to amateurs, The Nation, August 12, 2007.

Unlike the decentralised jihadist movement, the LTTE is a centralised, hierarchical organisation commanded and controlled by its founding leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Omar Karmi, Feeding the Tiger - how Sri Lankan insurgents fund their war, Jane's, August 10, 2007.