Deploying diasporaD.B.S. JEYARAJIN 1989, this writer attended a conference organised by the pro-Tiger publication Tamil Voice International in London. Among the participants were pol
Global isolationD.B.S. JEYARAJPressure from the international community weakens the LTTE, and the government in Colombo decides to seize the opportunity.
Direct hitD.B.S. JEYARAJThe death of S.P. Tamilselvan, the ever-smiling political commissar of the LTTE, may lead to a further hardening of Tiger attitudes.
Eastern cauldronD.B.S. JEYARAJThe government forces take the Eastern province, but will the military status quo remain?
Trouble overseasD.B.S. JEYARAJFrom the US to Australia, governments have begun to crack down on LTTE leaders and operatives for violating anti-terrorism laws.
Human bombs at work in JaffnaD.B.S. JEYARAJNow LTTE men, when cornered, blow themselves up by triggering the explosives they wear. The idea is to kill as many of the enemy as possible.
French crackdownD.B.S. JEYARAJThe LTTE's operations in Europe receive a severe jolt with the arrest of many of its activists by the French police.
Relying on stealthD.B.S. JEYARAJLTTE adopts a new combat strategy in north-eastern Sri Lanka in which its front organisations stage violent attacks on chosen targets.
The fall of KarunaD.B.S. JEYARAJThe LTTE snuffs out the eastern rebellion but the political issues raised by the rebel leader Karuna are too serious to rule out any dissension in fut
TIGER VS TIGERD.B.S. JEYARAJIn the most serious internal crisis the LTTE has faced so far, the Eastern commander `Col.' Karuna is pitted against the North-dominated `high command
The conflicts withinD.B.S. JEYARAJWhen the confrontation with Colombo eased with the ceasefire, the contradictions within the LTTE came into play.
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
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