India says LTTE more dangerous than Al Qaeda [November 27 2008]

The Indian Government has described the LTTE as a lethal terrorist outfit, more dangerous than Al Qaeda. It warned Tamil Nadu politicians that any dealings with such am outfit could be deadly counterproductive to democracy. The Indian Government, in an important submission to a Delhi Tribunal on LTTE terrorist activities said Tamil Nadu politicians should be mindful of the LTTE killing machine.

It had committed an international crime as terrible as the killing of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi while the two main accused were still leading a deadly terrorist group, threatening the democratically elected Government of Sri Lanka. It also said many editorials in the leading Indian English dailies had repeatedly warned of this dangerous trend threatening the very foundations of the Indian union.