A brief analysis of LTTE's auxiliary forces
The greatest of all Western writers on war, Karl
von Clausewitz once said, "War is the continuation of politics by
other means". The reverse of this seems to be true with strategies
of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka because,
most of the key achievements of the same had been accomplished
through politics and not by war.
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Vakarai saga
In the wee hours of Friday, the
Special Forces Commandos entered Vakarai, the culmination of three
months of military action to capture the last Tiger bastion in the
East. Early reports from the coastal village said the Tigers were
retreating towards South of Verugal. Heavy fighting flared up on
Thursday and Friday morning as the Tiger formations, stranded in the
pockets of Vakarai sought to hold on their territory. Four soldiers
were killed in LTTE mortar fire in Ichchalampattu.
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UN diplomat allegedly involved with terrorism
Sri Lanka's Defense spokesman and cabinet
minister attacked United Nation's diplomat and former Canadian
Liberal Party minister Alan Rock for failing to adopt an inquiry
procedure "which is not up to internationally accepted
methodologies" before accusing Sri Lankan security forces about
child soldiers.
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