{"id":72638,"date":"2017-12-11T00:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=72638"},"modified":"2017-12-10T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T00:14:22","slug":"who-birthed-ltte-tamil-militancy-who-later-adopted-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/12\/11\/who-birthed-ltte-tamil-militancy-who-later-adopted-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Who birthed LTTE & Tamil Militancy & who later adopted it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The world is demanding to know how and who killed the LTTE. Based on this same logic shouldn\u2019t we have the right to know who created, who funded, who armed, who financially supported, who provided logistics & material support, who promoted & campaigned on behalf of the LTTE? The beginning of the story should matter more than the end. A new government must hold a Commission of Inquiry into how LTTE terrorism started and all the stake holders involved. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is curious is that the Tamil New Tigers (TNT) was launched on 22 May 1972 the same day as the Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka by V. Prabakaran who was barely 18 years at the time. It was on 17 September 1972 that the TNT bombed a carnival held at the preset Duraiappah Stadium. Where did Prabakaran get the bombs? Is it a coincidence that Prabakaran traveled to India before forming TNT? Coincidentally TNT also stands for explosives! Why did Prabakaran spend two years in India and returned only in 1974? <\/span><\/p>\n

Within months of returning Prabakaran\u2019s first victim became the Mayor of Jaffna \u2013 Alfred Duraiappah in July 1975. The killing of M Canagaratnam TULF MP who joined UNP in Colombo in January 1978 became LTTE\u2019s 1st<\/sup> attack outside North East Sri Lanka. In April LTTE murdered 9 Tamil policemen including Inspector Bastianpillai when they raided a LTTE training camp. In May 1978 the JR Government proscribed LTTE and Prabakaran was included into a list of 38 wanted men. That didn\u2019t stop LTTE from blasting the Air Ceylon aircraft the very day JR Government introduced its new constitution on 7 September 1978.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tamil New Tigers became rechristened LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) on 5 May 1976 same time as the Vaddukoddai Resolution. Note timing of the formation of the TNT on the same day as the Republican Constitution and the formation of LTTE & Vaddukoddai Resolution just before a major shift in Sri Lanka\u2019s political system with the 1977 elections & another constitution in 1978 barely 6 years after its first constitution. <\/span><\/p>\n

LTTE was not the only militant outfit \u2013 EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students or Eelam Revolutionary Organisers was formed in London in 1975 by Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy and its student wing-the General Union of Eelam Students (GUES) was subsequently formed in Madras. EROS and GUES split and formed EPRLF – K. Padmanabha was its leader. <\/span><\/p>\n

How and who helped them link up with the Palestinian Liberation Organization as PLO provided EROS and LTTE training in Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is interesting is that Tamils in both India & Sri Lanka have been peddling pseudo-historical interpretations to justify a homeland & self-determination. Can the same race evolve in two separate countries demanding homelands using the same criteria? In India Tamil angst was against Hindi domination while in Sri Lanka it was against Sinhalese majority. India dealt with separatism through 16th<\/sup> amendment while Sri Lanka brought the 6th<\/sup> amendment. <\/span><\/p>\n

What needs to be reiterated is that India\u2019s discussions on the Tamil issue with the Sri Lankan counterparts came ONLY AFTER Tamil militants emerged from training in India and after creating a path to use Tamil Nadu as a logistics hub & support base. India obviously found a great means to exert diplomatic pressure upon a geopolitically vulnerable neighbor. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are reasons to claim India had a role in the creation of Tamil militancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

JN Dixit, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka\u2019s interview in 1985 claims India decided to stop training & assistance to Sri Lankan Tamil Groups \u2013 it confirmed India had been both training & providing assistance to Tamil groups. www.rediff.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Dixit\u2019s memoirs also speak of arming Sri Lankan Tamil youth claiming it a policy blunder of PM Indira. these boys who were trained by us from 1977\u201d (Dixit, Assignment Colombo) Though India claimed to have stopped material support by Wikileaks cable of 5 April 1988 quotes Dixit agreeing to pay LTTE Rs.5m per month from July 1987 onwards. LTTE also got Rs.110m from MGR Ramachandran Tamil Nadu Chief Minister according to Mark Salter, author of \u2018To end a civil war, Norway\u2019s Peace Engagement in Sri Lanka\u201d. <\/span>www.ceylontoday.lk<\/span><\/a> and explains why JRJ labelled LTTE as \u2018the private army of MG Ramachandran\u2019. LTTE too confirms exchange of money MGR gave us Rs.6 crore\u2019 <\/span>expressindia.indianexpress.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

That India did not trust Prabakaran completely is established in the manner RAW chief Gauri Shankar Bajpai admitted Col Kittu (Sathasivam Krishnakumar) was used as an Indian mole inside the LTTE. This was confirmed by RAW chief Gauri Shankar Bajpai in his affidavit to the Jain Commission. He was not India\u2019s only mole \u2013 Mahaththaya, Prabakaran\u2019s deputy was also kept to secure India\u2019s interests. <\/span>timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Karunanidhi in his affidavit to the Jain Commission says It is a well-known fact that the LTTE and other Sri Lankan Militant camps were established in India ever since 1982 in tune with the policy of the Central Government at that time. The Tamil militants were given military training and allowed to have their own training camps in India\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

The affidavit of Shri K Mohandas Director General Police (Para 13 Jain Commission) is noteworthy \u2026.The issue had become very sensitive, and meanwhile, the Prime Minister\u2019s advisors were working overtime, giving facilities to the militants, particularly the TELO (Tamil Ealam Liberation Organisation) to be trained in the use of modern arms in the camps organised in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and elsewhere. The idea was that after the training, they would be supplied with arms and sent to Northern Sri Lanka to engage the Sri Lankan troops in guerrilla action. It was supposed to be a top secret operation without even the knowledge of the State Government and its Intelligence agency. (at least as far as Tamil Nadu was concerned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jain Commission report gives lists of where Tamils were trained & by whom. India stands guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is this not state sponsored terrorism?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

India\u2019s former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani is also on record to say PM Indira created LTTE to protect Indian interests at a time China & Pakistan were establishing power in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

Was it not on this backdrop that the Indo-Lanka Accord was forced upon Sri Lanka after threatening Sri Lanka when it cornered Prabakaran in Vadamarachchi in May 1987? Had Prabakaran been caught by the Sri Lankan Troops we would not have had to endure murders & mayhem from 1987 to 2009. <\/span><\/p>\n

Having thus placed men in arms in the Jaffna peninsula with the insinuation that Sinhalese in particular the military was not welcome it is important to note that it was the Indo-Lanka Accord that officially peddled the notion of North East being traditional homeland of Tamil speaking people. Baffling is why UNP Govt and key advisors agreed to accept such a false & mythical notion as it is was on this false basis that the N-E was merged though in reality we know that the merger came because Trinco harbor that India wanted was in the East of Sri Lanka and the subtle way to merge territory was by claiming a false territory. The 13th<\/sup> amendment and its clauses in particular land & police are all Indian-drafted and these are all in India\u2019s interests by using Tamils & Tamil politicians to demand its full implementation as a proxy. Who stands to gain from full implementation of 13a \u2013 Tamils or India. The answer is clear. <\/span><\/p>\n

India therefore stands guilty of not only helping nurture armed militancy but officially endorsing a false homeland concept that was purely made for India\u2019s geopolitical advantage. If India had wanted to create a Bangladesh out of Sri Lanka\u2019s northern or eastern territory it would have done so but in the case of Tamils & Sikhs we see the Indian Centre adopting a different strategy & tactic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, militants and militancy is not easy to handle. The orphans created don\u2019t necessarily remain with their adopted mother. History has many examples of how monsters have changed hands. Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Hosni Mubarak and Gaddafi were all CIA assets later gone astray. Similarly, it is important to capture the timeline of LTTE and Prabakaran being 100% in control of India and thereafter straying to other foster parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

When did LTTE move hands from being 100% controlled by India to being controlled by West & the Church? <\/span><\/p>\n

Not very many terrorists are lucky to have their leaders funerals held in Norway and their diplomats sobbing before the coffin! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHqC9DmDWhA<\/a> Not many foreign envoys shed tears and give emotional interviews bemoaning they did not spend much time with Prabakaran http:\/\/www.thesundayleader.lk\/2017\/08\/20\/i-regret-we-could-not-spend-more-time-with-prabhakaran-says-erick-solheim\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t see Church Fathers\/Sisters taking part in LTTE demonstrations, keeping orphaned children to be handed as child soldiers when needed, even placing their names on petitions against a sovereign government or using their NGOs to help LTTE advance their agendas while they themselves carry out their conversion & destroying of Eastern cultures agendas. If this allegation is not true why has the Vatican not taken action against those in robes that have been openly promoting the LTTE. The Vatican has not even investigated their links to terror.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bharatabharati.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/05\/tamil-eelam-a-church-funded-political-project-shenali-waduge\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bharatabharati.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/02\/world-vision-christian-ngo-engaged-in-culture-murder-not-social-service-v-k-shashikumar\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Pictures speak a thousand words https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/09\/26\/ltte-terrorism-church-links-can-someone-explain-these-photos\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

In determining when LTTE moved away from India to become the orphan of the West the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi is important. Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s assassination continues to be plagued in controversy. It came close on the heels of the Bofors scam. While every unexpected murder is shrouded in controversy and conspiracy theories Rajiv\u2019s death is no different & also points to Church & NIS links to LTTE contract. http:\/\/postcard.news\/untold-story-insider-plotted-rajiv-gandhis-murder\/<\/a> When nothing is in black and white these versions should not be brushed aside. Rajiv\u2019s wife a staunch Catholic eventually went on to lead Congress though Subramaniam Swamy has made allegations against her for linking with LTTE to smuggle Indian artefacts out of India & sold in Italy. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oYZJeXZOuE<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is curious to note the many Christian\/Catholic NGOs operating in the North throughout the period LTTE ran its defacto rule. It was always the Church heads who were at the forefront of demands made by LTTE when in reality 90% of the Tamil populace were Hindus. There were no Hindu religious leaders coming forward on behalf of Tamils. All of the LTTE fronts that emerged after the elimination of the LTTE leader in 2009 were all domiciled overseas most holding foreign passports and openly advocating a separate state. Even after proscribing 16 entities as LTTE fronts in 2014 no foreign government chose to investigate their links to terrorism and providing material support. A handful of arrests over the years have all that has been done. The Australian woman who trained children and women to become suicide bombers & commit suicide when caught remains happily in the UK. <\/span><\/p>\n

The West has shown no sincerity to their own claimed \u2018war on terror\u2019 and most of these LTTE front heads are seen regularly visiting and striking relationships with not only UN officials but foreign MPs as well. With the power of their illegal and illicit international network covering money laundering, credit card scams, human smuggling, narcotics etc they have been able to virtually purchase these foreign players to speak on behalf of them \u2013 the coterie of such includes foreign MPs, UN officials, authors, media etc and these are all part of a bigger nexus that has nothing to do with giving people self-determination or a homeland. People and issues are simply a means of advancing and camouflaging bigger objectives and motives. All LTTE fronts are operating from Western countries whose intelligence are well aware of what they are up to. <\/span><\/p>\n

If India used Tamils and Tamil grievances to arm twist Sri Lanka to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord, change constitution and introduce 13th<\/sup> amendment, pushed bogus homeland theories to justify merging two provinces which had Trinco harbor and is now pushing for ETCA for Indians to legally invade Sri Lanka and attempting to take Mattala, Sampur and other strategic assets it is no different to how the West and India combined to push the Cease Fire Agreement that placed terrorists on par with a national army and virtually gave territory to terrorists officially.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, it is interesting to not only know how and why Tamil militancy emerged but whether its setting up by India had a foreign connection or link to it initially. We cannot omit to take stock of the fact that South India launched its self-determination bid far before it started in Sri Lanka. That connectivity in palming off India\u2019s headache to Sri Lanka cannot be ruled out. There is little doubt that India stands guilty of fostering terrorism and India is no amateur at it either as Sri Lanka was not its first case of arming insurgents. The other important question is exactly when did LTTE get re-adopted and aligned to Western & Church objectives and without LTTE leader and key ground force leaders, what role or clout India has and was it because India was losing control that it indirectly wanted LTTE eliminated because by that time India had made the necessary moves to politically and economically entrap Sri Lanka. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not forget that if, even within LTTE there had been moles and agents as had been in the case of other Tamil militant groups, even governments also have moles and paid agents therefore even a national policy is likely to get hijacked and waylaid by these politicians on foreign payroll and agent advisors & consultants. <\/span><\/p>\n

Be that as it may only a Commission of Inquiry with a mandate to investigate how Terrorism started, who started it, who helped indirectly & directly will spill the beans on every individual, organization, politician, military personnel, state officials, foreigners, NGOs, INGOs, UN, foreign MPs, foreign governments that had been involved. That such an inquiry was proposed immediately after the military defeat of LTTE in May 2009 and stopped by most-likely paid agents & advisors goes to show that while we fervently want to know the truth, those who claim to want to know the truth do their utmost to hide the truth because they have played a role in it. Such are the hypocrisies that prevail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, we can confidently assume that India, the West, Foreign Governments, the Church, nexus of illegal international players have all been involved and had played a role in Tamil militancy and the existence of these high profile players explains why no action was ever taken against LTTE other than cosmetic bans confined to paper only.<\/span><\/p>\n

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