April 23, 2007:
The renewed war has been going on for 17 months now, with some 4,000
people killed. The LTTE has been the big loser, with its eastern Sri Lanka
territory back under government control. The air force attacks LTTE bases in
the north daily, and the navy has crippled the LTTE smuggling operation off the
north coast. The government makes no secret about its preparations for a final
battle in the north. Daily artillery and air raids are weakening LTTE military
power, and soon the army will begin going after LTTE bases, to occupy and
destroy them.
April 22, 2007:
In Britain, police uncovered a huge credit card scam that was apparently
carried out to raise millions of dollars for the LTTE. There are over 100,000
Tamils in Britain, and LTTE fund raisers work them relentlessly to provide
money for military and terror operations back in Sri Lanka.
April 20, 2007:
As the government resumes control of eastern Sri Lanka, it now has to
deal with civil strife in the all Moslem city of Kattankudy. This unique town
is where many of the islands Moslem minority live. But in the last few years,
Wahhabi missionaries from Saudi Arabia have converted thousands (out of a
Moslem population of over 70,000) to their hard-line version of Islam. This has
led to violence between the new Wahhabi "lifestyle police" and
members of other Islamic sects. The government is being asked to send in more
police to calm things down.
April 19, 2007:
The LTTE has been using more violence against its own civilians, to
prevent them from fleeing to government controlled areas. Tamils fear another
big army offensive against the LTTE in the north, and don't want to be caught
up in it. But the LTTE knows it looks bad when its civilian supporters flee
LTTE controlled territory.