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LTTE LINKS WITH BURMA



/* Written  1:19 AM  Jul 26, 1996 by rajav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx in igc:soc.cult.burma */
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Continuing excerpts from the article titled "LTTE Inc." - cover story in 
Asiaweek dated July 26 1996; this follows a request from someone asking 
for details on the LTTE's nexus with the Burmese military. 

" But it was in Myanmar where the Tigers found their cosiest home away 
from home. LTTE vessels are believed to have begun shipping timber from 
Myanmar to Thailand in the late 1980s, a line of business that soon 
brought them into contact with the Myanmar military. Some time after 
mid-1990, the contacts resulted in establishment of an LTTE base at the 
small town of Twantay, in the Irrawady delta south of Yangon. At the very 
least, the base is understood to have consisted of a communications and 
transport facility. 

Whether the Myanmar military junta as a whole was aware of the situation 
remains unclear. But analysts doubt that the Yangon Command military 
chief, Lt. Gen. Myo Nyunt, could have been ignorant. European 
intelligence sources are said to have blown the whistle on the Twantay 
base. Following protests from Sri Lanka, the facility was secretly closed 
down last year. Since then, an embarassed junta has scrambled to assure 
aggrieved Sri Lankans that the goings-on in the Irrawady delta had in 
fact never occurred." 

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The next post will detail excerpts onn extortions and important 
personalities such as S Padmanathan (TS Kumaran) and Lawrence Thilakar 
and of course, King Rat. 


Raja V