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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