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December - 2 
KP was on Interpol’s most wanted list for various crimes, including arms smuggling and criminal conspiracy. Pathmanathan was one of the top LTTE operatives and the chief procurer of arms for the organization. He ran a global network of LTTE offices
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KP was on Interpol’s most wanted list for various crimes, including arms smuggling and criminal conspiracy. Pathmanathan was one of the top LTTE operatives and the chief procurer of arms for the organization. He ran a global network of LTTE offices which were engaged in weapons procurement, logistics and money laundering operations. Initially based in Malaysia, where he set up a shipping company in 1987, he was forced to move out after the Malaysian Special Branch cracked down on LTTE activities in the country in 1990, culminating in the seizure of an LTTE ship the same year. KP then moved to Thailand, which became a safe haven for the LTTE. There he established himself as the head of banking, procurement and shipping for the LTTE. He is believed to have obtained citizenship of Thailand. In Thailand, KP set up and led the “KP Department”, the procurement arm of the LTTE, the oldest international wing of the organisation. He was responsible for equipping the LTTE cadres with a modern day arsenal which enabled them to challenge the Security Forces. KP was arrested by the Intelligence on August 6, 2009.
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December - 2 
The Government of Sri Lanka seized three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ships overseas and is in the process of bringing them to the country, a news report revealed, according to Colombo Page. The ships are expected to arrive in Colombo soon
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The Government of Sri Lanka seized three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ships overseas and is in the process of bringing them to the country, a news report revealed, according to Colombo Page. The ships are expected to arrive in Colombo soon, The Island said in a report on December 2. All information with regard to the ships had been disclosed to the Security Forces (SFs) by the recently arrested LTTE's chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP. Interpol has helped the SFs to act on information provided by KP, sources said. The ships were known to have been utilized for transportation of arms, ammunition, and human smuggling in the past by the overseas LTTE outfit. Sri Lanka Navy has taken charge of the three vessels and they are expected to reach Sri Lankan waters under tight security during the next couple of weeks, the report said, quoting highly placed Government officials. Sources have refused to divulge further information. Information about local contacts of the LTTE, provided by KP, was being verified, sources added. The seizure is considered as the first step in the Government's endeavour to confiscate LTTE's overseas assets. Sri Lanka Navy managed to destroy 10 LTTE vessels during war time which had been engaged in arms smuggling.
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December - 2 
The Government will take over all the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) property and assets in the possession of individuals and groups in Sri Lanka and abroad, Daily News reported. The LTTE has 14 ships, five of them belonging to the self-appo
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The Government will take over all the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) property and assets in the possession of individuals and groups in Sri Lanka and abroad, Daily News reported. The LTTE has 14 ships, five of them belonging to the self-appointed LTTE chief Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP now in custody. Addressing the media at the Media Centre for National Security on December 2, Defence Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the Government Intelligence has identified properties of the LTTE in various parts of the world. Action has been taken to confiscate these LTTE properties held by individuals and groups. “The Government has sought the Attorney General’s advice to take action to take ownership of the LTTE properties,” he added. It is known that the LTTE possesses 14 ships and five of them belonged to KP. The Government had taken steps to bring three ships belonging to KP. “More than 600 accounts of KP were frozen by the Government and it is in the process of probing LTTE financing channels,” the Minister added.
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December - 6 
Army troops conducted search and clear operations in the Puthukkudiyiruppu area of Wanni on December 6 and recovered nine T-56 weapons, five T-56 magazines, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) tripod, one Sub Machine Gun (SMG) part, eight Liberation
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Army troops conducted search and clear operations in the Puthukkudiyiruppu area of Wanni on December 6 and recovered nine T-56 weapons, five T-56 magazines, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) tripod, one Sub Machine Gun (SMG) part, eight Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) photo albums, one LTTE document, one I-com set, one radio set, three antennas, one hand mike, eight CDMA phones, one CDMA phone charger, two CDMA receivers and one modem card, according to a Sri Lanka Army report.
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December - 7 
A Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was founded in eastern Sri Lanka in August and has vowed t
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A Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was founded in eastern Sri Lanka in August and has vowed to launch attacks against Government and military targets unless its demands for a separate Tamil homeland are met. “This war isn’t over yet,” Commander Kones, head of the PLA’s Eastern District military command, told The Times during a night meeting in a safe house in the east of the country last week. “There has been no solution for Tamils since the destruction of the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] in May. So we have built and organised the PLA and are ready to act soon. Our aim is a democratic socialist liberation of the northeast for a Tamil Eelam [the desired Tamil state].” Kones, a nom de guerre, claimed that the PLA had 300 active members and expected to recruit 5,000 volunteers from the 280,000 Tamil civilians recently freed from detention camps. He said that the PLA, commanded by a 10-man committee, was an entirely separate organisation from the LTTE, but said that former LTTE cadres would be able to join the organisation provided that they swore their allegiance to the PLA’s political aims. “There are former LTTE members in the PLA now,” he said. “But the LTTE was an extremist organisation that fought only for itself rather than the people’s needs. It is totally destroyed now and I don’t worry about it. We are socialist ideologues and we are trying to draw different Tamil groups together for a people’s struggle, a people’s war.” The PLA includes in its ranks several experienced insurgents. Commander Kones, now in his forties, had himself been given guerrilla training at a camp in Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1983, where his trainers included fighters from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). “We still have a relationship with the PLO, as well as Cuba and Indian Maoist groups,” he said, adding, “They fight for their rights just as we do.” During later action against Government Forces in eastern Sri Lanka he was imprisoned and tortured, before escaping from the country to live in Europe. “We are much more politically skilled than the LTTE ever were and know how to avoid the ‘terrorist’ label that they acquired,” Kones said. “Our enemy is simply the Government here, and we fight just for Tamil rights. We are not against the international community. Indeed, we want them to support us in pressurising the Sri Lankan Government,” he added. Kones said that he had no intention of trying to emulate the LTTE’s style of warfare, but suggested a more asymmetric strategy involving attacks by widely dispersed PLA cells. However, he added that his targets would include economic and administrative centres, as well as military forces. Other PLA insiders said that one of their likely first fights would be with groups of former LTTE cadres led by ‘Colonel’ Karuna [Karuna split from the LTTE ranks in 2004 and later joined the Government, but still holds influence in eastern Sri Lanka.] “We are getting stronger by the day, much stronger than any other group,” Kones said, adding, “The day of action is close.”
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December - 7 
A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar (Chhattisgarh) Maoist-camp in Abujmadh for about a month to train
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A senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar (Chhattisgarh) Maoist-camp in Abujmadh for about a month to train cadres, indicating the global reach of the extremist movement. “It was way back in 2001 that a man from the Philippines had come to train us in south Bastar,” the Maoist leader Rainu told Indian Express. The Philippines has its own Maoist insurgent movement which operates under the banner of the New People’s Army. Also, two LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] men had come twice for the same purpose,” he added, saying, “For one month, the Filipino taught us how to carry out a mass attack. The LTTE men taught us how to lay mines and handle grenades.” “As against popular understanding that the Nepal Maoists have a smooth relationship with their Indian counterparts, the fact is that the relationship has been marred by the latter’s move of participating in elections there,” he further added. “Ten years ago, the Central Committee members (of the CPI-Maoist) had personally trained in warfare tactics in Nepal,” Rainu said. The Maoists got their first AK-47 as long back as in 1988, he also said. “While some of the arms have been purchased, most have been seized in Police ambushes. A huge cache of arms such as AK rifles, SLRs, LMGs, INSAS rifles and two-inch mortar is generally recovered from the ambush spot,” he added. Rainu said that Maoists continue to change their strategies based on previous experience, and have got advanced training in warfare. “That is one reason why Naxal casualties are generally low,” he said. For instance, the highest recorded Naxal (left wing extremist) casualties, he says, were 17 deaths in an encounter in Konta in south Bastar in 2008. At Rani Bodli Police Station in Bijapur District of Bastar, where Naxals had carried out the biggest attack in history killing 55 Policemen in a late night swoop, the insurgents lost seven men after a Policeman hiding in the bushes opened fire while the Naxals were coming out raising slogans in jubilation, according to Rainu. In various incidents in Maharashtra, in which over 50 Policemen have been killed this year, only one Naxal, Mangesh, was killed in Lahiri, he claimed. Funds, he said, come from public works, bamboo and tendu contractors, as also from tribals who contribute to the “party fund”. . “Bamboo activity fetches crores of rupees annually,” he claimed. One of the three tribal members in the 22-member Andhra cadre-dominated Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee created in 2007 to oversee activities in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, Rainu laid down arms recently.
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December - 8 
Daily News reports that a large stock of C4 explosives and arms were recovered by Police and the Army in two separate locations in the Batticaloa area. Kandy Police Intelligence Unit launched a search operation in the Dangeliyadda area and unearthed
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Daily News reports that a large stock of C4 explosives and arms were recovered by Police and the Army in two separate locations in the Batticaloa area. Kandy Police Intelligence Unit launched a search operation in the Dangeliyadda area and unearthed 125 kilograms of C4 explosives following information provided by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspect, Police said.
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December - 9 
Army troops conducted search and clear operations in the Manikkulam, Neththikulam, Periyathampane, Adampan and Kalamadukulam areas of Wanni on December 8 and recovered six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made Rangan mines, 37 anti-personnel m
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Army troops conducted search and clear operations in the Manikkulam, Neththikulam, Periyathampane, Adampan and Kalamadukulam areas of Wanni on December 8 and recovered six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made Rangan mines, 37 anti-personnel mines (APMs), two Un-exploded Ordinance, two 81-mm mortar bombs, one hand grenade and 160 crackers, according to a Sri Lanka Army report.
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December - 9 
Authoritative sources said that the three ships were believed to be among the LTTE fleet that was targeted by the SLN during September 2006 – October 2007 period. The SLN destroyed eight vessels in four separate operations on the high seas.
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Authoritative sources said that the three ships were believed to be among the LTTE fleet that was targeted by the SLN during September 2006 – October 2007 period. The SLN destroyed eight vessels in four separate operations on the high seas.
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December - 9 
The Government said that most of the people associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) now held in detention will be released, ABC News reported on December 9. The secretary of the Ministry for Disaster Management and Human Rights, R
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The Government said that most of the people associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) now held in detention will be released, ABC News reported on December 9. The secretary of the Ministry for Disaster Management and Human Rights, Rajiva Wijesinha, said of the 11,000 LTTE cadres, only 200 are being charged, adding, the rest are in rehabilitation for eventual return to society. "The vast majority we believe, even if they were involved in actual combat, were more people who were conscripted and forced to do so," he added. "And then there are girls who I think were just forced into a rather horrid life for a few months. I think that in the long run we believe very much that what you would call real hardcore Tigers are extremely few," he further added, saying, most of the LTTE cadres handed themselves in.
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December - 9 
The Sri Lanka Navy brought three LTTE ships to the Sri Lankan waters. Sources told The Island that the Government had taken custody of the vessels following negotiations with foreign officials subsequent to information provided by the new LTTE leader
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The Sri Lanka Navy brought three LTTE ships to the Sri Lankan waters. Sources told The Island that the Government had taken custody of the vessels following negotiations with foreign officials subsequent to information provided by the new LTTE leader Kumaran Pathmanthan alias KP, who had been in charge of the LTTE arms procurement network.
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December - 11 
Authorities in Thailand arrested five people, including a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, for producing and smuggling more than 300 fake European Union (EU) passports and other official European documents, officials said on December 11
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Authorities in Thailand arrested five people, including a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, for producing and smuggling more than 300 fake European Union (EU) passports and other official European documents, officials said on December 11, according to Daily News. They said Police seized from the group more than 300 bogus passports, produced in Thailand but made to look like official documentation from 14 EU countries including Britain, France and Belgium. The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said the suspects, all arrested since August 21, were 32-year-old Pakistani man Azad Said Giyani and a 35-year-old Sri Lankan man, known to be a LTTE cadre. A 43-year-old Thai woman was arrested for assisting them. A 38-year-old man from Myanmar was arrested on suspicion of producing the passports and a 28-year-old Thai woman is also being held for helping him.
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December - 13 
31,148 eligible Eezham Tamil Diaspora voters over 18 in France participated this weekend in the referendum to say yes or no to independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam and 30,936 of them said yes, reports pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Webs
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31,148 eligible Eezham Tamil Diaspora voters over 18 in France participated this weekend in the referendum to say yes or no to independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam and 30,936 of them said yes, reports pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Website Tamil Net. The postal votes permitted to interior areas of France are yet to be counted and is expected to be between 2,000 and 3,000. In the absence of any official statistics, Police estimates earlier placed the number of adult Eezham Tamils in France between 25,000 and 35,000. The referendum was organised by the formation committee of the country council of Eezham Tamils called "The House of Tamil Eelam," supported by 61 Eezham Tamil organisations in France and two NGOs, Mouvement de la Paix (Movement for Peace) and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples (Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples).
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December - 13 
Financial Times, on a follow-up article to October coverage on young Tamils, said that while the western crackdown on the LTTE’s financiers among the Diaspora, has created despondency among this often wealthy migrant community, the "clued-up second-g
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Financial Times, on a follow-up article to October coverage on young Tamils, said that while the western crackdown on the LTTE’s financiers among the Diaspora, has created despondency among this often wealthy migrant community, the "clued-up second-generation migrants were turning to political lobbying," and that, "[t]hese young activists said the fight for Eelam, an independent Tamil homeland, was far from over."
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December - 13 
The Criminal Investigating Division (CID) on December 13 arrested the Finance Division head of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) front organization, in Jaffna, according to The Island. He was arres
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The Criminal Investigating Division (CID) on December 13 arrested the Finance Division head of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) front organization, in Jaffna, according to The Island. He was arrested by a special team of officers in Chunnakam where he lived with his wife. Prior to his arrest he had lived in a welfare camp in Vavuniya for a few months and moved to Chunnakam a few weeks ago claiming his wife was pregnant. She had worked as a Samurdhi animator in Kilinochchi. The suspect has admitted to his interrogators that he transferred millions of rupees to the LTTE accounts from the TRO funds. He is alleged to have provided millions of rupees to the terrorist organization for its war effort. Investigations have revealed that he provided TRO funds to slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, its Political Head S. Thamilselvan, Bhanu and several key members. Military intelligence had earlier said there were at least 10,000 LTTE combatants and activists in the Internally Displaced Person (IDP) centres. They had crossed over to the army held terrain during the final stages of the war on terror. Among them were family members of top LTTE leaders, including Prabhakaran’s mother and father.
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December - 16 
Troops continued their search and clear operations in the Iranamadu, Adampan, Vendikurichchi and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni on December 16 and recovered eight anti-personnel mines, three land mines, one hand grenade, one pistol, three magazines
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Troops continued their search and clear operations in the Iranamadu, Adampan, Vendikurichchi and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni on December 16 and recovered eight anti-personnel mines, three land mines, one hand grenade, one pistol, three magazines, one Passport, three photo albums and some Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) documents.
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December - 18 
Sri Lanka Transport Board recommenced the commuter transportation between Kandy and Jaffna on December 18 after a lapse of 26 years, Colombo Page reported. The first bus bound for Jaffna after the A-9 highway was opened left the Kandy bus stand at 3a
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Sri Lanka Transport Board recommenced the commuter transportation between Kandy and Jaffna on December 18 after a lapse of 26 years, Colombo Page reported. The first bus bound for Jaffna after the A-9 highway was opened left the Kandy bus stand at 3am (SLST), the Chief Minister of the Central Province Sarath Ekanayaka said. The commuter service between the two cities had been suspended for 26 years due to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorism in the North. Early reservations of seats in the Kandy-Jaffna buses are available for the commuters.
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December - 19 
Troops conducted search and clear operations in the Vavuniya, Kevil, Maradamadu, Sinnapandiparichchan, Naddankandal, Mundampiddi, Adampan and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition on December 19, reports Sri
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Troops conducted search and clear operations in the Vavuniya, Kevil, Maradamadu, Sinnapandiparichchan, Naddankandal, Mundampiddi, Adampan and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition on December 19, reports Sri Lanka Army. The recoveries include fifty-nine 40-mm Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), seventeen 60-mm mortar fuses, 1369 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, 101 anti-personnel mines, 14 RPG bombs, 77 hand grenades, three T-56 weapons, 12 T-56 magazines, 3338 rounds of T-56 ammunition, four M72 x A3 weapons, 525 artillery fuses, one 60-mm mortar launcher barrel, one Motorola base station, 12 unidentified fuses, eight claymore mines, one claymore remote, twenty 60-mm mortar bombs, 750 rounds of 7.62 ammunition, one C90 weapon, two RPG chargers, six 12.7 ammunition boxes, 60 rounds of 12.7 ammunition with links, three I-com communication sets, two Yesu communication sets, one Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) jacket, nineteen 122-mm artillery rounds, eight kilograms of C-4 explosives, seven 81-mm mortar fuses, one bag containing artillery boosters, a stock of weapon body parts, one four litres kerosene oil can and one five litres diesel can .
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December - 20 
The interview given by Sarath Fonseka to the Sunday Leader on December 13, 2009 wherein he alleges that three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leaders who came to surrender with white flags during the final stages of the battle were shot dead
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The interview given by Sarath Fonseka to the Sunday Leader on December 13, 2009 wherein he alleges that three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leaders who came to surrender with white flags during the final stages of the battle were shot dead by ground troops has opened an United Nations (UN) probe into possible war crimes charges against the Heroic Forces, reports Daily News. The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Philip Alston in a letter to President Mahinda Rajapakse has demanded an explanation regarding the allegations made by Fonseka that the Defense Secretary has instructed the Commander of the 58th Brigade of the Sri Lanka Army to shoot those surrendering. The UN is inquiring particularly "the circumstances of the death of three representatives of the LTTE Balasingham Nadeshan, Seevaratnam Pulidevan and Ramesh, as well as members of their families, in the night of 17 to 18 May, 2009." In his letter, Alston says that the information that he has received are based on the allegations made by Sarath Fonseka in the above mentioned interview. He also says "accounts of journalists embedded with the SLA 58th Brigade confirm some of the alleged circumstances of the deaths of Nadeshan, Pulidevan and Ramesh and their families." Referring to "fundamental legal rules applicable to all armed conflicts under international humanitarian law and human rights law", particularly Article 5 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Special Rapporteur has inquired about the accuracy of the allegations and demanded information and documentary proof in the event that the accusations are inaccurate. The letter also seeks information on the family members of Nadeshan, Pulidevan and Ramesh.
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December - 20 
Troops conducted search and clear operations in the Mannar, Pratibguard, Kalmadu, Akkarayankulam and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni and recovered two hand grenades, one Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTF) pack, one Olive Green (OG) uniform, one
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Troops conducted search and clear operations in the Mannar, Pratibguard, Kalmadu, Akkarayankulam and Puthukkudiyiruppu areas of Wanni and recovered two hand grenades, one Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTF) pack, one Olive Green (OG) uniform, one OG cap, one black face mask, one leather ground sheet, one anti-personnel mine, three hundred and twenty-four 23-mm bombs, two magazines, two T-56 bayonets, one VCD player, one T-56 weapon, 30 rounds of T-56 ammunition, two LTTE flags, one LTTE uniform, one Cyanide capsule 36 pressure mines on December 20, reports Sri Lanka Army.
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December - 21 
Princess Chrisanta, a cargo vessel formerly belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was acquired by the Navy on December 21, Daily News reported. It was held in a foreign country and was acquired through information gained through th
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Princess Chrisanta, a cargo vessel formerly belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was acquired by the Navy on December 21, Daily News reported. It was held in a foreign country and was acquired through information gained through the state intelligence service, on a directive by President Mahinda Rajapakse and Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse. The vessel was escorted into the Colombo harbor on December 21. It was brought to the harbor by Navy tug boats Nandimitra and Vijayabahu. Six Navy personnel, led by former Media Secretary to the Navy, K.P.K. Dassanayake took part in the exercise. It is believed that the vessel was to be used to aid the escape of LTTE leaders following heavy losses in the war. It has the capacity to carry one light helicopter. This is the largest of the eight LTTE vessels discovered or acquired by the Navy so far. The vessel, 90 meters in length and 16 meters in depth has an enormous cargo capacity of 5,000 metric tons. The vessel which is now a property of the Sri Lankan Navy will be used in the future by the Navy as well as in the country’s development process. It is currently fully operational, needing only a few minor adjustments. Navy Commander Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe emphasized that the LTTE had a strong international shipping network and received much support from foreign countries. However following the battle over terrorism, an increasing number of countries have decided to join forces with Sri Lanka and this situation would continue in the future, he said.
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December - 21 
Three Sri Lankan Tamils in Melbourne in Australia are to plead guilty to charges of providing money to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to Colombo Page. Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, 35, Sivarajah Yathavan, 38, and Arumugam Rajeevan,
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Three Sri Lankan Tamils in Melbourne in Australia are to plead guilty to charges of providing money to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to Colombo Page. Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, 35, Sivarajah Yathavan, 38, and Arumugam Rajeevan, 43, of New South Walse, are to plead guilty to a single charge of providing money to the LTTE, their lawyers informed the Australian Supreme Court on December 21. In addition, Vinayagamoorthy would plead guilty to providing radio transmitters to the terrorists. The three men were arrested in a raid in May 2007 and charged of being members of a banned organization and providing financial support to the organization. The prosecutors have charged the men with several counts but later dropped most of the charges. They are pleading guilty to single count of providing money to a banned organization.
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December - 22 
The Sri Lankan Government said that it has identified up to three former LTTE militants seeking asylum in Australia on a boat intercepted after a personal request from Kevin Rudd to Indonesia's President. In allegations that will further complicate t
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The Sri Lankan Government said that it has identified up to three former LTTE militants seeking asylum in Australia on a boat intercepted after a personal request from Kevin Rudd to Indonesia's President. In allegations that will further complicate the processing of the 255 Tamils on a boat moored at the Indonesian port of Merak, Colombo's high commissioner to Australia, Senaka Walgampaya, said Sri Lankan embassy officials in Jakarta had identified the individuals. "Of (the Oceanic Viking) lot we have no specific knowledge," Walgampaya told The Australian, adding, “But of those in the boat of Merak, I think open-source photographs have identified ex-Tamil Tigers."
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December - 23 
The authority at Poonthotam detention camps in Vavuniya, Major Weerasekera, on December 23 said that more than 35 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres detained in the camp were to be released on December 24, according to Daily Mirror
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The authority at Poonthotam detention camps in Vavuniya, Major Weerasekera, on December 23 said that more than 35 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres detained in the camp were to be released on December 24, according to Daily Mirror. They told the reporters in Poonthotam that there are 209 detainees and 35 among them will be released on December 24.Some of the detainees who are in the camp have been with the LTTE for just three days while others have been for few months. However in other rehabilitation camps there are former LTTE combatants who have been with the LTTE for even for 24 years. Some of them have been ‘lieutenant colonels’ of the LTTE, according to the army. The detainees whom the journalists visited on December 23 are trained vocational activities such as beauty culture, tailoring, Masonry and sewing.
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December - 24 
Former Navy Commander Admiral (Rtd) Wasantha Karannagoda told The Island on December 24 that the LTTE threw some 6,000 rounds of mortars overboard from one of the ships at the last stages of the war. Once they knew that they could not breach the SLN
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Former Navy Commander Admiral (Rtd) Wasantha Karannagoda told The Island on December 24 that the LTTE threw some 6,000 rounds of mortars overboard from one of the ships at the last stages of the war. Once they knew that they could not breach the SLN blockade on the last LTTE stronghold at Mullaitivu, the enemy had no option but to discard their arsenal. He said that by early 2009, the Sea Tigers (sea wing of the LTTE) lost their wherewithal to challenge the SLN not only on the high seas but coastal waters as well.
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December - 25 
A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) vessel recently seized and brought to Colombo by the Sri Lanka Navy had been among five ships acquired by the group during the Eelam War IV though they could not be used at least once to smuggle in weapons, T
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A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) vessel recently seized and brought to Colombo by the Sri Lanka Navy had been among five ships acquired by the group during the Eelam War IV though they could not be used at least once to smuggle in weapons, The Island reports. A six-man Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) team comprised four officers and two men had stealthy infiltrated a harbor situated at a remote island in South East Asia about a month ago to take control of the 90-metre ship, sources said. The LTTE had abandoned the vessel in April/May after failing in their bid to mount a rescue operation. Unlike the eight LTTE-operated vessels hunted down on the high seas from September 2006 to October 2007, the fleet of five ships bought legitimately had been registered with Lloyds. Government sources told The Island that most of the vessels, if not all were of Japanese origin and were bought through front companies. Sources said that the vessels, including the one brought to Colombo were constantly under surveillance during the war with the help of foreign intelligence services.
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December - 25 
A Singapore opposition party member has been extradited to the United States (US) where he stands accused of trying to supply arms to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a December 25 report, Daily News reported. Balldev Naidu,
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A Singapore opposition party member has been extradited to the United States (US) where he stands accused of trying to supply arms to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a December 25 report, Daily News reported. Balldev Naidu, 47, a businessman and co-founder of the Reform Party, was extradited on December 18, the Straits Times newspaper said quoting the Home Affairs Ministry. He is wanted on charges of acting as a broker between firearms manufacturers and the LTTE between February and September 2006, as well as seeking to export the arms illegally from the United States to Sri Lanka. His alleged accomplice, Singaporean Haniffa Osman, 57, had pleaded guilty to the charges in 2008 and was sentenced to 37 months' jail by a Baltimore court. Naidu had been detained in Singapore prior to the extradition following his arrest by local authorities in September 2009. He is a founding member of Singapore's opposition Reform Party. The party's secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam said last month that the US charges involved activities alleged to have occurred before the party was set up in 2008. Jeyaretnam had described Naidu as "a gentle family man and someone who would never intentionally become involved with terrorists or arms dealers".
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December - 25 
Government sources said that of the remaining four ships, one had been in the custody of Canada since October. Sources pointed out that unlike the vessel seized by the SLN, the ship now in Canadian custody had arrived at an Indian port after the end
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Government sources said that of the remaining four ships, one had been in the custody of Canada since October. Sources pointed out that unlike the vessel seized by the SLN, the ship now in Canadian custody had arrived at an Indian port after the end of the war in May. Sources said that the ship had left an Indian port last September before being intercepted in Canadian waters. Sources expressed confidence that Canada and India would cooperate on this issue in a bid to identify LTTE terrorists among the 76 persons, who tried to reach Canada illegally in the detained LTTE ship. Sources said that they were in the process of tracking down LTTE assets, including remaining ships as part of an intelligence operation conducted under the purview of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse.
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December - 29 
De-mining officials, meanwhile, say the de-mining process is difficult in the northern region as the LTTE have mined the areas in an unpredictable pattern which is hindering the resettlement of the IDPs by the deadline at the end of January. "There i
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De-mining officials, meanwhile, say the de-mining process is difficult in the northern region as the LTTE have mined the areas in an unpredictable pattern which is hindering the resettlement of the IDPs by the deadline at the end of January. "There is no set pattern of landmines laid by the LTTE landmines and we confront with various challenges," Major K. Raju, an expert of the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) told Indian reporters recently. According to Major Raju whose team is involved in de-mining activities in north-western Mannar District, the unpredictable landmines pattern, poor visibility because of thick jungles in the terrain was slowing the de-mining progress.
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