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Heidi

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:05 AM
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New Tamil Tiger leader 'arrested'

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 03:06 GMT, Friday, 7 August 2009 04:06 UK

The Tamil Tiger rebels' new leader, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, has been arrested, Sri Lankan officials say.

Sri Lanka's defence minister told the BBC that Mr Pathmanathan, better known as KP, was detained in Thailand, where he had been residing for many years.

He took over the leadership of the remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after their defeat in May by Sri Lankan security forces.

Mr Pathmanathan was wanted on two Interpol warrants.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8188900.stm

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earcandle

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:26 AM
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1. can somebody trace the weapons these people use? Where are they sourced from?

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fujiyama

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:36 AM
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2. The Sri Lankan military gets stuff from China

Edited on Fri Aug-07-09 01:37 AM by fujiyama

They're a huge supplier. For some time, I think Israel was also a supplier.

I'd assume the LTTE has stuff funneled through a variety of sources. Usually terrorist groups get AK variants from all over the place. I think they're fairly easy to manufacture. Once again, those are usually Russian or Chinese made.

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