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	BBC NEWS South Asia Tigers accuse Sri Lanka military
		The Tigers split in March when their second highest military leader, Colonel Karuna, said he wanted to run the east of the island separately.
		The Sri Lankan military spokesman has strenuously denied reports that Colonel Karuna has been helped by the security forces.
		Nilavini says a group, which included Colonel Karuna's wife and three children, his spokesman Varathan and other rebels, stayed in a safe house in Colombo for eight days before settling into another house in the suburb of Nugegoda near the Apollo Hospital.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3826761.stm (552 words)

	LTTE and Terrorism
		The LTTE this time attached one more excuse, the allegation that their renegade leader Colonel Karuna Amman’s havoc caused to the Ceasefire with the help of the Sri Lanka Army in the Eastern Province as a reason of not starting the peace talks between them and the Government of Sri Lanka.
		The London based Human Rights Watch, accused Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of waging an intensified campaign to abduct children to be recruited as child soldiers and said they were trying to re-recruit all children released by Colonel Karuna Amman during the last three weeks in the Eastern Province.
		The Tamil Tigers are planning to celebrate the “The Black Tiger Day” in the midst of intelligence reports that hundreds of them had arrived in the capital city of Colombo, ever since former Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe lifted all Police embargos in the capital city after signing a ceasefire agreement with LTTE Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran.
	www.go2lanka.com /terror_1.html (9716 words)

	IISS Armed Conflict Database
		The launch of the party appeared to signal Colonel Karuna’s intent to enter the political process and gain legitimacy and autonomy from the LTTE.
		The violence between the two factions resulted in ‘Colonel’ Karuna stating on 11 July that he would launch a political party within a month.
		The political party was indeed launched and was called Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (Tamil People’s Freedom Party.
	acd.iiss.org /armedconflict/MainPages/dsp_AnnualUpdate.asp?ConflictID=174&YearID=869 (7663 words)

	Launching of Colonel Karuna’s TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal - InfoLanka Forum
		A new political Party – TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal – TamilEela Peoples Liberation Tigers, has been organized under the leadership of V.Muralitharan alias Colonel Karuna and an application for the registration as a registered and recognized political party in Sri Lanka, has been handed over to the Department of Elections, this morning in Colombo.
		Launching of Colonel Karuna’s TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal – the new political Party.
		Launching of Colonel Karuna’s TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
	www.infolanka.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/010133.html (105 words)

	TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
		தமிழீழ மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள், TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TamilEela Peoples Liberation Tigers), a political party formed in 2004 by break-away LTTE leader V. Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna).
		Karuna led a split in LTTE in 2003, breaking away a large chunk of the organization in the Eastern part of Sri Lanka.
		Together with Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front TVMP has formed Tamileela Iykkiya Viduthalai Munnani as a united front.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/TamilEela-Makkal-Viduthalai-Pulikal.htm (157 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		Prabhakaran, 49, announced he had fired `Colonel' Karuna, the leader of a breakaway faction in the east of the island, who on Saturday sought separate talks with the government in Colombo.
		Karuna, whose actual name is Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, cut loose from the Tigers and their leader Prabhakaran, who agreed to a truce in February 2002.
		March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's top rebel commanders rallied around Velupillai Prabhakaran as the leader of the Tamil Tigers faced the most serious challenge to his authority since beginning his armed struggle for a separate Tamil state in 1983.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aHWxX99Q387k&refer=top_world_news (633 words)

	Incidents involving Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
		June 8: Two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres, Niveharan and Sutharanjan, are killed in a claymore landmine explosion triggered by suspected cadres of the rival 'Colonel' Karuna group in a no-man zone at Sangamankandy, between Pottuvil and Komari in Batticaloa district.
		August 24: An associate of the rebel LTTE 'commander' Karuna is shot dead inside the Akkaraipattu court premises, 64 kilometers south of Batticaloa.
		June 26: The Amparai district 'political head' of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Kuylinpan, and 40 cadres traveling in a bus escaped an explosion caused by a Claymore anti-personnel mine at Welikanda in the Polonnaruwa district.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/terroristoutfits/LTTE_tl.htm (6401 words)

	AsiaMedia :: SRI LANKA: Pro-LTTE newspaper distributor murdered
		Daya Ratnayake, told the press that the killing was "most likely linked to the dispute between the LTTE and the breakaway rebel faction lead by Colonel Karuna." Karuna, once a top-ranking soldier in the Tiger Military, and about 6,000 soldiers split from the main body last year.
		The two factions have been involved in a bloody struggle for dominance in the eastern province ever since.
		Colombo --- On June 27 a distributor of the pro-LTTE newspaper Eelanatham was shot and killed in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=26528 (592 words)

	Sri Lanka - Amnesty International
		Some of these killings took place in government-controlled territory or near Sri Lankan Army (SLA) checkpoints, leading the LTTE to accuse the SLA of providing support to Colonel Karuna’s faction.
		Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers beating up families to recruit child soldiers
		Sri Lanka: Amnesty International concerned at reactivation of death penalty
	web.amnesty.org /report2005/lka-summary-eng (1562 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia
		As a result, many Batticaloa residents are reluctant to voice support for either Prabhakaran or Colonel Karuna because it's unclear which faction supports the political parties.
		The killing is the second in Batticaloa involving a Tamil politician standing in the elections.
		As campaigning for Friday's elections comes to a close, Batticaloa residents expect the political party Tamil National Alliance, backed by the Tamil Tigers, to win most of the five contested seats in the Batticaloa district.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aDpfh541dSUQ&refer=asia (521 words)

	Asian Tribune :: View topic - Batticaloa residents refuse to rent their buildings to LTTE.
		It was alleged that TamilEela Makal Viduthai Pulikal led by Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Colonel Karuna has warned the house owners in the Batticaloa not to rent either their houses or buildings to the LTTE.
		Batticaloa residents refuse to rent their buildings to LTTE.
		Colombo, 02 March, (Asiantribune.com): Tamil Tigers popularity in the East is beginning to wane, as residents in the government controlled areas have began to resist all forms of bullying by the gun-toting Tiger cadres.
	www.asiantribune.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=1339 (680 words)

	Lankaweb - Terrorism
		Colonel Karuna Talks to Tamil People - on the Tamil Peoples’ Mandate for the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal — His New Political Formation
		Lankans should stop viewing India as a threat, says UNP
	www.lankaweb.com /news/terrorism01.html (2050 words)

	Colonel Karuna demands the Sri Lanka Government to settle problems of the Tamil speaking people within two years
		nom de guerre Colonel Karuna, leader of the TamilEelam Makkal
		Viduthalai Pulikal made his maiden Hero's (Maveerar) Day address to
		Iykkiya Viduthalai Munnani (TIVM) â€“ a joint organization.
	www.srilankamuslim.com /KARUNA.HTM (2742 words)

	Colonel Karuna demands the Sri Lanka Government to settle problems of the Tamil speaking people within two years
		Eelam Tamils and the merged region of these two provinces is what is
		The struggle for Tamil Eelam is the struggle of all Tamil speaking
		Tamil killings are taking place during the Ceasefire Agreement period.
	www.srilankamuslim.com /KARUNA.HTM (2742 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Sea Tigers — threat to Indian security
		Weerakoon underlined the fact that the Tigers had acquired 11 shiploads of arms during the "current peace process." `Colonel' Karuna, the leader of the breakaway faction of the LTTE, made the second statement.
		The emergence of the `Sea Tigers' as a credible fighting force in India's maritime neighbourhood has to be analysed in the context of the changing strategic environment, the objectives of the Sea Tigers, and the likely dangers posed by maritime terrorism.
		One of the daring accomplishments of the Sea Tigers was the recapture of Mullaitivu in 1996.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/28/stories/2004072802311000.htm (1428 words)

	Onlanka.com Sri Lanka Search - Sri Lanka News, Chat & Friends
		In addition to skirmishes between government and Tiger troops, the Tamil separatists have done battle and traded assassinations with breakaway forces loyal to ex-Tiger commander Colonel Karuna.
		As Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister from 1994 to 2001, and again since 2004, Kadirgamar was instrumental in having the Tigers declared terrorists in several countries, including the United States and Britain.
		It said the Tigers long had used political killings to strengthen their hold over north and east Sri Lanka and had intimidated perceived opponents to the Tigers' claim to be the sole representatives of the country's Tamil population.
	www.asiachat.info (1428 words)

	Journalists killed in 2005
		Political and ethnic factions began a series of revenge killings across the country last year when a Tamil rebel leader known as Colonel Karuna split from the LTTE.
		The Associated Press reported that Khazal was a member of the rival Shiite political party Dawa, worked as an editor for a local newspaper, and served as a press officer for the Basra city council.
		Political leaders blamed the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for all three killings, charges the LTTE denied.
	www.cpj.org /killed/killed05.html (11174 words)

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