LTTE works with other terror groups in South Asia

Former Ambassador and Professor S.D. Muni, an Expert on South Asia says that the LTTE has been working with other South Asian terrorist groups which he does not see it as a good sign for the region.

Muni, the Editor of the Indian Foreign Affairs journal, told the Daily News: "It is clear that the LTTE shares its knowledge with other South Asian terror groups. They have supplied arms to the terrorist groups in North East of India.

"They have links with the Maoists in Nepal, Naxalites and the Veerappan group in India. They share all kinds of material and exchange terror tactics with other terrorist outfits.

"It is bad news for Delhi if the LTTE gets stronger."

"We have to find out how the LTTE gets all those funds to buy aircraft and for other terrorist activities," Muni pointed out.

Quoting a senior Indian Defence Official, the Times of India said the LTTE's air attack on Monday has added a new dimension to the potential threat it could pose to India.

"India has not figured on the LTTE's terror radar since Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991.

"We have been monitoring the LTTE's air capabilities for sometime.

"While not particularly alarming for us we cannot let our guard down," the Defence official told the newspaper.

The official also added that the LTTE network in Tamil Nadu remains quite intact and it is in fact making some inroads into a few other states to source supplies for its bomb making factories.

The report said that most of India's surveillance systems were tasked to monitor the borders with Pakistan and China and a low flying aircraft laden with explosives can manage to penetrate the far from impregnable airspace over south India.

Courtesy: Daily News