![]() Thus the assistance, political and military, extended to Lanka by North America, the European Union and India was not unconditional. Except chauvinists such as Nalin and Gunadasa, every body knew that at some point Lanka would have to address the issues of the Tamil cause. ![]() The Lankan state won this contest as the international community under the pressure of India, listed the LTTE as a terrorist organisation.īut most of Lanka’s senior diplomats and pro government intellectuals maintained that the moral high ground of the Tamil cause was unassailable, and the new concept of “terrorism” only provided Lanka with a temporary respite. The LTTE countered and projected itself as a liberation organisation. Both claimed that terrorism should be eliminated by armed repression while the liberation aspect should be dealt with a political solution.Ī deliberate and orchestrated strategy was pursued by the Lankan state to “brand” the LTTE as a terrorist organisation. Lanka and India put forward the view that Tamil liberation should be separated from the terror campaign. Consequently interventions by the leaders of India and Lanka ensured that the LTTE was on the list. Even during the deliberations leading up to the listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organisation in the western countries, liberal officials and politicians objected to so listing the LTTE, as they perceived it as a liberation organisation.
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