Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Heavy fight in eastern Sri Lanka on the cards

Eastern Sri Lanka

A new outfit calling itself the 'Thamilar National Brigade' and claiming to be headed by former LTTE renegade leader Karuna has called upon the youths and girls to join its cadres to fight against the Wanni leadership of Velupillai Prabhakaran.

In leaflets distributed in the east, the new brigade has asked the people whether they want to simply be onlookers to the injustices being perpetrated by the Wanni leadership or they sought liberation by joining the brigade. "Our struggle will not cease till the people in our district are liberated. We are confident that the Wanni Tigers could be driven away if you join the brigade," the leaflet said.