Splits in Tamil Diaspora

The Tamil Diaspora in many parts of the West is witnessing splits and fractures. Some are ideological and others are on practical issues.

The pro LTTE Tamil Net website in a special editorial said that it will keep away from

ongoing factional news and debate on Tamil politics.

"Incumbency, elitism and adventurism are no answers to the gravity of the situation" said the Tamil Net special editorial.

It said that ‘Tamil nation’s’ resources and organizational infrastructure are intact in the Diaspora. and the best use of it needs to be made.

Arriving at a consensus on how to do it is not going to be easy said a prominent member of the Tamil community in France.

Assets

Defense analysts say that the LTTE assets run in to millions of dollars. Jane’s Intelligence Review in August 2008 assessed the LTTE’s annual income at $200-300 million. It rated the LTTE as the second biggest income-generating terrorist organization in the world, the first being the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Meanwhile the anti LTTE Tamil lobby is also divided on whom to support while one fraction says that it should collaborate with the Sri Lankan Government with Minister Douglas Devananda to foster development in the north and East while others say that they should join the emerging Diaspora movement as how the government treated civilians in the last days of the battle isn’t acceptable.