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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chamithal" data-source="post: 460708" data-attributes="member: 12499">The LTTE - Al Qaeda linkThe LTTE - Al Qaeda linkA report prepared by an advisor to the US Government on Terrorism proving links between Al Qaeda Terrorist Network and the LTTE:Since the beginning of the contemporary wave of terrorism in the Middle East in 1968, terrorist groups differing in their ideologies have forged alliances to achieve tactical aims and objectives. The Al Qaeda- LTTE relationship comes within this category.·        Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a domestic group fighting to create a mono‑ethnic Tamil state. Its support network disseminating propaganda, recruiting, financing, training, procuring weapons and dual‑technology equipment and shipping ‑ spans about 50 countries. The LTTE is driven by ethnonationalist ideology. The group has conducted 220 land (including the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Former Prime Minster of India) and maritime attacks (May 2001 est.).·        The Al Qaeda ‑ LTTE relationship was formed in 1991. Since then three foreign intelligence agencies have reported Al Qaeda ‑ LTTE transactions.</blockquote>

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