Who sold weapons to LTTE?

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Polonnaruwa District candidate Roshan Ranasinghe alleged that it had been the then United National Party (UNP) Government that had sold arms to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) towards the mass murder of Sri Lankan soldiers during the early part of the 1990s.

Does Canada support LTTE?

This is conscious support and the nurturing of pro-LTTE elements and lovingly embraced by the Canadian State.

Who supplied ammunition to LTTE?

According to the report, the LTTE had bought ammunition, T-56 assault rifles and 14.5 mm air defence guns from the Chinese public sector firm NORINCO with End User Certificates showing the buyers as North Korea and Eritrea. The Tigers also bought artillery pieces, mortars and ammo.

What are the demands of LTTE?

The demands made by the Sri Lankan Tamils were as follows: To recognise Tamil language as an official language. Regional autonomy. Equality of opportunities in securing education and jobs.

Where do most Indian immigrants live in Canada?

Toronto. Toronto has the largest Indian Canadian population in Canada. Almost 51\% of the entire Indian Canadian community resides in the Greater Toronto Area.

How many Sinhalese live in Canada?

According to the 2016 Canadian census, 7,285 people claimed Sinhalese ancestry (4,355 single and 2,925 multiple responses). The census reported 152,595 people of Sri Lankan origin in Canada. The Sinhalese are the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka.

What happened to the Templars’ fabled wealth?

Countless theories swirl around the fate of the Templars’ fabled wealth. Many believe that gold, silver and secret religious treasures stored in Paris were smuggled out of the city in hay carts on the eve of the crackdown.

What happened to the LTTE after 2002?

In 2002, the LTTE entered peace talks while weapons sales to splinter groups were monitored by NATO from then onward. It is true they later pulled out of peace talks, but at this point with the War on Terror ongoing, the LTTE had lost public support, funding and freedom for their members to travel.

Were the numbers in favor of the LTTE?

So, the numbers were not in favor of LTTE. Qualitatively, LTTE had been losing top military strategists due to natural or accidental causes. And they were not adequately replaced. Add to that the terrain, which is unlike that in Switzerland where a whole army can survive without being harmed for months together.