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| Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers appoint new political leader |
| 2007-11-04 |
| (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have appointed a new political wing leader following the killing of its current political leader S. P. Thamilselvan by an air attack of the government troops on Friday, said a local news paper on Saturday. The Daily Mirror reported that Police Chief P. Nadeshan of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was appointed as the new political head of the organization Friday evening. Thamilsevan, the longtime public face of the LTTE, was killed in the northern district of Killinochchi along with another five rebel leaders as MiG-27 and Kfir jets pounded a gathering location. With LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran rarely seen publicly in recent years, Tamilselvan had become the rebels' link to the outside world. A pro-LTTE website reported that Nadeshan will continue to be in charge of the LTTE police in addition to his new role as the organization's political wing leader. |
| Posted by:Fred |