Crippling Terrorist Support In The West

April 24, 2009

Canadian intelligence officials have revealed that a major Tamil charity was actually a conduit for millions of dollars in contributions that were used to buy military goods for Tamil LTTE rebels in Sri Lanka. There, the Tamil minority had been fighting, for over two decades, to partition the island between Tamils (about ten percent of the population) and everyone else.

Jihad, Dishonesty and Double Talk in Britain

From the desk of A. Millar on Fri, 2009-04-24 09:41

In the last few days, Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, a leading member of the Tamil community in Britain was convicted of supplying bomb-making parts to the Tamil Tigers – a designated terrorist organization, banned both by Britain and the EU. According to the Guardian, the police had become aware of Chrishanthakumar’s activities five years ago, but had merely warned him to “stop buying electrical components.” This is perhaps all the more remarkable when one considers that in 2002 the Tamil Tigers – although nationalist rather than Islamist – leant support to Harakat-al Mujahideen, a Pakistani militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Maoists rule India’s ‘Red Corridor’

Apr 24, 2009

By Sudha Ramachandran

BANGALORE – Indian Maoists hijacked a train with 800 passengers in the eastern state of Jharkhand on Wednesday morning.Although the crisis was defused within five hours, when the Maoists released the train and its passengers, the incident has sparked grave concern throughout the security establishment.

The Taliban’s “AfPak” Strategy: A Jihadi Preemptive War

April 23rd, 2009 5:45 PM Eastern

WALID PHARES: The Taliban’s “AfPak” Strategy: A Jihadi Preemptive War

By Walid Phares

Terror Expert/FOX News Contributor

As the U.S. administration and its allies are devising a new strategy for the next steps in Afghanistan, the jihadists have already begun their next move — but this time it’s inside Pakistan. As I’ve written over the past few months, we need to look at Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as one regional battlefield where the “other side” is coordinating strategically, acting methodically and for sure beating the international coalition in speed.