Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
[1] Black Tigers is the LTTE division that carried out suicide attacks in the South and other parts of the country.
The division was formed in July 1987, with the attack carried out by Vallipuram Vasanthan alias Captain Miller, by driving an explosive laden truck into a Sri Lanka Army camp in Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, Jaffna, killing himself and 128 soldiers.
LTTE intelligence wing leader Shanmugalingam Sivashankar alias Pottu Amman headed the outfit from its inception to destruction.
According to LTTE, between 5 July 1987 and 20 November 2008, 378 black tigers (274 male and 104 female) had carried out suicide attacks.
[4] Black Tiger wing carried out attacks on various high-profile leaders both inside and outside Sri Lanka.
[13] The Sea Tigers also had a number of small but effective suicide bomber vessels[14] with which they staged several attacks against Sri Lankan civilian and military ports and shipping.
The Sea Tigers were led by Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan alias Soosai, with their main base at Mullaitivu, on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka.
Its existence had been subject to speculation for many years, but was only revealed after the first attack in March 2007, making the LTTE the only militant organisation (besides ISIS) in the world, known to have obtained and used aircraft.
The LTTE credits the formation of the Air Tigers wing to Colonel Shankar, alias Vythialingam Sornalingam.
This was not confirmed by the Sri Lanka Air Force but several reports have received that unidentified aircraft had been seen in Mullaitivu sky.
[citation needed] Charles Anthony Special Regiment(Native language:சாள்ஸ் அன்ரனி சிறப்பு படையணி) was the first conventional fighting formation created by the LTTE, on 10 April 1991.
They were further divided into:- As the anti-aircraft regiment of LTTE, it carried out 4 successful surface-to-air missile attacks on Sri Lanka Air Force passenger flights.
[4] Lt. Col. Silambarasan, the commander of the Ratha Regiment was killed in Battle of Aanandapuram, and his deputy Lt. Col. Anbu was captured and later executed.
[31] Another Light Composite Tank,[32] which was improvised by the LTTE, was captured by the SLA during the last day of the armed civil war.
[24] The real name of this Pistol gang is Thesiya Man Meetpup Padai, Literal translation: National Land Reclamation Force.
Named after the first woman killed on behalf of LTTE, during operations against the Indian Peace Keeping Force, Malathi.
TOSIS had played a crucial role in identifying Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja alias Mahattaya had been leaking secrets to India's Research and Analysis Wing.
He was killed in a Sri Lanka Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) claymore attack in Pallemadu, Mannar in January 2008.
Its areas of concern include education, transport, administrative service, health service, banking, forest conservation, fisheries, industries, revenue collection, tax collection, public utilities, agriculture, irrigation, environment, road development and construction.
In June 2008, news emerged that Pulidevan had been put into house arrest for alleged charges of treachery against the outfit.
[38] In a similar move, LTTE put Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja alias Mahattaya, into house arrest and subsequently executed under the charges of leaking secrets to India's Research and Analysis Wing.
[40] The bank suspended its activities on 2 January 2009 after Sri Lanka Army captured Kilinochchi, the administrative capital of LTTE controlled region.
Prominent tasks conducted by this global network include propaganda, fund raising, arms procurement and shipping.
[45] In 2002, after the signing of peace deal, some elements within LTTE, allegedly Castro and Thamilselvan brought forward various charges against KP, including corruption, inefficiency, sexual impropriety etc.
KP accepted the request and in January 2009, he was appointed the head of newly created "International relations department".
In August 2009, a Sri Lankan military intelligence unit, with the collaboration of local authorities, captured Pathmanathan in the Tune Hotel, Downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[47] Since 2002, after sidelining KP branch, LTTE relied heavily on International secretariat headed by Veerakathy Manivannam alias Castro for arms shipments and other foreign activities.
Aiyannah, a member of World Tamil Coordinating Committee of USA and later, the accountant of LTTE, had worked at the North Korean embassy in Bangkok since late 1997.
IBC had urged Tamils in the United Kingdom to support pro-LTTE fundraising events organized by White Pigeon and other LTTE front associations.
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