COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are trying to rise from the ashes of their devastating battlefield defeat, swearing off violence and pledging to transform their internationally shunned terror group into a democratic movement for Tamil statehood.
Their rebranding effort faces long odds. The Tamil Tigers' self-proclaimed new leader is a wanted arms smuggler, the group has no presence inside Sri Lanka and the government has brushed off the remaining rebels as irrelevant. It's not even clear if anyone is really in charge of the tattered and demoralized group.
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'New government' for Tamil Tigers -- BBC
Tamil Tigers 'reorganise' struggle for statehood -- AFP
Tigers claim 'transnational' govt. -- UPI
Sri Lanka scoffs at new Tamil exiled government -- Reuters
Tiger call for separate state 'hallucinating'
Their rebranding effort faces long odds. The Tamil Tigers' self-proclaimed new leader is a wanted arms smuggler, the group has no presence inside Sri Lanka and the government has brushed off the remaining rebels as irrelevant. It's not even clear if anyone is really in charge of the tattered and demoralized group.
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'New government' for Tamil Tigers -- BBC
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Tigers claim 'transnational' govt. -- UPI
Sri Lanka scoffs at new Tamil exiled government -- Reuters
Tiger call for separate state 'hallucinating'
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