1. The government in Colombo has sought to dismiss them, to claim that they are pawns of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or even to claim that some do not exist.

2. Perhaps most important, the LTTE is said to have lost much of its foreign backing.

3. WHEN Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, declared victory over the ruthless Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a speech to parliament on May 19th, he should have addressed a full house.

4. The LTTE is among the most ruthless and bloodthirsty organisations to have infested the planet.

5. The LTTE are clearly still holding onto that against that while using them as human shields.

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6. Mr Walden yesterday denied that his client was a supporter of the LTTE.

7. Nanayakkara said the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made the explosion to distract the attention of the security forces, who are engaging the LTTE in the north.

8. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, the executive director for the Center for Policy Alternatives, says the attacks were a bold move by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE.

9. When we came to power, a part of the country was under the LTTE jackboot .

10. As they were escorted away by the army , he said, LTTE fighters started firing at them.