Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman

Author:Bruce Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2011-02-10T09:53:00+00:00

The site's purpose was conceived (and remains) to mobilize the support of the 450,ooo-member Tamil diaspora by providing them with breaking news from Eelam, the historical Tamil homeland in the north and northeast of Sri Lanka, where the fighting between the rebels and Sri Lanka Armed Forces has mostly been confined.4' Like the Zapatistas, the Tiger site also sought to link up with international humanitarian relief organizations and various Tamil and non-Tamil NGOs. A recent look at www.eelam. com's home page, for example, shows links to topics such as the tsunami that devastated parts of Sri Lanka's coast in December 2004 and attendant LTTE-sponsored relief efforts ("Tsunami Disaster Relief: please contact your nearest Tamils Rehabilitation Organisations office").42 Home pages for other Tiger sites encourage readers to "link to us" and provide instructions on how to do so. Like that of most other terrorist and insurgent organization's sites, the Tiger's Web presence is primarily information-oriented'43 with navigational bars that provide background and history about the Tamil people and the LTTE's struggle. These sites often also contain a map of the historical Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka; a history tab with further information on the Tamil people's long struggle for self-determination; a biography of the Tiger's founder and leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran; audio buttons through which recordings of "VOT: Voice of the Tigers" can be downloaded and listened to; LTTE press releases; daily news clips and links to other news sources; and a gallery of photographs of alleged atrocities inflicted by the Sri Lankan military on Tamil civilians. Features include profiles of the LTTE's feared women fighters, "freedom poems;' and even an "online quiz:" Finally, as on many other sites, merchandising-serving the dual purposes of fund-raising and morale boosting cum solidarity building-occupies a prominent place on the site. A variety of terrorist kitsch, including flags, calendars, videos, books, pamphlets, is available for sale.44

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