Military aid to LTTE from Eritrea - US report

Daya GAMAGE

US: A United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee report reveals that Eritrea is providing military assistance to the LTTE.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee came to this conclusion, among other wide-ranging conclusions and recommendations, after sending six of its staff attached to the Republican Party committee members last year to twenty countries in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America to do a study of American military assistance to combat terrorism, the State and Defense Department coordination in disbursing such assistance to foreign nations and the role of American ambassador presiding over such assistance.

“In Sri Lanka, there are no direct threats to American interests, terrorist or otherwise. As Sri Lanka is an island nation, anti-government insurgents primarily receive smuggled military arms and hardware via boat, from Indonesia, among other countries. The government of Eritrea reportedly provides direct assistance to the LTTE,” it said.

Asian Tribune