Army on course to crush Tigers - Strategy Page

The fighting is getting more intense, and the LTTE keeps losing ground. At this rate, the army's prediction that the LTTE will be crushed this year, appears on schedule, the respected military website Strategy Page said yesterday.

It said more and more of LTTE gunmen (and women) are teenagers, conscripted from among the Tamils still living in LTTE controlled territory.

The LTTE is trying to regain some psychological ground with a propaganda campaign portraying themselves as victims. This no longer works very well.

The website said LTTE fund raisers are making increasing demands on Sri Lankan Tamils who have moved to the West. The "collectors" are basically running an extortion scheme, and an increasing percentage of the money taken stays with the collectors.

Tamil businessmen fear reporting this to the police, lest they be disowned by their own community. Despite that, police are finding out who the collectors are, and arresting them for extortion and coercion.