LTTE's rebel faction goes public on grievances

HindustanTimes.com: "Even as the Leader of the LTTE�s Political Wing, SP Tamilselvan, declared in Kilinochchi on Thursday that the crisis in his organisation was �temporary� and that it would be resolved �soon�, the rebel faction in the Batticaloa-Amparai district led by Senior Commander Colonel Karuna, went public on its �grievances.�

Tamilnet website quotes Tamilselvan as telling the visiting Head of the Scandinavian-staffed Sri Lanka (Ceasefire) Monitoring Mission (SLMM), Maj.Gen.Trond Furuhovde, that the LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran was engaged in discussions on the matter with the leaders of the Batticaloa-Amparai area such as Special Commander Ramesh and Batticalao district political wing head, Kausalyan.

Colonel Karuna�s daily newspaper �Tamil Alai�, coming out of Kokkadicholai in Batticaloa district, also played down the conflict."