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2005-06-03 Sri Lanka

Air Tigers: The world's first terrorist Air Force

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-06-03 00:04|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Paul, may I ask you something re the Tigers. 10 years ago or more I read an article that referred to an Australian woman, a nurse, surname of Wilby, first name could be Ann. She was the wife/partner of the man who was their main ideologist. Forget his name. The article stated that she was the driving force in the Tigers taking an ever harder, more violent line. If you or anyone at the Rant Corp have any info I would appreciate it.

Posted by Grunter 2005-06-03 01:06|| 2005-06-03 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Adele Ann is the Australian born wife of the Tigers main ideologue, a Marxist turned Tamil Facist called Balasingham, I believe she was a primary supporter for the involvedment of women in suicide bombings and other Tiger actions.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-06-03 01:46|| 2005-06-03 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks Paul

Posted by Grunter 2005-06-03 01:58|| 2005-06-03 01:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Some googling turned up this article in the Bulletin, apparently her real name is Adele Wilby and she fell in with the Tigers after meeting up with the dreamy Mr Balasingham in a London University.

I wonder just how many Third World terrorists/insurgents didn't graduate from a top of the line western university.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-06-03 02:01|| 2005-06-03 02:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Zlin Z 143L specifications and photos.

Posted by Pappy 2005-06-03 02:26|| 2005-06-03 02:26|| Front Page Top

#6 A couple thoughts - without taking anything away from the potential danger here, aerobatic birds are expensive, demanding, and tough to maintain. The 'Tigers' will spend more time keeping the birds hidden than doing anything with them, assuming the Sri Lankans don't take them out long before that.
And secondly, that Norwegian is one of the biggest jackasses I've ever seen. The 'Tigers' haven't stopped shooting, and they are obviously planning something rather bigger than a mere gunfight - but stopping them from doing so would make it "not a ceasefire anymore."..dear God, what an ass.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-06-03 07:27|| 2005-06-03 07:27|| Front Page Top

#7 These folks would feel right at home.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-03 07:48|| 2005-06-03 07:48|| Front Page Top

#8 From this, it would not be wrong to conclude that the silence and inaction of many external powers have contributed to the LTTE's emerging as the most ruthless non-jihadi terrorist organisation of the world with a capability for sea and air mounted suicide missions.

Nice to see the foreign MSM can't see the hypocrisy/irony of 2 different views even within 1 sentence. They conduct(ed) suicide bombings, but are non-jihadi? WTF?

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-03 09:20|| 2005-06-03 09:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The Tamil Tigers are overwhelmingly Hindu with a small but significant Christian presence within its membership.
Muslim Tamils have remained loyal to the Sri Lankan state and have avoided participating in the Tiger's insurgency.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-06-03 09:39|| 2005-06-03 09:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Consider me enlightened, Paul. Not much up on that area of the world. I just assumed they were moose limb, as most of SE Asia is (at least a lot of the island chains are).

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-03 10:00|| 2005-06-03 10:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Intersting that the Tamils are Christian and Hindu with a Marxist backdrop and yet the suicidal nature of their assaults. The Viet Cong where Communists with suicidal tendencies and the Japanese were faciousts with the same nature. The Germans also committed suicide en masse at the end of WW II. The psychology of dying to win is inherent in many genre not just Jihadists. The common denominator is the same in all cases. Negotiations with fatalists will never work. The only way to defeat these movements is utter destruction of their leadership and collective punishment of their grassroot support.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-06-03 10:09|| 2005-06-03 10:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Planes like that are very expensive to maintain. Some parts needing maintainence/replacement every 40-100 hrs. These guys sound like they blew their wad on the planes. How the hell are they going to keep them running? Do they know that they don't run on regular unleaded? I read once al-qaida had a jet for a short time in their hayday, I think it made 2 flights fefore it went down. :)

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-03 10:21|| 2005-06-03 10:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Very well said, rightwing! And i agree 100%

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-03 14:14|| 2005-06-03 14:14|| Front Page Top

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