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Wednesday morning the Tamil Tigers struck at a bus of civilians, initially using a roadside bomb to blow the bus off the road, and then shooting at the fleeing survivors. 26 were killed with another 62 injured.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa commented, ''This is a brazen demonstration to the whole world of its unchanged commitment to terrorism and the absolute rejection of democracy and all norms of civilized behavior in the pursuit of its unacceptable goal of separation.''
The Tamils are labeled as a terrorist group in both the US and the EU.
In class the other day we were discussing the desire of terrorist organizations to do things that would get the attention of the media and the world. However, it seems that the Tamil Tigers are not in the mood to accept responsibility for the attacks they make. This is interesting because it is so different from the frequency other groups, such as Al-Qaida, claim responsibility for attacks they have perpetrated. In class we also discussed the possibility of a group claiming responsibility for attacks it did not commit, but the idea of not claiming responsibility was not discussed, and at least I did not even consider it. Perhaps this is the Tamil's way of trying not to appear as a terrorist organization...?
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