Global action against LTTE

Even as the discovery of a bomb-laden bicycle in one of the most heavily populated areas in Colombo yesterday proved once more the sheer ruthlessness of the LTTE, evidence emerged that the international community is no longer confining their contempt of the LTTE to mere words.

There have been numerous occasions when the international community issued strong messages of condemnation of LTTE atrocities, but they remained just that - no actual punitive action was taken against the terrorist outfit, apart from the bans imposed by individual countries and blocs such as the European Union.

The post 9/11 environment as well as the LTTE's brazen violations of the 2002 truce have finally spurred the international community to deal firmly with Prabhakaran. The LTTE's sheer disregard for the international community's opinion was further evinced by its abortive attack on the Pakistani High Commissioner. Although this is not the first time that the LTTE has targeted an international figure - they assassinated former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - the incident renewed calls for more concrete global action.

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