Jane’s Intelligence Review in its latest report has stated that the LTTE is at its lowest ebb; and that unless a new political or military variable enters the equation, the Tigers are doomed to decline. It further noted that some recent attacks by the LTTE are unlikely to reverse the perilous position of the outfit1.

Daily News has reported that the "Mega Star show” organised in London by the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO), a front organisation of the LTTE, has failed to raise funds which was earlier estimated at around one million pounds. Reasons for the failure of the show is said to be the publicity unleashed by the Indian media, which had reported it to be a “show of a banned organization2.

Meanwhile, on February 26, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe extended the United National Party’s (UNP) fullest cooperation to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution which has been proposed by the APRC proposals3. On the other hand, the Janatha Vimukhti Perumuna opposed the devolution move, and accused India of leading a campaign for “international intervention in the name of responsibility to protect4.

• 1. “LTTE decline inevitable -Jane's,” Daily News, February 27, 2008, at http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/02/27/sec01.asp
• 2. “Another LTTE attempt to raise funds in London,” Daily News, February 26, 2008, at http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/02/26/sec01.asp
• 3. “UNP's fullest support for 13th Amendment,” Daily News, February 27, 2008, at http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/02/27/pol01.asp
• 4. “JVP to oppose devolution move,” The Hindu, February 29, 2008, at http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/29/stories/2008022959912000.htm