NORWEGIAN FUNDING TERRORISTS TO COMMIT MASSACRES
 

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Report says funds have been provided since 2002
Financial support to reach $375,000 by the year end
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CHENNAI: A Norwegian newspaper has disclosed that the Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs bankrolled the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) between 2002 and 2004, and continues to finance the group
banned as a terrorist organisation in India, the United States and
Britain.

The report also quotes the Norwegian Foreign Ministry as saying that it
gave this money to the LTTE at the request of the Sri Lankan
Government.

Norway has been the facilitator of a peace process between the Sri
Lankan Government and the LTTE since 2000. The process has been stuck
since April 2003 when the Tigers refused to participate in peace talks
citing unmet promises by the Sri Lankan Government.

The Ny Tid (New Times) said in a report on November 26 that the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave 17.5 million Norwegian Kroner to the
LTTE between 2002 (the year it arranged a ceasefire in Sri Lanka) and
2004. The newspaper said the financial support to the LTTE is
continuing and would reach an estimated 25 million Kroner or $375,000
by the end of this year.