``It is a military-supported group, the Karuna faction,''

Daya Master, the Tamil Tiger spokesman, said today in a phone interview from Kilinochchi in rebel-held territory. ``They have been attacking us even after the tsunami.'' - From Bloomberg Kousalyan was killed when his vehicle carrying nine people was attacked at about 7:45 p.m. local time on the road to Batticaloa in government-controlled territory, the army said in a statement. The ambush took place between two army posts. Kousalyan was returning from a meeting in the town of Vanni on expanding the aid program for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated two-thirds of Sri Lanka's eastern and southern coastline, the rebels said. .....some websites demonstrate that many (Sinhala) hardliners under the pretext of opposing the Tigers are trying to restrict aid reaching the affected Tamil people. -Sri Lanka: The State that failed its people