"Karuna is now a brand name taken under a bizarre franchise by loyalists."

The hapless Eastern Tamils have suffered a military tsunami and a natural tsunami. Now they are in for a third tsunami of intra - tiger violence: D.B.S. Jeyaraj, in Sunday Leader Tamilnet: A senior political official and two of her colleagues were shot and seriously wounded around 6 p.m.Monday near Akkaraipattu by gunmen suspected to be from a paramilitary working with the Sri Lankan armed forces, LTTE sources in Batticaloa said. "This could not have happened without the knowledge of the Sri Lankan armed forces in that area", charged an LTTE commander in Batticaloa.