Sri Lanka’s Church Bombings: Geostrategic Terrorism and Drugs in the Empire of Chaos

By Gearóid Ó Colmáin –  In 1983, the Tamil Tigers for the Liberation of Elaam (TTLE) started a civil war in Sri Lanka in order to gain independence. The Sinhalese government brought in 50 Mossad officers to train the military in counter-insurgency. In 1984 and 1985, the Israelis trained both sides in the civil war in military bases near Tel-Aviv. The Mossad used Indian intelligence, the Research and Analysis Wing(RAW) as an intermediary. The money was laundered through the infamous BCCI bank – a major source of financing for international terrorism. The international drug trade was a key source of financing for a civil war in a developing country organised by world powers.

The Israeli-owned ZIM shipping company – one of the biggest in the world — was instrumental in shipping arms to terrorists. CONTINUE READING